Press interest since his arrest for drink driving. Wayne rooney arrived here at about half an hour before he was due to appear before it the districtjudge. There were dozens of photographers and broadcasters here when he arrived. He pleaded guilty to that drink drive charge, he was found to be three times the legal limit when he was pulled over in the early hours of the 1st of september, oui early hours of the 1st of september, our friday morning, two oclock in the morning by cheshire police. He was driving a black vw beetle that belonged to the 29 year old woman laura simpson, who was also in the car. He was banned for two years for driving. His lawyer had pushed for a fine but thejudge driving. His lawyer had pushed for a fine but the judge said that would not have been punitive enough, it would not have been effective as a punishment, instead imposing 100 hours of Community Service, an unpaid work. Rooneys lawyer had pointed to the charitable work that his client already undertook,
Two men are still being questioned by police. Hurricane maria has strengthened to a major category three hurricane as it heads towards the Leeward Islands in the caribbean. Also in the next hour around the world in 79 days. British cyclist Mark Beaumont smashes the world record after circumnavigating the globe by bike quicker than jules vernes famous hero the handmaid stale the handmaid s tale and the enemies are dominated by the handmaid stale and Big Little Lies as the stars come out for tvs biggest night. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The boss of ryanair has said hes sorry for messing up, after the Budget Airline announced it was cancelling more than 2,000 flights over the next six weeks. Michael 0leary blamed problems allocating leave for his pilots. Compensation and other costs could leave ryanair with a bill of more than £20 million. His apology comes after growing anger from passengers some of whom have been left stranded abroad. 0ur transport correspondent Richard West
In edinburgh this weekend ahead of sport climbings olympic debut. Welcome along. What a week its been in womens football. Victory for england in their opening world cup qualifier on tuesday preceded the sacking of mark sampson less than 2a hours later. The fallout of which, threatens to overshadow the start of the Womens Super League season which begins tonight. Well talk to former england player karen walker in a moment, but first lets here from the National Teams record goalscorer kelly smith who believes that the next manager should be a woman. Theres a lot of good managers out there at the minute, female and male managers. I am there at the minute, female and male managers. I am sure there at the minute, female and male managers. I am sure the fa will get it right, they have too. I am still new to the coaching aspect of football, having retired over a year ago. I have my son and i am not putting myself in the forefront of the role for the manager. Who knows down the line . I think
Negotiations with the eu. Well be getting reaction to the Prime Ministers speech from the former Northern Ireland secretary and brexit campaigner, theresa villiers. The other main stories on bbc news an 18 year old man is charged with attempted murder after the bomb attack on a London Underground train last week. The taxi app uber is to lose its licence to operate in london putting thousands of drivers jobs at risk. Donald trump and kim jong un trade insults while the north Korean Leader threatens to detonate a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may has set out her proposals for a transition of around two years after the uk leaves the European Union in march 2019. In a speech in florence, she offered to go on paying a fair share into the eu budget, with continued access to the Single Market during that period. My colleague christian fraiser watched the speech in florence the Prime Minister theresa may has been setting out her brexit vision whi
To world news today. Britains Prime Minister has tried to inject new energy into the brexit talks, with a distinctly warmer tone in a key speech in italy. Theresa may says she wants the uk to be the eus strongest friend and partner and has called for a two year transition deal after britain officially leaves the eu, saying the uk will pay its financial obligations though no sum was mentioned. The mayor of london has called for greater clarity from the Prime Minister. Mrs may choose to set out her plans in the city of florence, our Political Editor Laura Keunssberg sent this report. Waiting, waiting, and waiting. Its months since the Prime Minister gave anything away on brexit. And if you are in a hurry to disentangle completely, you might just have to wait some more. She came to florence to confirm that for as long as two years after we are technically out, not that much might change. A period of implementation would be in our mutual interest. That is why i am proposing there should be