good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan s n
after 273 years, one of the world s most prestigious golf clubs muirfield decides to admit female members. it s been pretty unreal, we didn t expect any kind of attention like this at all. certainly never had anything like this in our life before. got to the point where we had to turn off the phones and facebook and twitter. and life after that interview that went viral. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has called the passing of the so called brexit bill the legislation that allows her to start the process of exiting the european union a defining moment for the united kingdom. ina in a statement to the house of commons, the day after scotland s first minister announced her intention to hold a second independence referendum, because of the uk government s approach to the broach it talks, mrs may told mps that any deal she reaches with the eu will work for the whole of the uk. let s hear a little of what she had to say. this will be a defining moment fo