looking to find and analyse the object shot down by us military planes over yukon territory on saturday. you re watching bbc news. coming up it s click. but first is sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. barging overfor borthwick s first win. .. the new coach leads england to a bonus point six nations victory over italy three points off the top of the table. manchester city s response to the premier league charging them with breaching financial rules is to beat aston villa 3 1 rangers roundabout way into the scottish cup quarter finals. from bad tempers. to good sportsmanship. also coming up in the programme. sky brown becomes the first british skateboarding world champion. at just 1a years old. and the best teams in the nfl with a trophy on the line. and that s before you add in the parties. the half time show. and the chicken wings. we build up to super bowl 57 hello again. the steve borthwick era in england rugby has its f
is now more than 30,000. but remarkably, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. both the un and syria s voluntary group of rescuers known as the white helmets say the international community has failed people in the country s northwest, where thousands of people have died. the head of russia s wagner mercenary army claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they ve been assaulting for months. politicians in the us say the military has shot down an undentified object above lake huron the third such shoot down in as many days. officials haven t disclosed details about the object. the police have arrested two teenagers on suspicion of murder, after the fatal stabbing of 16 year old brianna ghey in warrington park. the bbc chairman richard sharp is accused of making significant errors ofjudgment by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson secure a loan. and on this super bowl
good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre payment energy meters. the tactic which results in someone s heating being cut off if they don t have the cash to top up their meter is only supposed to be used in homes where there are no young children, pensioners or other vulnerable people. but an undercover reporter from the times newspaper found the meters were being fitted in homes which should be protected. aru na iyengar reports. hello? british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. can you please open the door? otherwise we will have to open it for you. this is the exciting bit. i love t
supporters and fans. hopefully it is up supporters and fans. hopefully it is up to us to take them back there. hello again. a match like manchester city against bayern munich has tentacles that spread far and wide. just the two managers involved in the champions league quarter final first leg tonight conjure up four different rivalries with five clubs. the story of pep guardiola and thomas tuchel goes back a decade and takes in ten meetings, which are rarely run of the mill. one beats the other to league titles, the reverse is true in the only champions league final between them. and as of last month, both teams have managed bayern with tuchel taking over the club guardiola left in 2016 and is playing against for the first time since. nesta mcgregor is at the etihad for us. nesta, neither at bayern nor at city has guardiola won this competition, and as ever, it s part of the conversation. when ou talk it s part of the conversation. when you talk about it s part of the conve
enters talks about pay. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the business journalist, john crowley, and joe twyman, who s the director of the polling organisation, deltapoll. tomorrow s front pages starting with. the financial times leads with covid cases in china, which the paper says have reached up to 250 million in december since the country eased lockdown restrictions. the times reports on an initiative by the government to cut down early retirement the paper says prime minister rishi sunak plans a midlife mot to get over 50s into work. the daily mail says the nhs is wasting money on equality, diversity and inclusion related positions. the i leads on yesterday s vote in scotland on gender identification reforms, saying it could lead to what it calls an unprecedented constitutional clash with westminster. it s also on the front page of the telegraph, which says labour leader sir keir starmer wants updat