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hello, i m anjana gadgil. here in the uk, the veteran tv presenter phillip schofield will no longer present itv s this morning after agreeing to step down with immediate effect his last programme was on thursday. the presenter has worked on the show for more than 20 years. recent reports claimed relations between him and co host holly willoughby were strained. yesterday, his brother, timothy schofield, was sentenced to 12 years for sex offences against a child. today, phillip schofield said the last few days had been very difficult and that itv felt the current situation couldn t continue. our media correspondent, david sillito, reports. welcome back, i m holding the fort. holly has had to leave today because she is meeting his majesty the king. phillip schofield. for more than 20 years, he s been the face of itv s flagship daytime programme this morning, but no longer. in a resignation statement, he suggested itv had decided the time had come to call it a day. he wrote, th ....
european union, but i think it is safe to say that progress has been made. it seems to us that it s very much game on, and we are very heartened by that, we are very conscious that a deal can be done and should now be concluded speedily. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. good afternoon. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. david ballantyne smith admitted passing secret information to the russian authorities, after being caught in an undercover sting operation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. david smith, a fan of war memorabilia, a security guard at the british embassy in berlin and a spy for russia. motivated by hatred of brita ....
Westminster in the british government to get more guarantees, perhaps even legislation that helps address concerns that the dup have, they say they will not be rushed back into stormont by any means, they are not frightened by these gains, they will concentrate on negotiating with westminster to address their concerns on brexit, but it does leave sinn fein in a strong position, if a power sharing government is restored, perhaps in autumn, michelle 0 neill from sinn fein will become the first nationalist first minister of northern ireland. nationalist first minister of northern ireland. thank you very much, northern ireland. thank you very much. our northern ireland. thank you very much, our island northern ireland. thank you very| much, our island correspondence affair. island correspondence affair. back now to one of our main stories, and manchester city are premier league champions once again after their nearest rivals arsenal lost 1 0 away at nottingham forrest earlier on sa ....
Commission vice president meeting foreign secretaryjames commission vice president meeting foreign secretary james cleverly over lunch and those have been meeting in these long running negotiations. afterwards they put out tweets that were very similar in content, they spoke of intensive work continuing, hard work continuing, and there has been a meeting of the eu ambassadors called today to discuss relations with the uk, chiefly the northern ireland protocol, but over the weekend, rishi sunak going to meet the eu commission president ursula von der leyen at our security conference, other eu leaders will be there, also so, if there is going to be another effort to get more concessions from the eu perhaps on the basis of what the eu perhaps on the basis of what the dup have told us earlier today, that could be rishi sunak s chance to ask for more movement, but whether more movement as possible from the eu point of view, that is another question entirely so, clearly, all of this diplomat ....
The government at westminster has stuck to its line that the award for the current financial year of around 4.5% for nhs staff is out there and has already been paid and they are not prepared to talk about any increase of that in this current year. though they are prepared to start talks on the next financial year and that is what has provoked this wave of strikes. we heard last night that the royal college of nursing was stepping up its strike action in england to a 48 hour action at the beginning of march. with no service guaranteed, with walk outs across the whole piece. we heard today that unison, it has re balloted members at ten nhs organisations where there wasn t a legal mandate first time round and they, on a second ballot, have said they will take action and that includes four more ambulance services. 0ur health editor hugh pym. the information commissioner has said lancashire police will be questioned about whether their disclosures about the missing woman ....