Is there any precedent for these unpresident ial acts . Almost 74 million votes. I have a great panel of historians to discuss that, and the legacy of trumps term in office. An eyeopening discovery that may save your life one day. A way to edit the genetic code itself. A newly minted Nobel Laureate tells me about the promise of crispr. But first, heres my take. More than 150 million americans made their own personal decisions when they voted in this years election, but it is now the unenviable job of commentators to explain the meaning of those choices. At the broadest level its fair to say that the vote was a repudiation of donald trump. President s rarely lose their bids for reelection. Only five in the last 125 years and trump has won as few electoral votes as his nemesis, hillary clinton, did last time and he lost the popular vote by a larger margin than when jimmy carter defeated gerald ford in the wake of watergate. And yet its obvious that the country remains deeply divided. Aft
This weekend. It will get to a frosty start, below freezing for some. By the end of the weekend, much milder. Along the way, some rain and some sunshine. There is a bit of rain out there today, outbreaks of rain continuing to work across scotland. A bit of snow over the highest round here. Some pretty hefty showers working across parts of england and wales, perhaps the odd flash of lightning and the odd rumble of thunder that has all this wet weather swelling away. Temperatures will fall away through the afternoon. But Northern Ireland are having a decent day. Through this evening, the skies were clear out and the winds will fall light. You can see a few mist or fog patches. A bit of cloud and rain in the west corner later. Elsewhere, around or below freezing. There is your frosty start to the weekend underneath this ridge of high pressure. But we see a Frontal System pushing in from the west. Cloud and rain with that, and as it moves its way in during the day on saturday, this will be
Manchester city could meet arsenal in the semifinals of the champions league. First, city will need to beat real madrid and arsenal, bayern munich. Good afternoon. The Chancellorjeremy Hunt says the Conservative Party good afternoon. The Chancellorjeremy Hunt says the Conservative Party is absolutely transparent about the donations it receives. But so far the party has neither confirmed nor denied reports its been given another £5 million by the businessman frank hester, on top of the ten million hes already donated. Mr hester has been widely accused of racism after allegedly saying the mp diane abbott makes him want to hate All Black Women. The tech boss apologised for making what he said rude comments about her. Heres our Political Correspondent hannah miller. Learning to use a camera on a visit to the university of sunderland, the chancellor and Prime Minister cant escape the glare of scrutiny over donations to the party. This week, they said that comments made by one of the conser
Lizzie Greenwood Hughes is there for us. Once again, Willie Mullins has triumphed in the Sport Ofjump Racing at the cheltenham gold cup, for in six years for the irish maestro and two in succession although his margin of victory was not as great as last year, this was our ghibli a more impressive performance from the horse because the ground is testing soft but heavy and places for more than 30 years where the word heavy has been in the official going here at cheltenham. But he saw off is hugely talented competitors, so it was another poor day for the bookmakers here, but a great day and great week for the cheltenham festivals most successful winning trainer, Willie Mullins. Here he is speaking to laura scott. It mullins. Here he is speaking to Laura Scott Laura scott. It has been extraordinary, laura scott. It has been extraordinary, our laura scott. It has been i extraordinary, our horses laura scott. It has been extraordinary, our horses were in such extraordinary, our horses were i