And in sport, germany have beaten china 1 0 in the fifa womens world cup. And in sportsday at 7. 30pm, a record score for england against bangladesh in the cricket world cup. Good evening. One of the candidates for the leadership of the conservative party, michael gove, says he deeply regrets taking cocaine more than 20 years ago. He told the daily mail it happened at several social events while he was working as a journalist. Mr gove says it was a mistake but he didnt believe it should disqualify him from becoming Prime Minister. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. If you see yourself as the face of the countrys future, you can expect plenty of questions about your own past. I can confirm that i will be putting my name forward to be Prime Minister of this country. From mr gove recently, to here in the late 90s, its about the time he now admits he cocaine. He told the daily mail. Will, though, those who choose our next Prime Minister conservative mps and members agree . Ul
The nhs in england will receive an extra £2. 8 billion by 2020 with £350 million provided immediately to allow trusts to plan for the winter. The tax on tobacco continues to rise but theres a freeze on wine, cider and spirits and the fuel duty rise for both petrol and diesel is cancelled. Good afternoon from westminster where the chancellor, Philip Hammond, has delivered a budget which he said would make the uk fit for the future as an outward looking, free trading nation once it leaves the european union. But he had to announce dramatically downgraded growth forecasts for next five years from a previously announced 2 this year, to i. 5 . He told the commons that an extra £3 billion will be set aside over the next two years to prepare for brexit. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said the chancellors statement was a record of failure with a forecast of more to come. Lets take a look at some of the main measures in todays budget. On housing, there was good news for people in england and
Later this year. And well be bringing you the latest from Sports Personality of the year as 12 contenders wait to find out if theyve scooped this years trophy. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A British Embassy worker has been killed in beirut. The body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. Our correspondentjon donnison has been following developments Lebanese Police have told the bbc that they believe rebecca dykes was murdered on friday night. Her body was found on saturday. They believe she was strangled. They have carried out one postmortem, but they are due to do out one postmortem, but they are due todoa out one postmortem, but they are due to do a second one. Rebecca dykes would that the embassy in beirut. She had done so since the beginning of the year. She was not a diplomat, she worked for the department for International Development. We have spoken to the Foreign Office, they haveissued spoken to the Foreign Office, they have issued a s
Face. Let me see the face. The interview was recorded as part of the today programmes guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. In half an hour here on bbc news bbc sport will have a round up of all the days Sports Events with sportsday. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A British Embassy worker has been killed in beirut. The body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. What we know . Lebanese Police Believe rebecca dykes was murdered on friday night. Her body was found on friday night. Her body was found on saturday. They believe she was strangled. They carried out a postmortem but due to do a second. Rebecca dykes worked at the embassy in beirutand rebecca dykes worked at the embassy in beirut and had done so since the beginning of the year. She worked for the department for international development. We have spoken to the Foreign Office, who issued a statement saying they are liaising with the lebanese authorities and looking after rebe
Fog will be stubborn to clear during the morning. There is the potential, tuesday morning, that we could see some disruption to both road and air travel due to the dense fog across central, southern and eastern parts of england. Poor visibility here. Further north west across the country, and low cloud moving in. Fog over the hills and a little drizzle here. Towards the south and east, the fog will be quite stubborn. Temperatures for the north west and a much milder, 11 or 12 degrees. It could be only five celsius across east anglia. As we move to the middle of the week on a frontal system slips south. A north south split on wednesday. Fairly cloudy, drizzly and mild towards the south. Writer in the north and temperatures 9 11 degrees. Brighter in the north. Hello, this is bbc news with rachel schofield. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, but first the headlines at 10 30. A British Embassy worker in beirut has been found dead. Police there say shed been stra