it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
Whos died today, at the age of 86. Charlton, Bobby Charlton. Its worth trying. We look back at his goals record breaking achievements, as well as erection from old trafford. Well have the latest on a busy day in the Premier League with late goals giving liverpool victory in the Merseyside Derby. Another day for england to forget at the cricket world cup, as they suffer one of their all time worst defeats. Also coming up on sportsday england fans will be hoping for better against south africa at the Rugby World Cup their semi final in paris is less than 90 minutes away. Than 30 minutes away. And after 37 years, its a flying finish for Frankie Dettori, as his final day of riding in the uk ends with two winners. I said my last goodbyes in europe, so its time to move to america, just to get the riding out of my system. Good evening. We start tonight remembering one of the greatest footballers to ever play the game sir Bobby Charlton, who has died today at the age of 86. His was a career bu
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Shortly. Sunshine. All the details very shortl. , its saturday 4 may. Our main story rishi sunak has insisted the conservatives have Everything To Fight For, despite the party losing nearly half the seats contested in local elections in england. With results expected in several mayoral races today, the tories will be hoping that andy street can cling on as mayor in the West Midlands. Having already won key councils and a decisive by election, labours expected to hold on to most of the regional mayors up for grabs. Our Political Correspondent, harry farley, has the story. Not many smiles around for the conservatives. The party is that for its worst local elections result in years. One result did bring some cheerfor rishi sunak. X t aur cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor of cheer for rishi sunak. Your i reelected mayor of teesside cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor of Teesside Ben Houchen
Hours, a few thunderstorms have pushed across scotland, those have faded away, and the rain will drift further north overnight. Some clearer skies coming into the south, a few mist and fog patches and here we will have the lowest temperatures, could be as low as two or three degrees in the west country. Tomorrow, north wales, Northern England, Northern Ireland and much of scotland will have a cloudy day, misty and murky over the hills, bit of rain left over, most of it for Northern Ireland, sunshine to the south, that could give us a few showers into the south east. We may get a few thunderstorms in the north West Of Scotland with a bit of sunshine helping to trigger those, 19 degrees in the highlands. A warmer day than today across Southern Parts of england and south wales and the midlands, 16 or 17 degrees. A bit more sunshine on the way on sunday, should brighten up a bit across northern parts of the uk but that could trigger a few showers, thunderstorms in eastern scotland, Cloud A