Commonwealth games . It looks like an early Christmas Present for birmingham. They are set to be confirmed as the hosts for the 2022 games as long as they dont mind paying for it with a price tag of £750 million. I will have more at 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. And tomasz has all the weather unfestive weather. It is. Look at the gloomy picture behind me. As we go from Christmas Day into boxing day, it might turn colder but mild is the word. Thanks, tomasz. Also coming up prosecco and perfume for Pampered Pets owners spend more than ever before on Christmas Gifts for theirfurry friends. Hello, this is afternoon live. The metropolitan police is reviewing 30 Sexual Assault cases, and investigating scores of others. The announcement follows the collapse of a second rape trial in just a few days after vital evidence wasnt made available by the police. The met say the same officer worked on both cases. Disclosure, as its known, means that police have a duty to hand over any relevant evidence to d
Small matter of wanting to knock the World Champion off their perch. Parrot whistles. Natalie pirks, bbc news, belfast. Time for a look at the weather. Heres ben rich. The weather gave some others are short, sharp shock, eight heavy burst of rain. You can see on the radar picture this band of rain was very narrow, a heavy burst which disrupted the rush hour in places, or made for a soggyjourney to work. That has now cleared away. We are left with some pretty strong winds and rough seas close to the east coast. That was how it looks for one of our weather watchers in cromer. Although the winds will continue to slowly ease through the afternoon of the seas will state quite rough, big waves close to the east coast. However, quite a lot of sunshine to come through the rest of the day. Some showers exposed to the north westerly breeze, for example the north coast of Northern Ireland, northern and western scotland and trickling across north west england perhaps into the west midlands, but fo
Over the right to chose when to end his life. Also this hour sales of new cars have declined for the sixth month in a row. Just over 400,000 new vehicles were registered in september down more than 9 from last year. And the home nation fortunes hang in the balance as england, scotland and Northern Ireland prepare for World Cup Qualifiers tonight. Good morning. Its thursday 5th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We begin with breaking news, police have said former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath would have been questioned about allegations of child sexual abuse by seven people had he still been alive. Wiltshire police, which has led a two year £i. 5 police, which has led a two year £1. 5 million inquiry into the late tory leader, has today published a report detailing its findings. Its a News Conference in swindon isjust beginning, lets go to swindon and the Wiltshire Police News Conference. Wiltshire police on behalf of the National Police chief s council took
Officials say the las vegas government planned to flee the scene of the attack. Stephen paddock may also have had help planning a massacre in which 58 people were killed. The british author Kazuo Ishiguro is awarded the nobel prize for literature. He told the bbc he was flattered to win. Its a magnificent honour because. Mainly because it means that im in the footsteps of you know, the greatest authors. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Wiltshire police say they have enough evidence to have questioned the former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath about allegations of historical child abuse made by seven people. Had he still been alive. The force says it would have interviewed sir edward under caution about a claim he raped an 11 year old boy. And also claims, including rape and indecent assault, made by six others. But their investigation has been severely criticised. Helena lee is that Wiltshire Police headquarters in swindon with the very latest. This has been a Major Investigatio
The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any costs. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. With just a year until a brexit deal has to be done, the eu side is deeply uncertain about how this process will end, with an organised deal or a chaotic split. Huge challenges ahead, said donald tusk. Ahead of us is still the toughest stress test. If we fail it, the negotiations will end in our defeat. Donald tusk is no fan of brexit. He even hopes it may not happen. But he says success or failure in the talks depends on how the uk handles them. It is in fact up to london how this will end, with a good deal, no deal or no brexit. Last weeks summit in brussels br