Good evening, its 5pm, the main stories. Severe Flood Warnings are in place along much of englands east coast, with thousands of homes at risk, as snow and strong winds continue to hit the uk. The risk of high tides and storm surges has led to the warnings which mean there is a danger to life. This is the Environment Agency map and as you can see, there are dozens of locations at risk. Down the east coast and down towards the south east. Evacuations are under Way Injaywick in essex, and Great Yarmouth in norfolk. In total there are 17 severe Flood Warnings in place across england and wales. There are also 90 warnings where flooding is expected and immediate action is required. And 64 alerts where flooding is possible and individuals should be prepared for rising water levels. Ben brown is in Great Yarmouth. People here in Great Yarmouth busy as you can see behind me, collecting sandbags. The sand and bags provided by the council. People have to come here with spades, fill up sandbags a
Our look at the day at westminster. The headlines the Defence Secretary says he has full confidence in the Trident Nuclear deterrent, but wont give the commons any details on reports of an unarmed missile going off course in a test last year. Labour have questioned the Prime Ministers response. And yet when she came to this house on the 18th ofjuly to call on members to back the renewal of britains nuclear submarines, she did not say a word, not a single word. But many conservative mps defended trident and the need to keep the tests secret. Is it not the case that the unilateralists opposite who are complaining today are in the position of eunuchs complaining about the cost of viagra . Also tonight, users of Adult Social Care explain what the shortage of funding means for their lives. Its now legally acceptable for them to just say use Incontinence Pads even if youre not incontinent because you cant have a night time carer. The Defence Secretary has told mps he has full confidence in t
To the bbc news at one. Hospital services could be cut or scaled back in nearly two thirds of england, in order to save money and to try to improve efficiency, according to a bbc analysis of plans in 44 areas. Proposed changes range from full closures, to centralising services on fewer sites. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson has the details. Protests outside Horton Hospital in oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed closures and cuts to stroke and critical care. And its not the only place. Right across england, proposals for big changes are afoot in the nhs. The bbc has analysed 44 of the transformation and sustainability plans. Two thirds include either Hospital Closures or moving treatments to a different site. More than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providing non emergency treatments and around one third plan to reduce the number of hospitals offering emergency care. Proposed closures to Hospital Beds have been heavily critici
Aircraft at airport in california. Good morning. It is wednesday, february 22. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The government has won its legal battle to Stop Thousands of british citizens from bringing their foreign husbands or wives to live in the uk without a Minimum Income. For the last five years, the uk based spouse has had to prove they earn at least £18,600, for them to support their migrant spouse. That figure is £22,000 for couples with a child. But the Supreme Court also ruled that the rules, as they currently stand, are defective and need to be changed, because they do not take enough account of the welfare of children affected by them, and do not take all sources of earnings into consideration when calculating income. 0ur Correspondent Dominic Casciani is at the Supreme Court. It is not an entirely clear decision . No, it is very complicated. There is a belief that the couples have been degraded by this fear income rolling. The Supreme Court has in practice ruled in favour
Storm doris hits the British Coastal stock we will bring you the latest from around the uk. I am in blackpool West Llanberis is battling the coastline but no strong winds are to come. This morning when a buttons most successful actors Dame Helen Mirren will be live on the programme later on. We are going to talk about food and footage fruit and veg, specifically eating ten portions, 12345678 910. Could you eat all that, including a lemon, a day . The lemon you dont have to, but we wanted to make it look nice as well. If you do, then you will live longer. That is the latest advice, that if we want to cut rates of Heart Disease further, we need to up the amount of fruit and veg. Ive struggled, ten amazing. Get in touch and all of the news. 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. Our top stories today, prisons will be expected to have fallen from oz as well as punis