Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
disaster. the epa says it has not detected any contaminants in the town s drinking water and says tests have shown the air is safe to breathe. but, you know, many residents in east palestine and other nearby towns, they re concerned about the potential long-term health effects. this town is going to need long-termest thing term testing. there s a lot of people who don t want to stay and really can t blame them. a major concern for me would definitely be the water. i think they should have dredged the creeks that are going out because, you know, it s spreading into other communities. arthel: garrett tenney is live in east palestine, ohio, with the very latest. garrett? reporter: yeah, arthel, that is such a tough question that a lot of folks are naysing now. facing no. with so much uncertainty about what the future of this town looks like, do we stay or do we go? to answer that question, it s going to take some answers, and some of those answers are going to take time.
Win this for moonlight. Hes playing a drugs kingpin, but against all odds, hes tender, hes fatherly. Its quite a surprise. Best supporting actress . I would like Naomie Harris to win this for britain, for moonlight. Shes usually miss moneypenny, here she is playing a crack addicted mother. Its a great surprise. I think it will be viola davis. And then, finally, Best Director . Damien chazelle really, really deserves this for pulling all the stops out on la la land. Last years awards were dominated by the oscars so white campaign. The 2017 shortlist is more diverse, but we can still expect politically charged speeches with the name donald trump likely to crop up. Will gompertz, bbc news. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Tonight, the losers in the Supreme Court may end up being the winners because the government says brexit is still on and on time. So can labour or the snp force any change of course . Well be hearing from alex salmond and Emily Thornberry of labour. Join me now on bbc
Win this for moonlight. Hes playing a drugs kingpin, but against all odds, hes tender, hes fatherly. Its quite a surprise. Best supporting actress . I would like Naomie Harris to win this for britain, for moonlight. Shes usually miss moneypenny, here she is playing a crack addicted mother. Its a great surprise. I think it will be viola davis. And then, finally, Best Director . Damien chazelle really, really deserves this for pulling all the stops out on la la land. Last years awards were dominated by the oscars so white campaign. The 2017 shortlist is more diverse, but we can still expect politically charged speeches with the name donald trump likely to crop up. Will gompertz, bbc news. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Tonight, the losers in the Supreme Court may end up being the winners because the government says brexit is still on and on time. So can labour or the snp force any change of course . Well be hearing from alex salmond and Emily Thornberry of labour. Join me now on bbc
Hours in melbourne. Heres our tennis correspondent, russell fuller. There is always an unknown factor when a player shares a chord with Serena Williams for the first time, Butjohanna Konta can point to the fa ct Butjohanna Konta can point to the fact that she has played and beaten on two occasions serenas sister, venus, once youre at the Australian Openin venus, once youre at the Australian Open in the first round last year and to win her first double title in the stanford last july. And to win her first double title in the stanford lastjuly. Konta has also played other former grand the stanford lastjuly. Konta has also played otherformer grand slam winners and former number ones. There is nothing like the aura of Serena Williams with a 22 grand slam titles. From the konta perspective, she says it is clear to play against a fellow human being rather than against a reputation. What she has achieved in the sport is extraordinary. It is not on other player. It is also important to keep in