nick eardley, thank _ and what do the dup say? nick eardley, thank you. _ and what do the dup say?ts.— northern lights. what a show last ni . ht. northern lights. what a show last night- some _ northern lights. what a show last night. some great _ northern lights. what a show last night. some great colours - northern lights. what a show last night. some great colours to - northern lights. what a show last night. some great colours to be i northern lights. what a show last - night. some great colours to be seen and they were observed last night as far south as cornwall. the strongest images seen across northern scotland. things tend to be more intense the further

nick eardley, thank _ and what do the dup say? nick eardley, thank you. _ and what do the dup say? nick eardley, thank you. time for a look at the weather forecast now with susan powell. and some spectacular northern lights.— northern lights. what a show last ni . ht. northern lights. what a show last night- some _ northern lights. what a show last night. some great _ northern lights. what a show last night. some great colours - northern lights. what a show last night. some great colours to - northern lights. what a show last night. some great colours to be i northern lights. what a show last - night. some great colours to be seen and they were observed last night as far south as cornwall. the strongest images seen across northern scotland. things tend to be more intense the further north you go across the uk. looking at the weather chart, you think perhaps perfect conditions, high pressure normally means a lot of fine weather, but it doesn't necessarily equate to crystal clear skies. at the moment we have a north—easterly wind coming around our area of high pressure kicking up moi

thank you, nick eardley in downin: nervous. one of the country's leading private schools was shot dead by her husband before he took his own life with the same gun. the bbc understands emma pattison was killed in the family home on the grounds of epsom college. detectives are working on the theory her husband george also killed their seven—year—old daughter lettie. our correspondent robin brant is here. no one else is being sought in connection with this incident? surrey police have confirmed three bits of information that we have reported on all morning. they are treating this as a double murder and suicide. secondly, george pattison was a registered gun owner, he had a licence, they have recovered a weapon from the scene registered to him. thirdly there was contact between george pattison and surrey police, he was updating the details of his home address on the licence because they had recently moved, emma pattison only started working at epsom in september last year. we are told mrs paterson actually made are told mrs paters

nick eardley, thank very _ prepared to go far enough. nick eardley, thank very much.overnment to hold talks about pay. the education secretary gillian keegan said she would start formal pay talks with the national education union as long as it called off its industrial action. let�*s speak now to the joint secretary general of the national education union, kevin courtney. hello, thank you forjoining us. the rcn having intensive talks today and they have agreed to call off their planned strikes, why not your union? because we haven�*t seen anything so far in the government�*s letter to us that indicates a seriousness of intent. we first wrote to them raising questions about teacher pay, funding of those injuly last raising questions about teacher pay, funding of those in july last year. they didn�*t start to meet with us until we are on the verge of winning our ballot. we have had one day of strike action on the 1st of february. they sent a letter on the zist february. they sent a letter on the 21st of february and there are three wasted weeks. the same day they sent l

here are two political correspondents, nick eardley and ben wright, talking about mr anderson on thursday works around here would tell you that lee anderson is no stranger to controversy. he has said several controversial things, from criticising the users of food banks, as you heard there, to remarks about the england football team taking the knee. references like those to "controversy", and the description of mr anderson as "controversial", caught the attention of tina stowell, a conservative peer who chairs the communications committee in the house of lords and used to work at the bbc. she tweeted. .. but russ jones thought that was... controversial or not, in an interview on wednesday on bbc radio nottinghamshire, lee anderson tried to turn the tables on presenter verity cowley. there is a worry by some that you might be a bit dishonest. no, not really. i mean, have you ever told a lie, verity? but we're not here to talk about me. we're here to talk about you. no, no, and i asked the question, have you ever told a lie? the mp asked the presenter ten times if she'd ever told a lie and

