one of my bosses as ben johnson's had been a cop, and he -- i said, i have this weird idea that i should do this. he said, i think you'd be good. the department was forced to hire us, and because of all of the posters, and the big recruitment drive, we were under the impression that they were glad to have us, but in reality, most of the men did not want the women there. so the big challenge was constantly feeling like you had to prove yourself and feeling like if you did not do a good job, you were letting down your entire gender. finally took an inspector's test and passed that and then went down to the hall of justice and worked different investigations for the rest of my career, which was fun. i just felt sort of buried alive in all of these cases, these unsolved mysteries that there were just so many of them, and some of them, i didn't know if we'd ever be able to solve, so my boss was able to get me out of the unit. he transferred me out, and a couple of weeks later, i found out i had breast cancer. my intuition that the job was killing me. i ended up leaving, and by then, i had 28

i suppose the question is ben, these questions round boris johnson's trustworthiness, do they hit home hit home or do people just shrug their shoulders and carry on any way. norman, many thanks indeed. as we've been hearing, a leaked government document suggests borisjohnson's brexit plan will present a "major challenge" because of the new customs arrangements needed for northern ireland. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity is here. tell us more about what's in this document. well, as you mentioned borisjohnson has been repeatedly saying there will be no form, no check, no barriers of any kind for goods crossing the irish sea between great britain and northern ireland. we have two leaked document. we had a treasury docks document saying there would be forms and tariffs gore goods going to the republic of ireland, now we have a document from the department for exiting the eu, which is looking at various options for implementing the withdrawal agreement negotiated by boris and saying it will be a major challenge, the quote is that there will be difficulties implementing the systems,

while team johnson feels like it has the advantage, this unpredictable election is farfrom over. bent, bbc news, in stockport. a huge bush fire that's burning out of control near sydney may take weeks to put out. the mega—blaze, north of sydney stretches for sixty kilometres and is bigger than the city itself. almost a hundred fires continue to burn in the drought—hit state of new south wales. phil mercer reports. the authorities are warning that some of the bushfires in eastern australia are too big to put out and will only be extinguished by heavy rain. there are 100 blazes in drought—hit new south wales, half are burning out of control. they can be unpredictable and fast moving. residents and animals have been forced to flee as walls of flame many metres high bore down on their communities. at any time it mightjust come over the side so we are just going to leave. more than 2,000 firefighters, many of them volunteers, are on the ground in new south wales. their task, with the crisis now into its fifth week, is exhausting and unrelenting. it is dangerous, too. a water bombing helic

while team johnson feels like it has the advantage, this unpredictable election is farfrom over. ben bbc news, in stockport. let's take a look at some of today's other election news. labour has pledged to make england's entire bus fleet electric by 2030. the project would be funded by 4 billion pounds over 10 years from the party's green transformation fund. liberal democrat leader, jo swinson, has been campaigning in the party's target seat of st albans. the lib dems announced plans to scrap business rates to help small firms. snp leader, nicola sturgeon, has been campaigning "on ice" with a message to voters that there are "5 days to stop brexit". she predicted that results in scotland would be pivotal to denying the conservatives a commons majority. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are nigel nelson, the political editor of the sunday people and sunday mirror, and jo phillips, political commentator, who was an adviser to the former liberal democrat le

six nominees for the main gong are lewis hamilton, dina asher smith, ben stoke, alun wynjones, raheem sterling and katarina johnsonund on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. one of the people injured in last week's volcanic eruption on white island in new zealand has now died in hospital. it brings the confirmed death toll to 16. rescue teams returned to white island earlier today but could not find the bodies of two people who are still missing. police in the indian capital delhi have clashed with protesters angry about a new citizenship law. the law gives migrants from three countries citizenship if they are facing religious persecution but it excludes muslims and has sparked protests across the country. the demonstrations have been largely peaceful today but police used tear gas and batons near a university in delhi. students there have denied any part in the violence. salman ravi has more. we are right here at the jamia millia islamia university but the campus right behind us has quite disturbing scenes because of massive violence being reported for the last couple of hours here. two buses hav

