This woman, sarah thomas, has become the first person to swim the channel nonstop four times. And she only finished treatment for Breast Cancer a year ago. It is the most incredible achievement, she is absolutely amazing. I was reallyjust pretty numb. There was a lot of people on the beach to meet me and wish me well. That was really nice of them but i feeljust mostly stand right now. Ijust cant believe that we did it. Well hear more from sarah thomas, and talk to a member of her support team. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Today those Supreme Courtjudges will decide whether the Prime Minister was wrong to suspend parliament ahead of brexit. The outcome could have huge ramifications for Boris Johnsons future as pm. It will not be known until possibly three orfour it will not be known until possibly three or four days. What do you think aboutjudges getting involved in politics . Should they . Or should that kind of decision be left to mps . Do get in t
Browns short time in the bay area was filled with drama. He missed practice with frostbitten feet and multiple grievances with the nfl over his helmet. After being fined almost 54,000 by the team, he got into a verbal altercation with general manager mike mayot. Friday, the team said he would play in their opener on monday night against denver, but fined him all of his bonus money voiding his contract. And brown asked to be released. So Antonio Brown moves to boston. Bill belichick will be the ring master there. Im Katie Nielsen at raider headquarters. It has been a trying 24 hour. Antonio brown never wanted to come to oakland. He was actually acquired as part of a trade. Thats why some experts say he created all of this drama on his own to get exactly what he wanted to get cut from oakland. Do you want to be a raider . Reporter this is part of the Youtube Video he shared that reportedly a phone call with the head coach questioning browns commitment to the team. But Sports Marketing ex
Inside the Great Pyramid of giza. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. In the last hour, labour has announced that its suspended one of its mps, Kelvin Hopkins, from the party. A spokesman said that it was on the basis of allegations received. This comes amid a raft of allegations against numerous mps of inappropriate behaviour reports that have seen sir Michael Fallon resign as defence secretary. Lets talk to emma vardy, our political correspondent. What is known about Kelvin Hopkins at this stage . This has come about after a statement sent by the party in the last hour, saying on the basis of allegations received by the labour party, Kelvin Hopkins has been suspended from Party Membership and therefore the labour whip while the investigation takes place, and Kelvin Hopkins is the labour mp from luton and has been since 1997. A supporter ofjeremy corbyn. We are not clear about what these allegations are but clearly they are serious enough for the labour party to have taken a serious
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Interest rates have gone up for the first time in a decade. The bank of england has increased the rate by a quarter of 1 , to 0. 5 , as it tries to control inflation. The banks governor mark carney said households across the uk are generally well positioned to deal with the rate increase. The decision will mean higher Monthly Payments for millions with variable rate mortgages. But its good news at last for savers. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. One small step upwards for Interest Rates, affect millions of savers and millions of borrowers. Its more expensive if you have a mortgage, and forjames in south london, its time to cut costs. Weve been very lucky without realising it. I think its going to start, it will probably bite more from now on. For so long we thought, its always going to be like this, but its got to end sometime and we never realised it was going to be this soon. The governor of the bank of england knew it was a delicate bala
Theres lots of underfunding in the north of england. And we getting a raw deal . Absolutely not. Lets be clear, london is an incredible centre and we should be very proud but we have to make sure we have the vibrancy and exciting cultural opportunities across the whole country. There is a track record of the government putting its money where its mouth is and making sure cultures across the whole country and everyone gets to enjoy it. That will be the challenge, to make sure the nations Cultural Centre of gravity doesnt automatically migrate to the south. Time for the latest headlines. The bank of england raises Interest Rates to 0. 5 for the first time in a decade. The new defence secretary is former conservative chief whip Gavin Williamson some within the party are not happy with his appointment. The brother of Manchester Arena bomber salman abedi will not be returned to the uk to face questioning by police say the militia holding him in libya. An update on the market numbers for you