he scores early, as manchester united put three past nottingham forest, in the away leg of their league cup semi final. and we catch up with radio one extra s dj ace to find out why he s campaigning for more black and asian heritage organ donors. good morning. there is a touch of frost in western areas first thing. for many it will be a dry day with sunny spells, a little bit of cloud, and some showers in the east. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 26th january. ukraine s president zelensky has described the decision to send dozens of powerful nato battle tanks to the country, as an important step on the path to victory. commitments from germany, the us and the uk, follow weeks of diplomatic deadlock about the supply of heavy weaponry. president zelensky said the free world was united as never before, but that it was essential for the equipment to arrive quickly. our correspondent robin brant reports. for months, he s campaigned for these, in publ
deliberately on germany to not send tanks. but that has not worked. in terms of the west, escalation management will be very effective. ed arnold from the royal united services institute, thank you for your time. marcus rashford is playing with such a smile on his face, it was crackling last night at the city ground. nottingham forest had been regulars in the cup semifinals but last night they just regulars in the cup semifinals but last night theyjust could not stop marcus rashford. manchester united are in pole position to reach the league cup final, after dominating the away leg at nottingham forest, in the semifinal at the city ground. the last time united played there they won 8 1. and even though, that was back in the 90s, older forest fans will have winced at the way the in form marcus rashford burst through, after just five minutes. and manchester united advanced
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blue plaques, it is always good when you walk around and see a blue plaque and learn something new about somebody in history who has made a difference. there has long been a debate that in london there are almost 1000 plaques. give me a rough percentage of those who represent women in history? it would be terribly low. 15%. that s very good. it s 14%. one sixth of people have been announced in history who have been given a plaque. a lot of it is related to the founding spirit of the notting hill carnival. i m going to give you some names. two suffragettes have been included, five of the six announced are women. the public has been encouraged to nominate more women for these plaques. you have got emily wilding davidson, who stepped in front of the king s horse in the 1913 derby, honoured in kensington west.