we ve got our own show to make, so let s get on with this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s james here in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster, too. here we are, and one story that s dominated this week, chris, hasn t it, which has been this post office scandal? but there s one story going to dominate next week, i think, quite likely, in so much as we can forecast. what s that? it is rwanda. so it s the return of the conversation about how you deal with illegal migration. and the government is keen to have this idea of sending folk to rwanda. as newscasters will be aware, it s been getting relatively long in the tooth as an idea, but it hasn t yet happened for a million and one legal reasons. there are also very transparent differences of opinion within the conservative party about how you do it, how you make it work, can you make it work, and what s the best way of making it work? there was a bit of a to do before christmas
them joint bottom of the premier league. and it s another cold day to day across southern and eastern parts of england, with some dense fog lingering for some in the north and west. more cloud and gradually turning milder. i ll have all the details here on breakfast. it s sunday 22 january. our main story: labour is calling for an investigation into claims made in the sunday times that the chairman of the bbc helped borisjohnson to secure a loan of £800 thousand just weeks before he was recommended for the position at the corporation by the then prime minister. richard sharp, whosejob involves upholding the bbc s independence, has denied any conflict of interest. a spokesperson for mrjohnson said he had never sought or received any financial advice from mr sharp. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. richard sharp was appointed as the new chair of the bbc injanuary 2021. he was chosen by the culture secretary and the prime minister, then borisjohnson. the sunday ti
trump has said he plans to appeal. here s part of a report from reporter: the former president speaking for more than 30 minutes at trump tower, with eye-catching kill scheme was first hatched for gaping the case that he is a victim for the trial. it is a sad thing that is happening in our country. it is a thing that i am honored in a way, i am honored. reporter: acknowledging the possibility of a jail time. i don t feel 77. i would like them to say, we have to have a little sorry for this man. reporter: a jury of 12 new yorkers who found him guilty of falsifying business records in order to cover up a hefty payment to stormy daniels before his 2016 victory. two new polls conducted in the hours immediately following the verdict, one poll showing 11% of republicans saying that they are less likely to vote like for trump following his conviction while 34% they are
get back in with 300 or 400 votes i and there s a reform candidate who takes your votes away, - that s going to have a real impact. so it s certainly a headache . the conservatives don t want. i don t think there s anything they can do about it. - mary, are these by elections useful for the labour party as a springboard or an inconvenience and a waste of money when the party would rather be focusing on the general election? well, they are a huge. well, i say as a springboard, assuming labour does well in them, which they might not, but they have in many other by elections. we had absolutely extraordinary results. i was out in both tamworth and in mid bedfordshire, sort of looking at the streets and the doors and the thatched cottages that we were knocking on in mid bedfordshire. and it s a part of the world i know quite well from my work at cranfield university, but you know, it was literally amazing to see mid bedfordshire coming to us from nadine dorries, from the conservatives. i th
Israel has blown up what it says was a “subterranean terror city” underneath a central Gaza City square that was used to plot the October 7 massacre. The.