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
is about the outlines of what the budget will look like. not about whether or not we re going to in fact pay our debts. mccarthy says that they will reach a deal but says was biden has left congress in a race against the clock. you know what i told the president 105 days ago? i had no conceived notion of what to do except two things. we re not going to raise taxes and we won t pass a clean debt ceiling. but we have to spend less than what we spent last year. let s talk about that. he decided no, i shouldn t negotiate with somebody. i m going to do what i want to do. my way or the highway. president biden has appointed his top aides to carry out negotiations while at the g-7 this week. he s cancelling the second leg of his trip and hopes to get a deal finalized by the u.s. goes into deat all time. congressman jody arrington from texas joins me now. great to have you on, as always. i want to play this sound bite. we talk about this race against the clock. part of the reas
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march, but its value will be sliced significantly. i will find out what that means for places like this pasty maker in bolton. in sport, one of britain s best reaction to the retirement of wales captain and record goal scorer gareth bale. good morning. a wet and windy day ahead. some heavy rain in all areas today, accompanied by gusty winds. it is going to feel very mild. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 10th of january. our main story. a search is under way for two british men who have gone missing while working as volunteers in ukraine. christopher parry, who s 28, and 48 year old andrew bagshaw, were last seen on friday, in the eastern donetsk region, where fighting with russia has been intense. the foreign office says it is supporting the families of both men. vincent mcaviney reports. this is christopher parry on friday, racing through bakhmut to save a civilian, oksana, who s in desperate need of rescue. filmed on friday, the 28 year old