elton, lovely to see you, lovely to talk to you. congratulations on the book i ve thoroughly enjoyed it. there s something that s not in it. i came to watford with leicester city a long time ago around 79 80 and one of our players got a terrible gash in his leg and was carried off and had to have stitches in the dressing room and you went down to comfort him. do you have any memory of that? i don t. that was me. really, i don t. that was me. it was you? it was me. and you came down in the second half to see if i was all right, and that s something that s always stuck with me. and it was a very special moment, yeah. you ve got the book, watford forever. why now? why are you doing that book now? i was approached byjohn preston, who wrote the book, and said, it s a really interesting subject and i thought, yeah, it has i haven t really talked about it and i wanted to get my side of the story out because i think we weren t given enough credit for what we did. and als
and triangle of sadness s dolly dillion. this is really, really bad. lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. some wintry scenes in the north of england, there was some disruption at manchester airport, some of the travel problems too but over the next few days the snow will ease and gradually, it will be a gradual process, things are set to turn milder. we had this stream of snow showers affecting northern ireland, south west scotland, north west england, wales, parts of the midlands, this morning and now we have this area of sleet and snow that s pushing southwards across scotland, some of that getting into north east england as we go through the afternoon but the broad theme is for the wintry showers to become fewer and further between. many others seeing crisp blue skies and sunshine overhead. temperatures 3 7, for most not quite as windy as yesterday but it does stay blustery through northern scotland and parts of north east england where w
Unexpected, the wife of the Prime Minister, rishi sunak, in a very personal, almost touching speech about her husband, introducing him to the Party Conference and the wider electorate, and here is the Prime Minister, rishi sunak, in his first speech to Party Conference as leader and Prime Minister. Leader and Prime Minister. Thank ou. Applause thank you. Conference, thank you. Thank you. Conference, thank you. Thank you. Conference, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Thank you for the introduction, and thank you for always being there for me, my wife, truly the best long term decision for a brighterfuture i ever made. Applause i have been blessed in my life. I have a wonderful wife and two daughters who make me proud every single day. And i was also lucky enough to grow up in the most loving of homes. My dad was a gp and my mum a pharmacist. You did need a small reminder of last summer, i know. In so man
Row over the future of high speed rail dominating the gathering in manchester so far, this lunchtime, the Prime Ministers moment to try to inspire. Introduced on stage by his wife, he said his mission was to fundamentally change the country. Weve had 30 years of political system. 30 years of rhetorical ambition which achieves a little more than a short term headline. And why . Because our political system is to focus on short term advantage not long success. Politicians spent a long success. Politicians spent a long time campaigning for change than actually delivering it. It doesnt have to be this way. Than actually delivering it. It doesnt have to be this way. And finall , doesnt have to be this way. And finally. An doesnt have to be this way. And finally, an end doesnt have to be this way. And finally, an end to doesnt have to be this way. And finally, an end to the spec elation over the new high speed rail link between manchester and birmingham. Hsz between manchester and birmingham