, surrey stars came out on top against lancashire thunder by 55 runs. henry moeran is at the ground. this game was the equivalent of a six pointer in the super league. two sides in the middle of the table with aspirations still of reaching

, surrey stars came out on top against lancashire thunder by 55 runs.enry moeran is at the ground. this game was the equivalent of a six pointer in the super league. two sides in the middle of the table with aspirations still of reaching the finals day at home on august 27. for the surrey stars, they knew that victory was almost imperative if they were to realistically keep those hopes alive. the lancashire thunder, having had real trouble in this competition, in the last couple of years have won three matches in good form but crucially, had never won a game here at old trafford. as it was they were set a target of 168 thanks to the efforts in particular of the big hitting south african, with seven 70 from just 37 deliveries over the surrey stars. the run chase staggered and stopped and eventually fell 55 runs short. a couple of wickets for briony smith, laura marsh and nat sciver, the captain for the surrey stars, also bowling well. it throws the competition wide open. those at the bottom end of the table, the yorkshire diamonds and the southern vipers

i like some of the words they had used here from lancashire dialects. you want to run through them?is that eel. clem means starving. moving on. what have you picked up?” eel. clem means starving. moving on. what have you picked up? i have this here ina what have you picked up? i have this here in a sunday express. yes, this is the story, so last week, we had a supreme court ruling which was basically called the right to die rule, and it was a decision by the judges that in cases where a loved one relative was in a vegetative state where they could not be re cove red, state where they could not be recovered, in the past what has happened is you would have a judge deciding on whether or not to turn off life—support. now what we have got is the ability, according to this ruling, that the family can decide which the dock is, as long as the doctors agree, they can turn off life—support. this has been hugely welcomed by families that have been through the really tough situations, and this was as remarkable, i thought. christopher and andrew watson was 16 when they were in a car in april 2

lancashire.oligarch, who fired in seven birdies on her way to a 66. on a congested leaderboard, there's a clutch of players a further shot back on five under parand players a further shot back on five under par and they include local favourite george hall, who will be keen to improve on her third—place finish at last year's british open. former world number one lybia ko hasn't won a major for 2.5 years, when she was still a teenager, but the new zealander is well placed after opening up with a four under par 69. the reigning champion, ik kim, had a mixed start to her title defence with four birdies and two bogeys. she's signed for a 70 and the south korean is five shots off the south korean is five shots off the lead overnight. shabnam younus jewell, bbc news. staying with golf, ian poulter leads after the first round of the wgc bridgestone invitational in ohio. the englishman, whose best ever finish there is 13th, shot an 8—under par 62. the reigning champion hideki matsuyama began the defence o

in chasing a modest 134 at canterbury, lancashire made it home for the loss of just six wickets. european 200m title at the world para—athletics european championships today — and that puts her in line for a sprint double, when she goes in the 100m on saturday. hahn's victory was one of six golds for great britain on thursday and our reporter kate grey is in berlin for us. it has been a golden day for the british team here in berlin with six athletes being crowned european champions. it was the more experienced members that delivered once again with davis, graham away in their respective events. as the race running a solo show. the first time it's been included in the para— athletics programme and the british athletes certainly dominated. canada w011 athletes certainly dominated. canada won the men's event and hannah won the women's. she don't know why this kind of sport deserves this recognition. it's about several balls a and really severe disabilities getting in the stage, it's about a little kid having a dream. iwas 19, it's about a little kid having a dream. i was 19, but i

and earlier in the women's super league, surrey stars beat lancashire thunder by 55 runs. way to 70 off 37 balls as surrey posted 167 for 8. dane van niekerk then took 3 wickets and bryony smith took 2 to help seal their victory. johanna konta battled back from a set down to reach the second round of the rogers cup in montreal with victory overjelena 0stapenko. the british number one lost the first set in a tie—break but then won 6—1, 6—2, beating the 2017 french open champion injust over two hours. she will face either victoria azarenka or kristina mladenovic in the last 32. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are arejim waterson, who's the media editor of the guardian, and jack blanchard the editor of the politico london playbook. welcome to both of you. most of the front pages are in. the daily telegraph leads on borisjohnson's refusal to apologise for comments about muslim women and burkas which the prime minister says are ‘wrong'. the metro says t

