mohammad amir is hoping to help essex win the title afterjoining them today.lcomed by his knee essex team—mates has been warmly welcomed by his knee essex tea m — mates after has been warmly welcomed by his knee essex team—mates after he excelled in helping pakistan win the champions trophy just last sunday. back home, everybody, especially my family, are very, very happy. that‘s a big boost for me for the upcoming series or you a big boost for me for the upcoming series 01’ you can see a big boost for me for the upcoming series or you can see in the future because that was, for me, a big, big performance of my career. i am still learning, so i want to do better. this is the main thing is, i‘m a better human being. that‘s the main thing and the big thing. as a cricketer, i am doing well but as a human being and as a person, i want to learn more. england take on south asfrica tomorrow in the second of their t20 series having won the first game at the oval last night. but tomorrow‘s match marks the return of international cricket to taunton, 3a years after it la

you know, growing up in essex and london...re'd hardly be any television programmes. there'd hardly be any books. think about it, you know. everybody wants to know, how do you catch the bad guys? the differences are i don't want my bad guys to get caught a lot of the time because i end up quite liking them. but, you know, if you look at it, there's so many programmes now on police procedurals, especially on serial killers and all sorts, and i think i probably tapped into that a long time ago, a long time before women were writing my kind of books, because it was always just policemen. there's so many women now writing books about criminals. and do you find a lot of your readers are women who rather enjoy that sense of, you know, the power being handed over? you know, my readership‘s now about 50—50. i'm still the most requested books in the prison system, and i'm still the most stolen books from shops, which i always find quite... why do you think? even in scotland, in the male prisons, i'm the most requested author. and i take

but look at that, essex. clear blue skies. see the clear whether here. also what is happening and what we have been predicting for and what we have been predicting for a few days is that ahead of this weather system here, we will see warmer weather system here, we will see warmeraircoming infrom weather system here, we will see warmer air coming in from the south heading northwards. many areas across england today, particularly central and eastern will be warm. coastal areas on the cool side. but 24, maybe even 26 celsius, the second half of the day. warm all the way up into sunderland and newcastle as well. clearly for northern ireland and western parts of scotland, a different story. this is the fresh atlantic air that has arrived. what can we expect? this weather front is quite slow moving. it's moving northwards rather than directly east. it's sliding along the country. by the end of the night, you could see spots of rain into wales, southern scotland and also the lake district. eventually this weather front does decide ac

emma simpson, bbc news, essex. this week's heatwave. when male pupils were told they couldn't wear shorts and had to wear trousers, they decided to wear skirts instead. jon kay reports. not your typical class photo. around 30 boys wore skirts at isca academy today — borrowed from their sisters and theirfriends. what does it feel like to wear skirts? it feels comfortable. really nice. cheering it's a protest... we want shorts! ..because they are not allowed to wear shorts, even on hot summer days. they are fed up with long trousers and, in a co—ed school, skirts are officially part of the uniform. girls are allowed to wear skirts all year round. and then they get cold legs and we have to sit there sweating. i think it's good. if they can't wear shorts then they have to wear skirts. i don't think it's right, then being told off for having hairy legs, though. the headteacher wasn't available today. in a statement, she said she might allow shorts in future, but needs to consult parents. and she says the boys have not b

they beat essex in the semi final of the royal london cup, beating their huge target of 371. hard on essex‘s former england test captain alastair cook, who made 133. ryan ten doschate also made a century in the essex innings. but notts were always up with the rate. steven mullaney hit six sixes in his century, while former england all rounder samit patel was the fourth century maker of the match and hit the winning runs in an incredible win. leeds rhinos are into the semi finals of rugby league's challenge cup after a 58—0 thrashing of featherstone rovers. leeds are a step closer to winning the competition for a third time in four years, running in ten tries against their championship opponents. in super league tonight, huddersfield beat st helens 24—16. wales caretaker coach robin mcbryde says he's ready to help out the british and irish lions if they call on any of his players to bolster the squad in new zealand. the lions face the new zealand maori tomorrow morning and coach warren gatland is set to call up a handful of players and wales are already in new zealand, having

