Atla ntic towards hurricane ophelia tears across the atlantic towards the uk. In the past ten days, after numerous Sexual Assault allegations, Harvey Weinstein has been fired by his company, denounced by celebrities he helped launch to stardom and called a depraved predator by his own brother. Tonight, hollywoods elite, the board of actors, directors and executives behind the oscars have voted overwhelmingly to expel him. They have said the era of shameful complicity and sexual predatory behaviour in their industry is over. The glitzy veneer which is hidden hollywoods darkest secrets has now been peeled back. Harvey weinstein was credited with over 81 o been peeled back. Harvey weinstein was credited with over 81 0 wins and over 300 nominations. Awards which 110w over 300 nominations. Awards which now seem tarnished. Academy awards. This is a key moment for an industry which stands accused of developing a culture which made them feel that exploitation was a price they had to pay to get
Eating up to 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day may help us to live longer. Research from Imperial College london claims boosting our intake to 800 grams a day could prevent thousands of deaths from Heart Disease and cancer. An investigation by the bbc has found there are nearly ten thousand drivers across the uk still on the roads despite having 12 or more points currently on their driving licence. Good morning. Its thursday the 23rd of february. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Parts of the uk are facing Travel Disruption as storm doris arrives with winds reaching 9amph. There are Severe Weather warnings for across Northern England, east anglia, north wales and the midlands, and there is snow predicted in higher areas in scotland. About 8,000 homes and businesses are without power in Northern Ireland due to trees falling onto overhead lines. Network rail are imposing speed limit of 50 mph on several train lines and the aa is reporting Traffic Disruption on major roads including t
Gettysburg. He describes the action on east cavalry field and argues against the theory that confederate general jb stewart had orders to get around the union flank. Instead, he suggests he was supposed to protect the confederate flank. This is an hourlong event. Have six lectures today, or six talks. Eric wittenbergs outofthebox with the 8 30 slot. He is such know him, a good friend of the heritage area. He is an attorney working in the Business Development and litigation arenas. Born in the philadelphia suburbs, he was raised in southeastern pennsylvania. As many of us did, he made his first trip to gettysburg in the third grade and has been hooked on the history of the American Civil War ever since. He went to college in carlisle pennsylvania and has two degrees from the university of pittsburgh. And a a masters degree doctorate from the university of Pittsburgh School of law. He is also an awardwinning civil war historian. His specialty is calvary operations with an emphasis on the
A good friend of the heritage area. He is an attorney working in the Business Development and litigation arenas. Born in the philadelphia suburbs, he was raised in southeastern pennsylvania. As many of us did, he made his first trip to gettysburg in the third grade and has been hooked on the history of the American Civil War ever since. He is an alumnus of Dickinson College in pennsylvania and has two degrees from the university of pittsburgh. He has a masters degree and a doctorate from the university of Pittsburgh School of law. He is also an awardwinning civil war historian. His specialty is calvary operations with an emphasis on the army of potomacs calvary court. He is the author of 19 published books. I cant imagine what he does as a lawyer. 19 published books. He is the author of a book about john buford at gettysburg, which won the round tables 2014 book 5 book award. He is also the author of a book about protecting the flank at gettysburg. His first book, gettysburg for action
Well touch real quickly on a story weve been covering an incident in the financial district of the city. There was some sort of explosion underground on bush street. A manhole cover blew up. A lot of Fire Department responding. If you know someone in the financial district you hear sirens or a see a lot of activity thats whats going on. No one has been hurt, theyre still trying to figure out what happened. Whenever i walk around the financial district that story comes to mind when i go over manholes or vaults i think it was outside the ralph lauren store a few years ago. Nothing like that but it is an underground vault. Looking ahead to Donald Trumps speech on immigration today. Well talk about that in depth. But first we start with news from overnight and the questions lingering about what caused a bus to crash last night in san jose. We just spoke to the chp, anything new . Reporter theyre checking to see if this company the Tour Bus Company medina tours on 7th street is up to date o