len‘s been talking to radio lancashire.his is what we have got to do, and all that sort of stuff. mentally i was ok, really, for the first few days. like i say, a week. it was, let‘s get things sorted out. then it hits you, and that was when it started to be a struggle. then it hits you, and that was when it started to be a strugglelj then it hits you, and that was when it started to be a struggle. i would imagine, telling your wife would be the first horrendous scenario to go through that although she was around the whole time. she was with me. we went to the hospital together, to the tests together, what have you. so, we came home. we actually went to her mum‘s and told her mum, but we didn‘t really tell anybody else at the time, kept it fairly low—key. i had to tell my employers, obviously, because adjustments that had to make. —— they had to make. we are very private as a family. we didn‘t want it splashing all over facebook. we didn‘t tell the children for anybody at all. told a couple of close friends, dean west being

it was between —— it will be between them and lancashire thunder for the finals day at the end of theonds, who are also out of the competition. former world boxing champion tyson fury‘s comeback continues in belfast this weekend with only his second fight back after a two year spell which saw him battle depression and an anti—doping case out of the ring. he faces the francesco pianeta at windsor park where wbc champion deontay wilder will be ringside and should fury win, negotiations for the two to meet in a massive heavyweight clash in december could move a step closer. a warning of some flash photography here. deontay wilder is going to be ringside, are a lot of people are talking about that, what kind of performance to you what to put on for him? i'm not putting any performance on for him, i'm going to put a performance on the fans, that's it. me and francesco pianeta, me the best man win a. and hopefully that best man is me, i'm here to put ona that best man is me, i'm here to put on a show and a good performance. get back to the top. where i belong. pianeta has nothing to lose, d

they bowled out lancashire forjust 102 evening.ck —— with nearly six overs to spare. joint legs in the last. surrey beat hampshire by seven wickets at the. it in the key women's super league, loughborough lightning have been western song to overta ke lightning have been western song to overtake them at the top of the table. rachel haynes hit a half—ce ntu ry table. rachel haynes hit a half—century by luck or as they won by nine wickets. lightning will progress directly to the final if it be yorkshire diamonds in their last group match on saturday. great written's para swimmers have want a more medals on the third day of the european check digits in dublin. 16—year—old maisie summers newton set a second world record in 24 hours to claim her second european title in the 100 metres restrict. eleanor simmonds finished behind her to ta ke eleanor simmonds finished behind her to take silver. a second european title for the 31st, she led and other british 1—2 in the exporting 100 metres backstroke. that is all the sports are now. the rest

a full interview with lenjohnrose broadcast on bbc radio lancashire is available on the bbc iplayer.tory is on the bbc sport website, and if you're affected by these issues, help and support is available via the bbc action line. india saw off england's last wicket, that of james anderson, in under three overs of cricket in the third test at trent bridge today. england lead the five—match series 2—1. the next test is in southampton next week. we're definitely in the driving seat as far as the series goes. you know, we have to keep remembering that we have a little bit of time to go away and reflect on what has been a difficult week. but, in england, we are a very good side at bouncing back from a tough couple of days. and one thing you can never question about this group of players is the character and the way they can respond to a difficult period or passage of play. england, beaten by india. that's our top story. we'll have more throughout the evening. from me, for now, goodbye. welcome back. rya nair has apologised after nearly 190 customers who were owed compensation for cancelled

some of them will creep into parts of lancashire and cumbria as well. feel much cooler. friday start off on a fresh light. further showers from the word go across northern ireland and north—west scotland and north—west england. some of these will gradually start to creep eastwards as the day goes on. stretching into parts of wales in south—west england. noticeably cooler with temperatures tomorrow widely in the high teens. quite a come—down from where they have been. on saturday we have a keen winds that will make it feel particularly fresh down eastern coasts but that gradually eases as the day goes on. drive for most of us had the chance of some showers and still fresh. temperatures reaching highs of 20 celsius. then we have this area of rain, still some uncertainty on the timing of this rain. it will spill in from the west as we head into sunday. it looks as though it will reach the isles of scilly and england and wales and up into scotla nd england and wales and up into scotland as well. the further east you are, it looks as if you will hold onto th

