Growth figures later. They are expected to show the economy did pretty well at the end of last year, but with rising prices and a fall in the value of the pound, what will the value of the pound, what will the year ahead have in store . In sport, a Wembley Final for southampton. They knock liverpool out of the league cup with an injury time winner. It has taken tim peake to space and back. Now the Soyuz Capsule is going to be landing in london. Well be finding out why. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Today is a cold start to the day. Weve also got a fair bit of cloud around. Some of it will break to see some sunshine and a few of us will see some snow. Wherever you are it will feel raw in the wind. More details in 15 minutes or so. Good morning. First, our main story the us President Donald Trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. But he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring Back Techniques su
The government is expected to publish the Brexit Strategy in an hours time. The white paper will set out its priorities for negotiations with the European Union after Parliament Takes the First Step Towards britain leaving the union, as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering article 50. Last night mps voted 498 to 114 in favour of approving legislation which gives the Prime Minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. 47 labour mps, one in five, voted against the bill despite a three line whip imposed by the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. And what will happen next . As mentioned, at around noon, Brexit Secretary david davis will announce the governments white paper on exiting the eu. This will allow parliament to send the bill on Forfurther Amending and scrutiny, before it becomes law. Our assistant Political Editor, norman smith, is at westminster with the latest. What are we going to find out . Probably very little. I think most people expect it to simply fl
Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. 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. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, says its completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a e. In an Exclusive Bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. Our Health Editor hugh pym has more. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same challenge. He said there was no Silver Bullet. I think its wrong to suggest to people that these profound challenges such as we
Mislaid more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence, including Cancer Test Results and treatment plans. We will bring you the story. Heresjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in england and wales will hold its first Public Hearings Today, more than two and a half years after it was set up by the government. It will begin by examining the mistreatment of british children in Care Orfrom Poorfamilies who were sent to australia in the years after the second world war. The inquiry will be told that the scale of abuse they suffered was much wider than previously thought. Organisers of this years oscars say theyre still trying to work out how the ceremony ended in chaos, after the wrong film was named best picture. The hollywood musical la la land was mistakenly revealed as the winner, but during the acceptance speeches it was discovered the award should have gone to moonlight, which is a drama abo
Mislaid more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence, including Cancer Test Results and treatment plans. We will bring you the story. Heresjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in england and wales will hold its first Public Hearings Today, more than two and a half years after it was set up by the government. It will begin by examining the mistreatment of british children in Care Orfrom Poorfamilies who were sent to australia in the years after the second world war. The inquiry will be told that the scale of abuse they suffered was much wider than previously thought. Organisers of this years oscars say theyre still trying to work out how the ceremony ended in chaos, after the wrong film was named best picture. The hollywood musical la la land was mistakenly revealed as the winner, but during the acceptance speeches it was discovered the award should have gone to moonlight, which is a drama abo