Coming up in the next half hour. The foreign secretary tells mps a return to customs posts on the irish border after brexit would be unthinkable. There can be no hard border, that would be unthinkable, it would be economic and political madness. Mps continue their detailed scrutiny of the eu withdrawal bill and demand reassurances on citizens rights. There arent british rights, there are a universal human rights and that is the message that this government and our comradeship sent to the rest of the world. And the government promises it will bring in new rules on the use of drones to try to protect aeroplanes. But first, the leader of the dup, arlene foster, has suggest that suggested that ireland and the rest of the eu were being careless and reckless in the way they were using concerns about the Northern Irish border as part of the brexit talks. In a bbc interview, mrs foster also suggested that there was no way the eu and the uk could put down red lines on the border before moving t
A latte levy or a flat white tax . Mps says drinkers using disposable cups should be charged an extra 25p to encourage them to switch to reusable versions. Bringing strong winds and blizzards. Its the tenth day of record breaking low temperatures, which have already claimed several lives. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. Theres mounting criticism this morning of the parole boards decision to release the serial sex attackerjohn worboys. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. The chair of the house of Commons Home Affairs committee, yvette cooper, said she was really shocked that he was being freed, and she called on the board to set out the reasons for its decision. The chairman of the board, nick hardwick, says he recognises theres a lack of transparency in the system, and will be launching a public consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. For
To encourage them to switch to reusable versions. And a severe winter storm hits the eastern United States, with record breaking low temperatures that have already claimed several lives. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. Theres mounting criticism this morning of the parole boards decision to release the serial sex attackerjohn worboys. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. The chair of the house of Commons Home Affairs committee, yvette cooper, said she was really shocked that he was being freed, and she called on the board to set out the reasons for its decision. The chairman of the board, nick hardwick, says he recognises theres a lack of transparency in the system, and will be launching a public consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. For six years, john worboys cruised smart areas of london in his black cab, looking for women to drug and
Over 100 empty homes forjust £1. Houses like these. I will look at whether this is one way we can solve the housing shortage and i will take you inside some of the houses. And in sport from the farm to the curling sheet. Great britains men beat switzerland in their opening match. Tea m team gb won silver four years ago, but this is a new team, all of them farmers. Theres black and then theres one of the blackest substances known to man. What can vantablack be used for . Well tell you later. And we have the dark lord himself on the weather forecast. We can bring a bit of colour to your forecast. Lots of frost and sunshine to begin with, but rain and hill snow on the way. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story a committee of mps has said there is a pervasive lack of trust among disabled people in how their welfare claims are assessed. The commons work and Pensions Committee said reports by private contractors were riddled with errors and quality targets had b
Which prevent british aid being spent on relief work in the caribbean. And the new plastic tenner featuring jane austen and raised dots to help blind people. A clear plastic window with winchester cathedral, gold coloured, on it, and thats the last resting place of jane austen there, on the back of the note. And coming up in the sport on bbc news Maria Sharapova hits back at the people who have criticised her return to tennis, after a 15 month doping ban. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed at least 80 people injune, has opened with a minutes silence to remember the victims. The man leading the inquiry, sir Martin Moore Bick, said he acknowledges the great sense of anger and betrayal felt by survivors, and that the inquiry can and will provide answers about how the disaster could have happened in 21st century london. He added that the inquiry would not shrink from making recommendations that could lead to civi