more sunshine around today, especially for eastern areas. before full weekend forecast is coming up here and breakfast. it s friday 2nd june. our main story. the former this morning presenter phillip schofield says he has lost everything , after admitting to lying about an affair with a young colleague. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual and he strenuously denies claims that he groomed the man. he s been speaking to our media editor amol rajan. come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition, and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? you re feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll that recent days have taken on him. and it is
the violence in sudan. thousands of british nationals are still trapped and demanding help. as more people are flown to safety by some eu states, british citizens describe the terror they face in a conflict between the military factions. eve fairbanks was one of a number of viewers concerned about the emphasis put on getting british nationals out of the country, calling bbc news. and grace dalton left us a phone message on monday with her thoughts. i ve been really frustrated throughout today, but was on the verge of tears watching the evening news at 10:00pm. as there was coverage regarding the situation in sudan and how awful it was for the british people who are stuck there. and yet there was no regard given for the sudanese civilians who are stuck there. obviously, i m really hoping that those who are british can be evacuated as soon as possible. but why was nothing said about the sudanese people who are caught up in this horrific situation? we put that point to bbc news
you don t finish a day and think, oh, i need a break, i need to get out. like you re with the people that give you the sense of that break and that rest and that recuperation. and you can have, like we used to call them, like three hour holidays. there was a gap in the schedule. like you just go somewhere, play, you know, lose and or go for a walk all together. and it s funny what you can like if you have the mindset in the right place, how quickly you can recuperate if you need it, you know, and i m hearing myself in these headphones knowing that i need to recuperate, cause my voice sounds like marge simpson in a minute. it sjust because i m in the middle of a tour. there s nothing that can prepare i you for this, though, is there? i like how do you cope with it all? well, i live out in the countryside and just before we started filming this, we were just chatting and i mentioned that no one really cares. and i love that out in the countryside, like you just sort of it s jus
hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughan jones. the fighting continues in the sudan capital, khartoum. there are conflicting reports though that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the sudan army are fighting with the rtf. in a statement released a short time ago, the spokesman for the sudanese army has accused its opponents of: attacking the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. the spokesman went on to say that: the sudanese army condemns this barbaric behaviour and violence, which is a characteristic of the rapid support militia. but let me bring you this from the rsf which has tweeted saying the rapid support forces were attacked by aircraft during the evacuation of french nationals. we have had no international confirmation. we approached the french government and they c