Day recess next week, for the tory Party Conference. We are in stoke on trent, a city that voted overwhelmingly for brexit. We will be testing the political temperature. Well have all the latest from westminster. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. President trumps top intelligence official faces congress, after a whistle blower claims the white house tried to cover up details of a phone call between donald trump and the ukrainian president. Minimum pricing in scotland leads to a fall in the amount of alcohol people are buying, prompting calls for the rest of the uk to follow suit. Prince harry on Climate Change the world will be a very troubling place he says if people continue to deny it. And coming up. The uks new Polar Research ship, originally due to be called Boaty Mcboatface is launched today by the duke and duchess of cambridge, named after Sir David Attenborough. Good afternoon, its five oclock, and borisjohnson says tempers need to come down in parliament, after he was
Its expected to be the citys largest ever march. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Murderers who fail to disclose the whereabouts of a victims body could spend longer behind bars, under legal changes being set out by the government. Whats become known as helens law which will apply in england and wales follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt. She was killed 31 years ago, but her body has never been found. Ben ando has more. For 31 years Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter, who was just 22 when she was abduct and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never revealed the whereabouts about of helens body. To have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. I believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one, and not let them know
Spray painted an expletive on the plinth at the kelvingrove gallery and museum in glasgow. Gallery and museum in glasgow. The pair, from the Campaign Group this is rigged, reportedly glued themselves to the bust. The group says it carried out the vandalism to protest against increasing food insecurity. Increasing food insecurity. Donald trump could take another step towards a november election rematch with joe biden later. A voting is underway in washington dc , with mr trump hoping to dc, with mr trump hoping to continue his clean sweep of states in the race to become the republican partys president ial candidate. Hes now won six states after victories in missouri, michigan and idaho. Last night. However, he made a number of false claims at Campaign Events , including Campaign Events, including allegations that joe biden is smuggling people across the border. And smuggling people across the border. And he again confused the current president with barack obama. Let me get the barack ob
Who preach racism, intimidation or incite violence. It follows a warning from the Prime Minister on friday that democracy is being threatened by a rise in extremism. The seven year old extremism. The seven Year Old Girl has died after a migrant boat carrying 16 people capsized in the english channel. She had been travelling with her pregnant mother, her father and three siblings when the boat got into difficulty in the early hours of this morning. Videos hours of this morning. Videos filmed inside prisons are to be banned as the government moves to crack down on harmful content being posted online. The move will close a loophole in which its only a crime for inmates to post prison footage. The new laws would criminalise the posting of video, photos and audio recordings taken in jail. Filming of staff will also be banned, as well as content captured by drones. Anyone found breaching the laws could be liable for an unlimited fine. Liable for an unlimited fine. Two women have been charged
Surprised if a 2a week baby died. Hope for the most premature babies, as Survival Rates increase for those born before 27 weeks. More than half of Small Businesses with eu workers are worried about finding the Skilled Staff they need after britain leaves the European Union. Ill have more on how that could work. In sport, theyre going up. Newcastle secure promotion back to the Premier League with victory over preston. The Comedy Superheroes are back. Weve been to meet the Guardians Of The Galaxy, kurt russell and chris pratt, so what do they like about being in britain . Probably jellied yield. No probablyjellied yield. No no jellied eel. And carol has the weather. It isa it is a very cold start to the day and a cold day generally. That deal is accented by northerly winds. It will be a little bit like yesterday, wintry and i will have more details in15 wintry and i will have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Labour will set out its policy on brexit today,