In our country stays out of party politics. The family of a 14 year old boy who died after he was hit by a car on the m67 motorway say they are completely heartbroken. Also in the next hour Barclays Bank says it will no longer offer a russian Anti Virus Software programme free to customers. It follows fears that Kaspersky Lab products could be exploited by the kremlin. Australia narrowly beat england in brisbane by six points to nil to lift the Rugby League World cup. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. President trump has insisted there was absolutely no collusion between his Campaign Team and moscow before he was elected. Its his first Public Comments since his former National Security adviser Michael Flynn admitted lying to the fbi over contacts with russian officials. Us media reports suggest flynn told prosecutors he was instructed to approach russias ambassador to the us by a seniorfigure in the trump transition team. Michael flynn, a retired three star general, left the cour
Earlier and that has been quite unnecessary. That could have been done and it really annoys me, actually, that it has not been done. We welcome these people, they make a huge contribution and that could have been settled. I spent some time on this because i was the shadow secretary and going to Northern Ireland every week and i worked very closely with simon and he was tremendous as the irish agriculture minister wendy had the presidency of the eu. We worked very closely together and hes a really good, practical guide. What i would appeal to him is to say we have our border now. There is a currency board, a tax border, and excise duty border and ive been going, as i have said, very frequently, i have never met anyone in business or politics that has said this presents a problem and with goodwill, this is easily soluble. The sums of money or not that huge. The bid 5 of Northern Irelands trade going south of the border and 1. 6 of the republic of irelands exports going north. Most of thi
The surgery revolutionised the way Heart Disease is treated. I was iwasa i was a second Year Medical Student in london, and it was of similar impact to people walking on the moon for the first time, or president kennedy being shot in dallas. And englands cricketers face a battle to stay in the second ashes test after australia take command on day two in adelaide. More to come in sports day in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. All four Board Members of the governments social Mobility Commission have stood down in protest at what they say is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. Ex labour minister alan milburn, who chairs the commission, said he had little hope the current government could make the necessary progress. The resignations also include the former conservative cabinet minister gillian shephard. Downing street insists it is working to provide opportunities for all. Heres our Political Correspondent jonathan blake. Your chances of getting a job, findin
Welcome to bbc news. Theresa may is coming under increasing pressure, to adopt a tougher line during brexit negotiations, as she prepares to travel to brussels tomorrow for talks with the president of the european commission. An Influential Group of brexit supporters has written an open letter urging the Prime Minister to refuse to settle the uks so called divorce bill unless brussels agrees to a series of new demands. Heres our political correspondent, alex forsyth. They have met plenty of times before, always appearing friendly, but there is a lot riding on their get together tomorrow. Whether eu leaders can be persuaded to move brexit talks on later this month. While back home, some of her mps have upped the pressure. A handful of brexit backing tories have written to the Prime Minister, laying down conditions they want met, including a promise that the European Court of justice will cease to have any jurisdiction over the uk. For some, this goes to the heart of the brexit debate. T
Theresa may is coming under increasing pressure to adopt a tougher line during brexit negotiations as she prepares to travel to brussels tomorrow, for talks with the president of the european commission. She is hoping Jean Claude Juncker will signal that sufficient progress has been made to allow negotiations to begin on trade and the uks future relationship with the eu. Yet some leading brexiteers have written an open letter to mrs may setting out their demands. Heres our political correspondent, alex forsyth. When these two meet tomorrow it will take more than polite greetings. His verdict will be crucial in deciding if they have edged close enough together on key issues for eu leaders to agree to Start Talking trade when they meet later this month. Meanwhile, a handful of brexit backing conservative mps have increased the pressure on the Prime Minister, signing a letter setting out their demands including a promise that the European Court ofjustice will cease to have any jurisdictio