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you and you getjealous. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: joe root is expected to be named as alistair cook s successor as england test captain. root‘s coach at yorkshire thinks he ll take more risks in thejob. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a growing number of conservative mps have criticised the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, after he publicly opposed the idea of president trump addressing parliament during his state visit. he told the house of commons yesterday that addressing mps was not an automatic right, but an earned honour. it s prompted calls for him to consider his position, with some conservativing accusing him of ignoring the tradition that the speaker should stay neutral. but the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said it was the duty of the speaker to stand up for parliament. here s our political correspondent, chris mason. the ultimate accolade on a state visit. the red carpet and the chance to address both houses of ....
west england. plenty of sunshine through the midlands and into the south east, nudging temperatures up to 10 celsius. it is cool, chile, grey and damp across the east coast. some sunshine for northern ireland, and one or two showers. a messy picture of scotland. the best of the dry and bright weather in the west, but there is snow across the grampians. the wet and windy weather continues for the northern isles. little change for this evening. snow continues in eastern scotland, mainly on high ground. showers in the south west become confined to coastal areas, but it will turn cold skies in the west. missed, fog and ice. the weather front on the east coast will work its way to the west. on wednesday, a lot of cloud around. outbreaks of rain. don t be surprised to see the odd snowflake in eastern england, and eastern scotland. a distinctly chilly feel across eastern areas, because we have started to pull an easterly wind from the near continent, which will continue to pus ....
and people like gerard saint etienne, who struggles to pay his rent never mind get on greater manchester s housing ladder, says a realistic plan from his point of view means an affordable home in a prosperous city. i d like to see them put people before profit, so i d like it to be more attainable for the working man because it seems to be like the working man has been pushed aside. the government says affordability is at the heart of its strategy, both with homes for rent and to buy, but will developers deliver? we know that greater manchester needs around about 4,800 new affordable homes every year. in the past the area has been delivering around 2,000 so we know there is a big demand for affordable housing out there. as an industry, we are keen to meet that demand through appropriate development. today s white paper promises radical action to mend england s broken housing market, but when it comes to a realistic plan to deliver enough affordable homes where people ....
welcome to bbc news. the government has announced that parliament will vote on its final deal on brexit before it s put to the european parliament. earlier this evening a potential government defeat was avoided after mps opposed a labour amendment calling for the commons and the lords to be given a say before negotiations are finished. the impact of these developments means means parliament will have the power to send theresa may back to the negotiating table in brussels. live to westminster and the latest from our political correspondent, tom bateman. we managed to explain it pretty well. it is slightly confusing for people about what exactly is going on, with other amendments being voted on? what this is about, essentially, is a group of mps, particularly opposition mps, attempting to attach a set of conditions to the government s desire to have complete control of the brexit process. what they are debating is the article 50 bill. that is the bill in which parliame ....
people and we took them out. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. the row between alexis sanchez and his arsenal team mates that leaves the player s future at the club increasingly uncertain. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there are concerns about the future of more than 4000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by a french car company. psa which already owns peugeot and citroen has agreed a deal to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under £2 billion. vauxhall has two factories in luton and ellesmere port and many morejobs rely on the plants. the business secretary, greg clark, says he s cautiously optimistic about their future. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it s a deal to create a european car making giant. second only to vw in the scale. but big deals can come at a price. fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. the new boss sought t ....