Now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to thursday in parliament. Coming up after the suicide of his father, an mp calls for a change in the law to allow assisted dying. What drove him to end his life at that point was the fear that if he didnt act when he could and was still able to do so, then he would lose the opportunity to act at all. Ministers are accused of potential cover up or incompetence over documents relating to the deaths of disability benefits claimants. A governments first duty is to protect its people all its people. But they are failing the sick and disabled, and this reveals the enormity of this failure. And peers press the government to force muslim couples to have a civil marriage, as well as a religious ceremony. Where human rights are concerned, there is no room for cultural exceptions. But first an mp has made an emotional plea for the laws on assisted dying to be changed on the anniversary of his fathers suicide. Labours Paul Blomfield told
Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. And it was a week that was remarkably brexit heavy, and we havent had one of those for ages. The chancellor started it. Preparing for no deal is not the same as avoiding the effects of no deal. Jeremy corbyn and theresa may picked up the baton. The best thing to do would be to go back to the people, and let them decide which way we go labour wants to block brexit, and that would be a betrayal of the many by the few also on the programme. The go to guide for parliament goes online, forfree. But first, it wasnt so long ago that you couldnt get through a single parliamentary debate without brexit coming up. Little else was talked about in westminster. But since the deadline was extended until the end of october, its gone a bit quiet. But all that changed this week. The two conservative leadership candidates were responsible by both saying they were willing to allow the uk to leave without a deal. With ren
Where am i going to get the food, where am i going to get gas and leccy . And youre telling me to go to a food bank. A government source has told the bbc around 10 of loans are suspected to be illegal. Also tonight. Workers are sent home, as Deutsche Bank cuts hundreds, possibly thousands, ofjobs in london. Heather mills, the former wife of sir Paul Mccartney, is the latest to win a payout in the phone hacking scandal. How air pollution could be shortening a childs life by up to seven months. It is out. And the fairytale is over for 15 year old cori gauff, but britains joanna but britainsjoanna konta makes it to the quarterfinals at wimbledon. And coming up on bbc news. Its much more straightforward for serena, as williams reaches another quarterfinal, and rafa nadal also books his place in the next round. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The bbc has learnt that tens of millions of pounds of public money is feared to have been lost to fraudsters who are targeting the go
A special report from the amazon on the vital role played by its trees as more and more are cut down. And the fairytales over for 15 year old coco gough but britainsJohanna Konta makes it to the quarterfinals. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. No party for barty at wimbledon as the world number one is beaten by americas alison riske in the fourth round. Good evening. President trump has accused theresa may of making a mess of brexit as he gave a damning assessment of the uks government. In a series of tweets tonight he said he had told the Prime Minister what she should do on brexit and she had chosen to go another way. It comes after leaked emails from the uks ambassador to washington which described Donald Trumps adminstration as inept. The president said he would no longer deal with the ambassador Sir Kim Darroch and that thankfully the british people would soon have a new Prime Minister. Our north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports. Asa as a personal level it always
Then why are our £350 worse off which i have to find from somewhere. Ididnt which i have to find from somewhere. Ididnt plan which i have to find from somewhere. I didnt plan to go back to work until my youngest was in school but in preparation i have had to go back to work and find childcare where it isnt readily available and pay for more childcare isjust isnt readily available and pay for more childcare is just so isnt readily available and pay for more childcare isjust so i have a little bit of cash behind me so we can get through summer. And the hit Series Chernobyl depicting the Nuclear Disaster that took place there in 1986 has seen a big increase in customers want to take tours there. This is what you get to see if you go. Would you be tempted . Hello and welcome to the programme. We are alive until 11 i am. We would like to hear from you today and tomorrow if a member of your family took part and the d day landings we re took part and the d day landings were of the roles. Do