Young offenders from ethnic minorities will become the next generation of criminals unless the Justice System is reformed, a new reports says. And a 13 Year Old Girl who died from a brain aneurysm has helped eight different people through Organ Donation thats a record number. Good morning. Its friday 8th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A state of emergency has been declared in the British Virgin islands after the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma. High winds and storm surges are continuing to ravage the caribbean, with dozens known to have died and buildings destroyed. Aid agencies are warning of spreading disease after the break down of water and sanitation services. Later, a military plane carrying relief will take off from raf brize norton in oxfordshire a royal navy ship, the rfa mounts bay, is already in the caribbean. She has already delivered assistance to anguilla, and is now on her way to the British Virgin islands. Lets ta ke lets take a look at
Victims of ethnic cleansing. Rohingya muslims. Hello. You are watching bbc news. We have reached the end of the debate in the commons on the great repeal bill and the vote will be coming up in the next few minutes or so. These are live pictures of the various mps heading to the Division Lobbies to cast their votes. Lets go to our political correspondence alex forsyth. Alex, we had at the end of that debate, david lidington, the justice secretary, focusing on the importance of the great repeal bill and why it needed to go through in order to, in his words, and and why it needed to go through in orderto, in his words, and in and why it needed to go through in order to, in his words, and in the words of david davis, the brexit secretary, and the rest of the government, to have an orderly brexit process. But also focusing on the concerns of some conservative mps. We heard from dominic greene, the former attorney general, about these extra power is written into these extra power is written
Vote tha n much bigger majority in the second vote than it did in the second. So we know that labour mps were under orders to vote against the bill. They did not want a second reading. We know that other opposition parties had also told mps that they should vote against the bill being given a second reading, as well. But in spite of that, the government ended up winning the vote 326 votes to 290. That is a government majority of 36. We should remember that this is a government that copper on paper at least, does not have a majority in the house of commons. But the bottomline, though, is the second readings are usually about broad brush principle is, not about the detail. That comes later in the Committee Stage and so forth. I suppose a lot of the conservative mps who do have concerns, ken clarke, anna soubry, Dominic Grieve and so on, they agree with the general principle that we need an orderly transfer of all the regulations from the eu books onto oui regulations from the eu books on
Find out if average wages are keeping up with the cost of living. Foreign secretary, boris johnson, arrives in the caribbean, as british holidaymakers affected by Hurricane Irma start to arrive back in the uk. In sport, celtic are humbled in the Champions League by paris st germain, and the worlds most expensive player, neymar. 5 0, the score in glasgow. There were wins for Manchester United and chelsea, though. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Storm irene is now in the north sea. The wind is dying down. A blustery day with sunshine. All the details coming up. Thank you very much. A bbc breakfast investigation has found thatjust 2 of council owned downing street says the cap on Public Sector pay increases will be lifted in 2018. Ministers have already announced salary rises for police and prison officers in england and wales that are above the 1 limit, but unions say it doesnt go far enough. Our Political Correspondent, leila nathoo, is in our westminster studio this morning. Th
In parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. Once again, the issue of harassment looms large in westminster. We will work with any colleagues across the house to make sure that we seize this opportunity to get it right once and for all. Mps are told the Brexit Impact studies, which were the centre of debate on wednesday, will be made available as soon as conceivable. And are you desperate for a copy of the bible of parliamentary procedure . The people of this country are demanding it be made available without having to buy a copy of the book. But first, mps were back at westminster a little over 12 hours after the surprise news that the defence secretary had resigned. Sir Michael Fallon said his past behaviour may have fallen short of the standards expected by the British Armed forces. The new defence secretary was named as Gavin Williamson, who had been in charge of Party Discipline as chief whip. Hes been described as a rising star, whos trusted by num