Ill is up rise, either pie. Ill summarize it. I am here to product response to the oil spill and designed with the efforts to deal with the consequences. Before i do this, however, i want to express sincere regret as to what happened on behalf of all the employees of exxon and certainly on behalf of myself i really cant tell you how say we are sympathetic and particularly those in alaska and the Prince William sound area and thats where the difficulty is creating a great deal of problems for those people. As weve by, and we will continue doing all we can can in spilling up the and theyve already been this uponment in the area, and high the skies make it a particularly different problem. A few comments about the spill to put it in perspective and its been changed many times. The spill is 240,000 barrels that occurred early on march 24. We have other factual information. The weather was clear. The ship had no known mechanical difficulty. A change was requested because of ice and the outg
So could it be cheaper to remortgage . Ill get an expert view. Saved from the brink Bolton Wanderers will stay in existence, and in the Football League, after a takeover deal was confirmed last night. It is going to be wet and windy today for scotland and Northern Ireland. Bright and breezy for england and wales with a few showers in the west. I will have more in 15 minutes. Its thursday 29th august. Were live in westminster this morning, where the politcal fallout over the Prime Ministers decision to suspend parliament continues, with labour promising to table a vote of no confidence in the government. Mrjohnsons announcement has sparked protests across the country, a legal challenge and a petition with more than one million signatures. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Outside downing street, in cities across the united kingdom, protests against borisjohnsons hugely controversial decision to send mps home for more than a month just weeks before the brexit deadline. Am
Brexit. This is completely constitutional and proper. There is going to be lots of time to debate before the 315t of october. Parliament will be sitting then and will be able to have whatever motions it once. Well talk to mps and an audience of voters. Its not undemocratic, itsjust its not undemocratic, its just not the right way to do it. Proroguing parliament after the normal recess, mps will have ample time to debate brexit. Members of parliament have an obligation to have a say in what happens by october the 315t. An obligation to have a say in what happens by october the 31st. Its extraordinary, but desperate times call for desperate measures, and for the sake of democracy this needed to happen. And of course wed welcome your views get in touch in the usual ways. Also today, well talk to the mum of 20 year old freddie pring, who died after falling from the second floor balcony of a hotel in magaluf injune. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. The paper
Until sentencing. The governments decision to suspend parliament. Were expecting to hear from Ruth Davidson in the next few minutes. In her Resignation Letter she said it had been the privilege of my life to serve as the leader good afternoon. Of the scottish conservative welcome to bbc newsroom live. And im annita unionist mcveigh. Party. the government has insisted a government whip, lord young, that mps will have time has also resigned in the last half to debate the uks departure from the European Union hour, saying shutting parliament down risks fundamentally undermining it. Despite plans to suspend parliament but cabinet ministers reject claims for five weeks into october. Yesterday, the queen approved the move is an attempt to stop mps the Prime Ministers request to close parliament until 14th from debating brexit october less than three or preventing a no deal exit. Weeks before the uk this is completely constitutional, and proper, there is going to be is due to leave the eu. Lo
But theres been strong opposition the Commons Speaker has labeled the move a constitutional outrage. This is a smash and grab on our democracy. He is acting like a dictator. And these are live pictures of Greta Thunberg and these are live pictures of Greta Thunberg arriving in new york harbour the teenage climate activist has spent more than two weeks at sea. The queen has approved the british Prime Ministers decision to suspend the British Parliament forfive weeks just days after it returns from recess next week. The deadline for the uk to withdraw from the European Union is in just 64 days time, on the 31st october. Boris johnsons move significantly limits the parliamentary time mps will have to pass laws stopping a no deal brexit, just yesterday opposition leaders had said that was their plan. This tweet sums up some of the reaction. This is the former chancellor it would be but mrjohnson says its not about brexit. By bringing forward a new legislative programme on crime, on hospita