Its rare for britains Intelligence Community to make a Public Statement about anything. So the fact that gchq felt it had to rebut allegations that it spied on donald trump shows how seriously they took the comments made by the White House Press secretary, sean spicer. Gchq said the claims were nonsense, utterly ridiculous, and should be ignored. £225 i292; £553,516 . £52531 777, Downing Street says its been promised by the white house that the allegations wont be repeated. It is an extraordinary claim, that donald trump was bugged by gchq on the orders of barack obama, a claim that has led to strenuous denials from london. It was first tweeted by President Trump who said his phone had been tapped before his inauguration. He said president obama was a bad or sick guy. The Intelligence Committee said there was no evidence. The evidence remains the same, we do not have any evidence that took place. We have cleared that up, we have seen no evidence of that. Where is the president getti
Wednesday in parliament, the main news from westminster the United Kingdom has triggered article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty starting the process for leaving the European Union. The Prime Minister issues a call for unity. We can together make a success of this moment and we can together build a stronger, fairer, better britain. A britain our children and grandchildren are proud to call home. I commend this statement to the house. But as brexit talks begin, there were warnings from the opposition parties. Labour will not give this government a free hand to use brexit to attack rights, protections and cut services if she denies scotland a choice in our future, she will make Scottish Independence inevitable. Cheering also on the programme, the governments told there should be no more cuts in support for disabled people. And its one week since the Terror Attack in westminster, in which four people were killed. Our thoughts will be, in particular, with the metropolitan police as they mourn thei
Wednesday in parliament, the main news from westminster the United Kingdom has triggered article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty starting the process for leaving the European Union. The Prime Minister issues a call for unity. We can together make a success of this moment and we can together build a stronger, fairer, better britain. A britain our children and grandchildren are proud to call home. I commend this statement to the house. But as brexit talks begin, there were warnings from the opposition parties. Labour will not give this government a free hand to use brexit to attack rights, protections and cut services if she denies scotland a choice in our future, she will make Scottish Independence inevitable. Cheering also on the programme, the governments told there should be no more cuts in support for disabled people. And its one week since the Terror Attack in westminster, in which four people were killed. Our thoughts will be, in particular, with the metropolitan police as they mourn thei
Of sunshine there have been, and more. Someone has been taking all these measurements here every day for over 200 years. Its my responsibility now, im the one doing it now, i have been doing it for 18 years. These are just as accurate as digital thermometers and there is no significant difference in them, really. So the old way is as good as the new way, really, you know. An automatic Weather Station will provide more data, more often, and ensure the record goes on if someone cant be found to follow in shanes footsteps. And what a record it is. With those first readings still stored at the observatory. Well, youve got some history there, havent you, michael . I certainly have, yes. These are the first readings of weather here at armagh observatory. This is the first sheet of measurements, it goes back, lets see, 27th Of December 179a. And its very simple measurements, just three things. Its the inside temperature, the outside temperature, and the barometer. This is the start of measure
Bright weather with sunshine, just some showers towards the north and north west of the country. Further south, 1a degrees or so should feel fairly pleasant. It remains cool through the rest of the easter weekend with a mix of sunny spells. For some of us a bit of rain too. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines the commander of American Forces in afghanistan says dropping his countrys most powerful Non Nuclear Bomb on Islamic State was the right thing to do. This was the right weapon against the right target. We will not relent in our mission to fight alongside oui in our mission to fight alongside our afghan comrades to destroy isis in 2017. A british tourist, thought to be aged in her 20s, has been stabbed to death on a tram in jerusalems old town. A man was arrested at the scene. An operation to move up to 30,000 people from four besieged towns in syria has begun. It comes ahead of talks in russia between the Syrian Regime and its backers. Unions representing half a million teacher