Hello. Welcome to Bbc News. Sir Keir Starmer has become the first britIsh Prime MinIster to vIsit the Republic Of Ireland in five years. Downing street says saturdays vIsit marks a new era of co Operation And Friendship between britain and ireland, with london looking to continue a reset of damaged relations with European Union nations after brexit. The Prime MinIster met with simon harrIs, who was only elected taioseach in april just three months before hIs britIsh counterpart so both are relatviely new to their roles. Sir keir and Mr HarrIs swapped Football Shirts ahead of their talks, before going on to attend the Nations League Match between the Republic Of Ireland and england at the Aviva Stadium In Dublin. They did speak earlier and the Prime MinIster outlined hIs expectations from the vIsit. Prime minIster, here we are again following on from chequers, a lot of warm words about the reset in relationship and second meeting in four weeks, but what substantive action are you in the
And were going to do things differently and better. Shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has confirmed he will not be part of labours next shadow cabinet following the partys crushing election defeat. Well all go now. The new leader will come in place, appoint their shadow cabinet. I wont be part of that shadow cabinet, you know, ive done my bit. We need to move on, at that stage, with that new leader. Faster journies, news routes and more trains its all change on the railways from tomorrow. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me Karthi Gnanasegaram and ben croucher. Your top stories this saturday evening. The gap grows wider at the top of the premier league as super salah flicks liverpool past watford. But its a bad day for chelsea, who are beaten at home by bournemouth, while second placed leicester lose ground at the top with a draw against norwich. And saracens show their strength as Mako Vunipola helps them to victory against munster in the euro
Hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. The headlines. The Prime Minister visits voters in tony blairs old constituency in north east england, promising to repay the trust of those whod broken the voting habits of generations. Our country has now embarked on a wonderful adventure. Were going to recover our National Self confidence, our mojo, our self belief. And were going to do things differently and better. Shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has confirmed he will not be part of labours next shadow cabinet following the partys crushing election defeat. Well all go now. The new leader will come in place, appoint their shadow cabinet. I wont be part of that shadow cabinet, you know, ive done my bit. We need to move on, at that stage, with that new leader. Police in new zealand name the first victim of the white island eruption as krystal eve browitt a 21 year old australian. 15 deaths have been now been confirmed from mondays eruption. Tens of thousands of people have rallied again
Union and i cant stand by that. The former work and pensions secretary also raises concerns about the governments commitment to getting a new deal with the eu. At the moment theres a lot of work going on into no deal and not enough going into getting a deal. The business secretary, andrea leadsom, accuses the speaker, john bercow, of breaking parliamentary rules by allowing mps to take control of the commons agenda. Serena williams loses the us open final in straight sets to a teenager. In a gripping match, 19 year old Bianca Andreescu beat williams, whos now lost four majorfinals in a row. We have another largely dry day today with plenty of sunshine for england and wales. A bit more cloud for Northern Ireland and scotland later with a few showers, i will have all the details in about 15 minutes. Its sunday september the 8th. Our top story the Prime Minister borisjohnson has suffered a new blow to his authority after his work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, resigned last night. Ms
Business secretary Andrea Leadsom accuses the speaker, john bercow, of breaking parliamentary rules by allowing mps to take control of the commons agenda. Serena williams loses the us open final in straight sets to a teenager. In a gripping match, 19 year old Bianca Andreescu beat williams, whos now lost four majorfinals in a row. We have another largely dry day today with plenty of sunshine for england and wales. A bit more cloud for Northern Ireland and scotland later with a few showers, i will have all the details in about 15 minutes. Its sunday september the 8th. Our top story Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered a new blow to his authority after his work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, resigned last night. Ms rudd said she no longer believed the governments Main Objective was to leave the eu with a deal, and she described the sacking of 21 rebel tory mps as an act of political vandalism. Our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. Once tipped as a future pm, amb