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cyclists call for britains roads to be made safer, as a survey finds a quarter of motorists admit driving dangerously close to bikes. a damning report has warned that hundreds of police officers in england and wales have been cleared to serve when they should have failed vetting procedures. forces accepted applicants with convictions for robbery, indecent exposure and domestic abuse. the police watchdog looked at eight forces, reviewing hundreds of vetting files. his majestys inspector...

a £40 billlion hole in the national bank account. what might that mean for you? ill take a look. in sport, tottenhams turnaround. how a european exit loomed before topping their table on a night of late drama in the champions league. good morning. a chilly but dry start for many in central and eastern areas. strengthening when in the west which will push it to all but the southeast with gales developing in some western areas. all the details throughout this mornings programme. its wed...

hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. authorities in south korea say pyongyang has fired at least 17 missiles, including one which crossed what is known as the northern limit line — in effect, the border at sea between the two countries. that missile, a short—range ballistic device, came down near the south korean island of ulleung, to the east. people living on the island took shelter, but there was no damage, nor any casualties. its the first time sin...

linger across parts of east anglia in the south—east and channel islands and a day of sunshine and showers elsewhere but a cooler day for even in the sunshine and it will stay cool on friday before more wet and windy weather arrives for bonfire night on saturday. thanks, matt. and thats bbc news at six on tuesday 1st november. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, its goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join ou...

hello, good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev — the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to — what he described as — constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of the house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in ...

four days after the death of queen elizabeth ii, at her scottish estate, the eyes of millions of people throughout scotland, the united kingdom, the commonwealth and beyond are fixed on the city of edinburgh this afternoon as the people of the country her majesty loved so much have their opportunity to say farewell. flags are at half mast, and theres a palpable sense of respectful remembrance around the capital, a city the late queen knew so well. back injuly, when the queens health wa...

expect to accumulate through the weekend. the dark blue and green colours for parts of northern ireland and south—west scotland indicate 50—100 millimetres of rain indicate 50—100 millimetres of rain in places, so that could cause some issues. certainly some heavy, thundery rain at times this weekend, always wettest in the west, often quite windy. dare i say, it will feel a little autumnal. for many today brings some sunshine, scattered showers across england and wales, north—e...

mississippi are told to close their mouths and they have a shower after floods contaminate the water supply. coming up later in the hour, they start in the forgiven, find out what mark thinks of that and the rest of the weeks big releases in the film review at 545. hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, the conservative party leadership contest has come to an end. on monday, the country will know who will takeover as prime minister — rishi sunak or liz truss. its been ...

torres feared the voters have more household help us in provided. the telegraph says the front runner may set out her plans to tackle the energy crisis on day one according to that paper. she is the headline on most of the papers on saturday. meanwhile, the times covers russian president putin cutting off a major european gas pipeline indefinitely — which he blames on an an oil leak. none of the papers seemed very convinced by that explanation. the ft reports on how the worlds leadin...

in county tyrone, northern ireland. scotlands first minister nicola sturgeon is to meet union leaders in a bid to end the council workers�* strike crisis tributes pour in for bbc breakfast presenter and journalist bill turnbull, whos died at the age of 66. merseyside police have revealed that two guns were used in the shooting that killed nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel. olivia was shot in her home last week as her mother tried to stop a gunman entering their house. detective...