Hello and welcome to sportsday im holly hamilton. Coming up on the programme. After sliding, skiing and snowboarding to success, we Welcome Home Team gb from their most successful Winter Olympics. Hopefully it has put snowboarding on the map. And tributes to british boxer Scott Westgarth who died following a light heavyweight fight in doncaster at the weekend. Hello and welcome to the programme and after recording their highest ever medal tally at a winter 0lympics team gb has returned to the uk. They touched down at heathrow earlier welcomed by family, friends and some excited fans. They were quite happy to show off the new silverware around their necks wouldnt you be . We sent our reporter Daniella Relph to meet them. The plane catch down at Heathrow Airportjust the plane catch down at Heathrow Airport just after two oclock this afternoon and on board was put ons was successful Winter Olympics team with five medallists. As the athletes what the new arrivals they we re athletes what t
The stigma is that its a place for naughty children. Theyre not naughty children. Theyre wonderful, bright, intelligent, just amazing children, but theyve made poor choices, and thats a big, big difference. This morning, weve been given incredible access to this school, some of its pupils, some of their mums and dads and to the teachers here. And the reason were here is because we can exclusively reveal that theres been a big rise in the numbers of Primary School children being educated in pupil referral units. Morning, welcome to hawkswood primary pupil referral unit in Waltham Forest, north east london. Were broadcasting to you live here all morning. This is where children come when theyre kicked out of Mainstream School or in danger of being kicked out. It isa it is a pretty small screw, this is the main corridor, the main thoroughfare, a0 pupils, and it is at capacity, and this is a place where children come when they have been kicked out of mainstream education, or where they are
Brexit for all our people, one that offers security to workers in the car industry worried about their future, hope to families struggling to pay the bills and opportunities to pay the bills and opportunities to young people wanting a decentjob and the home of their own. These are the people we are thinking of and working for. It is a very different story around the mahogany table in chequers. The government seems much more concerned about cutting deals with each other for their friends and funders from the city of london. Labour is looking for a brexit that puts the working people first leaving the eu, whatever that exit the ends, risks delivering a shock to the economy and less the right plans and protections are in place. To allow the kind of investment and Economic Transformation programme the country needs and that labour is committed to. For 45 years of economy has become increasingly linked to the European Union and many of our laws and regulations set and monitored by a joint e
Gb returns to the uk with a record set of medals from the winter games. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news tributes to british boxer Scott Westgarth whos died afterfalling ill following a light heavyweight fight in doncaster at the weekend. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Jeremy corbyn has set out labours vision for brexit saying the uk should remain in an Eu Customs Union but only if the british can have a say in negotiating the blocs future trade deals. He said it would allow free flowing trade and prevent a hard border in northern ireland. The current Customs Union ensures that some goods coming into the eu have the same tariffs, but International Trade deals are negotiated by the eu. Labours announcement marks a clear difference in policy of the Customs Union. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. Bit by bit, piece by piece, a clearer view on brexit ifJeremy Corbyn was in charge. Labour wants to keep our customs deal with the eu essentially the same f
Response from you to our Programme Live from a pupil referral unit yesterday, that today we want to hear from you, your experiences of prus, whether you were taught at one yourself or your child goes to one. Please do get in touch throughout the programme this morning and well speak to some of you on air after 10am. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the morning well have the latest breaking news and developing stories. A little later in the programme, well be hearing how another 100 schoolgirls have been kidnapped by the Boko Haram Militant Group in nigeria and asking why it isnt leading to another massive outcry. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today snow is falling across parts of the uk as cold air begins to sweep in from russia. The met office has issued amber warnings for large parts of the south east and