Home tie. Enjoy, dont drop the balls. Dont say that, dontjinx me, please theyve just had the rehearsal and Manchester City have been drawn against Manchester United away. Only against Manchester United away. Only a rehearsal. Well find out 7pm. Eight years ago, wicketkeeper luke sutton retired from cricket at the age of 35. He had captained derbyshire and played for lanacshire at the time he said he had issues with anxiety and depression. In his book, back from the edge he reveals the extent of his alcoholism that he hid from friends and colleagues whilst still competing at the highest level. He spent a month in rehab. He spoke to me earlier about issues of addiction and how the environment in elite sport can be a trigger. In professional sport you have got a pool of people who are susceptible to addiction problems, Mental Health problems, and i think i would want to say the environment of professional cricket, i think the environment in professional sport generally needs to be very ca
Supporting hong kongs pro democracy protesters. Vue cinemas looks to resume screenings of blue story, days after it banned the film for allegedly sparking violence at some of its venues. Campaigners want the price of a bag for life to rise to 70 pence to cut the amount of plastic we use. And a special report from the black sea where major efforts are being made to stop it from being the dumping ground for agricultural and industrial waste. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Neither the conservatives nor labour are offering credible Spending Plans ahead of the election thats according to the institute for fiscal studies. The leading Economic Research group said that neither the convervatives or labour were being honest with voters. The institutes director said the conservatives were continuing to pretend that tax rises will never be needed to secure decent public services. Labour, he added, pretends that huge increases in spending can be financed byjust Big Companies and the ri
He says he has done absolutely nothing wrong. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport damienjohnson. We are looking at cricket . Yes, a world record for eoin morgan, he gives england a huge total against afghanistan. I will talk to you later. You need to wipe that lens, phil thunderstorms, i will have all the details with you in the studio in just a few minutes. I will see you then, phil. Also coming up ion industry is told to put an end to the era of throwaway clothes and poor working conditions. Iam simon i am simon mccoy, good afternoon. The race to become conservative leader and Prime Minister intensifies in the next few hours with a second round of voting by mps on the six remaining candidates. Theyll be knocked out if they come last, or if they fail to secure at least 10 of the vote, thats 33 supporters. Those who get through will take part in a live bbc debate this evening. It will be a chance to scrutinise the frontunner borisjohnson, whos almost certain to make it through. H
Details here on breakfast. Its sunday 3 march. Our top story The Chancellor, jeremy hunt, has tried to play down expectations about tax cuts in wednesdays budget, telling the Sunday Telegraph he has to act responsibly. With three days to go until mr hunt lays out his plans, the treasury says measures worth millions of pounds will be introduced to boost productivity in the public sector. Here is our Political Correspondent hannah miller. Police drones that can assess Road Traffic Accidents one solution chosen by The Chancellor as he takes an overview of the economy that doesnt make easy reading. But jeremy hunt says £800 million worth of Technology Like this will help to make police and hospitals more efficient and save almost £2 billion in five years it was time. Five years time. At a time when he has less money to play with them he would have hoped for, he is weighing up would have hoped for, he is weighing up what he can do to win votes. The chancellor is under pressure to make tax
And in halfan hour, i and in half an hour, i will be looking back on a momentous year for science. 0ne looking back on a momentous year for science. One that sort of fantastic 20 year finale to a mission to saturn. And louise has the weather. It isa it is a rather grey, dull, damp story this christmas eve. That is for england and wales. Wet and windy further north. More later. Good morning. First our main story. A relief operation is under way in the philippines where nearly 200 people are known to have died in flash flooding and mudslides. The president of the philippines will today visit communities devastated by Tropical Storm tembin. Sarah corker reports. In the raging floodwaters, rescue efforts are frantic and dangerous. Ropes are all these villagers have the pull each other to safety. Storm tembin tore through mindanao, the philippines second largest island of home to 20 million people. Flash floods and landslides have cut off entire communities and washed away homes. And with m