And britains gold medal winning swimmer adam peaty is honoured with an mbe at buckingham palace. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that the chancellor Philip Hammond has rejected calls for him to spend money now on preparing for the possibility of britain leaving the European Union without a formal brexit deal. Mr hammond, wholl unveil his budget next month, told a Parliamentary Committee that hed make money available in a timely manner when needed but he was not prepared to take funding from other areas such as health or education. The bbc has been told that yesterday at the Cabinet Meeting at downing street there was a row between some ministers on this issue of contingency funding in the event of ano contingency funding in the event of a no deal brexit. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo has more details. Still smiles for now but brexit talks are faltering, and so, the no deal scenario has begun to loom. This morning, in the times, the chancellor Philip Hammond, a key remain voi
The world cup finals. More from you later. Thank you. Phil has the weather. It is miserable in the legs. It certainly is and if you wa nt to legs. It certainly is and if you want to know whether you are going to go from Something Like this to something a little bit brighter, i will have all the details with simon in the studio in about 30 minutes. See you then. Also coming up as Harvey Weinsteins hollywood past catches up with him, well talk to an agent to the stars about the impact on the business of show business. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. The chancellor Philip Hammond has said taxpayers money will not be spent on preparing for a no deal brexit just to send a message to the eu. Mr hammond also warned that flights between the uk and the eu could be grounded if there were no agreement before march 2019. Heres our Political Correspondent leila nathoo. Still smiles for now, but brexit talks are faltering and so the no deal scenario has begun to loom. This morning in the ti
Has saved my life, no question. Maintaining the lockdown trying to stick to the rules on a sunny holiday weekend. And the archbishops Easter Sunday service delivered from his kitchen. Good evening. The number of people whove died in the uk after being diagnosed with coronavirus has passed 10,000. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, said this is a sombre day that reinforced why the public must adhere to social distancing rules. It comes after one of the governments Senior Scientific advisers said the uk could become the worst affected country in europe. Boris johnson, meanwhile, has been paying tribute to the nhs after being dischaged from hospital, saying there is no question it saved his life. Well, another 737 people have now died in hospital in the latest 24 hour period, but that number doesnt include deaths in care homes or in the community, so the overrall total is 10,612. Our first report tonight is from our science editor, david shukman. A painful story with every loss. Sara tro
Building case against the president. Sources say cnn Robert Mueller has in his possession memos from Andrew Mccabe, the now retired and fired Deputy Director of the fbi who was just dismissed from his job last night. The memo said to discuss conversations between mccabe and the president and james comey. Also learning late today, the mccabe gave an interview to the special counsel and was asked about the circumstances surrounding comeys firing. Those developments are the back drop for another remarkable attempt by the president to humiliate his own Justice Department and potentially poison the well as the special investigation reaches closer to the president. Cnn has been all over these fast moving developments in the past 24 hours. Lets begin with laura in washington. What do we know about the memos Andrew Mccabe turned over to the special counsel and his interview with muellers team . Well, anna, we have confirmed one of the topics covered during that interview with the special couns