Luxembourg. And its 60 years to the day since the first man made satellite sputnik one was launched by the russians, marking the start of the space race good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In the next half an hour theresa may is expected to tell her party to shape up when she addresses the conservative conference in manchester. She will set out her vision for the uk, while emphasising the need to improve the lives of ordinary working people. Other speeches are going on at the conference. We will bring you that speech live when it begins. The leader of catalonias devolved government has told bbc news that his region will declare independence from spain in a matter of days. The dispute over Catalan Independence from spain escalated on sunday with violence and protests as voters went to the polls for a controversial referendum. Our correspondent jon donnison reports. In barcelona last night a show of strength in numbers. Hundreds of thousands of catalans protesting the central gov
Live in carey outside one of those early voting locations. Reporter hi, bill. Yes, there are 360 early voting locations. They open up starting today and they will be open for the next 10 days until march 12th. Once you arrive to an early voting location, you will be able to vote democratic or republican for candidates for president , governor, legislative and local races. A separate primary will be held representatives. A panel of federal judges last month ordered lawmakers to redraw congressional districts. They did but there wasnt enough time to reprint the ballots. The state board of elects is encouraging voters to vote the certify the appropriate contest. This year, you will also need photo id. Acceptable forms of id include a North Carolina drivers license a veterans or u. S. A tribal id from at state or federally recognized tribe. Now, again, if for some reason you happen to forget your photo id, there is an option. You can be given a provisional ballot. But you will have to pres
You step out the door. 28 in rocky mount. 31 in fayetteville. Temperatures either at or below freezing as you step out this morning. A high of 51. It will feel much like it did yesterday but not as windy and skies will cloud up. Before a cold rain in our forecast for tonight. Well talk more about that in just a few minutes. Because, i think it will make a messy commute for tomorrow morning. We are looking good right now on yours thursday morning. Well look at what things look like around 5 40 as you make your way around the north side of raleigh. I540 and six fork road, that heavier traffic move ago way is westbound traffic. Things much lighter at i540 and ray road. A look at glenwood avenue and the overpass there at i540. Things look good in both directions there. This is the typical time without any major congestion from capital boulevard over to i40 in the westbound lanes. That is some good news. We do have a minor accident just south of 540 and strickland road on forum drive and ol
Good evening. Hello again everyone, im heather holmes. We begin with information about a crash on an east bay freeway that left a motorcyclist dead. Tonight, we are earn willing more. The Alameda County coroner identified the motorcyclist as a 35yearold man from san lorenzo. Erics are musen joins us with information about maybe his death was not an accident. Reporter investigators say alcohol was involved. There was some sort of altercation. Friends say the 35yearold, jose was simply on his bike and headed home to san lorenzo when he was killed. Southbound 80 near the overpass in lock land, chp officers found several cars, one burned, a man on a motorcycle down. Despite efforts to save him, the 35yearold died at the scene. It was tragic. It was tragic. Reporter fernando rushed to the scene shortly after the crash around 1 30 am. A fellow member of the motorcycle club, friends say he worked at this Harley Davidson dealer in oakland. He had a wife and children. He is not just our club me