of a relationship between presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020, but both repeatedly denied it. now on bbc news, it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. the women s super league is blue once again. it s four in a row for chelsea as they end the season on top. a place in the premier league is on the line at wembley right now we ll be live to wembley to see whether it s coventry or luton town that will play in top flight next season. heartbreak for geraint thomas, as his giro titles hopes are dashed in the final time trial in italy. also coming up on sportsday: saracens are back at the top of the premiership they beat sale to win their first title since relegation four years ago. max verstappen reigns in the principality as he claims pole for the monaco grand prix. welcome along on what s a busy saturday full of titles and trophies being handed out. and we re going to start with the women s super league. chelsea are champions once again. they wr
whether to hand this material over. and ultimately i m sure he will have been given the advice that whatever is within that could potentially be embarrassing that withholding it and being seen to withhold it would look far worse. 50. being seen to withhold it would look far worse. ., ., , ., far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it is far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it is on far worse. so, the attention is now on rishi sunak, it is on the - on rishi sunak, it is on the government. what are they going to do? are they going to risk legal action? ~ y . ., , do? are they going to risk legal action? ~ . ., , ., action? well, officials have said the are action? well, officials have said they are considering action? well, officials have said they are considering the - action? well, officials have said| they are considering the position
real frenzy of activity around this case. so, i promise we will return to that as soon as we have it. let s turn our attentions to the united states. the house of representatives has approved a deal to allow the us to borrow more money, days before the world s biggest economy would have started defaulting on its debt. the measure passed the chamber by a vote of 314 to 117, with defections on both sides of the aisle. the us senate must vote on the bill later this week before presidentjoe biden can sign it into law. joining me now is martin baccardax, senior editor, thestreet.com. was it game, set and match to biden on this deal? i think, to some degree, he can claim an incredible victory here, although ultimately he did want to separate this debt ceiling negotiation from his budget, and he had to concede at least some spending cuts along the way. so, he didn t get precisely what you wanted, but as you indicated, there was tremendous bipartisan support for the deal, including r
over new claims that he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. he denies any wrongdoing. the independent police watchdog is to send investigators to cardiff following monday night s riot which started after two teenage boys were killed in a crash. the racism row in spanish football real madrid star viniciusjunior has his red card rescinded, as people protest in his native brazil over the racial abuse suffered by their star player. good morning. iamon i am on the roof of the bbc in london, where the sun is beating down. for england and wales we are looking at it day of sunny intervals, variable cloud. for scotland and northern ireland, cloud and spots of rain, but brightening up. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 24th may. our main story. inflation in the uk is expected to fall below 10% for the first time since august, when official figures are released injust over an hour. economists have predicted the current rate of 10.1% could drop sharp
shortly, alongside british police. at the moment, we know that alex has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to his grandmother back in the uk. he hasn t told the authorities where his mother and grandfather are. they are believed to be somewhere in europe but we don t know exactly where. they are considered to people of interest with regards to this. like i say, alex batty, the 17 year old found after being missing for six years. we will follow the developments closely. hungary has blocked more than 50 billion dollars in eu aid for ukraine, hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks with kyiv. after late night negotiations, the hungarian president, victor orban, posted on social media, summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to ukraine. he then left for the night. speaking to reporters, charles michel 7 the president he saw as a positive the opening of membership talks