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More than 15,000 nurses in Northern Ireland walk out in an unprecedented strike over pay and patient safety. Relatives of four british soldiers killed in the hyde park bombing win a civil case against convicted ira member, john downey after his criminal trial collapsed in 2014. And coming up in sport, liverpool through to the final of the Club World Cup after beating mexican side monterrey. Historic scenes coming to us from the united states, members of congress are getting ready to vote on whether to impeach donald trump. Impeachment is the two stage procedure which can lead to the removal of a sitting president. In the first stage today, a majority in the house of representatives would need to support the move. ani if that passes a trial would be held in the us senate dominated by republicans next month. Thats unlikely to happen. But if it did donald trump would be forced ....
In his own personal ceremony at Windsor Castle. Good morning. The cost of going home england cricket director ashley giles warns bowlerjofra archers breach of bio secure rules could have been a disaster and cost the game tens of millions of pounds. And ive got your friday and weekend weather. Some cloud, some rain, the sun, and cooler for all after a very warm day for some of us today. Good morning. Its friday the 17th ofjuly. Our top story. The nhs in england will get an extra £3 billion of funding to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus this winter. Some of the money will be used to keep Nightingale Hospitals open to the end of the Financial Year, and for private hospitals to carry out non urgent operations. Our Health Editor hugh pym reports. T ....
Muted for part of the debate. Heathrow becomes the first uk airport to offer covid testing for departing passengers, with the result in around one hour. Researchers in ireland say babies who are fed milk in bottles could be ingesting millions of pieces of microplastic every day. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. A deadline of midday has been set by the uk government for local leaders in Greater Manchester to agree a deal on moving into the highest level of covid restrictions. Several days of talks between the two sides have so far failed to break the deadlock. Greater manchester mayor andy burnham said the region was seeking a fairfigure of support from the government. He will meet with local leaders this morning to set out the request in a letter to the government. The very high alert level, also known as tier 3, would mean closing pubs and bars which do not serve substantial meals, and extra ....