the promise by damon galgut.e lucky for the south african writer, who's won the booker prize. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, liverpool on the verge of qualifying for the last 16 of the champions league with two games to spare as they faced atletico madrid. good evening. the house of commons voted today to rewrite the system of standards and rules for mps' conduct, after the government backed a move to support the conservative mp and former minister owen paterson. the cross—party standards committee had said he should be banned for 30 days for repeatedly breaking lobbying rules, which he denies. the government ordered conservative mps to support an amendment calling for that sanction to be reconsidered as part of a new disciplinary process. the vote passed with a majority of 18, with a significant number of tories refusing to back it. here's our political correspondent iain watson. the ayes to the right, 250. the noes to the left, 232. shame, shame! what divided mps today were proposed changes

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the promise by the south african author damon galgut explores recent south african history through the had been shortlisted for the booker prize twice before for previous novels. winning the booker prize gains an author a place in one of modern literature's most prestigious clubs — past winners include margaret atwood, hilary mantel and kingsley amis. and before we go — diwali, the five—day festival of lights is currently being celebrated by millions of hindus, sikhs and jains across the world. thursday is the main day of celebrations. you won't have to look far to see houses, shops and public places decorated with small oil lamps called diyas. hgppy happy diwali to all of you celebrating and thank you for watching newsday. hello. a chillier feel to the weather this thursday. yesterday we saw some decent sunshine early on in the day, and the cloud built up. today it's likely to be a similar scenario. but where we do have the sunshine, it will still feel cooler because of the wind, and because we've pulled in colder airfrom the north through the course of the night. a frost to start the

it�*s damon galgut�*s ninth novel — he�*s been nominated for the booker prize twice before, but thishis on behalf of all the stories told and untold, the writers heard and unheard from the remarkable continent that i am part of. please keep listening to us, there is a lot more to come. we bet i�*ll get reading. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. feeling rather chilly this thursday across the uk — combination of a frosty start, us sitting in chillier air than yesterday that�*s coming from the north overnight, and also a northerly breeze just to add to the effect. high pressure is trying to push in from the west, it should mean we see fewer showers than yesterday — but i think still some quite frequent ones for pembrokeshire and cornwall, some grazing into eastern coastal counties of england, as well, with the north sea coast almost favoured to catch them, and a cold wind here. temperatures barely making it into double figures, but blue skies and sunshine for much of the uk. friday, we�*ll start to pick up a more westerly feed of air, more moisture comin

this year's booker prize was given to south african author damon galgut for his novel "the promise". this was his third nomination and his first time winning the prize. in other award news, the american library association has announced their finalist for this year's andrew carnegie medals for excellence. this year's nonfiction finalists -- "a little devil in america" is also nominated. the winner will be nominated on -- the national book awards are being held in november 17th in new york city. it is a virtual event this year and as always, book tv will be covering it. and finally, according to mtv books can, print sales rose 12% for the week ending october 30th. that means book sales are up 10.5% for the year. and joining us now on -- is jan webster jones, co-owner of source booksellers in detroit. how long have you had your bookstore, ms. jones? >> it's a pleasure once again to be on c-span. it's been in business since 1989. about 32 years. we've been going on 33. we have had several changes that we have gone through in the pandemic. >> what's the last year and a half, almost two y

south african novelist damon galgut has won the 2021 booker prize, with his book the promise.promise follows the decline of one south african family over four decades, from the apartheid era to the present day. it's the first time he has won the prize. still to come a bit later in the programme: a racism row at one of england's top cricket clubs. but first... british mps have voted to rewrite the systems and standards that govern their own conduct in a bitter row about the actions of the conservative party's 0wen paterson. a cross—party watchdog said he should be banned for 30 days for repeatedly breaking lobbying rules. but the government ordered tory mps to support an amendment calling for that punishment to be reconsidered as part of a new disciplinary process. iain watson reports. the ayes to the right, 250. the noes to the left, 232. shame, shame! what divided mps today were proposed changes to the way they police themselves. the government narrowly won a vote which could give those accused of breaking parliamentary rules a new right of appeal. earlier in the commons, lab

the promise by the south african author damon galgut. hello.d the cloud built up. today it's likely to be a similar scenario. but where we do have the sunshine, it will still feel cooler because of the wind, and because we've pulled in colder airfrom the north through the course of the night. a frost to start the day, all the way down from scotland into the welsh marshes. milder initially across eastern england, but here, a chance of some showers through the day, some coming in down the north sea coast, as well, and nagging northerly wind here. for the majority, though, it's shaping up to be a fine day with some sunny spells, temperatures at best 9—10 celsius and feeling cooler because of the breeze. but you'll notice through thursday evening and overnight more cloud coming into the north of the uk, it will bring a bit of rain, as well. this is a chilly warm front — the clue is of course in the name. friday morning, it's actually much milder across scotland and northern ireland. and that milder air will then continue to tip its way south across