involving the queen mary 2 2 cruiseliner after a once in a lifetime summer storm. theresa may s top two downing street aides have resigned in the wake of thursday s conservative election failure to get a working majority in the house of commons. their departure comes after the bbc understands that conservative mps delivered an ultimatum to the prime minister to sack them by the end of the weekend or face a leadership challenge on monday. they were almost like alex ferguson to manchester united. they were that important to the success of the project. obviously, not quite as many victories as alex ferguson achieved with manchester united. i don t see how theresa may can function properly without them. they were almost her right and left arm, and she has made a huge sacrifice to try and continue as prime minister by allowing them orforcing them to resign, we re not really sure which. fight is it about timing some of this, she had to try to keep going before the brexit cox? the s
with me karthi gnanasegaram and james pearce. the headlines this evening: the lions finally roar. england have just scored. england havejust scored. we england have just scored. we will show you a little bit later on. a good win for the lions in new zealand against crusaders. and the 20 year old whose first tournament win is the french open. hello. we ve got ten different sports covered in sportsday this evening, but we ll start with football and scotla nd scotland are facing england right now in their world cup qualifier for 2018. harry kane is playing and scotla nd 2018. harry kane is playing and scotland are down in fourth place and ben croucher is watching the match. with the world cup under way ina match. with the world cup under way in a little over 12 months, something the fans are already planning, the scottish fans are hoping their forward thinking is involved wasted. victory over england will put them right back in qualification contention. time to get stuck in. sco
in the area of the social conservatism which, will chime with some parts of the conservative party, but others very unhappy with that. there is an awful lot to do in terms of penning that deal down, i suspect, in the next couple of days. in last minutes, we have also heard that theresa may has got herself a new chief of staff which will be central in trying to sort those things out before the queen ‘s speech on monday. monday week. there was a lot of scrutiny over jeremy corbyn‘s dealings with figures in the ira and there have also been questions over the dup s dealings with loyalist extremists and then sinn fein saying this is not acceptable under the terms of the good friday agreement for the westminster government to be getting into bed with one of the parties in northern ireland. i think the last point there is going to be a very important stumbling block because we know that the power sharing agreement broke down. we know that there is an intention now to open neg
in a lifetime summer storm. and a scintillating finish to the world cup qualifier between england and scotland at hampden park saw the match end in a 2 2 draw. good evening and welcome to bbc news. news agencies are tonight reporting that downing street has agreed an outline deal with northern ireland s democratic unionist party which will allow them to put together a minority government. theresa may needs the support of their ten mps because she didn t win enough seats during the election to command a majority in the commons. reports say the dup would support the government on a confidence and supply basis. meanwhile, theresa may has appointed a new chief of staff, following the resignation of her two most senior advisers in the wake of thursday s general election, in which the conservatives lost their overall parliamentary majority. he s gavin barwell, a former conservative government minister who lost his seat as an mp in the election. mrs may said: i m delighted that