vicki young, who's in essex with the labour leaderjeremy corbyn.know the conservatives want to talk about this, this is their strong point, they believe, theresa may believes that is the case. less so may believes that is the case. less so for labour, how well did jeremy corbyn‘s speech go down today? so for labour, how well did jeremy corbyn's speech go down today? he wa nts to corbyn's speech go down today? he wants to tackle this head on. he hasn't said an awful lot about brexit, but wants to show that he and his team are ready for those negotiations, saying clearly that they want to keep the benefits of they want to keep the benefits of the single market. they wanted to be aboutjobs. not the single market. they wanted to be about jobs. not that the single market. they wanted to be aboutjobs. not that different from what theresa may is saying, but he is certainly ruling out walking away without a deal. he says that no deal would be the worst option for the united kingdom. there is a difference between the parties on immigration. i asked them tod

our business correspondent, emma simpson, reports from tiptree in essex.und the countryside. work that needs a human hand. all this produce is home—grown but not home—picked. that's because just about everyone here is from eastern europe. it's tough seasonal work, especially in this heat, and with the weak pound and brexit looming, these jobs just aren't as appetising as they used to be. next time i'm going to germany or the netherlands, or bulgaria. because the money is better? yes, it sure is better. but what's coming down the track after brexit? the boss of this farm told me he's already got 20% fewer workers than he'd like. this industry won't survive, he says, if access to eu workers is restricted. without a seasonal workforce to pick our crops, we are not going to get them picked and the logical extension of that is that we will need to import produce from europe or elsewhere in the world. why can't you get british workers to pick the fruit? we do try very hard but our experience has been challenging over the years. the fact that it's a seasonal oper

south jersey had some of the highest instances with camden county leading 346 narcan deployments only essex county in north jersey is higher. atlantic county the third highest in the state with 242 deployments. >>> happening now, testimony in the seth williams corruption case. a bucks county businessman admits that he gave philadelphia da seth williams lavish gifts and provided him with travel, entertainment because he said it's good to know someone in power. 4084 old muhammed ali took the stand in williams federal corruption trial. according to philly.com ali said they met williams seven years ago and then started to donate to his campaigns right away because he wanted to be close at the da. ali's testimony coming as part of a me deal in his own tax evasion case. williams is accused of of course of accepting bribes and misusing campaign funds in his role as district attorney although he denies the allegations. >>> imagine getting back to your park car only to find a gun along with your child. that nightmare came true for one woman in west philly whose young daughter was sleeping in the bac

after crashing off a cliff in essex county, new jersey.olice say he lost control of his bike at a county park in cedar grove yesterday. he ended up tumbling 20 feet down. rescue crews rappelled down the cliff. they found the 49-year-old man dead at the scene. police say there were no signs warning about the steep drop. and they say the crash appears to be completely accidental. the creator and star of the musical, "hamilton" is kicking off a contest. lin-manuel miranda says for a 10 dollar donation, you'll be entered to win two v-i-p tickets. they're for "hamilton's" opening night in los angeles.. and a star-studded after party. money from the contest will benefit a coalition called "immigrants: we get the job done." miranda is also encouraging fans to post videos of themselves singing their favorite "hamilton" songs.. with the hashtag, "ham-4-all." at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - more clouds than sun; - isolated shower possible today (have the small umbrella) - 90s return starting thursday - hot & humid start to july today: partl

alex forsyth, bbc news, essex.said people faced a stark choice at this election. we feel that we're at a fork in the road, and if you don't want to waste £110 billion on trident, if you want to look at ideas to make the country fit for 21st century like a universal basic income, a shorter working week, more nhs investment than any other party is offering, then you need to vote for the green party. in wales, leanne wood has told voters that a strong welsh voice in the brexit process can only be guaranteed by plaid cymru. she said labour had taken wales for granted and she warned that re—electing a conservative government would pose a "threat" to public services in every part of wales. we face a number of threats from a tory government with an increased mandate, threats to people in our communities, threats to our nhs, and threats to the process of leaving the european union, to jobs and livelihoods. the election, in the later stages, was dominated by questions about security, following the terror attacks in london a

