coming up on newsnight, i in county durham, one of three locations.y may just tell us what could durham, one of three locations. they mayjust tell us what could happen on election day. three possible scenarios forjune eight. good evening and welcome to bbc news. within the last few minutes, president trump has sacked the head of the fbi, james comey. the white house said mr comey had been dismissed on the recommendation of the attorney generaljeff sessions and his deputy. mr sessions told president trump that the director of the fbi must be someone who followed the rules of the usjustice department. the white house said a search for a successor would begin immediately. mr comey had been leading an investigation into links alleged links between the trump election campaign and russia. the statement from the white house comes from the press secretary sean spicer, it says today, president donald trump informed directorjames comey that he has been terminated and removed from office. president trump acted on the recommendation of rod and the attorney genera

coming up on newsnight, i in county durham, one of three locations.ayjust tell us what could happen on election day.

woman was seriously injured in separate incidents during a motocross and quad—biking event in county durhamlifted from the private meeting at low hardwick farm. police closed the event on safety grounds. time for a look at the weather. mixed weather this bank holiday monday. outbreaks of rain, some sunshine of others. this swell of cloud, an area of low pressure, really moving nowhere fast. in the centre of this low pressure area, particularly across southern counties of england, some heavy, thundery showers developing through the afternoon. part of cold war was the afternoon. part of cold war was the persistent rain. a lot of dry weather and elsewhere and the better sunshine. thus match parts of cornwall. buscemi, some of the showers will continue, then tend to fade away overnight. a lot of cloud feeding into north—east england. some clear spells elsewhere. it will be quite a chilly night, towns and cities seven to nine celsius. some spots in the countries i cold an afro touch of frost. a lot of dry weather around tomorrow, the easterly wind feeding she lay cloud. more sunshine, and it wil

woman was seriously injured in separate incidents during a motocross and quad—biking event in county durhamhis injuries. later a woman also had to be airlifted from the private meeting at low hardwick farm. police closed the event on safety grounds. at least nine people are now confirmed to have died as tornados hit the us state of texas over the weekend. more than 50 people are in hospital according to local authorities. the american midwest has been struck by an intensive weather system that has caused damage across several states including neighbouring missouri and oklahoma, which are now in a state of emergency. the testing of primary school children — is affecting their learning and mental health according to an influential group of mps. the cross—party education select committee says the way sats results are used to judge schools, causes a negative impact on teachers and pupils. here's our education correspondent marc ashdown. even from a young age, children are well accustomed to being tested, but mps are worried the importance placed on how children perform and isolated tests leads

woman was seriously injured in separate incidents during a motocross and quad—biking event in county durhamt on safety grounds. the organisation representing nhs groups has called on political parties to commit to linking health spending to the growth of the economy. the nhs confederation also wants whoever forms the next government to set up an independent body to work out how much funding is needed to meet the needs of the nhs. our health editor hugh pym reports. the future funding of the nhs is on the political agenda. election manifestoes should spell out where parties stand. the nhs confederation representing health groups in england, wales, and northern ireland, has called for a commitment of gdp to be spent on health, as with defence and international aid. they note that uk health spending as a share of the economy atjust under 10% is below that of france and germany. the organisation has also called for an independent office to advise ministers on appropriate funding for the nhs. the confederation says political parties must recognise that without action soon, the health and care sy

the 15—year—old from county durham is a massive fan of ariana grande., presumably? it was really nice. i got to meet before the concert and was lovely. really, mushy? millie remembers the explosion, the ringing in her years and the screams. my dad ran over to me and picked me up and we had jumpers around the main ones on my leg and he picked me up and we ran outside and a lot of the paramedics outside, just like strangers were helping. ijust said look outside, just like strangers were helping. i just said look at outside, just like strangers were helping. ijust said look at me, don't look at anything else. it was carnage around. another fan of the us pop star who is now known by young and old. did you say you enjoyed it? yes. she sounds very good. very good singer. the 14—year—old from harrogate was at the concert to celebrate her birthday but a fun night ended in tragedy. very scary. very wicked. to target that sort of thing. the queen has been struck by the good that has come out of such evil. very interesting how everybody has united. it's been amazi

