working day in office. he said today will see the start of great deals for america. also, how dangerous is burnt toast? a warning from the food standards agency that overcooked foods could increase the risk of cancer. and milton keynes, one of the best known 20th century new towns, built to ease housing swap shortages in london is celebrating its 50th birthday. housing shortages. good morning. it s the 23rd of january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. ministers are at a cabinet meeting, which is being held in the north west of england for the first time, to unveil a new vision for british industry. it s designed to give the economy a boost as the country prepares to leave the european union. theresa may says the government will take a new, active role focusing on science, technology and infrastructure, but labour is describing the plans as too little, too late. our political correspondent, eleanor garnier is covering the cabinet meeting in daresbury in cheshire. what is t
in west sussex. we still have fog loitering off the south coast. things should improve here slowly this afternoon. across the north and east of the uk, in scotland, we have sunshine. can someone sent us this stunning scene. as we go through the afternoon this cloud moving in gci’oss afternoon this cloud moving in across the midlands will push into south east england. that will help lift some of the fog. visibility comes up a lift some of the fog. visibility comes up a bit but it will say quite misty. the north west of wales and north west england stay cloudy. one or two showers coming in from the irish sea full stop in northern ireland mixed conditions. some sunshine, sarah mcleod missed, temperatures in the sunshine 8 degrees in belfast. scotland also has fine sunny weather through the day. a big mixture of conditions. there are also warnings in force. south westerly wind overnight. cloudy skies and patchy outbreaks of rain. the england and wales it is a different story. a
as wales and england prepare to clash in the six nations, final preparations are being made to the starting line ups. wing george north and fly half dan biggar have won their fitness battles and are named in wales‘ team to play england on saturday. and an australian man who fell into a trench survives for hours with his nose just above the water. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. an independent report published in the last few minutes looking at the safety failures that forced seventeen edinburgh schools to close has blamed the council and the partnership which managed the building contracts. the report s author says there was a lack of proper scrutiny of the construction work. the crisis began injanuary 2016, when a structural wall at 0xgangs primary school collapsed during a storm. 17 schools, including ten primaries, five secondaries and two additional support needs schools were then shut because of concerns over the standard of construction. around 7,600 pup
than they ever thought possible. what s that doing in here? that s a plate of mashed potato. we are lucky that trump will provide most of the jokes for the foreseeable future. hello and welcome to the programme. we re live until 11am. if you re a pupil or teacher in a school where subjects are being cut, do get in touch with us. have you studied or taught one of the less popular subjects like german? does it matter if the fewer people get to take it in the future? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use #victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. it s been announced that british telecom and its openreach service, which runs the uk s broadband infrastructure, are to be legally separated. telecoms regulator, ofcom, says openreach will become a distinct company with its own staff, management and strategy. ofcom had been pushing for the move following complaints about poor levels of service and had threatened
welcome to bbc news. schools in england are being forced to cut gcse and a level courses in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers‘ union. the association of school and college leaders has warned budget pressures causing them to cancel things like school trips. they ve also said that budget constraints are driving up class sizes. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves is at the conference in birmingham. between now and easter there will be a number of teaching union conferences. first up this morning headteachers here in birmingham. justine greening could have been left in no doubt about how strong their grievances are. peter woodman at the weald school might be a head teacher, but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it am partly because it saves money. the only reason we can survive is we are carrying forward money from last year, if the government stick to their pledges at the cash flow and budget, we will be ma