news happens, you'rejust way behind. so why did bbc television report ben wallace's resignation 45 minutes after two other news channels? e us this reason. now we on newswatch are not the only ones who have had something of a refresh over the summer. with more and more people accessing news via their mobile phones, the bbc has also made changes to its news app, but the new design has attracted a large number of complaints. in fact, it's the topic that, according to the bbc�*s logs, has attracted the most comments from the bbc news audience over the summer. one of those who got in touch with us wasjohn gott and hejoins us now. john, thank you so much for coming on newswatch. tell me how you've been using the news app and what bothers you about the new version? well, i was familiar with it and i suppose with new changes there's always going to be a problem. but i don't like the way that the new app delivers the news. for me, it doesn't work and as a result, it's no longer my first news source. the first, the former format was just so much easier to view and navigate quickly, and the presentation, has in my opinion, become

bbc news, i will do that in just channel as well. on hand to answer your question so get in touch with your questions, using the hashtag or e—mail the programme. all coming up, thought under way, what a choice for you! it is 9:39am. thank you for your contributions. some good ones. we still have grainne whose recruitment editor and senior content writer of the publication formally known as the times educational supplement. let me come to a chartered civil engineer now, did you see this coming? i will now, did you see this coming? i will not sa i now, did you see this coming? i will rrot say i saw _ now, did you see this coming? i will rrot say i saw it _ now, did you see this coming? i will not say i saw it coming _ now, did you see this coming? in it not say i saw it coming but my experience in the industry as they do not listen to the people that do see it coming. do not listen to the people that do see it coming-— do not listen to the people that do see it coming. those who did see it comin: , see it coming. those who did see it c

and, ukraine's first lady right here on the bbc news channel with yalda hakim — talking about the impactliwala, welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let's start straightaway with breaking there is that we are hearing coming to us from spain. the sanish hearing coming to us from spain. the spanish media just reporting and the last little while that the spanish women's soccer team has been fired over that hole for rory and the kiss that has dominated since that evening of the world cup victory. this is the latest domino to fall not have been so many consequences

bbc news... and coming up on the bbc news channel, hamdan parks is the oldest fixture in international football, and take on england in a friendly, 150 years on from their first meeting. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. female surgeons working in nhs hospitals are subjected to a culture of sexual harassment and assaults by male colleagues, according to a major new report shared exclusively with bbc news. the research, described by the royal college of surgeons as "truly shocking", identifies a pattern of female trainees being abused by senior male surgeons. 0ur health correspondent james gallagher reports. one example that i've got when i was a junior surgeon, so the person with the least power in the operating theatre is, i was i was assisting a consultant on a case. i guess he'd got a bit sweaty but turned around and just buried his head right into my breasts. and i realised he was wiping his brow on me. and you just freeze, right? why is his face in my cleavage, you know? and then a little while later, he turns around, he does exactly the same thing all over again. so i said,

breakfast show yesterday had double the watch time of sky news and three times the share of the bbc news channelerage number of viewers as sky news and almost double the average number of people watching the bbc news channel. we are making progress here at gb news. i think part of the reason is we do have as we've done tonight on the whole issue of what sunak has said, these reversals on net zero, we make sure that all sides of the argument get represent covid and there they are debated with passion. there's question about that. there's no question about that. but i think we treat you as a grown up well . one person who grown up well. one person who certainly treats everybody as a grown up is sirjacob rees—mogg , who will picking up the , who will be picking up the reins with his state of the nafion reins with his state of the nation programme a moment. nation programme in a moment. jacob big day. >> very important day, >> it's a very important day, i think today is the when think today is the day when rishi is taking control rishi sunak is taking control and set out a plan that and has set out a

you can watch the full interview with ukraine's first lady right here on the bbc news channel with yaldarom 5.00pm gmt, that's 6.00pm bst. a bbc investigation suggests that three major water companies in the uk illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times last year on days when it was not raining. the practice, known as "dry spilling", is banned because it can lead to higher concentrations of sewage in waterways. raw sewage can legally be discharged if the system is overwhelmed, but only after heavy rain or snow. it stinks, but is it legal? raw sewage was released onto england's beaches and into its rivers, more than 300,000 times last year. some of it was allowed, but our analysis of water company data suggests they're regularly breaking the law. rural west sussex and one of southern england's celebrated chalk streams. so here we are. welcome to the river lavant, or as we locally call it, the river lav. the river lav? the river lav. just full of full of effluent. rob, a retired businessman, is notjoking. there would be no river lavant in the summer without the treated discharges from t

