Civil war brewing . Our deputy Political Editor, tom hannood there for us. An audacious proposal here in manchester. Might the Prime Minister be taking the largest spender decision of his tenure in office, potentially tens of billions of pounds of Rail Infrastructure to hang in the balance, although at least one conservative mayor andy street, is not happy. Ill have the is not happy. Ill have the latest. Latest. The home secretary will also be taking to the podium today with everything from policing to migration on the agenda. And well be speaking to the justice secretary later this hour. Secretary later this hour. Weather forecast courtesy of alex deakin this morning. Alex deakin this morning. A bit of a wet start in places this morning, but most of us will have a bright and breezy day. Therell be some sunshine. There will also be a fair few showers. Join me later for a full forecast and sport courtesy of paul coyte. How about this , chelsea have how about this, chelsea have won a gam
Was delayed by five hours because of bad weather. The high profile new arrivals at the Saudi Pro League teams mean there are perhaps more eyes on the asian version of the Champions League than ever before. But also because of a recent agreement saudi clubs are playing matches in iran this season for the First Time Since 2016. On monday, though, al ittihads match against iranian club sepahan was cancelled at the last minute. The stadium In The City Of Isfahan was packed with 60 thousand fans, but the saudi team featuring the likes of Karim Benzema and ngolo kante never came out of the dressing room. The club were opposed to a statue of an iranian general assassinated in 2020 being placed at the entrance to the pitch. The Asian Football Confederation said the game had been cancelled due to unanticipated and unforeseen circumstances. Its the final round of Cricket World Cup warm ups in india today, but the host nations match against The Netherlands has been abandoned because of the weathe
back to life once again. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. sarah, who was 33, disappeared whilst walking home in south london ten days ago. her body was discovered in woodland, in kent, a week after she went missing. 48 year old wayne couzens appeared before magistrates this morning as our correspondent, helena wilkinson, reports. arriving at westminster magistrates court this morning, pc wayne couzens believed to be in this police van. the 48 year old met police officer joined the force two years ago. today he appeared in the dock charges of kidnap and murder were formally put to him. it s ten days since sarah everard disappeared in south london. her body was found here in woodland, near ashford, in kent. it was found inside a builder s bag and identified through her dental records. extensive searches are continuing close to where her body was found.
as sam wanted one today. his west brom side desperately need a win to avoid relegation. chant sank at them in this one denying mission been a first goal of the season. at the other end, the baggies were finding the going tough. the 15th time disease and they failed to score and a premier league game. they wanted to work out how to do that if they are to stay of the season. after the game palace manager roy hodgson backed zaha s stance on not taking a knee. i would be very surprised if there s any negative publicity for him because it s almost ludicrous to think wilfried zaha has done this because he does not care about the racism subject, if anything is about racism subject, if anything is about racism and abuse and level playing fields, and a chance for diversity, its wilfried zaha. i think he s right up there as the lead protagonist. thomas tuchel s unbeaten run is now up to 12 games with chelsea, but they missed the chance to go third in the premier league after a goalless
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. hundreds of women in london have gathered in defiance of covid rules to hold a memorial for sarah everard. she was kidnapped and murdered two weeks ago and her death has become the focus of widespread anger in the uk about sexual violence against women. this was the scene a little while ago ago as groups of women gathered on clapham common in south london, near to where sarah everard was last seen. they held a candlelit vigil, despite the official cancellation of the event because of coronavirus restrictions. concern about case has been fuelled by the charging of a serving police officer with sarah everard s murder. and there s criticism too for the way the police have tried to break up saturday s event. there was supposed to be an official vigil here at 6:30pm. that was cancelled after the women s safety campaign group reclaim these streets failed to get a judge to overturn the metropolitan police s order th