The United States not to interfere. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport olly foster. Weve already had british winners on the second day of wimbledon well head live to the all england club and also lyon and the lionesses as we count down to the world cup semifinal. Thanks olly, and thomasz has all the weather. The weather is lush. It is beautiful, just right. We will be talking about the european monsoon in halfan talking about the european monsoon in half an hour. Also coming up turning their backs on the eu meps from the brexit party stage a protest at the opening session of the European Parliament. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. Its been one of the major Sticking Points in the brexit negotiations but the two candidates vying to be Prime Minister have been outlining their plans for the irish border after the uk leaves the eu. In the latest conservative Party Leadership hustings in belfast, jeremy hunt said it would be impossible to have an eu withdrawal de
Headlines with sophia wenzler. Thanks, martin. Good afternoon. Its 3 01. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story. Northern irelands first minister has apologised to the families of alleged informers who were killed by the ira and says shes whole heartedly committed to healing the wounds of the past. Her comments come after a Major Investigation found more lives were probably lost than saved by a double agent during the troubles, codenamed stakeknife, he was working covertly with the british army inside the iras internal Security Unit operation. Canova examined more than 100 murders and abductions unked than 100 murders and abductions linked to the unit. Than 100 murders and abductions linked to the unit. The linked to the unit. The investigation was conducted by Bedfordshire Police over a seven year period, costing around £40 million. Now a psni chief constable, john butcher, says there was strong evidence of a very serious criminality. St
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
Merry christmas, Merry Christmas to you both. Merry christmas to you both. Merry christmas to you both. Merry christmas to all our viewers and listeners. There listeners. And there was a present last night for Manchester United fans. Or was it James Radcliffe of enos fame completing his 25 takeover of the club that was announced last night . Be analysing that night . Well be analysing that later on this hour and later on throughout the day. Meanwhile, for chelsea, there misery at for chelsea, there was misery at molineux they went down to molineux as they went down to wolves. Oh, and Greg Dewhurst has christmas weather good has your christmas weather good morning and Merry Christmas. Morning and Merry Christmas. Will it be a White Christmas or a wet christmas . Find out in the forecast coming up soon. Yes. Well, this morning we yes. Well, this morning we want to know what youre up to. Okay so have the kids got you up. Merry Christmas Everybody. I hope santa has already been for you. So
decline and demise? it s notjust age which skews our views. 40% of people from ethnic minority backgrounds want an elected head of state and half think the royals have a problem with race and diversity . with less than two weeks until the coronation of king charles iii. the proclaimers have been removed from a coronation playlist because of their republican views. around half of all the adults surveyed think the royal family represent money well spent but again, just a third of yonger adults do. is the monarchy for you? get in touch. text 85058. call me on 08085 909693, or you can tweet us @bbc5live and here is the news. the foreign secretary james cleverly says the government is doing everything it can to help british citizens escape the violence in sudan. the country has seen more than a week of fighting, some british nationals who are still there say they feel abandoned. a bbc investigation has found more than £200 million of funding intended to help school children in