It comes as former president barack 0bama accuses Senior Republicans of undermining democracy. And joe wicks completes his 24 hour charity work out challenge, raising more than £1 million for children in need. Ifeel, like, so buzzed, full of adrenaline. Captain serotonin, as i say. Ive got all that serotonin through me. The Prime Ministers most Senior Adviser, Dominic Cummings, is to leave downing street by christmas. He has been a controversial and divisive figure in westminster, and was a driving force behind brexit. Hes denied his resignation is associated with the departure of his close ally lee cain as director of communications amid internal tensions at number 10. 0ur Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports on what it means for borisjohnsons government as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and brexit trade talks. And a warning that his report contains flash photography. It has become familiar, the Prime Ministers most Senior Adviser confronted by the press outside
The time of their murders. Senior us Officials Say theres no evidence that votes were lost or changed during the president ial election. It comes as former president barack obama accuses Senior Republicans of undermining democracy. Coming up at 545, mark kermode takes a look at the best films reviewing in the home in the film review. Three, two, one and joe wicks completes his 24 hour Charity Workout challenge, raising more than one Million Pounds for children in need. I feel so full of adrenaline. I got all that serotonin through me good afternoon. The education secretary has signalled a radical shake up of the University Applications system in england, saying he wants students to receive offers only once they know their exam results. It comes as universities uk, the body which represents more than 130 institutions, puts forward a series of proposals, put forward a series of proposals, to try to make admissions fairer. Among them is a plan to end unconditional offers, when students ar
And there will be a a two week Circuit Breaker lockdown for Northern Ireland from next friday. And ireland from next friday. It may be bright and fros1 some and it may be bright and frosty for some eastern areas this morning but there is cloud and rain spreading to all. I will have the details here on brea kfast. Its friday 20th november. Our top story. A pay freeze for millions of Public Sector workers is expected to be announced by the chancellor next week, thats according to government sources. Its thought nhs staff will be exempt, but many other key workers like teachers and Police Officers will be affected. Our economics editor faisal islam reports. Millions of Public Sector workers face a pay freeze at next weeks Spending Review as chancellor rishi sunak makes the case for pay restraint to reflect falls in private sector earnings during this pandemic afflicted year. At the start of the Spending Review process, the chancellor outlined that in the interests of fairness, we must exe
Some rain, but very mild, whereas in the north, drier, clearer, some sunshine, but also some showers in the north west. All the details in ten minutes. Its monday, 21st december. Our top story a growing number of countries have shut their borders to britons in response to the spread of the new variant of coronavirus. France said it would not accept any passengers from the uk for 48 hours. The government said it expects severe disruption at ports in kent. The Prime Minister will discuss the growing crisis at an emergency cobra meeting later today. Jon donnison has this report. After queues of up to 20 miles into dover last week amid brexit uncertainty, things could be about to get worse. The port is now shut to all outbound freight and passengers after France Closed its border with the uk for 48 hours, amid fears about the spread of the new strain of coronavirus. This is an absolute hammer blow after all the queues we have had at ports in the last week caused by brexit stockpiling, and
Level of capacity and they dont have your kind of stick and background, theyll be under tremendous pressure and theyre going to say yes. I yield back. Chair thanks the gentleman from illinois and recognizes himself. It strikes me there are at least two issues at play. Two major issues. One is the efficacy of the arb process itself. Whether or not it is in our best interest to allow any entity to essentially grade its own papers. We dont do that in any other category of life. We dont get to sentence ourselves when were in court. We dont get to grade our own papers in the classroom. The other aspect of the arb is who they interviewed and didnt interview. Whether or not they have to accept recommendations or dont have to accept recommendations. Thats a separate issue, whether the arb works, whether or not it has shortcomings. Lets assume that the arb works. Lets just make that assumption for the sake of argument. Is anyone following the recommendations of the arb . Mr. Secretary, i want t