Its friday 27th october. Im vicki young. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has called on senators to approve direct rule over catalonia, amid an escalating crisis over the regions push for independence. The Catalan Parliament could respond by declaring independence. Lets cross over live now to my colleague in barcelona. You join me live outside the Catalan Parliament, where after weeks of turmoil, demonstrations and chaos and anger, this Catalan Crisis finally looks to be coming to a head. In the last few minutes, ca rles head. In the last few minutes, Carles Puigdemont, the catalan president , arrived here at parliament. We understand one of the motions he put to a vote today is a declaration of independence, a declaration of independence, a declaration that catalonia will be a sovereign state, independent, they will notify the eu, and any think madrid two sides will be irrelevant because it will be outside catalan law. That flies in the face of
Bilic is sacked. He said he was expecting it, and there is no hard feelings. And the weather, it was cold. Yes, we woke up to a widespread frost. If it was too cold for you, be careful what you wish for because tomorrow its all cloud and rain, i will have details later. Also coming up one of the 4,000 drivers in england caught committing offences over the last two years by Traffic Police driving an unmarked hgv. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. A british man who was kidnapped with three other people in nigeria in mid october has been killed. The three other hostages have returned home safely. 0ur correspondent is in lagos. Stephanie, for a lot of people, news of their kidnap has not been released, so tell us what happened . What we know so far is that these four men were taken from a rural area in Nigerias Delta area. They went to assess people for cataract surgery went to assess people for cataract surgery and they perform hundreds of surgeries forfree. Surgery and they perform
Weather at the moment, it is going to change pretty soon. If those sheep dont like the weather. Ill have the details pretty soon. Also coming up who kn ewe . The sheep that can recognise human faces from photographs. And were not pulling the wool. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Usually, flights home are a moment to relax and prepare for a warm welcome from familiar faces. Not this one. As priti patels plane approaches london, she knows that the Prime Minister wants to see her and is probably about to sack her from her cabinet job, having told her to head straight home from africa. Shed only been there for a few hours, but the controversy over her trip to israel had caught up with her. This report from our political correspndent, leila nathoo. Another high level meeting off the books. This time, with the israeli minister for public security, in parliament in september. In august, while on holiday in israel, priti patel said she had taken the opportunity to meet a number of peo
Was a missed opportunity for the Prime Minister. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Theresa mays closest ally in the cabinet, damian green, has insisted that the police never informed him of allegations that pornography had been found on a computer at his office in parliament. A former head of the metropolitan police, sir paul stephenson, has said his force was aware that material had been found in a search of the offices, back in 2008. Previously, damian green had described the claims as completely untrue. Our Home Affairs Correspondent dominic cascianis report contains some flashing images. At the heart of the government, the Prime Ministers right hand man. But now damian green, first secretary of state and de facto deputy Prime Minister, is under increasing pressure over allegations that he says are untrue and a smear. It all goes back to this 2008 raid on mr greens office. Special Scotland Yard detectives were hunting a home Office Insider who was leaking documents to the the
Separatist havoc in the area. The prince of wales has led the country and honouring its Service Personnel on remembrance sunday, taking the queens place to lay a wreath at the cenotaph in london. For the first time, the queen watched the surface in whitehall from a balcony. Whitehall is starting to get back to normal now. You whitehall is starting to get back to normal now. You can see whitehall is starting to get back to normal now. You can see lots of people looking at the wreaths that we re people looking at the wreaths that were laid during the ceremony. At its height, the crowds were ten deep. Lots of people came to take pa rt deep. Lots of people came to take part in the act of remembrance. Of course, lots of veterans are here as well, Something Like 8800 veterans took part in the march passed down here, all with their own thoughts. I have a member of the serving personnel, kevin stacey from the regimental division. It is a proud achievement for my family. I am delighted to be he