Parts of southern england that are inundated. At a quarter to eight, private eyes editor ian hislop joins the bbcs media editor to look back ona the bbcs media editor to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons, and satire. Good evening. Three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the eu, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the government cosmic brexit bill. It paves the way for borisjohnson to deliver his promise that the uk will leave the eu at the end of next month. Well, the per minister won the vote easily by 358 votes to 234. Six labour mps rebelled and voted with the government. Now, the Withdrawal Agreement, now approved in principle by mps, says that the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and allows a transition period until the end of 2020. During which time, we will still abide by eu rules. It also says that we will pay the eu a divorce bill of around £33 billion, and it sets out a plan for dealing with the Northern Irish border with wh
With just hours to go before that crucial eu summit begins, can Boris Johnson deliver a brexit deal in time . The dup say no to borisjohnsons brexit deal, are we heading for another lengthy delay . Also, a headteacher who was convicted last month of running an Illegal School has told this programme she is determined to keep it open. I have been teaching for 15 years, andl i have been teaching for 15 years, and i have seen how children may be need a different approach, and that is what we are trying to do at ambassadors, and this is why i believe in what we are trying to do, because we have seen a lot of results within our children. They are happy. This is the chief inspector of schools, why cant she shut down the Illegal School . We will ask her. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Later we will be speaking with Louise Ellman, the mp who has quit the labour party after 20. 22 yea rs the labour party after 20. 22 years as a labour mp. That is when she was f
It is slowly coming to me that i am a World Champion which means so much to me. Around four million women will hear if changes to their state pensions amounted to discrimination. As the last emergency flights bring back stranded thomas cook customers, im at customers, Manchester Airport, where later today therell a jobs fairfor ex thomas cook workers. Afair bit a fair bit of sunshine, changing as storm lorenzo approaches introducing hailfor storm lorenzo approaches introducing hail for some. Its thursday, the 3rd of october. Our top story Boris Johnsons plans for a new brexit deal will go under scrutiny today following their announcement at the conservative party conference. In westminster theyll be debated by mps. Meanwhile european leaders are still considering a detailed response. The question is whether the Prime Ministers proposals are enough to break the deadlock before the leave date on 31st october. Our political correspondent, Jessica Parker has more. Borisjohnson has always b
More conservative candidates have launched their campaigns to replace theresa may as party leader and become the next Prime Minister and brexit remains the defining issue. Andrea leadsom, mark harper and rory stewart are among the 10 candidates vying for the topjob. They all now face the first ballot on thursday, when conservative mps cast their votes. The result will be known by lunchtime. The candidates will be whittled down further in more ballots by tory mps, ending on the 20thjune when just two candidates remain. Then the conservative Party Membership gets its say they can vote from the 22nd june. The final result will be announced in the week ofjuly 22nd when we should have a new Prime Minister. Our deputy political editorjohn pienaar looks at their different pledges on how theyll tackle brexit. Good morning, mrjohnson. No time to talk, no time to comb his hair. The silence and that look are still working. Boris johnsons front runner for tory leader and the others are having to c
Tactics. Tactics. My bill has been stopped today from being debated by the labour party and i am absolutely furious about that. They do not even want to talk about the important of recognising biological sex. They do not want to talk about how we stop children being able to access puberty blockers that would actually stop their development. Actually stop their development. So they have spent today filibustering my bill and stopping it being talked about, even though over the last few weeks i have had a huge amount of public support from concerned parents, concerned teachers , parents, concerned teachers, from young people themselves who want these bills measures put into law. Into law. James heappey has announced he wont stand as an mp at the next general election, saying he wants to prioritise his family and pursue a different career. Hes also expected to resign as Armed Forces Minister by the end of this month. More than 60 tory mps have now announced theyre leaving the commons , as