laurence fox and the presenter dan wootton have both since apologised.the broadcast alongside calvin robinson. calvin robinson hosts a religious current affairs programme on the channel but in the past hour gb news has confirmed they have both been dismissed from gb news. more breaking news for you now. police in cheshire say they are carrying out a corporate manslaughter investigation at the hospital where the child serial killer lucy letby work. the investigation will focus on the countess of chester hospital after lucy letby, a nurse, was convicted of murdering babies in her care at the hospital's neonatal unit. i will just bring you a little bit more news before we go. a safeguarding review are set to begin after the death of ten—year—old sara sharif. her body was discovered under a blanket in a bunk bed at her home in woking in surrey on the 10th of august. herfatherand woking in surrey on the 10th of august. herfather and her august. her father and her stepmother and august. herfather and her stepmother and her uncle are charged with murder and cau

the broadcaster is continuing an internal investigation into mr wootton. that's it for me.us, it's been quite a cloudy day and, across scotland really quite wet, persistent rain, particularly in the west and also in the highlands, through the central lowlands. here's that weather front. really overcast here, but to the south, the clouds have been a little more broken, some bright spells and just the odd shower. the forecast for this evening, then — that band of rain is starting to fizzle away early in the morning on thursday, but the next weather front is approaching. north of that weather front, quite chilly in the north and the east of scotland, around 4 degrees in aberdeen, but to the south with the south—westerly winds, it's going to be rather humid in the morning — temperatures around double figures in most towns and cities. so, here's the weather map for thursday. high pressure trying to build in from the south, with the warm southerlies coming our way. but, before that happens, this weather front, this bulk of cloud and damp weather, if not wet weather, needs to swee

fox made the comments while appearing as a contributor on dan wootton's show.ed in sunderland by what police believe to be an american xl bully dog. the man who died has been named as 54—year—old ian langley. police say the dog was killed to protect the public and a 44—year—old man has been arrested. you're live with bbc news. catholic church leaders from around the world have gathered in rome for the month—long synod, which will consider questions rangingf rom the role of women, ranging from the role of women, priestly celibacy and blessings for lgbt catholics. for the first time, women will be able to vote at the meeting, along with others — normally this is a privilege reserved only for bishops. the vatican has been preparing for the synod for two years by seeking catholics' views on the future of the church. the organisation catholic women speak commissioned a report canvassing the views of over 17 thousand catholic women around the world. on international women's day this year that report was presented to pope francis by one of its authors, tracy mcewan. s

the broadcaster is continuing an internal investigation into mr wootton.the age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco to rise by one year every year so eventually, nobody can buy them. he said mps would be given a free vote on the issue. the age of sail would rise from 18 every year, so child age 1a today would never be allowed to buy tobacco. i spoke to the deputy chief executive of ash. it's quite a moment to see the prime minister use the platform to make such a commitment to phasing out smoking and making smoking history for the next generation. yes, we are absolutely delighted with the proposals, and the important thing now is to see how we can implement them. further announcements have been made about of additional funding. as a comprehensive measure, we would really look forward to seeing it through.— we would really look forward to seeing it through. your organisation would welcome _ seeing it through. your organisation would welcome this. _ seeing it through. your organisation would welcome this. i _ seeing it through. your organisation w

dan wootton was suspended and laurence fox dismissed after sexist comments were broadcast about a femaler ofcom which already found the broadcaster broke rules in other areas. borisjohnson is not the first high—profile conservative to host a show on gb news but he is the most recognisable. forthe news but he is the most recognisable. for the channel, news but he is the most recognisable. forthe channel, hopes of higher ratings. for the former pm, exposure and the fee that is likely to be significant. shaun dilley, bbc news. with the government planning to add american xl bullys to the list of banned dog breeds, the bbc has learned that there are 3,500 dogs from the four breeds which are already banned living legally with their owners — and the number is increasing. our correspondent danny savage explains why banning a breed may not necessarily be a straighforward solution to the issue of dangerous dogs. an xl bully—type dog with a temperament problem. this animal was handed to police after it attacked its owner. it can never be rehomed and will be put down. i'm a dog lover. i don't want

last thursday night, friday night, massive amounts of rain on a stretch of line around royal wootton night, meaning for much of the day there has been no train service from bristol temple meads to london and vice versa. only now are we starting 0 see some trains coming back, but only one in four of scheduled services. i was chatting to some people who have come back from london, they have described the service as chaotic. and with further flooding north of swindon, the station has been totally cut off for much of the day. and on the roads, flooding as far as gloucestershire, high levels of water, much of it has now receded, but in terms of getting round the west of england, all through it, it has been incredibly difficult for almost all of the day. and what is the outlook for the weekend? well, look, it is lovely and warm now by comparison to earlier, it is dry and has been since late afternoon. there is rain tomorrow, so while it may have eased away a bit this afternoon, i'm not sure how much longer that will last. earlier, our reporter chris dearden, who's in mold, flintshire, wale

