is telling the truth? andrew or virginia roberts, 17 years old when this photograph was taken? groomed, she says, to provide sexual favours to powerful men. even the photo is contentious. andrew says he has no memory of it. tramp, a nightclub in central london. virginia roberts says she was there with andrew one night in march 2001. she says they later had sex. andrew says he was with his family. and he told the bbc‘s emily maitlis, there s a medical reason why ms roberts‘s allegation cannot be true. she was very specific about that night. she described dancing with you. no. and you profusely sweating, and that she went on to have. there s a slight problem with the sweating, because i. i have a peculiar medical condition which is that i don t sweat or i didn t sweat at the time. is it possible that you met virginia roberts, dined with her, danced with her in tramp, had sex with her, on another date? no. do you remember meeting her at all? no. you can say categorically t
the parents of six children who murdered two of them and plotted to kill the other four, have been jailed for life. and after this face off on the pitch and an altercation off it, raheem sterling is dropped from england s euro 2020 qualifier on thursday. and at half past 8, electioncast will be talking to newsnight‘s, emily maitlis, about hillary clinton s interview with the bbc as well as bringing you all and brings you all the latest on the campaign. in the last hour the government has announced further support for people and businesses in the north of england where there is still severe flooding. in the north of england where there the situation reached the top of the political agenda today with opposition parties calling for the government to declare a national emergency. earlier labour had described the government s response as woeful and the liberal democrats said the situation wasn t being taken seriously enough. following a months worth of rain in 2a hou
so the big cities do well, smaller communities are bound to lose out. we ll be reporting live from the village of fishlake near doncaster, one of the worst affected areas. also tonight: life sentences for the parents of six children, who murdered two teenage sons, a day after trying to poison them. in hong kong, police warn that the rule of law is ‘on the brink of total collapse , after months of pro democracy protests. and the spats between raheem sterling and joe gomez are just like a family disagreement, according to the england manager. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news. we ll bring you the latest as wales, northern ireland and england women are all in action this evening. good evening. the prime minister, who s facing criticism for his response to the severe flooding in parts of northern england, has announced more support for the communities affected. boris johnson was speaking after chairing a meeting of cobra, the cabinet‘s emergency committee. he said the
europe is founded. freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, the preservation of human rights. they absolutely cannot be taken for granted. india s supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. coming up, sportsday will have all the latest sports news as england s lionesses take on germany. good evening. if you vejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. flooding and rail cancellations are affecting parts of the north of england and the midlands, after the recent torrential downpours, that caused rivers to burst their banks. seven severe flood warnings, meaning a threat to life, are still in place on the river don in south yorkshire, while derbyshire police have named the woman who died, after being swept away by floodwaters on the river derwent near the town of matlock. she was annie hall, a former high
north easterly. further spells of rain at times, some bright, dry intervals to be had but still feeling cold as we go through the day on saturday. and not much changes as we go into sunday. we ve still got low pressure in charge, dragging ina still got low pressure in charge, dragging in a north or north easterly wind, so it is going to feel cold once again and rather like saturday. there will be some dry, bright intervals but a lot of cloud around and at times we are going to see outbreaks of rain and it remains cold with these temperatures once again on the disappointing side. now, as we head into the start of next week, we ll see another ridge of high pressure work its way into start monday. however, what that means it is going to open the floodgates to a more northerly flow, quite a cold direction to be coming from. showery outbreak is well down the north sea coast will feel bitterly cold here. elsewhere, many faces look as though they should remain dry with those of suns