association hilary glad to have you here pleasure ben christie there are concerns about this harder turn towards bragg's it but isn't that what boris johnson has to do he's been pushing for this for some time the markets may not be excited about it but doesn't this at least give them some clarity to. absolutely ben and this is what he ran on you can't run on something like build the wall or not build a wall you can't run and get it done and not get it done and i don't know if you are christian our audience saw the boris johnson vote conservative actually at the parody on love actually movie but what was really important about that was he actually stood on the doorstep with the placards just like the movie laying out what he was going to do he said this he's had his placards he's had his as yes he has to get it done i actually would defer to the j.p. morgan analyst malcolm barr who said there's about a 25 percent chance that there will still be sort of a no deal hard breck's it. 25 percent is still rather high. and now currently the transition period has the option of being extended for up to 2 years and that both sides in the u.k. and the

while team johnson feels it has the advantage, this unpredictable election is far from over. ben news, in stockport. let's get more now on those links between russia and leaked documents detailing talks between the united states and the uk. earlier i spoke to ben nimmo — director of investigations at graphika, a social media investigations company which broke the story. it raises the very big question of how the leaks actually ended up online in the first place. what we know is that they appeared, a link to them appeared on reddit on the 21st of october. and the early amplification of that very, very closely resembled a known russian information operation. so the really big question is how did the leaks get there in the first place? how did they end up online, being amplified by what reddit certainly says is part of a known foreign influence operation. is it clear whether this was done by people? could it have just been done, you know, by machines? and does it necessarily mean that it was linked to government? no, it doesn't look like it would have been done by machines. if you l

while team johnson feels it has the advantage, this unpredictable election is far from over. bens, in stockport. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is with me. the unspoken aspect of this suggests that somehow this might be designed to help labour because anything that looks like the nhs is troubled a lwa ys looks like the nhs is troubled always plays well for labour. there is no suggestion that some how labour were given this, there seem to have found it in the same way everybody else stayed on social media? they are saying nothing about where they got the document from! a journalist never reveals its sources, and labour will focus on what they say rather than where they have come from or at least how they came to be made public. it is worth focusing on exactly what reddit have said because whilst they are clear that this document came to light as pa rt that this document came to light as part of a coordinated effort by accou nts part of a coordinated effort by accounts that they have now suspended, they say only that they believe this was part of a campaign that has b

while team johnson feels it has the advantage, this unpredictable election is far from over. benews, in stockport. reddit have issued a statement explaining their actions....it says our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is with me. that is a statement from reddit, what more do we know about the background to this document appearing at being used? very little in terms of how it came to be in the hands of the labour party because like journalists not revealing sources, labour don't want to talk about where they got this from a jeremy corbyn today said they obtained it and they believe are correct and pointed out the government here and in the us have not questioned its authenticity. looking in more detail about what reddit have said and what that tells us, not a huge amount to be on the fa ct us, not a huge amount to be on the fact that they believe this posting of the document on their site, which was there several weeks before jeremy corbyn brought it to everybody‘s attention in the campaign, said it was put there as pa rt campaign, said it was put there as part of a campa

whilst tim johnson feels it has the advantage, this unpredictable election is far from over. bent, bbc news, in stockport. ajury in the united states has cleared the billionaire elon musk of defaming a british man involved in the rescue of a group of thai boys from a flooded cave last year. vernon unsworth took legal action after mr musk called him a "pedo guy" on twitter. from los angeles, dave lee reports. elon musk entered court on friday for the fourth and now final day of this trial. what has surely been the most intense, not to mention expensive, examination ever of a single tweet. how many of you? that tweet, sent in july 2018, came in the midst of the miraculous rescue of 12 thai boys and their football coach from a flooded cave. vernon unsworth, a british man who lived nearby, was instrumental in advising that effort. elon musk also travelled to the region with a specially designed mini—submarine. in a tv interview, mr unsworth called it a pr stunt, prompting mr musk to snap back, using the phrase "pedo guy". he later deleted the tweet, but mr unsworth sued him for defam

