Authority Andrew Bailey is named as the next governor of the bank of england. Without question, he is the right person to lead the bank as we forge a new future outside the eu and level up across our great country. Trains and road travel is severely disrupted on one of the busiest travel days of the year gatwick services are affected and theres disruption in devon and cornwall. Australias pm apologises for going on holiday while the countrys bushfire crisis worsens , fire continues to ravage parts of the country. And the us moves closer to putting its astronauts back into orbit as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. Mps will vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Its thought the Withdrawal Agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80 seat majority at last weeks gene
Ever had. Especially in indonesia, weve never had these kind of results before. 15 year old youtube star nikki lilly was diagnosed with an extremely rare and life changing condition when she was just six and has had to have more than a0 operations. Shes about to be awarded a bafta for her outstanding bravery. Well talk to her at half past ten. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Well have more on those latest waiting time figures in a few minutes. Do get in touch if youve had to wait a long time in a e. Use the hashtag victoria live. If youre emailing and are happy for us to contact you and maybe want to take part in the Programme Please include your phone number in your message. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. Lots of you already getting in touch on our exclusive film about plastic burning in indonesia. Monty on twitter is this how our government is reducing its carbon output to net zero . appalling finlay on twitter shockin
Raids across london to rescue women thought to have been trafficked from romania. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. Its a big night for england. The match against montenegro at wembley this evening will be their 1,000th international fixture. Theres no Raheem Sterling, remember, but can they qualify without him . Thanks, connie, and nick miller has the weather. More rain falling where it is just not needed. How much and for how long . Plus going in search of snow. I have also found some in africa. Thanks, nick. Also coming up as we get the first glimpse of this years John Lewis Christmas tv ad, well look at what the others are like and ask whether the millions of pounds spent on on them is money well spent. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imploding. The governments target is for 95 of a e patients to be treat
Reduction. 100 flood warnings in place across england tonight as the met office warns that up to five more centimetres of rain could fall. Articial speech ever since i got this voice it was amazing. And the little boy whos been given a new voice thanks to advances in technology. And coming up on sportsday late in the hour on bbc news. England prepare for their ioooth game, the match at wembley against montenegro scould also see them qualify for the euros. Against montenegro should also see them qualify for the euros. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One in six patients waited longer than the four hour target in october and the target for starting Cancer Treatment was missed for the 46th month in a row. The total number of people waiting for routine operations is now nearly 4. 5 million. The labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the figures as disgrace
Never been done home and away, back to back. I am looking forward to the challenge and obviously you learn things from doing it the first time. It is nice to have the opportunity to go and do it again. So matthew delighted to be taking up the role and she will be doing it with a tried and tested formula. She will bring back her vice captains from 2019, catherine emery, Suzanne Pedersen and laura davies. Although Suzanne Pedersen ended up playing at that event. So plenty of opportunity to bring on 2021. Matteo berrettini has become the first italian to win a match at the season ending atp finals. Hed already been knocked out of the tournament, but put that disappointment behind him to beat Dominic Thiem in straight sets at the 02 arena in london. Thiem is already in the semi finals. Theres a big match this evening, in the same group as berrettini and Thiem Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer play for a place in the semi finals. The pair havent met since djokovic won wimbledons longest sing