On Stage Tonight Nikki Haley, one of his fiercest rivals during the republican primary. She had planned to miss this convention, but changed her mind after the attempted assassination on saturday. In the uk today, its a tale of two resignations. The First Minister of wales, Vaughan Gething, steps down after four months in the job. Well get reaction from cardiff. And after eight years in charge, and one of the most successful reigns as england manager, Gareth Southgate calls it day. Who will replace him . We will get a view on that later in the programme. Good evening. When Donald Trump arrived at the republican convention in 2016, it was not an all embracing welcome. Back then the Texas Governor Ted Cruz urged the delegates to vote their conscience and reject this republican imposter. That year many of the governors didnt even turn up. The Venture Capitalistjd Vance described him as americas hitler. How different it looked last night. I ihad i had to start again, just my children and m
Hello, Im matthew amrolIwala. We start wIth BreakIng News from spaIn where a court has confIrmed that the body dIscovered In tenerIfe Is that of mIssIng brItIsh Teenagerjay Slater. The body was found not far away from a house hed been vIsItIng, near the vIllage of masca. Its almost a month sInce the 19 year old dIsappeared after goIng to a musIc festIval. The court saId that the death was caused by trauma consIstent wIth a fall In a rocky area. In a moment well speak to our reporter nIckjohnson, whos InJay Slater s Home Town In lancashIre, but fIrst lets speak to guy hedgecoe, whos In tenerIfe for us. Guy, confIrmatIon of what everyone had feared . Yes, Im outsIde the headquarters of the local polIce who have been leadIng the Search Forjay Slater over the last month. We do now have thIs confIrmatIon from the judIcIal authorItIes here that the body that was found yesterday by the MountaIn Rescue UnIt of the local polIce was Indeed that of Jay Slater. What weve been told Is that fIngerpr
more than half of them will pretend to be a christmas parcel delivery. i ll look at how you can spot the real ones, from the fakes. on a dramatic night of league cup football, liverpool stage a late fight back against leicester, to eventually reach the semi finals in a penalty shoot out. good morning. it isa it is a cloudy start to the day. some rain around, they heaviest of what is coming in from the west. but for most of us it will be unseasonably mild. details coming later. good morning. it s thursday, the 23rd of december. our main story. the omicron variant may cause milder illness than delta, according to two early studies, with patients less likely to need hospital treatment. scientists say the research is good news to a degree , but a big wave of infections in unvaccinated people could yet overwhelm the health service. the government says it is continuing to monitor coronavirus data. here s our health correspondent, katharine da costa. early data from south africa, a
with the rules that applied to workplaces. a plea for urgent supplies in the philippines, as the number of people killed by super typhoon rai rises to more than 200. chile picks a left wing candidate as its youngest ever leader, beating a far right rival in an incredibly polarising election. 19 year old tennis star emma raducanu has been named bbc sports personality of the year following an incredible year that saw her become britain s first women s grand slam singles champion in 44 years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson is facing calls to bring in tighter measures over the christmas period to stem the rapid rise in cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus. scientists say urgent action is needed to stop a rapid influx of patients into hospital. but the prime minister is facing strong oppostion on further restrictions from within his own party. the prime minister is reportedly meeting advisers today and civil servants have
but will instead use a greener electric arc furnace, which requires fewer staff to operate. the switch will be assisted by £500m of government funding pledged last september. the firstjob losses are likely to begin in april, with most expected to be cut by september. 0ur reporter lucy vladev has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but south wales will be hardest hit. the news will be officially announced this morning and unions say they ll fight for every job. gmb and the other trade unions will be using all tools at our disposal to make sure we re safeguarding steel making and the jobs that that supports within the area. we want to ensure that any transitionary money that s been promised there s £100 million promised to the transition board