Hello, good morning. Iam Annita Mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. The us director of National Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that Official Agencies Leaked claims russia had Compromising Material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President Elect to say the information had not come from the us Security Services. Meanwhile the bbc understands the ex mi6 officer who is believed to have prepared the memo containing the unsubstantiated claims is now in hiding. Christopher steele, who runs a london based intelligence firm, is believed to have left his home this week. Our washington Correspondent Laura Bicker has the story. Donald trumps not a huge fan of the press corps, but he had a message to send to the media and to Us Intelligence agencies. He believes they leaked unsubstantiated allegations that his Election Team colluded with russia. It is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it didnt happen. There are also claims that russian
Of stamping on ibrahimovic a couple of minutes earlier at old trafford. Sir Dave Brailsford has written to the government selct committee, investigating doping in sport, and admitted that mistakes have been made with team skys medical record keeping. In an eight page document he has outlined how the organistaion has improved its parctices and has also given more details of the mystery package sent to sir Bradley Wiggins after a race in 2011. Sir Dave Brailsford says it was a legal decongestant and says the alleagtions that it was a banned substance are false. Heres our Sports Editor dan roan. What this document does is try and put some more meat on the bones of the explanation that team sky initially came up with, that is was a decongestant, nothing more u ntowa rd tha n a decongestant, nothing more untoward than that. They explained why there was a surplus of the corticosteroid at the velodrome. They admitted records were missing, theyve admitted mistakes. But theyve admitted mistakes
In sport more pressure on Arsene Wenger, as arsenal are humiliated in the Champions League. They are thrashed 5 1 by Bayern Munich in the last 16, 10 2 on aggregate. The last of the dambusters. We return to germany with the only surviving member of the air crews that carried out one of the Second World Wars most daring raids. And carol has the weather. Thank you, good morning. The weather has a 3 way split across the country. Windy conditions and showers in the north, dry and bright in the central swathes of the uk and in the central swathes of the uk and in the south, mild, cloudy and damp. I will have more details about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story an upbeat assessment of the economy, but a warning that more austerity lies ahead they are expected to be the key messages when the chancellor, Philip Hammond, delivers first budget later today. He will stress that the government wont shirk difficult decisions to deal with the deficit. But he is expected to find extra mo
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