Right to apologise. The green party will promise to invest £100 billion a year for a decade to rid the uk of fossil fuels, as it launches its campaign. We have to make this investment if we are going to tackle the Climate Emergency and we have to make it now rather than in ten years time. Well bring you the latest election developments live from downing street throught the programme. Im anita mcveigh. The other stories this morning. The trial of the man accused of murdering british backpacker Grace Millane begins in new zealand. A bbc investigation finds that prosecutors used evidence provided by so called paedophile hunters in more than 250 cases against suspected abusers last year. Marks spencer says it is rapidly pushing ahead with its turnaround plan after news of a half year sales slump. Eight goals, two red cards, two penalties, and two own goals. And an amazing second half comeback. Chelsea hold ajax to a dramatic 4 1; draw. Well have the full report in the sport later this hou
Lets bring you some breaking news now in the past half hour, borisjohnson has announced that the uk and the eu have struck a Brexit Agreement. Writing on twitter, the Prime Minister said weve got a great new deal that takes back control , now parliament should get brexit done on saturday so we can move on to other priorities. well, the president of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, said it was a fair and balanced agreement for the eu and the uk. However, the democratic unionists whose 10 votes the government might need to get the deal approved in the commons have said in response that they remain opposed to the deal. Let us been to chris, who is keeping gcioss let us been to chris, who is keeping across all of the developments here in the European Council. We had the following over the past half an hour some of the developments that have been coming in. Michelle bernier same as we have a deal, they were talking about whether as a builder isa talking about whether as a build
Hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family have attended the funeral of pc Andrew Harper who was killed on duty in august. The parents of harry done say they will only meet the American Woman allegedly involved in the crash that killed him if she promises to return to britain. And coming up on bbc news. England have to deliver agaisnt bulgaria Gareth Southgate rallies his side as they return to euro 2020 qualifying following fridays surprise defeat to Czech Republic. Good afternoon from westminster, where the queen has just unveiled the plans for the year for Boris Johnsons government. She said the governments priority was to take the United Kingdom out of the eu at the end of the month. But the queens speech also set out plans to introduce tougher sentences forforeign offenders, investing more in the nhs and scrapping the rail franchise system. On brexit, there are plans to end free movment of eu citizens to the uk. The queen outlined 26 bills but with the Prime Minister no longer ha
We are very peaceful. We are not hippies. We do not smell of hemp. We would love mrjohnson to come and talk to us. And the teenagers being taught life saving skills to deal with the consequences of knife crime. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The german chancellor Angela Merkel has told the Prime Minister that a brexit deal is overwhelmingly unlikely, in a phone call between the two leaders this morning. Quoting a source in downing street, our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg says that mrs merkel suggested that a deal would never be possible unless Northern Ireland stayed in a Customs Union. The Prime Minister stressed to mrs merkel that in his view, the uk has made a reasonable offer, but there seemed to be no real desire on the eu side for negotiation. The source said that the eus demand on Northern Ireland would make a deal essentially impossible. the source also said that talks in brussels are close to breaking down, despite the fact that the uk has moved a long way. t
At 915, well be getting reaction after more than 20 replublica ns stormed president trumps impeachment inquiry. The Royal British legions poppy appeal gets underway. Your mission . To identify undercover celebrities working as poppy sellers. And its a good week for english clubs in the Champions League. Wins for liverpool and chelsea follow those of tottenham and manchester city. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. 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 biggest murder inquiries. Police say the lorrys cabin came via holyhead. Officers in Northern Ireland have raided two houses and the National Crime agency said it was working to identify organised crime groups who may have played a part. The lorry driver, mo robinson, from county armagh, has been arrested on suspicion of murder by essex police. The traile