coming up in the sport on bbc news, claims that lord coe misled mps as questions grow over what he knew and when over the russian doping scandal. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. president trump has sacked his acting attorney general, accusing her of betrayal after she told government lawyers not to defend his controversial travel restrictions in court. sally yates, who was appointed by president obama, had said she was not convinced mr trump s temporary ban on travellers from seven muslim countries was legal. richard lister reports. it isa it is a battle over american values and it s going on all across the county. in columbus ohio last night it was met with pepper spray. in dallas, texas, there was a silent vigil and concern over what the future holds. we came from mexico. things aren t great there now. do deny something an opportunity to build a future seems completely wrong. the most significant protest came from sally yates, an abomb ma appointee a
millions say they feel lonely but won t admit it a campaign s launched to tackle it, in memory of murdered mpjo cox. and a legal battle over whether parents should be allowed to take their children on holiday during term time is under way at the supreme court. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. parliament has just announced a date for mps to debate donald trump s invitation for a state visit to the uk. it s scheduled for monday 20th february. nearly 1.7 million people have signed a petition calling for the state visit to be downgraded. another petition calling for the visit to go ahead has been signed by more than 100,000 people. james robbins told us controversy on this scale in relation to a state visit has not been seen before. i don t think there has been a row on this scale about a state visit ever. it s clearly unprecedented. but then this is shaping up to be an unprecedented state visit. why do i say that? well, partly because the scale of public opposition, so
ta ke i can connect with my children and take them to my friend s birthday parties and go on the old claygate every now and then and actually be present in my children s lives. playdate. from today, bigger businesses will have to reveal how much they pay their male and female staff and if there s a gap between their wages. i m looking at the rules and what they hope to achieve. in sport, eden hazard scores twice to keep chelsea at the top of the premier league. and carol has the weather. good morning. a chilly start. for many of us, a fine day with sunshine and variable amounts of cloud. through the next the days, by sunday, it will be warmer than it has been. more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the supreme court will rule today on whether parents can take their children on holiday in term time, without breaking the law. it s considering the case ofjohn platt, who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter to florida for a week in 2015. the decisi
we re live until 11 o clock this morning. we re also talking about free school meals this morning. the labour leader says if they win the election, they will tax private school fees and pay for all children in state primary schools to have free meals. let us know what you think of the idea. would it help you? or do you think there are better ways to spend the money? are you one of the parents paying school fees who would have to fund the policy? 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. our top story today. the supreme court will rule today on whether parents can take their children on holiday in term time, without breaking the law. it s considering the case ofjohn platt, who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter to florida for a week in 2015. the decision could mean big changes for parents across england, as our legal affairs correspondent c
that do provide free school meals is that do provide free school meals is that there is higher levels of attainment, better levels of concentration and better health for the children. on the eve of the masters, the world number one dustinjohnson has fallen down the stairs and injured his back. and coming up in the sport? the referees‘ governing body has apologised after keith stroud misread the rules in last night s match between newcastle and burton. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a father has lost a landmark case at the supreme court in a dispute about taking his child out of school without permission. jon platt, from the isle of wight, refused to pay a fine after he took his daughter to florida, and successfully argued in the high court that the law requires only that children attend school regularly, which his daughter does. but today, the supreme court ruled unanimously that it is disruptive to a child s education to remove them from school during t