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, 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
Michael gove says therell from malaysia, heres be a bail out fund for businesses hit by howard johnson. Brexit. The family of a 15 Year Old Girl missing in malaysia thank the search it has been a week since their teams who are daughter went missing a teenager with serious learning scouring difficulties who disappeared the jungle for while on holiday, suspected her. Missing in the we are extremely impressed jungle. With the effort, your expertise, we are extremely your dedication and impressed with the effort, we hope you find nora. Your expertise, your dedication. More than a Million People and we hope that are evacuated from their homes as a powerful you find nora, and thank you typhoon hits china. So much. The malaysian authorities have used drones, sniffer dogs and thermal scanning technology to try to find nora, but in the last few days theyve tried a different tact. Nora nora, darling the 15 year old was born with a condition limiting the development of her brain and it means she
I will be back with you at 8pm. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me holly hamilton and jane dougall. The headlines this evening. The champions Manchester City make a great start to the defence of their title but var is the talking point as two major decisions hinge on the new technology. Aston villa give tottenham a scare but a harry kane double sees spurs take the three points. In the scottish premiership, a ruthless celtic are victorious in a seven goal thriller against motherwell. Also coming up on the programme, ireland comfortably beat italy in their warm up match, but concerns forjoey carbery ahead of the world cup who went off injured. And we meets Nabila Tejpar the british rally champion driving to be the best in the world. Hello and welcome to the programme. Manchester city have certainly laid down a marker in their opening game of the season. The champions thrashed west ham 5 0 at the london stadium. Raheem sterling took centre sta