breakfast show yesterday had double the watch time of sky news and three times the share of the bbc news channelumber of viewers as sky news and almost double the average number of people watching the bbc news channel. we are making progress here at gb news. i think part of the reason is we do have as we've done tonight on the whole issue of what sunak has said, these reversals on net zero, we make sure that all sides of the argument get represent covid and there they are debated with passion. there's question about that. there's no question about that. but i think we treat you as a grown up well . one person who grown up well. one person who certainly treats everybody as a grown up is sirjacob rees—mogg , who will picking up the , who will be picking up the reins with his state of the nafion reins with his state of the nation programme a moment. nation programme in a moment. jacob big day. >> very important day, >> it's a very important day, i think today is the when think today is the day when rishi is taking control rishi sunak is taking control and set out a plan that and has set out a plan t

you can watch the full interview right here on the bbc news channel.allen's new movie. here he is, arriving on the red carpet for the premiere of coup de chance — which translates into english as stroke of luck — he was accompanied by his wife, soon—yi previn. but as that was going on, a group of protesters seemed to try to disrupt the event. they were prevented from reaching the red carpet area, and chanted slogans about abuse. woody allen has consistently denied allegations made by his ex—partner mia farrow and has told reporters he supports the #metoo movement "where it does something positive". a part of china's world famous great wall has been severely damaged by construction workers who used an excavator to dig through it. police, who released this image of the damage, say two people are suspected of digging a "big gap" to try to create a shortcut for their construction work. chinese media say police in shanxi province followed tracks made by the machinery. officials said they had caused irreversible damage to that part of the wall, which was bui

we will be on the bbc news channel, but as well as being on the bbc news channel, if you can't be botheredviews. hasn't talked about his work _ gives interviews. hasn't talked about his work for _ gives interviews. hasn't talked about his work for about i gives interviews. hasn't talked about his work for about 20 i gives interviews. hasn't talked i about his work for about 20 years, but his work has been reworked as a stage play for the first time by james graham, who wrote sherwood, so we will hear from both of them. all that to come on the bbc news channel and bbc two, but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with sarah campbell and roger johnson. welcome to breakfast on bbc two. ireland'sjonny sexton made history as the six nations grand slam champions defeated tonga 59—16 at the world cup. wales found their opponents, portugal, tricky to get past hello, this is breakfast, with sarah campbell and roger johnson. we are on the bbc news channel and also on bbc two this morning. so exciting. also excitin: is two this morning. so excitin

and you can watch the full interview right here on the bbc news channel on top daily global which startsdees to leave the burning man festival. new video shows cars and vans leaving the site. rare rain storms turned the area into a muddy mess leaving 70,000 people stranded. some attempted to walk nearly 10 kilometres to the nearest road. the authorities said the death of within man was unrelated to the weather. scuffles broke out at the venice film festival of goody at 11's new movie. here he is arriving for the premier of the film but as that was going on a group of protestors seemed to try to december rupt the event. they were preventing from reaching the area, they chanted slogans about abuse, he has denied allegations made by his ex—partner o partner and said he supports tb #metoo movement where it does something positive. a part of china's great wall has been damaged by construction workers who used an excavator to dig through it. police who released this image of the damage say two people are suspected of digging a big gap to try to create a short cut for their construction work. c

we will be speaking to you throughout the day on the bbc news channel. thank you.ciate it. thank ou. �* , thank you. we really appreciate it. thank you-— thank you. let's bring you some breakin: thank you. let's bring you some breaking news _ thank you. let's bring you some breaking news in _ thank you. let's bring you some breaking news in the _ thank you. let's bring you some breaking news in the uk. - thank you. let's bring you some breaking news in the uk. the i thank you. let's bring you some l breaking news in the uk. the gmb trade union has announced all 400 wilco stills will close by early october. that is likely to lead to 0ctober. that is likely to lead to the loss of 12,000 jobs across the country. it is understood no bidders are interested in running shops under the wilko name although some parties are interested in rebranding the stores. the billionaire owner of hmv hopes to keep up to 300 wilko shops open but his bid failed. rising costs complicated the deal. further redundancies and store closures are expected to be announced soon. we will bring you

