Can claim back. A 30th Gold for paralympicsgb as Faye Rogers wins a thrilling 510 100m Butterfly final In Paris. Whats occurring on Barry Island . The cast of Gavin Stacey have been spotted filming the last ever episode of the much loved comedy. Sunshine and showers across the uk, one or two saying dry. Feeling fresher for many but the humid air will make a comeback later this week. I will have the details. Its wednesday 4th september. Our main story. A pregnant woman and six children are among at least a dozen people who died when their small boat capsized off the french Coast Yesterday 51 others were rescued, some are in a critical condition. It is the biggest single loss of life so far in the channel this year. The government insists its taking action to target the criminal Smuggling Gangs, describing the deaths as truly horrific. Our Paris Correspondent Andrew Harding reports. French Rescue Helicopters busy once again, bringing casualties from the sea to the shore. This the scene a
The Bbc News at six. In a moment welljoin the news teams where you are, but well leave you now with some of the key voices from today. The deaths that occurred were all avoidable, and those who lived in the tower were badly failed by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the building and its occupants. The country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty, to protect you and your Loved Ones, the people that we are here to serve, and i am deeply sorry. Human life was never a priority, and we lost friends, neighbours and Loved Ones in the most horrific way. Through greed, corruption, incompetence and negligence. Coming up on Bbc News, we speak to former Wales Wing Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. Her eighteenth paralympic gold and shes stilljumping forjoy. Evergreen Sarah Storey adds to her collection and to great Britains Tally in paris. CanJack Draper get to the Semi Finals of the Us Open . Hes on court soon in New York against Alex De Mineur. And we
For Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Southern britain will be wet. Thundery rain could give rise to localised flooding in places. We are picking up a strong easterly wind as well which will be noticeable across North Sea coast. Temperatures around 20 in the south, may be higher for Western Scotland. That theme continues friday and into the weekend. In the north, best of the weekend. In the north, best of the sunshine here, and in Northern Ireland, Heavy Rain across the south and particularly on friday so stay tuned to the weather forecast. Thank you very much. It is time for the news know where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im 0lly foster. More british medals on the sixth day of paralympic competition in paris, but no golds yet today. Bazball goes multi ball. Brendon mccullum will lead englands cricketers in all forms of the game from next year. And three days before Craig Bellamy s first match in charge, we check in with the wales squad. Also coming up on sportsday fr
But a report from the Scottish Fiscal Commission says while Uk Government policies have contributed to the pressure, much of it comes from the Scottish Governments own decisions. Heres our scotland editorjames cook. This is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament. A Community Centre handing out free bread to help the residents of muirhouse make ends meet. And yet, now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. Prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and The Cost Of Living crisis, have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. I must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024 25. And i call. There is also £800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means £500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the Proceeds Of Offshore Wind and publicly owned scottish w
in many areas. it could be chilly across southern parts of the uk, temperatures could be as low as seven or 8 degrees. milder in the rain in scotland and northern ireland. the rain moves away slightly from northern ireland and scotland with sunshine following. that reign was over the receipt gets wetter in northern england, cumbria and wales. ahead of that, in other parts of england we see some spells of sunshine. we are still in the same air mass, so it is quite warm. further north across the uk, after the rain it is cooler air so temperatures will be around 15 or 16 degrees. by the time we get to friday we have the rain across east anglia and the south of england so a different look to the weather across this part of the uk. a scattering of mostly light showers and the most of those will be in scotland and northern ireland but there s temperatures are typically back down to 17 degrees. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 21st of september you can k