and some taylor swift s fans will be lucky today. as they may get access to the pre sale tickets. check your inbox! the bbc unerstand that parliament s tandard watchdog is to publish standard watchdog is to publish the findings of an inquriy into groping allegations agains former government whip chris pincher on thursday. the report could lead to a by election in his constituency, if a suspension of more than ten days is agreed. live now to leila nathoo who s at westminster. take me through it. it s almost one year since the allegations were made against chris pincher, the conservative mp, a close ally of borisjohnson. it conservative mp, a close ally of boris johnson. it was conservative mp, a close ally of borisjohnson. it was boris johnson s handling of the allegations that led to his downfall. the allegations against chris pincher centred on claims of sexual harassment and a private members club about this time last year. he has subsequently faced an investigation by the
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
pro iranian militias. the strikes were in response to a drone attack on a us military base, killing three american soldiers. a third successive week of protests against the far right in germany. more than 100,000 people demonstrate in berlin. now on bbc news newscast. so earlier this week we were chatting slogans with our fellow newscasters after an email that we received. and the question was, if we were a political party, what would our slogan be? that is fantastic, because in this year of one heck of a lot of slogans, we ve got to up our game, haven t we? we ve got to think of them. and we ve had some suggestions. we have, we ve had john on email who says our slogan would be oozing truth and stamina. and js on discord says, make britain ooze again, which i do like, apart from it s not farfrom make britain snooze again, is it? which is a perennial concern. well, we re going to start this episode of newscast now, and you can decide which is the more apt! hello. it s ja
further strike action. good morning from wimbledon on day three of the championships. after rain disrupted much of the play, 87 matches are scheduled for today as they try to clear the backlog. a rest day for andy murray though, as he eases into round two on a day where only eight matches were completed. the forecast today is sunshine and showers the forecast today is sunshine and showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most of showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most of us. many of us staying dry all for most of us. many of us staying dry all day for most of us. many of us staying dry all day. we will be back with more dry all day. we will be back with more details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 5th ofjuly. today marks the 75th anniversary of the nhs a milestone that s brought warnings the service won t be around for its 100th year without investment and change. today s landmark is being celebrat
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