it s arrived. he s the chairman of the qatar islamic bank, which is one of the leading banks in qatar, he s the son of a former prime minister and he says the bid plans to return the club will seek to place the fans at the heart of manchester united football club once more. he says the bid will be completely debt free which will look to invest in the football teams, the trading centre, the stadium and wider infrastructure. he says the vision of the bid is for manchester united football club to be renowned for footballing excellence and regarded as the greatest football club in the world. there will be few questions about this because a qatar consortium already own the champions. could that lead to a potential conflict of interest? some fans have expressed human rights about qatar s health record. but this is clearly a fairly significant move. 18 years under the glazers, they ve been criticised heavily for burdening the club with a lot of debts. i think a lot of fans ears pri
thank you. it was parts of north east england and scotland that bore the brunt, the strongest dust of all recorded on the coast of aberdeenshire, 83 mph, but further south across the uk it was mild weather making its presence felt with temperatures in worcestershire climbing above 17 celsius. this small of cloud, that was storm otto, now hurtling toward scandinavia and behind it another weather system bringing rain, not as potent as storm otto but moving its way through with snow ever higher ground in scotland with the potential for some ice. it will be chilly across northern parts of scotland but further south, very mild, 10 11 celsius, the overnight lows for many. the heaviest rain clearing quickly eastwards tomorrow. some rain hanging back across parts of central and southern scotland and the far north of england, perhaps northern ireland for a time, with a band of drizzle towards the south of england but in between some spells of sunshine, just the odd rogue shower, 17 ce
Of the ancient games. The gentleman speaking at the moment, the president of the Olympic Committee in greece, he is also a member of the International Committee. You can see the ancient remains of the 2600 year old temple, where this is taking place. What will happen is the flame will be lit and then it will be handed over to the paris 2024 olympic team. The relay will stretch from the acropolis to the south pacific. As you can see, there are hundreds of people at the ceremony and it is the First Time Since the covid 19 pandemic when of course there were toned down events for the tokyo olympics, that spectators are able to attend the Torch Relay Events and this flame Lighting Ceremony. We are expecting that flame to be lit in the next ten to 15 minutes. We will come back to that as we see it. We will have full coverage of that line from olympia as the flame is lit to head towards the paris 2024 olympics, which, of course, start injuly of this year. We start this hour with the latest de
Now on bbc news. Another chance to see a Robotics Companys efforts to establish their start ups in wu hans fast growing new technology sector. Wuhan, china s economic heartland. The epicentre of a global pandemic. The epicentre of a global pandemic. The city at the heart of a Public Health crisis in china is shutting its Public Transport Network to try and prevent the spread of the virus. In the spring of 2017 we set out to follow the fortunes of two companies as they fought to establish themselves in the city s optics valley. A dedicated zone for new technology, it is part of the move to transform the city s economy. This is the story of some of the people who live and work in the city. And the story of wuhan before and after the arrival of the coronavirus. That would change all of our lives. The city of wuhan is the capital of Central China s hubei province. Home to 11 million people, it lies at the conference of the hann and Yangtze Rivers. Known as the cradle of chinese civilisatio
More news at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news. How a Robotics Company ceo and a Software Entrepreneur fight to establish their start ups in wu hans fast growing new technology sector. Wuhan, chinas economic heartland. And the epicentre of a global pandemic. The city at the heart of a Public Health crisis in china is shutting its Public Transport Network to try to prevent the spread of the virus. In the spring of 2017, we set out to follow the fortunes of two companies as they fought to establish themselves in the citys optics valley. A dedicated zone for new technology enterprises, its part of the move to transform the citys economy. This is the story of some of the people who live and work in the city. And the story of wuhan before and after the arrival of the coronavirus that would change all of our lives. The city of wuhan is the capital of central chinas hubei province. Home to 11 million people, it lies at the confluence of the han and yangtze rivers. Known as the cradle of ch