jeremy paxman! applause. hello, welcome to a new series of university challenge, the legendary search for the uk s the legendary search for the uk s brightest student quiz team. brightest student quiz team. it s 1994 and the new host it s1994 and the new host of university challenge soon made his mark, putting the smartest students through their paces. who held the position of prime minister of the united kingdom for the. bell rings. trinity, morley. margaret thatcher. how did you know i was going to ask for the longest period of time? of university challenge soon well, what else is it going to be? laughter. ok, let s see if you get these bonuses right. they are on french land borders, you smart arses! laughter. some pretty brutal put downs were not uncommon. timothy dalton, orson welles, toby stephens and michael fassbender are among the actors who have played which romantic figure, the creation of charlotte bronte? the creation of charlotte bronte? imperial. imperial. inspector clous
the whole of the uk, and governments in all four nations are looking at what measures might help. dominic hughes, bbc news. the government has been given more time to hand over borisjohnson s unredacted documents to the covid public inquiry. the inquiry says it was asked to extend the deadine to next monday but has given the cabinet office until thursday afternoon. our political correspondent nick eardley is westminster. what happens now, nick? remember the ublic inuui what happens now, nick? remember the public inquiry is what happens now, nick? remember the public inquiry is looking what happens now, nick? remember the public inquiry is looking into what happens now, nick? remember the public inquiry is looking into how- public inquiry is looking into how decisions were made in government at the height of the pandemic, and to do that it has demanded access to all of borisjohnson s unredacted whatsapp messages and private notebooks. it hasn t got them yet, and until today the ca
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we will not tolerate any aggression against sweden, no matter its actual status. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. time to look at some other news here in the uk. 200 people have gathered outside and despite some students responding angrily to her invitation to the event from the talk was interrupted by two trends rights protesters were removed by security. downing street has denied accusations of a cover up over the release of borisjohnson s whatsapp messages to the covid inquiry. the inquiry has demanded the unredacted messages are handed over by thursday. the cabinet office has argued some
nick, thank you, nick eardley. the supermarket asda is expanding its growth into the convenience food sector. it s agreed to buy eg group, adding another 350 petrol stations to hundreds it has already. so what will this mean for customers? our business correspondent emma simpson is here. asda is the uk s third biggest supermarket, with over 640 stores. it s now buying the uk and irish operations of the petrol forecourt operator eg group. that means, in one fell swoop, it s going to add another 350 petrol stations and own 1,000 fast food locations. both of these businesses are co owned by the billionaire issa brothers from blackburn. under the deal, this new combined group will have revenues of around £30 billion a year and employ around 170,000 people. i asked the chairman of asda and eg group, stuart rose, what it would mean for shoppers.