but he warns there will be a bill to pay for leaving. can you go to your mummy and shake her for can you go to your mummy and shake herfor me. can you go to your mummy and shake her for me. she s not waking up. and the four year old twins who saved their mother s life after working out how to unlock their mum s phone and call the emergency services. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we ll have the latest as president trump fights to get congress to pass his new healthcare bill. a vote is due in the next two hours but hardline republicans are angry his changes to obamacare don t go far enough. at 810, we ll have a live debate on the state of british sport with a panel of sportsmen and women and industry insiders. then at 101i0pm we ll take a look at some of tomorrow s front pages in our paper review. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to spor
tweet on health care. also in the next hour, the european union turns 60. leaders from 27 eu countries gather to mark the anniversary, as theresa may prepares to formally declare the uk s intention to leave the club. and lewis hamilton will be on pole position for tomorrow s f1 curtain raiser, after out qualifying sebastian vettel in melbourne. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk independence party s only mp douglas carswell has announced he s leaving the party. mr carswell said that he was quitting ukip in the knowledge that his goal of leaving the european union had been achieved. he will now be sitting as an independent mp. in a statement ukip‘s leader paul nuttall said that the party has not benefited financially or organisationally from having douglas as an mp, while former leader nigel farage tweeted that mr carswell had jumped before he was pushed. in mr carswell‘s first television interview, my colleague reeta chakrabarti began by asking him more ab
the decision by the party s only mp douglas carswell to leave the party as no surprise. mr carswell says he ll carry on sitting as an independent mp and is leaving ukip amicably and cheerfully . lord blair a former head of the met police has called for changes to security at westminster, following wednesday s terror attack. the investigation into the attack continues and one man is still in custody. donald trump s tweeted that obamacare will explode and that a great healthcare plan will replace it. the president had to abandon his healthcare bill because of lack of republican support. european leaders have marked the 60th anniversary of the european union, signing a new declaration in rome. theresa may wasn t there, as the anniversary comes days before she ll trigger article 50. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me karthi gnanasegaram and jessica creighton. the headlines this evening: faster, better looki
with me karthi gnanasegaram and jessica creighton. the headlines this evening: faster, better looking and more demanding, it s the cars we re talking about as hamilton helps himself to pole position in the first race of the formula one season in australia. it s a first for dundee united as they claim the scottish challenge cup in stunning style. wiggins insists he s a man of integrity as he hints that people will be shocked at what s to come once the team sky investigation is over. also coming up in the programme: a special report from syria, where against the odds, they re hoping to reach next year s world cup, for the first time in their history. and the comeback kings on ice britain s skating medal hopes target their third winter olympics. welcome to sportsday. domestic top flight football might be on its international break but we ve still plenty of sport to bring you rugby union, moto gp and boxing all coming up, but we ll start in australia, where lewis hamilton wil