what could the war do to an already volatile job market here? arsenal s champions league qualification hopes are in tatters. they were beaten 2 0 at newcastle, with tottenham now in pole position to clinch fourth spot. and a pretty humid day to come with some eastern areas under hazy sunshine seeing some of the highest temperatures of the year. but if you re in the west today, early sunshine will give way to cloud and eventually some outbreaks of rain. i ll have all the details of your forecast here on breakfast. it s tuesday the 17th of may. leading figures in sport, politics and entertainment have praised the blackpool striker jake daniels after he announced he is gay. it s the first time in more than 30 years that a male footballer has come out while still playing for a professional uk club. the 17 year old said it s a relief to be honest about his sexuality. our lgbt and identity correspondent lauren moss reports on a turning point for british football. he s one of the ch
touch with me. blackpool s jake daniels becomes the first current male professional footballer in more than 30 years to come out as gay. now ijust do feel like i m ready to be myself, be free and just be confident with it all. lying all the time is not what i wanted to do, and it has been a struggle. football manager wayne rooney is due to give evidence in his wife s libel trial, dubbed wagatha christie , as the multimillion pound case enters its final days at the high court. hello and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary liz truss is expected make a statement to parliament today, paving the way for making changes to the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, known as the protocol. one of the main parties, the democratic unionists is refusing to enter power sharing at stormont unless the existing protocol is changed or scrapped. devolution in northern ireland mean nationalists and unionists have to agree to share power for a governemnt to be formerd. ir
that your wages aren t going as far as they once did. and if you re looking for work, let us know how that s going. you can get in touch with me. the footballing world throws its support behind blackpool s jake daniels, who has become the uk s first current male professional footballer in more than 30 years to come out as gay. i feel like i ifeel like i am ready to i feel like i am ready to tell people about my story. i want people to know the real me. lying all the time is not what i wanted to do, and it has been a struggle. now ijust do feel like i m ready to be myself, be free and just be confident with it all. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the foreign secretary liz truss is expected make a statement to the uk parliament today paving the way for making changes to the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, known as the protocol. one of the main parties, the democratic unionists is refusing to enter power sharing at sto
we re joined now by our correspondent charlotte gallagher at stormont. first of all, a daily reminder that many politicians are elected to sit there at stormont, although there is not a functioning government, and they are happy with the protocol. they are indeed, anita. sinn fein are happy to work with the protocol alliance, who are now the third largest party here at stormont. they have said they think there are some issues with it, but they are happy to work with it. even they are happy to work with it. even the ulster unionists party is a look, we need to get back to government, they are not happy with the protocol, but they think they need to be working in parliament and they can t simply not go back to work because they are not happy with this border in the irish sea. the dup, however, they are the stumbling block. they say they simply cannot return to work unless the protocol is gone. they are also saying they are not happy with promises from
near izyum, ukraine. the foreign secretary liz truss is expected make a statement to parliament today paving the way for making changes to the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, known as the protocol. we re joined now by our correspondent charlotte gallagher at stormont. good morning. give us an idea at how the news is going down. it good morning. give us an idea at how the news is going down. the news is going down. it really de-ends the news is going down. it really depends who the news is going down. it really depends who you the news is going down. it really depends who you talk the news is going down. it really depends who you talk to - the news is going down. it really depends who you talk to here i the news is going down. it really depends who you talk to here in | depends who you talk to here in northern ireland. sinn fein, pretty fed up, they are now the largest party here at stormont. they met borisjohnson party here at stormont. they met boris jo