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
series, has died. from the 1960s tv series. hello and welcome to world news today. theresa may s efforts to form a working government despite losing her majority in the uk general election are gathering pace. a minor party from northern ireland is reported to have agreed to help her party get their programme through parliament. according to downing street, they have reached the outline of an agreement with the democratic unionist party, or dup, who are pro brexit and socially conservative. a downing street spokesman said: earlier, it was announced that the prime minister theresa may s two top advisers had resigned, following pressure from members of her own party. they ve been replaced by one of the losing conservative candidates, the former housing minister gavin barwell. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. they were at the heart of power, the prime minister s closest advisers for years. but nick timothy and fiona hill were accused of having too much c