A reality check on nhs and social care. Now its time for a look at the weather. A brief respite for some of us . This isa a brief respite for some of us . This is a quite before the storm. We have reasonable weather around at the moment and the best across england and wales. A few breaks in the cloud and wales. A few breaks in the cloud and some sunshine coming through for some of us and cloudier Northern Ireland and there are a few showers for the north west of england and wales and scotland is turning increasingly soggy with heavy outbreaks of rain and strengthening winds pushing north eastwards across the country. As you go through the night we will see that band of rain extending across all parts of the uk and the rain will be heavy on the wind is quite squally and gusty for the time overnight and you might notice that and as a rain band clears through we are looking at these squally showers following to these squally showers following to the north and west. Looking at the forecast
Tamara ecclestone the daughter of former formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has had a reported £50 million worth of jewellery stolen from her london home. After his performances in englands world cup win and his heroics in the ashes, ben stokes wins the bbc Sports Personality of the year. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, will welcome more than a hundred new conservative mps to westminster today as he aims to deliver on his election promise to get brexit done. Parliament wont officially open until thursday, so what can the new intake expect from their first week in westminster . Today, therell be a minor Cabinet Reshuffle to replace ministers who lost their seat or didnt stand for re election. Tomorrow, the speaker will begin the process of swearing in mps, who are required to take an oath of allegiance to the crown. On thursday, the queen will formally open parliament with a shorter than usual speech, which focuses on delivering brex
Morning what Water Companies can charge over the next five years. It could mean cuts to bills, and a demand to spend more on plugging leaks. Ben stokes is named bbc Sports Personality of the year. The all rounder capped off a brilliant, world cup winning year by picking up the main award in aberdeen. You have helped a lot of people. You have helped a lot of peopleli do hope so. Dont hope so, you have. We continue to follow terrences incredible story. He touched all our hearts last week after coming on breakfast to talk about spending 20 christmases on his own. Might makea might make a frosty start with the risk of ice in the northern half of the uk. There is a lot of dry weather. Some showers in parts. More details in 50 minutes. Its monday the 16th of december. Our top story the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, will welcome more than a hundred new mps to westminster today as he aims to deliver on his election promise to get brexit done. Parliament wont officially open until thursday, so
Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will defend her country. Tributes are paid to the man who inspired the ice bucket challenge who has died at the age of 34. It was a Viral Campaign that raised more than £150 million for charity. Arsenal end their longest run without a league win since 1977 as they beat west ham 3 1. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. New zealand prime Ministerjacinda Ardern has said there are questions which must be asked after the volcanic eruption on white island. There are five confirmed fatalities and eight people are missing on the island, though police say they are also likely to have died. Officers earlier announced that a criminal investigation would be opened, but later revised this, saying it was too early to comment. White island is new zealands most active volcano. Its in the bay of plenty, around 30 miles off the coast of the north island. From there, our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil reports. The Prime Minister on the site of where tho
An important moment in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. The House Intelligence Committee which has been leading the investigation so far has just released its findings, after ten weeks of closed and then open public hearings. Heres what it says the evidence of the president s misconduct heres what it says. Heres adam schiff a short time ago. The president of the United States solicited foreign interference in our election and used the power of his office, the power to convene a meeting in the oval office and the power to provide or withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to an ally at war to get his political dirty work done. White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham has released a statement saying. Chris buckler is in washington. This is dramatic. The press conference was dramatic and the reports are dramatic for isnt really a ny reports are dramatic for isnt really any different to what we were hearing from adam schiff a week two ago . At the heart of this, all