harry billinge‘s tribute to his fallen comrades and this morning on armistice day, we re live at the national arboretum. i talk exclusively to three of tennis‘ biggest stars about life on tour, family and their future in the game. it is either all of us stop on that of a stop. i think i will be the first to go, come on. mike bows out of strictly in style he may not have won the glitterball but he s done breakfast proud. it s monday the 11th of november. our top story. six months after the collapse of british steel, a chinese manufacturing giant is on the verge of agreeing a rescue deal for the firm saving up to 4,000 jobs. the agreement will secure the future of the firm s flagship scunthorpe plant, but there s a warning that costs may have to be cut. ben s here with more details. 0n the face of it, this is really good news. a significant move given the big questions over the future for british steel after its previous owner backed out blaming rex that uncertainty.
raids across london to rescue women thought to have been trafficked from romania. coming up on afternoon live: all the sport. it s a big night for england. the match against montenegro at wembley this evening will be their 1,000th international fixture. there s no raheem sterling, remember, but can they qualify without him? thanks, connie, and nick miller has the weather. more rain falling where it is just not needed. how much and for how long? plus going in search of snow. i have also found some in africa. thanks, nick. also coming up: as we get the first glimpse of this year s john lewis christmas tv ad, we ll look at what the others are like and ask whether the millions of pounds spent on on them is money well spent. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. one senior doctor has warned emergency care is imploding. the government s target is for 95% of a&e pati
campaign, promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals. labour promises a full year of maternity pay, while the conservatives unveil an nhs visa to attract top medical talent to the uk. the world war ii veteran raising money for a memorial on the normandy beaches is given a glimpse of what it will look like this morning. how does it make you feel? because the work you are doing, it is now concrete, it is tangible, you can touch it. marvellous. we find out more about an 82 year old cyclist who has completed his one millionth mile riding on a bike. decisions on asylum applications are taking substantially longer than they were five years ago, a new report suggests. we ll be speaking to the people behind the research. and in sport, a stoppage time goal saw celtic beat lazio in rome to reach the knockout stages of the europa league. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. more than 100 flood warnings are in
like i m going to have to fight this for the rest of my life. we ve got three people here who ve struggled with the system in england. what should the parties be doing about this? let us know your own experiences. over 100 people who live in flooded fishlake near doncaster are defying the authorities and refusing to evacuate their homes. we ll speak to some of them. and the police officer who was standing next to pc yvonne fletcher when she was shot dead outside the libyan embassy in london 35 years ago, john murray, tells us exclusively why he s still fighting forjustice for her. he s brought a legal claim against a former aide to colonel gadaffi. i want the person responsible for what happened that day to face justice. the suspect was arrested two years ago. the cps decided there was insufficient evidence to press criminal charges. hello. welcome to the programme. we hope you had a good weekend. we are alive until 11 o clock this morning, as we are each weekday.“ you are
if you re putting yourself forward as a candidate for our parliament, you re essentially saying to the public, i m a fine upstanding member of society and i will represent you asa of society and i will represent you as a constituent in an honest manner, and i don t think that he has been honest. mr cairns‘ resignation is one of several key moments during the first week of the general election campaign. we ll be looking back at some of the others. the woman who sold her nan‘s jewellery to meet the demands of a man she met on a dating app. we speak to the victims of a man who conned 19 women out of £24,000. after us rapper ti revealed he sends his 18 year old daughter for a yearly virginity test, we re told exclusively that the practice goes on underground here in the uk. hello, welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about. use #victorialive. if you re emailing and are happy for us to contact you, and ma