and at why so many workers in other sectors are also still at loggerheads with the government over pay. also on the programme: ten month old finley boden, murdered by his parents after being placed back into their care. 21 year old us guardsman jack teixera appears in court, charged with espionage over a huge leak of secret government documents. deux, un.top! and coming up in sport on bbc news. her second title this week britain sjessica gadirova wins all around gold at the european artistic gymnastics championships in turkey. good evening. nurses in england who are members of the rcn have voted to reject the government s pay officer. the move has been described as concerning for patients. the rcn says what has been offered today to simply not enough. a five percent pay rise from april was offered as well as a one off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year s pay award. but 54% of members who voted rejected the deal. and so the union have announced a 48 hour str
we ll find out later which city will host the eurovision song contest next year in place of ukraine. and our european champions, the lionnesses, take on the united states in a friendly this evening. good afternoon, in the last hour. the conservative mp conor burns has been sacked from the government following a complaint of serious misconduct . the former trade minister has also had the tory whip suspended pending an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour. the prime minister s office said liz had taken direct action after being informed. joining me now is our political correspondent, leila nathoo. what more can you tell us about this and about downing street reaction? we had a first statement from the conservative party via the conservative party via the conservative party via the conservative party from the width s office saying, burns had had the whip suspended, the conservative whip suspended, the conservative whip suspended, the conservative whip suspe
when graham was opening that envelope, i was like, oh, my goodness, please, please! oh, i m ecstatic, it s marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, and it is now for liverpool to prove that while it can t take place in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool s already had the endorsement of its twin city, odesa, and this year s winner, the kalush orchestra have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration of music and peace. wejust had a real moment, haven t we, in this city, where we ve won eurovision? and it feels like the whole city kind ofjumped in the air at exactly the same time tonight. and now we ve got seven months to deliver something that will be truly astonishing, incredible for ukraine, our sister city odesa, but also incredible for the whole uk, so we are delighted. but tonight liverpool, it will be absolutely buzzing, it will be incredible. and
conclusion that all this will require a significant monetary policy response. require a significant monetary policy response. we ll have the latest on the uncertainty, and on the government s remaining options. also on the programme. north and south in a day, the new prince and princess of wales make their first official visit, while talk of an investiture is being downplayed. and how nasa has tested its ability, to deflect an asteroid speeding towards earth at 12,000 miles an hour. and coming up on the bbc news channel. scotland round off their nations league campaign in poland tonight. avoid defeat against ukraine gives them promotion, as well as a play off spot for euro 202a. good evening. the united kingdom needs a fresh start , and a way out of the endless cycle of crisis , caused by the conservatives, that s the message from sir keir starmer, the labour leader. in a speech to the labour conference, he was scathing in his criticism of the government s handling of the e
with any disruption robustly. for those concentrating only on the national race card, last year s winner, noble yeats, is back, butjockey sam waley cohen has since retired. and the name rachel blackmore always piques interest. the 2021 winner won this afternoon and will be on board ain t that a shame tomorrow. as you might have guessed, the going is soft, but the weather is due to get better. patrick geary, bbc news, at aintree. here is the man who can tell us if it is going to get better. it should be fine for the grand national and mostly fine for the rest of us. we have had sunny spells today and widespread showers to contend with. through the weekend, there will be fewer showers, still some sunny spells and it will start to feel just a little some sunny spells and it will start to feeljust a little bit some sunny spells and it will start to feel just a little bit warmer. but today it has brought no shortage of showers, even more persistent rain in places. quite wet right now across