Primary wins overnight and in the sport. This morning, on a nervy night in north london, david rayais night in north london, david raya is the hero as arsenal scrape past porto on penalties. Scrape past porto on penalties. Novak djokovic loses to the world number 123, and the darts player banned for punching his opponent. Good morning. Theyll be very heavy rain across northWestern Areas through the next few days, but elsewhere it will be very mild. Find out all the details with me a little later. Mild. Find out all the details with me a little later. On. With me a little later. On. Right. Racist and wrong. Prime minister didnt say that, but a spokesperson did after hes branded the comments made by a Major Tory Party donor about the first woman black mp, diane abbott. Over night. The comments came from frank hester. Yeah, and he is one of the partys biggest donors. He gave £10 million to the conservatives, and he told a meeting that diane abbott should be shot and made him want to hate
Between 7 9 c. Thanks, chris. And thats bbc news at six. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday this friday night, im chetan pathak, coming up on the programme. Christian horner again denies allegations of inappropriate behaviour. As a series of alleged messages are leaked. A new fi season but will it be the same old story Max Verstappen takes Pole Position for tomorrows Bahrain Grand Prix. Going for gold in glasgow can americas noah lyles add to his titles tonight well bring you the latest from the indoor World Championships also coming up on sportsday before seven. Ahead of the North London Derby in the Wsl The Arsenal manager talks about injuries, his sides title hopes and inequality in the game i still think it is very hard to understand that there are so few female coaches in the mens game. We will be in puerto rico where skateboarder sky brown will try to keep her olympic surfing dream alive, we would tell you how she got on
More people are expected to return to their work places later this morning, as the government seeks assurances from employers in england that measures are enforced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Pupils will also begin to return to school and politicians remain divided on whether exams should be delayed next year, because of the lingering effects of the lockdown on school work. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. This week, these classrooms will start filling up again. Many children will be back at school for the First Time Since march, as england takes another big step moving out of the coronavirus shut down. Its a big political test for the government, which has made education its key priority. And in number ten, there was increasing confidence that most pupils will return in the coming days. The focus now has got to be getting those schools reopened, allowing them to reopen safely, getting parents to have the confidence for their children to return to school.
The governments eat 0ut to help 0ut scheme, which encouraged more people to use restaurants and cafes after lockdown restrictions were eased, has ended on monday night. And its been very successful, with calls for it to continue. In the last month, 64 million discounted meals have been dished up, in 84,000 restau ra nts a nd cafes across the uk. Heres katy austin. Serving up one last day of government subsidised meals, diners in Central London today said the incentive had tempted them out more. Not gonna lie, ive been going out every week. I mean, when will we get this opportunity again . So, yeah, make the most of it, really. You see a lot of people everywhere, you know, brings back the source of human feeling thats been missing. Yeah, were going to go and get some lunch, i think, like with friends. We are going to google on the government website where has actually still got it. But were probably glad that some places extending it, to be honest. Down on the south coast in bournemouth
To self isolate. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Thanks to the internet and this, the mobile phone, our ability to inform, communicate and persuade has never been greater. Yet, public debate seems more toxic, more divisive than ever before. So what is happening . Are intolerance and extremism winning out over reasoned debate . My guest today is the american neuroscientist, philosopher and podcaster, sam harris. He goes into intellectual territory where few others dare tread on race and religion. He generates lots of heat. What about light . Sam harris in california, welcome to hardtalk. Happy to be here, thanks, stephen. You have an extraordinarily popular podcast in which you talk with leading intellectuals across the world but you also express your own trenchant opinions in a host of books that you have written. Which is more important, more meaningful to you . The conversation or expressing your strong opinion . Good question. I think i split the d