hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. and an eventful day at aintree racecourse. and an eventful day at aintree racecourse- and an eventful day at aintree racecourse. when we talk about athletes, racecourse. when we talk about athletes. we racecourse. when we talk about athletes, we talk racecourse. when we talk about athletes, we talk about - racecourse. when we talk about athletes, we talk about the - racecourse. when we talk about. athletes, we talk about the families and it s also about the connections and it s also about the connections and the owners. the connections are and the owners. the connections are a syndicate in scotland who own this horse and paid £17,000 and one of them is a 21 year old student called cameron strong, putting down £3500 and he will make £50,000! haw cameron strong, putting down £3500 and he will make £50,000! cameron strong, putting down £3500 and he will make £50,000! how did a student have and he will m
it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler proved a bargain for his owners a scottish syndicate who bought him forjust £17,000. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. and the weather, a lot more cart around today compared to yesterday, patchy rain in the west but it will fill wall. all the details and outlook coming up after breakfast. just as she will feel warm. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story: motoring groups have welcomed the government s decision to cancel the construction of new smart motorways, but insisted the announcement does not go far enough. existing stretches of smart motorway in england will remain, but more emergency stopping places will be put in place. the aa has called for the hard shoulder to return on all roads. aru na iyengar reports. it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had already b
parents claim universal credit. it s parents claim universal credit. a rather chilly start the it s a rather chilly start the day, the risk of some and snow across scotland and northern england but turning world for all of us. it comes with wet and windy weather. what are the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday, the 27th of december. our main story. two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of elle edwards in merseyside on christmas eve. last night a 30 year old man was held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and a 19 year old woman was detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. our correspondent fiona trott has this report. a beautiful angel. that s how elle edwards has been described by colleagues. a beautician who was shot and killed whilst celebrating christmas here with family and friends. a man opened fire at the entrance. four others were injured. one is in a critical condition in hospital. at a time of year when rel
Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Youre watching the context on bbc news. One person died and houses destroyed as severe storms and tornadoes sweep through the us. The impact has been felt from alabama and tennessee in the south stretching far to the north. Aerial footage shows the power of the winds, debris strewn across roads and properties flattened. Migration and Border Security is going to be a key issue at the next uk election. And today labour laid out part of its policy. Sir keir starmer says a Labour Government would scrap the Tories Rwanda Policy Straightaway but would not bring back migrants who may have already been deported there. But the Labour Leader refused to commit to stopping the boats, saying he would not put false numbers on his plans as he laid out his proposals. As the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment. We will set up a new command with new powers, new resources and a new way of doing things Border Security command. Now this is about leveraging the
quite a number of protesters were wearing poppies. it s an important day to remember those who died, but amongst them, the 10,000 palestinians whojoined the british army. the atmosphere as the rally began was relaxed and good natured, but from early in the day, police had been concerned about what they categorised as a right wing counterprotest. there were scuffles a short distance from the cenotaph. the met commissioner, sir mark rowley, paid a visit to his command team as riot squads in the field work to keep the two protest groups apart. here in the met police s operations centre, officers are monitoring every aspect of the protest, and they ve got fixed cameras and also they ve got evidence gatherers, offices on the ground, who are taking pictures they can beam back live from the scene so the commanders here can decide where to deploy and went to arrest. we watched as the senior commanders instructed their teams in the field to arrest some of the counter protesters. from