Plus, we take a first look at tomorrows front pages. Hello, good evening. The Prime Minister spoke outside Downing Street tonight in a hastily arranged address, claiming that forces in the uk were trying to tear us apart. It comes after the controversial politician George Galloway won the rochdale by election with a majority of more than 5,000. George galloway said his views have been endorsed by the electorate. Voters turned their backs on the traditional parties, with an independent candidate, david tully, taking second place. Labour had withdrawn support from its candidate, azhar ali, after he was recorded making remarks that the party considered anti semitic. George galloway said his victory in a part of Greater Manchester with a significant Muslim Population was for gaza but one organisation representing britishjews described it as dark day for the uks jewish community. From rochdale, heres our political editor, chris mason. Tonight, from the showroom of a Car Dealership in rochda
then, for sunday, much more sunny but noticeably cooler, light winds. for next week, it looks like staying chilly with overnight frost. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday 1st february. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our hello and welcome to sportsday i m laura mcghie. shattered spending records, excitment and disappointment, we look at the biggest news and moments from january transfer deadline day. they ve had no trophy since 2017 but can manchester united make the league cup final tonight? we ll be live at old trafford ahead of their game against nottingham forrest. with reports that saudi arabia s tourism authority is to be named an official sponsor of the 2023 women s world cup, the co hosts of the competition are disappointed they weren t consulted. also coming up in the programme. this time it s for good . seven time super bowl winner tom brady says he is retiring after 23 seasons in the nfl, a year on from reversing his
Seized in schools across england and wales in the past two years. Also, dreams become Virtual Reality for one british tech firm. Improbable manages raises almost £400 million in one of the biggest ever investments in an early stage European Technology business. And. A close shave for Paddle Boarders in calfornia, after theyre warned theyre swimming next to 15 great white sharks. Good morning. Its friday 12th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is to give a major Foreign Policy speech in about half an hour s time in which he is likely to say that he doesnt see himself as a pacifist, because he would use Military Force as a last resort but that he believes Military Intervention has become far too common in recent times. Mr corbyn was chair of an anti war group and opposed intervention in kosovo and serbia. He is also known to bea kosovo and serbia. He is also known to be a long term supporter of unilateral disarmament and the stylist a
conte was diagnosed with an inflammation of the gall bladder, after becoming unwell with severe abdominal pain . the club have said he ll return following a period of recuperation . spurs next game is at home to second placed manchester city in the premier league on sunday. conte s side are fifth in the table, 1a points behind league leaders and north london rivals arsenal. let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. the r and a have announced a new golf tournament for golfers with disabilities. the gad 0pen will be a 5a hole event contested by up to 80 players at woburn golf club between the tenth and 12th may. irishman brendan lawlor became the first golfer with a disability to compete on the dp world tour in 2020, and says it s great news for golfers. kennenisa bekele will lead the london marathon s elite men s field as four of the five fastest runners in history go head to head in april s race. ethiopian bekele, the second fastest man in
and they should have foreseen this is very possible if we continue to call it the indian variant and although the who only said it now that they should be calling it the delta variant, it s always been the who position that we should not be associating places with the virus or variants. we ve already seen that. who reaffirmed this in a tweet on 12th may and we have seen india themselves, the ministry of information, request that it s not called the indian variant and we have seen nicola sturgeon stop calling it the indian variant almost two weeks ago because she foresaw that this could lead to hate crimes so i think the bbc might be trying now but this is too little and it s too late. to be really practical on what is a complicated and changing story of covid 19, people know it as the indian variant and removing all reference to the geography might mean they don t necessarily know what s being talked about. in a sense it s fair enough to keep a reference back to it? that could just be