Fighting to stop brexit that is or priority. Because we believe we are better in the european union. It is better for our Public Services, like the nhs. It is better for our environment, and its better for peoplesjobs. Heres the scene live in Central London where party leaderjo swinson will be giving more details of the lib dem manifesto shortly. At the trump impeachment inquiry the Us Ambassador to the eu says the president was behind pressure on ukraine to investigatejoe biden. And the special one is special again at least thats what spurs think, asJose Mourinho returns to football management in the premier league. Its five oclock. Our main story is that borisjohnson has said that, if elected, the conservatives would raise the threshold at which employees Pay National Insurance to £12,500. That would bring the threshold into line with income tax. Mrjohnson said the first step would be to increase the threshold to £9,500 in the first budget of a tory government. The Prime Minister a
Us mediterranean. The significance for us is we could have a rising which could give us unsettle weather. The trash air rising. A band of heavy rain from the south west and that could be bad. But some configurations have a weakening of rain. That would be the better of the two scenarios. As far as the temperatures go, relatively mild in the south and also mild in aberdeen. Beyond that, into next week, High Pressure still there next week. Low pressure moving High Pressure still there next week. Low pressure moving across High Pressure still there next week. Low pressure moving across the uk and still on the southwards track. Further spells of rain, quite windy at times with the wind is coming in from the south westerly direction. A mild start to the week potentially could turn colder. Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. Prince andrew steps down from royal duties, acknowledging that the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has be
At home to the south african side, the cheetahs. There were only four points in it at one stage, but after this try from george horne, the scottish side went on to win by 37 points to 23 they stay top of their group. Meanwhile there was drama in the other group, conference b. Ulster led 16 14 going into injury time but this drop goal from edinburghs duncan weir handed victory to the scottish side. They move above ulster into third place. And ospreys beat southern kings 28 12. Three tries in the last 15 minutes meant the welsh side picked up a bonus point against the south africans, who have lost all 15 games theyve played since joining the proili. Warrington wolves gained theirfirst win of the new Super League Season beating local rivals widnes vikings. Two tries from Centre Ryan Atkins helped them to an 18 10 victory at the halton stadium. They had lost their opening two fixtures under new head coach steve price. Play is well under way in the second round of the genesis open in califo
And britains dom parsons claims britains first medal of the Winter Olympics in the skeleton and the first by a male competitor for seventy yea rs. Chelsea have eased into the sixth round of the fa cup with a comfortable a nil victory over championship strugglers hull city. There was no upset in tonights other game either as leicester beat another championship side Sheffield United. Adam wild rounds up the action. Even in this competition framed for u psets few even in this competition framed for upsets few expected one. Whole citys real battle lies elsewhere. Hull. Citys real battle lies elsewhere. Hull. What a start for chelsea the only surprise about the second was it did not come sooner. Pedro unchallenged and untroubled. Now only trying to keep the score respectable. Quite, quite brilliant. At least some fans could stay smiling even though more misery kept coming. Chelsea unstoppable and 4 0 by half time. A second half penalty. Chelsea marks through to the quarter finals again. Che
From the Us Department ofjustice, as part of a long running investigation into alleged meddling in the 2016 poll. President trump has again insisted his Campaign Team did nothing wrong. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Theres probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesnt know who won the 2016 president ial election. But how it was won and who influenced the result is still the subject of rancorous dispute. Today, in a dramatic development, charges were brought against a number of russians for their efforts to affect the outcome. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the united states. With the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. They used stolen or fictitious american identities, Fraudulent Bank accounts and false identification documents. The indictment says they had a strategic goal to sow discord in the us political system, including the 2016 us president ial elect