nick eardley, _ two countries is. thank you very much. nick eardley, chief- two countries is.r dog by the river in st michael's on wyre in lancashire. a friend of ms bulley�*s said nothing about her disappearance was "making sense" and police say they are "fully open" to any new information about her disappearance. let's get more on this with our correspondent, dave guest. is there anything that is significantly new about the investigation at this stage? ida. significantly new about the investigation at this stage? no. the investigation _ investigation at this stage? no. the investigation goes _ investigation at this stage? no. the investigation goes on, _ investigation at this stage? no. the investigation goes on, the - investigation at this stage? no. the investigation goes on, the search i investigation goes on, the search has resumed this morning of the river. police are very much concentrating their attention on the river wye, concentrating their attention on the riverwye, because concentrating their attention on the river wye, because they feel everything points towards

nick eardley is at westminster.? plat many of these disputes? not particularly _ many of these disputes? not particularly close _ many of these disputes? iirrt particularly close seems to be the answer. if you listen to some unions potentially even further away than we were at the start of the year. this is notjust about pay, it is also about conditions. in the case of teachers it is about workload and in the case of nurses it is about just how much they have an applet on a daily basis. the government constantly tells us it is prepared to talk about conditions and talk about workload and some of the talks actually seem to have been fairly productive with some proposals being put on the table. but pay is the big sticking point with the government at the momentjust refusing to budge. if you listen to ministers they will tell you that they have a fear that if you give a high pay rise at the moment the inflation that we are seeing across the economy could be baked in and it could get worse and last longer and make the e

nick eardley. thank — run as you'd expect them to.. nick eardley, thank you very much, our chief political correspondent. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley is at a school in liverpool. good morning to you, elaine. first of all, is the school completely closed today or open to some pupils? the school is completely closed today. there are around 80 mums of staff here who are part of the neu and the head teacher said he had no option but to close. let's chat to some of those teachers today. there are 1300 pupils at the school who are 1300 pupils at the school who are at home. dan, you were a pupil at the school yourself and now you are a teacher here. tell me why you are a teacher here. tell me why you are on strike. it's your first time on strike. it are on strike. it's your first time on strike-— are on strike. it's your first time on strike. , ,., ., , ., on strike. it is, reported to stand in solidarity _ on strike. it is, reported to stand in solidarity with _ on strike. it is, reported to stand in solidarity with our— on s

for now, nick eardley, thank you i for now, nick eardley, thank you very much and nick will be with usnow and speak to our brussels correspondent jessica parker. we were talking last night, the expectation is that there is going to be a deal signed today? yes. expectation is that there is going to be a deal signed today? yes, i mean, to be a deal signed today? yes, i mean. as — to be a deal signed today? yes, i mean. as we _ to be a deal signed today? yes, i mean, as we were _ to be a deal signed today? yes, i mean, as we were discussing, i to be a deal signed today? yes, i | mean, as we were discussing, we to be a deal signed today? yes, i - mean, as we were discussing, we knew from talking to sources that the plan, once they got to a point, the eu and the uk, when they thought a deal was in the offing, was that ursula von der leyen, the eu chiefs, would head to the uk in order to have the handshake moment. she is heading to the uk, we have been hearing for weeks and more recently days that a deal was getting very close. so it seems highly likely to me that that is where things are no

here are two political correspondents, nick eardley and ben wright, talking about mr anderson on thursdayerson is no stranger to controversy. he has said several controversial things, from criticising the users of food banks — as you heard there — to remarks about the england football team taking the knee. references like those to "controversy" and the description of mr anderson as "controversial" caught the attention of tina stowell, a conservative peer who chairs the communications committee in the house of lords and used to work at the bbc. she tweeted: but russ jones thought that was: controversial or not, in an interview on wednesday on bbc radio nottinghamshire, lee anderson tried to turn the tables on presenter verity cowley. there is a worry by some that you might be a bit dishonest. no, not really. i mean, have you ever told a lie, verity? but we're not here to talk about me, we're here to talk about you. no, no, no, no — iasked the question, have you ever told a lie? the mp asked the presenter ten times if she'd ever told a lie and ended by asking for the whole ten—minute interv

