dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together international correspondents, some of the uk s leading commentators and those who file their stories for the folks back home under the headline dateline london. this week lobbying in all its forms. lobbying against and for the royalfamily, lobbying to liberate a woman imprisoned in iran, and whether those who lobby on behalf of repressive governments around the world are sufficiently regulated in the uk. joining us for dateline this week. polly toynbee, a long serving columnist for the guardian in the uk, and henry chu, deputy news editor for the la times, which means he s up when la sleeps, making sure that national news in the states is well reported. and then, when the uk is sleeping, he s probably also trying to file stories from back here, too. he never rests! with me in the studio, mark urban, diplomatic editor with the bbc s newsnight programme. welcome. let s start with the royal family. sunday
newsnight programme. which means he is up when the uk sleeps making sure national news in the us as well reported in the uk is sleeping his probably find a felt stories here to, so he never rests. sunday was commonwealth day the annual celebration of an institution created to maintain links which in the past were the result of exploration, colonisation and conquest. queen elizabeth, its head since august 1952, may see it as proof that empire has given way to equality. yet hours later, harry her grandson and his wife meghan, were in that much trailed tv interview describing the british monarchy as an institution where there were concerns and conversations about how dark their unborn baby s skin might be. harry said racism in the country, the media and the palace was a large part of why the couple have left the uk for good. this is clearly damaging to the families involved but how damaging is it to the institution? it is families involved but how damaging is it to
Look at the possible causes. Good morning from Durham Police headquarters. We are here as part of a series on Policing Britain. I live in the call centre where they are dealing with the 999 called this morning. More on that a bit later on. In the sport, Head Injuries in by on. In the sport, Head Injuries in rugby union must be taken more seriously, according to a review into an incident involving Wales International george north, which has made nine recommendations to change the way concussions are handled. And carol has the weather. This morning across england and wales we have some patchy fog and some frost. Some of that will be slow to clear but most will see a dry day with some sunshine and just a few showers. Scotland and Northern Ireland, still very windy, especially across scotland, with some showers, some of which will be wintry. More in 15 minutes. 0ur our main story German Security services are facing questions about why they ended a Surveillance Operation on a suspect who is
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had to cut short the strike by a day because the government took the union to court it was declared unlawful because it was not within the six month time limit from which the six month time limit from which the rcn had to take strike action. 0ff the rcn had to take strike action. off the back of that pat cullen is addressing members at the annual conference of the rcn in the next few minutes. pay and the threat of more industrial action will be central to the speech. next week the ballot to achieve a fresh strike mandate well up in and we expect in the speech pat cullen to say if members back strike action she will do all she can to get the government to return to the negotiating table. what have the government been saying about this? grant shapps said it is curious for pat callan to be asking