Picking up and bringing showers later in the far north. For england and wales, still some rain and drizzle and low cloud around some Western Hills and coast but further east, not a great deal of sunshine him want to hate All Black Women. What took them so long . Number tens change in tone and language came three hours after business secretary Kemi Badenoch said frank hester s comments were racist and there was a Space For Forgiveness. Well talk live to the woman who co founded conservatives against racism and a former candidate who says most black people think hes a race traitor to be a tory. Also tonight a warning that the increasing privatisation of nhs eye care could see it go the same way as Nhs Dentistry, with minimal Public Access to treatment. They say, were not going to do nhs cataracts, are losing money on them, people pay two go private or we have a loss of provision and thats really the end of the nhs. Plus a conversation between this conservative mp and the close friend who
hello i am alicia acuna you with guy benson, lisa boothe and doctor marc siegel. welcome to the big weekend show , the big story tonight, the mystery over defense secretary lloyd austin hospitalization, no one knew about his medical situation including his number two and she was not the only one of the dark for days, so was president biden fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson is live in wilmington tele where. there is now a bipartisan effort in congress to get some answers. that is right and we still don t know why austin has been in hospital for nearly a week including in a step in the intensive care unit biden did not know for three days and many republicans are outraged and the defense secretary was missing in action. apparently the national security council did not know it, the white house did not know it, congress did not know what, a lot of turmoil international was secretary of defense. more than just a matter of was not there actually sent over false informat
among the worst hit. no chemotherapy, die of the cancer or die of the pandemic, you know, i don t really have much of a choice. you re removing my lifeline. john lewis has warned of further store closures after it made a record annual loss of more than £500 million. and coming up on bbc news, max malins will make his first start for england in saturday s six nations match against france at twickenham. one of three changes to the side beaten by wales. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prince william has insisted the royal family is not racist, in his first comments since the duke and duchess of sussex told us television that a member of the family had questioned what colour their child s skin would be. william also revealed he hasn t spoken to his brother since harry and meghan gave the interview to oprah winfrey, but said he would do. the duke and duchess of cambridge were visiting a school in east london when they were asked by a reporter about the controve
They are playing south africa, in their latest group match at the womens world cup. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Theresa may this lunchtime appeared to be sticking to the governments pay cap of 1 on Public Sector workers, despite growing pressure from members of her own cabinet to relax it. At Prime Ministers questions, the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn accused her of exploiting the goodwill of thousands of teachers, nurses and other employees. Earlier, the Fire Brigades Union said its members had been offered a 2 pay rise. Mrs may said the government had to be fair to Public Sector workers and to those who pay for them. Lets speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith. That was a combat if pmqs. The days we have had a public wwe between the big beasts of the cabinet over public pay, with figures like Boris Johnson saying it is time to ease the pay cap a Public Wwe The Chancellor has said we must keep oui nerve the chancellor has said we must keep our nerve
The governments Public Sector pay cap after pressure from some of her cabinet to lift it. It isnt fair to go out and tell people they can have all the public spending they want without paying for it. Wages are rising by 2. 1 while inflation is nearly 3 . Six million workers already earn less than the living wage. What part to be quiet do you not understand . Shut up failed by the police the disabled refugee whose repeated pleas for help were ignored and who was brutally murdered. The debate over tuition fees a new report says students in england from the poorest backgrounds can expect debts of nearly £60,000. Munching through the Bamboo Curtain Angela Merkel and the chinese president xi jinping hope these giant pandas will bring them closer together. And back on centre court, andy murray seeks to defend his wimbledon title in the second round against dustin brown. Its 5 oclock. Our main story the government is to send in a taskforce to take over the running of parts of kensington and