hejoins us from our studios in worcester.of tall buildings in england with cladding that is unsafe still has not been sorted out? england with cladding that is unsafe still has not been sorted ounm england with cladding that is unsafe still has not been sorted out? it is appalling, really, embarrassing to be sitting here two years after such a dreadful incident as gwen fell, and as you quite —— as grenfell, and apart from a ban on combustible materials in tall buildings that has brought in 12 months ago, nothing has changed at all. we still have not had a building regulations review, that is now for the last 14 yea rs, review, that is now for the last 14 years, and we never thought any of us years, and we never thought any of us infire years, and we never thought any of us in fire safety community thought that the combustible ban went far enough anyway. there are lots of other high—risk buildings in the built environment such as schools, hospitals and care homes. we saw on the weekend graphically in matter to a 6—storey block

machiavelli masquerading as bernie worcester. —— machiavelli masquerading as bernie worcester. — — woosterthey didn't agree. on the count of three, shout the person who you want to be leader. three, two, one... boris! the conservative party needs a committed brexiteer that will win back the confidence of people falling off with nigel farage, they also need a conservative who can beat jeremy corbyn on the centre ground. that is boris. supporters may think borisjohnson is a winner but what about in a general election? polling guru, sirjohn curtis, has been predicting election results for over 30 years. he says it is a gamble. i think what one needs to be aware of is that borisjohnson can do something for the conservative party which is to bring in leave voters he will not have any control over where remain voters leave their vote. he has to hope the remain vote remains divided, but if it falls behind another party the conservatives will have a more substantial challenge and the outcome of that battle does not lie within his control. jeremy hunt's chances are no more certain. at the end of th

phil mackie, bbc news, worcester. found guilty of murdering a vulnerable young woman in inverclyde more than 18 years ago. one of them was also found guilty of fraudulently collecting her benefits, worth £182,000. a jury at the high court in glasgow convicted edward cairney and avriljones of killing 19—year—old margaret fleming between december 1999 and january 2000. margaret's body has never been found. lorna gordon is at the court now. a very distressing case, tell us more. yes, it is. margaret fleming was last seen arrived around —— alive christmas 1999 but it was 16 yea rs before alive christmas 1999 but it was 16 years before anyone realised that she was missing. the couple, has a posted carers, concocted a web of lies to cover up their crimes. after the murder, they travelled to london and typed up and posted letters which were said to be from margaret. the prosecution here at the high court in glasgow was able to show it was not the teenager who had written the letters but them. when they were finally questione

women have taken an unassaible 2—0 series lead against west indies, after a rain affected match in worcester overs. tammi beamont hit 61 and anya shrubsole boosted the total with some big hitting late on. in response, the windies never really threatened, with england winning by 121 runs via the duckworth—lewis method. the win all but guarantees their qualification for the 2021 world cup. the world triathlon series is in leeds this weekend with brownlee brothers in action in their home race. but, it was australia's jake birtwhistle who comfortably won the race ahead of spain's javier gomez. the leading brit was tom bishop, with olympic champion alistair brownlee well off the pace. great britain's georgia taylor brown won the women's event with a commanding finish. it's her first world series victory. jess learmonth was third. great britain secured a vital win againt australia in the hockey pro league, after a dramatic penalty shoot out. the game was poised at 1—1 when chris griffiths slotted home from a penalty corner, the aussies then levelled and it the aussies then levelled and it went to

this is what the seven looks like at the moment near worcester and our stretches and a number of flood low pressure is south of island and that's feeding and with lengthy spells of rain. the what is whether the moma in northern ireland with spreading into scotland over the coming hours and then we will have this slow—moving weather front forming of her parts of wales in northern england. not move very farand in northern england. not move very far and fast because the winds are flowing parallel to the front rather than pushing it through. so it will be with us for quite amount of time. it will be a mild neck for most of us it will be a mild neck for most of us and temperatures staying in double figures. monday's whether we'll continue to affect parts of wales in northern england. the far north is a day of sunny spells and heavy and thundershowers. the show is really look lively for the afternoon and south and east it's a dry day with bright or sunny spells. whenever we see these sun shines coming out should feel quite warm with temperatures getting up to 21 degrees in the warmest spots.