borisjohnson is ben wrightjoins from derbyshire. boris johnsonins from derbyshire. borisjohnson is on the campaign trail this afternoon making a visit toa trail this afternoon making a visit to a small factory in derbyshire and norman is right, the tactic for the tories is pretty much the same it has been for the last few weeks. keep saying get brexit done and again and again until everybody is sick of it! and there will be no change from that core message and i'm sure that is what the prime minister will be saying when he speaks later. as norman mentioned, their theme today is sketching out their theme today is sketching out the first hundred days of a majority borisjohnson government the first hundred days of a majority boris johnson government if the first hundred days of a majority borisjohnson government if that is indeed where we are next friday. even though they are not announcing any new policies today, they are trying to give a sense of momentum and possibility, talking about a queen's speech happening within a few days, beginning the pr

jeremy coleman has now about to step down johnson says he now has a powerful mandate to get brett set done and a warning there is some flash photography and ben's report. not even a persistent pre-dawn drizzle could dampen the spirits of the clearly triumphant boris johnson emerging from conservative party headquarters in london this is a stunning victory for the prime minister and removes any obstacle to him taking britain out of the european union by the end of january but his constituency counting oxbridge the prime minister was in a bully and mood it does look as though this one nation conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate. to get done. and not just to get breaks it down but to unite this country and to take it forward and to focus on the priorities of the british people the 1st results came in traditional labor strongholds in northeast inland dramatically reduced labor majority's seem. confirm the accuracy of the exit poll results valley became the 1st labor seed to fall a 10 percent swing seeing the conservatives win there for the 1st time since $195017.00 was. across the map of britain the trickle became a torrent

president trump is politically toxic here in the u.k., so, norah, johnson seems to be keeping his distance. >> o'donnell: what a day. benank you. for the second day in a row a wisconsin high school was put on lockdown after an officer shot an armed student. dean reynolds is in a community on edge. >> reporter: relieved but shaken, parents lined up to retrieve their children today, the latest american school kids to live through a violent clash between authorities and an adolescent. tim appleton came to pick up his son bobby. >> i home schooled him for 16 years because of issues like this. and this is his second semester in high school, and, you know... >> reporter: here in oshkosh, a school resource officer reported being stabbed by a 16-year-old student, fending him off in his school office by shooting him. both student and officer are expected to survive. just 23 hours earlier and 80 miles to the south, another violent altercation took place after a waukesha high school student reported a classmate with a gun. the 17-year-old suspect in that case was shot by police after he allegedly menaced them with a weapon: this p

johnson and jeremy corbyn. we see the conservative party sustaining the lead in the polls. we spoke with ben and he suspects it is too late for labour to stage a resurgence. how is that playing out for markets? the ftse 100 is retreating on the back of the stress in the pound. but we also see weakness coming through in europe's -- in the euro stoxx. the bloomberg dollar index relatively flat, as is the euro. let's take a look at the sector picture. we have a mixed picture coming through on equity markets. financials look to be mainly in the red. health also in the red. telecom is in the red. i.d. systems in the green. utilities looking pretty mixed. not a good deal of information in terms of the sector perspective coming through as to where we are. a big question hangs over these markets. come next sunday, will we see the tariffs being imposed by the u.s. on china? that remains the preoccupation of many investors. matt: i am looking at the stocks that are moving. just for fun, i decided to do it your way. i am looking at the actual percentage change rather than the point contribution to the

while team johnson feels it has the advantage, this unpredictable election is farfrom over. ben0ur security correspondent gordon corera is here. is this being looked as possible russian interferenc? certainly that possibility is being taken very seriously, but it is very murky, so it looks like an account that may have been linked to russia was pushing, promoting this document in late october, before the election was called, but not much attention was called, but not much attention was paid to it until a different version, which was obtained legitimately by the labour party and was used on november the 19th and then this uncensored version was used a few days later. now, that might look like some kind of interference but there are a lot of things unclear including where it originally came from. there are a range of possibilities from the most serious, that for instance russia somehow hacked the uk government, still the document and then pushed it and promoted it, to the lesser pricing, which is that perhaps someone pricing, which is that perhaps someone domestically politically

