Move onto a new phase. To wea ke n producing some rain. It is starting to weaken a little, but i will still if there is no deal it will cause severe disruption for british be some intense thundery downpours and irish people alike. Across the south west and parts of wales. So here we could see some here in westminster, heavy rain in a short space of time. Mps are to vote again today on holding a snap general election slowly brightening up this afternoon with the Prime Minister looking set across the northern isles. Cloudy to face a second defeat. Skies and bits and pieces of showery rain. As not feeling very warm with travel disruption for hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers, as pilots go on strike. It, between 13 and 16 celsius. A its the biggest walk out disappointing feel to the afternoon. The rain will tend to ease in bas history. Overnight, we do a lot of cloud. And with the moisture from the rain, im Carrie Gracie with the rest there can be patchy mist and fog form
Just hours to go until parliament is suspended but not before one more attempt from the government to trigger a snap election. Ill have the latest from westminster. And the other main stories this lunchtime. Travel disruption for hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers, as pilots go on strike its the biggest walkout in bas history. Totally disgusted, nobody has made any contact, i have had to phone them continually to find my money back. Could smaller portions mean less waste restaurants look to reduce what they throw away. And little mixsjesy nelson calls for a crackdown on internet trolls, revealing she tried to take her own life after cyberbullying. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news a 19th grand slam title for rafa nadal but he did it the hard way after an epic five set final in new york. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one live from westminster. At the end of Business Today parliament will be suspended until the 14th of october but not
Event their and they are not alone. Lets see how the markets have opened this morning. Bit of a mixed bag so far. And well be getting the inside track on the weeks big business stories, including Mario Draghis economic box of tricks with our very own Andrew Walker. Uk Supermarket Chain sainsburys has pledged to halve Plastic Packaging by 2025. Today we want to know what steps, if any you have taken to reduce your Plastic Waste . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start in the finnish capital helsinki, where Climate Change is top of the agenda for eu finance ministers as they meet over the next two days. The European Union wants to be the first major economy to go climate neutral by 2050. One of the big ideas under discussion reforming the tax system to give more incentives to clean energy and penalise fossil fuel use. Researchers are warning that 7 of global gdp will be wiped out by the end of the century if no action is taken to reduce
Which we will have, to fly a drone into the airfield. Whenever that might be, will be a brexit that the house the singer lily allen says her Record Company failed of commons has explicitly endorsed. To take action after hearing allegations that she had been sexually assaulted. A teenager who died from an allergic clashes over healthcare, but unity on gun control, democrat president ial hopefuls battle it out in their race reaction to dairy was not made aware for the president ial nomination. And coming up the hunt of the ingredients in his meal by burger chain byron, an inquest has heard. For dangerous dryers. The number of People Killed despite a recall by the manufacturer by a partner or relative whirlpool, its feared hundreds is at its highest level of thousands of fire prone machines for at least five years. May remain in uk homes. Police at Heathrow Airport arrest two men they suspect were trying to fly a drone into the airfield. The singer lily allen says her Record Company faile
Cut earlier this month. And is this dramatic new evidence of Climate Change two kayakers get the shock of their lives. The Eu Council President donald tusk has rejected borisjohnsons fresh demand for the irish backstop to be removed from any brexit deal. The backstop would keep the uk in the Eu Customs Union preventing the return of border checks between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. It comes as the government annouces that British Government officials will no longer go to most eu meetings from the ist of september. In a statement, the department for exiting the eu says the decision to unshackle officials from these eu meetings is to enable them to better focus their talents on our Immediate National priorities. The brexit secretary Stephen Barclay said officials will only go to meetings that really matter, reducing attendance by more than half and saving hundreds of hours. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. No roadblocks any longer on the irish border, but how t