the channel was the subject of a discussion on wednesday's newsnight on bbc two. these are poundland fox news these two... these, these right—wing channels. what you do is you shock and awe, and that's what this is about. frankly, what 0fcom should do is shut it down, like it shut down rt. i actually agree with adam. i think it should be taken off air. it was entirely predictable that i laurence fox was going to come out with a statement i that was that offensive. the political blogger known as guido fawkes invited his followers to complain to the regulator 0fcom, about what he called newsnight�*s extreme unbalanced coverage of gb news, arguing that impartiality rules had been breached. 0ne viewer, known on x as gary foxtrot vet, followed their advice and submitted an 0fcom complaint. he wrote: well, the reason why there was some unanimity among the panel could be explained by what presenter victoria derbyshire said at the start of the discussion. we did ask for an interview with the boss of gb news. he said he couldn't come on until he had completed his investigation. later in the week that

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he previously worked as a host for the bbc, a new case channel for before becoming an independent political commentator. his dances are often at odds with the british establishment position on multiple issues, including the ukraine conflict. it says his views are, would have gotten him in trouble. now more than a decade after the alleged misconduct took place. is there another agend the reply, particularly when we've seen co ordinated media or tax before like with joe rogan, when he did to take a medicine that the major made. it didn't approve of how much or a spite of headlines from media outlets across the world, using the same language. unaware that you guys have been saying in the comments for a while, watch out russell, the coming for you. you're going to close the truth, russell. brad did not kill him, so i know that a year ago there was a spite of all who was russell prize, a conspiracy theorist, russell brands right wing. i'm aware of news media making phone calls, sending glass to people i know ages and ages. it's been clear to me or at least they fill so many life as a serious unc

bbc news. and staying in the uk, the tv channel gb news has suspended two of its main presenters after commentsroadcaster described the remarks about a female political journalist as completely unacceptable. our entertainment correspondent david sillito reports. let's move on to the bbc, laurence... dan wootton, gb news presenter, talking to actor and regular gb news contributor laurence fox, in a discussion about a debate that had taken place on the bbc, featuring the journalist ava evans. laurence fox was asked what he made of it... we're past the watershed, so i can say this. show me a single self—respecting man who would like to climb into bed with that woman ever? he then went on to repeat the comments, but in rather more blunt language. the comments, but in rather this time, with laughter from dan wootton. who'd want to shag that? oh, laurence... look, she... laurence fox has also been suspended and ava evans has received a formal apology. honestly, not to cast doubt on our media landscape, but i didn't actually think anything was going to happen, especially not when i first saw the clip

it's on the bbc news youtube channel and later this week there'll be a documentary on iplayer calledsome of the weaponry those guys had looked so rudimentary, but how effective is it?— how effective is it? variable, i would say- — how effective is it? variable, i would say. the _ how effective is it? variable, i would say. the country, - how effective is it? variable, i would say. the country, the l how effective is it? variable, i- would say. the country, the army, that brigade have been through an extraordinary transformation, they've gone through a time when the war which is taking over in the east and a few people knew about it and a few people paid the price into a struggle for national survival into which everything has been thrown, the talents, the link is, the volunteers and all available weapons and technology, so the self—propelled guns you solve earlier than some of the drones are much newer and they are moving, as we see, from the ones thatjust drop things, which has been going on since the beginning of the war, to the so—called first person ones. that is an advance in th

bbc news. two of the highest profile stars on the news channel gb news, dan wootton and laurence fox, have been sillito has that story. let's move on to the bbc, laurence... dan wootton, gb news presenter, talking to actor and regular gb news contributor laurence fox, in a discussion about a debate that had taken place on the bbc, featuring the journalist ava evans. laurence fox was asked what he made of it... we are past the watershed so i can say this. show me a single self—respecting man who would like to climb into bed with that woman ever? he then went on to repeat the comments, but in rather more blunt language. this time, with laughter from dan wootton. who'd want to shag that? oh, laurence... look, she... dan da n wootto n dan wootton did apologise but soon the channel had some breaking news of its own... we begin this bulletin - with some breaking news. i can tell you that gb news, i this company, has suspended its presenter dan wootton. laurence fox has also been suspended and ava evans has received a formal apology. honestly, not to cast doubt on our media landscape, but i didn't act

