more evidence that wages are failing to keep pace with the cost of living earnings are down 1.2% from last year when adjusted for inflation, their biggest fall since 2013. a woman convicted of killing a one year old boy she was hoping to adopt. her lawyersaid one year old boy she was hoping to adopt. her lawyer said she lost it over his crying. wayne rooney tells a libel trial that the fa wanted rebekah vardy to calm down during the european championships six years ago. the queen has made a surprise visit to the new london elizabeth line ahead of its opening next week. welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has confirmed the government will introduce legislation that would change parts of the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland known as the protocol. she told parliament that britain would prefer a negotiated settlement with the eu, but failing that, it would pass a law to change the protocol to make trade easier in an attempt to encourage
Hello, good morning. Iam Annita Mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. The us director of National Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that Official Agencies Leaked claims russia had Compromising Material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President Elect to say the information had not come from the us Security Services. Meanwhile the bbc understands the ex mi6 officer who is believed to have prepared the memo containing the unsubstantiated claims is now in hiding. Christopher steele, who runs a london based intelligence firm, is believed to have left his home this week. Our washington Correspondent Laura Bicker has the story. Donald trumps not a huge fan of the press corps, but he had a message to send to the media and to Us Intelligence agencies. He believes they leaked unsubstantiated allegations that his Election Team colluded with russia. It is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it didnt happen. There are also claims that russian
The government has suffered a second defeat on its brexit bill in the House Of Lords. Peers are insisting on what they call a meaningful parliamentary vote on the final deal to leave the eu. The government will now try to overturn the changes in the House Of Commons. Ministers accused some in the lords of trying to frustrate the brexit outcome. Theresa may is still hoping to start the formal leaving process by the end of the month, as our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. They are not universally loved, but the House Of Lords wont let that drive its opposition away. Defeating the government for the second time in a week on its plans for brexit. Contents, 366. Not contents, 268. So the contents have it. With the biggest turnout for nearly 200 years, just for good measure. Reporter do you think parliament should have a meaningful vote . Ministers are determined not to give in. Theyve promised parliament already a say on the terms of brexit. But arguments for a legal guarantee of
The government has suffered a second defeat on its brexit bill in the House Of Lords. Peers are insisting on what they call a meaningful parliamentary vote on the final deal to leave the eu. The government will now try to overturn the changes in the House Of Commons. Ministers accused some in the lords of trying to frustrate the brexit outcome. Theresa may is still hoping to start the formal leaving process by the end of the month, as our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. They are not universally loved, but the House Of Lords wont let that drive its opposition away. Defeating the government for the second time in a week on its plans for brexit. Contents, 366. Not contents, 268. So the contents have it. With the biggest turnout for nearly 200 years, just for good measure. Reporter do you think parliament should have a meaningful vote . Ministers are determined not to give in. Theyve promised parliament already a say on the terms of brexit. But arguments for a legal guarantee of