Athletes were subjected to unacceptable behaviour. Thank you very much. More from you later. Phil has the weather. A warm front coming. Yes, it hasnt been so bad so far today, simon. In many parts of the british isles, one of the best days we have had. Could this be the future . All the details live in half an hour. Also coming up. Forget your gordons, your hestons and yourjamies, if you want the best grub in the world you need to go to this pub in yorkshire. Hello everyone. This is afternoon live. Two sides, two negotiatiors and two very different assessments of where we are with brexit. As the latest round of talks came to a close david davies says progress is being made. His opposite number, Michel Barnier, disagrees using the words deadlock and disturbing. Richard galpin reports. The brexit secretary, david davis, heads out for more talks in brussels this morning. The first phase of the negotiations which deals only with the divorce settlement is still very much bogged down. And af
Snooker championship 2015 to today being banned for six months for betting breaches. It is estimated he spent £35,000 in the past seven yea rs spent £35,000 in the past seven years betting on matches. More on that later. And the weather with chris. Cloudy and mild here, but i will be casting my mind to the alps with the Early Arrival of winter. More from me in the next half hour. Also coming up, a string and a prayer the moment 2115 people simultaneously bungee jumped off a 30 foot high bridge in brazil. Well tell you why. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. The European Council president , donald tusk, has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together or face defeat. Brexit, he said, was the eus toughest stress test, and it must not be divided at any costs. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas repo
Against the Islamic State group has been killed in northern syria. Also in the next hour. More than two hours are wasted per day in nhs operating theatres, because of inefficiencies. A new study finds hundred of thousands more non Emergency Operations could be carried out every year in england, if operating schedules were better organised. Xijinping consolidates his control of china as the communist party enshrines his name and ideology into its constitution. And a collection of portraits by the french master paul cezanne go on display this week in london. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any cost. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. Our europe correspond
Process is gone through now. Labour said the exact allegations of the nature of the details that carl sa rg ea nt nature of the details that Carl Sargeant and his family were looking for when not going to be forthcoming for when not going to be forthcoming for quite some time. Under the rule book of the labour party, when allegations of a sexual nature are made, both parties need to provide written statements and then the accused received the exact nature of the allegations so that was going to come in time. There have been questions about the first ministers conduct in all of this, for example why the labour party initiated this independent inquiry last friday after he was sacked from the Welsh Government and the labour party initiated that, why then did carwyn jones on monday of this week to a round of interviews in which he spoke about those allegations. The familys solicitor had accused him of prejudicing the inquiry by giving those interviews. The Welsh Assembly said its important
High ground in scotland, temperatures on the mild side in the south. They will fall away through the afternoon. Further north, a chilly feel to the weather. That is a taste of what is to come. This evening and tonight, the area of cloud moving in from the atlantic will bring rain across Northern Ireland, and the rain, strong winds, too. Scotland has clear spells, a few showers, not as many as today, and cold enough for a touch of frost, mild in the south. The southern half of the country having a decidedly uninspiring start to saturday, a lot of cloud, some outbreaks of rain, and it will persist for a good part of the day down towards the south west. Further north, a different story. Lots of sunshine across scotland, windy in the far north, where we will see showers, 6 degrees in dundee. Sunny skies in the afternoon in Northern Ireland as the cloud breaks up, and a decent afternoon to come tomorrow across northern england. Eventually, things brighten up any standing. Towards south wale