seafood where do they go. >>> corner of essex and ventnor.ly good. good stuff for dinner. >> really good. >> down the shore check it out this weekend we have a very big week. we have a lot going on. so come down, don't let the weather scare you away by saturday afternoon we shall be good. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> lucy, i'm packing it up for you. who are we go. >> i'm like really hungry. don't forget iain. [ laughter ] >> see you later. >> have fun. >>> all right. tropical storm cindy made landfall is now tropical depression bringing high winds and heavy rain to several states. flash flooding serious concern along the coastal areas. >> steve harrigan on the ground with details. >> reporter: this is something we've been seeing all day people wading through 43 or 4 feet of waited water to get to their houses to see what's left of them want they can get out of them. ma'am, how is your parents house doing. >> it's fine. they're still dry sitting dry. >> what did you need in the house that brought you and your eight year old out here tod

alex forsyth, bbc news, essex.at supporting labour risked "handing the keys of number ten" to the conservatives and theresa may. the snp won almost every parliamentary seat in scotland in 2015. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, has been with the snp campaign today, and we canjoin her in edinburgh tonight. here in scotland, the campaign has been dominated by the question of scottish independence, because it is only three months since the snp called for a second referendum. but that has not proved as popular with voters as they might have hoped. the other parties have made their opposition to another independence vote absolutely central. there are flashing images in this report. the snp, the party defined by scottish independence don't want it to define this campaign. nicola sturgeon would much rather talk about her opposition to tory cuts and what she says voting snp means. it means voting for mps who would stand against tory austerity. voting for mps who would stand up for investments in our public services. voting

emma simpson, bbc news, essex.rmer bishop who was convicted for abusing young men. peter ball, who‘s now 85, was jailed in 2015 for historical sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men. a review found that the church failed to respond appropriately 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashir reports. a bishop for 15 years who claimed to bea a bishop for 15 years who claimed to be a close friend of the prince of wales, peter ball‘s fall from grace was sealed tee years ago. when he admitted to 18 sexual offences against young men and served 16 months in prison. but today‘s review, led by the former head of camden council, focuses on the church‘s management of peter ball when the allegations first surfaced in1992, and he when the allegations first surfaced in 1992, and he stood down as bishop of gloucester. entitled and abuse of faith, she says that the church couuded faith, she says that the church colluded with ball rather than seeking to help those he harmed. the church‘s response over many years is lam

this is in essex. obviously big contrasts across the uk today.it is this area of low pressure that is swinging in. it has not been giving a sunni weather across england. warm aircoming out of a sunni weather across england. warm air coming out of the south. temperatures into the mid—20s. quite humid as well. it is very slow moving weather front. it is not moving weather front. it is not moving towards the east, it is kind of sliding up north north—east into scotla nd of sliding up north north—east into scotland as well. that is why it is gone to stay damp for most of the night in northern ireland and scotland, where as across england it will be and dry. a flow of air coming in from the south. the same happens on friday morning. still just about wafting up the warmth from the near continent. this is where the weather front is. everything to this side is fresher airoff the everything to this side is fresher air off the atlantic. you can see the fresher air getting into the western isles. at this stage there is rain in eastern scotland, into the bor

celebrate memorial day at exclusion of any other race, particularly white people. 448 hours later, essexnty college suspends you, i asked you, you said if you are black a suspension means you are fired. if you are white it means you are suspended. >> correct. you live your life as a person of color, there are unspoken racist things, in the way in which people to things, systematically, if you are suspended. i don't know what the ending will be, that is code for your fired. when i went to tucker carlson's show, i walked into the building as a professor. i go to class room, teacher the class, i'm out of there following day, day two, i walk in the building, then escort to my class, and told to them them that class was canceled. i'm doing this in front of my students? y by came physically ill. >> first question, are you a racist? >> jesus? absolutely not. talking about racist is tough, i understand that. but we must have these discussions, it will make you feel uncomfortable, then you have a knee-jerk reaction, i was born into racism, i did not create it. >>> do you find it interesting and i