i'm a has offered to show me the prices in action at the gumdrop factory in worcester. so once we get the full gumdrop bins that goes through the 1st part of the process which she sighs for jesus it can actually see the gum when it's been crushed up b. c. it will be on the letters that are in there along with a gun shoot chewing gum chewing gum with a cupcake. then goes through the 2nd stage which separates the gum drop in the chewed gum and the other ways we then take this away yeah we've had to mix it with recycled materials which get he fit in compounded. fees. which go on forever she may then when you come to bed early i will start again. the gum tech material can be molded into a whole range of products. not just cups but stationary key rings boots and shoes. for a little then he says some of the products that we have at the moment ok. to the best this is actually a really fun project we had that was done in collaboration with the council in amsterdam who want to highlight the amount of calmness to have such on the streets and i'm stumped so you'll see the so here

and it has offered to show me the prices in action at the gumdrop factory in worcester. so once we get the full gumdrop bins that goes through the 1st part of the process which actually size for jesus it can actually see that come true then it's been crushed up yeah you see all the other letters that are in there along with chewed chewing gum chewing gum cupcakes. and then goes through the 2nd stage which that creates the gum drop in the chewed gum and the other ways we then take. yes we've had mix it with we cycled materials which get he fit in compound the case these pellets which go on for she may not even when you come to bed early i will start again. become tech material can be molded into a whole range of products. not just cups but stationary key rings boots and she's. proud to call them into some of the products that we have at the moment ok and to the. best this is actually a really fun project we had this done in collaboration with a council announced i want to highlight the amount of dumbness to have such on the streets and stuff so you'll see the so here is a

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phil mackie, bbc news, worcester.r forecast... notjust all of us, the weather forecast... not just that part all of us, the weather forecast... notjust that part of all of us, the weather forecast... not just that part of the all of us, the weather forecast... notjust that part of the country that has been hit by this. no, we are running through a weeks worth of data and you can see the uk is hit by several areas of cloud and low pressure, some of the heaviest rain was on monday, spinning around different parts of the uk for the la st different parts of the uk for the last few days, each of these weather systems has been picking up very warm airfrom systems has been picking up very warm air from the near continent and mixing it with cooler air, coming down from polls, the big contrast is what has led to those very active weather fronts. enormous amount of rain. how much rain, well, we can see on the radar picture, again, another way of looking at it where the rain has been, and often, these weather systems have been t

he killed paul, ralph, dawn and samantha at their home in worcester in 1973.er said he was angry about the decision. more annoyance more than anything i suppose than anger. anger i suppose a lot of it was to think that after all the fighting i have been doing to keep him in they let him out. heavy downpours across england are causing disruption. network rail said some areas of the country have seen two months' worth of rainfall in one day. the rail operator southern has advised people to avoid travelling, delayjourneys or use alternative routes. 0ur correspondent danny savage is in horncastle in lincolnshire this evening, where one of 31 flood alerts has been issued. it is looking pretty awful where you are. george, it is still raining and this is where the heaviest rainfall has been so far today. this river has been so far today. this river has a flood warning in place and you can see by the gate over my shoulder that it can see by the gate over my shoulder thatitis can see by the gate over my shoulder that it is about six foot above normal at the moment, so

the windies' target was revised because of two rain delays in worcester, but they still lost by 121 runsrtantly, the result all but guarantees them qualification for the 2021 world cup. there's more on the bbc sport website, including the goals from today's other world cup matches that saw wins for brazil and italy. how have attitudes towards immigration changed since the brexit referendum three years ago? it used to regularly be among the top issues of concern reported in opinion polls. but now, recent surveys have suggested that immigration is viewed more positively. for bbc news' latest crossing divides season, our home editor mark easton reports from herefordshire. thank you. freshly from the pan. amelia was among the first polish workers to come to the uk after eu expansion 15 years ago. that's very polish. she set up home in herefordshire, from where she now runs an award—winning polish food business. you can always top it up with a sausage. amelia has worked hard to integrate into the community but the brexit vote seemed to embolden a minority who directed racist abuse towards eu

