Weather and Flood Warnings this morning then do get in touch. If youre a man who works part time, then wed love to hear from you this morning. Are you part time through choice or because you cant find full time work . Well be talking about that later. 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 rate. Our top story today the armys on standby to help evacuate communities along the east coast where a tidal surge is expected to hit. The Environment Agency has issued 11 severe Flood Warnings, meaning there is a danger to life. 29 schools in scotland have been closed following the wintry weather. Andy moore reports. All along the east coast, floodgates have been closed in preparation for the storm surge. Gale force winds are combining with high tides to threaten coastal defences. Injaywick, in essex, there is a severe Flood Warning, meaning a risk to life. The Emergency Services
Weather forecaster has in his collection. Just a bit of seaweed. The seaweed is indicating something a lot milder early next week. Something to look forward to for those of you who do not like the cold. Tonight the chilly easterly wind. There is snow over the high ground. A cold night with temperatures hovering just above freezing in most places. Over the hills we will have some ice around four. Tomorrow, more of the same. Cold, windy and grey. Further rain, sleet and snow. High levels could be badly affected. Not much brightness. The best in the far north West Of Scotland. A chilly three, 4 degrees. Things do start to warm up, particularly through the early part of next week. In the sunshine for some of a hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. President trump says hes considering a brand new Executive Travel Order after his initial attempt was overturned by the federal courts. A group of conservative mps have called on the government to make the uk more welcoming for commonwealth cit
Jon sopel is in washington. According to the polls, a majority of british people are in favour of donald trump coming to the uk on a state visit. But theres a sizeable number of people who stand opposed. Almost two Million People signed a Petition Calling for the invitation to be withdrawn. That petition in line with the law forced a parliamentary debate currently under way In Westminster hall. Heres a flavour. We are in a position unlike any faced by any previous parliament, where we have a person of a unique personality running the United States. There are great dangers in attempting to give him the best accolade we can offer anyone, only been offered twice before, of a state visit. This would be terribly wrong, because it would appear that the british parliament, the british nation, the British Sovereign is approving of the acts of donald] trump. Outside that debate In Westminster, in parliament square, theres a demonstration under way tonight. Lets get more now from our corresponde
as ian was saying, it s no. longer us just transmitting i iews. we re also receiving it. there s more of- a dialogue going on. and i think, on social media, we absolutely encourage our| reporters to be part of- the social media conversation. sometimes that can get out of hand. - they can get targeted. some of them receive abuse, i some of them have reported it to the police. but i think it s. i remember, in the 1990s, - i was a reporter in moscowjust after the collapse . of the soviet union. and i had someone calling up our bureau saying thatl i was working for an . imperialist, capitalist, zionist newspaper and they were going to come around and kill me. i think the amount of wheezing i on the telephone suggested this wasn t really a very serious i threat and never showed up. fortu nately. but it shows that thisi kind of thing has been going on for a long time. but nowadays, i m sorry to interrupt, does the company expect you to be on social media? because i suppose that s the thing