M well, in other news today, the chain , the the value retail chain, the range a to buy range has struck a deal to buy their collapsed wilko. Their collapsed rival, wilko. The has agreed to pay the company has agreed to pay around £5 million for the brands name and website. The sale could mean the wilko name doesnt disappear from the high streets for good with their products in some range stores 122 of the collapsed chains shops have already been sold to poundland. Owner pepco and some to be m more than 10,000. Wilko jobs, however, remain in the balance. However, remain in the balance. The chancellor says the government is sticking to its plan to halve inflation as the uk economy shrunk by 0. 5 this july. Jeremy hunt says he remains confident about the future, saying the country quickly recovered from the covid 19 pandemic and is now growing faster than comparable companies. Countries rather like germany and italy. But labour says the economys contraction is a clear sign the governmen
Plus, chronic headaches can be devastating, and very little is known about them. It feels like someone is taking a knife and stabbing my head repeatedly. The pain is so bad that you cannot open your eyes quickly cannot move, you cannot speak. Now a study is under way at Warwick University to try and tackle it. Well speak to those affected. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. Well bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. Later well be asking whether misogyny should be treated as a hate crime. Do let us know your views and experiences. Use the hashtag victoria live. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving in connection with a crash which killed three teenagers in west london. A second man is being questioned after he handed himself in after a Police Appeal. First, our correspondent, ben ando, reports. Candles, flowers, messages from family and
Infringe on sicivic rights. And well have the story of a man in wartorn iraq who makes sure the dead get a proper burial. South koreas former president has spent most of tuesday being questioned by prosecutors. Park geunhye is facing a slew of charges connected to a Corruption Scandal that has gripped the nation for months. Prosecutors provided an update saying proceedings were behind schedule. Questioning is expected to last into the night or Early Morning hours on wednesday. Then its expected that park will be allowed to return home. Park started the day by briefly addressing the media in front of the prosecutors office. Translator i sincerely apologize to my fellow citizens. I will fully cooperate with the investigation. Park is the fourth former president to be questioned over criminal allegations, but shes the first to be kicked out of office by impeachment. Park is reportedly repeating her claim of innocence while under questioning. Joining me in the studio is kengo okomoto, who
Trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, thanks for joining us. Further political fallout in the Nations Capital today, including a thinlyveiled warning from the president s chief of staff after House Republicans scrapped a vote on their highly touted bill to replace the Affordable Care act on friday. Today, President Trump attacked the houses conservative Freedom Caucus in a tweet white house chief of staff Reince Priebus strongly hinted that the president may bypass the 31member caucus and instead seek out b
Scoot a number of schools in are lockdown for manassas. Georgetown south area. Police tell us someone shot at a car driving by and they are looking for the shooter. Baldwin elementary school, dean middle school, mayfield, Osborne High School are all the schools involved here. We will follow the story and bring you more information when we get it. No question the Current System is as broken as the bridge behind me. Michelle that was last june when the National Park service took abc7 along for an inspection under the Memorial Bridge. Today the agency says it is getting ready to wrap up those repairs. But it may just be a temporary fix. Brianne carter has the update. Brianne since 2010, the National Park service has done a lot on this, a thoroughfare so many rely on crossing over the they spent 10 million for emergency band aid repairs. Today, the park service saying its just not enough to keep up with the deterioration. Just last month, inspection showed the deterioration increased in th