Into service the royal navys largest and most expensive warship hms Queen Elizabeth. And celebrations in the west midlands, as the title of uk city of culture 2021 is sent to coventry. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, the best player in the world, cristiano ronaldo, is named the winner of the ballon dor for the fifth time. Good evening. The number of cases of Domestic Violence reported to police in england and wales is on the rise. Now the childrens commissioner for england has called on the Prime Minister to put in place greater protection for children who are exposed to the problem, at home. The latest figures show an increase in the number of cases police in england and wales are involved in almost 650,000 in the year to march. Its estimated that one in seven children and young people under the age of 18 will have lived with Domestic Abuse at home at some point. And its when children are involved that theres added pressure on the police to respond quickly. Jeremy cooke has this s
Well bring you reaction to the decision. Storm caroline brings strong winds to scotland, causing transport disruption. Dozens of schools have been closed and, the richest youtuber in the world is a 26 year old man from aldershot. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Brexit talks over the irish border are intensifying as negotiators on both sides push for a breakthrough on a post brexit plan to push negotiations forward in a way which satisfies the european union, ireland and the democratic unionist party. Earlier an announcement that European Council president donald tusk will make a statement on brexit early on friday morning fuelled speculation that the Prime Minister had made progress on the wording but a uk government source has stressed that no agreement had been reached. There is speculation that the Prime Minister will meetjean Claude Juncker tomorrow. And leaving talks in westminster this evening, the dups westminster leader nigel dodds refused to comment when questioned if th
Christiano ronaldo has been named the worlds best player. He pips messi and neymar to the ballon dor. And the winner is. Coventry a night of celebration for the city, after its awarded the next uk city of culture. And snow has been falling overnight. Warnings of disruption later in the day. Carol has the full forecast. Snow has been falling in the north and west of the uk and in the midlands. That will continue through today. Some snow showers getting into eastern areas and there is ice to watch out for first thing. A cold day as well and windy, but not as windy as yesterday. A full forecast in15 windy as yesterday. A full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may has just arrived in brussels after intense negotiations which continued throughout the night to try to break the deadlock over the irish border in brexit negotiations. We can talk now to our Political Correspondent chris mason whos in westminster. You are really where the story began ina you are
Be up to £45 billion when it leaves the eu. When it leaves the eu. Also this hour wildfires continue to rage in california as firefighters battle ferocious flames. Nearly nearly 200,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes a state of emergency has been declared. Israeli forces are on high alert for protests against the us declaration ofjerusalem as israels capital. Good morning. Its 8 december. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A deal has been agreed in the brexit talks allowing the negotiations to move on to the next crucial stage the subject of trade and transition. The divorce bill could be up to £16 billion. After a long night of phone diplomacy, theresa may secured agreement with the irish Prime Minister and the democratic unionists whose objections on monday on the issue of the irish border had prevented a deal being struck on monday. An agreement has been made on the key Sticking Points of phase one including the divorce bill, eu Citizens Rights and the irish border. It
Go into the plane was by richard bean and told the story of hows role in the start of the english civil war, shutting the citys gates on the king. Im really looking forward to the people of hull seeing this play. Theres so much great stuff in it, some of the jokes, theyre so deeply entrenched in the culture here, they are just going to love it, theyre going to love it. The show at the theatres biggest cast, its biggest threat, and spectacular special effects. And it won a new audience, a third of whom had never been to the theatre before. February brought another World Premiere. 6000 pipes, written by britain the most popular living composer, sir karljenkins. Theres a star man waiting in the sky. Weeks later the orchestra made way for one of david bowies old bandmates, the spider from for one of david bowies old bandmates, the spiderfrom mars, woody woodlands. The last surviving member of the banned from hull performed the rise and fall of ziggy stardust album live and in full for the