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for instance, david parry wrote to us recently to ask about the bbc news website. and when sarah mullally was appointed the first female bishop of london last month, the news was mentioned only briefly on that night s evening bulletins, to the disgruntlement of gareth jones, as he explains here. this was an important story for the established church and for women s equality. even if you had run this story earlier, surely it warranted a regular slot throughout the day, particularly at a time when the role of women in society is at the forefront of our thinking. others, though, regret the proposal for more religious coverage with some suspicious that the bbc is proselytising. sue nelson tweeted this week: a tough task, then, to satisfy conflicting demands, and the main person responsible is martin bashir, who s just become the bbc‘s first religion editor. he became a household name when his interview with diana, princess of wales, for panorama in 1995 made international ....
temperatures in parts of the us are predicted to fall to minus 29, as a record breaking freeze follows heavy snow caused by the so called bomb cyclone. not quite so cold here. stav has the details. thank you, good morning to you. well, it is turning much colder for all of us this weekend. but on the plus side we should see some sunshine, particularly tomorrow, but a return to overnight frost, as well. i will have all the details for you very shortly. look forward to it. first, our main story: a lawyer who represented victims of the serial sex offender john worboys says some of her clients whose cases weren t taken to trial want to give evidence. the former black cab driver is being freed from jail after ten yea rs. he was convicted of 19 offences, although police believe he carried out more than 100 attacks. lawyers say that a number of women were told that their testimony wasn t required to put worboys behind bars for a longer period of time. tom burridge reports. the ....
produce as much sugar as we want in factories like these from sugar beet grown here in the uk. i ll be looking at what that means for prizes and the 10,000 odd people who work in the industry. in sport, ben stokes is expected to be named in the ashes squad this morning despite his arrest for suspected actual bodily harm after a night out in bristol. the new take that musical made its premiere last night. so who better to review it than the women who gave birth to the band 7 it was like travelling back about 20 yea rs it was like travelling back about 20 years now. i was thinking, i thought i d put all that behind me, i ve had therapy and a lot and it s just back ain! that was rob lee s, and! daschle robbie s mum rob lee s mum. a dull start with low cloud and patchy fog giving way to sunny spells rob lee s mum. a change, windy conditions and rain slowly edging in but some of that will be heavy. more in15 but some of that will be heavy. more in 15 minutes. good morn ....
iraqi city of mosul which government forces are trying to liberate from so called islamic state. there are government concerns about the proposed merger between sky and 20th century fox. the culture secretary says she is likely to propose the merger to the media regulator ofcom. and the hotel that claims it has the worst view in the world. the graffiti artist banksy designs and funds the new venture in the west bank next to the isreali built wall. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the first results are beginning to be declared in the northern ireland assembly election and turnout is up sharply compared to the last election. with 20 or so of 90 seats declared so far, early signs are that both sinn fein and the unionist dup are polling strongly. the election was called after sinn fein withdrew from the power sharing executive in january. let s join annita mcveigh who s in belfast. thank you very much. let me bring you up to date with a couple of interesting bits of ....
after barricaded herself into a hotel room as bangkok airport. also ahead of the snow sweeps into the balkans after burying much of southern germany and austria impacting thousands of people many struggling to clear record amounts of snow emergency workers warn of avalanches plus still another headache for chinese tech firms huawei police polish police arrested another one of their executives on espionage charges. and game sets and match injury gets the better of andy murray the british tennis champion announces he ll quit the sport after a year of struggling with his problems the old should compete in one of the last wimbledon but it meant see you may not make it beyond next week s australian open. thank you so much for your company everyone. the democratic republic of congo has told the international community it should back the outcome of its presidential election while the head of the country s election commission was addressing the un security council as debate at ....