he spent the last majority of his career writing a helpful guide in his book, knowledge before being made shadow leader of the house and shadow secretary of state for wales. he will be remembered for one of the great parliamentary quotes when he left the front bench in 2016. our glorious leader in an act of by diverse city courageously decided to give opportunities for geriatrics on the front bench. so successful he decided create opportunities for geriatrics on the back bench. this morning i have meetings with ministerial colleagues in this house later today. for my former constituency, neighbor, friend and paul flynn. he was a remarkable man, one of the great parliament aryans, and inspiration to many of us. must have seen something in me. i am rebellious, not as rebellious as him but he was a great man who will be missed by all of us. in the midst of political crisis, more important we put our country first. with thousands of jobs at risk and the party s reputation in se
and how sustainably do you live? after thousands of uk school children walked out of class last week to demand action on climate change, we re challenging a group of students from loughborough university who all live together in a student house to spend a month trying to live a more sustainable lives. hello, welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. a teenage girl who left east london four years ago tojoin the islamic state group has said people should have sympathy for her and let her come home now she s given birth to a baby boy. shamima begum was found in a syrian refugee camp last week. at around 10.30, we ll be hearing from nicola benyahia she s a mum whose son was killed fighting for is in syria. she now campaigns against radicalisation. she says shamima begum should be allowed to return to the uk. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about use the hashtag victoria live. if you re emailing and are happy for us to contact you 7 and maybe
and rain in the southern half of the uk. the northern half of the uk, sunshine and showers but some heavy and sundry with hail in the north west. more in 15 minutes. it s monday the 18th of february. facebook deliberately broke data privacy laws and needs much stricter regulation, according to a highly critical report by mps this morning. the commons culture committee is calling for a compulsory code of ethics for major tech companies, to help stop the spread of so called fake news online. our media editor amol rajan reports. it s totally fake news. just fake. the term fake news has entered the mainstream in recent years. in america, there has been grave concern that the election of donald trump may have owed something to the interference by russia in the presidential election. an investigation by former fbi director robert mueller is looking into the allegations. the nearest thing to that in britain is the culture select committee s report on fake news and disinformation. it
# i swear sometimes that man is out to get me. # and we hear from country and music legend dolly parton about her hit film 9 to 5 into a musical, and the chances of another film with jane fonda. lily, jane are going to be doing that sequel that we ve talked about for years. i used to joke and say, we better get after it, or we ll have to call it 95 because we re getting there! good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. facebook intentionally and knowingly violated data privacy laws, and needs much stricter regulation that s according to a damning report by mps this morning. the commons culture committee said the firm s founder mark zuckerberg failed to show leadership and personal responsibility over the rise of so called fake news. the report is calling for a compulsory code of ethics for social media companies which will be overseen by an independent regulator. an overhaul of current electoral laws in the uk, and rules on overseas involvement in british ele
in the past hour, seven mps have resigned from the labour party in protest atjeremy corbynâs leadership and his approach to brexit and anti semitism. the seven who are calling themselves the independent group include chuka umunna, angela smith, mike gapes, gavin shuker and ann coffey. at a news conference in westminster, chris leslie said the party had been hijacked by the far left. chuka ummuna called for mps from other parties tojoin them. fundamental changes needed. now, the last few years have shown the established parties are simply not up established parties are simply not up to this challenge. they can t be the change because they have become the change because they have become the problem. they have failed to provide the leadership and clear direction which the uk desperately needs. they are deeply divided, they have failed to fulfil their duties with the competence the public rightly deserves, we have put their party political interests before the national in