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thousands of homes have been evacuated in christchurch, new zealand, after two separate fires have combined, covering nearly 5,000 acres. and, a century of the wrens the navy marks the formation of the women s royal naval service during the first world war. it s 5.00pm. our main story is that a potential deal to end the long running dispute on southern rail has been rejected by members of the train drivers‘ union, aslef. in a ballot, 54% voted against the proposal which had been negotiated by the union s leaders. southern says it s hugely disappointed and will be seeking more talks as soon as possible. the union is expected to try to renegotiate the deal. but, for the moment, it means there is still no end in sight to the disruption on one of britain s busiest commuter networks. 0ur correspondent, john young, is at brighton railway station where many commuters affected by the southern rail dispute travel from. more from you and what people have been saying there tod ....
subsequently left the navy and then re enlisted at the outbreak of the second world war, and here, we have her identity book for that. and there it is, wren number one. in a hundred years, women sailors have gone from medics to marines, and from cooks to commanders. they ve had to prove themselves, which they did really well. after that it was for the other women to embrace that change and they took it forward and it s continued to go forward. now called sailors, not wrens, women have seen a century of naval change. for those like win price, the exhibition is a proud salute to our nautical heritage. duncan kennedy, bbc news in portsmouth. today s tributes to the women s royal naval service there. newsnight is about to begin on bbc two. president trump s press conference was one of the strangest any of us can remember. we ll biamou lies in what it says about the president and his administration. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. welcome to sport ....
a second ballot is being held at muirfield golf club on whether to admit female members. a previous vote at the privately owned links course fell short of the majority required to change membership policy. the result is expected mid march. says he wants the grow the game. ido i do believe that if we are - to grow participation in the game, familygat grow participation in the game, family 2 at the heart grow participation in the game, familyg at the heart of grow participation in the game, family 2 at the heart of that family golf is at the heart of that strategy. i still believe that getting more women as members of golf clubs, more women bringing children to play, clubs creating opportunities for young children to play, or even new facilities growing for children to learn to play, that is what is important for future generations. great britain s davis cup quarter final against france in april will be played on an indoor clay court in rouen, normandy, it was announced t ....
reserves in the tank, so that as we embark on the journey that we take over the next couple of years, we are confident that we have got enough gas in the tank to see us through that journey. there are two kinds of budget, those that have a specific problem to solve, normally a crisis in the public finances. and there are those where there isn t much to do, chancellors just have to stand up and look like they ve been keeping busy. well, this one is more in the latter category. part of the reason for that is that brexit is looming over everything at the moment. the old slogan used to be, you must fix the roof while the sun is shining. today might be, there is no point in fixing the roof if you think a great big tree might come toppling down on top of it. you should wait to see what happens. until brexit, getting the deficit down was the main goal, and it slowly came under control. the idea is it carries on going down but the basicjob is farfrom done. it s fair to say that ....
good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the pl ....