As Fallon Sherrock becomes the first woman to beat a man at the pdc World Championship at ally pally. Why dennis the Shetland Pony is in the front line in the battle against loneliness this christmas. Good morning. We have some dense fog and icy patches to watch out for this morning. Generally speaking, eastern areas will be drier and brighter in the west, it will be wet and increasingly windy stop i will have more details in 15 minutes. Its wednesday 18 december. Hundreds of thousands of people are facing a wait of months to have their faulty and potentially dangerous washing machines replaced. Whirlpool recalled 500,000 appliances yesterday because of a fire risk, but customers are struggling to get information because of problems with its website. The company was already dealing with problems with its dryers as dan johnson reports. More than half a million of these washers are at risk of sparking a fire if a part in the door lock overheats. It has happened to 79 machines already. Th
Tonnes of Plastic Waste. Ill look at the impact and have some top tips on a sustainable halloween. More success for english clubs in the Champions League as chelsea beat ajax, and liverpool thumped genk 4 1, and in some style. Good morning, it is a misty and murky start to the day with dense and patchy fog to look out for, some rain, some showers with a little bit of sunshine in the forecast and i will tell you where in 15 minutes. sort of objected will tell you where in 15 minuteslj sort of objected to the idea of showbiz. I hated that. Debbie harry tells breakfast why she never wanted to be a conventional musician. Its thursday, october 24th. Our top story. Police have begun the process of trying to identify the bodies of 39 people found in a refrigerated lorry container in essex paramedics made the discovery shortly before 2am on wednesday sparking one of the uk biggests murder inquiries. Last night police raided two properties believed to be connected to the driver of the truck, wh
Come up with localised surface water issues to some of the road. Behind that, plenty of sunshine and blustery showers, the showers frequent in Northern Ireland and western scotland with some hail and thunder mixed in with the downpours. It will start to get much cooler through the afternoon. Colder air arriving behind this weather front that kind of Stores Across northern england. To the north of that, the showers having a wintry flavour and there could be a bit of snow above there could be a bit of snow above the Higher Ground in scotland for a time, otherwise it is cold with the frost setting in, but quite a different story further south, to the south of the weather front, it is relatively mild, temperatures overnight for some holding up a size 12. That takes us into tomorrows forecast and a big contrast, weather wise, cold air across the north of the uk and this weather front moving in across wales and parts of england bringing mild, wet and windy conditions. For most of us, friday
Light devices responsible for destroying your childs sleep . Well hear how Hospital Attendances in england for children under 1a with Sleep Disorders have tripled in ten years. I end iend up i end up asking her if she wants it because then i can get stuff done. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. Ina in a second we will bring you more on the deal about selling temper macro to the french. And well discuss how police in durham are planning to give free heroin to addicts in a bid to cut drug related crime. Will it work . Do get in touch. There are fears for thousands ofjobs at Vauxhall Plants in the uk this morning. Its after the French Company that owns peugeot and citroen struck a £1. 9 billion deal to buy General Motors european unit, which includes vauxhall. 11,500 workers are employed by the company in luton and Ellesmere Port. The unite union says its priority is to safeguard theirjobs. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam is here. What other worries about jobs . W
Were live until am this morning. What does the budget mean for you . In half an hour, well be answering your questions, so please do get in touch with anything you want to know about your family or business finances. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The chancellor is facing accusations of breaking an Election Pledge by increasing National Insurance contributions for many Self Employed workers. After his budget announcement, Philip Hammond is facing growing pressure to reconsider his plan from some conservative mps. The treasury has rejected calls for a re think, insisting the increase will make the National Insurance system fairer. Lets get more on this from our political guru, norman smith. How much pressure is he under . Huge pressure. It is notjust mr hammond has broken the conservative Party Election manifesto, many tories oppose on principle a tax rise on peoples income, but more than that, they belie