the golden primary mirror will allow the telescope to be properly focused helping scientists to better understand the universe. now on bbc news, it s time for some political thinking with nick robinson. i should ve been in prison, not in parliament, my guest on political thinking this week says. that is a reflection not just of the fact he was brought up in real poverty in london s east end, but that his grandfather was a convicted bank robber. wes streeting has been on quite a journey, not least this year when he had a diagnosis at the age ofjust 38 of cancer and was warned that his kidney would have to be removed. once he recovered, keir starmer told him he was the man that the labour leader wanted to be the next health secretary if labour win the election. already, he has shifted the party s approach to the covid pandemic, saying that this is the year in which the country has to learn to live well with the virus. wes streeting, welcome to political thinking. hi, nick.
three days, 11 votes and still no us house speaker as kevin mccarthy fails to win over conservative hardliners. the nhs remains under relentless pressure, says a health leader, urging people get the flu jab, help save lives. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. more revelations from prince harry s autobiography have emerged including accounts of drug taking, details of his time in the army, and a claim that he and prince william urged their father, king charles, not to marry camilla, now the queen consort. the revelations come from his book, spare, due to be published in the uk next week. copies have gone on sale in spain, and some newspapers also got hold of it in advance. other claims come from interviews prince harry has given to promote the book. in the book, prince harry makes a number of accusations about his family. there are also details about intimate moments of his private life and, as reported yesterday, a claim that he was physically attacked by
to fight, and i will never, ever give upfor to fight, and i will never, ever give up for what my daughter needs and is legally entitled to. your christmas dinner is going to cost more this year. the highest prices for turkey and all the trimmings in eight years, according to one piece of research. i m taking a look at festive food prices. in sport, who will be the bbc sports personality of the year? last christmas, andy murray won it for a record third time. i ll have the list of this year s12 candidates just after 6:30am. excellent, thank you. and matt is out and about with the weather. good morning. good morning. i good morning. iam good morning. i am at good morning. i am at the good morning. i am at the yorkshire good morning. i am at the yorkshire museum. let s see if we can brighten up museum. let s see if we can brighten up your tuesday morning. a lot more sunshine around, wintry showers and to start the morning it is cold with frost and ice. i ve got all the details c
joined by the author kate mozley. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the economics commentator and author dharshini david and the us broadcaster and commentator charlie wolf. tomorrow s front pages. the observer leads with the news that alan milburn has resigned in protest at the government s policies. the sunday times goes with the same story, reporting that mr milburn accused ministers of betraying the people who voted for brexit. the mail on sunday says a labour peer has been wrongly claiming expenses the peer says he will pay some of the money back. the sunday telegraph reports on dissent within the conservative party over the role eu courts will play in the uk after brexit. and the sunday express claims the upcoming royal wedding will lift the economy by half a billion pounds and boost the uk‘s diplomatic relationship with the united states so let s begin. will you start us off, the observer and this
million. it s a lovely feel good story. ifind this funny, think million. it s a lovely feel good story. i find this funny, think of the number and put a couple of zeros on the end and that s how much better we are feeling. this is something that is going to run and run but when you look at the stories across the rest of the pages. the americans will come over for that. the hotels are already booked up in windsor! laughter thank you both. that s it for the papers this hour. thank you dharshini and charlie, you ll both be back at 11.30 for another look at the stories making the news tomorrow. coming up next meet the author. fiona mozley‘s elmet is a story that you might describe as contemporary gothic, raw and dark and lyrical with a rich bit of melodrama. a debut novel powerful enough to take it to the man booker shortlist in the autumn, told by a iii year old, it sets the here and now against a brutal and more elemental past, and explores a complex and ambiguous relations