This is what they have been waiting for in melbourne, a breakfrom this is what they have been waiting for in melbourne, a break from the smoke. The scene only a few days ago when australias second biggest city, a scene that threatened the tennis grand slam season. The organisers of the australian insisted the tournament goes ahead. There is a lot of circulation around the Australian Open not happening or starting late, it is happening will happen from monday, because we have three environments in which we can compete in. So it may look differently but it will happen. Not all the players are happy about it. British player liam broady lost in qualifying but made his feelings clear afterwards. The show though, goes on, huge remote from wimbledon in the womens singles with teenage sensation coco gauff looking to cast a spell over multiple grand slam champion Venus Williams in round one. Her sister serena is looking to start the decade with a 24th grand slam title. The beaten finalists last
Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh
Declared 3 days of national mourning. I believe. We have seen the patients some are doing very well but most important for us is tanzanians is to pray for the sick and for those who lost their lives. The explosion is the latest in a series of similar disasters that have killed dozens of east africans in recent years. Distraught families are now trying to cope with the pain as they say their final farewell. Locus of the young. South korea is saying it plans to drop japan from its preferential trade list as a rift between the 2 countries deepens their been protests in seoul after tokyo removed it from its list escalating a trade fumed the moves being seen as retaliation Korean Court Ruling that ordered japanese fans to pay for forced labor during 2nd world war. Its one of the worlds most endangered species but the mountain gorillas of Central Africa are making a slow and fragile return from the brink of extinction Stephanie Decker reports now from the bit longer mount is in rwanda the ce
Especially for england and wales. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines the Prime Minister pledges £2. 5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places and says all Police Forces will be given extended stop and search powers. The fbi is investigating the death of the multi millionaire businessman and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his new york prison cell. Police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro democracy protesters in the tenth consecutive weekend of Anti Government demonstrations. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. The perfect start to the season for manchester united, and a dream debut for danieljames. England end wales unbeaten run and their chance to become world number one before the Rugby World Cup. Britains Jamie Chadwick becomes the first ever w series champion, after a tense final race of the season at brands hatch. Also coming up in the programme back to his best judd trump kicks off his season with a dominan