attack on the company. and coming up we will hearfrom manchester united legend eric cantona, about his new art exhibition which chronicles the relationship between sport and modern society. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, is there. tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since - tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since last - had this trial ongoing since last summer here in chester. thejury began listening to evidence back in august. they retired to consider their verdicts just before christmas and have been back for nearly two
the labour leader sir keir starmer has urged rishi sunak to do a deal on post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland saying that he would promise to support him if he does. speaking at queen s university belfast, sir keir said the prime minister should stand up to conservative mps in the european research group, and unlock the stalemate the northern ireland protocol had caused at stormont. now it s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. today is a brighter day, a day of sunny spells and showers. however, there are still concerns about flooding. we have got lots of flood warnings still in force, the majority of these in england are actually for stretches of the already flooded river severn. we have got more heavy rain on the way, as we will see in the moment. through this afternoon, not bad, a bit of rain coming into western scotland and north west england, but otherwise most areas bright with some sunny spells and just a few isolated showers. it s mi