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Since he government scrapped Winter Fuel payments for millions of pensioners. And the conservatives will start voting on chosing their next party leader. Lets speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. I dont know whether the Prime Minister himself got a Summer Holiday, he had to scrap its plans. But he is facing a big political autumn with a lot of legislation to push through and a Budget which he has signalled very firmly is going to be tough. He has signalled very firmly is go...

You can contact us on twitter Annita Mcveigh or Bbcyourquestions The Uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday , despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The m...

Welcome to the programme. Here in the uk the left wing maverick, George Galloway has won the rochdale by election. Mr galloway who won by almost 6,000 votes made his support for the palestinian cause his dominant Campaign Theme in the constituency, which has a large asian muslim community. 0ur Political Correspondent peter saull reports from rochdale. I do hereby declare that George Galloway is duly elected. George galloway is nothing if not persistent. 37 years after he was first elected as a l...

what you need is to relax. you stupid boy. laughter. you stupid boy. but even decades later, fans would still call out... you stupid boy. ..the old catchphrase. walmington—on—sea... just a moment. # whistle while you work. # hilter is a twerp... # hes half barmy, sos his army. # whistle while you... your name will also go on the list. laughter. what is it? dont tell him, pike. pike! ian lavender, the last member of the famous platoon. lets go back now to our top story, and the anno...

between the uk and the eu, as sara girvin reports. across northern ireland today people woke up news of a political breakthrough thats has been nearly two—years in the making, the lack of a functioning executive for so long has caused many issues for the lives of people, public sector workers were out on strike earlier this month over pay. unions hope that increases will now be a priority. our members have a sense of hope but they are apprehensive. teachers havent had a pay increase ...

but will it last? rebecca babin is a senior energy trader at cibc private wealth. she gave me her predictions. i think the concern right now is really concentrated on the longer shipping time. the market is not pricing in that we actually lose barrels from the market as a result of what is happening in the suez canal. what it is concerned with right now and the reason it has risen 6% is because the shipping costs associated with travelling around the southern tip of africa to reach its...

an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the armys rules of engagement. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths "broke his heart" but that military pressure is still necessary. mr netanyahu has said his country is in a war for its existence which it would continue, despite what he called the "heavy price" paid by israel. our correspondent hugo bachega reports on the fallout in israel to the hostage deaths and growing pressure to rescue the othe...

believed there was a danger to his life. he said much more working with the danger to pakistani democracy. we will have more from pakistan on that last headline in just a we will have more from pakistan on that last headline injust a moment but lets head to the bbc sport centre and ran at the spot the day. olly foster is therefore is. come over to you. many thanks. matt cavendish says he has lived an absolute dream for over 25 doctor mark cavendish says hes has lived an absolute dream ...

the week the new york city prosecutor is now buckling to pressure and will now lot reportedly charge that marine named daniel penni with manslaughter after he restrained a violent, abusive, mentally ill criminal on a new york city subway protectingt fellow passengers that wereen being threatened. so is this a case a of self-defense? if so, is self-defense now illegal right here inre in th new york city, by the way,is the only normal people in the city are right here in this room. >> bu...

we start saturday, a lot of cloud across east wales and is scotland. that will tend to get nibbled away back towards the north sea coast and most of us will have some warm sunshine to into the afternoon. temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s. could reach 22 in northern ireland, which would make it the warmest day of the year so far. on sunday, a cold front moves in, bringing cloud and rain across north—western areas and dropping the temperatures here. across central and easte...