, i stood in the north—east about 25 years ago in cou nty the north—east about 25 years ago in county durhamtituency. but what i found when i talk to those labour voters were people who we re really those labour voters were people who were really patriarch to, they loved their country, they took great pride in their region. they wanted to see a better future for themselves and their future, they wanted to see good school places, they wanted jobs in their region. now, if you look at those issues, it is not the labour party who is offering that two people, it is labour party, jeremy corbyn did not sing the national anthem. he has considered abolishing the army, he is not prepared to defend the country. they would wreck the economy and that would mean not more and better paid jobs, but fewer jobs and businesses going under and less money to put in the nhs and schools. it is the conservative party, me and my team offering people but brighter future by building a strong economy that will provide the funding for schools and hospitals, by building a strong economy that will encourage the growth of

speaker, was a resident of during ham county, north carolina -- durham county, north carolina, a county david price and i proudly represent. he was my constituent. mr. speaker, ralph hunt was also a native of my congressional district, having grown up in aned a joining county called grandville county, north carolina. he was the seventh of eight children born in 1932 to john and amanda harris hunt. as a young student at mary potter high school in oxford, north carolina, which was the only high school for african-americans during those days, ralph grew up during the period of legal and forced segregation in the south which helped lay the foundation for ralph to get an education and others like him to get an education. mary potter high school was a nationally renowned high school for african-americans. ralph hunt sr. went on to further his education at johnson c. smith university in charlotte, north carolina, which is a presbyterian school. he was drafted into the united states army during his junior year in school, but he was honorably discharged two years later from the united states arm

county. got 50%. there was some back and forthand they decided we'll do the durham county. >> to what extent and what circumstances does section 5 of the voting right act require contiguous district be drawn in order to my with strict scrutiny, assuming your using race. >> i think it requires a reasonably contiguous district. this is a situation where you had a more compact district and in order to get either wake county 0 are durham you have to stepped the district to capture the territories. one thing say before i sit down about cd1 is i think it is very telling to look at representative butterfield residents testimony in the record here, because what the lower court founder is that the reason that we lost on strict scrutiny was there was racialal polarized voting. nobody thinks that there isn't racially polarized voting in cd1. they think we they didn't do enough to prove that. ... or 52 on the other and the difference to the legislature means anything that has to do with the deference. thank you, your honor. mr. chief justice may i please the court. i would like to come back in and go through dis

woman was seriously injured in separate incidents during a motocross and quad—biking event in county durhamhad to be airlifted from the private meeting at low hardwick farm. police closed the event on safety grounds. at least nine people are now confirmed to have died as tornados hit the us state of texas over the weekend. more than 50 people are in hospital according to local authorities. the american midwest has been struck by an intensive weather system that has caused damage across several states including neighbouring missouri and oklahoma, which are now in a state of emergency. the organisation representing nhs groups has called on political parties to commit to linking health spending to the growth of the economy. because of restoration point out that uk health spending as a shared the economy is below that of france and germany. it also won the next government to set up an independent body to advise what of funding is needed to meet the needs of the nhs. the testing of primary school children — is affecting their learning and mental health according to an influential group of mps. t

woman was seriously injured in separate incidents during a motocross and quad—biking event in county durhampital but died from his injuries. later, a woman also had to be airlifted from the private meeting at low hardwick farm. police closed the event on safety grounds. campaigning in the french presidential elections is entering its final week ahead of the vote on sunday. both candidates, the centrist, emmanuel macron, and his far—right opponent, marine le pen, will lead major rallies around paris today. 0pinion polls taken since the first round of voting last week suggest mr macron is favourite to win. the testing of primary school children, used to make important decisions about students, is damaging and should be reformed according to an influential group of mps. the cross—party education select committee says the way sats results are used to judge schools, causes a negative impact on teachers and pupils. here's our education correspondent, marc ashdown. even from a young age, children are well accustomed to being tested, but mps are worried the importance placed nowadays on how childre