taken a dramatic turn, with poachers slaughtering a rhino for its horn at a wildlife park in paris. a coroner has ruled that the singer george michael died of natural causes, including heart and liver disease. it s 5.00pm. a very good afternoon to you. our top story is that the government is facing another defeat in the house of lords over its plans for britain to leave the european union. peers are due to vote this evening on an amendment to the brexit bill, calling for parliament to be given a meaningful vote on any final deal. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. the lords and ladies have been debating this throughout the day. how was it looking as far as they are concerned and the government is concerned? remember that have already inflicted a defeat on the government over the rights of the eu citizens and this has been debated already house of commons and their was heated debate but there was no damage, no defeat inflicted on the government. t
get a bloody nose with this result in the next few minutes. yes, we get the next five minutes or so and don t the lords have already inflicted a defeat on the government on the issue of eu citizens, saying the government should act unilaterally to guarantee their rights so this bill has already been changed once by peers and now they are trying to do the same again and this is on the idea of what they call a meaningful vote, at the end of the process, once theresa may has gone off, had these years of negotiation and she comes back to parliament, she has promised that there will be a parliamentary vote at the end of it. what they are saying is it s got to be more than a simple rubber stamp exercise. it has to give them, parliament, the chance to give them, parliament, the chance to say no, we don t like this deal, go back and get a better one and what they are not happy about is the notion that it will either be the deal she gets or that the uk drops out without any deal at al
we re live until ”am this morning. are you waiting for a non urgent operation? if so, we d love to hear from you this morning about how long you ve been waiting. are you one of the many people who ve arrived at hospital only to have your operation cancelled on the day? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. we are going to go and live now to hear from donald we are going to go and live now to hearfrom donald tusk, the president of the european council. you can see the podium there, he is waiting to speak in malta in the next few minutes, he will of course be talking about those brexit negotiations, so we will go back to that live as soon as it happens, you won t miss anything at all. our top story today patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements as a trade off , so that improvements can be made in ot
It is incredibly valuable resource, it is telling us about our past, it is telling us about our past, it it is telling us about our past, it needs to be enjoyed and past, it needs to be enjoyed and used, and celebrated. the restoration and used, and celebrated. the restoration will and used, and celebrated. t te: restoration will provide researchers and terrace with a refreshed experience when it opens in 2026. with new exhibits and a redesigned long room. and who knows, maybe it will inspire the nextjames joyce? the collection here at trinity college dublin is due to close sometime next year but evenif to close sometime next year but even if you do not make it in time, there is plenty to do and see around this city. around 70 million people across the world trace their ancestry back to ireland and the immigration museum celebrates this small country is far reaching impacts. it features the stories of more than 300 irishmen and women and even offers genealogy appointments to