english football needs an independent regulator to stop it lurching from crisis to crisis . that s according to a fan led review into the sport. another fantastic night for english clubs in the champions league. victories for manchester city and liverpool as both win their groups, and city s sterling outshines messi and co. and the fab four as they once were. a new documentary featuring hours of unseen footage of the beatles is released roday. we ll hear from the director peterjackson. will the christmas party get started this year? bookings are back up after a tough 18 months for the hospitality industry. but many firms are warning that a shortage of staff means they cannot operate at full capacity. for many of us today it is going to be dry, sunny and cold, breezy if not windy. some showers in the forecast. when to be in the north but then as we head towards the end of the week, potential for some disruptive weather. i will have all of the details later. it s thursday the
we ll have the latest on the emergency operation. also tonight, from the headquarters of bbc scotland in glasgow. the first minister tells the bbc she will serve a full term until 2026, and she intends to press ahead with plans for an independence referendum. we have the story of a man with autism and learning disabilities who s been held in a secure unit for 21 years because of a lack of community support. a review of the way english football is governed calls for an independent regulator to sort out the game s finances. and we survey the future of the scottish highlands, where the race is on to return vast areas to their natural state. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, some of snooker s biggest names back shaun murphy over his claims that amateurs should not be allowed in professional tournaments. good evening. we start with the tragedy in the english channel, where at least 31 migrants have drowned while trying to cross from france. there are five women a
to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson deliberately misled parliament when he was prime minister about whether lockdown rules were broken in number 10. that s the finding of the parliamentary committee made up of mps from different parties. it has produced a lengthy, damning report, which finds mrjohnson misled the house, the committee and tried to undermine the democratic process. the committee says, if borisjohnson was still an mp, it would recommend he be suspended from parliament for 90 days much longer than had been expected. mrjohnson stood down as an mp after receiving advance details of the report, which this morning he called deranged . straight to westminster and our political correspondent, nick eardley. a very long report and it is damning. a very long report and it is damning- a very long report and it is damninu. , , ~ , , damning. isn t it “ust? westminster had been damning. isn t itjust? westminster had been expecting damning. isn t itjust? westminster