Hello, yes indeed. Also. You will be talking about how people are reacting here in stoke on trent to the tumultuous events of the last few days concerning brexit and the vitriol that has been expressed by both sides. I shall talk to you shortly. Also this afternoon President Trumps top intelligence official faces congress over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with holly hamilton. 242 with 2a2 with england at the world cup and a conference victory over the United States put them top of the group. All reaction to 30 pm. At 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. Stav danaos has all the weather. Into the weekend, we could be looking at a potent area of low pressure, heavy rain on saturday night into sunday with also some strong winds as well, all the details a bit later on. Thanks, stav. Also coming up the duke and duchess of cambridge are to name the uks new Polar Research ship. No, not Boaty Mcboatface, but the sir david attenborou
At the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament a week the government tried, but failed, to ban. Colleagues, welcome back to our place of work. Borisjohnson delivered his own Supreme Court verdict. It is absolutely no disrespect to the judiciary to say i think the court was wrong. But his defiance and language created uproar among mps. Ive had a death threat this week that literally quoted the Prime Minister and used the Prime Ministers name and words in a death threat that was delivered to my staff. More, lots more to come on a week when even the speaker described the atmosphere in the commons as toxic. But first, cast your mind back a couple of weeks or so. Remember this . Shame on you and this ceremony involving much doffing of hats and a smattering of norman french. And this parliament is accordingly prorogued to monday the 14th day of october. Well, dont worry if you cant remember the 9th of september in parliament. It never happened. The decision to
Ahead and while there is some sunshine the forecast there is also heavy rain and strong winds. All of the details in the next half an hour. Its saturday the 28th of september. Our top story downing street has reacted angrily after Boris Johnson was referred to the Police Watchdog over his friendship with an american businesswoman. The independent office for Police Conduct will look at whether a criminal investigation should be launched into allegations thatjennifer arcuri was given favourable treatment, including financial grants when mrjohnson was mayor of london. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. Come to london, build your business is here, the mayor of london supports you. Jennifer arcuri received £11,500 sponsorship for events received £11,500 sponsorship for eve nts ru n received £11,500 sponsorship for events run by her company from organisations linked to Boris Johnsons office, while he was mayor of london. He then went on three overseas trade missions w
Day recess next week, for the tory Party Conference. We are in stoke on trent, a city that voted overwhelmingly for brexit. We will be testing the political temperature. Well have all the latest from westminster. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. President trumps top intelligence official faces congress, after a whistle blower claims the white house tried to cover up details of a phone call between donald trump and the ukrainian president. Minimum pricing in scotland leads to a fall in the amount of alcohol people are buying, prompting calls for the rest of the uk to follow suit. Prince harry on Climate Change the world will be a very troubling place he says if people continue to deny it. And coming up. The uks new Polar Research ship, originally due to be called Boaty Mcboatface is launched today by the duke and duchess of cambridge, named after Sir David Attenborough. Good afternoon, its five oclock, and borisjohnson says tempers need to come down in parliament, after he was
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