for sportsday but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we ll be hearing from the girlfriend of corrie mckeague the raf serviceman missing since september. she says she s expecting his baby. what next in the southern rail fiasco? we ll be discussing what should be done in a special programme at 8.30. and i ll be looking at all tomorrow s front pages in the papers with my guests mihir bose of the london evening standard and former pensions minister baroness altmann that s at 10.40. that s all ahead on bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, will perry. lester s claudio ranieri hasjust won manager of the year at the fifa awards. england flanker chris robshaw will miss the entire six nations. a shoulder injury rules him out for three months. and britain sjohanna konta warms up for the start of australian open with a comfortable win at the sydney international. cristiano ronaldo is favourite to be named th
can we encourage the growth of businesses for the future to bring jobs into the uk, to bring higher wages to the uk and higher skills? ifi wages to the uk and higher skills? if i may, prime minister, did you or did you not know something had gone wrong with our nuclear missiles when you asked mps to renew trident?” wrong with our nuclear missiles when you asked mps to renew trident? i am regularly briefed on national security issues. i was briefed on the successful certification of hms vengeance and her crew. we don t comment on the operational details for national security reasons, but the key issue about the debate that we had in the house of commons on future trident was whether we should renew trident for the future. should we continue to have an independent nuclear deterrent? i have faith in out nuclear deterrent? i have faith in our independent nuclear deterrent. i believe we should continue to have that for the future. the house commons voted for that. sadly, the lea
won t be made until the end of the season, following a heavy champions league defeat. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. president trump s most senior diplomat is making his debut on the international stage at the g20 summit in germany. the new us secretary of state rex tillerson is meeting russia s foreign minister sergei lavrov this lunchtime at a time when contacts between the trump administration and moscow are under the spotlight. the us state department says mr tillerson will try to provide a comforting message to countries uneasy about apparent changes in america s foreign policy positions. we ll be live in germany in a moment, but first this report from wyre davies. with so much attention on his own difficulties at home, donald trump might be thankful that, for the next couple of days, the spotlight will fall squarely on the shoulders of his new secretary of state rex tillerson, attending the g20 summit in germany. among his first meetings was with
is at aslef headquarters in central london. as they point out this was agreed by aslef leadership so what is it the drivers don t like? we heard from another union involved, the rmt, they describe this deal as a scandalous sell outs and a disgrace. the leadership has said the deal would only have in certain circumstances, exceptional circumstances, exceptional circumstances, would there only be drivers but other unions and some of membership themselves felt there we re membership themselves felt there were too many exceptions to that. so were too many exceptions to that. so we had the rank and file membership overturning a deal done by the leadership. the results of the ballot have come through in the last half hour, and about 900 drivers work for aslef on southern, there was a turnout of about 72%. they we re was a turnout of about 72%. they were asked the question, do you accept the proposed agreement on driver only operation and related issues? 54% voted no. driver only op
they received £3 million for the last paralympic cycle. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. nearly every local authority in england is planning to raise council taxes in the coming year, most of them by 5%, to help meet the rising cost of social care. but the local government association, which represents councils, has warned that deep cuts to other services will still have to be made because of the huge cost of looking after growing numbers of elderly and disabled people. here s our social affairs correspondent alison holt. yes, and you ll be fine. this is social care in action. good girl. and i will be behind you. after several falls, 80 year old maureen edwards is being given support that will mean she regains some independence and rebuilds her confidence. it means she and her husband can cope at home. according to today s survey, the sheer demand for this sort of care is the reason why most local authorities in england plan to raise council tax. that was w