Of bullets in rapid succession. He said he would also support a modest tightening of background checks for gun purchasers. Survivors of last weeks School Shooting in florida have marched on washington to call for tougher laws. And at the Winter Olympics, team gbs Womens Curling Team have beaten the reigning champions canada to reach the semi finals. It means the Canadian Women have failed to win a medal for the first time in olympic history. Good morning. Its wednesday 21st february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The met police has lost an appeal at the Supreme Court against two victims of black cab rapist john worboys who won compensation for its failings. The women were raped by worboys in 2003 and 2007 and said their treatment by police, who failed to believe their reports, caused them mental harm. The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the polices appeal. Our Home Affairs Correspondent june kelly is at the Supreme Court. What did the lawyers for the two women ar
And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, swansea boss Carlos Carvalhal attempts to dump his former club, sheffield wednesday, out of the fa cup at the second time of asking. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Snow and freezing temperatures have caused major disruption across many parts of the uk today with warnings that there is much worse to come this week. More than 560 schools have been closed across england, wales and scotland. And the snow and ice has caused treacherous driving conditions, with 20 accidents in a space ofjust three hours on lincolnshires roads, including a fatal crash which left three people dead. Thereve been big problems on the railways and airports too, with hundreds of trains and flights cancelled. In a moment, well hearfrom danny savage in north yorkshire, but first to robert hall in ashford in kent. Robert. Sophie, ashford is right alongside the m20 motorway, one of the roots worst affected this morning. There are still lying snow across the east
And the film director Lewis Gilbert the man behind bond films like you only live twice has died at the age of 97. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. No old boys routine for swansea city boss carlos ca rvalhal, as he looks to knock his former Club Sheffield wednesday out of the fa cup. Good evening. Snow and freezing temperatures have caused major disruption across many parts of the uk today with forecasters warning that there is much worse to come this week. More than 560 schools have been closed across england, wales and scotland. Driving conditions were treacherous in some places in lincolnshire there were 20 accidents in the space ofjust ofjust three hours, including one which left three people dead. Thereve been big problems on the railways, with more than 300 cancelled by southeastern and greater anglia. Dozens of flights were cancelled too. In a moment well hear from danny savage in North Yorkshire but first this from robert hall from ashford in kent. The warnings had been c
Can see a brand new trading week has begun with spain edging higher. And gold its where nervous investors put their money in uncertain times, so why has this stuff lost its shine in the last few months . Well speak to the uks biggest bullion trader. And as one of britains biggest Property Owners predicts the death of the high street store, we want to know how much of your shopping do you do online . All of it . Orjust certain items . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. It isa it is a critical week for spain with investors worldwide watching what happens in the next 2a to 48 hours. Over the weekend more businesses in catalonia said they are taking steps to prepare in case the region does try to break away and declare independence from spain. The Central Government has passed a decree making it easierforfirms to move their legal headquarters away from catalonia, with companies no longer needing share holder approval. One of the countrys biggest banks,
High speed rail aid ran new Education Centre designed to help close and engineering skills gap. I will talk to some of the students a little later. In sport, scotland say goodbye to their hopes of playing in next years world cup in russia. They needed a win in slovenia to guarantee a place in the playoffs, but could only manage a 2 all draw. That result for scotland means Northern Ireland are through to the play offs, despite losing to norway in oslo. What do you think is your better film . Godfather one or what do you think is your better film . Godfather one or godfather what do you think is your better film . Godfather one or godfather to . That is a true story. Dustin hoffman talks to us about his new film, fatherhood, and being mistaken for al pacino. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Bit of a great start to the day to day. Some drizzly rain moving eastwards that some of us will see glimpses of sunshine in the mix. Details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story.