Few others. Hello again. Welcome along to sportsday this evening. With the new Champions League Formatjust bedding in, tonights match at Villa Park is one that conjures up memories of what europes top Club Competition used to be. Its aston villas first Home Game since it was just called the European Cup, and villa had just won it. How fitting then that the team theyre up against tonight was the one they beat to lift the trophy in 1982 Bayern Munich. Players like captain dennis mortimer, nigel spink, and Goalscorer Peter Withe became heroes that night in rotterdam but now their modern counterparts take on a team that have had a blistering start to the season under new manager Vincent Kompany, and scored nine goals in theirfirst Champions League Match. So, lets head to Villa Park and speak to our correspondent nesta mcgregor. It could barely be a more significant set of circumstances tonight. Yes, sport is a funny way of throwing up these incredible narratives, doesnt it . More than four
with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. lots of storis in the mix today we d love to hear your thoughts on them. get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the #bbcyourquestions. and coming up, the final countdown. preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk s space race. harry has accused members of his family of being complicit in the pain and suffering endured by his wife, meghan. in two television interviews which were broadcast on itv and the american broadcaster cbs he admitted his relationship with his brother and father was strained but insisted he hoped for reconciliation. the palace hasn t commented on either interview, which were given in advance of the official release of prince harry s book spare. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. harry, the interview. what an original name! the themes of the interviews were familiar. fury at the
we aren t. we haven t spoken for quite a while. um, no, not recently. health, teaching and rail unions are to hold talks with ministers today, to try to head off another wave of industrial action. businesses will find out later, exactly how much support they ll get with their energy bills. the amount of government help available is expected to more than halve from the spring, with firms facing rapidly rising costs. thousands of supporters of the far right former brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, have attacked government buildings in the capital. drama in the fa cup in what was one of the upsets of the weekend. how stevenage of league 2 knocked out aston villa in two madcap minutes in yesterday s third round tie. good morning. if you are just stepping out is a chilly start in the east. then we are in for a day of sunshine and showers. some will be heavy and thundery. it will be breezy. the outlook for the rest of the week remains unsettled. details later in the programme. g
hello and welcome. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. we want to have a reasonable, honest two way conversation about pay and everything else that is relevant. you do want to have a conversation about pay? because up until now. well, that s different. that s always been the case. the door has always been open to talk about things that the nurses want to talk about and the unions want to talk about more generally, which is why actually we just wrote to all the unions from across the public sector inviting them into the talks. inviting them in for talks. and those talks are happening in many sectors on monday, which is great. and when it comes to pay, we have always said we want to talk about things that are reason
he s willing to discuss the issue of pay with the nurses union to settle strikes. but he didn t make a firm commitment to increase salaries. president biden is travelling to texas for his first visit since taking office to the us southern border with mexico. he ll discuss the situation on the border which has seen record numbers of migrants and asylum seekers. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. the fa cup third round wekeend was nearly done. and yet stevenage had a surprise in store. providing the biggest shock so far. the australian open will be without a two time winner as naomi osaka withdraws from the tournament a suprise on the opening day of snooker s masters, as the defending champion crashes out. also coming up in the programme. mikaela shiffrin makes history. matching the record for women s world cup wins hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris league two steve