All of those stories are coming up soon. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres jane dougall. Good afternoon, jane. Hello, matthew. Theres one English Premier League match later on monday with chelsea hosting newcastle in a mid table battle. The two sides are struggling to reach the european places and the pressure is on both managers. Mauricio pochettino s chelsea have won just three of their last nine games. Newcastle are four points better off in the table, and were the winners in the reverse fixture in november. However, manager eddie howe says theyre running out of time to get something from this season, while pochettino insists chelsea must concentrate on themselves and not their opponents. Iam i am concerned in our performance and in the way that we are going to deal with now, maybe two or three starting 11 players in the last game that we need to find a different solution again. Of course we know very well newcastle and we can assess newcastle but now i
Business headlines. Us Investment Firm Elliott Advisors has walked away from making a takeover bid for currys after being rejected by the retailers board in its own words multiple times. It had initially proposed an offer that valued the electricals chain at £700 million, and later raised it to 757 million. But currys rebuffed the approaches, saying they significantly undervalued the business. Currys could still receive a bid from chinasjd. Com, which said last month it was mulling an offerfor the firm. Earlier i spoke with russ mould, Investment Director at the stockbrokers aj bell. There is but it it will focus on what the two main shareholders in currys have got to say, redwheel and frasers. Any bid will have to get their approval and one can only assume that wasnt forthcoming this time. They said it undervalued the business. It is rare we are in a position where we are talking about a high street retailer at the centre of a possible bidding war. We thought that bricks and mortar w
after day of this item leading news bulletins is excessive . the situation is obviously of great concern to the bbc, but, surely, as he cannot be named untilfurther investigations are undertaken, this should be given less prominence than other news about the economy, the effects of climate change, and the war in ukraine . and david robinson suggested, report the facts when they are available and stop adding to the frenzy around who it is . who it was, was revealed on wednesday s news at six as culture editor katie razzael described. katie razzell described. this will come as a huge shock to viewers. we ve had a statement within the last few minutes from vicki flint, who is the wife of huw edwards, who named him as the bbc presenter facing allegations and said about her husband that, he was suffering from serious mental health issues and is now receiving in patient hospital care . later that evening, other bbc news outlets aired new allegations about huw edwards, and the co
welcome to bbc news, here from buckingham palace. king charles has begun his treatment for cancer. in the last few minutes he was seen arriving at buckingham palace from clarence house with queen camilla. it s the first image to be made public of king charles since buckingham palace confirmed his cancer diagnosis. this image also shows the queen. it s understood they were just leaving clarence house and have since left buckingham palace in a helicopter. this is the moment they flew off it s thought they are heading to the royal palace at sandringham in norfolk, where charles is likely to remain while he receives treatment, and steps back from public royal duties. prince harry has arrived in london to visit his father. this image shows him in the back of a car, being driven in london. and this was the convoy, as it made its way across london. harry isn t alone in offering his support to king charles a number of world leaders have sent messages after the king s diagnosis
space with afghan women where we could interact with them away from the scrutiny of the taliban. i remember we chatted, we laughed, we had a cup of tea. we got manicures done. we took a photo of of what our nails looked like afterwards, we saw a bride getting ready for her wedding. for that one hour, ifelt like i could be anywhere in the world away from the reality that awaited these women when they stepped outside of the salon into a world where girls are barred from secondary schools in most provinces, where women can t attend university, where women can t work for domestic or international ngos, they are barred from parks, swimming pools, gyms, public baths, where if they have to travel long distances they have to be escorted by a male relative, where they re expected to wear clothing with only their eyes visible. and for this latest restriction, the taliban aren t even giving a reason, especially and women are asking, this was a female only space. there s no interaction b