channel four�*s dispatches programme. they related to a period between 2006 and 2013, as lizo mzimba described on bbc one's tea—time news bulletinw, during some of this time, brand was a presenter for bbc radio 2 and channel 4 as well as acting in hollywood films. he was undoubtedly one of the most famous celebrities in the country. the programme then went into some detail about what russell brand is accused of doing. the nature of those descriptions, the time of day they were broadcast, and the extent of the coverage that followed all concerned annie saviano. it seems that today, your top news story concerned the alleged historic actions of russell brand. now, whilst i understand that the women involved need a voice and their story should be heard, it is not a top news story. at tea—time on saturday, just before family programming, why were we subjected to such lurid details of these offences at such a sensitive time? obviously not so important to the bbc and therefore in second place came the devastation and loss of life in libya. and this is followed by a few lines concerning the melting of the ice caps. so does the bbc consi

that's what i do know as fact is we are now regularly beating sky news breakfast combined with the bbc channelbecause >> because of you. because of you. from to you. thank you. so from us to you. thank you. so from us to you. thank you very, very much indeed. tomorrow on again to do it tomorrow on air again to do it all from six. all again from six. >> it is stephen and not sure yet he's on with stephen tomorrow. >> thanks for that. >> thanks for that. >> no, i'm simply trying to build up my colleague andrew six tomorrow. >> no, i meant my friend andrew's coming up next and. >> but anyway, here's alex burkill with the weather. have yourselves a good day. the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning . news. >> good morning. i'm news. >> good morning . i'm alex >> good morning. i'm alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. there's also the risk of some thunder for some as a band of rain for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing

bbc news, the headlines... a presenter on the uk tv channel gb news, dan wootton, is suspended after his colleague laurence foxur. getting to the heart of the matter — a team of international scientists try to answer a very important question. i'm at europe's particle research centre, in cern, reporting on the results of an incredible experiment to find out whether antimatter falls down or up. there has been a second day of violent protests in the indian state of manipur after the discovery of the bodies of two students who disappeared in july. there has been violence in manipur — in northeast india — between different tribal groups and communities over the past few months. samira hussain reports.

bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. in the uk, tv channel one of the suspended centres and adjust that situation. i didn't exect adjust that situation. i didn't expect to — adjust that situation. i didn't expect to be _ adjust that situation. i didn't expect to be set _ adjust that situation. i didn't expect to be set here - adjust that situation. i didn't| expect to be set here tonight adjust that situation. i didn't i expect to be set here tonight it can wash my hair much coronation street. unless you've been living under a rock or don't have internet access you will be aware that gb news presenter lawrence fox appeared on the general last night and made some offensive comments about the journalist ava evans. free speech is everything but it comes with responsibility. anything you say or write or broadcast will rightly be exposed to the court of public opinion. i know, i've been there and i'll be there again. whether lawrence should stay on air is not my decision and dan's absence tonight is also beyond my control. there is in investigatio

bbc news i sunday. do check that out. we are i going to be on the bbc news channel until nine o�*clock.u go to the statues, because they are often the pieces of memorialisation that don�*t land as well with the public today as they would have in the past. part of that, you said lifelike, that is exactly the problem with statues today. hundreds of years ago you didn�*t have any other way of knowing what a monarch or the consort looks like, unless it were reported for a statue, whereas today it is almost impossible not to know what the royal family look like from tv and magazines and photographs. so we have seen a little bit in the immediate past, that sense that those statues are osteo, and thinking in particular of the statue of the queen mother that was erected on the mall in 2009. and the statue of diana, princess of wales, at the sunken garden in kensington palace. a lot of these statues are held up to a very high standard because they are compared to photographs. i don�*t think this time around we�*re going to see as much of an emphasis on statues as we have may be seen with monarch

bbc news. the headlines: banijay, the company who employed russell brand while he was presenting shows show for channel 4 in the mid—2000s, has launched an "urgent investigation" after allegations of rape and sexual assault are made against him. he denies the claims. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni, have visited the italian island of lampedusa. it has seen huge numbers of people arriving from north africa this week. anger grows among survivors in libya's flood—ravaged city of derna as authorities in the east of the country blame nature for the disaster. the united nations says the number of people known to have died has reached around 11,300. the antarctic sea—ice has declined to its lowest winter level on record, according to satellite data. now on bbc news a culinary adventure in turkey, with discovering the world's table i'm nick kwek and i'm on a journey to see how history and culture shape what we eat. i've never heard that before. in discovering the world's table, we travel the globe, revealing the stories behind some of o

