Welcome to bbc news. The government has been narrowly defeated in a key brexit vote, after a rebellion by tory mps. After a rebellion by tory mps. Mps backed a change to the eu withdrawal bill which called for the terms of a final deal between the uk and the eu to be approved by a new law passed by parliament. Earlier the Prime Minister had offered a concession and promised that mps would have their say before the uk left the eu in march 2019. The amendment, which was proposed by the conservative former attorney general, Dominic Grieve, was approved by 309 votes to 305 a majority of four. The ayes to the right, 309. The noes to the left, 305. Cheering. Order. Im sure you want to hear the result to make sure it is correct. The ayes to the right, 309. The noes to the left, 305. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. Unlock. 0ur chief Political Correspondent vicki young has more for us now. A bloody nose for the Prime Minister and potentially down the road, huge headaches having to deal with
Time for a look at the weather, with lucy martin. Good afternoon. In the last few minutes, Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a tropical on. It is heading northwards, as we move through the day. Still plenty of rainfall to come through the next few hours. But it is a quieter story across the uk today. We do have low pressure in charge, and that means weve got a fairly brisk north westerly breeze. And this morning, we started off with a mixture of sunny spells and showers, some of those showers fairly heavy. They will be making their way south eastwards and in between them there will be some good sunshine. Thats how it will stay as we move through this afternoon, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. The wind slightly easing on what we saw this morning, but still slightly breezy. The showers across england and wales do have the potential to be quite heavy. They could contain some lightning and thunder. In between, some spells of sunshine. For Northern Ireland, Northern England and s
School. The parents of a six year old child threaten to sue their sons school, after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. 0n the anniversary of 9 11, President Trump appears alongside the first lady to pay tribute to the nearly 3,000 who died. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The us state of florida has been battered by Hurricane Irma, which has destroyed more homes and caused widespread damage. At least four people have been killed and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without power. Parts of miami are under water. The hurricane has swept up from the caribbean, where it killed dozens of people and wreaked terrible damage. Over the weekend, it hit cu bas northern coast. Irma then moved north, battering the islands in the florida keys, before passing by miami and close to the coastal city of tampa. The storm which has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm is heading north, towards the state of georgia. 0urfirst report is from daniela rel
Well speak to the man who played paddington in one of his tv incarnations. And following the latest global cyber attack, well get an updated assessment on the spread of the latest computer ra nsomwa re. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im damian johnson. Defending Tour De France champion chris froome hasjust announced hes extending his contract with team sky. Britains Johanna Konta powers into the third round at the Pre Wimbledon Eastbourne tournament with a straight sets win. And usain bolt gets set to run his first race in europe in his farewell season. And he receives a heros welcome in slovakia. More on our top story in a memorable first, andy murray is the number one seed for wimbledon. He tops the draw because of its historical form on grass. The rankings do not apply for the all England Club Djokovic moves to number two, federer is up to third, nadal is full. The top four in the world will be kept apart in the drawer until the semifinals. I
In the hour on bbc news. Three days before the defence of his title, murray puts in the practice at wimbledon as he tries to shake off a hip injury. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. In the last half hour the leader of kensington and Chelsea Council, the borough where the Grenfell Tower fire happened, has resigned. Nicholas paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in the response to the fire, and in particular for the decision to ban the public and press from a Council Meeting last night. The bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. Kensington and Chelsea Council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds has more. Where you pressured by number 10 to resign . The pressure simply