on boxing day morning. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, the film star carrie fisher. she was 84 and is believed to have suffered a stroke. reynolds‘ career spanned seven decades, and she was best known for her role in the 1952 musical, singin‘ in the rain, opposite gene kelly. our los angeles correspondent david willis reports. debbie reynolds had been at her daughter s bedside since the star wars star suffered a heart attack on christmas eve. she died just a day later at the age of 84 following a stroke. herson, todd, said simply she wanted to be with carrie. # good morning, good morning, it s great to stay up late # good morning, good morning to you.# debbie reynolds, 19 years old, singing and dancing on film for the very first time. it was her performance alongside gene kelly in singin‘ in the rain that set her on the path to fame. born in texas, she moved with her family
our look at the day at westminster. the headlines: the defence secretary says he has full confidence in the trident nuclear deterrent, but won t give the commons any details on reports of an unarmed missile going off course in a test last year. labour have questioned the prime minister s response. and yet when she came to this house on the 18th ofjuly to call on members to back the renewal of britain s nuclear submarines, she did not say a word, not a single word. but many conservative mps defended trident and the need to keep the tests secret. is it not the case that the unilateralists opposite who are complaining today are in the position of eunuchs complaining about the cost of viagra? also tonight, users of adult social care explain what the shortage of funding means for their lives. it s now legally acceptable for them to just say use incontinence pads even if you re not incontinent because you can t have a night time carer. the defence secretary has told mps he has ful
with sally and world business report. re writing history. what now for the countries in the trans pacific partnership as president trump signs an executive order to withdraw the united states? chips ahoy! samsung s microchip business powers the company to a jump in profits despite galaxy note 7 disaster. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. are you hungry? if you have no food to hand we ll make it worse as we ll take you to a true indian feast. that s injust a moment. iam i am told there is a business angle! but we can t start without talking about this. yes, he is my top story again! this is becoming a habit! i m talking about us president trump. on day one in office he signed a slew of executive orders but the one grabbing all the headlines worldwide is his move to withdraw the us from the trans pacific partnership. tpp as it s also known is the huge trade deal negotiated under mr trump s predesessor ba rack 0bama. it was a deal between 12 nations in the pac
billion take over of formula one and remove bernie ecclestone as chief executive, ending his a0 year reign in charge of the sport. a surge in cyber crime pushed the cost of fraud above £1 billion last year. and it s getting worse despite attempts to tackle it. i m looking at why and what more needs to be done. and we re going to be talking about the happiest children in the world. studies suggest they live in the netherlands. but what makes them so happy? we ll meet two mums now living there who ve been trying to find out. carol is always happy and she has got the weather. good morning. across england and wales, dense, patchy fog. some spots of reasoning. scotla nd patchy fog. some spots of reasoning. scotland and northern ireland, much more mild. patches of rain but later, some sunshine. good morning. first, our main story. the supreme court will rule today on whether it s up to parliament or government to start the process for exiting the european union. the government arg
shares in bt have seen a dramatic fall in value, after an accounting scandal at the company s italian division. and in the next hour, the nominations for the 2017 academy awards have been announced. the critically acclaimed musical la la land has been nominated for m oscars equalling the record for a single film. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in a ruling of huge constitutional significance, the judges of the supreme court have said that only parliament can trigger the brexit process. it s not the decision that theresa may wanted. she d argued that it could be done by ministers alone. thejudges also said that the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland do not have to be consulted. tonight, the bbc has learned that the government will present a brexit bill to parliament as early as this thursday. and the brexit secretary, david davis, had a warning for mps: don t use the debate in parliament to try to stop brexit happening. our political edito