Yesterday. Ill have all the detaIls. Its saturday, 7 september. Our maIn story the PrIme MInIster, SIr KeIr Starmer, Is makIng hIs fIrst offIcIal vIsIt to Ireland today. Hell be In dublIn for talks wIth hIs opposIte number, SImon HarrIs. Theyll dIscuss topIcs IncludIng commerce across the IrIsh Sea And Theyll attend a NatIons League Football match between Ireland and england. Our Ireland Correspondent ChrIs Page reports. At the fIrst meetIng, SIr KeIr Starmer and SImon HarrIs were pIctured havIng a plate. The photo symbolIsed a better relatIonshIp between the two countrIes after some years of straIn. Today, Balgo To watch england take on Ireland In the uefa NatIons League, but beyond Impact on whIch wIll dIsrupt the dIplomacy. In recent weeks he has had trIps to germany and france. BrItIsh PrIme MInIster To MInIster to go to dublIn was borIsjohnson, fIve years ago. RelatIons had cooled sIgnIfIcantly. BrexIt was the major factor. The border wIth Northern Ireland was the uks only frontIe
Longer spells of rain will continue across england and wales on sunday. Further north again, a lot of dry weather, but more cloud from scotland and Northern Ireland, so temperatures are not going to be as high, quite a drop Northern Ireland and generally further south, temperatures could sneak up with some sunshine into the low 20s. But low pressure and the rain will move away, but for next week it is a North Westerly wind that will come our way. Temperatures will drop, and it will feel cooler everywhere. Down, thank you. Time now to get the news, Travel And Weather where you are. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im tanya arnold. Its Gold Number 19 for Sarah Storey as the Medal Rush continues for paralympicsgb in paris. Jack draper is preparing to take on World Number one Jannik Sinner is his first grand Slam Semifinal at the Us Open. I have had No Doubt that he can play at this level and we want to go higher and higher and keep pushing alone. Along. Craig bellamy takes charge of his f
birmingham is hosting the commonwealth games. this is the city s alexander stadium, where a live audience of 30,000 people is expected for the opening ceremony. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are miatta fahnbulleh, the chief executive of the new economics foundation, which is a left wing economics think thank. the institute of economic affairs or iea a free market think tank. and also with me is annabel denham, who s director of communications at the institute of economic affairs or iea a free market think tank. will come back to both. a few more titles have will come back to both. a few more titles have come will come back to both. a few more titles have come in, will come back to both. a few more titles have come in, let s will come back to both. a few more titles have come in, let s kick will come back to both. a few more titles have come in, let s kick off looking at what the front pages show at the mo
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. party preparations at the palace as the stars get ready to come out for the platinum jubilee celebrations. up and down the country, people have been holding street parties to celebrate the queen s 70 years on the throne. one of the biggest parties has been held at windsor great park s long walk, where tens of thousands of revellers turned up. all singing there ve beenjubilee celebrations at epsom, too, for derby day, but the queen hasn t been there as originally planned. she s been represented by her daughter, the princess royal. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. but no one bbc news, it s time for sportsday. but now on. hello and welcome
no one bbc news, it s time for sportsday. now on bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m isaac fanin. iga swiatek is the french open champion once again. the favourite desert crown wins the derby at epsom. it will be all to play as england go into day four against new zealand needing just 61 runs to win the match. half centuries from ben stokes and joe root have given england hope they can begin head coach brendon mccullum s reign with a victory. joe wilson is at lords. stuart broad urged england to believe, and then he made things happen. that was darrell mitchell dismissed for 108 and wickets seemed to be falling with every delivery. eventually, they were. broad on one of his charges. soon, new zealand were 285 all out, meaning if england could score 277 in their second innings, they win. if. here are three england batters. new zealand s bowlers were too good. ben stokes had made one when this happened. overstepped, no ball. captain back in. could stokes make the m