To be a row about brexit and the trading arrangements, which have left Supermarket Shelves empty and produced warnings that people simply may not be able to get the things they want come christmas time. It has come about too because of a speech by the new leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, a man who grew up under the shadow of the troubles, of the violence that claimed the lives of several members of his own family. Sirjeffrey donaldson, welcome to political thinking. Thank you, nick. We are speaking hours after you delivered what i suspect will be the most important speech of your career so far. And i want to understand the background to it. Do you really believe, as you said, that The Union, the place of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, is at stake now . Well, first of all, greetings from from belfast. And its a pleasure to be on your podcast. Yes, i really do believe that. Im, as you say, passionate about The Union. I grew up in a Northern Ireland that was deeply troubl
Weve heard talk of an election within weeks, talk, too, of trouble on The Streets. Northern ireland is once again facing that political crisis. And the cause is said to be a row about brexit and the trading arrangements, which have left Supermarket Shelves empty and produced warnings that people simply may not be able to get the things they want come christmas time. It has come about too because of a speech by the new leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, a man who grew up under the shadow of the troubles, of the violence that claimed the lives of several members of his own family. Sirjeffrey donaldson, welcome to political thinking. Thank you, nick. We are speaking hours after you delivered what i suspect will be the most important speech of your career so far. And i want to understand the background to it. Do you really believe, as you said, that the union, the place of Northern Ireland in the united kingdom, is at stake now . Well, first of all, greetings from from belfast. And i
onshore winds of the atlantic and here is the high pressure at which is building across the uk, pushing away all of the wind and weather fronts to the north and once the high pressure sits on top of the uk, it will not budge for a considerable amount of time so we will be looking at wind directions and when the wind comes from off the atlantic that is where we will have the claudia skies so the best chance of sunshine will be in aberdeen, edinburgh and norwich but it will always be cloudy and night we are likely to have fog and night we are likely to have fog and also what tends to happen with the blocking high pressure is temperatures tend to call off but on the whole it looks fine and it could be worse. that is it from us. time tojoin that is it from us. time to join the news team is where you are. you are watching bbc news with me, shawn lay. mps have begun voting on the government s new covered restrictions tonight. the government is expected to win a showdown with its
try to curb the spread. in three households to mix. this is to try to curb the spread. try to curb the spread. in the run-u try to curb the spread. in the run-up to try to curb the spread. in the run-up to and try to curb the spread. in the run-up to and in try to curb the spread. in the run-up to and in the - try to curb the spread. in the i run-up to and in the immediate run up to and in the immediate aftermath of christmas, i am asking everyone to reduce as far as possible and to a minimum context we have with in other households. fine have with in other households. one ofthe have with in other households. one of the story have with in other households. one of the story this have with in other households. one of the story this hour and a woman is found guilty of murdering 16 month old star hobson, a s daughter, after months of physical abuse. her girlfriend s daughter. good evening. we begin with that commons vote, new coronavirus rules in england have been
rather than the roads. yorkshire are investigating a new racism allegation this time from a former academy cricketer. it comes after their new chairman said azeem rafiq should be praised for being a whistleblower on discrimination. this is poppies, an artwork that captured the nation back in 2014. i ll start to the day and a mild day generally. we have cloud and rain moving across england and wales and wales and showers in scotland and northern ireland with sunshine in between and wherever you are, it will be breezy. good morning. a man who was injured caving in the brecon beacons has been rescued after being trapped underground for two days. he is said to be in good spirits after 250 worked in shifts to bring him to safety. 0ur correspondence sent this report. mission accomplished. after more than two days of painstaking, exhausting work, relief all round. together, these volunteers carried the casualty through an underground assault course of boulders, streams and ledges,