nick eardley- _ hard to shake off. thank you, nick. nick eardley. 17 _ hard to shake off. all blue skies. we do have some rain and drizzle in the forecast. much of the rain at the moment is in scotland. patchy light rain and drizzle in northern ireland, parts of northern england, wales and the south—west. as we go through the course of the day we find the first band of rain moves across scotland, but the second one remains across the north west. some of this will be heavy. later, the wind will strengthen. patchy rain as we come further south. choose the bits and pieces to cross northern ireland, north—west england, wales and the south—west. there is quite a bit of cloud around. we are also looking at some sunshine. now through the day the wind will pick up. especially in the western isles. 50 mph. temperatures six to 12 degrees north to south. this evening and overnight in a band of rain in the north—west weakens as it moves further southwards and eastward. then it will pave it and head north once again. ahead of it, some clear skies. behind it, some clear skies and some sh

nick eardley is in manchester for us.be achieved? that five missions, the question remains, how will they be achieved?— how will they be achieved? that is one of the main _ how will they be achieved? that is one of the main criticisms. - how will they be achieved? that is one of the main criticisms. there l one of the main criticisms. there was not a great deal of detail about how the missions will be delivered. there was talk about potentially having the fastest growing economy in the g7 by the end of the first labour term but no specifics on how the labour party intends to do it. artistic criticism we have heard from the conservative party already, there were no new ideas about how to improve the uk. hard to look at that speech are see keir starmer as a leader who feels increasingly confident he will be the next prime minister. there was talk about what he will do in the first but also acknowledge what we do in the second term of a labour government, talking about a so—called decade of renewal. no guarantee any of that

nick eardley is our chief political correspondent. good morning.ing with a potential deal? good morning. it will be today- — potential deal? good morning. it will be today. it _ potential deal? good morning. it will be today. it is _ potential deal? good morning. it will be today. it is looking - will be today. it is looking unlikely it will be tomorrow. i get the sense a deal is pretty close. 0fficials the sense a deal is pretty close. officials are talking about it again this morning. they are treating it on an hour by hour basis. it could come pretty quickly. but as rishi sunak wakes up this morning, he has got a lot more to think about than just reaching a deal with the european union. i think his mind is starting to turn towards what is going on domestically and trying to win over his own party and the unionist parties in northern ireland. i have got to say from chats i have had over the weekend, it looks like that is going to be quite tricky. firstly, with his own party, there are a lot of brexiteer conservative mps who are uncomfortable with

let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley, who's at westminster this lunchtime.ersy that lee anderson finds himself the centre. it is only controversy that lee anderson finds himself the centre.— finds himself the centre. it is not, because he _ finds himself the centre. it is not, because he has _ finds himself the centre. it is not, because he has told _ finds himself the centre. it is not, because he has told the _ finds himself the centre. it is not, because he has told the new - finds himself the centre. it is not, l because he has told the new edition of the spectator magazine that he would back bringing back the death penalty, saying that it is effective in stopping reoffending. in fact, anyone who works around here would tell you that lee anderson is no stranger to controversy. he has talked it in the past by talking about the need for foodbanks, suggesting that some people didn't need to use them. he stoked controversy in the past by posting how much one of his members of staff was paid, saying she didn't need to use foodbanks. so that it did raise a few

chief political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. the potential pitfalls ahead for the pm on this deal? that question of whether the dup sign up as a massive one. it is something that rishi sunak wants, it is a pitch he is making to unionist politicians, to get back around the table, but at the moment he cannot be sure that it is going to happen. likewise he cannot be certain that some of his own mps will not oppose what he has agreed. there are a small number who have not yet said how they feel, they want to go through it with a fine tooth comb to make sure there are no what they call surprises. there are questions on how this could work in practice, particularly the so—called stormont brake. it is not clear when the government would be prepared to use that or whether it is a nuclear option kept on the back pocket in case things get bad. that is a question some dup politicians have been asking. however i think that if you had told the prime minister at the weekend that he would get the reaction he has had, you would have bitten your

