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Plans for a second Scottish Referendum on independence have been put on ice. First minister Nicola Sturgeon has categorically not dropped the idea of another vote, but said today that no legislation will be brought forward until autumn next year at the earliest. Given the pace at which these things proceed, that means no vote would happen until 2020 and by then it would likely be delayed until after the next scottish elections in 2021. The reset amounts to a setback for the ambitions of the snp,...

In parliament, our round up of the highlights of the day. On this programme. Renewed anger over the involvement of private providers in the nhs, as the commons reacts to the loss of 700,000 items of medical correspondence. Are these not an example of when the ideological agenda of the Party Opposite to contract out our nhs services has failed and as a result of that the patients are suffering . What happened at sbs was totally unacceptable. It was incompetent. The First Minister Of Scotland anno...

To bring you the information on the issue that 33 one half british people voted on a year ago. That result, 17. 5for people voted on a year ago. That result, 17. 5 for leaving the European Union, and 16 million for remaining, was a majority for brexit. But after an Election Result where nobody won a majority, what has changed 7 where nobody won a majority, what has changed . I am heading to brussels to get some answers, and to speak to those on the other side of the negotiating table. And i am g...

Health bill meaning it would not have a majority. Time now for World Business report. Another Big Cyber Hack brings yet more disruption to business Around The World. What more can they to do keep themselves safe . Rebooting the sale. Toshiba announces another delay in raising the cash it badly needs from its memory chip unit. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Another huge cyber attack is affecting businesses and other organisations across the world. Those affected include banks,...

Defeating a Labour Amendment to the queens speech. It should also win the final vote on that queens speech tomorrow. So it will then have shown it can survive. But thrive . Not so clear. In the last 2a hours or so, weve seen raggedness of thought and ill discipline of purpose. We thought the goals for this government were to deliver brexit and reduce the deficit, but unity on both those looks to be disintegrating. Chancellor Philip Hammond made a thinly veiled joke at the expense of borisjohnson...

Everybody thinks we need to learn the lessons from the Grenfell Tower fire. And responsibility for drawing up the right lessons rests primarily on the shoulders of one man sir Martin Moore Bick, a 70 year old former commercial lawyer and appeal courtjudge. He went to the site of the fire today and met residents, which sounds fine. But and its a big one he then downplayed expectations of what his inquiry might cover and how quickly it could report. Now, im well aware that the residents and the lo...

In hong kong, where there are concerns the visit of chinas president xi may have stoked divisions in the territory. 0n the face of it, mr xi was simply marking the 20th Anniversary of hong kong being handed back to china by the british, but he used the event to warn against any challenge to beijings control. The Foreign Ministry said the handover deal, Guaranteeing Two Systems until 2047, had no practical significance, and there are fears of new Education Programmes to bring the public into line...

For the first time in 20 years britain has four players through to the third round at wimbledon and kyle edmund is on Court Bidding to make it five. And coming up in the sport theyve been chasing him all summer and now Manchester United have agreed a fee of around £75 million for everton striker romelu lu ka ku. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Donald trump has described russias behaviour as destabilising and said that the United States is working to combat it. In a speech in ...

Its100 years since women were allowed tojoin its100 years since women were allowed to join the uk armed forces. We found out what has changed between their women who served them and those who serve now. Good morning. Its friday 7th july. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump has met russias president Vladimir Putin face to face for the first time. The two leaders shook hands at the 620 summit in the german city of hamburg. They are due to hold further talks later. Ros ...

Today. It has finally happened, donald trump and Vladimir Putin have met for the first time, shaking hands at the 620 summit in hamburg. Donald trump called it an honour, the russian president said he was delighted to discuss things personally. In the last few hours we have heard that they agreed a ceasefire in south western syria, which will come an effect on sunday. But a discussion on Russian Meddling in us elections last year is reported to be robust. The bbcs North American editorjon sopel ...