richard conway, bbc news.s dominated motorcycle grand prix racing, but it's been 41 years since britain had a world champion. one man is hoping to change that — coventry rider cal crutchlow, who rides for lcr honda in motogp. 0ur reporter azi farni's been to meet him... if is a long time since british riders had any real success in motorcycle grand prix racing, 1977 was the last of the late great barry sheene and his world title is but one man has been working hard to step out of his long shadow. over the years it has been a long time in moto gp that british riders are not always there at the front end of the championship but i'm glad we have a good group of british talent and riders in the moto gp passes at the moment. it was nice to be that one to be able to lead a world title. cal crutchlow, his first race victory in the czech republic in 2016 ended a 35 year wait for a british win. his third in argentina last month in the first written to lead the world championship since barry sheene in 1979. —— first bri

richard conway, bbc news. more than 110,000 children in scotland are obese.termined to cut childhood obesity by half over the next decade. 0ne plan is to targetjunk food promotions and how certain foods are marketed. and today first minister nicola sturgeon met the celebrity chef and food campaignerjamie 0liver to discuss her plans. lorna gordon reports. lunchtime at moss end primary in north lanarkshire. there you go. there is plenty on the menu and strong opinions from even the youngest about what they like to eat. you are having curry today. what is your favourite food? pizza. cheese toastie and salad. pasta. i mostly get fruit and cookies sometimes. the scottish government says that by the time many of these children leave school, it wants to have halved childhood obesity. so, here is the challenge. one in three children in scotland is at risk of being overweight or obese. half of all children say they eat chocolates or sweets at least once a day. and more than a third of children say they drink sugary drinks at least once a day, too. what was very small

richard conway, bbc news, chicago.nce in china. yes, theree is one. they have gathered to celebrate all things double. at least a thousand pairs of twins have gathered to celebrate all things double. the whole event lasts three days and includes a talent competition, a parade and a gala. more on the website. and we're on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley. good morning. a bank holiday weekend fast approaching, and what we want is blue sky and sunshine, perhaps even the thought of heading down to the beach. well, we did have beautiful weather out to the west as you can see from this weather watcher picture here in east lothian. on the kent coast, not the greatest of days. 50mph winds and heavy, persistent rain. in fact, some areas of kent on monday saw over a month's worth of rain. it was miserable along the coast of essex, sussex, and kent, wasn't it? i can offer you something better through today. in actualfact, the rain is clearing away and underneath those clear skies it's going to be a chilly start to tuesday morning. th

our sports correspondent richard conway went to chicago to meet mr khan.rting empire. now shahid khan wants wembley stadium to be part of his vision for the future. speaking to me at his penthouse apartment in chicago, the man who already owns fulham football club and the american football team the jacksonville jaguars insists he would be a good long—term custodian for the home of english football. i've been in business since ‘78. i don't have a business that's been sold. i want to do the right thing and, you know, so, i mean, this is an asset, along with the football clubs, you know, that will carry on to my children and go on in the future. a deal for the 11—year—old venue is farfrom certain, though. despite the fa believing that the money could have a transformative effect on grassroots facilities, critics including the former england captain gary neville insist the governing body should retain control. what is your message to those opponents of this deal? what do you say to them about why it should go ahead? my message is if you love english football,

richard conway, thanks very much. the first three months of this year. his fellow radio 1 presenter greg james will take over the slot. the world's largest known freshwater pearl, which once belonged to catherine the great, is up for auction in the netherlands. called "the sleeping lion" because of its shape, it's believed to be about 300 years old. in that time it has changed hands between colonial merchants, nobles and european royals. now lots of brits are in action in the french open today — cameron norrie, kyle edmund and heather watson. but what aboutjonathan pinfield? he's a reporterfor an online radio station — and stole all the headlines at roland garros after this interview with german tennis player alexander zverev. you've enjoyed some good success on the atp tour with some big title wins, haven't quite translated it into a grand slam yet, but do you feel like roland garros could be a turning point for you in terms of having a run in this tournament, and if so, what will the difference be? where are you fro

our sports news correspodent richard conway has more.ns for a new stadium here at chelsea are on hold. it was that it would be replaced by new stadium, 6 million bricks, same architect that designed the beijing birds nest stadium, but that is now on hold and the reason is because roman abramovich has made a personal decision we understand, to halt the plans because of the delays in renewing his visa. there's been difficulties in that process, it's all in the context of heightened diplomatic tensions between london and moscow following the poisoning of surrogate screwball, the former russians —— in light of that, he is a close ally of liber putin, the russian president has had difficulties renewing the visa, he's a israeli citizen but he can't work your, and that's because of that he is putting up plan, on hold. in terms of chelsea and the team, his investment and committed to backing the team remains unchanged. if the question of the stadium and it looks as if stamford bridge will not be redeveloped anytime soon. raheem sterling's manche

richard conway, bbc news, casablanca. been largely sidelined. as michael cowan reports.d's most repressive regime. an absolute control over information. access to the internet. questions to two ordinary north koreans. concealing their identities. this man is a father who works in the military. husband and two daughters. notorious labour camps. by calling them spies. they make up stories for their own performance. to china and then deport them. here there are a lot of government captures. people arrested and taken away. people cannot survive in the prison camps. they unconditionally beat you. they starve you while doing extreme labour. once you go there, you are no longer a citizen. i think this terror is what keeps society going. and carries severe punishment. away our money our money a lot. that the little man uses his head to suck out money like a vampire. the number of people who assess him positively is increasing. a million people dead when the state could not fund its ration system. in response, black markets emerged across the country. reluctantly allowing this ca

