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Thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation. Frances biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. Good morning. Its wednesday the 6th of december and im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has just been speaking on the phone to the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in northern irealand to try and salvage a deal on the future of the irish border. But Arlene Foster has also said in a newspaper interview her dup party will not be rushed, even though the deadline is looming if the uk wants to move on to crucial trade talks with the eu. Meanwhile, the government has admitted that it has not carried out so called Impact Assessments of how leaving the eu might affect the british economy. Appearing before the Brexit Committee this morning, david davis claimed it would be hard to predict the economic effects of brexit, but said officials would do the work at some stage. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster.
Irans revolutionary guards warn demonstrators they face the iron fist of the state. Thousands of rail travellers face disruption as workers from two Train Companies stage 24 hour strikes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A seaplane has crashed into a river near sydney, killing all six people on board. Media reports say four of the victims were british, although this has not been confirmed. The plane went down in the Hawkesbury River close to the suburb of cowan. The single engine aircraft belonged to the well known Tourism Company sydney seaplanes. Police say it was on a sightseeing flight ahead of new Year Celebrations at Sydney Harbour. The bodies of five passengers and the pilot have been recovered from the wreckage. Unconfirmed reports say an 11 year old boy is among those killed. Officers say they dont yet know why the plane went down. For reasons that are not known at this stage, the plane had hit the water, and it has subsequently sunk. It is sitting in approximately 13 m
But now we didnt even have enough cash for 5 of the bill. This morning im looking at why big businesses can get away with making late payment. The first goal is awarded by the video assistant referee. And as the raf celebrates its 100th anniversary, the last of the dambusters tells us about his life in the skies. Snow and ice are causing Serious Problems on roads across scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England with drivers stranded in long queues. Rescue teams are helping trapped motorists and people in dumb freeze and galloway are being advised not to drive. Problems in Northern Ireland with schools closed entrance port affected. Rescuing the driver trapped in our ca is rescuing the driver trapped in our cars overnight on the main motorway between england and scotland. Heavy snow meant treacherous conditions for the Emergency Services on the m74. The weather kept some motorists in freezing cars for more than eight hours. Very little has been happening, im afraid. With barely mo
To the programme. Coming up in the next half hour. The transport secretary insists that the collapse of carillion will not mean the end of a flagship rail scheme. It will not affect the h52 project. A labour mp says that the royal bank of scotlands treatment of Small Businesses may be the largest theft anywhere, ever. And mps debate the plight of the rohingya people, who fled from burma for bangladesh. The refugee camp is now equivalent to the size of bristol. Carillion was awarded work on the h52 project a week after a profit warning. The contractor collapsed this week with debts of more than £1 billion. In the commons, a conservative critic of the rail line called for a full review of the project. With the sad demise of carillion, could be secretary of state confirm that he is performing a full review of the Business Case to make sure that the remaining public sector, or private Sector Companies are able to deliver these rejects without serious cost to the taxpayer . I know my right