Life and i very naively, im american, we dont have that they are. Two big legal changes in Northern Ireland are looming with abortion and same sex marriage becoming legal at midnight. It has prompted stormont to assemble for the first time in three years. Coming up one afternoon live, lizzie with all the sport. Hello, simon. We have squad news for the Rugby World Cup semifinals this weekend, there is good news for england but bad news for wales. 0k, back to you later. And we have the whether with matt taylor. Thanks, simon, half term week for some of you and some of you would appreciate something drier but rain will never be too far away from the forecast and i will tell you where that will be in around half an hours time. Good afternoon from westminster, where borisjohnson will this afternoon try again to get the backing of mps for his brexit deal with the European Union, after he abandoned his bid to secure parliamentary approval during a special sitting on saturday. The government i
The police ban on protests by the Climate Group Extinction Rebellion across london last month, is ruled unlawful in the high court. Nicola adams has announced her retirement. And the weather. We have been looking at the latest climate statistics. And also the forecast over the next few days with particularly heavy rain for england and north wales. Thanks, chris. Also coming up anger as firefighters responding to an out of control bonfire are attacked by a gang of young people throwing fireworks. Idid not i did not define what young actually meant there. We will talk about that later on. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Its not what anyone would want minutes before they launch their Election Campaign. As borisjohnson prepared to address voters from downing street the news that a cabinet minister was resigning. Welsh secretary alun cairns quit following claims he knew about a former aides role in the collapse of a rape trial. Certainly not the best start for a campaign which was l
Nigel farage says he wants an Election Alliance between his brexit party and the conservatives, as President Trump gets involved to encourage the idea of farage and the pm joining forces i would like to see you and boris get together because you would really have some numbers. I wish you two guys could get together it could be a great thing. A year after the law changed to allow nhs doctors to prescribe Medicinal Cannabis, we hear from many families who still struggle to get it. We take a look at what happens in the netherlands, where the drug is legal recreationally, and yet patients cant get it as a medicine. It is there and doctors can get it, so. Knock on every door, never give up, because its your child. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria live. Frank has already been in touch about our item on atus you would not incarcerate someone with a broken leg so why lock up someone
A look atjohn bercows most memorable moments as he stands down as house of commons speaker. And england name an unchanged side to face south africa in the Rugby World Cup final on saturday. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Campaigning has begun for the next general election to be held on december 12th. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will launch his partys campaign this morning. Hell say the election offers a once in a generation chance to transform the country and will promise to go after tax dodgers, dodgy landlords and big polluters. Borisjohnson is due to make a series of campaign visits of his own, highlighting what he calls the peoples priorities education, the nhs and crime. The Prime Minister suffered a blow on wednesday evening as one of his cabinet ministers, nicky morgan, became the latest tory mp to decide not to stand for re election. Today was of course the day the uk was due to leave the European Union. Nick eardley has more. Get used to scenes like th
And whether its going to affect the way they vote in the general election in december. Also today, orkambi, a drug to treat Cystic Fibrosis, will now be available to patients in england, scotland and Northern Ireland. But what about wales . This is rebekah bow, mum of eight year old sofia. She lives in south wales and, as things stand, wont be able to get the drug. Well be speaking to them both. And Laura Huteson was killed with a knife wound to the neck while having sex with a man shed met in a bar. Campaigners are calling for deaths during consensual rough sex to be treated always as murder. What were really asking for is forjuries to be given the chance to opine on this and for prosecutors not to almost chicken out of prosecuting these as more serious charges. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. We are definitely going to talk later about donald trump because you might have seen that he tweeted this picture last night showing him giving a medal of honou