this letter by the mayor's cement to help commuters to use the morrison essex and midtown direct line. talk about 4000 people who are affected by this. we are putting profits over people. this is a really big deal for our commuters. if you think about working families and our schedules, that additional hour to an hour and a half commute in the morning on top of what they already do and at nighttime, it impacts time with the family and impacts childcare. >> here's a little extract from the letter. quote, i am writing to sincerely urge you to consider temper flexible hours and alternative work schedule, including options to work from home one or more days a week for employees who reside in commute from south orange. the mayor is working with the mayor of maplewood, they are collaborating on this, making sure the letters are available to commuters. this one from the south orange township website. >> i spoke to commuters in south orange. >> right now i'm working for my granddaughter and grandson. i wish i could use that. >> year working for your daughter secant, right. >> are you going to

by chance they all made their way to essex county, new jersey. bo bornstein told his story in a book never knowing the girls live a few miles away. this week they reunited 72 years after they were together. >> the moment i saw the book, i said, oh, there was somebody from this picture that's alive! >> i want to hug you guys k. we -- can we hug? such a long time. >> how sweet is that? they say they're now sharing happier times with c grandchildren. there's even one more connection -- one of the women taught the other's grandchildren. >> wow. talk about small world. >> how amazing is that? >>> now we'll look at stories from across the area. >> we'll start in bucks county. that's where police are looking for three men caught on camera installing skimming devices. the pictures are from the first trust bank on 2nd street pike in southampton from last sd information. police believe the suspects also targeted other firstrust banks in the area. investigators discovered the devices on atms at firstrust banks in doylestown, north hampton, springfield, and

he's still in now and essex are 200 for 3, looking set to make a big total.derway in wisconsin and it looks like world number one rory mcilroy will be having a weekend off as he's dropped another shot already today. the 2011 champion now seven over par after his dismal 78 yesterday. mcilroy now 14 shots off leader rickie fowler and seemingly about to miss the halfway cut. fowler is out later, he still leads paul casey by a shot, the englishman is level for his round so far today. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on our top story, and the devastating fire which destroyed a london tower block. the death toll from the blaze has risen to at least 30 but that figure is expected to rise. earlier stuart cundy from the metropolitan police gave this update. so the metropolitan police is leading the investigation and we have primacy. we'll be working with our colleagues from london fire brigade and the health and safety executive. the purpose of that investigation will be to establish the facts. this will be about providing, as be

the cyclist riding with his brother yesterday morning at park in cedar grove, that's up in essex countyoint he lost control of his bike, and plunged 20 feet to his death. crews spent hours searching for the man's boydement some residents are familiar with the cliff where he fell. >> it comes up pretty abruptly. so if you were biking pretty fast, and you didn't know it was there, you could go over it. >> that's very steep. i mean, you know, i would stay off the edge of t once you fall it is fatal. >> tragic. police say there is no sign age in that area, either, and this appears to be completely accidental. >> welshing major wild fires are making this a specially long hot summer on the west coast. tens every thousands of ache verse already been scorched in a number every states, here's read with a closer look. >> thick clouds every smoke are blanketing parts of the west coast this week, california is among the state affected. the wild fire has already scorched roughly 1200 acres and counting. the fast moving fire was ignited after a traffic collision and has authority warning resident abo

and in the next half hour, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will be in essex where he will warn that theresa may's approach to brexit risks "a jobs meltdown". we'll be bringing you that event live here on bbc news. other developing stories this afternoon... president trump is to announce whether the us will pull out of the paris climate agreement. but he's coming under increasing international pressure to honour the commitment to cut greenhouse gases. tickets for sunday's concert to raise money for the victims of the manchester attack sell out within 20 minutes of going on sale. from now on, no more mr nice guy! and the actor roy barraclough, best known for his role in coronation street, has died at the age of 81. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. brexit will become the focus of campaigning in the general election this afternoon, as the conservative, liberal democrat and labour leaders all hold events to outline their position on the eu. earlier, theresa may, who was in teeside, said the uk will be more prosperous once it leaves. in the next hour, labour leader jeremy corbyn is

