Authority Andrew Bailey is named as the next governor of the bank of england. Without question, he is the right person to lead the bank as we forge a new future outside the eu and level up across our great country. Trains and road travel is severely disrupted on one of the busiest travel days of the year gatwick services are affected and theres disruption in devon and cornwall. Australias pm apologises for going on holiday while the countrys bushfire crisis worsens , fire continues to ravage parts of the country. And the us moves closer to putting its astronauts back into orbit as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. Mps will vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Its thought the Withdrawal Agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80 seat majority at last weeks gene
On friday. So more rain at times everywhere today. Also lots of dry weather, its mild, and its rather windy as well. So ill start to the morning, the initial rain is pushing its way northwards. Lots of cloud, but lots of dry weather as well, particularly through the mid to late morning into the first part of the afternoon, before further pulses of rain just afternoon, before further pulses of rainjust put in afternoon, before further pulses of rain just put in from the south. But turning dry again towards the end of the day, probably, top temperatures of 12 or 13 celsius. So feeling mild but also some strong gusts of wind around at times as well. For the first half of the night its looking dry, then its going to be wet again through the early hours and into the start of the day tomorrow. But a mild night to come stop temperatures dropping to between seven and nine celsius. Its a wet start to the day tomorrow, but it should brighten up into the afternoon. Some further showers on saturda
In scotland, despite a massive surge in support will be cold enough at times to see for the snp in the general election. Some of the show as fall as snow, journey times are being cut, more services and new routes added particularly in the northern heals. As part of major timetable changes more on that coming later in the on britains railways. Programme. And in sport, and christmas comes its saturday, 1ath december. Early for liverpool fans as managerjurgen klopp signs a contract extension, our top story keeping him at the club until 202a. Boris johnson will visit the north of england today after his party won a number of traditional labour heartland seats to secure a majority in parliament. Some areas voted conservative for the first time in thursdays election, helping to achieve and ahead of tonights strictly the largest conservative victory final well ask for more than 30 years. Our very own magic mike bushell there are flashing images in this which couple he thinks will waltz report
So, weve bought the food, hopefully, but how much is left on shop shelves . About 260,000 tonnes end up in the bin every year. Ill be looking at how we can reduce that. And in sport, tottenham say their initial findings into the alleged racist abuse of Antonio Rudiger are inconclusive, but a chelsea fan has been arrested for allegedly abusing son heung min. Good morning. It is Christmas Eve and we are going to bejoined by the singers all morning. We have rain that were clear. Heavy thundery showers and windy across the south with some sunshine in the forecast. I will tell you where in about 15 minutes. A very good morning to you. Its tuesday, december the 24th. Our top story the queen will use her Christmas Day message to say that 2019 has been quite bumpy. It comes after a year of intense political debate over brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the royal family. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. It has been a year which at times may have felt quite
Homebase, em. and Sports Direct come bottom of the pile in a survey of shopping websites. So, ill look at the winners and losers in the battle for business this christmas. It was a great night for the english clubs in europe. Liverpool and chelsea book their places in the knockout stages of the Champions League. It means all four english sides are through to the last 16. We have a blustery day ahead with sunshine and sours. Some will be heavy and ungarie and some hills know as well. More details in 15 minutes. Heavy and thundering. Good morning. Its wednesday the 11th of december. Our top story Party Leaders are making a final attempt to win the backing of undecided voters on the last day of campaigning before tomorrows general election. With just over 2a hours to go until polls open, what can we expect from each of the major parties . Lets find out from our Political Correspondent chris mason who joins us from westminster. I think it would be ok to describe the last couple of days as