Liverpool move to plug a hole in their defence. The premier League Champions bring in ben davies from preston, as well as a loan signing on a quiet transfer deadline day. Its not quite with the weather today, and Weather Warning for heavy snow across parts of Northern England. Valid until lunchtime. Widely three to eight centimetres above 200 metres we can easily see 15 centimetres to Sow Destruction is likely. All the details later in the programme. Its tuesday the 2nd of february. Our top story. Urgent tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African coronavirus variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 p
Duchess of sussex open up about their relationship in the spotlight. They said to me, im sure hes great, but you shouldnt do it, because the british tabloids will destroy your life. And i very naively. I mean, im an american we dont have that there. The Stormont Assembly convenes for the first time in nearly three years to debate the liberalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland. And the victims conned out of large sums of money by fraudsters who call to say youve a problem with your computer now british and Indian Police crack down on two call centres. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, an injury blow for wales flankerjosh navidi will miss the rest of the Rugby World Cup with a torn hamstring. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one oclock. Boris johnson will shortly try to bring his brexit deal before the commons, after his attempt to win the support of mps was derailed on saturday. Downing street insists that mps must be allowed a straight up and down v
Sources in the Royal Household say Prince William is concerned for his brother. Prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex open up about struggling to deal with the pressures of being in the spotlight. The biggest thing that i know is that i never thought this would be easy but i thought it would be fair. And coming up, angry scenes at stormont as members walk out of the First Assembly meeting for three years, paving the way for abortion and same sex marriage to become legal in Northern Ireland. Its five oclock our top story the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has ruled that mps cannot vote on the governments brexit deal today. Hes been forced to defend his decision, after a number of mps challenged his ruling. Downing street says the government is disappointed with the speakers ruling and that they would now prefer to go ahead with the introduction of the Withdrawal Agreement bill. Were expecting to hear the governments legislative plans for the week shortly but ahe
Two men have been arrested in somerset by Police Investigating alleged racist abuse that caused an fa cup tie to be abandoned on saturday. Haringey boroughs players walked off during the game against yeovil town, saying their goalkeeper had been spat at and hit by an object thrown at him. Ido i do feel it is getting worse. When i first started doing i do feel it is getting worse. When ifirst started doing disciplinary is, it was just mainly older men doing the racial or homophobic abuse, but now it is more younger people. Sometimes you would get papers, you look at the papers and you are reading the cases, and you will see, that is only 14. I believe at all levels, senior people need to come out and say enough is enough, we are not going to tolerate this any more. Across football, across all sports, across society. You sit on the Disciplinary Panel so sanctions on an international level, when you see very small finds, relatively, stadium closures. What punishments can they be to send t
Failed to gain overall control in either place. Chaos at hong kong airport as protestors cause flights to be delayed and cancelled. In half an hour, Charlotte Callen investigates an innovative scheme uses mentoring and education to help young drug dealers break out of a life of crime. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The minister in charge of preparations for a no deal brexit, michael gove, has refused to say whether the government would abide by legislation designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without an agreement. A Cross Party Group of mps will introduce a law intended to block no deal, when parliament returns from its summer recess this week. The shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, described mr goves comments as breathtaking. Heres our Political Correspondent, iain watson. Hey, ho, borisjohsons got to go a weekend of protests on the streets. A week of rebellion at westminster lies ahead. Save our democracy stop the coup these demonstrators want the suspension of Parli