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now on bbc news: newscast. my new walking boots are properly broken in now, they are so comfy, i love them. i have heard about your bike, but i did not know about the boots. oh, i am like 90% outdoors now. and after going to cornwall, i even like beaches now, i never liked them before. how did you work wearing the boots? so, i went for a big long hike with some friends outside chichester, in the beautiful countryside, and i happen to come across a sign for the local elections, for a candidate called jeremy hunt. but it is an old man with a moustache. i was like, that is notjeremy hunt! so, i said to the team, get mejeremy hunt, but lucky dip, don t tell me which one you have got. who is booked for newscast tonight? have we booked the wrong one? whichjeremy hunt have we got? well, if i met that other jeremy hunt campaigning for a local council seat, do you know what i would say to him? i would say, you have got the wrong last name for going into politics. laughter. oh, i ....
now it s time for a look back at the day in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament, as labour turns up the heat over lobbying. sleaze, sleaze, sleaze. and it s all on his watch. but borisjohnson defends his offer to fix tax rules to help a businessman make ventilators for the nhs. i make absolutely no apology at all, mr speaker, for shifting heaven and earth and doing everything i possibly could. i think any prime minister would in those circumstances. also in this programme, a former punk star calls for leadership to clean up our rivers. it s time for everybody to put on their big boy pants - and start taking this seriously. i and with the queen no longer wearing realfur, is it time to scrap the bearskin? if she decided to stop purchasing new fur 18 months ago, it is high time for her guards to do the same and transition to synthetic alternatives. but first, labour has stepped up its attack on the government over lobbying after the bbc revealed a seri ....
sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. we start with chelsea, who have confirmed an agreement is now in place for the club to be sold, in a deal worthjust overfour billion pounds to an american consortium. the investor and businessman todd boehly, who is already part owner of baseball side the la dodgers, is the man leading the group. the club was put up for sale, before owner roman abramovich was sanctioned for his alleged links to russian president vladimir putin. the deal is worth, £2.5 billion, with a further 1.75 billion to be invested across the club. if it gets premier league and government approval, it s expected to be completed later this month. we are going to see a change of culture as far as chelsea football club is concerned. under roman abramovich, the club spent more money on wages and transfers and lost more money than any other club in the premier league. it is unlikely that an american owner, with an experience of spo ....
to test a new drone that will help forecast the impact of climate change. hello, i m lukwesa burak. a devolved government has been restored in northern ireland and it now has its first irish nationalist leader. michelle o neill was elected first minister of the devolved government. her party, sinn fein, hopes to one day unite with the republic of ireland. sinn fein became the biggest party during elections two years ago. but the devolved government collapsed when the main unionist party, which wants the province to remain part of the united kingdom, walked out in protest against post brexit trading arrangements. let s go live to correspondent lewis vaughanjones. thank you very much. welcome to stormont. proceedings havejust wrapped up in sight on a hugely significant day, a hugely symbolic day. here in belfast. and for the people of northern ireland. two huge reasons, first, the politicians are back after two years of not being able to work, not being able to get on with th ....
by the government £162 million. and on bbc london. the row over ulez as new data suggests more car owners coming up on bbc news coming up on bbc news can manchester city follow west ham taking a 2 1 lead against such side az alkmaar. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. water companies in england have apologised for not acting quickly enough to stop this raw sewage flowing directly into our rivers and seas, something that happened on average more than 800 times a day last year. water uk, which represents england s nine water and sewage companies, also says it s ready to invest an additional £10 billion to address the problem and modernise sewers. but it has also admitted that customers will be hit with higher prices to pay for that. downing street says the companies should be putting consumers before profits. our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. ash is a retired policeman and has for the last ten years dedicated himself to trying to hold ....