Calm after the storm, lucy . It certainly is. A quieter day on the cards. But there are heavy showers to look out for. Ill have more of the detail also on extreme weather temperatures across the globe. Also, water on tap plans to set up thousands of free water refill points in a bid to cut the number of plastic bottles that we use. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Im simon parole board coy. Just a couple of hours ago in a bbc interview theresa may said the uks relationship with the United States was as strong as it ever has been and right now, shell be finding out if thats true as she talks to donald trump for the First Time Since their transatlantic twitter spat over extremism. Theyre both in davos in switzerland for the World Economic forum. Shes just finished a speech there telling her audience that britain is at the forefront of Digital Business and ai. She also told the Big Tech Companies to clean up their act. We need to go further, she said, to prevent the spread of harmf
Parents at st. Marys Catholic Primary School told me ofce the concerns about air pollution affecting Childrens Health. This morning High Court Ruled that the Government Air quality plan is. What does it Prime Minister feel is worse, losing for the third time in the high court, or 40,000 unnecessary deaths and impact on Childrens Health of the uks unsustainable airquality . The issue the honorable lady has raised about air quality is important and thats why weve been taking action to improve air quality. But can i just say to the honorable lady the way she has described the courts decision this morning i dont think properly reflects the decision that the court has given. If i could just perhaps, mr. Speaker, explained to thein houe because we do welcome the fact that the court has dismissed the complaint relating to five cities with major airquality problems, has now that we are taking appropriate action. They have agreed the modeling we used to support the 2017 airquality plan is sound
Coming up an uncomfortable morning of questioning for oxfam bosses. I am sorry, we are sorry for the damage that oxfam has done. More grilling for carillion this time its those responsible for pensions and auditing. They are staggering out onto the street thing, i thought it was surprised, you are paid to look after this. If you can stand the noise, get out of the chamber. We get the lowdown on volume. Huge numbers of people outside this place disapprove, disapprove of this sort of behaviour. Both sides stop it. But first, it was the feelings by oxfam which dominated the early part of the week. The sense of anger wasntjust down to the wrongdoing, the fact that Charity Workers had paid woman for sex in earthquake ravaged haiti, it was also the wake the organisation dealt with it and so oxfam bosses steeled themselves for two uncomfortable hour of cross examination by a committee of mp5. First it was the issue of the commons made by this charity chief executive. You appeared to be downpl
Coming up. An uncomfortable morning of questioning for oxfam bosses. I am sorry, we are sorry, for the damage that oxfam has done. More grilling for carillion this time its those responsible for pensions and auditing. I mean, you are staggering out onto the streets, thinking, god, that was a surprise you were all paid to look after this. And if you can stand the noise, get out of the chamber we get the lowdown on high volume. Huge numbers of people outside this place. Disapprove disapprove of this sort of behaviour. On both sides, stop it. But first, it was the failings by oxfam which dominated the early part of the week. The sense of anger wasntjust down to the wrongdoing i the fact that to the wrongdoing the fact that Charity Workers had paid women for sex in earthquake ravaged haiti it was also the way the organisation dealt with it. And so oxfams bosses steeled themselves for two uncomfortable hours of cross examination by a committee of mps. First, there was the issue of a comment
Scotland is set to become the first part of the uk to introduce a ban on smacking children. And shining a light on diwali celebrations taking place throughout the country tonight. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may is in brussels tonight at an eu summit to assess the progress so far towards brexit and crucially, whether talks can start on a trade deal. The german chancellor Angela Merkel says there are encouraging signs of progress but mrs merkel and other eu leaders are still insisting the uk make further moves before any discussion on trade. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports from brussels. Speaking britains language . Not so much. Because in this town, it is money that talks. The Prime Minister thinks the uk has promised enough to settle our accounts. We will also be looking at the concrete progress that has been made in our exit negotiations and setting out ambitious plans for the weeks ahead. I particularly want to see an urgency on reaching an agreement