people following russell brand on social media and subscribing to his channels has increased by several 100,000. katie razzall, bbc newslondon accused of spying for bulgaria. hello again. today we've got some rain which has been pushing up from the south of england and coming in across northern ireland. both these bands of rain are moving northeastwards. you can see them quite nicely here in the pressure chart, the isobars alone telling you that once again it is going to be a breezy day. and out in the atlantic, we've got our next deepening area of low pressure. that is storm agnes, which will come our way tomorrow. so the rain continuing to move across scotland and northern england. this morning's rain clearing into the north sea. but behind all of that, we're looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers, temperatures 1a in lerwick to 23 in norwich and in london. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, many of the showers will tend to fade. we'll have some clear skies, but in the second part of the night, the cloud will start to build across the south—west. this is a prerunner to storm agnes. and once ag

coming up is the upgrade to the bbc news app more of a downgrade? and with the news channelre's a reminder of a few of the big stories of the past few weeks. newsreader: the fires in rhodes have not diminished. _ instead, more have broken out overnight, and there are concerns the winds could get stronger, farming the flames even more. july isn't over yet, but it is already virtually certain a number of teams of climate scientists around the world. and so the stage is set for- what will be a momentous occasion.

legacy media, channel 4, there, that the legacy media, channelli, bbc, they there, that the legacy media, channel 4, bbc, they are making inquiries are, but russell brand is a huge figure, in newedia, so, what are they doing, in regard to all this? ? very much so, a man who presents himself as an outsider is very much a media fig ukraine he was playing to cheers at a packed house this weekend. he has six million followers on youtube, one has nine million view, that is three times the size of an average peak time tv audience these day, google is as big audience these day, google is as big a media organisation as there is on the planet anding in so far, and of course there is a lot of focus on the legacy media organisations going back over 20 year, mtv, channel 4, the bbc, hollywood studios and the questions here, are were there are complaints at the time, what did anyone do about it? i think there is anyone do about it? i think there is an equally important question, if there aren't complaints, is that because people felt they couldn't complain, and what does that say about the culture the entertainment industry? david, thank you and lucy. thanks both. there've been big protest

bbc two. they've got a special programme this evening about migrant boat crossings. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. channel

bbc news. and gareth barlow. let's start this hour with some breaking news. the sunday times, the times and channelional abuse over a seven year period at the height of his fame. brand has denied the allegations saying his relationships were "always consensual". a little earlier our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba gave us more details. well, as you say, this is a joint investigation between the sunday

channel four�*s dispatches programme. they related to a period between 2006 and 2013, as lizo mzimba described on bbc one's tea—time news bulletinfamous celebrities in the country. the programme then went into some detail about what russell brand is accused of doing. the nature of those descriptions, the time of day they were broadcast, and the extent of the coverage that followed all concerned annie saviano. it seems that today, your top news story concerned the alleged historic actions of russell brand. now, whilst i understand that the women involved need a voice and their story should be heard, it is not a top news story. at tea—time on saturday, just before family programming, why were we subjected to such lurid details of these offences at such a sensitive time?

bbc news. the bbc and banijay, the company who employed russell brand while he was presenting big brother spin off shows for channelter allegations of rape and sexual assault are made against him — he denies the claims. the president of the european commission visits the italian island of lampedusa, amid a huge surge in migrant arrivals. these are live pictures from derna, where officials in libya say the number of people killed in last week's floods has reached more than 11,000 with around a quarter of the buildings there destroyed or damaged. the antarctic sea—ice has declined to its lowest winter level on record, according to satellite data. hello, i'm gareth barlow. the bbc and an independent producution company who made programmes for channel 4 are both investigating allegations of serious misconduct against the comedian russell brand whilst he was presenting radio and television shows in the uk in the mid—2000s. it follows allegations of rape and sexual assault in a joint investigation by the sunday times, the times and channel 4 dispatches. the report claimed concerns about brand's behaviour whilst working o

bbc news. the chief executive of gb news, angelos frangopoluss, says he was appalled by comments made on the channelampaigner, laurence fox. mr fox and the presenter, dan wootton, were both suspended following the derogatory remarks about thejournalist, ava evans. they have since apologised. speaking to amol rajan, mr frangopoulous had this message to ms evans. i have no hesitation whatsoever to offer that apology. and i reiterate the words in my letter which i sent to her earlier this week. it was very unfortunate and does not reflect our values. and of course we are very sorry. unfortunate is a weird choice of words itself, isn't it? this isn't really got much to do with fortune or luck. i mean, do you just want to tell us what you said to her about why you're sorry? well, they don't meet our values, and they were... they did not reflect what we believe is appropriate conversation as a media company, appropriate conversation as a part of the national conversation. 0k... and i, you know, it's... it really is an apology that it was just really inappropriate. isn't the truth that you wanted laurence

