A whole lotta albums vinyl sales hit a 25 year high in the era of streaming and downloads. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, swansea city have apointed Bayern Munichs assistant coach paul clement as their new manager, succeeding bob bradley, who was sacked last week. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Britains top diplomat to the European Union has resigned. Sir ivan rogers leaves hisjob just months before the government is due to kick off formal brexit talks. Sir ivan found himself at the centre of a political storm recently when he told ministers a brexit deal could take up to ten years. Leave campaigners accused him of being unduly pessimistic, while others said he was simply reporting sentiment in brussels. Carole walkers in Downing Street. Carole. Thank you, well, sir ivan rogers resignation caught Downing Street and the Foreign Office by surprise. He was due to be our man at the eu until november to see through the first opening phase of those crucial brexit n
Britains most senior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned just months before he was due to play an Important Role in the complex negotiations on the uks exit from the eu. Sir ivan faced criticism last month when it emerged that hed warned the Prime Minister that securing a Post Brexit Trade Deal could take a decade. Tonight the bbc has obtained his Resignation Email to his staff in which he urged them to continue to speak truth to those in power and urged them to challenge muddled thinking about brexit. More on that in a moment but first heres our political correspondent, carole walker. Behind the darkened windows, at the Prime Ministers side, as she arrived at last months eu summit, sir ivan rogers tried to keep a low profile. But his warning that it could take the uk ten years to get a new eu trade deal overshadowed what was already a difficult occasion for theresa may. He was criticised for being too pessimistic, though Downing Street said he was just relayi
Was expected to have a Ceremonious First Day back for 2017. Instead, it was full of action republicans have ditched a plan to strip the Office Of Congressional Ethics of its independence. The reversal was prompted by a public outcry and a dressing down from donald trump on twitter. And in the past hour, the President Elect has also tweeted that Onjanuary 11th in new york he will hold his First Official News Conference since his election. Heres Laura Trevelyan with the latest from washington. The house will come to order. As the Brand New Congress convened on thursday, instead of celebrating the republicans dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. It is over their behaviour is policed In The Name Of avoiding corruption. On monday night, republicans in the House Of Representatives tried to gut the independence of the Office Of Congressional Ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. D
Was expected to have a Ceremonious First Day back for 2017. Instead, it was full of action republicans have ditched a plan to strip the Office Of Congressional Ethics of its independence. The reversal was prompted by a public outcry and a dressing down from donald trump on twitter. And in the past hour, the President Elect has also tweeted that Onjanuary 11th in new york he will hold his First Official News Conference since his election. Heres Laura Trevelyan with the latest from washington. The house will come to order. As the Brand New Congress convened on thursday, instead of celebrating the republicans dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. It is over their behaviour is policed In The Name Of avoiding corruption. On monday night, republicans in the House Of Representatives tried to gut the independence of the Office Of Congressional Ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. D
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