Strips the person of their personality. And as ukip call for a ban on full face veils one woman who wears a niqab tells us it will lead to a rise in attacks on muslim women. Hello. Welcome to the programme, throughout the programme, the latest Breaking News and developing stories and as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later, well be talking about scoliosis. If you were watching britains got talent on saturday night, you will have seenjulie, the dancer in the middle, talking about her curvature of the spine. That is what scoliosis is. As a result of discussing that on prime time telly on a saturday night, people are learning about it sometimes for the first time. If youre affected by scolosis, do get in touch this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Voters in france have chosen the two candidates who will go through to the final round of the president ial election in two weeks time. The
of coutts, the private bank owned by natwest, will step down with immediate effect. just to remind you, natwest is part owned by the taxpayer after being bailed out by the government as a result of the financial crisis back in 2008. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment which claimed the lives of seven passengers. many more people were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop on the morning of november 9th in 2016. transport for london and tram 0perations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. the tram driver was found not guilty earlier this year of failing to take reasonable care of his passengers. jean smith s son mark died in the crash she says financial penalties achieve nothing. no amount of money and i suppose.
At the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) in London, Transport for London (TfL) and Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have today been fined a total of £14m after pleading guilty to offence