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back to westminster. as we ve been reporting, it s another day that could be described as historic at westminster with mps voting on that main motion on the brexit bill, the motion to trigger article 50. after this the legislation heads to the house of lords. most of the amendments to the motion have been comfortably defeated by the government. we are hearing, because of the labour rebellion in the sol last week, we are expecting another labour rebellion tonight, clive lewis has resigned. he was talking earlier on about the difficulty of his decision, whether or not to vote for this european union bill that would begin the formal process of britain leaving the european union. that is clive lewis there. he was saying how difficult this decision is and hinting he might pass to vote against the bill, therefore inevitably leaving the shadow chapman shadow cabinet, because that would be defying the leadership of the labour party, the three line whip. other members of the ....
british mps have voted overwhelmingly to allow the government to start the process of leaving the eu. the prime minister, theresa may, says she wants to trigger formal talks by the end of march. the legislation survived several attempts to add extra conditions and will now go to the house of lords. here s our political correspondent, vicki young. as many of that opinion say aye. aye! the message is loud and clear, theresa may wants to get on with brexit negotiations, and tonight mps gave her their overwhelming support. the ayes to the right, 494. the noes to the left, 122. it s an historic vote today and it got through by a large majority at every turn. it s carried out the will of the british people. that s what parliament has done today. and it s put through a bill which is just 137 words long. it s very simple, it just authorises the government to do what the people told them to do. but many are frustrated they haven t had enough time to fully debate the brexit bill. ....
the government to start the process of leaving the eu. the prime minister, theresa may, says she wants to trigger formal talks by the end of march. the legislation survived several attempts to add extra conditions and will now go to the house of lords. here s our political correspondent, vicki young. as many of that opinion say aye. aye! the message is loud and clear, theresa may wants to get on with brexit negotiations, and tonight mps gave her their overwhelming support. the ayes to the right, 494. the noes to the left, 122. it s an historic vote today and it got through by a large majority at every turn. it s carried out the will of the british people. that s what parliament has done today. and it s put through a bill which is just 137 words long. it s very simple, it just authorises the government to do what the people told them to do. but many are frustrated they haven t had enough time to fully debate the brexit bill. the whole of the curtailing of this debate lea ....
we ll talk to some disabled workers about their experiences in the workplace. hello, welcome to the programme. we re live until ”am this morning. this valentine s day we re asking, are you single and proud out of choice? we will be talking to some of the singletons who say they are happily single. does that sound like you? or are you longing to find that special person? do get in touch with your thoughts and experiences on that and any of our other stories. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. in a severe blow to president trump s new administration, his national security adviser general michael flynn has been forced to resign. mr flynn is accused of illegally discussing us sanctions with the russian ambassador to the united states. but the conversation about sanctions happened before mr trump assumed office. under us law, private individuals cannot carry out official government diplomacy. b ....
that the plans are wrong. the plans could make it harder four troops and theirfamily to could make it harder four troops and their family to sue the government if something goes wrong in carpet. and steam power, for the first time in almost half a century, a timetabled steam train service returns to the english railways. good morning, it s tuesday 14th february. welcome to bbc newsroom live. donald trump s national security adviser, michael flynn, has resigned over his contacts with russia. telephone intercept is show that michael flynn, mr trump s national security adviser, had discussed us sanctions with the russian envoy before mr trump took office. it s illegal for private citizens to conduct us diplomacy, and the phone calls happened late last year before mr flynn was appointed to the administration. before being appointed, he was known for his close ties with the senior russian officials. here he is sat with president putin at a dinner in 2015. he s also been accu ....