nick eardley, a political correspondent. _ them to. nick eardley, a political correspondent.ardley, a political correspondent. let's speak- them to. nick eardley, a political correspondent. let's speak to . correspondent. let's speak to someone who is taking a day off today because of the strikes. i know that little ezra has been popping up occasionally making an appearance so we may see him. he occasionally making an appearance so we may see him-— occasionally making an appearance so we may see him. he may appear, yes. have ou we may see him. he may appear, yes. have you had — we may see him. he may appear, yes. have you had to _ we may see him. he may appear, yes. have you had to take _ we may see him. he may appear, yes. have you had to take leave, _ we may see him. he may appear, yes. have you had to take leave, or- we may see him. he may appear, yes. have you had to take leave, or are - have you had to take leave, or are you going to make of the hours elsewhere? what is the situation with you? elsewhere? what is the situation with ou? �* ~ elsewhere? what is the situatio

nick eardley, thank yom — time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. good afternoon. first day of february bringing some beautiful winter sunshine for some of us. this was the scene in east sussex earlier. but the month began last night with a swell of cloud close to the north of scotland and an area of low pressure bringing strong wind. and now cloud rolling in from the atlantic bringing cloud and rain for some of us already today. this was county down earlier on with grey skies overhead but it could turn brighter in parts of northern ireland to the afternoon. some rain around and ahead of that, north east scotland holding on to some sunshine and further south across england and the south of wales increasing amounts of cloud but it should stay pretty much dry. temperatures between eight and ii pretty much dry. temperatures between eight and 11 degrees and on the night the rain continues north and east, some heavier rain racing into the north—west of scotland by the end of the night. but we will see milder air working in from the atlantic so temperatures for some clim

let's talk about this with our chief political correspondent nick eardley. e it happens? morning. well, we happen before it happens? morning. well. we are — happen before it happens? morning. well, we are expecting _ happen before it happens? morning. well, we are expecting that - happen before it happens? morning. well, we are expecting that that - well, we are expecting that that reshuffle will happen later this morning. i have been speaking to a lot of people in a lot of places in westminster about this over the last 24 hours. there have been a lot of rumours. i think we are going to start to see them coming true. we know that rishi sunak was looking for a new conservative party chairman. simply because he sacked the last one just over a week ago. so that is one of the appointments that i would expect we will see later this morning. the favourite for thatjob is a guide called greg hands. he is a trade minister at the moment. i think he has got a good chance of getting thatjob. not confirmed by downing street yet. we will need to wait and see exactly what t

let's go to westminster now and get more on this with our chief political correspondent, nick eardley about the reception at westminster last night? i think it was a good as rishi sunak could have hoped. there was no expensive criticism, even from the most ardent brexiteers in rishi sunak�*s own party. there was actually a lot of welcoming for the deal from some people who could have been awkward for the prime minister. those people who made life tough for theresa may for example, thought this deal was about as good as it gets. there is always a but when it comes to brexit and here it is one that the dup have not made up their mind yet, they are studying the detail of this, although some very mps are less than convinced so far. the second is there are still some brexiteer tories who want to scrutinise the fine detail before making theirjudgment clear. i suspect rishi sunak feels pretty happy about the way this has been received so far. you got a sense of that in his interview on the today programme this morning. that is not to mean there are hurdles to come and the specifics of what i

let's talk to our chief political correspondent nick eardley. what can we expect from today?e expect from today? yeah, that job in cabinet _ what can we expect from today? yeah, that job in cabinet vacated _ what can we expect from today? yeah, that job in cabinet vacated by - thatjob in cabinet vacated by nadhim zahawi will be filled in the next couple of hours, no confirmation yet from number ten about who's going to get it, but i've been chatting to a lot of people over the last 21l hours and the favourite is greg hands, a trade minister at the moment, the man most likely to get that job minister at the moment, the man most likely to get thatjob and it is announced. a lot of activity here this morning, but we are not seeing anyone of cabinet level coming in just yet, because the cabinet meeting that was supposed to be this morning has now been postponed until this afternoon, presumably to get all these jobs out of the way first. there is going to be a pretty big reorganisation of whitehall and how government departments work, so the prime minister is going to create a new

