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According to a report by the childrens commissioner for england, who says the situation is a scandal. Cardinal george pell, the most senior catholic cleric to be found guilty of child sexual abuse, has lost an appeal in australia against his conviction. President trump has cancelled an official state visit to denmark after the nations Prime Minister confirmed greenland was not for sale. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The government has appointed a panel of experts to review the h52 ...

Well have more from our correspondent in berkshire in a moment. Also this lunchtime hope for 4,500 British Steel workers, after a tentative deal is reached to rescue it from insolvency. 50 year old Vincent Fuller pleads guilty to the attempted murder of a bulgarian teenager by stabbing him in a supermarket car park. Concerns about facial Recognition Systems. Privacy campaigners say theres now an epidemic of them in public places. Cheering. And englands bowlers have begun a fightback against aust...

The shim yard on the clyde. The business went into administration following a long running dispute steel if a turkish firm agrees to with the Scottish Government, about buy it. A rare form of cancer linked the crickion of two vessels for the to Breast Implants, legal action is state own ferry firm calmac. The gmb says the move will secure the going to be taken. Immediate future of shipyard which employs about 300 people. Meet the new boss. Economy secretary derek mackay in control of the shipyar...

The british teenage gamer whos won almost a million in the fortnite world cup finals. She thought i was spending eight hours in my dayjust wasting my time so now hours in my dayjust wasting my time so now that i have proved to her that i can do stuff, i am really happy. Today, more rain in the forecast, turning shari through the day. Dry weather as well but i will have more inis weather as well but i will have more in 15 minutes. Weather as well but i will have more inis minutes. Weather as well...

Next . A big moment for a media mogul Rupert Murdoch is shrinking his empire by selling the majority of his company fox to disney. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh and a rare good day for england at the ashes. Indeed, good afternoon, not a bad start at all and a special moment for dawid malan who had to hold back the tears as he scored his first test century and has helped england into a good position. More later on the hour. Thanks hugh and darren bett has all the weather ge...

Business for £40 billion. The Christmas Spirit in edinburgh, as the Scottish Government uses its powers to change income tax for the first time. And the plans for deep ocean mining off Papua New Guinea are condemned by the worlds leading conservationists. That humanity should just plough on with no regard for the consequences, because they dont know what they are. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, in a few hours england resume their quest to keep the ashes series alive on 305 4, thanks to...

Tonight at six. Scotlands finance secretary resigns after his texts to a teenage boy are made public. Derek mackay was forced to quitjust hours before he was due to deliver a multi billion pound budget. Derek mackays conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister and indeed he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. It was not an option for him to remain in government. Also on tonights programme a third person has tested positive for coronavirus here in the uk. In china, a full o...

This is bbc news. The headlines at 11 00 a special investigation reveals a 17 year old who pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a six year old boy had want of his plans a year before carrying them out. It could be anything. Push them offered. And they would die from falling 100 feet. The first person from the uk to date from coronavirus isa from the uk to date from coronavirus is a British National. Scotland finance secretary resigns after sending messages to a 16 year old boy on social med...

Time for the headlines at 11 30pm. Time for the weather for the week ahead with lucy. Hello there. It looks like we will see a spell of Stormy Weather through the second half of the weekend. They could cause some damage and disruption. Before that though its a fairly calm and settle picture. Friday looks like it will be largely dry although a little windier in the west than it was on thursday. Here is the reason why. High pressure Still Holding on as we move into friday, although these weather f...

Personal messages to a16 year old boy on social media. Derek mackay was due to present the scottish governments budget this afternoon. The first minister said his conduct was unacceptable. Derek mackays conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister, and indeed he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. It was not an option for him to remain in government. Well be asking our scotland editor how serious this is for the snp. Also this lunchtime. The government says it wants to chan...