It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. ireland edge a thriller at murrayfield their winning run against scotland goes on in the six nations. india strike back they level the 2020 series with england after a masterclass by captain virat kohli. and, goal of the season? quite possibly. an incredible piece of skill at the emirates, but was it enough to win the the north london derby. hello and welcome to sportsday. the six nations served up another thriller this afternoon a late penalty from ireland continues the winning streak over scotland. there was drama right to the end at murrayfield. ireland s victory taking them up to second in the table. our sports correspodent katie gornall reports. they say this is scotland s best team in 20 years, so what better time to prove it then against their old photos? ireland have won nine of their past ten matches against scotland, dominating the start of this one asjohnny sexton s kick eventually made i
good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. sarah, who was 33, disappeared whilst walking home in south london 10 days ago. in south london ten days ago. her body was discovered in woodland, in kent, a week after she went missing. 48 year old wayne couzens appeared before magistrates this morning as our correspondent, helena wilkinson, reports. arriving at westminster magistrates court this morning, pc wayne couzens believed to be in this police van. the 48 year old met police officer joined the force two years ago. today he appeared in the dock charges of kidnap and murder were formally put to him. it s ten days since sarah everard disappeared in south london. her body was found here in woodland, near ashford, in kent. it was identified through hard dental records. extensive searches are continuing close to where her body was found. 13 miles away, the police o
A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Limiting handshakes to stop the spread of coronavirus, how easy is it to change that habit . Financial markets are reeling again because of the coronavirus pandemic. At one point, the nikkei index injapan was down by 10 . There have also been sharp falls in hong kong, south korea, australia and new zealand. On thursday, wall street and europe saw some of their biggest ever single day losses. Mariko oi is in singapore shes monitoring whats happening across asia. The rout continues with no end in sight. Indeed. It has been yet another brutal day here in asia. As you mentioned, markets across the region are well and truly in the red although it is interesting to point out that mainland Chinese Markets like shanghai, they are not down by as much because the situation there seems to have
Up with a 9 under par round of 63. He leads by two shots from a group of three players on 7 under par and they include this man, kim si woo from south korea, who laid claim to the shot of the day with an eagle at the par five 11th. Meanwhile, the defending champion and world number one rory mcilroy carded a level par round of 72. Hes nine shots off the lead. But thursdays opening round was the only one that will have any fans in attendance. The pga tour has announced that the rest of the tournament from friday through to sunday will be played behind closed doors because of coronavirus. And thatll be the case for the next four weeks. At this point in time, pga tour events across all tou rers at this point in time, pga tour events across all tourers will proceed as scheduled but will do so without fans tours was that this data about the players championship tomorrow and continues to be texas open. Sport is insignificant in comparison to what were dealing and so insulated and in the momen