nick eardley is our chief political correspondent. individual that does not hold back on speaking his mind, but is this going to cause issues for the party and for the prime minister? it would have been hard not to know, has hardly been a shrinking violet when it comes to expressing some of his opinions, does on twitter, has added other controversies over things like talking about how much a staff member got paid, about food banks, an interview with the spectator today where he backs the death penalty. to be honest, number ten i'm certain will have known about some of this phase. i suspect it's actually why he got the job, because remember when he was made deputy chairman, greg hans was made chairman of the conservative party. greg hands is a fairly run—of—the—mill safe pair of hands from the south of england, we anderson is from the midlands, his constituency is part of the old redwall, those seats that the tories won from labour for the first time in 2019, and she is really popular with a lot of his colleagues from that part of the

joining us now live from salford ahead of that speech is our chief political correspondent nick eardley doing a we've seen circular storm are doing a round of interviews this morning, setting out what this mission statement means —— circular storm. big picture stuff saying we've got a big goal but as the detail on how they're going to deliver it? hot big goal but as the detail on how they're going to deliver it? met a they're going to deliver it? not a treat they're going to deliver it? not a great deal. _ they're going to deliver it? not a great deal. is — they're going to deliver it? not a great deal, is the _ they're going to deliver it? not a great deal, is the short - they're going to deliver it? not a great deal, is the short answer, | they're going to deliver it? not a| great deal, is the short answer, i think this is designed to be labour's big picture such that it will develop over the next 18 months orso will develop over the next 18 months or so leading up to when we think the general election will be i think what dear starmer is trying to say to voters today zero he really t

let's talk to our chief political correspondent nick eardley.expect to hear from rishi sunak on this? i can we expect to hear from rishi sunak on this?— can we expect to hear from rishi sunak on this? i suppose we heard from him yesterday _ sunak on this? i suppose we heard from him yesterday at _ sunak on this? i suppose we heard from him yesterday at prime - from him yesterday at prime minister's questions. but i do think there are still some questions that there are still some questions that the prime minister and his team are facing because what we have a cloud hangs over him, there was the gavin williamson resignation, the gavin williamson resignation, the recent sacking of zawahi and no questions over mr raab, many thinking he will struggle to survive it, i spoke to one serving minister yesterday who said the problem the prime inserts went to have is that you have so many people who have now become part of the complaints against mr raab. unions say it is into the dozens. we think it is probably about 25 at the moment. the argument that thi

but first, our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in berkshire. rashed out, particularly around the say that northern ireland will have under the rules which apply there. but i think this deal is pretty much done, barring some major catastrophe this afternoon, we will start to see details of it emerge. and it will be a big moment, we can expect number 10 to sell it as a deal that deals with some of the trade problems that we have seen between great britain and northern ireland, it makes it a bit easier to send goods, they will argue it protects the union and gives northern ireland a much greater say over its own sovereignty. one of the big challenges is going to come when rishi sunak, not when he holds a press conference here to announce it all but when he goes back to parliament tonight because it will be committing the dup, the unionist party in northern ireland, and tory mps that this is a good deal. i have been chatting to a lot of them for the past week and some of them don't think that this deal as they understand it goes far enough. they wan

joining us now is our chief political correspondent nick eardley. be trying to achieve today? good morning. he's going to try and sell the deal to businesses and to various communities in northern ireland and it's pretty clear that rishi sunak and actually a lot of his own mps think that this is a really big win for the government, that they negotiated some significant concessions from europe and this deal does things that many thoughtjust and this deal does things that many thought just weren't possible. and this deal does things that many thoughtjust weren't possible. and i got to say, the reaction so far has been pretty good for the prime minister. there are a lot of his own mps who have been sceptical in the past about brexit arrangements, who are on board. we heard some of them in that piece there. opposition parties in the commons almost all of them have said that they are going to back the deal so i think number ten will be really happy with the way this has landed so far. it's probably as good as it could have got for the government. but don'