bbc news. the bbc and banijay, the company who employed russell brand while he was presenting shows show for channel 4 in the mid—2000s, has launched an "urgent investigation" after allegations of rape and sexual assault are made against him — he denies the claims. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni, have visited the italian island of lampedusa. it's seen huge numbers of people arriving from north africa this week. anger grows among survivors in libya's flood—ravaged city of derna, as authorities in the east of the country blame nature for the disaster. the united nations says the number of people known to have died has reached around 11,300. the antarctic sea—ice has declined to its lowest winter level on record, according to satellite data. hello. let's get more now on the italian island of lampedusa. the european commission president has laid out an emergency plan of action following the arrival of thousands of migrants. the italian prime minister says europe's future is at stake. earlier i spoke to giorgia linardi, from the

brunt of the allegations, a5 that channel 4 are at the brunt of the allegations, as are the bbc, but i thought what always makes me proud about channel 4 and bbc and news, then all of this taking the evidence to the media instead of taking it to the police, is going to make any prosecution that much more difficult. :, ~' :, make any prosecution that much more difficult. :, ,, :, , , . , difficult. you know? the publicity, and gaining _ difficult. you know? the publicity, and gaining an _ difficult. you know? the publicity, and gaining an impartial _ difficult. you know? the publicity, and gaining an impartialjury. it i and gaining an impartialjury. it will potentially be that much more difficult. similarly, iwill say will potentially be that much more difficult. similarly, i will say if russell brand '5 claims of innocence and anything he did was consensual, it is true, then he should write now be at the office of his lawyers preparing a case for libel. you know? it's all very well for him to say as much as he wants that things were consensual but going by his previous levels of empathy, and the size of his ego, i would suggest can sensuality a5 a subj

bbc news. our correspondent simonjones is outside the london headquarters of channel 4 — which broadcast the allegations russell brand found fame here in the uk working for channel four on the big brother reality series. but it was of course channel four itself that last night broadcast that explosive documentary. now, bosses here at channel four say the allegations are deeply troubling, but they say they have done a review and can find no evidence that those claims were reported to the broadcaster before this documentary. russell brand also worked for the bbc. he had a show on radio 2. now the bbc say that he was taken off air after it was discovered he'd left a lewd voicemail message for the actor andrew sachs about his granddaughter. the bbc say that shows their processes do work and they do take allegations very seriously. but the chair of the commons culture committee, dame caroline dinenage, feels the broadcasters do have further questions to answer, and she fears this could be another case of alleged abuse of power in the tv industry. russell brand himself is not hiding away. he took to the stage

news happens, you'rejust way behind. so why did bbc television report ben wallace's resignation 45 minutes after two other news channels? rsion? well, i was familiar with it and i suppose with new changes there's always going to be a problem. but i don't like the way that the new app delivers the news. for me, it doesn't work, and as a result, it's no longer my first news source. the first, the former format was just so much easier to view and navigate quickly, and the presentation has in my opinion, become bland, certainly by comparison with the other news apps. i think the new white, very white presentation wastes space and the menu options are very limited again by comparison with other news apps. i miss the fact that there's those menus. i know there is a three point menu on the bottom, but it doesn't seem to be as comprehensive as it was before. in other news apps that i use, the guardian, the ft, they have multiple choices generally at the top of the page that you can flick around if you want to go to some, some other aspect. and the bbc news app, now, whether or not it had it before, it certainly hasn't got that n

bbc news. our reporter leigh milner is outside channel 4's headquarters in london. eigh. broadcasters including channel four and the bbc now carrying out their own investigations, what can you tell us about what might be happening now? the company that owns the big brother brand, banajay, says it has made urgent inquiry. channel four says it has done document search and has not carried —— profound anything so far. meanwhile the bbc is also investigating if any complaint were made while he was working as a radio presenter. most of these allegations come after 2012 when he was in america for the hollywood studios. there are also questions surrounding his charitable work. one charity that works with women and children has recently cut ties with the actor. these are very serious allegations of sexual assault and rape. two of those allegedly took place in los angeles. the lapd have said they have not been told about them but it's early days. the other allegations are supposed to have taken place right here in the uk, including the allegations made by the woman who was 16

