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Our arts correspondent David Sillito reports. Seven years ago, it was an inferno. People that id never spoken to before were stopping me to talk about the pier, and everyone was devastated. Today, a phoenix from the ashes. My parents met in the ballroom on the pier. Here . So im i cast myself as a pier baby. Jill suden has been coming to the pier all her life. But all that is left of the original ballroom are these footprints. 1, 2, 3. Hastings pier has been rebuilt, reborn and reinvented for th...

To meet the russian president , vladimir putin. Trade is set to be top of the agenda as china looks to push its vision for the new silk road. but beijing is also looking further afield for some fresh impetus. From today, Global Investors can buy Chinese Company debt through an exchange for the very first time. Welcome to World Business report. Im jamie robertson. Chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart vladimir putin. Trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of ...

Cheaper prices as the pumps. The supermarkets have cut Petrol Prices over the last few days, but are they here to stay . I will have the details. Strawberries and cream at the ready. Wimbledon gets under way today, so we have sent sally and carol to sw19. Good morning and welcome to wimbledon 2017. As he starts the defence of his wimbledon title today, andy murray says he is fit, despite suffering with a hip problem. But the world number one has already faced some of his toughest questions this ...

Reaching out to absolutely everyone in the area. Plus weve learnt that girls as young as nine are seeking surgery on their vagina because they are distressed by its appearance. Some critics say it is similar to fgm, but not everyone agrees. Female genital mutilation is clearly not a procedure that we can support in any way, shape or form. Procedure that we can support in any way, shape orform. To even use it in the same sentence as libya Plaster Surgery is not only unhelpful, but it is unfair. L...

Crashes into the side of a house and bursts into flames. Welcome to bbc newsroom. The Foreign Secretary has become the latest member of the cabinet to put pressure on the chancellor to relax the Public Sector pay cap. The limit is due to be in place by 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson 2020, that a Government Source says Boris Johnson strongly 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson strongly believes pay writers can be achieved without putting undue pressure on public fin...

A tourist bus crashes in germany and bursts into flames. 18 people are missing, feared dead. Warming up for his opening match at wimbledon andy murray begins the defence of his title after brushing off injury fears. Also coming up in sport later in the hour on bbc news. From the blues to the claret and blue of Aston Villa John terrys career will continue in the championship. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A 16 Year Old Girl has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of seven year...

In venezuela. I do not think it is fair, what has happened the past few months in a country, that you have had the majority of venezuelans protesting, demanding change, demanding free and fair elections, and they have been received by the National Guard and police with tear gas, with rubber bullets, and sometimes with regular bullets, would shotguns. More than 120 people have been killed. And according to the attorney general, she has said that more than 90 of those who have been killed our oppo...

Criticises the head of anti doping for undermining an investigation into anti doping revelations. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres been a steep increase in the number of people arriving at accident and Emergency Departments in england with Mental Health problems. The latest official figures analysed for the bbc show that last year there were over 165,000 Psychiatric Attendances at a e. Thats a rise of 47 per cent over the last four years. That includes a rise of 89 per cen...

And we pay tribute to the journalist who first reported the outbreak of the second world war, who has died at the age of 105. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news weve had the first of the league cup semifinals, with wayne rooney given the chance to break the Manchester United all time scoring record. Good evening. There has been a significant increase in the number of people with Mental Health problems asking to be seen at accident and Emergency Departments in england. Figures from nhs digital, a...

Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am here in london and 7pm in chicago, where barack obama is about to deliver the final big speech of his presidency. Its expected to be a parting plea to americans not to lose faith in their future, no matter what they think about their next president. Its also his last chance to try to define his legacy. The president landed in chicago a little earlier, a Fitting Bookend to what began eight years ago, in the city where the nations first black president claim...