we had also hearing that the area of seaton garth has signs warning them as the public about fallingm north yorkshire police this evening, what they're confirming, is that tragically, this nine—year—old girl, who was on holiday at staithes, has died after this rock fall in seaton garth area today. a man has appeared in court via videolink, charged with murdering the midwife, samantha eastwood, in staffordshire. micheal stirling, who's the brother—in—law of her former fiance, spoke only to confirm his name. he'll return to court for a plea hearing in october. the body of ms eastwood was found eight days after she went missing. 3,000 people have attended commemorations at amiens cathedral in north eastern france, marking the centenary of the battle, that turned the tide of the first world war. the battle of amiens lasted just four days, but it was one of the most successful for the allies, of the whole conflict. theresa may, and the duke of cambridge were among those who paid tribute to the fallen, and hundreds of descendants of the troops that took, part were also there. this is a lan

part of a cliff collapsed onto the beach at seaton garth in staithes yesterday where it's thought theon holiday. part of the beach remains cordoned off, as caroline davies reports. ambulances and emergency helicopters called to a tragic incident. those out for a day at the beach can only watch as rescuers run to help. the emergency services were called yesterday at 4:18pm after a section of the cliff fell here at seaton garth in north yorkshire. the falling rocks hit a nine—year old girl, calling her doll miguel diaz—canel mac causing her serious head injuries. despite the rescuers‘ efforts, she died here at the scene. it has shocked this holiday village. they said there had been an incident on the beach and that‘s all we know. tragic thing to happen, isn't it, really? a place like this, it's bad. the girl was thought to be on holiday with her family. the girl was thought to be on holiday with herfamily. they‘re being supported by specialist trained officers. at this time of year, this beach would be humming with people. now it‘s empty, closed by the police as the investigation into w

we are also hearing that that part of seaton garth does have signs warning members of the public aboutsroom. our lead story is: says it will impose sanctions on russia in response to the nerve agent attack on a russian former spy and his daughter in the uk. other stories: the remains of a young boy have been found at a remote desert compound in the us state of new mexico. police made the announcement the day after rescuing ii malnourished children who were being held at the site. thailand has granted citizenship to the coach and three members of a football team dramatically rescued from a flooded cave last month. it emerged the boys and their coach were among around 480,000 stateless people living in the southeast asian country. and for many, the heatwave in europe has proven difficult to sleep. so a supermarket in finland thought of a solution. many apartments there have no air conditioning so the k—supermarket opened its doors to 100 customers who brought sleeping bags and mattresses for the night. another day, another escalation in trade tensions between the world‘s two biggest econ

part of a cliff collapsed onto the beach at seaton garth in staithes yesterday, where it's thought thert of the beach remains cordoned off as caroline davies reports. ambulances and emergency helicopters called to a tragic incident. those out for a day at the beach can only watch as rescuers try to help. the emergency services were called yesterday around 4:18pm after a section of the cliff fell here at seaton garth in north yorkshire. the falling rocks hit a nine—year old girl, causing her serious head injuries. despite the rescuers‘ efforts, she died here at the scene. it's shocked this holiday village. theyjust said there's been an incident on the beach and that's all we know. it's a tragic thing to happen, isn't it, really? in a place like this, it's bad. the girl's thought to have been on holiday with herfamily. they‘ re being supported by specialist trained officers. at this time of year, this beach would be humming with people. now it's empty, closed by the police as the investigation into what happened here continues. caroline davies, bbc news. pressure continues to mount on th

part of a cliff collapsed onto the beach at seaton garth in staithes yesterday where it's thought theh fresher feel a much fresherfeel for a much fresher feel for all of us today, some sunshine around, and also some showers. across east anglia, central and southern england and south—east england we have some rain, which is not going anywhere fast. slowly clearing eastwards through the day. quite damp and wacky. further north and west, a good deal of sunshine, but some showers, particularly for the western isles of scotland. mainly dry for northern ireland, spells of sunshine. in the sunshine, 21 or 22 celsius, might get 16 where we keep the rain. that wayne will deliver good at rain will pull away. showers working their way through the west. temperatures between nine and 12 celsius. in clearer skies, we get down to four five. a fresher feeling tomorrow. spells of sunshine, but the showers will be getting going, pushing their way across on a brisk south—westerly breeze. could go further eastwards tomorrow than they have today. in the sunshine, 20 or 21 celsius, but always cooler in and