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following russell brand on social media and subscribing to his channels has increased by several hundred thousand. katie razzall, bbc newsons human rights council in an election that will be seen as a key test of its international standing. russia was suspended from the council after its invasion of ukraine. the bbc has obtained a copy of russia's position paper circulated to un members promising what it called "adequate solutions for human rights issues". live now to rachel denber, deputy director for europe at the ngo human rights watch. good to talk to you. what do you make of this move on the part of russia, looking to rejoin the human rights council? it rejoin the human rights council?— rejoin the human rights council? , ., , , council? it is a completely nical council? it is a completely cynical move. _ council? it is a completely cynical move. russia - council? it is a completely cynical move. russia is . council? it is a completely cynical move. russia is noj council? it is a completely - cynical move. russia is no more appropriate tojoin the cynical move. russia is no more appropriate to join the human rights co

thank you for coming on bbc news. ., ~ , ., the bbc and a producution company who made programmes for channelgations of serious misconduct against the comedian russell brand whilst he was presenting radio and television shows in the uk in the mid—20005. it follows allegations of rape and sexual assault in a joint investigation by the sunday times, the times and channel 4 dispatches. the report claimed concerns about brand's behaviour whilst working on shows were reported to production managers at endemol, the production company commissioned by channel four. in a statement, banijay uk, which purchased endemol in 2020, said, "in light of the very serious allegations relating to the alleged serious misconduct of russell brand while presenting shows produced by endemol in 2004 and 2005, banijay uk has launched an urgent internal investigation and will co—operate with any requests for information from broadcast partners and external agencies". the bbc has issued a statement this afternoon saying, "the reports contained serious allegations, spanning a number of years. russell brand worked on bbc ra

following russell brand on social media and subscribing to his channels has increased by several hundred thousand. katie razzall, bbc newstories making news. a hospital trust has blamed computer errorfor 211,000 letters not being sent to patients and their gps. newcastle hospitals has apologised for the issue, which dates back to 2018. many of the letters explain what should happen when patients are discharged. but a significant number are written by specialist clinics spelling out care that is needed. hundreds of schools across scotland have closed because of a three—day strike by support staff. members of unison, who include teaching assistants, caterers and cleaners, have walked out over pay after last—minute talks failed. johnna baxter, the local government negotiator for unison scotland, says her members need a serious pay offer. new research suggests that workers in the uk are taking more sick days than at any point in the last decade. staff took on average 7.8 sick days in the past year, up from 5.8 before the pandemic. the chartered institute for personnel and development said the rise was a "worry", and blamed s

following russell brand on social media and subscribing to his channels has increased by several hundred thousand. katie razzall, bbc newsofficers were killed in a missile strike on the navy�*s headquarters in occupied crimea on friday. they say the commander of the black sea fleet was among those who died, although they are yet to produce evidence to support their claims. russia said at the time that only one serviceman was missing. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse is in kyiv. we have seen a lot of russian missiles land in ukrainian cities that moscow can't control. so, the sight of a western supplied missile landing in the heart of sevastopol in occupied crimea, well, that's against the grain, let's put it like that. now, we have tried to get in touch with the special forces spokesman. he didn't mention admiral viktor sokolov by name, the commander of the black sea fleet, nor did he provide any evidence with the claims we are hearing today. so, we don't yet know for sure that kiev�*s claim of 3a senior officers losing their lives in that attack, whether that's true or not. now, there is a chance ukraine acted on intel

channel. we do have a live page on the bbc news website with all of the latest updates on that story.apped in his car during rising floodwaters. officers had been dealing with a string of emergencies caused by the heavy rain there when they came across a partially submerged car with the driver still inside. the water was so deep that the vehicle was being lifted off of the vehicle was being lifted off of the ground and they could not open the ground and they could not open the car doors. police officer used his baton to break the car window and they were able to drag the driver to safety. nice to be able to bring you some more positive news and that is certainly a positive story there. before we go let's bring you some live pictures from the united nations general assembly in new york. that is turkey�*s president addressing the room there. earlier we heard from us president zhou biden and later today we will be hearing from ukraine's president zelensky. of course an annual event but high on the tint at this time is the ongoing invasion of ukraine, world leaders gathering their and us

