Stalemate where Civil Servants, not elected politicians, have been running departments and will be asking whether it is possible to restore the power sharing assembly. And gary oldman is up for best actor in this years baftas for his portrayal as Winston Churchill in darkest hour. Our good morning. It isjanuary our good morning. It is january the 9th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has held herfirst meeting with her new cabinet this morning as she prepares to finalise her ministerial reshuffle. This morning, more ministers are understood to have said theyre leaving government including International Trade minister mark garnier. Government sources say his departure isnt related to recent allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Meanwhile, the journalist toby young has resigned from his role with the new Higher Education regulator the office for students. Hed faced a growing campaign against his appointment by the government because of his history of derogatory comments about w
Drag its heels for a time across east anglia and south east england, but the skies are clear behind that, and with clearing skies, down by the temperatures. We are looking at a widespread frost developing, leading to icy stretches on untreated roads first thing wednesday morning. Wednesday it self, another atlantic front is going to be moving into the british isles, bumping into that cold air once british isles, bumping into that cold aironce again, british isles, bumping into that cold air once again, and we will start to see some of that turn into snow. The snowy weather is mainly going to be across the hills in the north of the uk. Parts of scotland, may be the north east of england, we could see some accumulation. 2 5 centimetres across the highlands and southern uplands, localised disruption possible. The winds are going to be very gusty. Gusty winds further south as well, 50 60 mph. Although the day starts off on a bright note across the east, the cloud works in throughout the da
Are three more chances for Elise Christie to claim this elusive medal. Chris has the weather. We will cast our nets further afield and bring you the very latest on what cyclone peter has done to tonga. Talk to you later, chris. Is it time to stop clowning around . Are pranksters and creepy clowns changing the face of an age old entertainer . Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. It isa im simon mccoy. It is a crisis hitting at the very heart of oxfams appeal, with questions raised by the government millions of individual donors about whether the charity deserves their money. The Charity Commission has taken the most serious action it can against oxfam, and begun a statutory inquiry into its procedures. It will investigate the handling of claims that oxfam staff used prostitutes as they carried out Disaster Relief in the aftermath of the earthquake in haiti in 2010. Matt cole reports. This crisis has already claimed one senior figure, 0xfams now former chief executive
Three brain tumours. Also, on the programme. Well talk live to the deaf mum who is suing the promoter of a gig by little mix for failing to provide a sign Language Interpreter for the two support acts. Hello and welcome to the programme were live until 11 this morning. Were going to bring you that exclusive film on knife crime at quarter past nine incredible progress made in reducing knife crime in scotland. If your family has been affected by knife crime, then we want to hear from you today. What happened, what impact did it have on your family and whats your solution to trying to tackle it . Use the hashtag victorialive, send me an email or facebok message and you dont have to leave your name, thats absolutely fine. Our top story today. More than 900 criminal cases were dropped last year in england and wales due to a failure by police or prosecutors to follow the rules relating to the disclosure of evidence. Figures obtained by bbc news show a 70 increase in the number of collapsed c
A sign Language Interpreter for two support acts. Also, the former cabinet minister baroness tessa jowell, who has brain cancer, calls for innovative cancer treatments to be made available on the nhs. I feel every single ifeel every single bit i feel every single bit of my determination to go on creating better opportunities for people managing cancer. And more success for ant and dec as they claim the best presenters award for the 17th time at the National Television awards. Good morning. Its wednesday 24th january. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Lets start with some breaking news coming in on that story we were telling you about, the organisers of a men only Charity Dinner saying they are appalled by allegations of Sexual Harassment, and we are hearing that, in the wake of that, great ormond street hospital said they will return previous donations from the president s club after those allegations of Sexual Harassment at allegations of Sexual Harassment at a fundraiser, and also that t