Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of commons following last weekss election. We are politically in a different world. A world in which the parliament, the government and the monarch have been in sharp focus, a course of some tension as well. And a year dominated once again by the brexit question and process. What will the queens speech tell us about the governments other priorities, apart from brexit, for the year ahead . This is Boris Johnsons second queens speech in the sake space of nine weeks. Boris johnson has been resident at n
We hear from the british woman who was brought back to life after her heart stopped beating for six hours. And in sport, var played its part in newcastles 2 0 win at Sheffield United prompting the manager to criticise the technology. Good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. Boris johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will go head to head in a live bbc Election Debate this evening. It will be the last time the tory and labour leaders share a stage before next thursdays general election. It comes as borisjohnson faces renewed pressure to agree to an interview with the Bbcs Andrew Neil, in his series of programmes Challenging Party leaders. Well, we begin with our Political Correspondent iain watson. Good correspondent iain watson. Morning to you. A lot i this good morning to you. A lot riding on this head to head tonight between the two leaders. Thats right, the final head to head between the two people who could be Prime Minister a week from now. And i think it is going to be a crucial
Youre questions answered. Thats with plaid cymrus liz Saville Roberts. Taking you straight to Ironbridge Gorge in shropshire for the pictures of the demolition of four cooling towers the. We just got to that a couple of moments later after the charges were set. 120 metres high and they cost of £10 million. Crowds gathered to see that historic moment as the towers at the coal fired power station in Ironbridge Gorge in shropshire came down. The work of so long comes down in a matter of seconds and as you can see, a cloud of dust is all that is left. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is watching the demolition. That was quite an amazing sight. It has gone completely to plan. There was concern that some would fall into the river severn. Essentially where that dust cloud is at the moment, but everything seemed to happen quite perfectly on time. You really have to be 60 years old or older than that to remember what it was like before that. 55, 60 years ago when they started building these power
Haverfordwest and the wales title might live Election Debate. The wales live Election Debate. Applause good evening and welcome to the pembrokeshire county showground in have rfordwest pembrokeshire county showground in haverfordwest for a special live Election Debate, and welcome to viewers beyond whilst watching on the bbc news channel. Over the next hour, we will be testing the pledges and ambitions of five Political Parties in wales. I will be chatting to our audience, who have a wide range of viewpoints and are very keen to quiz our panel of politicians on a range of subjects, not just brexit, to politicians on a range of subjects, notjust brexit, to get the answer is that matter to wales. You at home canjoin in on social media. The hashtag is on screen. We asked the five main parties to nominate a leading representative to take part in the debate. For the lib dems, their leader in wales, jane dodds, for the conservatives, david tc davies. For plight comrie for plaid cymru,. And f
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