until sentencing. the government s decision to suspend parliament. we re expecting to hear from ruth davidson in the next few minutes. in her resignation letter she said it had been ‘the privilege of my life to serve as the leader good afternoon. of the scottish conservative welcome to bbc newsroom live. and i‘m annita unionist mcveigh. party.‘ the government has insisted a government whip, lord young, that mps will have time has also resigned in the last half to debate the uk‘s departure from the european union hour, saying shutting parliament down risks fundamentally undermining it. despite plans to suspend parliament but cabinet ministers reject claims for five weeks into october. yesterday, the queen approved the move is an attempt to stop mps the prime minister‘s request to close parliament until 14th from debating brexit october less than three or preventing a no deal exit. weeks before the uk this is completely constitutional, and proper, there is going t
with the european union that does not involve a backstop to act as an insurance policy against a return to the borders of the past in northern ireland all the other approaches norway canada plus it cetera they would all require a backstop and the alternative of repudiating that backstop would not only mean a thing on a promise to the people of northern ireland but it would also collapse the negotiation and hat and hopes of securing a deal so what is the government been doing we have been absolutely clear in focusing on delivering what is in the best interests of the british people pfizer. sky news prime minister are you not in denial about the chances of getting this still through parliament and for the critics in your own party to have been sending in letters very publicly is it time for them to put up or shut up what i heard as i think you may have heard me say in the house of commons earlier today as i ve just reiterated here i m going to do my job of bringing back the bes
including the latest on the rescue effort. also this morning: from england cricketer to convicted drugs smuggler. former england cricketer chris lewis tells us about his spiral into crime. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. we re also talking to two women who only learnt to read properly when they had children. if you ve struggled with literacy as an adult then we d love to hear from you. how has it affected your life? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today, hurricane irma one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic is continuing its path of destruction through the caribbean. at least 14 people have died and hundreds of buildings have been flattened or flooded. deaths have been reported in the us and british virgin islands, and the island of anguilla. barbuda and st martin were the
ryanair boss, michael o leary, admits significant management failure, as it struggles to cope with flight failure, as it struggles to cope with flight cancellations. and three yea rs with flight cancellations. and three years after prince harry founded the invictus games, the uk s biggest tea m invictus games, the uk s biggest team yet is preparing to fly to canada to compete. brendan rogers hello, good morning, it is thursday 21st october. i am annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. rescuers in mexico are working equates the clock to find survivors after a huge earthquake caused widespread damage in the capital, mexico city, and in surrounding areas on tuesday. more than 230 people were killed, including more than 20 children, who died when their primary school collapsed. 30 children are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. the epicentre of the earthquake was about 17 five miles from the capital. the earthquake struck on the anniversary of weeks ago
windows and rocked buildings. the congregation returned to the sanctuary after having to hold services in the gym for nearly two years square foot not really about the space but the people and how we as a congregation have really over the two years come together to think about what s really important as we were chip. restoring this sanctuary took a lot of time and a lot of money. to pair for those repairs, the church relied on the generosity of this congregation raising $1.5 million. they say it was a true blessing from the community. and the final step in fixing this house of worship, straightening the leaning weather vain on top of the steeple, what s been an unmistakable reminder of the disaster. it symbolizing we re all a work in progress and have straightening out to do. alex savage, ktvu fox 2 news. u.s. transportation secretary anthony fox was in the bay area today where he got a look at the new barge station. the new barge extension to san jose. the new warm s