For sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. After gibraltar was labelled a british colony in an eu document well be speaking to one of gibraltars meps about the controversy. Well hear from a friend and colleague of comedian jermey hardy who died today at the age ofjust 57. And well be discussing tomorrows front pages with my guests owen bennett, from city am and the business journalistjohn crowley. Thats at 10. 40 and at 11. 30. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Welcome to sportsday live from dublin, i am sarah mulkerrins. With three of the worlds top four ranked teams involved it is being billed as the closest six nations for many years. World number two, ireland, are grand slam champions and after an all conquering 2018 they start the world cup year hosting world number four, england, in dublin tomorrow. The tournament starts in paris tonight where world number three, wales, are the visitors in what will be War
north and south korea as the winter olympics come to a close, pyongyang says it will now sit down for talks with the united states. on meet the author this week my guest is sirjohn tusa, broadcaster and man of the arts whose own story, making a noise, is also a portrait of modern britain. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour would keep britain in a customs union with the eu according to the party s brexit spokesman. sir keir starmer told the bbc‘s andrew marr show that a new treaty, replicating the existing customs arrangement, would be best for the economy and would respect the referendum result. the prime minister is committed to leaving both the single market and the customs union she s expected to outline the government s position in more detail this week. our political correspondent emma vardy reports. after months of uncertainty over labour s position, now the party is moving decisively away from a so called hard brexit. it has been unanimously agreed, a
bitterly cold started tuesday morning, well below freezing, and the met office had issued in amber warning. that s for the threat of disruptive is no particular about a beast in england on tuesday. the parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east midlands and down towards kent we could see several centimetres i committing, and likely to cause disruption to travel. there could be school closures as well. topic is not getting above freezing for many of us all day. further snow showers filtering on the brisk easterly wind tuesday night and into wednesday. further heavier cumulative snow from any part of the country on wednesday. and eastern england and eastern scotland where it will be bitterly cold once again, particularly when you add on the wind chill. even further we could see snow showers down towards wales and the west to. snow is likely to cause disruption over the next few days. low pressure could bring blizzard conditions to the south later in the week. stayjune. this is bbc
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and author shyama perera and the political editor of the sun on sunday, dave wooding, thank you for being here. here s the front pages. the isolation period for people who come into contact with anyone infected with covid 19 could be halved, over fears of noncompliance with the test and trace system that s according to the telegraph. the mail leads with what they re calling a ‘major covid breakthrough‘ plans are being drawn up for front line nhs staff to receive a coronavirus vaccine within weeks. the sunday times says elderly people were excluded from hospitals and intensive care during the height of the pandemic‘s first wave. the observer reports that thousands of britain s doctors have condemned the government for its refusal to fund free meals for disadvantaged children in england over the school holidays. ministers fear people will not follow covi