demanding baby, woken up all hours and nick has the festive forecast for us. good morning. storm barbara may be pulling away from the uk, but it remains windy today, tomorrow, and into boxing day as well. the latest on the blustery christmas forecast coming up. good morning. first, our main story. extensive railway engineering works are starting across britain today, with 200 different projects being carried out over the christmas break. passengers in london, manchester and cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit by the work. one of the biggest stations in the capital, paddington, is closed, with passengers being told to go to ealing broadway. it s where our reporter jane frances kelly is for us this morning. good morning. it s going to be a good deal busier there than normal. yes, it is going to be busy. i have seen people turning up with quite heavy suitcases and that is because trains to paddington are terminating here. that is because paddington will be closed for the
the clock is ticking in one of the largest currency experiments in the world. yep today is the last day to exchange those bank notes abruptly scrapped by the indian govt last month. the prime minister calls it a success but what do ordinary indians think about it all? and the big boss of the world s 3rd largest pension fund looks set to be arrested for abuse of power and giving false testimony. it s just another sth korean corruption scandal we re going live to seoul to get the latest. welcome to world business report i m aaron heslehurst. if you are walking past the telly, stay where you are fought little bite of finance. today is the last chance for indians to deposit, in banks, any of the cash, those 500 & 1000 rupee notes the government abruptly scrapped last month. it s an unprecedented experiment in a society where cash is king. 85% of the bank notes in circulation have been withdrawn. the government s aim is to crack down fake notes and corruption. but as yogita
welcome to the programme, and a happy new year. we re live until iiam. dentists have criticised what they ve called the workplace cake culture , saying the sharing of sweet treats in the office is contributing to health problems. they ve called for a change in 2017. so, is this sensible advice or an attack on the little things that make office life a bit more enjoyable? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. a man has been shot dead by police in an operation near the m62 motorway in huddersfield. west yorkshire police say the operation last night was pre planned , and that at least one person was arrested, but gave few other details. they say it was not related to terrorism. another two people were arrested in a related stop in bradford. the independent police complaints commission has sent investigators to the scene. it s the fift
withdraw a controversial initiative to strip an independent ethics committee of its powers. and, going full circle. how vinyl is making a comeback, hitting a 25 year high. the uk s most senior diplomat to the european union has quit, just weeks after warning it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the european union following brexit. sir ivan rogers resignation comes less than three months before the government expects to start formal talks on leaving the eu. his comments put him at the centre of a political row, with leave campaigners accusing him of being unduly pessimistic on brexit, while others argue he was simply reporting the mood in brussels. here s our political correspondent carole walker. voiceover: behind the darkened windows, at the prime minister s side, as she arrived at last month s eu summit, sir ivan rogers tried to keep a low profile. but his warning that it could take the uk ten years to get a new eu trade deal overshadowed what was already a di
conflict, bbc arabic is going to explain why. todayis today is the formal start of a major shift in power in america, we had the newly elected congress meeting to the first time, the republicans hold both houses, these are, i was going to show you live pictures, they dropped off, as well as congress, bear in mind, january 20, the republicans control the white house, the dynamics within the republican party are becoming very interesting. republicans in the house of representatives had hoped to push this through, it is an amendment to weaken the body that overseas claims of misconduct against members of congress, a niche concern but it has become a symbolic issue, it went ahead despite senior republicans in congress objecting but then a few hours ago, we heard this. in fact, but then a few hours ago, we heard this. infact, and but then a few hours ago, we heard this. in fact, and this is from writers, in fact, the us house republicans reversed course, withdrawing these proposed