Its thursday 8th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Within the next half hour the leader of the house of Commons Andrea leadsom will be presenting the results of a cross Party Investigation into Sexual Harassment at westminster. Well be taking you there live when it starts, but first the findings show that nearly a fifth of people working in parliament have experienced or witnessed Sexual Harassment in the past 12 months. And the report recommends a new code of conduct and compulsory training to help mps understand and prevent harassment. The review was set up last year after several harassment claims against mps and staff. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is at westminster. We now have a set of proposals which mps will vote on, to revamp procedures for pursuing complaints of Sexual Harassment, a new investigating process, a new code of conduct, but nothing particularly new in terms of sanctions, and that is what will concern many people who work at w
Tea m Lizzy Yarnold, she has been named as team gbs flag bearer. More from her later. Louise has the weather. that is 1; our l. That iseeeizz they that is ; they are they are glorious start, cold and frosty, 6 vii; fiifc in southern england. Unfortunately, the cloud has arrived and we have a weather front. It is the cloud has arrived and we have a weatherfront. It is bringing rain, if we look at the Lake District, we ¥ w 7 12 ; ii can see rain pushing east overnight. More coming up. Thanks, louise. Also coming up well be giving a warm handshake and not in any way a dodgy one to the head of the freemasons in england and wales. Hell tell us why he thinks theyre getting an unfair press. We always seem to talk in a negative way when we discuss seen on the ie Interest Rate rises, have seen on the banknotes, is the seeing eye, but for millions of savers efi ourselves z z ~ of course they are good news. They, at least, will take cheer from bank of england chief mark carneys suggestion that
Indicating weather heavy snow is likely to be falling. That will cause some problems out and about as we look at the rush hour for tuesday. The snow coming down very heavily. With 5 10 centimetres of snow expected over higher parts of scotland, down further south if you centimetres could cause problems on the roads. Similarfor parts of Northern Ireland and the cumbrian fells. Further south, a bit more of a mixture. Youre more likely to see a mixture. Youre more likely to see a spell of link rain across southern counties of england. The rain grinds toa counties of england. The rain grinds to a halt late in the afternoon. Cold and dank in the east of england. Elsewhere some sunshine but feeling cold. As that front clears out of the way, clearing skies could allow a frost and risk of icy stretches. Further west on wednesday weve got the same kind of scenario. Strong winds followed by another weather front. The snow mainly targeting the high ground of Northern England and scotland. The rai
And ive known him for, like, 100 years. Kind of, sort of. And those people mean so much to me but rarely can i have a cogent conversation with these people because im just in awe. Do you fancy an arm wrestle . No. I dont want to have my shoulder pulled out ofjoint fairenough sweeney and rollins there. Thats all we have time for tonight. Evan is here on monday. Goodnight. Thats all for this evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines tonight Lizzie Yarnold flies the flag for team gb in pyeongchang, hoping to become the first briton to win back to back winter olympic titles. Hes at it again eddiejones stirs things up ahead of england v wales on week two of the six nations. And Northern Ireland manager Michael Oneill signs the longest and most lucractive contract in the irish fas history. Hello and good evening. Lets start in south korea where the Winter Olympics are officially under way after a glittering opening ceremony. In a mark of unity, north a
Of higher Interest Rates. Ill have more in a moment. Human eggs have been grown in a laboratory for the first time. And carol has the weather. Good morning from the roof of broadcasting house in london. Broadcasting house in london. Will cross the rest of the south east. South east. Some wintry showers, most prolific in the north and west. Most prolific in the north and west. Some of them will be over lower levels and heavy. Levels and heavy. We will see when 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Of the Winter Olympics in south korea. In pyeongchang shortly to watch the event. Allegations have lost a last minute appeal to take part in the games. Our correspondent, Stephen Mcdonell reports. After years of preparation, the pyeongchang Winter Olympics is here. Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is here. The venues are ready and the spectators are pouring in. Spectators are pouring in. The political manoeuvres being played out of these games. Played out of these games. The Opening Cere