ben wright, contains flash photography. elections are about defence as well as attack. this morning, boris johnsont saying the toys or provide more grassroots football funding. but there are also questions about what role russian might be playing in the selection. this sense of reports. is leaked government document showing trade discussions between the uk in the us was highlighted by labour. the message board company reddit said it was posted online by an account linked to a campaign originating in russia. we do need to get to the bottom of that. we have not yet established the truth about that but but i certainly think is that document, whatever it was intended to prove, did not prove withjeremy corbyn and the labour party hope that it would prove. he was out campaigning in wales this evening. they published the trade document in the public interest in saying that the public interest in saying that the government should release the parliamentary report of russian interference in the last election. the prime minister has answers to give when she refuses to do about russian donations to the tory p

something johnson reportedly hoped to avoid for political reasons. today he'll sit down with germany's angela merkel. ben tracy reports from london. >> reporter: the president paid a visit to the queen at buckingham palace and posed for a picture with prince charles. mr. trump is still drawing the royal share of attention in london. >> would you like some nice isis fighters? >> reporter: in a tense exchange, he offered the president of france captured isis fighters. >> let's be serious -- >> reporter: drawing a not-so-subtle rebuke from macron. the once budding romance between the two tinged with bitterness and back-handed compliments. >> this is why he's a great politician because that was one of the greatest non-answers i've ever heard. and that's okay. >> reporter: just hours earlier, mr. trump laid into emmanuel macron's recent criticism that nato is strategically brain dead due to a lack of u.s. leadership. >> that is a very -- very, very nasty statement to essentially 28 including them, 28 countries. >> reporter: then he flipped the script. mr. trump suddenly casting himself as a nato defender, an

london big ben striking 10 o'clock in the evening in london which means polling stations have just closed in britain's general election the fate of tonight. will prime minister boris johnson's conservatives clinch the majority they need to take britain out of the e.u. . labor party pull off a surprise upset our coverage of the u.k. election begins now.

johnson—thompson won world gold in the heptathlon. raheem sterling excelled for manchester city this year. bens captained wales to the six nations grand slam. and lewis hamilton won the f1 world title for the sixth time. well, there's only one trophy. it's in a box on a trailer on its own remarkable journey from cardiff by bike peddled by gareth thomas. sometimes with friends helping on a quattrocycle. now, gareth played rugby 100 times for wales. he is hiv positive and his mission is to end the stigma which still surrounds aspects of life like mental health and sexuality. a long journey. he's cycled almost 500 miles. in 1939, a young jewish man fled nazi germany and arrived in england. before doing anything else, he went straight to see a leeds united football match. heinz skyte has supported the club ever since, and now the 99—year—old has been honoured in a special pitch—side ceremony. 0ur reporter 0livia richwald has the story. heinz skyte and leeds united go back a very long way. back, in fact, to 1939, when heinz arrived in leeds as a 19—year—old jewish refugee. his brother, frank, took

leaders are now alljoining jens stoltenberg of nato and boris johnson on the stage, as they gather for what is always called the family photo. benhat has been squabbling. especially in the last 2a—hour is. we were just hearing from president macron, as you said. he started it off, really, with those "brain—dead" comments, saying nato is strategically brain—dead. as you havejust been hearing, he is now effectively saying he is glad he said that, because it stimulated the right discussions. a president trump was very unhappy yesterday with what m i rcea very unhappy yesterday with what mircea macron has been saying —— mr macron. he said that mr macron's comments have been nasty and dangerous and disrespectful, and that little spat is reallyjust a symptom, i suppose, that little spat is reallyjust a symptom, isuppose, of that little spat is reallyjust a symptom, i suppose, of the wider arguments that there are within nato at the moment. the organisation has grown in numbers over its 70 years. you are seeing some of the leaders now taking the stage, shaking boris johnson's hand nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg's hand ahead of

