Bbc. Co. Uk sport. Next, meet the author. John tusa has been broadcast, bbc executive, a tsar in performance and in academia, but now hes brought it all together in a memoir called making a noise. From his own experience, getting it right and getting it wrong, as he puts it. And from the people he has worked with. Its more than a personal portrait, its a picture, drawn from an intriguing angle of what kind of country we live in today. Welcome. It is a story of modern britain, isnt it, seen through some of our institutions in the arts . And of course, here in the bbc. Yes, i think it is, and i think that what it is is trying to understand what makes major organisations work. This tussle over the last 20, 30 years as to how efficient organisations have to be. The answer is, yes, of course, everybody has learned about how to run an organisation properly, but the interesting question. And i hope it comes out in the book. Is how do you combine being efficient with being true to what the org
Of Eastern Ghouta in syria, nearly a quarter of them children. This evening the un is due to vote on a ceasefire resolution. The red cross becomes the latest aid charity to become embroiled in scandal after revealing that 21 staff paid for Sexual Services whilst working for it. The actress Emma Chambers has died aged 53. She was best known for playing alice tinker in the vicar of dibley. A man and a woman have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a crash which killed two Young Brothers in coventry. Britain is set for its coldest february week in five years. Now lets cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening are scotland about to stun england to take the calcutta cup in edinburgh . Ireland made it three from three as well, snatching away waless chances of last gasp comeback in the final play of the game. Theres also been british history made at the Winter Olympics with bill
North and south korea as the Winter Olympics come to a close, pyongyang says it will now sit down for talks with the United States. On meet the author this week my guest is sirjohn tusa, broadcaster and man of the arts whose own story, making a noise, is also a portrait of modern britain. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour would keep britain in a Customs Union with the eu according to the partys brexit spokesman. Sir keir starmer told the Bbcs Andrew Marr show that a new treaty, replicating the existing customs arrangement, would be best for the economy and would respect the referendum result. The Prime Minister is committed to leaving both the Single Market and the Customs Union shes expected to outline the governments position in more detail this week. Our Political Correspondent emma vardy reports. After months of uncertainty over labours position, now the party is moving decisively away from a so called hard brexit. It has been unanimously agreed, according to the shado
Bitterly cold started tuesday morning, well below freezing, and the met office had issued in amber warning. Thats for the threat of disruptive is no particular about a beast in england on tuesday. The parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east midlands and down towards kent we could see several centimetres i committing, and likely to cause disruption to travel. There could be School Closures as well. Topic is not getting above freezing for many of us all day. Further snow showers filtering on the brisk easterly wind tuesday night and into wednesday. Further heavier cumulative snow from any part of the country on wednesday. And Eastern England and eastern scotland where it will be bitterly cold once again, particularly when you add on the wind chill. Even further we could see snow showers down towards wales and the west to. Snow is likely to cause disruption over the next few days. Low pressure could bring blizzard conditions to the south later in the week. Stayjune. This is bbc news. Our l
There are reports from syria of a chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta, an enclave on the outskirts of damascus that has been under intense bombardment from the Syrian Regime for a week now. The region is the last major rebel held area near the capital, and the assad regime is now determined to take it back. These are pictures weve just received of that suspected chemical attack. The reports come a day after the United Nations Security Council demanded a syrian ceasefire without delay. But clashes between Syrian Forces and the rebels have continued, as have the airstrikes. Russia has accused the rebels of attacking Syrian Government forces. Caroline hawley reports. In Eastern Ghouta today, a measure of calm after a week long storm of airstrikes. In small numbers, people ventured out from underground shelters to assess the damage. But there were reports of airstrikes continuing in some parts of the rebel held enclave. Once again, children were among the dead. Today is the first day of the