it is like a soldier on a battlefield, you don t know what you will be faced with. on top of that, you have got the fear, am i going to make it home tonight? the brexit bill is published, causing tension within labour, which tells its mps you must vote for it. and one of the leading contemporary art prizes in the world won tonight by a british artist and film maker. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: manchester united went behind in their efl cup semifinal second leg at hull. find out if they could hold onto their aggregate lead to reach the final at wembley. good evening. theresa may has arrived in america at the start of a trip which she hopes will pave the way for a post brexit trade deal with the united states. she ll be the first foreign leader to hold talks with donald trump, when she meets the new president at the white house tomorrow. this evening, she addressed a republican conference in philadelphia, in a speech where she sought to find common ground with m
leicester city were four minutes from being knocked out of the fa cup by derby county, but wes morgan earns them a replay. and chris has the weather. it s not as cold as it has been over recent days, but we ve got rain to contend with today and it is still cold enough for some of that range of four as snow in the hills of scotland. a full forecast in the next half hour. good morning. first our main story: the actor sirjohn hurt has died. he was 77 and had recently been battling cancer. he starred in around 200 films, including harry potter, and was nominated for an oscar for his roles in the elephant man and midnight express. our correspondent nick higham reports. everything seemed to come to a head today. john hurt as political diarist alan clark. both my black teeth have disintegrated into blackened stumps or stalactites. not a nice man, but surprisingly sympathetic a complex character john hurt played with such ease and subtlety. his talent was spotted early in a success