mississippi are told to close their mouths and they have a shower after floods contaminate the water supply. coming up later in the hour, they start in the forgiven, find out what mark thinks of that and the rest of the week s big releases in the film review at 545. hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, the conservative party leadership contest has come to an end. on monday, the country will know who will takeover as prime minister rishi sunak or liz truss. it s been an often bitter contest, lasting almost two months. whoever wins, faces an agenda that includes a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills. our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it s fantastic to be here. for weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it s fantastic to be here. here in darlington. it s fantastic to be here. here, in eastbourne. gosh, it s fantastic to be here. in birmingham. racking up miles, and, they hope, v
we begin with uber, as uk drivers today will have paid holidays, pensions, and a minimum wage a change that could be replicated in other countries around the world. and this comes one month after the us firm lost a legal long battle in the uk which began in 2016 over drivers status. in last month s supreme court hearing, uber had argued it was a third party booking agent, and its drivers were self employed. our transport correspondent caroline davis spoke with uber s european boss in an exclusive interview. today is an important day for all the drivers in the uk, and the reason for that is because, from today, any driver who earns on the uber platform, and that s over 70,000 drivers in total, will be able to be paid for holiday time, they ll be enrolled in a pension and they ll be able to earn at least the national living wage as a floor and not a ceiling. for years politicians and unions have said that you have been playing fast and loose with employment rights. does this
we believe someone or some people at that party know what happened. the former downing street adviser dominic cummings describes the department of health as a smoking ruin in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. a digital travel certificate the eu suggests a way for holiday makers to prove they ve had a covid vaccination. bird song. and, why this is so unusual? the bird that s now so rare in the wild, it s forgotten how to sing its own song. coming up in sport later in the hour on bbc news, we will have the latest from the cheltenham festival, where champion hurdle star rachel blackmore has more rides on day two. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a damning report into child sex abuse in football says the football association failed to do enough to keep children safe after the scale of the problem came to light. the independent review found the fa was too slow to put protection measures in place following the high profile convictions of abusers
Good morning. The pay gap between men and women in their 20s has narrowed to its lowest level ever, but if youre in your 30s or 40s men are still earning much more. Why . Ill be finding out. Good morning. In sport, a fantastic comeback from arsenal, who came back from 3 0 down with 20 minutes left to draw 3 3 at bournemouth. Arsenal stay fourth in the table. Good morning. The Natural History museum prepares to dismantle dippy the diplodocus. After 100 years in the same spot, the dinosaur is going on tour. And carol has the weather. Good morning. It isa it is a cloudy start for england and Wales Cricket board in with some drizzle. It will brighten up, though, particular central and eastern areas. A cold start for scotla nd eastern areas. A cold start for scotland and Northern Ireland with some clear skies. Some sunshine, if you wintry showers but a keen wind down the north sea coast. More details on the weather in 15 minutes. Thanks. Good morning. First, our main story. Britains outgoin
The diplodocus. Good morning. Its the 4th of january. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Britains outgoing ambassador to the European Union, sir ivan rogers, has strongly criticised the governments preparations for brexit. In his Resignation Letter he said he didnt know what ministers Negotiating Objectives were and called on his colleagues to challenge what he called Muddled Thinking. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. Sir ivan rogers has been britains ambassador to the eu for three yea rs, ambassador to the eu for three years, and his criticisms about the governments preparations for brexit will be hard to ignore. In his Resignation E Mail he said there is a short supply of Serious Multilateral Negotiating Experience in whitehall and he said the structure of the uks Negotiating Tea M Structure of the uks Negotiating Team need rapid resolution. He reveals that even he does not know what the governments Negotiating Objectives for brexit will be. But it is sir ivans implic