On a computer seized by police, have sparked a furious row. The allegations were originally made by former met assistant comissioner bob quick. While yesterday, retired met detective neil lewis said he had no doubt whatsoever that mr green had been reviewing the material. It is ridiculous to suggest that anybody else could have done it. But today, the former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police Attacked their decision to speak out. Most Police Officers would be very uncomfortable about the police getting involved in making judgments about whether a politician is lying or not, and breaching the duty of keeping matters confidential. This row matters, because damian green is theresa mays closest political ally and it pits his word against those of two former Police Officers. But conservative allies have come to his aid. Brexit secretary david davis warning downing street not to fire him. While this former cabinet minister questioned the conduct of the officers making the allegatio
For the sport. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and jessica creighton. Hello there. These are our main stories today. England are narrowly beaten by australia in their first Rugby League World cup finalfor 22 years. Its an england debut to remember for Craig Overton, but australia have edged the opening day of the second ashes test. Manchester united have narrowed the gap on the leaders, Manchester City, after a thriller at arsenal. Also coming up in the programme. Wales hold on. Just. Their Autumn International series comes to winning close against south africa as debutant Hadleigh Parkes scores twice. And its no laughing matter for thejester from leicester defending champion mark selby is out of snookers uk championship. Good evening. Over the next half an hour well have all the most important results. Some fantastic matches in football today. Well start with the one in brisbane. The outcome was perhaps predictable, but not the score. It was the lowest scoring Rugb
In our country stays out of party politics. The family of a 14 year old boy who died after he was hit by a car on the m67 motorway say they are completely heartbroken. Also in the next hour Barclays Bank says it will no longer offer a russian Anti Virus Software programme free to customers. It follows fears that Kaspersky Lab products could be exploited by the kremlin. Australia narrowly beat england in brisbane by six points to nil to lift the Rugby League World cup. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. President trump has insisted there was absolutely no collusion between his Campaign Team and moscow before he was elected. Its his first Public Comments since his former National Security adviser Michael Flynn admitted lying to the fbi over contacts with russian officials. Us media reports suggest flynn told prosecutors he was instructed to approach russias ambassador to the us by a seniorfigure in the trump transition team. Michael flynn, a retired three star general, left the cour
Headlines david moyes men get their first victory for the manager. Trouble on tour ben duckett dropped from todays ashes tour game after another bar incident in perth and ronnies run at the uk snooker championship continues. The rocket is through to the final good evening and welcome, we start at the london stadium were david moyes has recorded his first win as west ham boss against london rivals chelsea, who fall further behind the premier leagues leaders, Manchester City. It was moyes fifth game in charge of west ham since replacing slaven bilic. A first half Marko Arnautovic goal separated the two sides, adam wild was watching. It may only be december, but chelseas hopes of retaining their premier league title are already beginning to cool. For west ham, their struggle to stay is real. Struggle to stay up is real. Change is needed. The first came in goal, joe hart left out in the cold. But the difference on the pitch is what matters and it needs to come quickly. A fact lost on no on
Shoring up before the building is safe enough to go inside and start working on it to try to get it repaired. Advocates of wood frame construction say its perfectly safe and very economical when it is combined with modern sprinkler systems which is why its a legal construction type but this building was under construction and not occupied yet so the sprinklers were not working yesterday, thus the disaster we witnessed. It is entirely possible depending what the engineers say they have to take down about two thirds of this building and start all over again. And college park, scott broom wusa9. s 4 the complex is a development by the Wood Partners of atlanta which is a National Development firm that is yes to comment. A gray and rainy day with showers just hanging around. First alert meteorologist er terrace and what are you seeing on live doppler . We see a couple of showers and nothing heavy tonight. Bad news is roads are still wet from todays drizzle and showers. Heres the radar and o