And walked down, all the board were in there. He said, david, i want to pledge the support of the sunday times and all the power we can muster to take these people on and get the due compensation to which the victims are entitled. He was invaluable, he really was invaluable and i will miss him greatly. Evans moved to america with his wife, thejournalist tina brown, shifting from a golden era in newspapers to one in magazines. Now in a new york power couple, he was a long way from his north of england roots, but remained forever a news man at heart. He excelled at everything journalism required. He was a fine writer, had a greateye for layout and design and typefaces, he had an instinct for a story and he believed in investigative journalism. And he took all that and he used it to create the modern sunday times. The embodiment of a humble hack, taking on mighty forces with nothing but the truth, harry evans putjournalism itself in a debt to him that will never be serviced. Sir harold ev
Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines. Chelseas match at tottenham is marred, after the crowd were warned three times over the tannoy, about racist behaviour. Toni came to me and told me that he was listening to monkey noises in the crowd, and part of myjob as captain is to report it to the ref. Tottenham say any form of racism is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated. An investigation is under way. Australias firefighters in the state of New South Wales are still battling to bring more than 100 blazes under control. The queen attends a Church Service in sandringham, while the duke of edinburgh remains in hospital receiving treatment for a pre exisiting condition. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Benedicte Paviot from france 2a and Martin Bentham of the evening standard. Thank you for coming in. Many of tomorrows front pages are already
And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers Benedicte Paviot from france 2a, and Martin Bentham of the evening standard. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has promised a thorough investigation after its match with chelsea this evening was halted when a player complained of racist abuse. The chelsea defender toni rudiger said hed been subjected to monkey chants, prompting the referee to briefly stop play. As our Sports Correspondent andy swiss reports, its the latest in a series of recent incidents affecting the english game. It was a day english football was once again overshadowed by racism. Chelseas Antonio Rudiger clearly showing hed heard abuse from the crowd an hour into his teams game against tottenham. He informed his captain, who in turn told the referee, and after he spoke to both managers, for the first time in the premier league, a warning was made over the public address system, twice repeated.
U nsettled on monday. Thats also spells some unsettled weather heading our way for Christmas Eve itself. With that comes another pulse of some milder hour. Look how that mild there has been spreading to other parts of europe. It has been really mild through the continent, notjust here. Even in the north, in scandinavia, as far north as finland, off the edge of the screen, temperatures are higher than they should be. Back home, this is tuesday. Cloud, occasional rain, i do not think it will be a deluge, but it will be pretty damn sometimes. Drier in the north on tuesday, on Christmas Eve. In the evening, Christmas Eve, it will dry out. That takes us into wednesday. Christmas day itself is actually expected to be the best day of the whole week. Sunshine in the forecast, perfect walking weather to walk off those calories, which i am sure will be all consuming we will all be consuming in huge quantities on wednesday itself. So a changeable christmas week, no snow, but at least we get the s
The model display destroyed by vandals now on show once more thanks to help from sir rod stewart and thousands of other supporters. And coming up on sportsday at 7. 30 Jose Mourinhos first game in charge at tottenham, ends in a 3 2 win at west ham. Gps have voted to reduce visits to patients homes, saying they no longer have the capacity to offer them. Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees yesterday. But the Health Secretary, matt hancock, said the idea of taking home visits out of gps contracts was a complete non starter. Jenny kumah reports. Family doctors say their workload is on the rise and this, coupled with falling gp numbers, mean something has to give. At his surgery in leeds this doctor is well aware of the challenges facing surgeries like his. One of the daily pressures that gp practices are under is the obligation to do home visits. What would be much better is if we had a dedicated Home Visiting team with people with the time to be