following russell brand on social media and subscribing to his channels has increased by several hundred thousand. katie razzall, bbc newser deployed by china to prevent fishing boats entering a disputed area of the south china sea. this video released by the philippine coast guard shows a man wearing a mask, snorkel and fins using a knife to sever a rope attached to white buoys. the coast guard say the barrier posed a hazard to navigation and hinders the fishing and livelihood of filipino fisherfolk at the area. china claims more than 90% of the south china sea and seized the shoal in 2012. later on tuesday, economic ministry officials from japan, china and south korea will meet in seoul to resume an annualforum that started 15 years ago. the forum was initially focused on trade and commerce, but the backdrop is far more geopolitical now, especially in the wake of deeper ties betweenjapan, south korea and the us. daniel russell is a former assistant secretary of state for east asia and pacific under president 0bama — he told me why this meeting matters. it is valuable for each of the three because they have a tremendous

bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says people—smuggling gangs should be treated like terrorists to try to reduce the number of people crossing the channelr home editor mark easton. in the last week, almost 1500 migrants arrived in the uk, having crossed the channel, more than 23,000 now this year. today, labour revealed its plan to stop the boats if they win the next election. the hague in holland was selected as the place for sir keir starmer to launch his policy. a carefully constructed picture opportunity to project the labour leader as a statesman ready, as he puts it, to lead europe's efforts on smashing the smuggling gangs. this is a vile trade, and that's why i'm here at europol saying how can we have a better agreement to share intelligence, havejoint operations and take these gangs down? europol is an eu policing body which britain left after brexit, but labour now wants to negotiate a new agreement giving british police faster and greater access to europol�*s real—time data bases and intelligence. labour believes that securing britain's borders requires a closer, not more distant, relationship with europe. for instance, a new

bbc news. banijay, the company who employed russell brand while he was presenting shows for channel 4, has launchedhe president of the european commission visits the italian island of lampedusa, amid a huge surge in migrant arrivals. these are live pictures from derna, where officials in libya say the number of people killed in last week's floods has reached more than 11,000, with a quarter of the buildings there destroyed or damaged. the antarctic sea ice has declined to its lowest winter level on record, according to satellite data. you're watching bbc news. hello, i'm gareth barlow. an �*urgent�* internal investigation has been launched into allegations of serious misconduct against the comedian russell brand whilst he was presenting television shows in the uk in the mid—2000s. it follows allegations of rape and sexual assault in a joint investigation by the sunday times, the times and channel 4 dispatches. the report claimed concerns about brand's behaviour whilst working on spin—off shows from hit series big brother were reported

bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. some ferry passengers at the port of calais are facing delays of several hours to cross the channel tolems. queues have been building on the roads leading to the port. 0ne passenger said she had been waiting almost five hours to get on a ferry. junior doctors and consultants will hold a joint strike for the first time in the history of the health service in what has been described as a "serious escalation" in their row with the government over pay. the british medical association says the co—ordinated industrial action will take place in september and october. and the un secretary general and turkey's foreign minister have both pressed for a resumption of the deal that allows safe passage of ukrainian grain via the black sea. antonio guterres says he's sent russia's foreign minister "a set of concrete proposals". the kremlin has said it would only resume if the west guarantees russia's own crops won't be blocked. you're live with bbc news. the african union has strongly condemned the military takeover in gabon. it also suspended the country from all participation in its activities. pre

news channel. >> number one news channel. >> well, we beat sky bbc the >> well, we beat sky and bbc the other son't happy that. weren't very happy about that. but know, this but ultimately, you know, this is you know, it's is not a scoop. you know, it's not deal. agree with not a big deal. but i agree with you the women you that most of the women i talk to do have a real problem with gender toilets. with gender neutral toilets. most seem to most of the men don't seem to care. one way other. care. one way or the other. >> i i think >> i don't know. i think i think men care. do you think? yeah men do care. do you think? yeah just, want to just, you know, i want nick to walk don't even go in walk out. i don't even go in them out of for the them now, out of respect for the women, bladder women, i mean, my bladder exploded, feel solidarity. exploded, but i feel solidarity. >> solid. >> very solid. >> very solid. >> okay. on that lovely note, the nearly over. we're the show is nearly over. we're going another quick look going to have another quick look at pages. so the at friday's front pages. so the