Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l
Again wow on the dow 10 straight sessions of gains. And more records broken. Question is, how long can it last . As you can see, europe is slightly off today. We will tell you why. And, this week on bbc news weve been looking at the issue of disability in the workplace. Later in the programme well speak to our producer in charge of the series. Johnny cassidy gradually lost his eyesight when he was a teenager and hell be talking to us about his unique experience of the newsroom. Today we want to know with japan allowing workers to head home early on a friday would you like to see this introduced in your workplace . Is it overkill or should employers be more sympathetic . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. I tell you what, when you start at 4am in the morning, i dont want to go to 3pm welcome to the programme. We want products made in america made by american hands. That was the pledge of us President Donald Trump when he addressed Cheering Workers at boeing last week. And he
Red carpets are being rolled out ahead of the 89th we will be getting all the Oscars Gossip from la and chatting with showbiz columnist perez hilton about all the goings on in la la land. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. We are going to talk to some of our Leicester City super fans who made diaries for us about their beloved club and what they think about the man they thought was a hero being sacked nine months later. 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. A truly historic victory the words of new conservative mp Trudy Harrison after winning the labour seat of copeland in last nights by election. Its the first gain by a Governing Party since 1982. In the nights other result labour held on to stoke central, with ukip leader Paul Nuttall Finishing in second place. Our Political Correspondent tom bateman sent us
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,
Charities is launching a Recruitment Drive for volunteers to help protect the native red squirrel. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is the favourite to succeed Claudio Ranieri at Leicester City. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. It was, by any standards, a great result for the conservatives causing a major electoral upset by winning the long held labour seat of copeland in cumbria. Their Candidate Beat Labour by more than 2,000 votes. Its the first time a governing party has gained a seat at a by election since 1982. In the nights other by election, labour held stoke on Trent Central holding off the challenge of the ukip leader paul nuttall. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says the partys win in stoke was a decisive rejection of ukips Politics Of Division but he says their message was not enough to win through in copeland. 0ur political correspondent, carole walker, reports. Harrison, trudy. The Conservative Party cand