Lewis hamilton led a mercedes one two in second practice in bahrain. Team mate George Russell was second with Aston Martins Fernando Alonso third. Max verstappen whos aiming to win his fourth consecutive title was down in sixth, nearly half a second off the pace. Paul pogba says hes sad and shocked after being banned from football for 4 years for a doping offence. The juventus midfielder and world cup winner was provisionally suspended in september after elevated Testosterone Levels were found in his system. He says hell appeal the ban as Michael Redford reports absolute best is driving Manchester United from a career that always promise so much for that once the worlds most expensive footballer could now be over after his give given a 48 bed for doping. In a statement he said. The band was given after the midfielder tested positive for elevated levels of test or burn in a system back in august. The second positive sample released in october confirmed the doping violation. Less than tw
Thats the verdict. The damning verdict of an inquiry into the murder of Sarah Everard and Prince William has made his first public appearance since he mysteriously pulled out of an event on tuesday. Event on tuesday. And thats all coming up in your next hour. Your next hour. Welcome to the show. As ever , welcome to the show. As ever, its always a huge pleasure to have your company. The figures from the home office today are absolutely astonishing and national embarrassment. You could say. And huge escalation could say. And huge escalation in asylum, a huge escalation in work visas , dependants, family work visas, dependants, family visas, the care sector, the health sector. Weve totally lost control. Lost control. This is not a government in control. This is not a country in control of its own destiny. And control of its own destiny. And the labour party today has put figures out about the cost of all of this. They reckon that all of this. They reckon that the actual cost of a hotel b
Football season when paul pogba was randomly selected for a drugs test following their game against udinese. Now in september, he was provisionally suspended after elevated levels of testosterone were found, and that was confirmed in a b sample that was revealed in october. So the Italian National anti doping tribunal were the ones who confirmed that test. Now its understood that paul pogba believes if he did take a banned substance, he did so inadvertently and his agent, speaking at the time that this test was revealed, said that what is certain is that paul pogba never wanted to break a rule. Everton manager sean dyche has been speaking publicly for the First Time Since their ten point reduction for breaking financial rules was cut to six. He said the decision has given them a boost in their fight for premier League Survival and its a positive for the game. I think we placed, we got something that, obviously. Its great to want more, but i think its, you know, the points that the club
Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has said he wont be rushed to making a decision about the h52 high speed rail link, after widespread reports that he is planning to axe the birmingham to Manchester Leg of the project. He told the bbc today he wants to take time to consider what to do next. Lets get the latest now from our Political Correspondent nick eardley at the conservative Party Conference in manchester. Talk about hst has dominated conference this week. The Prime Minister wants conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to talk conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to talk about minister wants to talk about long term decisions at this conference, trying to tell us across the country that he is prepared to make big, difficult decisions, but these conferences see the normal intensity of politics dialled up. Every single comment you make is scrutinised for what it might or might not mean. What has been fascinating over
Labour senior backbencher Stephen Timms will fill us in on what their what to look out for from their Conference Liverpool next conference in liverpool next week. Taking the week. And ill be taking the temperature of the party with a special people panel this week live the tory members and live with the tory members and im going to be joined by my colleague at the telegraph, the papers papers Political Editor, Ben Riley Smith. Hes not got a great new book out which spills the on the last years the beans on the last 13 years of rule and hell be of tory rule and hell be revealing all to me later. First of though, lets run of all, though, lets run through those front pages as you can imagine, the conference does dominate in a number of key cabinet ministers have out dominate in a number of key cabiabout nisters have out dominate in a number of key cabiabout basedi have out dominate in a number of key cabiabout based hinckley out dominate in a number of key cabiabout based hinckley talking