Also in the next hour. The extent of homelessness in england is described as a National Crisis by a group of mps. The number of rough sleepers more than doubles in six years. 9000 people are thought to be living on the streets. And the super agers, cheer leading in their seventies and eighties, so whats the secret to a long and healthy life . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Britains Biggest Police force, the metropolitan police, is reviewing all its current sex offence investigations after the collapse of two rape cases in the space of a week. Both prosecutions were halted because the police had failed to disclose key evidence which might have helped the defence. Several legal experts are now warning that this may reflect a wider issue across england, wales and Northern Ireland. We will bring you more on that later but first i want to take you to these pictures in washington. In a few moments, in fact im told he is making his way through the crowd and the president of the United
And helps my memory. We just get out there and do what we need to do and enjoy. We cant slow time but we can put more life in our years and hopefully become super agers. Fergus walsh, bbc news, sun city, arizona. And all three of fergus reports on how were living longer and Life Expectancy in the future can be found online. Just go to bbc. Co. Uk ten. A reminder of our top story tonight. The first secretary of state, damian green one of theresa mays closest allies has resigned from the cabinet after an investigation found he had breached the ministerial code. More details on the bbc news channel. Now on bbc one its time for the news where you are. Good night. Hello. Im olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight. Manchester united are undone by another city. Bristol city knock the holders out of the league cup. A sixth sacking of ther premier league season. Paul clement is given the push by swansea. And birminghams bid gets the green light. Theyll host the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth games . It looks like an early Christmas Present for birmingham. They are set to be confirmed as the hosts for the 2022 games as long as they dont mind paying for it with a price tag of £750 million. I will have more at 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. And tomasz has all the weather unfestive weather. It is. Look at the gloomy picture behind me. As we go from Christmas Day into boxing day, it might turn colder but mild is the word. Thanks, tomasz. Also coming up prosecco and perfume for Pampered Pets owners spend more than ever before on Christmas Gifts for theirfurry friends. Hello, this is afternoon live. The metropolitan police is reviewing 30 Sexual Assault cases, and investigating scores of others. The announcement follows the collapse of a second rape trial in just a few days after vital evidence wasnt made available by the police. The met say the same officer worked on both cases. Disclosure, as its known, means that police have a duty to hand over any relevant evidence to d
Sunshine, because it is the shortest day, the winter solstice, so the sun is going to set fairly shortly for many of us. Generally, somewhere between about 3pm and 4pm this afternoon. By tomorrow, those days start to get ever so slightly longer again. This afternoon, this weather front draped through central parts, again. This afternoon, this weather front d 5535} hhraugircefitral parts, again. This afternoon, this weather front d 5555 to iraugircefitral parts, e magma} fruniit ffeej,. 7. 7, 555m 2 fruniit ffi}; j;;; 555i gngsggg quit. i,f;; east. Rims out of i i Northern Ireland. Across Northern England, wales, the south west of mm england, quite a murky night with low cloud and hill fog moving in. A touch of frost across parts of scotland, but generally frost free elsewhere. Tomorrow, we quickly lose the bulk of the rain from wales in South West England. Still a lot of low cloud and murk in the west, especially the coasts and hills. Further east, you are more likely to get some gl
Man giving a tv set and stand to go with it to a man selling the big issue with only a few days to go before christmas. We will be looking into acts of kindness by strangers. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. A heads up that later were expecting confirmation that birmingham has been chosen to host the Commonwealth Games in 2022. It was the only city bidding. So if it doesnt get it officially, that will be a massive story. Well bring you reaction to that obviously. Also today, we want to hear your breaking news from 2017 something thats happened in your own life this year. Lydia tweeted me shes had a hec of a year. 0ne, started cancer treatment. Two, bought a house. Three, treatment didnt work. Four, hysterectomy. Five, moved to london. Six, newjob. And she adds drily im hoping 2018 will have less breaking news. Let me know your breaking news from 2017, whatever it may be. Tweet me use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the