the on loan manchester united man scoring with a clever free kick. they are 10 points clear of the bottom three now while west brom missed the chance to go fifth. in scotland it s fifth round weekend in the scottish cup and hearts are into the quarter finals with a 2 0 win at championship strugglers hamilton. stephen humphrys capping off a nice team move here to make it 1 0 before cammy devlin wrapped up the win in the second half. holders rangers play partick thistle on sunday. england captain owen farrell will wear the number ten shirt in their second six nations match against italy at twickenham on sunday. it means harlequins fly half marcus smith drops to the bench. before that there are two matches tomorrow scotland host wales at murrayfield, and before that there s a game in dublin that could have a big say in where the title is heading this year. the favourites ireland face the grand slam champions france. patrick gearey has more: 2:15 tomorrow afternoon in dublin mi
July. 78 tory mps are now leaving parliament, a post war record breaking exodus, with michael gove and Andrea Leadsom becoming the latest mps to announce that they will not stand so the Great British debate this hour ill be asking was rishi right to call an election now. 7 the was rishi right to call an election now . The conservative mp for south thanet, Craig Mckinley . I dont know whether you watched that incredible documentary on gb news. He returned to parliament for the first time this week since his battle with sepsis , which left battle with sepsis, which left him without any hands or feet. Well be discussing the impact and Science Behind this life threatening condition in this weeks hot topic. Then my difficult conversation is with son of the famous photographer david bailey, sasha bailey, a former model who has the nhs waiting list to thank for giving him time to think, stopping him from going down a path of gender reassignment surgery. He says hes happy to be alive. You will
Years in parliament. But he says hes now concluded, there comes a moment when you know its time to leave, that a new generation should lead. Rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. But as rishi sunak toured the Titanic Quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mp5 Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mp5 walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential Prime Ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. Hannah miller, bbc news. Joining me now is lizzy buchan,
Had been sensationally barred from standing in any of the 93 vacant seats that currently dont have a tory candidate. But rishi sunak has since denied that exclusively to us. Stand by for some fighting talk from the Prime Minister and next, the former labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has dramatically announced that he will stand as announced that he will stand as an independent in islington north, leaving keir starmer no opfion north, leaving keir starmer no option but to boot him out. Finally, of the labour party. Finally, of the labour party. And theres the rest of the days news away from the general election as well, because in the past few hours, the 10,000th small boat migrant to arrive this year landed in britain. Mark white will join us live from dover to discuss this stark landmark. And thats all coming up between now and 4 00. Well, the show always a delight to have your company. Its bedlam on the election trail already. Chaos in the conservatives theres 75 people standing down no
Ex leader announces hell stand as an independent candidate. But after 40 years representing islington north, could he win without the red rosette and locals rally outside a north london cinema after it was vandalised by suspected pro palestine activists. The cinema was due to screen a documentary about the horrors of october the 7th. Well speak to one man who stood up to the anti israel mob and killing our spirits as pubs gear up for the fa cup final tomorrow. Drinkers are being urged to demand top ups at the bar to avoid being short. Changed. And get this im not sure if youve seen the news. Its breaking in the last few moments that, the Boris Johnson ally, david frost , that, the Boris Johnson ally, david frost, has been banned from standing as a tory candidate at the general election. Whats all this about . Well, he was Boris Johnsons main brexit adviser. First worked for boris in the foreign office, was brought in to number 10 when boris became Prime Minister. He did all the work of