Are put in to bat on an overcast first morning of the third test against sri lanka. They already hold an unassailable 2 0 series lead. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. The Prison Population in england and wales has hit a record high for the second week in a row. The latest figures show there are now more than 88,500 inmates. Thats a rise of almost 1,200 in five weeks. Around half of those are cases linked to this summers riots. In a few days time, the governments temporary early Release Scheme will begin, and some offenders will be able to leave jail at an earlier point in their sentences. Lets speak now to our Uk Correspondent daniel sandford. Daniel, what are these high numbers doing to the Prison System . Last week, i was sitting here talking to your audience about the Prison Population hitting an all time high. This week its even higher, and essentially what happened is on the 30th Ofjuly when the rioting Started this summer, the Prison Population has been rising
Warns of Human Rights violations with a Special Report coming up on good News in northumberland in the uk as they often population as the clear and stable after fears about Bird Flu, we will be speaking to a puffin ranger. Let me turn to Breaking News just as i was reading those headlines, a line coming in from kenya, from the Deputy President , an update on that story with that Dormitory Fire in central kenya, we know 17 pupils dying but the latest and it is a disturbing update from the Deputy President saying 70 children are missing after that steadily can your school fire, 70. We had expected the numbers to go up but a big, Big Jump In to go up buta big, bigjump in terms of to go up but a big, Big Jump In terms of the numbers of children missing and we know some children have already been taken to hospital, 17 pupils at least have died and he really distressing details at the scene with parents arriving there to try to make identifications but they had warned us that the numbers wou
For a second year in a row. Four goals from the 83rd minute onwards. The first fa cup Quarter Final has a blistering climax and a win for coventry. And a good first day not great on day two. How do rory mcilroy s chances look during his third round at the players championship . Hello again. Welcome along to sportsday. Ireland are on the verge of back to back six nations titles. Of the four teams that entered the final weekend with a chance of winning the tournament, much was in their favour mainly the maths. A win against scotland in dublin would do it, as would a draw. Even defeat with two bonus points. But with about ten minutes to go, they lead to 17 6 at the aviva stadium. The story of the game so far. Scotlands finn russell whos the leading scorer in the six nations this season was the first to put points on the scoreboard in the eighth minute at the aviva stadium. Butjust five minutes later, ireland Hooker Dan Sheehan saw his chance to hit back with the first try of the match. Ru
in the second and i think he knew the match had then got away from him and djokovic then took that set on a tie break so it s a straight sets victory for djokovic. jannik sinner will learn a lot from this, it s his first grand slam semifinal but he will be frustrated that he didn t land a punch on djokovic who was playing his 46th semifinal. he is so experienced. on that court in particular, on centre court, where he hasn t lost three decades. not since andy murray beats him back in 2013. he looks comfortable, at ease, at times there was a bit of needle and frustration, there seemed to be someone in the crowd winding up a little bit. he was putting his ears to them at one point when that fan was frustrated at jannik sinner hadn t broken the djokovic serve but when you make novak djokovic angry, hejust gets when you make novak djokovic angry, he just gets better. when you make novak djokovic angry, hejust gets better. i think when you make novak djokovic angry, he just gets be
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is it £16 billion of our money, to keep the railways running during the pandemic? and now they re moaning because they re not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment, and in london, and that s affecting her treatme