nasa says it will go ahead and launch the most powerful rocket its ever built. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a manhunt is underway in liverpool after a nine year old girl was shot dead. police say an unknown man is reported to have fired a gun inside a house in the knotty ash area of the city at around ten o clock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries in the attack. ian byrne is the labour mp for liverpool west derby, where this attack happened. he spoke to breakfast earlier this morning. i think devastating is a good way of putting it. we are still going to process what we have heard overnight. it is absolutely devastating that a wholly innocent nine year old young girl has been sadly murdered and i think we are all struggling to process it is a community, in west derby in liverpool and across the country. i think as a moves forward i have heard as much as everybody else, really, we need to hearfrom heard as much as everybody else, really, we
a memorable night for manchester united, who lift the mood at old trafford with a stunning win over liverpool. good morning. it isa it is a mild start today. quite a muqqy it is a mild start today. quite a muggy day ahead. some are showery rain in the north and west. drier and brighter in the south and east. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, august 23rd. some very sad breaking news this morning. a nine year old girl has been shot dead in liverpool overnight. police are hunting for the gunman after he opened fire at a house in the knotty ash area of the city. two adults were also injured. we re still getting the details on this. we will be hearing from andy gill on the scene as the programme goes on. we can tell you this shooting happened in kingsheath avenue in the east of liverpool, in knotty ash. it happened at about one o clock this morning. the road is cordoned off at several junctions as police make door to door inquiries. we have had a statement from the po
and bin strikes in scotland including edinburgh while it hosts the festival means the refuse is piling up and spilling out. chanting: we want glazers out, we want glazers out. a night of protest at old trafford as manchester united fans march against the club s owners. three, two, one. and the go ahead for lift off is expected from nasa heralding an era of moon exploration for a new generation. after 50 years, we re getting ready to return to the moon, using this colossal rocket, the most powerful ever built by nasa. and coming up on the bbc news channel, farewell to one of the european champions. ellen white announces her retirement from football. good evening. there are more sobering forecasts out today of the climbing rise in the cost of living, and particularly in energy prices for households and businesses. it s ahead of a new updated energy price cap due this friday and that cap remember sets a limit on how much providers can charge for a unit of energy. the l
coming into western england and wales. tomorrow, we have high grass pollen levels across parts of england and wales, but those levels are dropping across northern england and north wales, perhaps because there could be more cloud around tomorrow. the bulk of the showers tomorrow. the bulk of the showers tomorrow will be across northern ireland, which i was on longer spells of rain in scotland, where it will be particularly windy, with gales in the far north. tomorrow it could be cooler in scotland and northern ireland, but in eastern parts of england, where it may stay dry, temperatures reached 22 celsius in the sunshine. it should be dry at trent bridge on saturday, and probably dry through the rest of the five day test match. a westerly breeze, and temperatures won t change an awful lot. the wind won t be as strong on sunday. the wind is easing down a bit because the low pressure bringing the windy weather and the showers is moving away. for sunday, we have lighter winds, a
Herfamily into kind of conditioning her. So in a sense, he is notjust a coach that has won a world cup, he has also played an active role in this kind of Misogynist Culture within the federation that the players are now speaking up about. Jordan henderson says he was really hurt after being criticized forjoining the Saudi Pro League this summer. The england midfielder, who is in camp with the National Team ahead of their euro 2024 qualifiers, moved from liverpool to al ettifaq and has now given his first interview to the athletic. He has been a vocal supporter of the lgbtq community. Same sex activity is illegal in saudi arabia. In the interview, he says, my intention was never, ever to hurt anyone. I do care about different causes that ive been involved in, and different communities. And for people to criticize and say that i turned my back on them really, really hurt me. He added, all i can say is that i apologise. Im sorry that ive made them feel that way, but i havent changed as a