Penalties for corruption. And the town of tadcaster in North Yorkshire will be reunified today when its only road bridge reopens, more than a year after it was destroyed by severe flooding. Good morning. Its friday 3rd february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. First to paris where there has been an attack at the Louvre Museum in the heart of the city. Its been described the french Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve as being of a terrorist nature. Police say a man carrying two machetes and two backpacks shouted allahu akbar and tried to enter the underground Shopping Area outside the museum. A soldier opened fire and the man was seriously wounded. The backpacks did not contain any explosives. A huge Security Operation is underway, and the louvre has been evacuated. Its the latest Security Alert in a city which has become well used to them. The Louvre Museum houses some of frances most famous works of art, and is one of pariss most iconic landmarks a place which is a must
And coming up in the sport on bbc news fighting for their futures. Five sports begin their appeals against the withdrawal of funding by uk sport. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The number of patients on Hospital Wards has been at levels deemed to be unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter, thats according to the bbcs analysis of nhs figures. The pressure on beds has meant many patients have been at a higher risk of infection and delays in getting treated. Up to date figures arent available for the rest of the uk. Nhs england says the main problem is finding Alternative Care for patients who were medically well but frail. Our Correspondentjohn Maguire has been to a hospital in somerset to see just how much pressure the nhs is under. Ask staff here how the winter is going, and they use words such as busy, challenging, demanding. Drjohn tipping shows me how they track exactly whats happening here in the emergency department. It allows us to see what
Programme. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Were also talking about the british is fighter who died in that Suicide Bomb Attack on iraqi forces in mosul this week. He was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who received, it is reported, £1 million in compensation, taxpayers money, your money, on his release back to the uk. Well be asking if the money was spent on terror and how he was able to travel abroad. Heres how to get in touch. Use Victoria Live. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today, a ruling expected later this morning at the Supreme Court could mean that thousands of british citizens gain the legal right to bring their foreign spouse to live in the uk. Currently, people who are married to a briton but are from outside the European Economic area that is, the eu plus iceland, liechtenstein and norway, have been barred from settling here unless their partner earns more than £18,600 a year. Lisa hampele is here t
The pound in your pocket will soon have 12 sides. We take a look at the new coin due to come into circulation next month. Nonsense, robert, it is all nonsense gcioss nonsense, robert, it is all nonsense across the board. Nonsense, robert, it is all nonsense across the board. And ill be talking to mark cuban, an american billionaire, about his impressions of the new president and his hopes for the future. Its 5 oclock. Our main story a woman has been killed in wolverhampton, as storm doris continues to batter parts of the uk with winds of up to 94 miles an hour. Planes have been grounded, roads closed, and rail travel disrupted. Trains across the whole Virgin Network are suspended and every Train Company in the uk is said to be affected. Victoria station is experiencing severe delays, and no trains are leaving manchester piccadilly. In Northern Ireland, thousands of homes are without power. Lets get the latest from our correspondent, daniel boettcher. Emergency crews in Wolverhampton Ci
Ever seen at the oscars ceremony. A change to personal injury compensation will increase Car Insurance for millions of drivers. Ranieri, oh oh, oh oh. And leicester fans voice their support for the manager sacked last week. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, champions Leicester City shows signs of survival as life after ranieri begins, starting with liverpool in the Premier League tonight. Good evening. For the second time in a fortnight, a former Prime Minister has warned that the british people are being given an unrealistic vision of life after brexit. Two weeks ago, it was labours tony blair. This evening, it was the conservative sirjohn major, who said the costs of brexit would be too much for most people. And he warned that theresa mays approach could lead to a second Independence Referendum in scotland. Our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. Polite words can still pack a punch. A warning from a former tory Prime Minister to todays, one whose time in office was tor