lancashire made it home for the loss ofjust six wickets. —— dumped. that is all your sport for now.er and fresher as you've heard right across the board, looking pretty unsettled into the weekend, of course, this weekend is a bank holiday one for many. over the next few days, much cooler and fresher and plenty of showers. the cool air imported from the maritime airstream, bringing a strong north—west wind, feeling lots of showers in the western scotland, northern ireland and parts of north—west england. much of these them, central and southern parts of them, central and southern parts of the country should stay dry but a cooler, fresh start today. 19 in london, closer to 11 or 12 tomorrow morning. chilly start but bright with sunshine in the east, showers from the word go in the north—west, tapping up to become heavier and more thundery through the day, some spreading to southern and eastern parts as well containing help. blustery winds. showers coming along. cooler than these temperatures suggest. 14 to 1819, maybe 20 in london, below the seasonal average. “— maybe 20 in london, be

these are cloudy skies over preston in lancashire.ul we will see more in the way of sunshine. this is the satellite picture from earlier on, you can see extensive cloud. here as we go through this evening into the night, we will keep clear starry skies allowing it to turn relatively cool and fresh in scotland but further south result and temperatures holding up at maybe 18 degrees in some spots towards the south—east. getting into tomorrow and again, we have this feed of warm, humid air from the south—west and with that a lot of cloud across many parts of the country. also up to the north west we have a weather front which will start to come into play later in the day. tuesday starting off on a cloudy note for many. as we go through the day the cloud should break up bringing spells of sunshine. equally the breeze will pick up, we will see the cloud thickening and outbreaks of rain as that weather front approaches. where we get brightness further south the temperatures can reach 27 degrees. here comes this weather front during tuesday

that slap is an accepted restraint technique, according to lancashire police. offending team. a 52—year—old woman was released with a caution after also being arrested for assaulting an officer. the incident happened here on accrington market after the shutters had come down at around 5:45pm yesterday evening. lancashire police put out a statement, urging people to hold off theirjudgment until a full investigation had been carried out. but that video appeared online and started to attract comments, many of them critical of the way the police handled the situation. and now, a second statement has been issued by the chief constable himself. in it, he admits the officer used, what he calls, an open hand strike. "these are your police officers," he says, "and they are here to keep you safe..." but tonight, an alternative view from the 14—year—old‘s father. we interviewed him anonymously to protect his daughter‘s identity. he was too aggressive. he had no respect, no due care, no nothing. he most certainly wouldn‘t have done it if it had been a big bloke. he would h

elsewhere it isa dry lancashire overnight.iday, you will notice the strength of the wind, gusts of 30 miles an hour, particularly around the showers and they do get going, packing into northern ireland, northern scotland and some of them could be heavy and thundery. they will rattle through quite quickly but they will be more widespread. temperatures mid to high teens across the board. 0n widespread. temperatures mid to high teens across the board. on saturday we have a keen, northerly wind affecting the eastern coast but a ridge of high pressure will kill off any of the showers. just a chance of 12 here and there and then sheltered spots in the sunshine it should feel pleasant. but still on the fresh side and mac continues into sunday. the next weather system waiting in the wings to bring more outbreaks of rain which will edge in from the west. there is some uncertainty about the timing of this rain but it looks as though it will push into the isles of scilly, the south—west, into wales, northern ireland and scotla nd into wa

if you squint you can see a little bit here just off lancashire and cumbria and south—western parts ofd, getting a few spots of light rain, possibly northern ireland. that's pretty much it. if anything, it will just be thicker cloud. central and eastern areas looking fine. if you've got plans on saturday, much of england is looking dry, and warming up as well, temperatures in the low 20s. saturday into sunday, we start to see warmer air coming out of france. this is high pressure here, low pressure there. when we get this sort of setup, this kind of pattern, anything that comes from the west is going to get stuck, and then it sort of slides off to the north—west. so this is where we could see a little bit of rain during the course of sunday, but by the time we get to the afternoon i think the weather fronts will be stuck in the north—west, whereas many central, eastern and southern areas will remain dry. the winds will be light across the uk. that means those temperatures on saturday, or sunday rather, are going to be climbing. on sunday we could be talking about 25 degrees in the sout

