Office. I quite agree that the cyber impact skills fund is a crucial driver of written out when it skills in this vital and growing area. I would like to commend the dcms officials and those at the National Cyber Security Centre who have managed this fund. I would however ask him to look closely at the performance fun in relation to the grant given to hacker house in light of the information in a shed with the house this afternoon. I do think close scrutiny of what they are dealing with this money is of paramount importance. dealing with this money is of paramount importance. I think the honourable lady for her question, andi honourable lady for her question, and i pay tribute to her work as my predecessor, it is an honour to follow her this dispatch box. She is com pletely follow her this dispatch box. She is completely right, she will know that we asa completely right, she will know that we as a department routinely talk to those who are in receipt of grants, and that we make sure th
Adverts with a new tool to report scammers. The man in charge of fixing britains railways said it should be independent of government and should have more input from city authorities. Ill be finding out what it means for passengers. The celebrations continue for englands cricketers, with a trip to downing street following their world cup win. A dry and pleasantly warm day across much of the uk today. One or two showers, but will they be coming your way . Ill tell you with the full forecast on breakfast. Good morning and thanks forjoining us. Its tuesday, the 16th ofjuly. Our top story figures out this morning are expected to show a significant rise in the number of deaths from drug abuse in scotland. Its thought more than 1,000 people died last year. Scotland already has the highest number of drug deaths in any european country. 0ur correspondent james shaw reports. When i think of all the drugs ive taken over the years, theres no crying left. I run out of tears. An open mic event for
Across the country. A tax threat to internet firms. The security minister says facebook and google could face penalties if they dont do more to tackle terrorism. In sport, more misery for mourinho, claiming his manchester side were denied a clear penalty. Good morning. First, our main story. Winds of up to 80 mph and a series of rail strikes are threatening to cause disruption as the uk prepares to see in the new year. The met office is warning of flying debris and damage to buildings as storm dylan hits Northern Ireland and parts of southern scotland, while a 24 hour walk out could hit passengers on crosscountry and south western rail services. But hundreds of thousands of people are still expected to take to the streets to celebrate, as Simon Clemison reports. Why have one night of celebration when you can have to . With this torchlit parade, hogmanay is already under way in edinburgh. Our 24 vikings have travelled down from the shetlands, long boat journey, vikings have travelled do
Its thought four of the victims may be british. Police are at the scene. We have Forensic Police on their way here to carry out identification. We have investigators from marine area command, who are on their way to our location. Criminal gangs who claim benefits underfalse identities are to be targeted by the government using Artificial Intelligence. After three days of political protests irans revolutionary guards warn demonstrators they face the nations iron fist. Political leaders reflect on the past twelve months in their new years messages theresa may says 2017 was a year of progress for the uk. Jeremy corbyn says the hope of a new britain is closer than ever. Thousands of rail travellers face disruption as workers from two Train Companies stage 24 hour strikes. And in half an hour here on bbc news, dateline london looks ahead to the world in 2018 in britain, the rest of europe, the us and around the world. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Were getting reports that four brit
Stage 24 hour strikes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Six people have been killed after a seaplane crashed into a river north of sydney its thought four of the victims may be british. Police say the plane was on a sightseeing flight ahead of new Year Celebrations at Sydney Harbour bridge to the bodies of five passengers and the pilot have been recovered from the wreckage. An confirmed reports say an 11 year old boy is among those killed. Officers say they dont know yet why the plane went down. Officers say they dont yet know why the plane went down. For reasons that are not known at this stage, the plane had hit the water, and it has subsequently sunk. It is sitting in approximately 13 metres of water. At the time of the collision, the plane had a pilot and five passengers on board. I can confirm the six people on the plane are deceased. I do not have details, or cannot confirm, the identity or ages of the people on the plane. It is early in the investigation, and we are worki