johnson. the partner or party pals back jessica, cliff, and ben. as we discussed this had to happen.rump presidency is not weird enough. he had to be in peach and then reelected. but what are your predictions for this week and the new cycle? because things happen so quickly. we don't remember any of the scandals after a week and a half. will this impeachment will adjust adrift in the wind like that? >> first leg and i have devote the usmca vote and markets will love that. you're going to have a lot of controversy about the star wars movie that's coming out common. [laughter] you're going to have a lot of things coming out for the holidays. and you also now have the situation where policies kind of holding this grenade, and refusing to let it move for various political reasons that were going to see. it's the kind of thing that people are gonna mock, another process argument. but think one of things we need to keep in mind is that in all likelihood, impeachment is not going to be a primary issue on the minds of voters a year from now. and i think it really is only going to be a factor

ben brown. the headlines... the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised to supporters, for his party's heavy defeat in the general election. as boris johnsonpares for thurday‘s queen speech, the government is to enshrine in law, a commitment to raise spending on the nhs in england. nicola sturgeon has renewed her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustn't be kept in the union — against their will. a british man has been killed and his son wounded after being shot during a suspected robbery outside a five—star hotel in buenos aires. the longest united nations climate talks on record have finally ended in madrid, with a compromise deal, on the key question of increasing the global response to curbing carbon. now on bbc news... the travel show goes behind the scenes of the renovation work at the houses of parliament... this week on the travel show: i'm in the uk to see up close how one of the nation's most iconic landmarks is getting a much—needed face—lift. 0h! oh my word. look at that! and with the festive season just around the corner, we are in london's historic burlington shopping arcade,

ben brown. the headlines: the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised to supporters for his party's heavy defeat in the general election. as boris johnson prepares for thurday‘s queen speech, the government is to enshrine in law a commitment to raise spending on the nhs in england. nicola sturgeon has renewed her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustn't be kept in the union against their will. the longest united nations climate talks on record have finally ended in madrid with a compromise deal on the key question of increasing the global response to curbing carbon. a british man has been killed and his son wounded after being shot during a suspected robbery outside a five—star hotel in buenos aires. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: tiktok‘s troubled, wechat‘s winning, and can robots high—five? give me five! no, maybe not. theme music silicon valley, the home of google, facebook, twitter and all those other big social media companies that dominate our lives. world—changing in their day, but more recently it's all getting a bit samey, don't you think? some say social med

ben wright — and a warning his report includes some flashing images. voting at 7am. the prime minister, borisjohnson, had voting at 7am. the prime minister, boris johnsoning at 7am. the prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. have you all got your pictures, are you all right? the labour leader jeremy corbyn posed for the cameras too after voting in his north london constituency. it was dawn in dumbartonshire when the liberal democrat leaderjo swinson arrived at the polling station. while in glasgow the snp leader nicola sturgeon cast her ballot at a community hall, ones —— one of tens of thousands across the uk. many people have already voted by post, including the brexit party leader nigel farage. in wales the plaid cymru leader adam price had a soggy walk to the polling station in carmarthenshire, as did the green party co—leaderjonathan bartley in london. we are not used to wrapping up london. we are not used to wrapping upfor london. we are not used to wrapping up for polling day, and in the highlands voters have faced snow on their way to cast their ballot. the last decemb

dina asher—smith, lewis hamilton, katarina johnson—thompson raheem stirling and ben stokes.ng it to me for christmas. will be live on the sunday morning of the event as they get everything ready, the stage and chatting to people who organise the whole event but what is going be like. all the behind—the—scenes stuff, the bbc one programme on the sunday night, don't show you. i've got to be better at presents this year. we did it just in time before the frost. i love my heated jacket. we did it team secret sa nta. heated jacket. we did it team secret santa. carol got me a present last year which i feel terrible about. he still has the one i gave him two years ago. look at that!” still has the one i gave him two years ago. look at that! i know my place. see you a little bit later, thanks, sally. this week sees the announcement of britain's best known arts prize, the turner, and this year it's coming from margate. that's because the town has seen a huge influx of artists following the opening of a new gallery there. they're helping to bridge the cultural divide between some comm