if you squint you can see a little bit here just off lancashire and cumbria and south—western parts ofnorthern ireland. that's pretty much it. if anything, it will just be thicker cloud. central and eastern areas looking fine. if you've got plans on saturday, much of england is looking dry, and warming up as well, temperatures in the low 20s. saturday into sunday, we start to see warmer air coming out of france. this is high pressure here, low pressure there. when we get this sort of setup, this kind of pattern, anything that comes from the west is going to get stuck, and then it sort of slides off to the north—west. so this is where we could see a little bit of rain during the course of sunday, but by the time we get to the afternoon i think the weather fronts will be stuck in the north—west, whereas many central, eastern and southern areas will remain dry. the winds will be light across the uk. that means those temperatures on saturday, or sunday rather, are going to be climbing. on sunday we could be talking about 25 degrees in the south—east. into the low 20s even further north. th

the eden project says it wants to build an offshoot of the cornish attraction in the lancashire towne has visited the proposed site. morecambe is rightly proud of its past. these pictures almost 120 yea rs old past. these pictures almost 120 years old showed just how popular this seaside town once was. and, with an eye on that history, its annual vintage by the sea festival, which takes place next weekend, brings in around 40,000 visitors. but now, it is this space age vision that could propel morecambe into the future. this is the eden project, in cornwall, a major visitor attraction. and now there are plans for one here. so the eden project could see this area totally transformed. absolutely, depending on final plans. this whole project is going to be a total enabler for the district, not just is going to be a total enabler for the district, notjust the town, actually. because the soldiers going to be an economic one, is going to be social, environmental and also educational, because we will be involved with the lancaster university, being one of the top ten universities in the cou

lancashire lightning reached the semis last night. that's all from sportsday with me will perry.e weekend. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator giles kenningham and nicola bartlett, political correspondent at the daily mirror. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i weekend reports on the sex assault claims against the former first minister alex salmond as police confirm an investigation is ongoing. he denies the allegations. the daily mirror leads with claims from the daughter of a couple who died while on holiday in egypt, she raises questions over their deaths. the daily express also has the same story — as kelly ormerod believes her parents didn't die from natural causes. the daily mail says the plastic bag tax is set to be extended to all shops, with the levy increasing from 5 to 10 pence. it's the same lead on the daily telegraph too, which it describes at prime minister theresa may's war on plastic. a picture of the notting hill carnival queen ahead of this weekend's even

this is the trophy they were all playing for on the lancashire coast, and the woman who started the final round in pole position to win it was pornanong phatlum from thailand. she'd lead for the previous two days and continued her quest for a first major title with four birdies in her first six holes on sunday. a straight key shot at the eighth lead to just straight key shot at the eighth lead tojust her straight key shot at the eighth lead to just her second bogey of the week. phatlum was still in charge. her nearest challenger was georgia hall, she had been for much of the previous two rounds. the 22—year—old englishwoman picked up three shots ina englishwoman picked up three shots in a flawless front nine and four holes and a further birdie later found herself in a tie for the lead. no one else was in contention. south korea's reuse ocean would eventually finished third, so her weight for a third major goes on while... ended ina tie third major goes on while... ended in a tie for fourth place. this was now a two horse race in which phatlum and paul parred the 14th and birdied the 15th

the bears bowled out lancashire forjust 102 at edgbaston helped by this lovely ball from josh poysdenliver hannon—dalby, before chasing down their target with nearly six overs to spare. theyjoin lancs in the last eight. elsewhere, surrey beat hampshire by seven wickets at the oval. in the kia women's superleague, loughborugh lightning have beaten western storm to overtake them at the top of the table. rachael haynes hit a half century for loughborugh, as they won by nine wickets. the result means that lightening will progress directly to the final if they beat yorkshire diamonds in their last group match on saturday. great britain's para—swimmers won eight more medals on the third day of the european championships in dublin. maisie summers—newton and bethany firth both taking their second golds of the event. with more, here's kate grey. it's been another record—breaking night for maisie summers—newton. she was crowned european champion in the sp six 100 metres breaststroke, as well as breaking her own record. a remarkable achievement for the 16—year—old, she has also had to deal with

john cooper and his wife susan from burnley in lancashire, died at the hotel steigenberger aqua magica. the circumstances of their deaths are unknown although egyptian authorities have said that there was no criminal suspicion behind the deaths of the two british tourists adding that they died of "natural causes." thomas cook have sent us the following statement: janette rawlingson has been staying at the hotel in the resort where the couple died and criticised thomas cook's response to their deaths. i have had an upset. 0vernight. any because of my persistence, i went out to a local supermarket to get my two children's food because i did not want to be in the restaurant. basically they do not know what has happened at all. everyone is really worried. as anxiety raises and people start talking, they are talking to each other. the lack of a nswe i’s talking to each other. the lack of answers from thomas cook is really disappointing. we flew out on tuesday which is a davies for people passed away. i am really sorry about what has happened. —— which is the day. we have chosen to go home.

