Treated as anotherjob in the gig economy. The ball is in your court, theresa may will tell the eu as she sta rts theresa may will tell the eu as she starts the fifth round of crucial brexit talks. It comes after a bad week for theresa may with renewed questions over her leadership. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do you use hands free to take all make calls when driving . It is legal, but researchers say it can be like using your hands when driving and also drink driving. You can get in touch with us about all the stories we are talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa may will tell mps this afternoon she is optimistic about the brexit negotiations and she believes we can prove the doomsayers wrong. She believes the ball is in the eus court. Lets get more from norman smith. Norman, it feels like we have this conversation every few weeks abou
But with up to a50 million estimated still to be in the publics hands, many retailers say theyll continue to accept them for a limited period. And coming up in half an hour, well look back at the week in parliament. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The british actress Lysette Anthony has come forward to say she is the woman who reported a Sexual Assault by hollywood Film Producer Harvey Weinstein to merseyside police. The actress, who stars in hollyoaks, says she was raped by weinstein at her flat in the late 1980s. He continues to deny any allegations of non consensual sex. Alexandra mackenzie reports. The allegations against Harvey Weinstein have shaken the Film Industry to its core, and notjust in hollywood. The british actress Lysette Anthony met the producer in 1982 when she was given the lead role in the film krull. Now in hollyoaks, she is the fifth woman to claim she was raped by him, in her london home. In a sunday newspaper, she said she tried to push him off but he wa
Northern ireland could have a very tough play off draw tomorrow. And all eyes are on todays weather. Ican hear and all eyes are on todays weather. I can hear in kent. This area was devastated during the storm is 30 yea rs devastated during the storm is 30 years ago. I will be talking about the weather today and also looking back at what happened 30 years ago. More details throughout the afternoon. More details throughout the afternoon. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. One woman has died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. In the
Is it going . Ill reveal all a little later on. Thanks darren. Also coming up shift like the seasons chops for no reason. Give us an eee by gum. The opera notes sung in a yorkshire dialect. We talk to the writer and composer. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Simon mccoy. Theresa may is in brussels for an eu summit shes pushing for progress on brexit negotiations and will address eu leaders tonight. But no one thinks its going to be easy and mrs may is being urged by some in her party to issue this ultimatum if trade talks dont begin soon britain will settle for a no deal on brexit. This report from our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas. Are you confident today, Prime Minister . Deal or no deal . But at this stage its no deal. The pms jaguar and the talks both making slow progress. Gathering in brussels, the leaders from the eus 27 other countries have made plain theyre not satisfied with what the uks proposing in the brexit negotiations. Their conditions have not been met.
Challenged by Jeremy Corbyn who questioned her report of progress and of unity from her own party members. This is just under an hour. Statement the Prime Minister. Thank you, mr. Speaker. And with permission, i would like to make a statement on last weeks European Council. Long after we have left the European Union, the uk will continue to be a strong and committed partner, standing on pride with our neighbors and working together to advanced our shared values and interests. This would provide a further opportunity to demonstrate that ongoing commitment through discussions that included migration, the Single Market, turkey, north korea, and iran. It made important progress in moving toward the new deep and special partnership with the European Union that we want to see. First, on migration, the uk is playing its full part. The royal navy has intercepted 172 smuggling boats and saved over 12,000 lives since the operation began. While our National Crime agency is working with libyan Law