ben brown. the headlines at nine. jeremy corbyn apologises for his part in labour's performance at the general election — the party's worst defeat since the 1930s. as boris johnsonrepares for thurday‘s queen speech, the government is to enshrine in law, a commitment to raise spending on the nhs in england. a british man has been killed and his son wounded, after being shot during a suspected robbery, outside a five—star hotel in buenos aires. the death toll from new zealand's white island volcano eruption rises to 18, after an australian dies in hospital — 20 survivors remain in critical condition. negotiators work through the night at un climate talks in madrid in a bid to salvage efforts on tackling global warming. former emmerdale actor, kelvin fletcher, drafted in as a last—minute replacement, wins this year's striclty. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35 — this mornings reviewers are dawn foster from the guardian and asa bennett, the brexit commissioning editor for the daily telegraph. jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labour's worst general election defeat since the 1930s. immediately after the vote, he faced criticism for no

johnson—thompson won world gold in the heptathlon. raheem sterling excelled for manchester city this year. benrand slam. and lewis hamilton won the f1 world title for the sixth time. well, there's only one trophy. it's in a box on a trailer on its own remarkable journey from cardiff by bike peddled by gareth thomas. sometimes with friends helping on a quattrocycle. now, gareth played rugby 100 times for wales. he is hiv positive and his mission is to end the stigma which still surrounds aspects of life like mental health and sexuality. a long journey. he's cycled almost 500 miles. the stars are gathering, katarina johnson—thompsonjust the stars are gathering, katarina johnson—thompson just waiting alongside me. we are all keeping an eye open for gareth thomas making dummett hoping he makes it on time, although i'm sure he will, that trophy is heady. there are lots of other awards being given out, watch out for a huge reception for former by out for a huge reception for former rugby international, one of scotland's rates, doddie weir. —— that trophy is heavy. with all the sport now, here's kart

johnson—thompson and dina asher—smith. raheem sterling was nominated after outstanding performances for manchester city this year. lewis hamilton was f1 world champion for a six time. benr england in the cricket world cup in the summer. alun wynjones was part of the welsh rugby grand slam winning team. it will focus on the broader, deeper significance of sport. the trophy is being transported by bike from cardiff by gareth thomas who played 100 rugby internationals for wales and is hiv positive. whilst for the 10,000 people in the arena will be thinking, will gareth get here on time? it has been a huge test of his personal stamina. all we have to do is sit back and watch. oh, yes, and vote. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:35pm. bye for now. hello. it is1:10 p it is 1:10 p m. this is bbc news with ben brown. let's get more now on the fallout from last week's general election. as we've been hearing, jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labour's worst defeat since the 1930s. immediately after the vote, he faced criticism for not saying sorry to labour mps who'd lost their seats. but in a letter t

london big ben striking 10 o'clock in the evening in london which means polling stations have just closed in britain's general election the fate of bricks it tonight. will prime minister boris johnson's conservatives clinch the majority they need to take britain out of the e.u. or things jeremy corbin's the labor party pull off a surprise upset our coverage of the u.k. election begins now. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with those polls have just closed in britain's general election counting ballots will go on throughout the night with the 1st race is not expected to be called for at least an hour or so but british media have just released their 1st exit polls giving indications of the outcome they are pointing to a massive massive lead for worse johnson's conservative. all right to break all of this day on tonight so i'm joined here at the big table by you came politics analysts to my right here is rob much and by my colleague roger evans both of these gentlemen of course hailing from the u.k. and barbara vessel she is standing by for us in london barbara i want to start with you tell us 1st of all where you are and let's talk about these 1st numbers what do you make up. down i

ben brown. the headlines at ten... jeremy corbyn apologises for his part in labour's performance at the general election — the party's worst defeat since the 1930s. as boris johnsonman has been killed and his son wounded, after being shot during a suspected robbery, outside a five—star hotel in buenos aires. the death toll from new zealand's white island volcano eruption rises to 18, after an australian dies in hospital — 20 survivors remain in critical condition. negotiators work through the night at un climate talks in madrid