kelly 0rmerod was with her parents, john and susan cooper, who came from lancashire.steigenberger aqua magic hotel in the red sea resort of hurghada. mrs 0rmerod said herfather, who was 69, died in his room and her mother died in hospital. the couple had booked the holiday with thomas cook and the travel company says it's offering its 300 customers alternative hotels or the option to return home. dan johnson reports. what caused john and susan cooper ‘s deaths? their daughter says john collapsed in his room on tuesday and susan fell ill a few hours later. the egyptian authorities say they both suffered low blood pressure and heart failure. this is the steigenberger aqua magic hotel on egypt's red sea coast. thomas cook says there is no evidence of carbon monoxide poisoning here. but because of the tourists —— other tourists have been ill, it decided to move its 300 holiday—makers or bring them home early. it is entirely possible the deaths and the illnesses are not linked. but people staying here are uneasy. everybody is really worried and obviously as the anxiety rai

and greater manchester. to liverpool, lancashire the rail company blamed engineering problems.n the day of the world cup final. weekend, and on the day the company said the cancellations would offer passengers "more certainty in planning their journeys. " the rmt union again called for northern to be stripped of its franchise. called for northern to be fighting is continuing today in the afghan city of ghazni where the taliban have attacked police headquarters and government buildings. police headquarters 17 years on from the us—led invasion of afghanistan, british troops who are part of an increased uk military presence have been arriivng in the capital, kabul. the hope is to support afghan troops and diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. and diplomatic efforts 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. back to the dust and heat of helmand. this, the place where hundreds of british troops were killed, and which nearly fell to the taliban when they departed. four years ago the british left for good, but the americans soon returned. left for good, but the albeit in smal

she has been on fine form for lancashire thunder. it has been a long process to get to this point.by pressure cheaper on herself to be successful has caused symptoms of depression and she has also learned that anxiety has been heightened by expectation on her from a very young age would be good at sport because she is from a sporting family. her father was an fa cup winner with west ham. when herfamily fa cup winner with west ham. when her family came to watch in a one—day international against pakistan in 2016 that everything started to unravel for her.|j remember being at third man and i bowled and over than it did not go very well. i'd put my sun glasses on andl very well. i'd put my sun glasses on and i had tears in my eyes and i rememberthinking, i and i had tears in my eyes and i rememberthinking, lam and i had tears in my eyes and i remember thinking, i am so out of my depth. my family is here and it should be really nice occasion. it was on telly as well. i am feeling like i should not be there, i was not good enough to be there. that then led me into probably one of the bi

bolton in lancashire, home to a designer called riaz vali.treated.com. all dan has to do is select his medicine and answer a few simple medicines questions. 0nce our doctor has approved his prescription our uk pharmacy will dispense his medicine and deliver it to him all within 2a hours. treated.com has versions of its website in nine european countries as well as in the uk. following an inspection by the cqc in 2016, it reduced the number of drugs on offer to patients in england. but it didn't have to make the same changes to its other sites. i'm on my way to france to meet a journalist who's agreed to order drugs from treated.com — drugs a patient in england wouldn't be able to buy. she completes a questionnaire falsely claiming she has a history of repeated urine infections and now she's got another one. she chooses the antibiotic ciprofloxacin and is prescribed it. so scroll down here onto this one here. that's it. the drugs arrive three days later. they have sent me ciprofloxacin 500mg with instructions in english and french saying take

john cooper and his wife susan from burnley in lancashire, died at the hotel steigenberger aqua magicred sea resort of hurghada. the circumstances of their deaths are unknown. let's get more from danjohnson. we were originally told that he had died ofa we were originally told that he had died of a heart attack and she had died of a heart attack and she had died effectively of a broken heart and then carbon monoxide poisoning came into the picture, it's quite confusing, isn't it? what is the latest? it certainly is. what we know is thatjohn cooper fell ill at this hotel and was taken to hospital and died there. it has been reported that he suffered a heart attack although some friends have speculated to the press that they suspected something like carbon monoxide poisoning. his wife susan died some three hours after him, there is no confirmation of what led to their deaths. but there is certainly an investigation ongoing and that is why thomas cook says as and that is why thomas cook says as a precaution it is going to move people from this hotel, at least give them the option of switc

