stepped down as england s director of cricket after three and a half yea rs of cricket after three and a half years in the role. the latest on that. and a huge night in the champions league for tottenham and liverpool. thanks, will. and chris fawkes has all the weather still rather mild. it s going to be with us for quite a while, this cloudy and mild weather. i ll bring yourfull while, this cloudy and mild weather. i ll bring your full weather prospects here in the uk, but also looking further afield. we know that you like whether and cute animal pictures, so we will pander to both. that, coming up in the next half hour or so. possibly little clue! thanks, chris. also coming up: the duke and duchess of sussex are making their first official visit to the county since they were given their royal titles. hello. this is afternoon live i m martine croxall. theresa may has insisted she will ‘not let the country down‘ over brexit. speaking at the conservative party conferen
is told that it s possible pc keith palmer s death could have been prevented if armed officers had been in a different location. the first grenfell tower survivor to give evidence to the inquiry descibes being pushed back by thick, black smoke as he tried to escape. time s running out for survivors of the indonesian earthquake and tsunami as rescue teams struggle to reach remote areas that were hit. and the duke and duchess of sussex make their first official visit to the county of their royal titles. it s 5pm. theresa may has insisted she will ‘not let the country down over brexit. speaking at the conservatives‘ conference in birmingham, mrs may defended her brexit strategy from strong criticism from some of her tory colleagues, including the former foreign secretary, boris johnson. mrs may defended her plans, saying ‘no one wanted a good deal more‘ than her and she appealed to her critics to unite behind her, even if they don t always agree with her. the prime mi
get ready, now. zero emission vehicles: the prime minister promises more money to develop them. and coming up on bbc news. a decision will be made on the future of hampden park as scotland s national stadium this afternoon. the scottish fa could decide to move to murrayfield. hello to the bbc news at one. we ll have more on the morning of all these cuts in just a few minutes. the inquests into the deaths of five people killed in the westminster terror attack last year has heard how an american tourist saved his wife by pushing her out of the path of the vehicle driven by khalid massood. kurt and melissa cochran had only been in london for two hours before masood launched his attack last march. kurt was killed but his wife survived. our correspondent, helena lee, is at the old bailey. the hearing today has heard from witnesses, pedestrians on westminster bridge at the time that kurt cochran was hit by the car. one eyewitness broke down in tears in the witness box as she relive
is about to come in to circulation but at what cost to businesses? good morning. it s monday, 27th march, i m joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may will meet scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon later today for the first time since she rejected calls for a second referendum on scottish independence. the visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the uk before the process of leaving the european union formally begins on wednesday. it s an important time for brexit negotiations with a number of key discussions across the week. later today, the prime minister is expected to give a speech on unity, saying uk s union will become even more important as britain leaves the eu. tomorrow, msps in the scottish parliament are to vote on a whether scotland should have a second independence referendum following the brexit negotiations. on wednesday, the prime minister will officially begin britain s two year exit from the european union in which she ll write a
and coming up in the sport on bbc news, gordon strachan hopes to win back the fans after scotland beat slovenia to keep their slim world cup hopes alive. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may will meet nicola sturgeon in scotland later, for the first time since the snp announced their proposals for a second independence referendum. at the beginning of a week that will see article 50 triggered on wednesday, the prime minister will say she wants to build a more united nation . tomorrow, the scottish parliament is expected to pass a vote in favour of seeking a new scottish independence referendum which ms sturgeon wants to hold in autumn 2018 or spring 2019. theresa may, though, has said now is not the time for it. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow. number 10 says the relationship between theresa may and nicola sturgeon that, every political relationship has its own dimension. certainly the public stance between them over the pas