gets better. the country has been rocked by demonstrations of our soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicine. he was appointed in an attempt to diffuse the protests. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. welcome too to the headquarters of channel 4 in central london. and we re here because the government has confirmed it s pushing on with its plans to privatise channel 4, despite the reservations of the broadcaster. so we re going to look through all of the issues that this raises with our guest today, the ceo of channel 4, alex mahon. alex, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. this wasn t the outcome you wanted. so where did it go wrong? well, i m not sure that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government s decision to make. what i would say is it s never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? w
Swore on the life of his wife. Its five oclock. Our main story is that Police Believe they may have disrupted an alleged terror plot planned for the Christmas Period following the arrest of four suspects in sheffield and chesterfield. An Army Bomb Disposal team has been at a house in chesterfield and local residents have been moved from their homes. Three other men were arrested in sheffield. Our correspondent Angus Crawford has the latest. In chesterfield, the Army Disposal unit was called in. A large area was cordoned off, and residents were evacuated. People have been urged to be alert, but not alarmed. A 31 year old man was arrested in the early hours of the morning, and then briefly held in a police vehicle. I could see a white male in his 30s at a guess, he had no top on, im not sure if he had been dragged out of bed or what, and he had shorts on, and that is all i could see. The detentions have been described as intelligence led and preplanned, part of an ongoing investigation.
Since he took office tax cuts. Thats in beyond 100 days. Well be crossing live to the scene of the deadly Train Derailment in the us state of washington. And behind the scenes at the first vending machine for the homeless providing essentials to those who need them 2a hours a day. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday imjohn watson. On the way tonight. Suspicion hangs over sprint World Championjustin gatlin as the head of world anti doping calls for evidence to be produced. Can anyone stop Pep Guardiolas Manchester City this season . The latest to try, will be Leicester City in tonights League Cup Quarter final. And we meet the man who made his name in darts 35 years ago. And hes threatening to again at the age of 63. Justin gatlin, who powered to world 100 metres gold in the summer, facing allegations of doping. An athletics agent alleged the sprinters using performance enhancing drugs, while his coach Dennis Mitchell told
Supporter and critic before 10am. And a court in liverpool has been told theres been a further decline in the condition of alfie evans, the baby at the centre of a legal battle about the withdrawal of life support. Well speak to his father whos fighting against the decision. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the morning, the latest breaking news and developing stories. A little later in the programme, well hearfrom katie price. Shes talking to mps today to try and make online abuse a specific crime. As youll know, her son harvey has been subject to some really horrible abuse through most of his life. And well hear from lauri love the alleged computer hacker accused of stealing info from Us Government Computer Systems. Hes won his legal battle against extradition to america. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Plus, can i saw a ver
It might have been her intention to try and attach it to the bridle of the kings horse, rather than to actually bring the horse down. The scarf is owned today by a collector, who let me see a telegram she has never shown publicly before sent from Queen Alexandra to the injured jockey. It says Queen Alexandra was very sorry indeed to hear of your sad accident caused by the abominable conduct of a brutal, lunatic woman. This is really Strong Language a brutal, lunatic woman . Well, people had mixed feelings about the militant suffragettes. Half of them thought they were crazy, and half often thought that was the only way, by destroying property, that they would actually achieve the vote. As mps, women continued campaigning for equal rights. Edith summerskill, on the left, was first elected in 1938. And her daughter, shirley, followed her into the commons in 1964. Women who got to anywhere in their career are very conscious, and should be, of the women who went before and paved the way an