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a moment of brilliant improvisation in a 2 0 win over crystal palace, to help his side move up to third in the premier league. if you ve overindulged during the festive period, have you decided to turn over a new leaf for the new year? it will be a short one, for one month i will try and do some yoga! every day? every day. i ll be discussing why we make resolutions and what we can do to make sure we stick to them. and matt has the weather. good morning. if one of your resolutions is to get more exercise, why not embrace the great outdoors this bank holiday? it is cold and quite icy today, but plenty of sunshine around. the full forecast, coming up. good morning. thanks for being with us on this first bank holiday of 2017. first, our main story. rail fares across england, wales and scotland will rise today, with passengers facing an average increase of more than 2%. public transport campaigners say the fare rises are another kick in the teeth for long suffering rail p ....
the uk s most senior diplomat in brussels, sir ivan rogers, has resigned. sir ivan was criticised for warning the government that it could take a decade to reach a new post brexit trade deal with the european union. he told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to begin. he was appointed by the then prime minister david cameron in november 2013. the reason for his resignation has not been revealed. let s get more from our political correspondent iain watson at westminster. quite a surprise, iain. a surprise to many people, he has not got back to many people, he has not got back to us to cast any light on the reasons for his resignation. he has not given by public resignation letter, that is unlikely to happen as he is supposed to remain impartial and behind the scenes. he was brought from the shadows if you like into the limelight, and uncomfortable place for a diplomat when he suggested ....
welcome to bbc news. the uk s most senior diplomat in brussels, sir ivan rogers, has resigned. sir ivan was criticised for warning the government that it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the european union once britain has left. he told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to begin. he was appointed by the then prime minister david cameron in november 2013. the reason for his resignation has not been revealed. let s get more from our political correspondent iain watson at westminster. we still don t know, we still haven t heard anything from him? i m afraid we haven t. what is interesting is the downing street statement, a pretty anodyne couple of lines from number ten, effectively saying the reason he stood down in fact was to give a successof stood down in fact was to give a successor the chance to be in place before the brexit negotiations took place. of course we expect ....
anti immigrant, anti eu party will get more than 20% in the polls and may do better than the social democrats, the coalition partners. it will shake the confidence of the eu s current leadership. how much of that do you agree with? there are many parties in germany and italy who are pretty eurosceptic. yeah. the kind of picture that michael has just painted is correct. not much is going to happen until the german elections in the autumn so we have in front of us a long period of uncertainty and instability in which populist forces are going to mount an extraordinary challenge to the status quo. having said that, there is something else going on, which is extraordinary story, and terrifying, which could pull together the european union leaders who are going to be smart enough and convincing enough to explain to the people what s going on in the world. i m referring to the migrant phenomenon which is going to accelerate massively and is going to show, for the first time i ....
dateline london, first, let s look at the headlines. the queen is attending church after missing services over christmas and new year because of a heavy cold. the israeli ambassador in london has apologised after an embassy official was filmed saying he wanted to take down the foreign office minister, sir alan duncan, who is a strong critic of jewish settlements. theresa may is promising a far reaching programme of social reform to tackle the everyday injustices experienced by working families. the average amount of unsecured debt has reached a record high of almost £13,000 per household in the uk. heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures continuing across europe and the eastern european states causing more than 20 deaths and bringing transport chaos. hello and welcome to dateline london. two stories in today s programme two stories likely to dominate the year ahead. first, the future of the european union as britain prepares to press the brexit button. and secondly, ....