we start with a troubling landmark for the climate as 2023 smashes the record, for the world s hottest year ever recorded. european scientists say, that 2023 left the records tumbling like dominoes . the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.98 degrees. that beats the previous hottest year set in 2016 by 0.17 degrees. the announcement was made by the eu s climate change service. and the met office in the uk believes this record could be short lived, as their forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter. earlier, i spoke to our climate editor, justin rowlatt, who told me that record was broken by some margin. yeah, it is interesting, isn t it? the margin, as you say, was 0.17 celsius. you might say, well, that doesn t sound very much to me, but remember, this is a global average, an average across the entire globe day and night across the entire year, and normally scientists say they expect it to be broken by a tiny fraction of a degree, 0.01, 0.02, not
prosecutions into thousand 15. if we are to make sure that escande like this can never happen again, we need to look at the way in which private prosecutions like these have been undertaken. any company can bring private prosecutions in this way. this is not a special power of the post office, i know my right honourable friend the lord chancellor wants to give this issue proper and thoughtful consideration and i am sure he will report to the house about this issue in due course. getting justice for the victims of this candle and ensuring that such a tragedy can never happen again is my highest priority as a minister and has been throughout my 15 months in office. when we talk about compensation, we have to remember that the lives of postmasters and their families caught up in this scandal have been changed forever. they face financial ruin, untold personal distress and a loss of reputation that no amount of financial compensation can fully restore. the government recognises h
then won the tournament again as manager in 1990. tributes are now pouring in. live now to jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. jane, what more can you tell us? confirmation came in the last hour from franz beckenbauer s family that he had in fact passed away at the age of 78. a statement from his family to the german news agency dpa reads, it is with deep sadness we announce that my husband and our father franz beckenbauer passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday, surrounded by his family. we ask that you allow us to grieve in silence and refrain from asking any questions. beckenbauer was widely regarded as one of the greatest ever footballers of all time and one of only three men to win the world cup as both a player and a manager. he was an icon of german football but he earned 104 caps complaint for west germany as it was back then, and captained them to glory in 1974, winning the world cup. before of course repeating defeat as a manager in its elite 16 years ago. h
What race, religion, but becomes secondary. And at 10, we are talking to former towie stars, mum and daughter Debbie Douglas and lydia bright. The chat that goes with gaming can be offensive, intimidating, but is it just part of the territory . An anti bullying charity says gamers and sports fans are amongst the worst offenders for their attitudes to Mental Health and the language they use around it. We are talking to a group of gamers in the next half hour. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. We are we a re interested we are interested in what you think about the scheme of opening up peoples homes to patients to free up peoples homes to patients to free up beds in hospital. The latest on the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victorialive. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Nhs patients recovering after an operation could be moved from a hospital bed
For west ham in the league cup. They came from two goals down to beat spurs, relieving some of the pressure on manager slaven bilic. In Flanders Fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row. Well also be marking the launch of this years poppy appeal with one of the most poignant poems of world war i. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Some lovely pictures from last night of the aurora borealis. Today for scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of england, we are looking at a day of sunshine, showers and blustery wind. For the rest of in london and wales, a bit of cloud around and some of us are seeing some rain but i will tell you where in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. More than 300,000 people are leaving the workforce every year because of insufficient support for Mental Health problems. A report commissioned by the government says the human cost of this is huge and that the loss to the economy runs into tens of billions of pounds. No