after a rain affected match in worcester.and anya shrubsole boosted the total with some big hitting late on. in response, the windies never really threatened, with england winning by 121 runs via the duckworth—lewis method. the win all but guarantees their qualification for the 2021 world cup. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. four people have been killed in sudan as protesters clashed with security forces on the first day of a civil disobedience campaign against military rule. many of the streets in the capital, khartoum, are deserted with people responding to opposition calls for a general strike. it's part of a campaign of civil disobedience aimed at forcing the ruling military council to relinquish power. a woman has died after being struck by lightning while walking in the scottish highlands. the 55—year—old was hiking near kinlochleven when she and another member of the group were hit. police scotland said both were airlifted to hospital in fort william, but o

the west indies target was revised because of two rain delays in worcester but they still lost by 121s them qualification for the 2021 world cup. in rugby league news there were a couple of super league games to tell you about from sunday and a real shock with bottom of the table london broncos inflicting a golden—point defeat on leaders st helens. morgan smith's drop—goal proved the difference — the broncos just edging it 23—22. there was another tight finish in today's other match, sam powell's late drop—goal gave wigan a 19—18 win at hull kr. martine, that's all the sport for now. an investigation has been launched into the cause of a fire which badly damaged a block of flats in east london. officials say the blaze was brought under control after around 100 firefighters were sent to the scene in barking this afternoon. 0ur correspondent leigh milner was in barking earlier, and spoke to the fire brigade's incident commander at the scene. we've had an extensive fire today. the fire service were called at 3:31pm and, at its height, we had 15 fire engines, and a number of our specialis

his rivaljeremy hunt, visiting a factory in worcester today, has said he would delay brexit again ifs of jobs in the west midlands depend on having a wise prime minister who makes sensible calls as to how we leave the european union promptly but also ina way the european union promptly but also in a way that doesn't harm business. but in brussels european leaders say they will not renegotiate the withdrawal agreement and the uk has been wasting time since brexit was delayed. maybe the process of brexit will be even more exciting than before because of some personal decisions in london, but nothing has changed when it comes to our position. this afternoon another hustings event forjeremy hunt and borisjohnson. what hustings event forjeremy hunt and boris johnson. what is hustings event forjeremy hunt and borisjohnson. what is clear is that whoever becomes prime minister next month will face many of the same challenges that defeated theresa may. time to catch up to look at the latest weather forecast for the weekend. how is it looking? not bad, today has been a decent day for most of u

the second match in worcester had been reduced to 41 overs because of rain.hitting late on. and shrubsole was in great form with the ball too, taking two wickets. the west indies are 60—5 after 22 overs. england can close in on world cup qualification for 2021 with a win. the world triathlon series is in leeds this weekend with brownlee brothers in action in their home race. but, it was australia's jake birt—whistle who comfortably won the race ahead of spain's javier gomez. the leading brit was tom bishop, with alistair brownlee well off the pace. great britain's georgia taylor brown won the women's event with a commanding finish. it's her first world series victory. jess learmonth was third. great britain secured a vital win againt australia in the hockey pro league. after a dramatic penalty shoot out. the game was poised at 1—1 when chris griffiths slotted home from a penalty corner, the aussies then levelled and it went to a shootout. daniel beale had the chance to take the match to sudden death but he couldn't convert, meaning great britain won 11—3 to p

his rivaljeremy hunt visiting a factory in worcester today has said he would delay brexit again if necessarye prime minister who makes sensible calls as to how we leave the european union promptly but also in a way that doesn't harm business. but in brussels, european leaders say they will not renegotiate the withdrawal agreement and the uk has been wasting time since brexit was delayed. may be the process of brexit will be more exciting than before because of some personal decisions in london but nothing has changed when it comes to our position. this afternoon, another hustings event forjeremy huntand another hustings event forjeremy hunt and boris johnson. another hustings event forjeremy hunt and borisjohnson. what's clear is who ever becomes prime minister next month will face many of the same challenges that defeated theresa may. the family of a man who died earlier this year as a result of being given contaminated blood, has told a public inquiry that the then health secretaryjeremy hunt did not fulfil his promise of "a full and fair settlement". mike dorricott died in 2015 with liver

