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now on bbc news: the sporting l word. in this programme, first shown in february as part of bbc sport s lgbt+ history month, clare balding looks at what it means to be a gay woman in sport. hello. my name is clare balding and i am a broadcaster, mainly in sport for the bbc and for other channels as well. it is really interesting looking at lgbt+ rights and attitudes towards lgbt+ people through the lens of sport, and i am particularly going to focus on women s sport because since the earliest 20th century with a record goal scorer and iconic footballer to the 21st century boxer or soccer player, women s sport has been a place where it is important to be able to be yourself. billiejean king has been a vocal advocate for equal rights and for the lgbt+ community to be respected and valued and visibility is a really important thing. for as long as people stay hidden from view or deny who they are and who they love, then there will be a stigma of shame, and that shame passes ....
we begin the reidout with the investigation on the on going threat of our democracy today. the inner circle did when many refuse to do, show up before the house select committee on the january 6th insurrection but he refused to talk. dirty trickster roger stone invoked his right to self-incrimination. i invoked my fifth amendment rights to every question not because i ve done anything wrong but i m fully aware of the house democrats long history of fabricaing perjury charges on the base of inmaterial or irrelevant. for the record, stone was previously convicted of lying to congress and the only reason he s a freeman today is because they commuted his prison sentence and pardoned him. they are looking into stone s involvement in the planning of anti democratic rallies january 5th and 6th leading to the attack on the capitol. the committee said he solicited donations for the committee invited to a lead a marge to the capitol but didn t go. stone was subpoenaed with ....
charge on the device may have failed to detonate. more people on company payrolls: new figures show the end of furlough didn t cause a spike in unemployment the national health service is facing the most difficult winter in its history, according to the organisation representing nhs trusts in england. and, why the crew of the international space station had to take cover when russia blew up one of its own satellites with a missile. borisjohnson has made a new move to try to end the row over commons standards and allegations of sleaze . he s proposing that the code of conduct for mps should be updated with the following measures: mps prioritising outside interests over their constituents being investigated and appropiately punished. and a ban on ps from acting as paid political consultants or lobbyists. it follows criticism of the prime miniser and the government for initially trying to protect owen paterson, the tory mp who broke lobbying rules and eventually stood dow ....
borisjohnson after days of political pressure, boris johnson says after days of political pressure, borisjohnson says rolls around mps extra job should be tightened up. the suspected terrorist who died when a homemade device went off in a taxi in liverpool. police say it could be weeks before they fully understand what happened. ajobs bonaza a record number of vacancies in the uk, ajobs bonanza a record number of vacancies in the uk, but businesses struggle to fill them. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, we head live to cardiff, where there s still plenty at stake for wales in theirfinal world cup qualifying group game. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former yorkshire county cricketer, azeem rafiq, has given harrowing and at times emotional evidence describing the racist abuse he says he experienced at the club. he told mps that the way he was treated was inhuman and said he felt isolated, humiliated at times. ....
across western scotland, but i suspect in eastern scotland we could get 17 degrees, something down to what is called the phone effect. not that, i mean, but you will have to check. the average is 9 degrees, so way above the average, between five and 8 degrees above average for the time of yearand and 8 degrees above average for the time of year and then a complete change by the time we get to sunday where we have a northerly wind and it looks a little bit like a cold snap but it s not going to be a cold snap but it s not going to be a cold snap because we will go from around 15, 16, 17, snap because we will go from around 15,16,17, down to snap because we will go from around 15, 16, 17, down to 9 snap because we will go from around 15,16,17, down to 9 degrees and remember i showed you that that is actually the average where it should be. that s all from the bbc news at six hello i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday. azeem rafiq tells mps that racism in ....