the final day of the libel case between footballer s wireless rebekah vardy and coleen rooney. lawyers are set out their closing outings. and britain s biggest ever lottery winners, the couple from gloucester who ve won £181; million. it s surreal, they say. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, a huge night for everton s players. after a difficult season they can ensure prmier league survival with a win against crystal palace. good evening. an mi5 agent used his intelligence status to terrorise and abuse women. yet his identity has been protected by the secret services. the bbc has been stopped from revealing his name after the government went to the high court. it says it is trying to protect national security and avoid a real and immediate risk to life. but the judge did rule that we can reveal details of the case in which the agent used his position to coerce and threaten to kill a former partner with a machete. the spy, who is not british
the police close their inquiry. in total 83 people have been penalised. millions of tonnes of grain stuck in ukraine, as the un warns of a globalfood crisis if exports don t resume. this crop is due to be harvested in just over a month s time, but the farmers here still have no idea where they re going to store it or how they re going to get it out of the country. music: chariots of fire main theme and the film score that mesmerised millions its composer vangelis has died at the age of 79. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: mcilroy sets the pace a storming start to the pga championship in oklahoma sees him on five under after his first round. good evening. we start tonight with the story of an mi5 agent accused of violent abuse and threats to kill his partner, whose identity has been protected by the security services and the government. the spy who s not british is said to have terrorised his partner while also threatening to sexually abuse and kill
and you ll remember this a mocked up news conference in which there was talk of a christmas party, which boris johnson wasn t at. we know some who were got fined. this fictional party was a business meeting. and it was not socially distanced! the labour leader, keir starmer, was in leeds today talking transport. he himself could still get a ticket, a fixed penalty notice, over a beer and curry eventjust over a year ago. but his focus today was on what went on in government. well, what the investigation has shown is industrial scale lawbreaking in downing street, 120 or so fines. and that reflects a culture, and the prime minister sets the culture. the advent of partygate was on the 1st of december last year. five and a half months later, today is a big moment because for much of that time, people have wondered what would happen if the prime minister got anotherfine, or so many that he could wallpaper
of a christmas party, which boris johnson wasn t at. we know some who were got fined. this fictional party was a business meeting. and it was not socially distanced! the labour leader keir starmer was in leeds today talking transport. he himself could still get a ticket, a fixed penalty notice over a beer and curry eventjust over a year ago. but his focus today was on what went on in government. well, what the investigation has shown is industrial scale - lawbreaking in downing street, i 120 or so fines, and that reflects a culture, and the primel minister sets the culture. the advent of partygate was on the 1st of december last year. five and a half months later, today is a big moment because for much of that time people have wondered what would happen if the prime minister got anotherfine, or so many that he could wallpaper a wall with them. we now know that is not going to happen.