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Opener at hampden. Stop a murky start but for most of us Warm Sunshine developing today, watch out for more heavy thundery rain in the south. I will have the details. Its Friday 6th of september. The Home Secretary Will chair a meeting of senior ministers, Intelligence Agencies and Law Enforcement Bodies Today to discuss how to tackle criminal gangs which smuggle people across the channel. 12 people died on tuesday when their small boat came apart off the french coast. Yvette cooper said this sh...

Of the most famous tears in music history. Today, the crying was all for her. Colin paterson, bbc news, bray, county wicklow. Sinead oconnor, laid to rest today. Whats behind the big rise in shoplifting the state of the economy, effective decriminalisation of petty crime, or Technological Advancements . Shopliftings been described by some retailers as an epidemic. Tonight well talk to the head of security atjohn lewis. China s economy is faltering, with exports falling at their fastest rate sinc...

the conduct of former deputy chief whip chris pincher shows the continuing hangover for the government of the era of borisjohnson. is rishi sunak holding back from being more critical of his predecessor? hes not suited to this kind of confrontation, so i think his idea is, "if i dont engage with the provocations of borisjohnson�*s supporters, maybe the story will burn out that little bit quicker." how do we clean up the culture in parliament? the conservative chair of the commons equ...

against its journalists. the 76th annual british academy awards take place in london later — with the german—language film, all quiet on the western front, leading the field with m nominations. the us secretary of state antony blinken has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to cbs news after meeting chinas top diplomat wang yi on the sidelines of the international security conference in munich. he...

im pleased to report that we have now made a decisive breakthrough. we also both knew, rishi, that we could do it. after weeks of nerves, most brexiteers seemed willing to give it a chance. but... im going to find it very difficult to vote for something myself. i surely boris johnson wouldnt set out to stir the pot? facing trial by mp over whether he misled us all about what happened at number ten. new photos with bottles of booze on the desk. he still says he did nothing wrong and poi...

during the conservative leadership contest this summer. we can see the scene live at westminster where the vote is on fracking. it is a motion tabled by the opposition labour party and the government has said it is treating it as a vote of confidence in the government. it is not expected that more than a handful of conservative mps will vote against the government tonight, even though they oppose the change in fracking policy, which reverses the governments position from the last gener...

secretary _ for it and i resigned. the home secretary has _ for it and i resigned. the home secretary has been _ for it and i resigned. the home secretary has been mounting i for it and i resigned. the home secretary has been mounting a | secretary has been mounting a spirited defence on both counts to mps in the house of commons. also tonight... a special report from the front line of the fighting in ukraine — and the devastation it leaves behind. look at it. desolation. this is wha...

time for a look at the weather. heres darren bett. earlier in the programme it was all about money, money, money, now its allabout about money, money, money, now its all about highs and lows. the wind is strongest in scotland. we got some sunshine here and some sharp showers. furthersouth, quite cloudy and damp across much of northern england and north wales. weve had a bit of rain and drizzle. thats moving southwards. this is whats happened over the past few hours. this raining wester...

Good evening. Just some of the faces of the victims of 50 years of the infected blood scandal. The wholly damning conclusion of todays inquiry into that scandal describes years of deception and cover up in which doctors, the Blood Services and successive governments did not put Patient Safety first. It found that the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs could and should have been avoided. Over the two decades the 19705 to the 19905 more than 30,000 people were infected with disea...

These are some of their faces, and today victims and campaigners say those involved in the cover up over what happened, should hang their heads in shame. Hugh pym reports, on the conclusions, of a landmark hearing. 0n on day one of the inquiry, supported by family giving evidence. Is a on day one of the inquiry, supported by family giving evidence. By family giving evidence. Is a huge im act on by family giving evidence. Is a huge impact on family by family giving evidence. Is a huge impact on f...