a 9—year—old girl has died after suffering a serious head injury following a rock slide at seaton garthionist mp ian paisley is facing the first ever parliamentary recall petition under rules introduced in 2015 to allow voters to oust politicians. ian paisley is currently suspended by parliament for failing to declare two family holidays which were paid for by the sri lankan government. if 10 percent of his constituents in north antrim sign the petition, which opened this morning, it will trigger a by—election. emma vardy has the latest. recall petitions that the three maignan towns across mr paisley‘s constituency opened at nine o'clock this morning. they will be open for people to sign for the next six weeks. this is a first for a uk politics. it was all brought about by ian paisley‘s per year to deeply at the luxury holidays he went on paper by this alliance in government. he then later went on to lobby david cameron on behalf of sri lanka. when this came to light last year, the parliamentary standards committee ruled that he was guilty of serious misconduct. so, over the next six be

police say the girl suffered serious head injures after a section of cliff collapsed at seaton garthday with her family. rya nair says it will cancel about one in six of its flights tomorrow because of a strike by pilots in several european countries. the industrial action is part of an ongoing row about pay and conditions. 400 flights are currently affected, including more than 200 between germany and the uk. a strong aftershock has struck the indonesian island of lombok, four days after an earthquake killed more than 150 people. officials say 230 people are now known to have died after sunday's tremor. more than 150,000 people have been displaced. senators in argentina have voted by a narrow margin to reject a bill that would have allowed abortion during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy. campaigners on both sides gathered outside the parliament for the crucial vote. currently, abortion is only legal in the country in cases of rape or when the mother's health is in danger. the influential roman catholic church had mounted a fierce campaign against the proposed law. the dramatic gia

part of a cliff collapsed onto the beach at seaton garth in staithes yesterday. —— on wednesday afternooned of islamaphobia for comparing women in niqabs to postboxes and bankrobbers. speaking on the today programme earlier today, he said that the party shouldn't "shut down mps when they speak", and that he hopes the party "will put an end" to the matter. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. julian, thank u. —— thank you very much. here's some sport now with holly. good morning. we start at the european championships were katarina johnson thompson is three events away from a first european outdoor title in the heptathlon. she is in a battle with world champion nafi thiam. she took the lead after a strong 200 metres. the long jump, gels and eight 800 metres still to come. they were two more golds in swimming last night for ben proud and the medley relay team, giving adam peaty his fourth title at these games. and everton were busy late in the transfer window with barcelona defender gary mina among their signings. he scored half of colombia's six goals in russia. justin rose is three sh

harriet, who was from in oxford, was killed in an incident on seaton garth beach near whitby on wednesdayily say she was the "light of our lives". after weeks of hot weather in france torrential downpours have caused flash flooding and flood alerts across the country. thousands of homes are without power. 1,600 people have been evacuated from three campsites in the ardeche and drome regions just north of marseille. 0ne german man in his 70s is still missing and a few people have been taken to hospital following the rescue. 0livia crellin reports. roads turned to rivers. rivers have become rapids. this is what it looks like now in some parts of france after a weeks—long heatwave finally gave way to storms. intense rain over the last 48 hours has put central and southern areas of the country on flood alert, while around 17,000 homes are without power. firefighters in the ardeche and drome regions evacuated 1,600 people when campsites like this one turned into mudbaths in the wake of the storms. translation: the first thing i did was put into place a plan to quickly identify where people wer

police say the girl suffered serious head injures after a section of cliff collapsed, at seaton garthin in his home city of cardiff. he has become the first welshman to win the race after it culminated in paris last month. bbc wales‘ claire summers is there. hello, good afternoon and a warm welcome to a special programme. this is the stuff of dreams. he is the down—to—earth boy from cardiff who somehow won the biggest contest of all in cycling, the tour de france. we are here this afternoon to bring new coverage of geraint thomas‘s homecoming celebration. i am here standing outside cardiff castle. geraint will be making his way here very shortly. but it all starts this afternoon in cardiff bay, amazing scenes there. i have never seen it looking so ghetto. he will be welcomed by the first minister on the steps of the senate. —— i have never seen the steps of the senate. —— i have never seen it looking so yellow. he will be getting on his bike once more and he will be joining 45 young riders in a pellet on. it may not be the chance to leave they put the clouds are wrapped lining the rou