new prime minister boris johnson has yet to officially name a successor and we have any inside speculation maybe you're 5 seconds ahead of everyone else on this one gee thanks ben so he of course this is in the works since april actually had to be delayed because when the general election was announced it actually was going to take place i believe before the end of the year is actually not going to he's not going to the new governor he or she won't be in place until february 1 because they have to push it back to the general election there are 3 major candidates in this and rather than do a rick perry on they said i think i think i got my vote but new shuffle it she was actually at the bank of england people want remember she was a deputy there many years ago she worked for carney had a very rocky relationship with him so what she did was she left to go and help head up the london school of economics she's one of the contenders the 2nd one andrew bailey he is the chief director of the financial conduct all florida he actually that was involved in a number of scandals that's the only problem with him fiscal scandals although he's very popular of course. board wi

johnson—thompson, the heptathlete, dina asher—smith, the sprinter. raheem sterling was nominated after his outstanding performances for manchester city this year. lewis hamilton was f1 world champion for the sixth time, bennes was welsh rugby captain for another six nations grand slam so some outstanding individuals. i also think the programme here will focus a lot on the broader, deeper significance of sport. you may be aware that the trophy itself is being transported by bike from cardiff by gareth thomas, who played a hundred rugby internationals for wales and is hiv positive. so one of the questions in the minds of the 10,000 people in the arena here this evening and the millions watching will be, will gareth get here in time? now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. it has been a cold, blustery weekend with some showers falling as sleet and snow over higher ground in the north. also hailstones and thunderstorms for the site. this was the scene in north yorkshire, clear skies and sunshine. in the evening, the showers will rattle east across the showers will rattle east across the uk. thunderstorms in the south. further north, icy stretches for parts of northern england a

ben wright. what else did the former prime minister have to say? an extraordinary intervention this. i'm just watching boris johnsonrdinary intervention this. i'm just watching borisjohnson get off this bus. john major who won the 92 general election against many peoples expectations, a very large share of the boat, will tonight be on stage with tony blair. the two men have been for some time very strongly opposed to brexit and now john major is saying on the eve of this election, he is telling voters in three constituencies not to back the official tory candidate and instead back the three x tory ministers who are running as independents. david gauke, dominic grieve and anne milton. in words that have just been released byjohn major, he describes brexit as a worst foreign policy decision of his lifetime. i think he is in despair about this government and a prospect ofa about this government and a prospect of a majority tory government. it is a pretty remarkable intervention by a pretty remarkable intervention by a former tory prime minister. it follows a n a former tory prime minister. it follows an intervention f

johnson intervening and breaking ties between the senators. and sort of treating the whole thing like a courtroom and then we had as ben suggested in the clintonhe trial. which models they approximate is anyone's guess. >> one question you might also ask here, ben, this motion to dismiss, rule 51, and how might that play out based on the complexion of the republican senators? >> right. so look. you can dismiss the charges on a 51 vote majority. and so, i think the first really big question is do republicans have the votes to do that? or, are there republican senators who might vote to acquit at the end of the day? but are actually going to want to see a trial. if you're a republican senator, for example, corey gardner who has to face a difficult election in the fall, do you really want to go, you know, face a general election electorate having basically not been willing to hear the evidence at all? right? and so there may be a group of people who are not interested in voting to remove donald trump but actually do think it's important to hear the evidence. and the question is how many there are. i think you can -- it's pretty easy to count to t

cather ben greene i came 2nd with 17 percent protests have already begun against the outcome of the election with demonstrators saying that it wasn't free or fair. now in other news boss johnson has officially been asked by the queen to form the u.k.'s new government his conservative party won its biggest victory in 30 years and thursday's election with 364 of 650 seats in parliament johnson says his government now has a clear mandate to get bracks it done with this mandate and this majority we will at last be able to do what. many pay attention to is this this election means that getting brits it done is not the irrefutable irresistible and arguable decision of the british people and with this election i think we put an end to all those middle miserable threats of a 2nd referendum. while the opposition labor party is a reeling after its worth selection result in decades jeremy corbin says he won't be leader at the next election. i want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general election campaign i will discuss with our party. do ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies that the party will take going forwar

