Well be talking all things nfl later in the show. Good evening. Ben stokes is set to play for england again next month. The star all rounder found out earlier this week that he will be charged with affray after a brawl outside a night club last september. He was left out of the ashes as the Police Investigation took its course. Now that charges have been brought by the cps, the ecb have decided that he can play for england and is set to feature in new zealand injust over five weeks time. Lets speak to our sports correspondentjoe wilson, who is at lords. The former england captain Michael Atherton says the ecbs decision is illogical if stokes gets a date for a Court Appearance, yes, andi yes, and i cant take that point because you might say what has changed . Because you might say what has changed 7 there are because you might say what has changed . There are still criminal proceedings ongoing, still a presumption of innocence before guilt, a key part of our legal system. The ecb would
Cioss reference awards. If he did something wrong, cross reference it, make 100 certain it was a correct match and kill him. We will preview the runners and riders ahead of todays announcement. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. We will be talking to nigel farage about the future of ukip. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The foreign secretary borisjohnson is expected to call for an extra one hundred Million Pounds a week for the nhs at a Cabinet Meeting later this morning. Hell make his case when the Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, gives an update to his ministerial colleagues on how the nhs is coping this winter. Lets head straight over to westminster and get more on this from our political guru norman smith. A very good morning to you, norman. Why is the foreign secretary asking for more funding for health . why
Well start with the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang. And after Super Saturday it hasnt gone to plan for Great Britain today. James woods just missed out on a medal in the ski slopestyle, finishing fourth after a nail biting finish. The sheffield skier was in the bronze medal position after two of the three runs. But he couldnt better that in his final effort and was eventually overtaken meaning he finished in an agonising fourth place. Result wise, amazing. Performance wise, you cannot engineer perfection. I did that run three times in a row and thats mega, its seriously mega. If every run had been perfect, it would have meant last place. If one or two people had slipped up, wouldve been on the top. That is the game of perfection, man. Britains Womens Curling Team lost their latest match in controversial fashion. Gb lost 8 6 to sweden after a decisive 11th end. Gb skip eve muirhead was ajudged not to have let go of her final stone before the line, meaning the shot was void. That gave th
Can do is send thoughts and prayers than it is time the big is to be the change that we need to see. After a Super Saturday for team gb at the Winter Olympics, well hear from all three medallists live on todays breakfast. And britain came very close to another medal at the Winter Olympics this morning. James woods has just missed out on bronze in the slopestyle skiing in pyeongchang. The sheffield skier finished in fourth place. And sarah has the weather. That morning. A mild and mainly cloudy day out there. The best of the sunshine is towards the east. Some rain in the west. I will bring you your full forecast in around 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The husband of murdered mpjo cox has resigned from two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of Sexual Harassment were published in the mail on sunday. Mr cox denies assaulting a woman at Harvard University in 2015, but admits to inappropriate behaviour while working for save the children. Our Political Cor
Left more than 20 people dead. Paris is on high alert for flooding. Water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine, following some of the heaviest rain for a century. Now on bbc news, sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and katherine downes. These are the headlines tonight will griggs on fire once again for wigan blasting west ham out of the fa cup 4th round. But only for a replay as kane keeps spurs in the cup league 2 Newport County are going to wembley, but only for a replay as kane keeps spurs in the cup there was always going to be a new champion at the Australian Open, Caroline Wozniacki has her first grand slam title after a thriller in melbourne. Also coming up in the programme, find out how rory mcilroy and the rest of the british contingent are getting on at the dubai desert classic. Good evening, lots coming up over the next half an hour, but its been a very busy day in the fa cup. One tie still to be played, weve had a couple of upsets