Until sentencing. The governments decision to suspend parliament. Were expecting to hear from Ruth Davidson in the next few minutes. In her Resignation Letter she said it had been the privilege of my life to serve as the leader good afternoon. Of the scottish conservative welcome to bbc newsroom live. And im annita unionist mcveigh. Party. the government has insisted a government whip, lord young, that mps will have time has also resigned in the last half to debate the uks departure from the European Union hour, saying shutting parliament down risks fundamentally undermining it. Despite plans to suspend parliament but cabinet ministers reject claims for five weeks into october. Yesterday, the queen approved the move is an attempt to stop mps the Prime Ministers request to close parliament until 14th from debating brexit october less than three or preventing a no deal exit. Weeks before the uk this is completely constitutional, and proper, there is going to be is due to leave the eu. Lo
knowing what we did, but with hindsight, that is the moment we should have done it, three weeks earlier, and it would have saved many, many lives. alistair darling, the labour politician who was chancellor during the 2008 global financial crash, dies at the age of 70. members of the rmt union except a pay deal ending their involvement in a long running series of rail strikes. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. the pogues frontman shane macgowan has died at the age of 65. he was discharge from hospital last week. his wife confirmed he had died in social media. macgowan fronted the pogues from 1982 until their break up in 2014. the band are best known for the christmas hit song fairytale of new york. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. # it was christmas eve, babe # in the drunk tank # an old man said to me. # happy christmas, your ours, i pray god it s our last. fairytale of new york, a bleak, drink sodden duet
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As infections soar in some cities the mayor of greater manchetser warns of a dangerous winter of discontent. Four men have gone on trial over the deaths of 39 vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry in essex. And all aboard for one of the last surviving d day veterans Harry Billinge is honoured with a high speed train in his name. And coming up in sport on bbc news sale sharks say theyre devastated as they miss out on the play offs after six more players test positive for coronavirus. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Pubs, restaurants and cafes that sell alcohol in glasgow, edinburgh and the central belt of scotland have been ordered to close for 16 days from friday to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. In the rest of scotland licensed premises must shut by 6pm and cannot serve alcohol indoors. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, ruled out a return to full lockdown but she warned that, without swift action, infection rates could return to peak levels by the end o
Senator, ijust history of our country. Senator, i just ask you, history of our country. Senator, ijust ask you, stop playing politics with peoples lives. Conned out of £63,000 one womans story about being a victim to romance fraud. They know how to pull every single string, how to emotionally blackmail you, because that was what was happening. A plan for travel testing could be weeks away but is it too little, too late . The government will try to cut time spent in quarantine the travel industry says thats too late for thousands of jobs. A blow for scotland, ahead of their euro 2020 play off theyll be without three of their most important players for tonights game against israel, after one of them tests positive for coronavirus. Good morning. We have had some heavy rain and gusty winds overnight. The rain and gusty winds overnight. The rain will quickly clear to the east by the chloe slowly clear away from the south. Details on about ten minutes. Good morning. Its thursday, the 8th of