how has it done under david abraham? pretty well.st in that it has to compete with the truly commercial broadcasters whilst at the same time having a remit to come up the same time having a remit to come up with interesting, distinctive programmes which have a slightly different point of view. that's not a lwa ys different point of view. that's not always easy to manage, but they have generally done pretty well. commercially, they are in a decent place. they have been strategically updating how they do advertising sales. and shows like gogglebox, educating yorkshire, these have been long—running factual shows, so they are indecent hell. on occasions like this, we always cast are mine, to who might come next and take over. good question. there will be no shortage of candidates, i would have thought. there is a bit of debate about whether you go for a creative chief executive or a commercial to one. do you want someone who is strong in business and operations or someone strong in business and operations or someone who has grown up thro

we will speak to broadcast magazine in ten minutes about why david abrahams, the channel 4 chief executivehas decided to resign. we have an exclusive interview with professor kelly and his children at 7pm after his interview became a viral hit online. scotla nd viral hit online. scotland could get another independence vote, but would european partners welcome them to the fold in a post—brexit britain? find out in 100 days at 7pm. and the political editor of the mirrorand and the political editor of the mirror and the broadcasterjulia hartley brewer willjoin me for the papers. that's all i have. right now, sportsday. hello. i'm 0lly foster. these are our sportsday headlines tonight: another champion day at cheltenham for nicky henderson — the trainer is off to a flyer at the festival. it's a special night for the champions, but it could also be leicester's last european match for while. and eligible for the open again as muirfield 0pens its membership to women for the first time. good evening. we'll be heading live to leicester shortly ahead of that champions league tie but the cheltenham f

how has it done under david abraham's tenure? it has done quite well.st in that it has to compete with commercial broadcasters out there, while at the same time having a remit to come up with interesting, distinctive programmes that have a slightly different point of view, which is not always uneasy balancing act to manage. they have generally done pretty well. commercially, are ina done pretty well. commercially, are in a decent place. they have been updating how they do advertising sales, and shows like goggle box, educating yorkshire, they have been solid factual shows, so they are in decent health. on occasions like this, we cast our minds for waterloo might come next and takeover. there will be no shortage of candidates. —— we cast our minds forward to who might come next and take over. it will be interesting to see which way the board goes. the slight feeling at the moment is they may lean towards more of a business leader than a creative leader, but it is an interesting question for the board. chris, editor of broadcast, thank you. children becom

channel 4's chief executive david abraham has said he intends to step down from his role by the end ofeen appointed and is in post. it was the kind of mystery detectives hadn't been faced with for 20 years. a man, who travelled more than 5,000 miles, found dead on remote moorland. he had no phone, no wallet and there was no way of identifying him. in fact, it took the authorities over a year tojust find out his name. today an inquest finally learnt more about what happened. our correspondent judith moritz reports. saddleworth has a stark beauty, its reservoirs and moorland set against pennine skies. people come here to walk, to sail and to cycle, but one man came here and died. this grainy film shows david lytton at a wedding. there's very little footage of him and his identity was a mystery for so long the best image available of his face was an artist's impression. he travelled from a different world, 5,500 miles away in pakistan. we now know that, although he was from london, he had been living here in a suburb of lahore since 2006. translation: he was our neighbour. he was a nice p

abraham lincoln. that was lincoln's pledge, call it lincoln's pledge. but for too many veterans this hasn't been their experience at all. we've been reading horrible experiences over the years. already, david improvements are being made. it's going to change and under my administration it will change, very important to me. during my campaign i outlined a detailed plan for improving care for veterans across the country and it's moving ahead of schedule. as commander in chief i will not accept substandard service for our great veterans. every member of our government is expected to do their utmost to ensure our veterans have the care that they are so entitled to. maybe more entitled to than anybody. and that hasn't been the way they were treated. but it is the way they're going to be treated. so again, i want to thank you all for being here. it's a great honor. maybe i'll ask david to say a few words. >> thank you, mr. president, mr. vice president. i wanted to let you know the people in this room are some of the most dedicated, passionate people advocating for our veterans. and they are our partners in this quest to transform va. and we really are so grateful that they're here with us as pa

abraham lincoln. that was lincoln's pledge. for too many veterans this hasn't been their experience at all. we've been reading horrible stories over the years and already, davidr with improvements made and under my administration it will change. it's very important to me. during my campaign i outlined a detailed plan for reforming veterans' care tlaut the country and -- throughout the country and we're working to put the plan into effect and moving i can say honestly ahead of schedule. as commander-in-chief i will not accept substandard service for our great veterans. every member of our government is expect to do their utmost to ensure our veterans have the care they're so entitled to. maybe more entitled to than anybody and that hasn't been the way they were treated but it's going to be the way they are going to be treated. again, thank you for being here. it's a great honor and maybe i'll ask david just to say a few words. >> thank you, mr. president and mr. vice president. i want you to know the people in the room are some of the most dedicated passionate people advocating for our veterans. they're our partners in this quest to transform va. we are so gra