Speaks to irish senator Neale Richmond on hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Ireland is bracing itself for the scariest of halloween nightmares. Prime minister borisjohnson has pledged to take the uk out of the eu on october the 31st come what may. That may very well mean a no deal brexit, with potentially damaging economic consequences for the uk, but also for eu nations, most particularly ireland. My guest is Neale Richmond, chair of the irish senate . S brexit committee. Can ireland prevent itself becoming the collaterdamage in a brussels london showdown . Neale richmond in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me on. Lets start with Boris Johnson, new Prime Minister. He has changed the dynamic of the brexit process, because he says britain is leaving on october the 31st come what may. How has ireland adapted to this new Boris Johnson dynamic . Well, being quite frank, for us in ireland and across the eu, the change of british Prime Minister doesnt actually m
Driving his ford fiesta into cyclist and Police Outside parliament. Cyclists. The conservative leadership candidates Boris Johnson and jeremy huntare candidates Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt are due to take their place in their final hustings before one of them becomes the countrys next Prime Minister. We can take you to the scene live at the excel centre which is in east london. The audience are eagerly awaiting this final hustings. We are told by the conservative press office that there are around 2500 people in the audience. So this is a big gathering of this last hustings. The format is that Boris Johnson of this last hustings. The format is that borisjohnson will of this last hustings. The format is that Boris Johnson will appear first, followed by jeremy that Boris Johnson will appear first, followed byjeremy hunt, and each candidate is expected to speak and take questions for 45 minutes. There is a video and introduction first, but proceedings proper should get under way at abou
Will be Something Like 10,000 times faster in thinking than we are. And after missing last years wimbledon because of injury andy murray returns to compete in the mens doubles today. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 the two conservative leadership candidates have been challenged to urgently bring forward plans to tackle the social care crisis if they become Prime Minister. A committee of peers has called for an immediate 8 billion pound investment, and a move to a free, nhs based, system. Jeremy hunt has said he accepts more money is needed for care, while borisjohnson said a cross Party Approach is needed. The call comes as both candidates make further promises to try to win over tory Party Members who will decide which of them becomes Prime Minister. The frontrunner, mr johnson, has pledged to recruit an extra 20,000 Police Officers over three years if he becomes pm. Mr hunt has promised to offer mps a free vote on whether to lift the ban on fox hunting in england and wa
This woman is still fighting for care for her severely ill elderly mum, but has been told her mums behaviour isnt unpredictable and so she isnt eligable. Let me just show you her nightie. Just how much more evidence do you need of her instability. Shes ripped that nightie . Shes ripped that nightie. Its all documented yet they came back and said her behaviour was not unpredictable. It could be anticipated. Are you affected in this way . Email us, victoria bbc. Co. Uk. And if you want to come on the programme today, do include your phone number. There are now ten candidates left in the race to be Prime Minister after the only remain contender dropped out. One would be pm Andrea Leadsom is on her feet right now launching her campaign shell be on our Programme Live tomorrow at 10 and another hopeful, a conservative mp called mark harper, who calls himself the serious underdog, is kicking off his bid in half an hour. Well bring you a bit of that live. Accessing speech and langauge therapy
Well be live all morning well be on board a specially from portsmouth where the queen, Prince Charles and President Trump chartered ship to see families willjoin veterans to commemorate relive the journey of those the bravery of those who helped to liberate europe. Who took part in d day. We cannot comprehend what these but for now lets go to ben, in the breakfast studio, for the rest of the days news. Ladies and gentlemen did to us to in other news, its the last day give us ourfreedom. Of the us president Donald Trumps state visit to the uk. Following this mornings d day commemorations, he will travel to ireland inaudible. For a bilateral meeting with irish premier, leo varadkar. Last night the president and first lady, melania trump, elsewhere this morning, in sport, hosted a dinnerfor the prince history forJohanna Konta. Shes through to the semi of wales and the duchess of cornwall finals of the french open, the furthest any british woman has at the american ambassadors reached at R