Across town later today, britain s teenage sensation emma raducanu is in fourth round action, as her wimbledon dream continues. Parts of edinburgh had 46 millimetres of rainfall in the last hour. For england, wales and northern ireland there will be showers fewer and farther between than yesterday. Later more heavy rain comes in from the south west. All the details coming up. It s monday, the 5th ofjuly. Our top story. The prime minister is expected to tell people in england that it will be left to their judgement to manage coronavirus risks, as he prepares to restore freedoms on the 19th ofjuly. Borisjohnson will lead a downing street press conference later today, where he will tell the public that the country must begin to learn to live with this virus plans for scotland, wales and northern ireland will be outlined later this month. Our political correspondent chris mason reports. They had been everywhere for ages, signs telling us how to behave. Many of the remaining restrictions in
to the dress code enforced during their previous time in power. the education secretary nadhim zahawi has said the government must not be complacent after the conservatives suffered substantial losses in local elections across england, scotland and wales. the party lost almost 500 council seats, with the liberal democrats and labour making gains. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the full picture of elections across england, scotland and wales is now clear, and the losses for the conservatives have been significant down almost 500 councillors, ii more councils now out of tory control. ministers say they are listening. very much around making sure we have the plan for recovery continues, that we continue to bear down on the household budget pressures. 22 billion in 12 months is what we re delivering now. we re not going to be complacent. we re going to continue to bear down on that, safer streets and, of course, the nhs backlog. labour had hoped a national ba
despite covid restrictions. iam in i am in kyiv on the latest with this 74 i am in kyiv on the latest with this 7a day war in the country s efforts to rebuild. good morning. a major blow to liverpool s title hopes as the reds drop points at anfield. they re held to a 1 1 draw by tottenham to go top but only on goal difference with manchester city back in action later. good morning. it should be a fine day today with some spells of warm sunshine. at the beginning of the new week, we are going to find some rain pushing down from the north west, butjoin me later for all the details. it s sunday may 8th. our main story. sinn fein has hailed a new era for northern ireland after securing a historic victory in the elections for the stormont assembly. for the first time, the nationalist party claimed the most seats and pushed the democratic unionist party into second place. the us and uk governments say both parties now need to co operate under power sharing rules. our ireland co
is a threat to democracy? well, to our system, you know, the assaults on the institutions starting with my own, the intelligence community and his characterization of us as nazis. the commentary he has made about the judiciary, and individual judges. the assault on the bureau are examples which are not constructive for our country. general clapper, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. thanks for having me. very tough words from general clapper there. if you are just joining us now, let s quickly lay out the top story tonight. the riveting testimony, did he make the case for the obstruction of justice? and we ll get reaction from the
intelligence community, and first, dana bash with all the key moments. reporter: the former fbi director under oath and unvarnished, called the president who fired him, a liar. the administration then chose to defame me by saying that the organization was in disarray. that it was poorly led, that the work force had lost confidence in