The current battlefield lines. The current battlefield lines. Elsewhere, sarah ferguson, the duchess of york , furiously the duchess of york, furiously silences an audience at the Cannes Film Festival before launching into a speech about Climate Change, leaving the crowd utterly confused. Crowd utterly confused. Everyone in this room stop. Stop stop. Stop. Stop. Did you see i removed the microphone . Because all of you are saying , microphone . Because all of you are saying, oh, i want to go because where is the next party . I should under sixteens go smartphone free. A report from mps suggesting teens should be banned from owning smartphones to combat antisocial behaviour. Well debate that later. Well debate that later. Fans of both Manchester City and Manchester United prepare to make their way to wembley ahead of the fa cup final this afternoon. Afternoon. It could well be an early start as thousands of city and united fans prepare to make the journey down to wembley ahead of kick o
Sunshine, because it is the shortest day, the winter solstice, so the sun is going to set fairly shortly for many of us. Generally, somewhere between about 3pm and 4pm this afternoon. By tomorrow, those days start to get ever so slightly longer again. This afternoon, this weather front draped through central parts, again. This afternoon, this weather front d 5535} hhraugircefitral parts, again. This afternoon, this weather front d 5555 to iraugircefitral parts, e magma} fruniit ffeej,. 7. 7, 555m 2 fruniit ffi}; j;;; 555i gngsggg quit. i,f;; east. Rims out of i i Northern Ireland. Across Northern England, wales, the south west of mm england, quite a murky night with low cloud and hill fog moving in. A touch of frost across parts of scotland, but generally frost free elsewhere. Tomorrow, we quickly lose the bulk of the rain from wales in South West England. Still a lot of low cloud and murk in the west, especially the coasts and hills. Further east, you are more likely to get some gl
Ambitious spirit and they have been picked for the games, but they were the only option. Thank you very much. All the weather this afternoon with sarah. And the run of mild weather continues . Yes thats right. It is very mild even on the winter solstice. The sun is setting on the shortest day of the year, but things are remaining quiet and cloudy. All the details to the run up to christmas in about half an hour. Also coming up people buying new build houses in england will no longer be obliged to enter leasehold agreements. Well be analysing how the governments plans will work. Hello everyone this is afternoon live, im martine croxall. The Prime Minister theresa may has called for proper investigation into the officer accused of making comments that led to the sacking of the first secretary of state, damian green. The dismissal of mr green has prompted a furious backlash from some conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a Police Investigation nine
For the troubled retailer. Birmingham. Cheering and, birmingham is confirmed as host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. It will be the most expensive sports event in britain since london 2012. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is that the forced resignation of damian green, one of theresa mays closest allies in government, has prompted a furious response among a number of conservative mps. They have renewed their condemnation of former Police Officers who revealed that pornography had been found on damian greens parliamentary computer, nine years ago, before be became a minister. Scotland yard says it has asked the information commissioner to investigate the retired officers and whether Data Protection laws have been broken. That decision has been welcomed by theresa may, whos on a visit to poland. Our political correspondent, ben wright, reports. Sacked from the cabinet and out the door. The third senior minister to leave theresa mays team in less than two months. Reporter why did you lie
After he dies at the age of 59. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Ryan giggs is set to be named the new wales manager later. Hell replace Chris Coleman, who stepped down after failing to qualify for this years world cup. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The construction giant carillion has gone into liquidation, putting 20,000 jobs at risk in the uk. The company has huge debts and has failed to secure a Financial Rescue from either the banks or the government. Carillion is involved in Major Projects such as the h52 high speed rail line. Its responsible for many Public Services including hospitals, prisons and schools. Now the government is facing questions about why it handed Public Sector contracts to the firm after it had issued profit warnings. Heres our business correspondent, simon gompertz. The bigger they are, be harderfor eve ryo ne the bigger they are, be harderfor everyone when they fall. Carillion was the new name for a huge business taking in age old