this is the main line west to bristol and south wales near royal wootton bassett, flooded and impassableption on many lines. in trowell near nottingham, four people had to be rescued from deep water after they climbed onto the roof of a car. the volume of rainfall storm babet has created has turned small tributaries into gushing torrents. these are anxious times for people living close to watercourses, and there's hours of rain yet to come. danny savage, bbc news. labour is jubilant after overturning huge majorities to win the mid—bedfordshire and tamworth by—elections — with its leader, sir keir starmer saying the party is "redrawing the political map." labour overturned a conservative majority of more than 211,000 in mid bedfordshire, while winning tamworth for the first time since 2005. the tories said a low turnout was among the reasons for their defeats. with his analysis of both results, here's our political editor chris mason. jubilation and sleep deprivation has all sorts of effects on political activists, particularly labour ones celebrating victory in a home counties village, m

this is the main line west to bristol and south wales near royal wootton bassett, flooded and impassibleption on many lines. this packed service from king's cross to scotland was delayed by more than four hours. in travel near nottingham, four people had to be rescued from deep water after they climbed onto the roof of a ca rte water after they climbed onto the roof of a carte —— in trowell. the volume of rainfall storm babet has created has turned small tributaries into gushing torrents. these are anxious times for people living close to watercourses, and there is hours of rain yet to come. that is because an amber whether one is still in place along the spine of england from nottingham up to the scottish borders for another 12 hours until six o'clock tomorrow morning and that means the rain will continue to fall on these watersheds, this is the river need me in knaresborough, subject to a warning at the moment, and so many hundreds of other rivers are but the latest from the environment agency is they think this will probably be ok but it is the river is further south, in the north mid

last thursday night, friday night, massive amounts of rain and a stretch of line around royal woottonlast night, meaning for much of the day there has been no train service from bristol temple meads to london and vice versa. only now are we starting to see some trains coming back, but only one in four of scheduled services. i was chatting to some people who have come back from london, they have described the service as chaotic. and with further flooding north of swindon, the station has been totally cut off for much of the day. and on the roads, flooding as far as gloucestershire, high levels of water, much of it has now receded, but in terms of getting round the west of england all through it, it has been incredibly difficult for almost all of the day. find has been incredibly difficult for almost all of the day. and what is the outlook _ almost all of the day. and what is the outlook for _ almost all of the day. and what is the outlook for the _ almost all of the day. and what is the outlook for the weekend? - almost all of the day. and what is l the outlook for the weekend? well, lo

wootton, by the bye to most of the shelves. almost 250 years ago. a philosopher asked the same question. tunics book, 1794. for 45 am. it is time 70. i assessed his mazda boys at the same time each day, using the same words. then at 5 o'clock shop, 2 cups of tea in his daily routine, a creature of habit, in spirit, a revolutionary and in lice would sink upon him on will accounts with the inspiration behind the you in charge of the gym and constitution and the you, the son of a honda snake, a cont, was born in 1724. is this a, was, is enlightenment shows this the way out about self include in maturity we can think for ourselves, follow reason an act wisely the would come to an enlightenment. thinkers of the 18th century didn't foresee this exit from a maturity, had unexpected consequences. it made humans the congress of nature, the climate change can be viewed as the natural conclusion of the intense taking a logical and scientific exploitation of the will. which itself was a part of the vision in lightning, had for humanity, the expectation of the n

so the programme, which focussed on some comments made some of the comments made by laurence woottoncomplaints from outraged members of claimed that of the public who claimed that the had the debate was one sided. we had mp philip davies didn't. we says that he received many complaints from his constituents in shipley. he's now referred the matter is the matter to ofcom, which is the media watchdog. joining me now is the spokesperson for the free speech union. it's benjamin jones. speech union. it's benjamin jones . benjamin, thank you very, jones. benjamin, thank you very, very much . great to have you on very much. great to have you on the show. so the bbc decided that something that happened here at gb news was in the best interest of the nation to be beamed out there on newsnight. and in order to do that, they basically got three people, unquestionably a presenter, who all had the same view and tried to give us an absolute kicking and shock horror. it turned out that that might have broken the rules . rules. >> well, what's even more extraordinary about it is that the bbc has now