let's speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley.y talking about next year. this is going to be crucial in any talks, isn't it?— any talks, isn't it? absolutely, it reall is. any talks, isn't it? absolutely, it really is- the _ any talks, isn't it? absolutely, it really is. the government - any talks, isn't it? absolutely, it really is. the government has i any talks, isn't it? absolutely, it. really is. the government has come up really is. the government has come up with that 3.5% figure that it thinks is fairfor up with that 3.5% figure that it thinks is fair for next year. but there is a process it has gone through. that figure could well go up. when i speak to people in the treasury about what they think would be a maximum level, the figure that is talked about is 5%, because ministers think that over that things would make inflation was, but below that, or at that level, it is probablyjust below that, or at that level, it is probably just about manageable. below that, or at that level, it is probablyjust about manageable. next

let's find out a bit more with nick eardley.yone thought brexit was done, why are we here today? it is anyone thought brexit was done, why are we here today?— are we here today? it is all about the arrangements _ are we here today? it is all about the arrangements for _ are we here today? it is all about the arrangements for trading - are we here today? it is all about - the arrangements for trading between great britain and northern ireland. they have — great britain and northern ireland. they have been really controversial since _ they have been really controversial since boris — they have been really controversial since borisjohnson's brexit deal was struck— since borisjohnson's brexit deal was struck but what rishi sunak is going _ was struck but what rishi sunak is going to _ was struck but what rishi sunak is going to sign up to today, barring any last—minute mishaps, is a deal that will_ any last—minute mishaps, is a deal that will make it easier to trade between — that will make it easier to trade between great britain a

we'rejoined now from westminster by nick eardley. morning. what a day. as well. huge disruption i that is as well. huge disruption that is as well. huge disruption that people are going to face across the uk today. the government says it is disappointing. it had hoped a lot of this could be avoided. in the particular case of the teachers, we have heard from ministers the argument that they don't think this is a last resort, and it should be a last resort to stop some children from going to school. they don't think it has reached that stage. unions would disagree and say they need to take action to protect the standard of living. there have been talks this week between the unions and the education secretary. some of the accounts i have heard from people there were that there were some positive elements to it. for example, the government thinks it can make some offers on conditions, on workload, on terms for teachers. but on the crucial issue of pay, how often have we talked about that on breakfast? it —— pays at the very heart of these disputes. there was

that is our. chief political correspondence, nick eardley.y of state for northern ireland is introducing legislation that will push the timetable back until january next year. chris heaton—harris said in a statement, "an election in the coming weeks will not be helpful or welcome." the nation has been without a devolved government since the democratic unionist party began boycotting the assembly this time last year over the northern ireland protocol. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello, lots of fine unsettled weather on the way, thanks to higher pressure, although we have had strong winds and outbreaks of rain across scotland, weather fronts grazing the north of the uk here with plenty of showers this afternoon, but elsewhere it has been sunny. high pressure continues to bring a lot of dry weather into this evening as well, clearer skies towards the midlands, southern and south—east england, another cold one here. for northern england and northwards, more cloud and more breeze, further outbreaks of rain for the nor

let's go to my colleague nick eardley who was listening to that press conference was not what did youtrading arrangements came into force. that was the big sell. the talks about changing vat, allowing the uk to do that which again the prime minister thinks will improve people's lives. i think that is the primary focus we are going to hearfrom number ten in the next few days as they try to pitch this idea to parliament and mps. there is also the big question we have been asking all morning about what the mechanism would be to allow politicians in northern ireland to have a say over the rules which will apply there. that is what has been termed the stormont break the idea that members of the legislative assembly will get a chance when rules apply to say that they don't want them to apply and they don't want them to apply and the uk government will have an ultimately veto. that says two things, that northern ireland will have a bigger say over what is going on. secondly, it is an incentive to the dup to get back around the table and agreed a power—sharing again. with all of this, that wa

