previously admitted culpable and careless driving after the fatal crash. now in a moment time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. as the preparations begin for those brexit talks, we will look at why gibraltar‘s future may be looking a little rockier, as the country s savings fall to a new low we find out what that might mean for the economy. and at10:1i0pm, and night we look at my‘s from pages withjoe phillips and the daily telegraph s economic expert liam howlett. that is ahead on bbc news, but now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines tonight: the premier league s back, and ronald koeman says everton should hold no fear ahead of the merseyside derby a fixture they haven t won at the last 13 attempts. will celtic be celebrating a sixth straight scottish title by the end of the evening? if aberdeen lose tonight, celtic will be champions again. johanna konta beats her her
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has said that britain will defend the interests of gibraltar during the brexit negotiations, following warnings that spain is attempting to use the process to regain sovereignty of the rock. the eu has suggested that a brexit deal won t cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. here s our political correspondent, matt cole. the imposing rock at the mouth of the mediterranean has been in british hands since 1713. its fortified location, ten miles from north africa s coast, has made it a key strategic base for britain s military, as well as home to 30,000 british subjects. the outpost shares a border with spain which has long sought to reclaim it, but this week, theresa may made it clear that would not happen as part of brexit. gibraltar is not a separate member of the eu nor is it a part of the uk for the purposes of eu law. but we re very clear that it is covered by our exit negotiations. we
we have had lots of showers today, april and april showers. but they tend to ease away. they should fade away overnight. the nights are still long enough for it to turn chilly. under the starry skies, temperatures will fall down to a few degrees of freezing in rural areas of england and wales. but we will see frost it in scotland and northern ireland. a bit of the first thing but otherwise sunday is very promising. stark contrast to the day s very heavy showers. good spells of sunshine, the best of that around the coast, and with light winds and the sunshine, 12 17. as for monday, it goes downhill. gibraltar‘s inhabitants are facing renewed uncertainty because of concerns that spain may use brexit to pursue its territorial claims. borisjohnson to pursue its territorial claims. boris johnson tweeted, to pursue its territorial claims. borisjohnson tweeted, the uk remains implacable and rocklike in oui’ remains implacable and rocklike in our support for gibraltar. a teenage
in a0 years, beating caroline wozniacki in the miami open, making her number 7 in the world. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has said that britain will defend the interests of gibraltar in the brexit negotiations, following warnings that spain is attempting to use the process to pursue its claim to the rock. the eu has suggested that a brexit deal won t cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. labour say it s vital the people of gibraltar aren t used as a bargaining chip in negotiations. gibraltar‘s chief minister said brexit was complicated enough without spain trying to complicate it further. it s clear that what spain has done is as she has traditionally done since she became a member of the european union, which is to try to use the eu, now in the context of the brexit negotiations, to try and somehow steal a march in respect of her claim in relation to the sovereignty of gibraltar. these are draft guidelines but alrea
from the rest of the fed cup after foul mouthed comments which left britonjohanna konta in tears. good afternoon. 0n the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile the labour leader jeremy corbyn in manchester, has promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins onjune eighth. here s our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today the prime minister to her campaign message to dudley and wonderful to me have spoken for many. i couldn t understand why you cold another election with three yea rs cold another election with three years to go. i once the strongest possible negotiating hand in europe. this general election is notjust about brexit and the parties are writing manifestos for the pledges and promises. the issue of tax