his rivaljeremy hunt visiting a factory in worcester today has said he would delay brexit again if necessaryhe west midlands depend on having a wise prime minister who makes sensible calls as to how we leave the european union promptly, but also in a way that doesn't harm business. but in brussels, european leaders say they will not renegotiate the withdrawal agreement and the uk has been wasting time since brexit was delayed. maybe the process of brexit will be more exciting than before because of some personal decisions in london, but nothing has changed when it comes to our position. this afternoon, another hustings event forjeremy hunt and boris johnson. what's clear is who ever becomes prime minister next month will face many of the same challenges that defeated theresa may. transport for london would have put barriers along london bridge if it had been told of its vulnerability before the attack in which eight people died, the organisation told the inquests into the deaths of the victims today. the bridge was identified as one of the most vulnerable locations in the city of london by a

from the college of worcester, and received his j.d. from the georgetown university law center. joyce whitevance served as the u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama from 2009 to 2017. she also served on the attorney general's advisory committee and the co-chair of its criminal practice subcommittee. she is currently distinguished professor at the practice of law at the university of alabama school of law. miss advance received her degree from baits college and j.d. from the university of virginia law school. john malcolm is the vice president for the institute of constitutional government and director of the meese center for legal and judicial studies he at the heritage foundation. he also serves as firm of the federal society's criminal law practice group. from 2001 to 2004, he served as the deputy assistant attorney general in the department of justice. he received his bachelor's degree from columbia college, my alma mater, and j.d. from harvard law school. barbara mccade served as the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan from 2010 to 2017. she also

and has offered to show me the prices in action at the gumdrop factory in worcester. so once we get the full gumdrop bins that goes through the 1st part of the process which actually size for jesus it can actually see the gumdrop when it's been crushed up you see all the of the letters that are in there along with chewed chewing gum chewing gum cupcakes. and then goes through the 2nd stage which separates the gum drop in the chewed gum and the other way. we then take this thing yeah we've and mix it with recycled materials which get heated in compound and. these pellets which go on forever she may bend when you come to bed early i will start again. become tech material can be molded into a whole range of products. not just cups that station key rings. and she's. proud to call them into some of the products that we have at the moment ok. to the fast this is actually really from project we had done in collaboration with accounts. in amsterdam i want to highlight the amount of the minister of such on the streets and abstract so you'll see the so here is actually a map of

the second match in worcester has been reduced to 41 overs because of rain. been in great form with the ball too, taking two wickets. the west indies are 32 for 4 after 13 overs. they've just come off for rain again. the world triathlon series is in leeds this weekend with brownlee brothers in action in their home race. jake bert whistle has a one at that pace in the last few moments. great britain's georgia taylor brown won the women's event with a commanding finish. it's her first world series victory. jess learmonth was third. great britain secured a vital win againt australia in the hockey pro league after a dramatic penalty shoot out. the game was poised at one all when chris griffiths slotted home from a penalty corner, the aussies then levelled and it went to a shoot out, daniel beale had the chance to take the match to sudden death but he couldn't convert, meaning great britain won 11—3 to pick up a crucial two points. couple of super league games to tell you about in rugby league and a real shock with bottom of the table london broncos inflicting a g

a woman — whose three children were murdered by the same man in the 1970s in worcester — was told today dawn, who was two, and nine—month—old samantha, at their home in 1973. elsie urry — who now lives in hampshire — told the bbc the news was terrible. she found out it in a telephone call this morning. she's been talking to steve humphrey. anger i suppose, a lot of it was. to think they had let him go. after all the fighting i had been doing to keep him here. it was one of britain's most notorious murders. three young children killed by this man, david mcgreavy. he took three lives and the way he took those lives, you know what i mean? i don't know if you read it all. the murder of the three youngsters in 1973 shocked the nation. paul was four years old, dawn was two, and samantha was nine months. mcgreavy, then 21, had been a lodger at the family's home, he was sentenced to life in prison. what's to say that he is not going to do that again on the street to anybody else? yeah? so how can they tell me that he is safe to come out onto the street again? she's been told that mcgreavy has g

