Hello, yes indeed. Also. You will be talking about how people are reacting here in stoke on trent to the tumultuous events of the last few days concerning brexit and the vitriol that has been expressed by both sides. I shall talk to you shortly. Also this afternoon President Trumps top intelligence official faces congress over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with holly hamilton. 242 with 2a2 with england at the world cup and a conference victory over the United States put them top of the group. All reaction to 30 pm. At 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. Stav danaos has all the weather. Into the weekend, we could be looking at a potent area of low pressure, heavy rain on saturday night into sunday with also some strong winds as well, all the details a bit later on. Thanks, stav. Also coming up the duke and duchess of cambridge are to name the uks new Polar Research ship. No, not Boaty Mcboatface, but the sir david attenborou
Dank start across northern and western parts of the British Isles are nowhere near the level of sunshine you have enjoyed today across eastern parts, as this cloud and rain tumbles in. Any good news . Things brighten up across scotland and Northern Ireland to finish off your day on sunday. Here is monday. A frosty start across eastern parts but at least you hold onto your sunshine. In the west, the best of the temperatures but not very much sunshine. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines at 6 32 the South African president , jacob zuma, has spoken of the enormous challenges facing the country and the governing anc, as it chooses his successor. A leading supporter of Brexit Jacob Rees Mogg has said that the uk cannot become a colony of the eu during the expected two year transition period after britains withdrawal in march 2019. Police in canada say theyre treating the deaths of the billionaire businessman Barry Sherman, and his wife, as suspicious. Thousand of homes in tewkesbury, in g
Of murder ofjodie willsher. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Hello im olly foster at the bbc sports centre, heres whats coming up on sportsday this evening. The festive fixtures are upon us, wholl be top of the tree and whos next for the sack . Its not always the season of goodwill. Its a Blue Christmas for englands cricketers but one player could be ready to make his mark in melbourne. And driving home for christmas, and hooking and slogging. Records tumble in indias t20 win against sri lanka. Good evening, for many of you, your christmas break has started but if you can call it work, this is the busiest time of the year for a professional footballer. For the next fortnight, most teams in the top five divisions will be cramming in five matches. Averaging a game every three or four days, and it all starts tonight at the emirates, arsenal against liverpool, and there for us is Conor Mcnamara withjermainejenas. We are looking forward to arsenal vers
And louise has all the weather, and we are keeping an eye on storm eleanor . Yes, storm eleanor arrives through the night tonight, but this week we have cloud and rain, we have deals, hailand have cloud and rain, we have deals, hail and snow. Happy new year more detail coming up. Also coming up no more than two low calorie snacks a day parents are urged to reduce the amount of sugar that Young Children consume. Thats what the Health Experts say but how do you persuade them to ditch the mars barfor an apple . Tweet us. Hello, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Many of us are back at work today after the christmas break, and if that wasnt bad enough, those of us travelling by rail have been hit with the largest fare rise in five years. Campaigners warn the rise, of more than £100 for some season Ticket Holders, is pricing ordinary people off the railways, but the rail delivery group, which represents train operators, says higher fares will lead to Better Services. Our transport cor
She is still on a charm offensive, wanting to reach out to them, explaining her florence speech, and i think she is expected to say, i listened to you back in the summer, i listened when you said the negotiations were in trouble, and i reached out to you and did two big things. I talked about how the uk would be willing to have a transitional phase at it leaves, the Prime Minister calls and an implementation phase, and the other thing she is expected to say is i will make a big commitment on finance, to meet the eu budget going up until the end of 2020, for 18 months after the uk leaves the eu. Essentially, what the Prime Minister is saying is not that she has been disappointed with the response, because she has been very charming tonight, but she is going to say, i understand you cannot formally declared today that sufficient progress has been made in the divorce areas, but i do say to you, please can we move on so that we have that declaration inside when the eu leaders meet here aga