temperatures — 31 also for london and the south—east, essex and newcastle and the mid—20s in edinburghlevels of uv. it may be worth thinking about using sunscreen. we will keep the hot air across southern parts of the uk. high pressure still in charge further north but it drags on cooler air so things will cool down across the north and north—east over the next few days. in scotland on monday, a weather front brings damp weather once again, probably cloudy weather working through the central belt so not quite as warm here but still plenty of hot sun shines the england and wales. again, temperatures peak of 31 degrees. call in the north of the uk continue to move southwards so in sheffield the temperature will reach low 20s but stays on the warm side across southern parts of the uk for much of the weekend. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: police say 58 people are now presumed to have died from wednesday's tower block fire in london. police warn it could take weeks to recover the debt, and the number could rise. —— dead. the british prime minister, theresa may, has admitted initia

the former ukip leader nigel farage has been on the campaign trail in essex and kent.he lost in 2015 — south thanet. his trip comes a day after his opponent, conservative candidate craig mackinlay, was charged with allegedly overspending in the 2015 general election campaign. mr mackinlay denies any wrongdoing. ariana grande, the singer whose concert was the target of the manchester bomb, has visited injured fans in hospital. tomorrow she'll be joined by other stars of the music world, in a charity concert in aid of victims and their families. from manchester, philip norton reports. helping to mend broken hearts and shattered lives. pop star ariana grande visiting young fans who were injured in the suicide bomb attack at her concert less than two weeks ago. she posted a photo of her visit to royal manchester children's hospital on instagram with a simple heart. among those she visited, eight—year—old fan lily harrison. she suffered spinal injuries in the blast at manchester arena. our room was the last room on the ward of the corridor. as she was working her way up it.

one person came from wales, one came from essex, but people are coming to help people they have neverd is a nice country to live in. everyone has got a reasonable life. at times like this the best of the community come out. this is where you find out how good it is to live in england and how good it is to be a londoner. you realise that times like this when everyone gets together, a beautiful atmosphere this evening, everyone helping out, loads of volunteers from everywhere. this shows you how much love there is. and there is another three or four places like this. i am told one is qpr stadium with three times the staff and three other centres allocated for the disaster. we have the next three or four days to take it to the family. we have courts, prams, nappies, baby formula, blankets, clothes. just about everything you can ask for and it isa about everything you can ask for and it is a question of distributing it. i know that you are busy toward making this. just to give you geography, we are 800 metres from the tower block. it is still smouldering tonight. when i walk past half an

we have come from essex. we have come to help revive love. islam helps us to provide one love.ligion is different to us. love. no religion is different to us. myself and my dad and my friends from peterborough and bolton and blackburn have brought down many different goods, food, nappies, literally tinned foods and everything, blankets, anything that could help the needy. we are sorry for the people who have lost their lives and our thoughts are with them. did you know anyone who has been affected by this? no. i feel so bad, very upset. we just feel upset. we we re bad, very upset. we just feel upset. we were not aware of anyone who passed away. 0ur we were not aware of anyone who passed away. our thoughts are with them. religion doesn't matter to us. what matters is the humanity. caring and loving for others. that is what we have been taught. and coming down and seeing this response, it is a very diverse community in this part of north kensington. what do you make of the way everyone has pulled together? there is a big crowd, even at this late in the night? it is excellent to

i'm john whittingdale, the parliamentary candidate for maldon, in essex. go and see iron maiden at the 02. hello! how are you? nice to see you, sit down. we have put more money into education. when people tell me that, i look around and wonder where it has gone. it is not my children's school. it is notjust university education. all of the college funding has gone. there have been cuts. these are things that really matter. again, we get back to every problem. you could be spending more money on it but the problem is, in every area, you want to spend more money. i want to spend more money on the kids in my constituency, damn me! ido i do too. but i want to get the economy working properly. it tells you about the ridiculous life we live. i went to ibiza and tweeted, and it got picked up, "sacked culture secretary spends weekend in ibiza!" people have the idea that we don't do normal things, mps — we do the same things other people enjoy doing. people say to me, you like rock music? and i say, yes i do, actually! like it is somehow bizarre! i was in wilkinson

