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It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his pa...

time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — im gavin ramjaun. ireland edge a thriller at murrayfield — their winning run against scotland goes on in the six nations. india strike back — they level the 2020 series with england after a masterclass by captain virat kohli. and, goal of the season? quite possibly. an incredible piece of skill at the emirates, but was it enough to win the the north london derby. hello and welcome to sportsday. the six nations served up another...

good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. sarah, who was 33, disappeared whilst walking home in south london 10 days ago. in south london ten days ago. her body was discovered in woodland, in kent, a week after she went missing. 48—year—old wayne couzens appeared before magistrates this morning — as our correspondent, helena wilkinson, reports. arriving at westminster m...

A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Limiting handshakes to stop the spread of coronavirus, how easy is it to change that habit . Financial markets are reeling again because of the coronavirus pandemic. At one point, the nikkei index injapan was down by 10 . There have also been sharp falls in hong kong, south korea, australia an...

Up with a 9 under par round of 63. He leads by two shots from a group of three players on 7 under par and they include this man, kim si woo from south korea, who laid claim to the shot of the day with an eagle at the par five 11th. Meanwhile, the defending champion and world number one rory mcilroy carded a level par round of 72. Hes nine shots off the lead. But thursdays opening round was the only one that will have any fans in attendance. The pga tour has announced that the rest of the tournam...

To blow the whistle but he didnt. Finally it was the end and it was an explosion, a release for us. So no fans inside the parc des princes but there were plenty outside who celebrated their team moving through to the quarter finals with around 3000 gathering to show their support. The players joined them afterwards to show their appreciation as they progressed to the last eight. As much as we can get, not a good game, we knew it was going to be tough andi game, we knew it was going to be tough a...

Control for everyone. My advice would be if you are vulnerable, if you feel uncomfortable, you must ta ke you feel uncomfortable, you must take personal control and make your own decisions. I feel employers should enable these personal decisions to be made, such as working from home and we can all ten more people in the uk have died after testing positive for coronavirus keep out of circulation whilst at bringing the total number of deaths in the uk to 21. This virus is in circulation in the exp...

Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar was given an early warning by Jhonata Narvaez that there will...

TURIN, Italy—Ecuadorian cyclist Jhonatan Narváez marred Tadej Pogačar’s Giro d’Italia debut as he edged the Slovenian star to victory in the opening stage on Saturday. Narváez took the leader’s pink jersey that Pogačar is heavily favored to be wearing when the race ends in Rome in three weeks. Rarely has…

Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has been given an early warning by Jhonatan Narvaez that there...