Major currencies this morning. Iain conn, the chief executive of centrica, which owns british gas, announces hes stepping down after a challenging period for the company. Poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses, according to new research. Coming up in sport, gareth bale pulls out of real madrids pre season trip to munich after his big money move to china was blocked by the club. Greg and amber and, as the winners of this years love island are crowned, well ask whats made the reality show such a success. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A former high courtjudge says police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. Carl beech was jailed for 18 years last week for perverting the course of justice after lying about his claims. Sir Richard Henriques, who carried out a review of the Scotland Yard inquiry, claims that warrants to search the homes of some of those beech had accused o
Started the day like this, with a touch of frost and temperatures below freezing. This morning was com pletely below freezing. This morning was completely different. If you dressed for cold weather you probably regretted it because some of us were in Single Digits by the rush hour, but with that, some cloud and outbreaks of rain. There are conveyor belts of clothes streaming in from the atlantic which will continue to bring outbreaks of rain at times throughout this week. It is all about this mild air wafting up from the south west. Something colder is holding on. Most of us cloudy with patchy rain, some brightness for wales and the midlands but most places will not see any of that. Still a little bit colder across scotland, in fact three degrees is the afternoon high. As we grow through the ceiling and tonight it will stay cloudy. Some heavy rain for Northern Ireland, southern scotland and northern scotland. Everywhere else, mild. Very mild across southern areas. Elsewhere, wet start.
Into doubt by the collapse of Coalition Talks. Also this hour, celebrating their Platinum Wedding Anniversary. The bells will ring out for the queen and Prince Philip who married in Westminster Abbey 70 years ago today. And tributes to the former wimbledon champion jana novotna, who has died of cancer at the age of 49. Good morning. Its monday, november the 20th. Im Rebecca Jones. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We are going straight to zimbabwe to see my colleague ben brown. Hello from ra, where that deadline has come and gone for mr mugabe to resign. The president is still, against all the odds it would seem, technically head of state of this country, despite all the pressure from the military with their ta keover last from the military with their takeover last wednesday, from the Ruling Party Zanu pf which has fired him as its leader, and from people who have taken to the streets in their tens of thousands demanding he stepped down. When he refused to stepped down. When he refused to
Here in europe, the focus is on 04 earnings in full swing today. And well be getting the inside track on unleashing the beethoven in your babe. Did you know theres a simpler way to teach music to your child . We speak to the inventor of the novel Musical Instrument soundbops. And we want to know what you think about the diesel debate. Are you ditching your diesel . Should the government decide whether to ban the most polluting vehicles . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Europes car industry is on tenterhooks today, awaiting a German Court Ruling on whether cities are allowed to ban diesel cars. If its approved, other big european cities are likely to follow suit. In fact some have already made moves. The leaders of four major Global Cities pledged to ban all diesel powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade. Paris, mexico city, madrid and athens all say theyre doing it to improve air quality. Londons mayor sadiq khan has in
Temperatures . Indeed we are, the story is unfolding. Good afternoon. Ill start with the european map and the temperature contrast, you can see the blues pouring out from siberia into western russia, spreading across the continent and reaching oui across the continent and reaching our shores, particularly into next week you really will notice the bitterly cold conditions. Its going to feel extremely bitter, particularly if you add on the wind. Widespread morning frosts. Theres the chance of some snow in some areas, but uncertainty in that detail. Keep tuned to the forecast the weather snow will fall. Here and now, we have High Pressure in control. Its finance settled. A lot of dry weather around through the afternoon. The best of the sunshine across eastern side of england, eastern scotland and some glimmers elsewhere, but there will be a tough cloud and disappointingly chilly where you have the cloud. Not too bad in the sunshine. 5 7dc. As we had through this evening and overnight, th