in worcester, is the founder and ceo of gtech, nick grey.rs at vax, set up his own vacuum company, gtech, in 2001. it's now worth £120 million. and in leeds is sian gabbidon. she went to a state school, studied fashion at university. won the apprentice in 2018, after launching a swimwear company. thank you all very much for coming on the programme. sam gyimah, britton's most influential people are over five times more likely to have been to a private fee—paying school than the general population, and 7% of the general population was privately educated compared to two thefts of those in a position of power. what do you make of that? staggering, but not surprising. this confirms what a lot of sian —— us actually think about what is happening in our society. this has just put some numbers to it. i believe you need data because without the data you don't know how you can improve. so this report is welcome in terms of shedding light on what we already know, and to be honest this problem has been going on forfar too, why honest this problem has be

host: we go to worcester, massachusetts, and hear from robert. your thoughts on the story we're reporting on from the wall street jurnled , the nation's -- the "wall street journal," the nation's debt and deficit. caller: first of all, the national debt is something that -- [inaudible] -- for our nation. when you talk about the national debt, we're talking about the centrist bureau. that's talking about we have to take census. donald trump is talking about right now, we have to tyke a census so we have -- we have to take a census so we have voting. voting is a right. but -- [inaudible] -- this is one thing we need to talk about. the census. every black american in this nation, think about the census bureau that donald trump right now is about ready to do. very black american, latino, gay, lesbian, everybody across this nation right now ought to be talking about the census bureau for 2020 and on and on. [inaudible] host: thank you, robert from worcester, massachusetts. we certainly have talked about and will, in addition, as the supreme court gets

they won a rain affected match by 121 runs in worcester.s behind roger federer‘s men's record of 20. and rory mcilroy stormed to victory at the canadian 0pen. he finished the tournament on 22 under par, seven shots clear of ireland's shane lowry. i'm sure we will show the final putt later. sally is loving nice today. why wouldn't you ? there's been a big drop in the number of shoppers visiting the high street last month, according to new footfall figures out this morning. nina's here with the details. how big a drop of we talking? how big a drop of we talking7m how big a drop of we talking? it is not good news. we have been talking about it in the last couple of yea rs. about it in the last couple of years. figures out show and almost 596 years. figures out show and almost 5% drop in footfall on the high street in may. that is the gift and a steepest decline in six years, not good you —— not good news. fewer shops, house of fraser, new look, debenhams, they have all faced closures. last yea r, debenhams, they have all faced closures. last y

it is like when i worked in massachusetts, it was worcester. >> okay.

and shocked the world again he's a 43% president and trailing badly and a lot of states, losing in worcestercked by how many of them have this drk not a foop f perpetual. they have all this race, all this exsitment and reagan-filed watts walk away with oh, you know trump, he's going to do it again. democrats really are bipolar. ethey are assumedly come pleas ently overconfident or they're panicked, they're the president has as i would say right now historically he is in the weakest position of any ibt of the modern era, possibly ever in terms of his reelect numbers, if you go state by state, look at his approval ratings and how he's performed empairly throughout his first time, there's no doult that the -- not only does he not campaign on it but he spends a lot of his time trying to undermine the only thing that really gives him a decent chance at reelection. i would just say to the government, no, shouldn't take president trump seriously. no one could get this many complace complacenti agree with you, democrats should be very wary. anybody who underestimates donald trump is a fool. and some

good morning from worcester, massachusetts. caller: calling from great barrington.ost: i'm good, joe, how are you? caller: i'm all right. i'm a donald trump supporter and i will tell you why. top three -- the illegal immigrants, you've got 11.3 illegal immigrants in america, undercutting the jobs. i worked construction for a long time in georgia, texas. of the african-americans don't get elected or hired because of the illegals. number two, prison system reform, 800,000 black men are locked in jail. more than the country of brazil or nigeria. and we have 40 million black people here. i saw for the crack epidemic did to my neighborhood. hispanic people are hard-working immigrants but they are pushing the drugs like from the dominican republic. for those that care about right or wrong, look at what's going on with the attorney general now. he's doing a good job. they bring in these kilos of is get and all they do deported. the african-americans that sell it on the street corner are given the maximum minimum sentence, three strikes and you are out and they have to do 2