Commonwealth games . It looks like an early Christmas Present for birmingham. They are set to be confirmed as the hosts for the 2022 games as long as they dont mind paying for it with a price tag of £750 million. I will have more at 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. And tomasz has all the weather unfestive weather. It is. Look at the gloomy picture behind me. As we go from Christmas Day into boxing day, it might turn colder but mild is the word. Thanks, tomasz. Also coming up prosecco and perfume for Pampered Pets owners spend more than ever before on Christmas Gifts for theirfurry friends. Hello, this is afternoon live. The metropolitan police is reviewing 30 Sexual Assault cases, and investigating scores of others. The announcement follows the collapse of a second rape trial in just a few days after vital evidence wasnt made available by the police. The met say the same officer worked on both cases. Disclosure, as its known, means that police have a duty to hand over any relevant evidence to d
For two and a half minutes because of a protest by the home fans against the clubs ownership. Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola has been charged by the fa for wearing a Yellow Ribbon which shows his support for those imprisoned in the fight for catalunyan indepencence. He revealed in november that he wears it in a show of solidarity towards the politicians imprisoned in his native catalonia where he was born, played and managed. The football governing body said he was in breach of its kit and advertising regulations. Arsenal will face ac milan in the last 16 of the europa league. The first game will take place on march the 8th ahead of the return leg in london a week later. One piece of transfer news this evening, west ham have agreed to selljose around £5 million. A hasnt featured for the hammers since october. The man who exposed the russian doping scandal has given his first interview to the bbc. Evidence saw russia banned from the olympics. And forced him into hiding in fearfo
She is demanding change, change to allow Cancer Patients to switch from one drug trial to the next, rather than having to wait months when months may be all they have. There is no point in having another six months of waiting for that trial because it is not going to have any effect, so lets go onto the next one. So a patient might say, im willing to take the risk, i am willing to try one, two, three things whatever the side effects . That is exactly the kind of risk patients should be free to take. People listening to you will be thinking, why dont you curl up on the sofa, be with your family and friends and look after yourself. Absolutely impossible. I have so much love. It is the most extraordinary, blessed and. And re creating sense. Ive been lucky enough to read the speech you will give to the house of lords, and you end with some words from Seamus Heaney the poet and you mean it. I am not afraid. I am not afraid. I feel very clear about my sense of purpose and what i want to do a
Technique that created dolly the sheep 20 years ago. Sir elton john announces he will stop touring to spend more time with his family. But he will say goodbye to fans with one final tour a series of 300 dates spanning three yea rs. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The president s club has held men only Charity Dinners in london for more than 30 years and raised tens of millions of pounds for good causes. But tonight all future dinners have been cancelled after an undercover reporter employed as a hostess says she and some of the other women working there were groped and sexually harassed. A government adviser who helped organise the event last week at the dorchester has resigned. And some of the charities for which money was raised are handing back the donations. Heres our special correspondent lucy manning. All the president s club men appear to be enjoying themselves at the charity dinner, the women working there much less so, with claims that they were groped at the men only ev
We are talking to edward st albert about his new novel, dunbar, the story of a media mogul whose life becomes a retelling of the tragedy of king lear. Coming up, on meet the author. King lear. Welcome to bbc news. Good evening. For the second time in a week theresa may has been forced into a mini reshuffle of her cabinet. Penny mourdaunt has been appointed as the new International Development secretary replacing priti patel. She resigned last night, admitting she had not been transparent enough about high level meetings with israeli politicians while on holiday. Like her predecessor, penny mourdaunt backed the leave campaign in the eu referendum. Heres our political editor, laura kuenssberg. One for sorrow, two for joy. One brexiteer cabinet minister departs through the back door and another is about to arrive. Even the driver of the shiny ministerial car was expecting Penny Mordaunt as the favourite but neither he all we knew for sure, until gates opened up. So a little bit before hal