On the lancashire cricket league. Its the eve of the conservative Party Conference and theresa may is under renewed pressure from within the cabinet over her approach to brexit. The Prime Minister arrived in manchester a little earlier with her husband phillip. Shes facing a new intervention on the brexit negotiations from the foreign secretary borisjohnson, who has called for a strict time limit on fully leaving the eu. Could the next few days bring unity to the conservative party . Probably not, if the issue of brexit dominates the agenda. As they reflect on a disappointing election result, the Prime Minister wants to talk about domestic issues but her foreign secretary has other ideas. In an interview with the sun, borisjohnson lays out four red lines for brexit. He says the transition period after march 2019 should not be a second longer than two years. The uk should not accept any new rulings from brussels during that time. No payments should be made for access to the single marke
Addresses his Party Conference in newquay, saying immigration is overwhelming public services. 21 year old man has died after being stabbed during a mass brawl in Manchester City centre. Now on bbc news it is time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday with me Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening harry kane makes it 13 goals city have a 1 0 win against chelsea. Like spurs united also netted four as they made sure the misery continues for winless Crystal Palace. Lewis hamilton takes big strides towards a fourth world title with pole in malaysia while Sebastian Vettel is relegated to the back of the grid. Also coming up in the programme Northern Irelandsjonathan rea makes history becoming the first man to win three consecutive world superbikes championships. And i am in slovenia by the european para table tennis championships where there has been several medal haulfor british where there has been several medal haul for british team. We are starting with football and
Have been stepping up efforts to stop the vote claiming that most voting stations have been closed. It follows a raid at the Catalan Governments i. T centre to disrupt electronic voting. The vote is considered illegal by the government in spain. The National Police have sealed off over a thousand schools which are intended to be polling stations. Its prompted the president of the Catalan National assembly to make this plea. Translation i want to make a plea to the police and appeal to their sense of responsibility and community. Well, this was the scene in madrid earlier people against the vote showing their support for a united spain. But many catalans say they are determined to vote. Heres our correspondent tom burridge who is in barcelona. This is how parents and people in this part of barcelona a scene repeated across the city and across the region of catalonia, are trying to keep this school open. They hope the police cannot get in if they organise activities with their kids and s
Theresa may is facing renewed pressure over the governments approach to brexit on the eve of the conservative Party Conference. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, used a newspaper interview to set out four areas on which he believed the government should not compromise in its negotiations with the european union. Our Political Correspondent vicki young reports. Is this a Prime Ministerial red box brimming with popular ideas . Evening, Prime Minister, are you looking forward to conference . Theresa may certainly hopes so. She arrived in manchester this evening, determined to put that disappointing election result behind her, and talk about more than brexit. Is the foreign secretary stealing your limelight, Prime Minister . But keeping the lid on conservative splits over europe wont be easy. Yet again, borisjohnsons been going public with his personal views on brexit. In an interview with the sun, he lays out four red lines. He says the transition period after march 2019 should not be
Welcome to bbc news. The white house has defended President Trumps response to the violence in Charlottesville Virginia after the biggest gathering of White Nationalist groups in america for decades. A 20 year old man has now been charged with murder after a car was driven into a woman who was part of a demonstration against the far right rally. 19 other people were injured. After President Trump spoke of violence on many sides, a spokesman clarified today that his condemnation included White Supremacists and neo nazis. Our correspondent laura bicker sent this report from charlottesville. After a violent day of division, charlottesville has come together to pray, to show that this city condemns the hate brought here by neo nazis and White Supremacists. The Virginia Governor went from row to row, Hugging Worshippers in this baptist church, promising to keep politics out of the pulpit but there was a message he felt he had to give. It is political in that the political rhetoric in this c