Sex abuse ring. It was a harrowing, hard watch and has been praised for how close to the truth it was. There is no such thing as a child prostitute. What there is is a child who was being abused. By two . By men who was being abused. By two . By men who pick on vulnerable girls. Well, a little later well be talking to sarah rowbotham, the Sexual Health worker who blew the lid on the scandal. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. Lots coming up today, that Special Report on autistic children undergoing Shock Therapy in america, is it cruel or a way of helping them have a better life . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top Story Today Brexit dominated the televised leaders debate, which was held last night despite the absence of theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn. The itv event saw little disagreement between the lib dems, green party, p
Hundreds of people attend a vigil to mark a week since the Manchester Bombing; the citys Victoria Station has reopened this morning. No head to head butJeremy Corbyn and theresa may face a Studio Audience and a grilling. In sport, Huddersfield Town are in the Premier League. They beat reading in a dramatic penalty shoot out to win the championship playoff final. And matt has the weather. Good morning. We are down here on the beach this morning. Incredibly mild start to tuesday, a few showers in the north and west. If you are on half term this week, i have some good news in the forecast. Join me if you can. Thank you very much. Its an improving tale in the weather. We are taking bbc breakfast in this last full week before the General Election to Northern Ireland tomorrow and to scotland on friday. Well look at some of the issues in those countries but also across the uk as well. A bit of a geography lesson. If you go west, if you go that way you get anglesey, east, conway and look at th
And forget wi fi, forget bluetooth how about sending data with sound . Well get the inside track on how the technology could revolutionise the way we share information. Well speak to the man behind it. And staying with tech, apple has launched its new Smart Speaker, its called the homepod but its more expensive than rivals from google and amazon. So is it on your Shopping List . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Get in touch with your views on the homepod or anything else. It doesnt seem like all that long ago we were talking about brazils meteoric rise to economic stardom as one of the so called brics. But all that has come crashing down thanks to a string of Corruption Allegations involving top politicians and companies. And it could all come to a head again later today as brazils Top Electoral Court resumes the case against the countrys former president Dilma Roussef and her successor michel temer. Theyre accused of illegally funding their 2014 election win.
To have died or were missing stop. Any moment, it will be time for wimbledon sports take, but first, lets look at what else coming up. Donald trump has hit back at reports of his sons meeting with a russian lawyer who said she had damaging information on helu clinton. A radical overhaul of Employment Law is recommended. And well bring you the latest development on the huge fire that swept through londons camden market. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now, time for wimbledon sports day. Hello, and welcome to wimbledon sportsday, im hugh woozencroft. Coming up this evening there are two britons in the last eight of the singles at wimbledon for the First Time Since 1973. With wins for andy murray and Johanna Konta, who becomes the first british woman in the last eight of the womens singles since 1984. And therell be a new womens world number one as Angelique Kerber is knocked out in round four. And rooney returns home evertons new old boy says his career is far from finished. Im not coming t
Well talk to some disabled workers about their experiences in the workplace. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. This valentines day were asking, are you single and proud out of choice . We will be talking to some of the singletons who say they are happily single. Does that sound like you . Or are you longing to find that special person . Do get in touch with your thoughts and experiences on that and any of our other stories. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. In a severe blow to president trumps new administration, his National Security adviser general Michael Flynn has been forced to resign. Mr flynn is accused of illegally discussing us sanctions with the Russian Ambassador to the United States. But the conversation about sanctions happened before mr trump assumed office. Under us law, private individuals cannot carry out official government diplomacy. Barely three weeks into