has died at the age of 91. he was the longest serving chancellor of the 20th century, before he resigned in 1989 over thatcher s choice of economic advisor. political figures have been paying tribute to him. prime minister rishi sunak tweeted this: one of the first things i did as chancellor was hang a picture of nigel lawson above my desk. he was a transformational chancellor and an inspiration to me and many others. my thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. the current chancellorjeremy hunt said: nigel lawson was a rarity amongst politicians, someone who transformed our thinking as well as transforming our economy. since he stepped down as chancellor, his shoes have been impossible to fill but he inspired all his successors, leaving the country more prosperous and enterprising. and former prime minister borisjohnson wrote: nigel lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market conservatism. he was a tax cutter and simplifier who helped transform
on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. coming up on bbc london. good evening and welcome to sportsday this monday night with me chetan pathak, coming up on tonight s programme: the premier league sackings continue potter and rodgers are out what next for chelsea and leicester? tottenham need a new boss too life after conte begins at everton this evening on a big night at both ends of the table and could wearing bodycams be the answer as hundreds of amateur referees tell us they fear for their safety on the pitch also coming up on the programme before 7: why england netball wants to get more girls and women talking about female health in sport: there s a range of research sent to us and we need to support gross with their bodies at every stage. with two months of the premier league season to go, over half the clubs no longer have the manager they started the season with. a record 13 hav
then this photo of star swimmer riley gaines and leah thomas after they raced each other spurred this issue. gaines was shouted down when she spoke out to support herself and other women athletes. so today the majority gop in the house of representatives passed a bill to protect female athletes while democrats called this bill and them for doing so trans bullies. this bull fuels a virulent hate campaign against kids. you want to be a transgender, that s your right. but what about my rights? what about the rights of my daughters? house republicans make trans kids participating in sports sinister and conniving. that couldn t be further from the truth. women wake up early and train from a young age, sacrifice only to find a biological man to compete. extreme maga republicans are trying to sensational an issue that doesn t really exist. the very class of biological females that they want to uphold with abortion rulings and things like that, they re coming after you gi
backdoor man. but you know you might be dangerous, too, according to the fbi. and you don t even have to be an angry parent at a school board meeting. you just have to use words. yeah, turns out new fbi documents released this week through a toy i can t request reveal the bureau uses internets slang to seek out violent extremism on line odd terms linked to racially violent extremism. words like based larping and red pill. remains in terms that could be used in a con that don t in racist views. based is someone converted to racist ideology. so they must be keeping a close eye on joy reed right? doesn t based mean you re based in facts? you re grounded in logic not wokeness? perhaps that s why it s being targeted. then you have larping which stands for live action role play. you know those words that dress up as knights and wizards until a jock walking through the park stuffs them in a trash can? the fbi says larping is a term used by extremist to accuse others as not being as
chinese surveillance balloon that flew over montana. it comes as secretary antony blinken makes his first trip to beijing. plus, a new estimate on the number of russian soldiers who have died in ukraine. it could show how desperate vladimir putin has become in this nearly year-long war. meteorologists are predicting the worst wind chills in decades in the northeast this weekend. look at that. it could get as low as negative 50 in some parts. negative 50? the times said yesterday that the top of mount washington, negative 100, willie. now, you and i, of course, have done that in some of our you know, willie and i, sometimes we ve done the antarctica thing. we do that extreme, like, mountain climbing stuff. i forget what you call it. little rough for you. minus 100, willie. yeah, well, when we summited norway excuse me summited everest, it got close to that cold. thank god there were the sherpas who helped us get up there. it gets breezy up there, too. it