In around 15 minutes time. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Were going to talk about black friday later, which as you may know, is no longerjust a day but more like several days. Christmas retailers are doing their utmost to lure you in. Despite it only being the 21st of november, where i live, some houses already have their Christmas Lights out the front. Fairy lights are on the front of their homes. Why, is my question. It is the 21st of november. Ru one of those households. Please tell me you have done this. You are definitely in danger of beating too soon. You can send me photographs, too. Use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. A little later in the programme, well hear from the british explorer Benedict Allen, whos back in the uk after being rescued from thejungle in Papua New Guinea where he was trying to reach a little known tribe. Watch his first tv interview after 10am. Our top story today. The bbc un
Ambitious spirit and they have been picked for the games, but they were the only option. Thank you very much. All the weather this afternoon with sarah. And the run of mild weather continues . Yes thats right. It is very mild even on the winter solstice. The sun is setting on the shortest day of the year, but things are remaining quiet and cloudy. All the details to the run up to christmas in about half an hour. Also coming up people buying new build houses in england will no longer be obliged to enter leasehold agreements. Well be analysing how the governments plans will work. Hello everyone this is afternoon live, im martine croxall. The Prime Minister theresa may has called for proper investigation into the officer accused of making comments that led to the sacking of the first secretary of state, damian green. The dismissal of mr green has prompted a furious backlash from some conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a Police Investigation nine
Employment are the findings of an audit on Racial Disparity. And over the volcano a new Scientific Mission in iceland to try to forecast the next major eruption. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. I assume the mandate of the people for catalonia to become an independent republic the words of catalan president Carles Puigdemont to the Regions Parliament as he announced his intention to declare independence from spain. But he went on to say said that the declaration would not take immediate effect instead it would be suspended for some weeks to try to negotiate a settlement with madrid. Lets go over live now to barcelona and my colleague tim willcox. You join me live outside of the cata la n you join me live outside of the Catalan Parliament. The speech was delayed by more than an hour. And in the end Carles Puigdemont, the cata la n the end Carles Puigdemont, the catalan president , marched his supporters almost up to the top of the hill but not quite. And then he marched them back a li
Into the record books. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news england women are pegged back on the opening day of the ashes test in sydney, one that they cant afford to lose. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. For the second time in just a week, theresa may is embarking on another cabinet reshuffle. She is carrying out a delicate balancing act as she decides who will replace priti patel as International Development secretary. Ms patel is a prominent brexit supporter, and the Prime Minister is facing calls to replace her with someone who also backs leaving the eu. 0ur Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports from westminster. Cleaning up after a chaotic week. Notjust one but two cabinet ministers gone within days. No pressure on the Prime Minister to get her Government Back on track. How damaging is all this for the government . As the rest of a cabinet like the brexit secretary and fresh faces like the new chief whip try to get on with theirjobs
Process is gone through now. Labour said the exact allegations of the nature of the details that carl sa rg ea nt nature of the details that Carl Sargeant and his family were looking for when not going to be forthcoming for when not going to be forthcoming for quite some time. Under the rule book of the labour party, when allegations of a sexual nature are made, both parties need to provide written statements and then the accused received the exact nature of the allegations so that was going to come in time. There have been questions about the first ministers conduct in all of this, for example why the labour party initiated this independent inquiry last friday after he was sacked from the Welsh Government and the labour party initiated that, why then did carwyn jones on monday of this week to a round of interviews in which he spoke about those allegations. The familys solicitor had accused him of prejudicing the inquiry by giving those interviews. The Welsh Assembly said its important