After yesterdays washout, the weekend is looking more promising. Sunshine and showers, but quite windy at times as well. Its saturday, august 17th. Our top story detectives investigating the killing of a Police Officer in berkshire have sealed off a nearby caravan site. Pc Andrew Harper, who only got married four weeks ago, died after he was dragged along by a vehicle as he was attending reports of a burglary. Our correspondent ben ando has the latest. Roughly three miles from the crossroads where pc Andrew Harper lost his life, caravans behind a fence at a site now linked to the investigation into his death. Ten people are in custody and are likely to face questioning today. All male, ranging in age from 30 down to 13. Pc harper died near the a4 between reading and newbury in berkshire. He was responding to reports of a burglary when he was apparently struck by a vehicle and drugs beneath the wheels. Some reports suggest he was subsequently hit by a police car arriving at the scene. H
Well, after yesterdays washout, the weekend is looking a bit more promising. Sunshine and showers, but quite windy at times too. Its saturday, 17th august. Our top story detectives investigating the killing of a Police Officer in berkshire have sealed off a nearby caravan site. Pc Andrew Harper, who only got married four weeks ago, died after he was dragged along by a vehicle as he was attending reports of a burglary. Our correspondent ben ando has the latest. Roughly three miles from the crossroads where pc Andrew Harper lost his life, caravans behind a fence at a site now linked to the investigation into his death. Ten people are in custody and are likely to face questioning today. All male, ranging in age from 30 down to 13. Pc harper died near the a4 between reading and newbury in berkshire. He was responding to reports of a burglary when he was apparently struck by a vehicle and dragged beneath the wheels. Some reports suggest he was subsequently hit by a police car arriving at th
After more rain on day three, they say they need to get australia out by lunch to have a good chance of winning the second ashes test. After yesterdays washed out the weekend is looking a little more promising. Sunshine and showers, but quite windy at times, too. Its saturday 17th august. Our top story. Detectives investigating the killing of a Police Officer in berkshire have sealed off a nearby caravan site. Pc Andrew Harper, who only got married four weeks ago, died after he was dragged along by a vehicle as he was attending reports of a burglary. Our correspondent simonjones is at the scene. Simon, what more do we know . Earlier on we hired the sentiment from the forest, the sadness. The reaction has been quite overwhelming from this, hasnt it . Yes, great deal of shock and sadness and still a big Police Presence where pc harper lost his life. This side of the road remains cordoned off, the other side the police ourselves. We believe pc harper was derived from one side of the road
Weekend, in their opening win against southampton. Theres text commentary on the bbc sport website. Liverpools adrian is hopeful of starting against southampton this afternoon, despite being injured by a fan who ran onto the pitch during the teams super cup celebrations. Adrian made his debut in the win over chelsea on wednesday, with regular keeper alisson injured and managerjurgen klopp had this to say to the unwelcome pitch intruder. There is no doubt about how much we love our fans, there is no doubt about that. But if they could all stop doing that, doing. Thats now the worst example ive so far heard about. Its not funny. What can i say . I dont know what you can do against it but its not. I like the fact that we dont have fences in the stadium but that means theres a lot of responsibility for the supporters as well. Bath winger Ruaridh Mcconnochie is out of the england team to face wales this afternoon in a world cup warm up match. He was set to make his debut in cardiff but he h
This is bbc news. The headlines at 8pm the death toll from the coronavirus in china rises to 56 officials warn the spread of the virus is accelerating and the country faces a grave situation. Today, the Chinese Government has said there is evidence that it is actually getting stronger in its transmission. And because of that, many specialists are seeing it is already too late. The Foreign Office is urging britons to leave the province where the outbreak began and is advising against further travel there. A member of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower blocks deadly cladding. A child is pulled from the rubble as emergency teams search for survivors in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that struck turkey on friday. The dangers of smart
motorways which operate without a hard shoulder ministers are set to act after dozens of deaths in five years. And coming up the travel show heads to spains culinary capital, san sebastian, where