brown and is seen as the architect of labour's landslide victory in 1997. he will take up his new role as donald trump enters the white house. let's speak to sir simonef of staff when he served as european trade commissioner. simon, thank you for being with us. is peter mandelson to the right man for this very, very sensitive and delicate job? thank you for having me. yes, i think probably at the moment it is a very good choice. peter mandelson is always somebody who can generate a bit of controversy, but if you look at his career he has a very experienced political operator, a very experienced international negotiator. with the americans, with the chinese, he has operated with the european union. he brings great experience to this. he is very well—connected politically in this government and that is what we need in our ambassador. it is a really important appointment at a very important time, so i think it is a good one. ~ . , time, so i think it is a good one. ~ ., , ., . ., one. we have seen a certain level of public _ one. we have seen a certain level of public animosity - one. we have seen a certain l level of public animosity from people like

simon jones, bbc news. a 49—year—old man is to appear in court charged with two counts of murder after two women died following a suspected stabbing in milton keynes on christmas day. jazwell brownd teohna grant and is also charged with the attempted murders of another man and a teenage boy. he'll appear at high wycombe magistrates�* court. the actress olivia hussey, who shot to international prominence as a teenager for her role in the acclaimed 1968 film version of romeo and juliet, has died aged 73. the argentinian—born actress, who grew up in london, 1534 00:20:11

simon jones, bbc news. a 49—year—old man is to appear in court charged with two counts of murder after two women died following a suspected stabbing in milton keynes on christmas day. jazwell browns also charged with the attempted murders of another man and a teenage boy. he�*ll appear at high wycombe magistrates�* court. now it�*s time for a look at today�*s sport with chetan. we are going to start with cricket australia remaining in charge of the full test in melbourne, they have help thanks to a superb first from playing only his fourth test. the 21—year—old is unbeaten, 105 to 190 146, a special moment for his dad. 116 months behind going into today, they have hope that at least a draw thanks to his series currently tied at one all. meanwhile, on day three of the first test at centurion, pakistan 88 to three in their second by two runs raining currently delayed. they are unbeaten. pakistan have hope. mysterious is gearing up for his first tournament, he won the title there before and backin won the title there before and back in 2018 and she is in the doubles. year, has been recovering from wrist and knee injuries which threatened to end his career. he�*s playing both single

simon browning, bbc news, at london waterloo.n. police question lucy letby in prison about the deaths and collapses of more babies at hospitals where she worked. her lawyer says she maintains her innocence. and 50 years after this snap of four friends on theirfirst girls�* holiday to torquay, their recreation becomes a social media sensation. coming up on bbc news, arsenal manager mikel arteta has warned new manchester united head coach ruben amorim that the premier league is tougher than anything he had experienced before. arsenal host his side at the emirates later. in the next couple of hours, scotland's finance secretary shona robison will unveil her draft budget. she's under pressure to set out wide—ranging reforms, to address what are seen as deep—seated problems in areas like health and education. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports from paisley. on budget day, everyone wants a piece of the pie. the scottish government had around £60 billion to spend last year. today, we find out what money is going in and how