we'rejoined now by our chief political correspondent nick eardley.nd five key pillars. tell these are bold statements and five key pillars. tell us these are bold statements and five key pillars. tell us a these are bold statements and five key pillars. tell us a bit these are bold statements and five key pillars. tell us a bit more. these are bold statements and five key pillars. tell us a bit more. the big ideas by labour to take into the next general election. at the start of the year we had five promises by rishi sunak. this is labour's answer to that. lots of poll suggests there is a good chance that labour is in power. i can tell you what they are. the economy, to have the highest sustained growth in the g7 group of advanced nations. making britain an energy superpower, building an nhs for the future, making the streets safe and breaking down barriers to opportunity, which is about childcare and education. they are all big principled ideas. the big question keir starmer will face is, how will he do it? everybody talks about growing the economy

it echoes what our chief political correspondent nick eardley was reporting, that a source had told himbeyond that. she has always been com ared beyond that. she has always been compared to _ beyond that. she has always been compared to jacinda _ beyond that. she has always been compared to jacinda ardern, - beyond that. she has always been - compared to jacinda ardern, although when she left, the new zealand prime minister decided to stand down, nicola sturgeon said she still had plenty left in her tank. she has been at the top for a very long time. nearly nine years as first minister of scotland. before that she was deputy leader, she was responsible for the national health service for nearly a decade, since 2004. and i think if you are in top—level politics, particularly in scotland where it is fairly rough for a long period, it takes its toll. she has been dropping very broad hints in recent months and years that she wants to have another job after politics. she is 55 now. she will be looking ahead and thinking, do i want to go ahead to 2024, which is the next uk general election. s

let's go to westminster now and get more on this with our chief political correspondent, nick eardleyto the process, and there are still things to watch over the next few days. the political front, to watch over the next few days. the politicalfront, there is a question of what the dup does. still keeping its cards close to its chest. some of its mps have said they are not happy with what rishi sunak is come back with and the party leadership is still working through the deal. there are some conservative mps who are waiting to see exactly what is in the legal text before they are making their minds up. the prime minister, by the way, will make his pitch to his mps behind closed doors in parliament tonight. but there is also what is in that legal text, and i think that will be interesting. just one thing that is causing a bit of conversation and a bit of concern actually amongst some of the dup is the storm want break, this idea that the storm want break, this idea that the northern ireland assembly will be able to cause new laws, apply new eu laws applying in northern ireland, and the

let's speak to nick eardley. good morning. take us through what has been said? morning.s top team ahead of the general election, probably next year, when the tories will look to keep a lot of the seats they won for the first time a few years ago. but, when you appoint someone who is known for making controversial comments, rise like this can brew up, can't they? thank you. it is 20 when it's passed out. it is time to look at the weather. sarah has all of that. —— 20 past eight. a beautiful picture there. hoping for some sunshine this week? yes, i can promise a bit of sunshine. quite a lot for many today. good morning. this is the picture as the sun has crept up in scarborough, north yorkshire. some clearskies. many scarborough, north yorkshire. some clear skies. many people waking up to clear skies. but not everywhere. we have got a band of cloud sitting across parts of southern england. we have got wintry showers moving into the north yorkshire. some clear skies. many people waking up to clear skies. skies. many people waking up to clearskies. but skies. many people wak

here are two political correspondents, nick eardley and ben wright, talking about mr anderson on thursdayre to talk about you. no, no, no, no — iasked the question, have you ever told a lie? the mp asked the presenter ten times if she'd ever told a lie and ended by asking for the whole ten—minute interview to be played in full as he said he didn't trust the bbc to cut it down fairly, or else not to be played at all. radio nottingham did run the whole interview, which also appeared on the bbc website, to the approval of andy brockman: 0vernight on sunday, the bbc news channel reported on the grammys, the music industry's annual awards ceremony in los angeles. here's a headline they ran in one of their half—hour bulletins in the small hours of monday morning. and beyonce's big night — she gets ever closer to winning the most grammy awards of all time. that picture, of course, was not of the singer beyonce but the actress viola davis, another award winner that night. this isn't the first time the bbc has mixed up two famous people of colour, and mary anderson commented: bbc news posted this