working their way into parts of lancashire and cumbria too.esterly wind. some of these showers have the potential to be heavy and thundery. while many will hang further north and west, there will be a further fewjust edging their way east as we head into the afternoon. much fresher than it has been. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british womanjailed in iran, has been freed temporarily from prison, according to her husband. the government has issued its advice for people and businesses if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, outlined the plans in a speech earlier today. while we are striving for the best outcome and a good deal from these negotiations, we stand ready to deliver brexit for the british people if there is no deal. there's been a slight rise in the overall pass rate, as pupils across england, wales and northern ireland pick up their gcse results. president trump tells a us journalist he might consider pardoning his former campaign chairman paul manafort,

if you squint you can see a little bit here just off lancashire and cumbria and south—western parts of pretty much it. if anything, it will just be thicker cloud. central and eastern areas looking fine. if you've got plans on saturday, much of england is looking dry, and warming up as well, temperatures in the low 20s. saturday into sunday, we start to see warmer air coming out of france. this is high pressure here, low pressure there. when we get this sort of setup, this kind of pattern, anything that comes from the west is going to get stuck, and then it sort of slides off to the north—west. so this is where we could see a little bit of rain during the course of sunday, but by the time we get to the afternoon i think the weather fronts will be stuck in the north—west, whereas many central, eastern and southern areas will remain dry. the winds will be light across the uk. that means those temperatures on saturday, or sunday rather, are going to be climbing. on sunday we could be talking about 25 degrees in the south—east. into the low 20s even further north. that's it from me. bye— by

the cancellations are impacting areas including cumbria, liverpool, lancashire and greater manchestere cancellations are damaging the economy in the north of england it isn'tjust on sundays we are having this problem. 0n fridays, according to the passenger user group, they cancelled around hundred services and part—cancelled more on friday. it isn't just sundays. it is happening on weekdays as well. less services. the basic thinking is that they would be able to run a more robust timetable. however, that doesn't seem to be the case. 0n weekdays it is a shambles as well. people just don't find it reliable any more. wel, little earlier our news correspondent joe lynam gave us this update the explanation is that planned engineering works meant that the couldn‘t get the staff they needed to operate a full schedule of services over the weekend. most rail workers volunteer to work on weekends and are paid overtime. they don‘t have to turn up. the management usually get the staff. we had this problem during the world cup final. even though england weren‘t in that world cup final, a lot of pe

stuart o neill also convicted of rape is from the lancashire area.eir whereabouts. british gas has paid £2.65 million in refunds and compensation after wrongly overcharging more than 94,000 customers who switched to new providers. an ofgem investigation found the energy firm ‘failed' and ‘unfairly penalised‘ customers who were coming to the end of their fixed term contracts. british gas said those affected were ‘refunded and paid an additional goodwill gesture‘. a large cordon remains in place in belfast as firefighters continue to deal with the impact of a fire which has caused enormous damage to one of the city‘s most historic buildings. there is hope that the facade of the bank buildings — which dates from 1785, and today houses a primark store — could be saved, but the interior has been destroyed. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. an important part of the city‘s heritage up in flames. firefighters battled for hours yesterday to get the blaze under control. staff and shoppers were evacuated. let‘s go! as the building began to give way.

the cancellations are impacting areas including cumbria, liverpool, lancashire and greater manchestertone of the rmt union who told me the cancellations are damaging the economy in the north of england it isn'tjust on sundays we are having this problem. 0n fridays, according to the passenger user group, they cancelled around hundred services cancelled more on friday. it isn'tjust sundays. it is happening on weekdays as well. less services. the basic thinking is that they would be able to run a more robust timetable. however, that doesn't seem to be the case. 0n weekdays it is a shambles as well. people just don't find it reliable any more. our business correspondent joe lynham joins me now. joe — how significant are these cancellations? the explanation is that planned engineering works meant they couldn't get the stuff they required to offer a full schedule. most real workers volunteered to work on weekends and paid overtime. they don't have to turn up. not rostered and that sense. they usually get the staff. we had this problem during the world cup final. the tame table has been disr

