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looking at the prospect of the world s first tidal lagoon to capture green energy from the sea. creating a tidal lagoon in swansea bay the government backs the idea to boost the uk‘s clean energy supplies. a 72 year old female rally driver is coming out of retirement to drive the original car in which she competed in the world rally cup almost 50 years ago. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former england manager, graham taylor, has died at the age of 72. a statement from his family said, with the greatest sadness, we have to announce that graham passed away at his home early this morning of a suspected heart attack. the family are devastated by this sudden and totally unexpected loss. taylor managed england from 1990 until 1993. he was a club manager at lincoln, watford, aston villa and wolves, and in recent years a pundit on the bbc and bt sport. let s head to our sports correspondent, andy swiss, whojoins me from the sports centre in sa lfo rd. me fro ....
the football world pays tribute to the former england manger graham taylor who s died suddenly aged 72. and we speak to the writer of la la land the man who s brought the art of the musical back to hollywood. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: west ham s star player dimitri payet wants to leave and is refusing to play for the club this weekend. but the manager says he won t be sold. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a former mi6 officer has gone into hiding after being named as the source of the latest allegations against president elect donald trump. christopher steele produced a dossier last year which included the allegations that mr trump had been caught in compromising financial and sexual activities. the allegations are unproven and america s cia, which has acknowledged the existence of the dossier, says it has made no judgement about its credibility. here s our security correspondent gordon corera on the british connection. the murky world o ....
regard. because of what he gave to me. he gave me my england debut. he set me on the road and i will never forget that. and in the next hour, wave hello to a new green energy project for the uk. the world s first tidal lagoon creating energy from the sea is likely to go ahead in swansea bay. and we speak to the writer of lala land, the man who s brought the art of the musical back to hollywood. good evening and welcome to bbc news. two senior figures taking on key roles in donald trump s new administration have given strong endorsements of the us intelligence community just hours after the president elect suggested security officials may have leaked unproven allegations about him. mike pompeo, the man nominated to become the next head of the cia and general mattis, donald trump s choice for us defence secretary have been setting out their view to senators at their confirmation hearings. both men also took a more hawkish view on russia than the next commander in chief, ....
coverage of donald trump. he details allegations that russia has compromising material on donald trump that could be used to blackmail him. the dossier was written by a former uk intelligence agent called christopher steele. here s our security correspondent frank gardner, with more about him. he s a former intelligence officer at mi6, he is a specialist in russia. his firm was hired by a washington lobbyist, initially they we re washington lobbyist, initially they were hired by the republicans, who we re were hired by the republicans, who were looking to come up with some dirt about donald trump. eventually it was the democrats who were interested. what he found in tapping up interested. what he found in tapping up his old russian contacts in the russian successof up his old russian contacts in the russian successor to the kgb, he eventually got the document passed to the fbi. that was in august last year. in october it started to leak out, partly from a security confe ....
in some areas. tributes to the former england football manager graham taylor, who s died at the age of 72. and we speak to the writer of la la land the man who s brought the art of the musical back to hollywood. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, west ham s star player dimitri payet goes on strike and demands a transfer, but the club say they won t sell him. good evening. donald trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees on some of the vital questions facing the new administration. his choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, has strongly endorsed the work of the us intelligence community hours after it was criticised by the president elect. and generaljames mattis, nominated for defense secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato and of being a threat to europe in contrast to mr trump s wish for much closer ties with president putin. our correspondent nick bryant reports from washington. a week before inaug ....