that the country s top civil servant, simon case, will not resign or be sacked over the pa rtygate controversy. iam i am alive here at downing street, bringing you the very latest on the sue gray report and what it means for borisjohnson and his government. i am live. ukraine says its donbas region is facing a massive offensive from russian forces, with attacks on all sides. we report from the front line. and the takeover of chelsea football club is approved. a deal worth £4.25 billion will see a consortium led by american businessman todd boehly become the new owners. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has issued an emotional appeal for backbone and courage to confront america s gun lobby, after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in texas. the shooting at the robb elementary school in the city of uvalde is the deadliest shooting at a us elementary school since 20 children and six adult
And victory for Novak Djokovic at the us open as he equals margaret courts all time record of 2a major Singles Titles. And coming up on bbc news we look ahead to wales against latvia in riga. A win is all but essential for rob pages side as they try to automatically qualify for next summers euros. The Retailer Wilko is set disappear from uk high streets, after a rescue deal for the chain collapsed over the weekend. All of its 400 Stores Across the uk will close by early october, the gmb union has said. It was hoped that a bid from the Billionaire Owner of hmv would save 300 shops, but rising costs complicated the deal. It leaves the future of more than 12,000 workers and hundreds of stores uncertain. 0ur Cost Of Living correspondent Colletta Smith has been speaking to shoppers in greater manchester. They always had the stuff in there and it was good stuff. Im just gutted. In and it was good stuff. Im ust cutted. ,. , gutted. In the corner of this showing gutted. In the corner of this S
house. we are going to stay here. there we go, let s have a listen to resident biden. president biden. mundy during the fifth 1944, the evil third reich was devastating the world, nancy germany had subjugated the once free nations of europe through brute force. lies, and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions ofjew, in the holocaust, millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him fought thought democracy was weak and the future belong to dictators. here, on the coast of normandy, the battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined, here, on that morning in june, president emmanuel macron, secretary antony blinken, distinguished guests, most of all, our honoured veterans who met that test, the test of aegis in that moment 80 years ago. 80 years ago today. on behalf of the american people, as commander in chief, the highest honour to salute you in normandy once more. all of you, god love you. applause winston churchill
Nana in the royle family. She only began acting professionally at a9, enjoyed a career lasting more than four decades until her retirement in 2009. The number of roads remained closed in scotland after disruption caused by storm,. Wind speeds in excess caused by storm,. Wind speeds in excess of 90 mph were recorded on the island of shetland on boxing day while large parts of the north experienced heavy snowfall. The Scottish Transport minister has been chairing extra meetings of the governments Resilience Team to deal with the situation. Hugh is here with the sport. Im not wearing blue because of chelsea, but i might as well be. What a difference a year makes for chelsea. Hello. Its 12 wins in a row now for chelsea, at the top of the premier league. They were missing key players diego costa and ngolo kante for their match against bournemouth, but they came through as 3 0 winners thanks to goals from pedro, eden hazard and a late own goal off steve cook. Theyre seven points clear now at
Ive been to meet the boss of one of them to see whats going on. Good morning. In sport, swansea city sack bob bradley afterjust 11 games in charge. The swans are second bottom of the Premier League. Milder winters and wetter summers have caused a drop in numbers of butterflies and bees according to an audit of our wildlife by the National Trust. And carol has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start to the day. There is patchy fog around, some of which will be slow to clear, if at all. We have some sunshine in the forecast and some rain coming in across the north west. I will have more details on all of that in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. We will see you then. Good morning. First, our main story. Middle aged people are putting themselves at risk of Serious Health problems unless they take action to change their lifestyles, according to Health Officials. Public Health England says 80 of 40 to 60 year olds are overweight, drinking too much and not getting enough exercis