The uk would leave the eu, the Prime Minister says its Jeremy Corbyns fault that brexit hasnt happened and focusses on public services. We are investing in infrastructure, in new technology, and thats the future that we want to build, but at the moment weve got this roadblock, this logjam, and we need to get through it. The us house of representatives passes a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry against president trump. The body of missing british backpacker, amelia bambridge, is found in cambodia. More than 70 passengers are killed, as their train catches fire in pakistan. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. As a number of female mps say abuse is forcing them out of politics, well be asking the chief executive of the jo cox foundation, what needs to be done. Thats at 8. 15pm. At 8. 30pm, well be taking a look atjohn bercows most memorable moments as he stands down as house of commons spe
With a uk election expected six weeks today, politicians are already heading for social media to get their message across to as many of us as their message across to as many of us as possible. But, from the end of november, the ceo of twitter, jack dorsey, has said all political advertising will be banned. On twitter, he said that political message reach should be earned are not bought. Why, he asked . The answer, he said, it can be used to influence votes and effect the lives of millions. Some regard this move asa of millions. Some regard this move as a swipe at facebook, which recently ruled out a ban on political advertising. In the 2017 election, uk Political Parties spent £32 election, uk Political Parties spent £3. 2 million on facebook ads, and just £56,500 on twitter ads. Its not going to impact twitter massively, as weve seen. The amount of money spent on adverts on twitter is tiny, but this is a symbolic gesture, because we are all now focusing on the influence and power o
Im gavin ramjaun. Bulgaria are ordered to close their stadium for two games and fined £65,000 afterfans racially abused england players in a euro 2020 qualifier earlier this month arsenal manager unai emery says granit xhaka should apologise, after he was involved in an angry confrontation with home fans. And bring it on. Thats the fighting talk from England Forward Billy Vunipola ahead of their Rugby World Cup final against south africa on saturday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Bulgaria will play their next home match behind closed doors after the racist abuse aimed at england players during their euro 2020 qualifier earlier this month. Theyll also have another stadium closure, if any more incidents occur within the next two years. In addition, theyve been fined around £65,000 after nazi salutes and monkey chants were heard during their match in sofia on 14th october. That game had part of the stadium closed off due to previous incidents. Anti racism group, kick it out, says uefa
Very strong winds, particularly gcioss very strong winds, particularly across england and wales. All because of this, this beautiful swell of cloud on the satellite picture. It may look beautiful but it packs a punch, strong winds and speckled cloud coming in from the south west, heavy, squally, thundery showers which will come in this afternoon, persistent rain across scotland. Largely dry wood not too many showers in the far east of england but wins a feature of the weather particularly in the south west later on. Temperatures 16 to 26 degrees, feeling muggy and humid. This evening and tonight, you can see these blobs working across the chart, more heavy downpours and thunderstorms. The wind increasing gcioss thunderstorms. The wind increasing across england and wales but easing back a touch across scotland and Northern Ireland, and those are your overnight lows, 13 to 17 degrees. Here is your area of low pressure, on its southern front, white light squashed together, whenever you se
Hello, this is bbc news with me, the quest the headlines are. A power cut is affecting large areas of the country its thought to be due to a National Grid failure and is affecting trains, airports and homes. A churchwarden found guilty of murdering an author he had tricked into changing his will. Now police warn hed drawn up a list of future targets. Here is a cold, calculating, devious man who took pleasure from inflicting both physical and mental torture on his victim. The chancellor says he doesnt expect the uk to slide into a recession after the economy shrinks for the First Time Since 2012. Im not expecting a recession at all. And in fact, dontjust take my word for it theres not a single leading forecaster out there that is expecting a recession. The family of a policeman who survived a frenzied machete attack say theyre proud of his bravery. Heavy rain and strong winds cause disruption across the uk. Many Outdoor Events and festivals are cancelled. In a few moments, we will have