Explosion in britain, our own weapons are on high alert. Theres always one out there, at 15 minutes notice to fire. Somewhere out there . Somewhere out there. And american nukes could soon be back on british soil. If we get trump in there next time and he may press the button because hes got a bigger button than putin, then we are a target. Putin hasntjust challenged america, but all European Countries in nato, protected under the us nuclear umbrella. Russians have made direct threats to use Nuclear Weapons against britain, one of the founding members of nato. Thats put the uks Nuclear Readiness on alert. Britains Nuclear Deterrent is housed in the west of scotland. Since the height of the cold war, naval base clyde, on the banks of gare loch, has been at the heart of the uks nuclear policy. Here he is. Feargal dalton is a retired lieutenant commander, who served on Hms Victorious as chief weapons engineer. Hello. Morning, jane. Nice to meet you, feargal. And you. What a lovely morning
And the bouncy, strokey, stretchy, bendy, slimy world of Soft Robotics. It is hard to believe that the world is safer than it used to be. It is, but the nature of the Terror Attacks in the west it is, but the nature of the Terror Attacks in the west in the last few years the increasing use of vehicles, knives and guns to carry out prolonged attacks, have forced the authorities to think differently about how to deal with a terrorist incident. And of course, theyre not confined to the west. In some parts of the world, these atrocities are more common and often have more casualties. Its difficult to predict when and where a Terrorist Attack will occur. But while the authorities cant predict, they can prepare for the worst. This is a large scale Counter Terrorism training exercise. It was a combined effort, including londons metropolitan police, fire and ambulance and river services. However, training on this scale is expensive and requires large numbers of personnel and huge amounts of pl
Mac equipment. A quarter of those living in the uk who survived genocides, including the holocaust, have experienced discrimination or abuse linked to their religion or ethnicity. On Holocaust Memorial day, well be talking to an Auschwitz Survivor about her experiences. We talk to an Auschwitz Survivor and a student who says he has suffered racial abuse since he was a child. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. Lots coming up today on the show, and as ever, we really want to hear from you. One of the stories we are talking about is whether six year old girls think they are less talented than six year old boys. A Studyjust Out says they do. What do you think . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa may will become the first world leader to meet donald trump since he became us president. The Prime Minister told
To balance the books. Expect action when Philip Hammond unveils the contents of the Famous Red Briefcase next wednesday. It has been a big day in Northern Ireland, results being declared in the Northern Ireland Assembly Election. These were pictures from earlier, 7a seats declared not long ago, sinn fein and the dup polling strongly. One developing piece of news, as a result of his party not looking like it will do so well, the Ulster Unionist Party debt mike nesbitt has announced that he will resign leader. He felt he had to ta ke resign leader. He felt he had to take responsibility for the rejection of his partys message and what had happened. The election was called after sinn fein withdrew from the Power Sharing Executive in january. That is all from me, were now going tojoin january. That is all from me, were now going to join a special Election Programme presented by my colleagues. They have reporters at every cou nt colleagues. They have reporters at every count centre across No
And World Business report. Free to fire the brexit starting gun, but how prepared is the uk economy, and what about scotland . The waiting game. Toshiba shares plunge in tokyo, as it delays its Results Announcement for a second time. Welcome to World Business report, im sally bundock. Also in the programme a smart jacket, and we are talking the latest technology, not style. Dave lee tries it on. But first the Uk Parliament has approved legislation giving Prime Minister theresa may the power to begin formal divorce talks with the european union. However, she wont do that immediately, as some had thought, but it will happen before the end of march. The negotiations will bring a period of uncertainty for the uk economy. Britain recorded growth of 2 last year. But in 2017, the International Monetary fund predicts this will slow to 1. 5 , though this is actually up from their previous estimate of 1. 1 . The story gets worse in 2018, where growth is expected to come in atjust1. 4 . The ongoi