if you go to blackburn, it says, a lancashire town. not the lancashire town.t. it is a good thing or a bad thing. does the story explain howjohn daniel came to be there in the fourth —— in the first place? people often bribed rescue animals from circuses. it was brought back from circuses. it was brought back from new york. they had to sell it in 1921 because it became too large to be cared for. a bit like me. there are couple of stories about lost and found in the paper. one will make people cringe, especially if you have contact lenses. i have spectacles today but i sometimes wear contact lenses for work. a woman lost a contact lens and it got to the back of her wry and it was there for was da bang there for was dabang drive for 28 yea rs there for was dabang drive for 28 years then it reappeared. these things often happen. that is why i wear glasses all the time. did it suddenly go, i am here? wear glasses all the time. did it suddenly go, iam here? in wear glasses all the time. did it suddenly go, i am here? in one of the other papers, there is a story tha

if you squint you can see a little bit here just off lancashire and cumbria and south—western parts ofing a few spots of light rain, possibly northern ireland. that's pretty much it. if anything, it will just be thicker cloud. central and eastern areas looking fine. if you've got plans on saturday, much of england is looking dry, and warming up as well, temperatures in the low 20s. saturday into sunday, we start to see warmer air coming out of france. this is high pressure here, low pressure there. when we get this sort of setup, this kind of pattern, anything that comes from the west is going to get stuck, and then it sort of slides off to the north—west. so this is where we could see a little bit of rain during the course of sunday, but by the time we get to the afternoon i think the weather fronts will be stuck in the north—west, whereas many central, eastern and southern areas will remain dry. the winds will be light across the uk. that means those temperatures on saturday, or sunday rather, are going to be climbing. on sunday we could be talking about 25 degrees in the south—east.

northern rail cancelled around 80 of its train services today, affecting journeys to liverpool, lancashireany blamed engineering problems. it follows similar disruption last weekend, and on the day of the world cup final. the company said the cancellations would offer passengers "more certainty in planning their journeys". the rmt union again called for northern to be stripped of its franchise. a remembrance service has been held to mark the 20th anniversary of the 0magh bombing. 29 people were killed when a car bomb exploded in the town centre, planted by the dissident republican group the real ira, several months after the signing of the good friday agreement. today's event was the last official annual commemoration of the attack. it's a mission that will get us closer to the sun than ever before. in the early hours of this morning, nasa launched a solar probe that will become the fastest moving man—made object in history. the parker spacecraft is protected by a special heat shield which will allow it to function in searing temperatures once it goes into solar orbit. scientists hope it w

if you squint you can see a little bit here just off lancashire and cumbria and south—western parts ofbly northern ireland. that's pretty much it. if anything, it will just be thicker cloud. central and eastern areas looking fine. if you've got plans on saturday, much of england is looking dry, and warming up as well, temperatures in the low 20s. saturday into sunday, we start to see warmer air coming out of france. this is high pressure here, low pressure there. when we get this sort of setup, this kind of pattern, anything that comes from the west is going to get stuck, and then it sort of slides off to the north—west. so this is where we could see a little bit of rain during the course of sunday, but by the time we get to the afternoon i think the weather fronts will be stuck in the north—west, whereas many central, eastern and southern areas will remain dry. the winds will be light across the uk. that means those temperatures on saturday, or sunday rather, are going to be climbing. sunday we could be talking about 25 degrees in the south—east. the low 20s even further north. that's

if you squint you can see a little bit here just off lancashire and cumbria and south—western parts of. that's pretty much it. if anything, it will just be thicker cloud. central and eastern areas looking fine. if you've got plans on saturday, much of england is looking dry, and warming up as well, temperatures in the low 20s. saturday into sunday, we start to see warmer air coming out of france. this is high pressure here, low pressure there. when we get this sort of setup, this kind of pattern, anything that comes from the west is going to get stuck, and then it sort of slides off to the north—west. so this is where we could see a little bit of rain during the course of sunday, but by the time we get to the afternoon i think the weather fronts will be stuck in the north—west, whereas many central, eastern and southern areas will remain dry. the winds will be light across the uk. that means those temperatures on saturday, or sunday rather, are going to be climbing. on sunday we could be talking about 25 degrees in the south—east. into the low 20s even further north. that's it from me.