road to the royal box where they we re the road to the royal box where they were met by the earl of essex those active service men and women, the decade occasion and sacrifice that they make. —— dedication. there is a replica typhoon on the dock behind me. it has been transformed with a myriad of equipment that people can look at. there is the frigate which is up to the way. later on today there will be dragon boat racing and a number of fly pasts. we have seen the amazing red arrows go past a couple of times and we will see the battle of britain memorial flight later on. this has been exceedingly well received by people in liverpool, particularly after what happened in manchester a few weeks ago. radiohead topped the bill on the opening night of the glastonbury festival last night, 20 years after one of their most famous performances at the festival. today will see katy perry and the foo fighters take to the pyramid stage — as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. hopefully not too much mud. the crowds are building for what is the second day of beers —— music. the morning

the former ukip leader nigel farage has been on the campaign trail in essex ahead of a visit to thanetyears ago. mr farage spent the morning touring the thurrock constituency with ukip candidate tim aker. his trip comes a day after it emerged the conservative candidate for south thanet, craig mackinlay, has been charged with allegedly overspending in the 2015 general election campaign. mr mackinlay denies any wrongdoing. an 18—year—old man has died after being shot in liverpool. merseyside police say armed officers and the ambulance service were called after the injured teenager was found on or near lodge lane in the toxteth area last night. he was later pronounced deadin last night. he was later pronounced dead in hospital. it follows two gun attacks in merseyside earlier this week. police investigating the manchester suicide bombing have made a 17th arrest. a 24—year—old man was detained in the rusholme area of the city. 11 men are currently in custody. ariana grande, the singer whose concert was targeted by the bomb, has visited some of her injured fans. anisa kadri reports. ariana

alex forsyth, bbc news, essex.final election messages the co—leader of the green partyjonathan messages the co—leader of the green party jonatha n ba rtley messages the co—leader of the green party jonathan ba rtley said messages the co—leader of the green partyjonathan bartley said people faced a stark choice at this election. we are at a fork in the road and if you do not want to waste £110 billion on trident and look at countries to make the country fit for the 21st century, if you want more investment in the nhs than any other party is offering unique to vote green. well aprilia -- the plaid cymru leader leanne wood has been giving herfinal plaid cymru leader leanne wood has been giving her final pitch for votes in wales said electing an increased majority conservative government would pose a threat to wales and only her party was stand up wales and only her party was stand upfor wales and only her party was stand up for welsh interests. we face a number of different threats from a tory government with an incre

the former ukip leader nigel farage has been on the campaign trail in essex ahead of a visit to thanett two years ago. mr farage spent the morning touring the thurrock constituency with ukip candidate tim aker. his trip comes a day after it emerged the conservative candidate for south thanet, craig mackinlay, has been charged with allegedly overspending in the 2015 general election campaign. mr mackinlay denies any wrongdoing. police investigating the manchester suicide bombing have made a 17th arrest. a 24—year—old man was detained in the rusholme area of the city. 11 men are currently in custody. ariana grande, the singer whose concert was targeted by the bomb, has visited some of her injured fans. anisa kadri reports. ariana grande turned up just as these fans, injured in last month's bomb attack, were getting ready for bed. the star's surprise visit to the royal manchester children's hospital left eight—year—old lily harrison feeling like a rock star, according to her dad. our room is at the end of the ward corridor, and she was working her way up. we were the last to be seen. i th

across wales, some sunshine here, a bit hazy, though, the best of the weather clear blue skies in essex

ring of steel around old trafford cricket ground with police brought in from all around britain, from essexnot your normal site at a pop concert. the fans have been queueing up since 9am and many have said the families begged them not to come after the events in london last night but they said they wanted to be here, as an act of solidarity to ariana grande and to not let them win. we have heard from ariana grande's manager and he it has been an incredible achievement to get this cake together 13 days since that concert at manchester arena. to put into context the achievement, at live aid in wembley stadium in 1985, there we re in wembley stadium in 1985, there were 20 acts crammed into ten hours and today there are 11 acts in just three hours. it will be a real achievement to get them all on

