an urgent appeal has been launched to find more black blood donors for help with those with sickle cell disease. we will speak to two families of those living with the disease. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. we d love to hear from you if you re an eu national living in the uk. are you reassured by what you hear? we re also talking about fire safety this morning. if your flat is covered in cladding, has your landlord been in touch about measures to keep you safe? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. german chancellor angela merkel has described theresa may s offer to give european citizens rights after brexit living in the uk is a good start. at a summit last night, the prime minister said nobody in the uk lawfully would be forced to leave on the day of brexit, nor did she want to split up families. in return the
but he warns there will be a bill to pay for leaving. can you go to your mummy and shake her for can you go to your mummy and shake herfor me. can you go to your mummy and shake her for me. she s not waking up. and the four year old twins who saved their mother s life after working out how to unlock their mum s phone and call the emergency services. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we ll have the latest as president trump fights to get congress to pass his new healthcare bill. a vote is due in the next two hours but hardline republicans are angry his changes to obamacare don t go far enough. at 810, we ll have a live debate on the state of british sport with a panel of sportsmen and women and industry insiders. then at 101i0pm we ll take a look at some of tomorrow s front pages in our paper review. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to spor