Life and i very naively, im american, we dont have that they are. Two big legal changes in Northern Ireland are looming with abortion and same sex marriage becoming legal at midnight. It has prompted stormont to assemble for the first time in three years. Coming up one afternoon live, lizzie with all the sport. Hello, simon. We have squad news for the Rugby World Cup semifinals this weekend, there is good news for england but bad news for wales. 0k, back to you later. And we have the whether with matt taylor. Thanks, simon, half term week for some of you and some of you would appreciate something drier but rain will never be too far away from the forecast and i will tell you where that will be in around half an hours time. Good afternoon from westminster, where borisjohnson will this afternoon try again to get the backing of mps for his brexit deal with the European Union, after he abandoned his bid to secure parliamentary approval during a special sitting on saturday. The government i
Sources in the Royal Household say Prince William is concerned for his brother. Prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex open up about struggling to deal with the pressures of being in the spotlight. The biggest thing that i know is that i never thought this would be easy but i thought it would be fair. And coming up, angry scenes at stormont as members walk out of the First Assembly meeting for three years, paving the way for abortion and same sex marriage to become legal in Northern Ireland. Its five oclock our top story the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has ruled that mps cannot vote on the governments brexit deal today. Hes been forced to defend his decision, after a number of mps challenged his ruling. Downing street says the government is disappointed with the speakers ruling and that they would now prefer to go ahead with the introduction of the Withdrawal Agreement bill. Were expecting to hear the governments legislative plans for the week shortly but ahe
Good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. Our headlines today unsigned, but sealed and delivered borisjohnson sends a letter to brussels seeking a delay to brexit but without his signature. In a second, signed letter the Prime Minister says a further extension would damage the interests of not only the uk but also the eu. Can wales join england in the Rugby World Cup semi finals . We are just 15 minutes away from their match against france in japan, but theyve had a late injury blow, Jonathan Davies has had to pull out of the game. And well ask if mikes hip thrusting take on the samba is enough to see him through to next weeks strictly. The weather today isnt looking too bad at all. For most of us some sunshine on offer and the forecast for the beginning of the week is not looking too bad either. Its sunday the 20th october. Our top story. After defeat in the commons yeterday, borisjohnson has sent a letter to the eu, asking for an extension to the uks with
Those are the latest headlines, lets get all the rugby cup news. Wales are through to the Rugby World Cup semifinals where theyll face south africa, the welsh came from 12 nil down to beat france 20 19. The welsh came from 12 nil down the french had a man sent off midway through the second half. I think the better team lost today. The red card was significant. Our boys, they never give up. They keep trying to win and they kept working away. France came out of the blocks quite well. At half time we said, we are going to is scott next. Wejust we just have to score next and we scored next. It was a significant moment. It will be south africa for wales next, the fairytale is over for the hosts japan. The springboks only led 5 3 at halftime, thanks to this try from makazole mapimpi, but they stetched that lead. Two more tries including a second from mapimpi. 26 3 the final score. Japan famously beat south africa four years ago at the last tournament in england in the pool stage. They beat i
The signs are good at the moment, the signs are good, and i said to the signs are good, and i said to the peers before the game, five wins ina row the peers before the game, five wins in a row its really dangerous, its really dangerous, because it can make you sloppy it can make you switch off and make you think everything is fine. Six wins is even more dangerous, thats the message. Chelsea level now with ajax at the top of group h having won their last two away from home. Both on 6 points from 3 games chelsea above ajax with the better head to head record. Valencia conceded a late goal to draw away at lille. Its been a while since Nottingham Forest were enjoying memorable european nights. Just getting back into the premier league is their priority. They missed the chance to go second in the championship after losing 2 1 at home to hull city to drop to eighth. Elsewhere, there was a stalemate between bristol city and charlton. Graham shinnie scored a 92nd minute winnerfor derby. Bristo