i'm john whittingdale, the parliamentary candidate at the moment for maldon essex, some i can fashionou? nice to see you. sit down. sign actually, we have put more money into education. when people stand up at the dispatch box and say there is more money in education, i look around and wonder where it has gone, because it is not on my children's school it is not just it is notjust university education. all the college funding has gone. there have been cuts. these are things that really matter. again, every problem, yes, you could be spending more money. the problem is in every area you want to spend more money. yes, i want to spend more money. yes, i want to spend more money on the kids in my constituency. yes, but i also want to get the economy to work properly. this tells you, on ridiculous lives we lead, i went to ibiza and all i did, put up a tweet, and it got picked up. sacked culture secretary spends weekends in ibiza. people have this idea that mps are not normal people and we don't enjoy doing the things everybody else e njoys doing the things everybody else enjoys doing. peop

amos chair of the all party fire safety and rescue group joins me now via skype from south and in essex in the south east of england thanks so much favor joining us what is the all party fire safety and rescue group or what's the point of it if drizzle things austerity paying off the banks losses is more important i think the ministers take the view that foreigners are on the downward trend very very few far as there are so they believe that the procedures that they have in place are working correctly there was a point if you can review them they overruled you in effect them. out could be it takes a different view that we should be complacent and. it's one thing that we feel very strongly on although today the grenfell disaster would not happen because all buildings in excess of thirty meters have to have spread because it's absolutely crazy that new schools are built today and it is not a mandatory requirement to have sprinklers it but that is absolutely ridiculous ok in a sense it's being kicked in the long grass now that there is a public inquiry announced by the prime minister spoke

this flood advice includes mercer, he is -- he essex and on county. skies brightening to the west from this point on the weather looks very, very nice. i'll be back in a few minutes we have drier air working its way in the afternoon and cooler numbers in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> now to some of the damage in collingswood, new jersey, look at this this massive tree fell through a home at park boulevard and ogden avenue. the homeowner woke up and saw the tree swaying back and forth. >> something became louder we said get out of the how, as we approached the hallway, we heard a loud crackle crunch. >> that crunch was the sound of the large branches following through the front bedroom window. the homeowner said it happened quickly and they lucky to get in time. trish hartman was live in collingswood with some of the damage they have seen there, trish you've been surveying the area, hopefully no injuries have been reported. >> reporter: that's true, gray, i spoke to the collingswood fire chief. no injuries reported in the community.

the new essexer talks expectations, time on the court and cheese steaks. >>> and a rescue deer to their heart. the find that police officers weren't expecting. >>> plus i talk with chuck todd, why he thinks republicans will pass the new health care bill ask how democrats may be in trouble. >>> praise and criticism as people react to the health care bill. the countdown is on as they decide whether to vote on it or not. chuck todd joins us from washington, d.c. we're almost at the same point in the senate that we were in the house a few weeks ago. a few conservative republicans seem to stand in the way of the bill passing. do you think the republicans here will be a able to push this thing through? >> look, because of the way mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader, has scheduled this vote, it seems to be design ed to do a shock and awe version of legislating, which is to take a week from bill introduction, amendment to a passage. he believe this is. the longer this is debated, the more the opposition will grow. while, yes, there are some conservatives who are making noises, there a

a new paper newark star ledger she taught communications and pop culture classes at newark campus essex county college president released a statement that says character of thins dogs mandates we embrace diversity inclusion and unity, racism cannot be for the with more racism. well, she has declined to comment and when contacted by "fox news". she said she was publicly lynched by the school. i'm sure people will have a lot of opinions about this one about this kind of speech and that kind of a show. let us know what you think about this, that back and forth environment and what she said, guys. >> very strong opinions about that. >> i wonder what will happen now, she will end up on a different university. >> another interesting case, we talk about this with the university of delaware, speaking with an attorney in the next hour. >> this woman will sue. >> it is, begs the question, you know what can you say outside of work? do you have a right, you know, it is free speech whether it is facebook or program. >> she did not say she was representing the representatives, she was speaking only f

