To Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6 3, 6 4. Prince andrew has told the bbc he categorically denies having sexual relations with Virginia Roberts who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. In an interview with bbcs newsnight, hes answered questions for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The duke of york said a sense of honour led him to continue his association with the disgraced financier. Our royal correspondent Nick Witchell reports. In the state rooms at Buckingham Palace, a Senior Member of the british royalfamily, Prince Andrew, second son of the queen, is preparing to be interrogated about allegations of sleazy behaviour and gross misjudgement. Your royal highness, weve come to Buckingham Palace in highly unusual circumstances. At issue, which of these two people is telling the truth . Andrew or Virginia Roberts, 17 years old when this photograph was taken . Groomed, she says, to provide sexual favours to powerful men
In the state rooms at Buckingham Palace, a Senior Member of the British Royal family, Prince Andrew, second son of the queen, is preparing to be interrogated about allegations of sleazy behaviour and gross misjudgment. Your royal highness, weve come to Buckingham Palace in highly unusual circumstances. At issue, which of these two people is telling the truth . Andrew or Virginia Roberts, 17 years old when this photograph was taken . Groomed, she says, to provide sexual favours to powerful men. Even the photo is contentious. Andrew says he has no memory of it. Tramp, a nightclub in central london. Virginia roberts says she was there with andrew one night in march 2001. She says they later had sex. Andrew says he was with his family. And he told the bbcs emily maitlis, theres a medical reason why ms roberts allegation cannot be true. She was very specific about that night. She described dancing with you. No. And you profusely sweating, and that she went on to have. Theres a slight proble
Around 100 people are rescued by the fire service from floods in the midlands with warnings of more rain on the way. The mother of a 10 Year Old Girl, who died after contracting an infection in a cancer ward in glasgow, claims there was a cover up over her death. Sleeping on the streets, in parks and on peoples sofas a Charity Warns that more than 20 thousand young people are at risk of homelessness this christmas. And eastenders stars take on strictly for tonights children in need. Labour has unveiled plans to give every home across the uk free broadband in the next decade by partly nationalising bt. The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said his partys proposals were visionary, and the 20 billion pound cost of doing it would be paid for partly by introducing a tax on tech giants. The Prime Minister called it a crackpot scheme. Bts shareprice fell after the announcement and the companys boss, philip jansen, said labour had under estimated the price of its pledge. Heres our political
0fficial has already came to victory himself. Official results are still to be declared. Claimed victory. And a shock defeat for Roger Federer at the atp finals in london, losing in straight sets to Stefanos Tsitsipas 6 3, 6 4. Hello, and welcome to bbc news. Prince andrew has told the bbc he categorically denies having sexual relations with Virginia Roberts, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. In an interview with bbcs newsnight, hes answered questions for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. The duke of york said a sense of honour led him to continue his assocation with the disgraced financier. Our royal correspondent Nick Witchell reports. In the state rooms at Buckingham Palace, a Senior Member of the british royalfamily, Prince Andrew, second son of the queen, is preparing to be interrogated about allegations of sleazy behaviour and gross misjudgement. Your royal highness, weve come to Buckingham Palace
Of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, after being given just 48 hours notice to attend a burial heres our Political Service in ethiopia. Editor Laura Kuenssberg labour has a big giveaway it hopes and more details emerge about the duchess of sussexs court to connect with you. Action against the mail fast fibre broadband for everyone everywhere, if they win, within ten years time. And mail on sunday. Another big intervention in the market, another expensive job for the state. And coming up on sportsday, on bbc labours money man is adding news. Rafa nadalfights back to keep the internet to rail, his hopes alive in the atp finals, water, energy and the mail but still needs other results he would like to take into public hands. The way well do it is if were to go his way. Putting that scale of public money and taxpayers money in, we want to ensure we own it as well, and that means bringing parts of bt into public ownership. Another big nationalisation with a big price tag. Yes, it is. Good eveni