ben: i think it's something that is a non-deal, a probability out there, yes. scarlet: we spent a lot of time trying to figure out what orest johnsons itself. what about the eu side? all 27 members need to be in agreement on the upcoming negotiations as well. what is their confidence these 27 members want to form a zero tariffs, zero quoted relationship with the u.k.. >> i think they all want to defend regulatory standards, whether that means they want to give the u.k. some form of zero tariff deal or whatever that might be. i think that relationship is a little more tricky to see universal agreements on. i think there are some in europe that are keen to make sure brexit is not seen as easy at go, and some wanted to through a little more smoothly, because they are worried about the ramifications on the rest of europe. it's unclear. hasink the european union the strong bargaining chip there , using london as a bargaining chip. i think that makes an awful lot of sense. that's a lot of leverage the you has over the u.k. -- the eu has over the u.k. scarlet: what does this mean for british assets or u.k. pound in particular? it's back a

borisjohnson, the boris johnson, the prime borisjohnson, the prime minister, speaking in the last hour. our political correspondent bent, dominic cummings, and i guess this is the point at which you can say that was an extraordinarily disciplined campaign, whatever people thought of it, along the way. it was largely free of gaffes, it was ruthlessly focused on that single three word slogan that boris johnson neverfailed to insert into any question, any answer he gave in response to a question, get brexit done. it was a tightly ran campaign by the people behind the vote leave campaign, and many of them are now in numberten campaign, and many of them are now in number ten running things behind the scenes, and i think boris johnson exercised huge self—control, with none of the buffoonery and clowning around from previous incarnations of boris johnson. clowning around from previous incarnations of borisjohnson. he had his eye on the price and didn't waver. tight to that was a manifesto that was pretty sparse in details. yes, the pledge to take britain out of the eu next month, the pledge not to extend the transition beyon

johnson and also from donald trump this afternoon. we will bring those to you live here on bbc news. from hertfordshire now, back to the studio and to joanna. thank you very much, benand to the front of the lib dems bus. political parties have never, ever met any of their targets, they are not doing it now, and why should we believe that you are going to do it in the future? this isjust not ambitious enough — we need to go beyond what is politically possible in order to actually give the children in this youth centre an actual future. and i absolutely agree that this is about the future of the next generation. and when i went to extinction rebellion and took part in that myself, earlier this year, i took my five—year—old along with me and we sat down and we had that conversation... taking part means committing to the three demands extinction rebellion has. if you don't commit to those three demands, you didn't take part — you visited. are you going to sign the three demands bill? i want us to get to net zero as quickly as possible, i want us to take carbon out of our society and our economy as quickly as possible. the campaign bus is an electric vehicle, it has bee

ben wright is travelling with the prime minister, and they are currently in hampshire. he has a very busy day ahead of him, hasn't he? he does, that's right. before the nato summit begins, boris johnsonin london, boris johnson south—west. president trump arrived in london, borisjohnson went to salisbury, which is not somewhere that the tories are fighting hard to keep because they already have a thumping majority down there of 17,000, but boris johnson thumping majority down there of 17,000, but borisjohnson did turn up 17,000, but borisjohnson did turn up in wiltshire for a rare occurrence on this campaign trail, which is an unprompted, unannounced walkabout around the town centre. he p°pped walkabout around the town centre. he popped into some shops and tea calls quite a scram around the christmas market in salisbury as he pressed the flesh and met some voters. the reception from a solid tory seat was rather warm to boris johnson. reception from a solid tory seat was rather warm to borisjohnson. that is the campaigning we have been used to over yea rs of is the campaigning we have been used to over years of a politician wading through a crowd in a town centre, it doesn't happen any

vote for katarina johnson—thompson, she deserves to win! vote for ben good morning to both of you! it's fantastic to have you both with us this morning. we can't talk about the individual contenders, i have to say that straightaway, that gets us into all sorts of trouble! but the sport they represent and the impact it can have, winning an award like this. i love sports personality of the year. you get to see a lot of different sports, even if there are a few you get to watch all the time. when you watch the whole evening, you realise the vast range of sports there are out there and the different things you can try. and the different characteristics and personalities we have in all of the sports that are great in the uk. does it demonstrate that sport can be genuinely inclusive? it's great, it shows a lot of the sports we do not get to see day—to—day. a lot of the athletes missed out day—to—day, we are not great on coverage sometimes for women sports but then you see these amazing female athletes that we have got. it is really exciting. kare, you are one