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A very good evening to you and welcome to bbc news. The government has hailed bmws decision to build a fully electric version of the mini in the uk as a vote of confidence in britain. Bmw has confirmed the model will go into production in 2019, with the parts manufactured abroad, before the car is assembled at its cowley plant, near oxford. Bmw had previously expressed fears about the uncertainty surrounding brexit. Today it said it had neither sought nor received any reassurances from the government on arrangements after britain leaves the eu. Heres our transport correspondent richard westcot...

A very good evening to you and welcome to bbc news. The government has hailed bmws decision to build a fully electric version of the mini in the uk as a vote of confidence in britain. Bmw has confirmed the model will go into production in 2019, with the parts manufactured abroad, before the car is assembled at its cowley plant, near oxford. Bmw had previously expressed fears about the uncertainty surrounding brexit. Today it said it had neither sought nor received any reassurances from the government on arrangements after britain leaves the eu. Heres our transport correspondent richard westcot...

Water, adam peaty smashes his way into the record books. Coming up, Greg Rutherford says he is devastated to be out of the championships through injury. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The agony for the parents of terminally ill charlie gard continues with his mother connie yates back at the high court again today. Having abandoned the battle yesterday to keep him alive, she is now fighting to be able to take him home to die. Lawyers for great 0rmond Street Hospital where charlie is being treated say there are practical difficulties. Thejudge has said if charlie can be taken h...

Police used the Gross Indecency laws to continue to Criminalise Gay Behaviour and social activity. Voiceover it is a deadly disease and there is no known cure. In the 80s, hiv and aids brought a new atmosphere of moral panic. By the end of the decade, the number of Gross Indecency prosecutions against gay men was as high as it had been in the 1950s. Many many lead completely double lives. The writer Maureen Duffy who campaigned for the 1977 act who campaigned for the 1967 act says it was not a moment of sudden liberation. It was the beginning of a process. But never assume that what you have a...

A very good evening to you and welcome to bbc news. The government has hailed bmws decision to build a fully electric version of the mini in the uk as a vote of confidence in britain. Bmw has confirmed the model will go into production in 2019, with the parts manufactured abroad, before the car is assembled at its cowley plant, near oxford. Bmw had previously expressed fears about the uncertainty surrounding brexit. Today it said it had neither sought nor received any reassurances from the government on arrangements after britain leaves the eu. Heres our transport correspondent richard westcot...