our sports news correspodent richard conway has more. plans for a new stadium are on hold.replaced by a new stadium, the same architect that designed the beijing bird's nest stadium. but thatis beijing bird's nest stadium. but that is on hold, because roman abramovich has made a personal decision we understand to halt the plans, because of the delays in renewing his visa. there has been difficulties in that process. it is all in the context of heightened diplomatic tensions between london and moscow after the poisoning of the former russian spy who was poisoned in salisbury. in light of that, roman abramovich, a close ally of vladimir putin the russian president, has had difficulties renewing his visa. he is now an israeli citizen, so he can come to visit, but not to work. in term of chelsea, and the team, his investment and his commitment to back nag team, remains —— backing that team remains unchanged. it looks as if stamford bridge will not be re—developed any time soon. also coming up in the programme... with 50 days to go until the start of the hockey world cup, we spe

our sports news correspondent richard conway has been to morocco to assess their bid.emy on the outskirts of the moroccan capital and it is here that youngsters aged between 12 and 19 perceive an academic education and a football education. it is a hothouse of moroccan footballing talent and they are proud of this facility and their world cup bid. they want the world cup here in 2026 and speaking to the players, you can see what a catalyst it is and what a target it is for them to aim at, as they try to become professional players. them to aim at, as they try to become professional playersm them to aim at, as they try to become professional players. it is a great honour to organise the world cup here in morocco. and we have all the facilities to do that. i think. football is live, you know. that vote for the 2026 world cup takes place in a couple of weeks' time in moscow and morocco are up against a north american birds, usa, canada and mexico combining. morocco believes it has the ability to stage the world cup and i have been speaking to the chief executive to hear w

our sports correspondent richard conway has more... arriving for an evening meeting, the first race just about to get under way and for those arriving here they have been saying in terms of islands it is not really a concern and that reflects the message from the horse racing authorities and they say 6 million people go racing every year and for the majority it is a great day out and a great experience for that nevertheless the things that we are tied at ascot last weekend and at goodwood the weekend before have been disturbing, they have been the kind of images no one wants to see within racing and the cause behind that, that is the subject of much debate. but the british horse racing authority as saying they will look later this year when they come to licensing of racecourses at issues such as the use and sale of alcohol. they will look at security measures, either enough visible security officers on duty. and do they have the right numbers. 0ne officers on duty. and do they have the right numbers. one of those things now being discu

we can get more from sports correspondent richard conway who is at sta mford correspondent richard conway the delays we have seen in him getting a british these are? officially, chelsea say that the reason why the redevelopment of sta mford the reason why the redevelopment of stamford bridge has been put on hold is because of an unfavourable investment climate. but it's my understanding that roman abramovich does see this as a personal decision. he sees this as him not going ahead with the redevelopment because of the difficulties in renewing that visa. he has been waiting for a number of weeks for that to happen. and this comes amid diplomatic tensions between london and moscow following the sergei skripal poisoning case, that former russian spy. mr abramovich, an ally of vladimir putin, has recently applied and been granted israeli citizenship, allowing him to come to the uk to visit, but does not allow him to work. i understand that personal decision to stop investment at sta mford personal decision to stop investment at stamford bridge is on that basis. in terms of the team itself, th

our sports correspondent richard conway is at stamford bridge. — are the issues of his visa and the new abramovich had plans to change down the bridge, to redevelop it into a new 60,000 seater ground, 6 million bricks, the same architects that put together the beijing bird nest stadium. that is now all on hold. he has in recent weeks had difficulties with viewing his uk visa. he is of course an ally of the russian president vladimir putin, and of course there have been diplomatic tensions between london and moscow in recent months, following the sergei skripal poisoning case in source brief. so mr abramovich in recent days has become an israeli citizen. that gives him the right to visit the uk but not to work here. and i am told he is now, in light of all those factors, taken the decision that he doesn't want to invest £1 billion in redeveloping the stadium in a country where he cannot work. that is the situation as it is for now. that is what we are told will remain the case as long as the stand—off over his visa continues. in terms of his investment into chelsea and the club, he has o

our sports correspondent richard conway reports. put on hold, perhaps forever. described by its architect as a cathedral of football, construction of a new 60,000 seater stadium which would have required six million bricks to build, was slowly progressing. but roman abramovich has now made the personal decision to stop the process. the billionaire and ally of russian president vladimir putin has faced difficulties obtaining a new uk visa, amid increased to a project in a country flthe tthe gr; feitfiefiqfli'm n " on his ability to work. one former club insider believes other factors will also have played a part in his decision. a billion pound real estate project in central london, given everything that is happening in the economy generally, and the political situation, it doesn't feel like a good use of his capital. abramovich has bankrolled chelsea to premier league and european glory since buying the club in 2003. it emerged earlier this week that he has obtained israeli citizenship, something that will allow him to travel to the uk

michael conway served as the council to the house judiciary committee during richard nixon's impeachmenthment against richard nixon. michael, thank you for being here. >> you're welcome. >> you heard some of my conversation with liz holtzman. increasingly as we've spoken to lawyers over the last couple of days, despite the complexities of compelling the testimony of a sitting president, i would say more than half of the experts i've spoken to have said there is a likelihood that the president can be compelled to testify under oath. >> i totally agree with that majority. the supreme court's decided this issue in a couple difference ways that would be very powerful argument for mueller to enforce his subpoena. before u.s. v. nixon, there was a case that involved journalists coming before a grand jury in 1972. and there are some very broad language in that case where the supreme court ruled that journalists had to be called to a grand jury even if their sources were going to be revealed. and in that they said that no matter how high a rank or station that a person has, they are required to