around 80 train services have been cancelled on northern rail, affecting journeys to liverpool, lancashireer manchester. it follows similar disruption last weekend, and on the day of the world cup final. the company said the cancellations would offer passengers more certainty in planning their journeys. the rmt rail union has again called for northern to be stripped of its franchise. according to the passenger user pressure group northern resist, they cancelled around 100 services and part—cancelled many more on friday, so it isn'tjust sundays, it's happening on weekdays as well. our business correspondent, joe lynam, joins me now. remind us of the background to this. another weekend, more cancellations, this time it is northern, owned by a riva rail north. they say planned engineering works means most people who work on the weekends do so voluntarily. it is out of 1500 train services. they say they are sorry that customers continue to express disruption, we are advising anyone thinking on travelling on sunday to plan carefully. the largest rail union rmt called for them to be kicked off t

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the cancellations are impacting areas including cumbria, liverpool, lancashire and greater manchester carlisle studio. so this has happened yet again, we have had this letter asking for assurances from baroness beverley hughes, what is your take on this? it's not just on hughes, what is your take on this? it's notjust on sunday that we have this problem, on friday according to the passenger user group they cancelled around 100 services and cancelled around 100 services and cancelled many more on friday. it's not just cancelled many more on friday. it's notjust happening cancelled many more on friday. it's not just happening on cancelled many more on friday. it's notjust happening on sunday, it's happening on the weekdays as well. what's going wrong? i don't know if you can hear me, what is going wrong, that these cancellations are taking place, the latest one they say is they are having problems with crew due to engineering works, surely they must know what's coming 7 surely they must know what's coming he surely they must know what's coming up? the will, there are a number of things

he was given an unconditional offer and other incentives to study at the university of central lancashirety offered me £1000 if i do get the grades and i got them so that's an extra thing to be happy about. universities are keen to attract students but there has been criticism of the record number of unconditional offers that have been made. i think unconditional offers area bit made. i think unconditional offers are a bit of a national shame. halfway through because you get a letter on your doormat on the university saying it doesn't matter how hard you work any more, you can still come this to university. what signal is sending out? it has been the highest proportion of people awarded a a or a star this year in six years. meanwhile, one in 12 entries scored a a star grade this year. and boys lead girls for the top grades of the second year running, the proportion of boys who got a or higher was 0.4 percentage points higher than girls. we make sure the system is fair to students to reflect what is the appropriate level of skill and knowledge stu d e nts level of skill and knowledge stude

kelly 0rmerod was with her parents, john and susan cooper, who came from lancashire.y were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in the red sea resort of hurghada. mrs 0merod said herfather, who was 69, died in his room and her mother died in hospital. the couple had booked the holiday with thomas cook, and the travel company says it's offering its 300 customers alternative hotels or the option to return home. dan johnson reports. what caused john and susan cooper's deaths? their daughter says john collapsed in his room on tuesday and susan fell ill a few hours later. the egyptian authorities said they both suffered low blood pressure and heart failure. this is the steigenberger aqua magic on egypt's red sea coast. thomas cook says there is no evidence of carbon monoxide poisoning here but because other tourists had been ill it decided to move its 300 other holidaymakers or bring them hold early. it is entirely possible the deaths and the illnesses aren't linked at people staying here are uneasy. everybody is really worried and obviously, as the anxiety raises

the cancellations are impacting areas including cumbria, liverpool, lancashire and greater manchesterorth of england. it isn‘t just it isn‘tjust on sundays that we are having this problem, on friday according to the passenger user pressure group, they cancelled around a hundred services and part cancelled many more on friday. it‘s not just sundays, cancelled many more on friday. it‘s notjust sundays, it is happening on weekdays as well. they run less services so the basic thinking would be they would be able to run a more robust timetable but that does not seem robust timetable but that does not seem to be the case, and it‘s a shambles on weekdays as well, people do not find it reliable any more. what do you think is the best way to get this fixed? what is your advice to northern? my advise is to pack up and go and hand the franchise back over to the public sector which would work any much more coordinated and structured fashion. these people have a major problem. passengers are sick of them and the staff are sick of them as well. nobody has any faith in them, the local politicians ha