Hundreds of schools are failing to impr| for the force was with the hundreds of schools are failing to impr| forgecfi; force was with the iii from f; we will tram fz, we will be reviews from critics, and we will be talking to them shortly. Good morning. Its wednesday 13th december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theres been a huge political upset in the united states, where the republicans have been defeated in a Us Senate Election in alabama for the first time in 25 years. Its a major blow for President Trump who had supported the republican candidate, roy moore. During his campaign, mr moore eight women came forward to say he had been accused of Sexual Assault. One claim this had happened since she was 1a. His rival doug jones will now become the first democrat to represent the state in the us senate since 1992. The democrat victory narrows the republicans majority in the upper house to 51 19, making it harder for President Trump to get his legislative programme th
Ill be taking a closer look later. Good morning. Burnley enter the Champions League spots as they go fourth with a late win at home to stoke city. Is this the droid theyre looking for . The princesjoin big names and fans for the premier of the latest Star Wars Film. I think it isjust a i think it is just a cracking good story. Swashbuckling, goodies versus baddies, that is what makes it so great. And matt has the weather. Good morning. First, our main story. A baby girl, born with her heart outside her body, has survived in whats thought to be a first in the uk. Vanellope hope wilkins, who is three weeks old, has undergone three operations at glenfield hospital, in leicester, to place her heart back within her chest. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh spoke exclusively to vanellopes parents and the medical team involved. Good girl, yeah. Beautiful girl. They are pride and joy. This is venellope, astounding her parents and doctors with her progress. After three operations in three w
On all the way through, in their educating, after school in their careers, so its really, really important that we make sure everybody gets the best School Education they can. Hes 26, hes from aldershot and hes been officially named as the worlds highest earning youtuber. He raked in a cool £12 million in the last year and has over 16 million subscribers. But some are sniffy about his success. Well ask him what he thinks about that at 9. 45am. Hello and welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. We will talk about the latest star wa rs we will talk about the latest Star Wars Film. How excited are you about it . Do you not get star wars. The lastjedi got its uk premiere at the albert hall last night the stars were there, as were Princes William and harry. We will have a spoiler free verdict on whether it matches the hype. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rat
The road cyclist chris froome, four time winner of the Tour De France, is fighting to save his career after failing a drugs test. Eight people have been sentenced for smuggling drugs into prisons by using drones. A special report from the democratic republic of congo, where the un says a cut in the number of peacekeepers is creating more instability. And six months after the grenfell fire, we report on the Lasting Impact in londons wealthiest borough. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, england captainjoe root calls for a big performance from his players ahead of the crucial third ashes test. Good evening. The Prime Minister has suffered her first defeat in the house of commons on the governments legislative plans for brexit. By a majority of just four, mps supported a change to the eu withdrawal bill, which called for the terms of a final brexit deal to be approved by a separate new law. Repeated offers of concessions by ministers were not enough to win the day. The amendment had