them joint bottom of the premier league. and it s another cold day to day across southern and eastern parts of england, with some dense fog lingering for some in the north and west. more cloud and gradually turning milder. i ll have all the details here on breakfast. it s sunday 22 january. our main story: labour is calling for an investigation into claims made in the sunday times that the chairman of the bbc helped borisjohnson to secure a loan of £800 thousand just weeks before he was recommended for the position at the corporation by the then prime minister. richard sharp, whosejob involves upholding the bbc s independence, has denied any conflict of interest. a spokesperson for mrjohnson said he had never sought or received any financial advice from mr sharp. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. richard sharp was appointed as the new chair of the bbc injanuary 2021. he was chosen by the culture secretary and the prime minister, then borisjohnson. the sunday ti
elon musk tweets let the good times roll after he buys social media giant twitter for more than a0 billion dollars, and clears out top executives. # .balls of fire!# and jerry lee lewis, a leading figure of rock and roll whose life was marred by scandal and violence has died at the age of 87. the northern ireland secretary has said voters in northern ireland will be going to the polls for the second time in 12 months to vote yet again for members of the stormont assembly. after a midnight deadline to break months of gridlock passed chris heaton harris said an election must be held within 12 weeks although he did not give a date. back in may, for the first time the nationalist party sinn fein won the largest number of seats in the stormont assembly. but the biggest unionist party the dup has refused to restore power sharing, because it says northern ireland s place in the uk has been undermined by the post brexit trade deal signed by boris johnson. that dea
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as the prime ministrer admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. in particular this winter we want to move people out of hospitals, into social care, into communities. russia state tv says a temporary ceasefire declared by president putin has come into effect ukraine has said it won t reciprocate. and former italy and chelsea player manager gianluca vialli has died at the age 58 from pancreatic cancer. the uk is embarking on a plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines. good afternoon. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royal family, despite leaked extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations against them. details have also emerged about the moment he learned about the death of the queen and the days which followed. in the book, prince harry says he killed 25 taliban fighters while serving in afghanistan and he also talks about taking drugs, including cocaine when he was younger. and there is more about the alle
convened her final cabinet meeting afterjust seven weeks in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this is the easy bit, they will appreciate the transition from one prime minister to the other. after that, in tough road lies ahead with rising inflation, rising bills and rising inflation, rising bills and rising interest rates. we will bring you more throughout another momentous day in british politics. do stay with us on bbc news. it has been a period of immense instability in british politics, the transitions between two prime ministers in a matter of months. a busy summer, a long contest to decide who would become the leader of the conservative party, the ruling party in the uk at the moment. they have been in office first with coalition partn