at the essex county, and it was in florida where the president scolded the students for booing betsythe self-confidence and moral clarity and some leading constitutions. the statement is totally out of line. this person should have a sense of honor and resign herself. in terms of the other one, i'm not sure that she should be fired for what she said on "tucker carlson tonight." if you lose your cruel cool with tucker, he is provocative from time to time. but you cannot exclude on the basis of race in a public funded institution. you cannot do it if you are white people, black people, that was the offense, i think. >> kennedy: if you reverse the adjectives, what with the outrage be then. i think often times what you are seeing with the schools when there is a reaction to some of the inflammatory statements is alumni members. they are standing up saying, we are going to withhold our generous gifting if you continue to harbor these types of views. >> abby: you think about the past years, it seems like every story every horrible story that comes out statements made, whether it is beheadi

jeremy corbyn is a few hundred miles east of here in essex, where he has warned that theresa may's approach no deal is better than a bad deal. let's be clear — no deal is in fact a bad deal. it is the worst of all deals. (applause) across this half hour if you have questions about the general election and brexit and how the two things fit together we will speak to some of the biggest hitters in cornish politics, send your points our way. the same contact details apply. bbc 05 is the same contact details apply. bbc os is the hashtag. to work outside source. welcome to cornwall. around this time, next week, the polls will be almost closed, in the uk general election an of course we don't know what the outcome will be but we can be certain which ever government emerges it its primary task will be negotiating brexit. we will get into that in a moment. let me tell you more about where i am. the county benefits from the tourism industry. it was teeming with tourists earlierment while the industry is successful here, cornwall is one of the poorest areas not just cornwall is one of the poorest area

that brings you to names like essex property trust, which is esx, look at avalon bay or eqr there areetter names to get your reit exposure than picking a bottom in simon property >> do you think ever mall is going out of business? >> not every mall is going out of business, but they're leasable space, their square footage, 25% of it are -- >> especially a malls. >> 25% are three companies, macy's jcpenney's and sears. how does that affect you if you believe in the amazon effect, simon properties, why not take a flyer and go on macy's and jcpenney's and sears. >> what kind of yield you getting? >> in some of those other names? macy's you're probably getting a decent yield but there's a lot better places, to joe's point if you're buying simon properties for the yield alone, that's a real property, because this thing could easily slip further. >> it feels like a relative valuation call the stock has underperformed ggp, it is the best in class, it is an a operator, a mall operator if you're going to take a flyer, you're taking a flyer with one of the best in the industry. >>. >> that's a

i'm john whittingdale the parliamentary candidate for malden, in essex. campaign to go and see iron maiden at the 02. i could get one of my friends to do that thing where they text you with a fake emergency. i know quite a few female mps, get on fine with all of them. i'll be interested to see who it is. i've never been on a blind date in my life. because i've been married since i was 23. it's slightly nerve—racking. hello! how are you? nice to see you, sit down. i had a sort of private little bet with myself who it might be. and you were a strong contender. excellent. so, do you come here often? i live about 200 yards away during the week. really? a nice bit of town to have a flat in. by the queen. do you see her much? no. have something to eat? right. how is the campaign going? all right, but you still have to go door knocking. people are saying they miss nigel farage. it could all go... i tend to say good luck though. that is what lots of people in parliament said to me. food for thought. i'm not going to eat a bacon sandwich because that's not gone we

outlaws have completed the highest successful run chase in limited overs cricket, chasing 371 to beat essexengland all rounder samit patel helped see notts home with just three balls to spare, and that means they're into the lord's final on the first ofjuly. and the queen's birthday honours have recognised a number of figures from the sporting world. double olympic rowing champion heather stanning, who won her second gold with helen glover in rio last year, is now an obe. lions prop rory best has also been made an obe. the coach who guided great britain's women to hockey gold in rio, danny kerry, has received an mbe, as has world superbike champion jonathan rae and northern ireland football captain steven davis. and judy murray has been made an obe too. i've seen kind of first—hand that your role models, of course they are important and they inspire and excite, but any sport is only as good as its grassroots. so for me, four years ago i was so determined that there would be a long—term legacy from what jamie and andy have achieved in scotland and so i set about creating these grass—roots pr