Inappropriate conduct. The education secretary asks universities to review fire safety in all their buildings after 200 firefighters spent more than nine hours tackling a fire at a student hall in bolton. Leading labour and trade union figures are meeting to decide which policies will be included in the partys election manifesto. Competing on green policies the conservatives say they will plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025 but the liberal democrats say they can plant twice that. Good afternoon. The duke of york has told the bbc he has no recollection of ever meeting the woman who says she was made to have sex with him when she was 17. In an exclusive interview with newsnight, to be broadcast tonight, Prince Andrew insisted he didnt remember Virginia Roberts, despite the existence of a photograph showing the two of them together, said to have been taken in 2001. He also said it was wrong to stay at the home ofjeffrey epstein, after he was found guilty of child sex offences. At the ti
Prince andrew said he had no recollection of meeting virginia roberts, who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 after being groomed by epstein. The duke denies any inappropriate conduct. The education secretary has ordered all universities to review fire safety in their buildings after two people were hurt when fire ripped through student halls in bolton. Jeremy corbyn has led a meeting of senior labour figures to decide the partys manifesto promising a vision for a better britain for everyone. Competing on climate change. The conservatives pledge to plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025, but the lib dems say they would plant twice as many. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello. Youre watching sportsday on bbc news with Lizzie Greenwood hughes and ben croucher. Our top stories this saturday. As the home nations euro 2020 qualifying campaigns draw to a close, theres a morale boosting win for scotland. Could this be a changing of the guard in tennis . As St
Hello, much of scotland and Northern Ireland have plenty of sunshine. A few showers around but for england and wales, thoroughly wet in places like this where the front solely pushing its way southwards and eastward this evening into the first part of the night, eventually clearing away into the near continent, taking the strong winds with it. Then a dry and clearer, much colder night to come. So if you blustery showers across the northern half of scotland with some wintering over the hills of the chili into the night, temperatures out of town touching close to freezing. Dont forget the clocks go back one hour tonight. That means you get an extra hour in bed on sunday morning and what a difference a day makes. A lovely, bright, cold, bright and sunny day. Big difference here. Pressure into the loo east. Austria across scotland in the showers in the windy of the higher ground. Across the board, 11 13dc. High pressure dominating, staying dry with sunshine and remaining on the cold side.
Thousands turn out to watch four of the remaining cooling towers at ferrybridge power station get demolished. Stephen moore known as the voice of hitchhikers guide to the galaxys marvin the paranoid android has died aged 81. Good evening. The family of 19 year old harry dunn, who was killed in a motorbike accident, have arrived in the United States where they hope to meet the driver involved in the crash. Ann sacoolas, who had diplomatic immunity as the wife of an american official, left the uk shortly after the crash in northamptonshire in august. The bbc spoke to harrys parents during the flight, as andy moore reports. Ha rrys pa rents left Heathrow Airport on what has now become a transatlantic search for justice. Harry died in august after his motorbike collided with a car in northamptonshire. The car was driven by ann sacoolas, who left britain for the United States shortly after the accident. She has now issued a statement through her lawyer, in which she says no loss compares to
Sure. Borisjohnson tells his cabinet a brexit deal is on the horizon, but a statement from European Commission says a lot of work remains to be done. Stephen moore known as the voice of hitchhikers guide to the galaxys marvin the paranoid android has died aged 81 and well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers caroline frost and tony grew stay with us for that. Good evening. The United States is to withdraw all its remaining troops up to a thousand soldiers from northern syria, as turkeys offensive against the kurds intensifies. The us defence secretary said kurdish fighters would now be backed by syria and russia and america could not be caught between two opposing armies. Tonight Syrian Government troops are said to be heading towards the border after agreeing a deal with the kurds. The Turkish Operation is aimed at creating a so called safe zone in that area. The un says more than 100,000 people have been fleeing and families of is fighters are said to be among