Ididnt ididnt want i didnt want her worried, or her legacy to be william and more harry being completely and utterly devastated by it. All that hard work and love and energy that she put in to us when we were and love and energy that she put in to us when we were younger, and love and energy that she put in to us when we were younger, going to waste. Good morning. Energy bills, insurance costs and council tax are all going up at a much faster rate than the average cost of living. Ill be looking at why. England are just one match away from retaining their womens Rugby World Cup. They beat france in a tense semifinal in belfast to set up a final against new zealand. That this weekend. That is. And carol has the weather. A balmy start to the day here in london, but we have some heavy rain in northern england, Northern Ireland scotland. Behind that, fresher conditions and some showers. More details on 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The government will today outline how it
Conservation staff and volunteers are battling to save 100 that are still alive, in one of the areas worst Whale Standings in living memory. Good morning, its friday 10th february. Im rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, has conceded the Nhs In England is facing completely unacceptable problems. He said there was no excuse for some of the difficulties highlighted during the bbcs nhs week. A series of reports have revealed Lengthening Waits in a e and patients being left for hours on trolleys. In an exclusive interview with the bbc, mr hunt told our Health Editor hugh pym that the government has a plan, but it will take time to deliver. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs, and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same c
By a 24 hour strike. And passing the baton the queen starts the relay which will end at the Commonwealth Games next year. And coming up in the sport on bbc news we look ahead to the last of the fa cup quarterfinals. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Nicola sturgeon has announced plans for a second referendum on Scottish Independence. Its two and half years since the last one, in which scots voted 55 to 45 to remain in the United Kingdom. Scotlands First Minister says she wants the referendum to take place between autumn of next year and the spring of 2019, to offer people a choice when the terms of the brexit deal are known, but before its too late to pull out of it. The government has responded that another referendum would be divisive and cause huge Economic Uncertainty at the worst possible time. The brexit bill is being debated now by mps. Tonight were reporting live from westminster with our political editor, laura kuenssberg. But first, over to our scotland editor
Surprise and set her on course for a major battle with the uk government. Westminster says not now to a vote, but do ministers mean, not ever . And At Westminster tonight, the House Of Lords is set to approve the bill allowing the Brexit Process to begin. Also on the programme we report from somalia and uganda on the famine threatening more than 20 Million People in africa and the middle east. Many thousands of Rail Passengers are affected by Strike Action across england, affecting three train companies. And at buckingham palace, the queen starts the baton relay for the Commonwealth Games of 2018. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Birmingham and liverpool host an interest in hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games, after it is announced that it wont be taking place in durban any longer. Good evening. The First Minister of scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, is to seek permission to hold a second referendum on independence between the autumn of next year and the spring of 2019. She said the vo
We begin with the highly anticipated results of the Airport Commission study. Among the plans chosen from more than 50 proposals is the contentious idea of expanding heathrow. Caroline hyde has been following this story. Walk us through the key proposals, what is in and what is out. Listat is not on the short is Birmingham Airport and the thames estuary. Lets look at the three proposals. What howard davis said is needed is one runway by 2013 and potentially 2 additional runways by 2015. Theyre looking at one option with Gatwick Airport to build a new runway to the south of the easiest thing runway. The other two surround heathrow, our biggest hub and the most busy airport in all of europe. One new runway in the northwest and could be an extension of the existing runway. They have not listed thames estuary, saying it is too uncertain. They might look at it again in the first half of next year. Boris johnson coming out today saying, it is not dead. They are not being considered. Business