That the 98th archbishop of york is to be stephen cottrell, currently the bishop of chelmsford. And in sport, Manchester City assistant coach and pep guardiolas right hand man, mikel arteta, is expected to hold further talks with arsenal about taking over as their new manager. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, is planning to make it illegal for parliament to extend the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. Hell add a clause to his Withdrawal Agreement bill, which will go before mps on friday. Under current plans, the uk ceases to be an eu member on january the 31st. There will be a transition period until the end of 2020 where the existing arrangements between the eu and uk continue, while the two sides negotiate a new relationship. As it stands, that transition period can be extended by up to two years but the Prime Minister plans to remove that option. The amendment would fulfill a promise the Prime Minister made during the Electi
All the sport katie shanahan. Hello, simon. Arsenal and everton are edging closer to appointing their new managers. Arsenal are in talks with their former captain, mikel arteta. While everton are hoping to secure their number one target, Carlo Anchelotti. Thanks, katie. And darren has all the weather. Thanks very much. Good afternoon. Our weather is a fairly quiet right now, more overnight frost tonight and fog around, too. On the other side of the atlantic the weather has much more energy, some storm damage to look at in the United States later in the programme. Thanks, darren. Also coming up and how pop star Ellie Goulding came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. He boris he johnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting borisjohnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting since his election victory and promised to pass a law ruling out any extension to the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. The uk is schedu
Flat out to change our country for the better. And members of parliament return to the commons the new speaker is formally elected, and new mps are sworn in. Half a million hotpoint and indesit washing machines in uk homes are to be recalled, over fears they can be a fire risk. Tv presenter Caroline Flack stands down as host of love island after being charged with assault. Also on the programme how pop star Ellie Golding came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. Its 5 oclock our main story. John worboys, the so called black cab rapist, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of six years for attacking four more victims. Worboys, who now goes by the name ofjohn radford, had already been jailed indefinitely in 2009 for attacks on twelve women after they got into his black cab in london. The court was told he remains as dangerous as ever. Sarah corker is at the old bailey and joins us live. John worboys is a serial sex offender who preyed on young women. He would
Arsenal and everton are in new talks its like the word moves. So just for new managers. Several jedi its like the word moves. So just severaljedi are stilljust a jedi. A story of Christmas Joy acorss the generations what happened when young and old got together for a festive celebration. Weve been hearing about how london good morning. Its beginning to look fire brigade has been criticised by inspectors, saying its not a lot like christmas here in covent well run. Garden in london, despite the fact weve been hearing this morning how that its raining. This rain will the london fire brigade has been criticised by inspectors, slowly from the south east through saying its not well run, the day. When the fog lifts, many of and needs to improve. Her majestys inspectorate of fire and rescue services said the brigade us the day. When the fog lifts, many of us will have a dry day but still had been slow to make changes which were needed after some showers in the north west. More the Grenfell To
The rest of the world . Also in the programme. Ground to a halt production of boeings 737 max planes a move that deepens the crisis at the plane maker. And do you use night mode on your phone . Does it keep you awake . And fine claret or quaffable plonk. How much do you spend on a bottle of wine . In the uk, we spend on average £5. 93 a bottle. Well talk to the boss of a premium merchant with the largest wine and spirits collection on sale in the world, about changing the old school snobby image of fine wine. Today we want to know. Let us knowjust use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello, and welcome to worklife. We start with a look at gender equality. It will take almost a century to close the gender gap across politics, economics, health and education thats the finding of the World Economic forums annual Global Gender Gap report of 144 nations. Its an improvement on 2018. 99. 5 years thats the time it will take to close the gender gap across the borad from politics such as number of mini