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also ahead: an american army veteran has been arrested after five people were shot dead at fort lauderdale airport in florida. donald trump promises to look at ways of combating future cyber attacks on us elections, after a briefing from intelligence chiefs. a bump in the road councils predict a huge rise in the repair bill for potholes in england and wales. we will meet the schoolboy putting his new running blade into action, as children in england are given sporting prosthetics for the first time on the nhs. in sport, it is a stroll for city in the fa cup, as manchester city put five past west ham united to go through to the fourth round. and helen has the weather. good morning. it is grey and murky out there, with some fog around, especially over the hills. but in contrast to yesterday, nowhere near as cold. i will have all the details for the weekend in around 15 minutes. join me if you can. good morning. first, our main story: the british red cross is warning of ....
wintry as they fall across the high ground.jails are wintry as they fall across the high ground. jails are likely to pick up, the wind clearing from the south east through the middle of the afternoon. gales are likely to pick up. and improving picture. not so gci’oss pick up. and improving picture. not so across london and east anglia. we ll have to wait for the end of the afternoon for the rain to clear. a breezy afternoon for northern ireland and western scotland. waiting in the wings, something more organised will arrive after dark. a pretty dismal end to the day. in the far north. it will be windy with gales blowing the rain through at a pace, a wet night air. breezy on west facing coast. to much of a breeze for forced to be an issue, two or three degrees to greet us in eastern part. showers out to the west. through the day, something more organised starts to drift in across the country. a weak affair in terms of rain, a bit of a nuisance. a bit of cloud around ....
who was so close to george michael they described themselves as cousins at 9:15am. and we ll meet one of britain s most prolific organ donors who s already donated a kidney, 16 eggs and 80 pints of blood to people she s never met and plans to do much, much more. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11am. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive. we will bring you the latest news and stories throughout the day. what do you want to hear theresa may say in her big brexit speech which is due at around 1145, you will see that on bbc news. if you have donated an organ, tell us if you have donated an organ, tell us what motivated you. if you have received a stranger s organ, tell us about that as well. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story. the prime minister will this morning set out her vision for the terms of the uk s departure from the european union. theresa ....
we ve not given enough detail what have brexit actually is by theresa may and her government. that criticism is going to be lessened by a speech today in which we got plenty of detail. it was billed as the most important speech of her term in office. it was certainly the clearest exposition yet of what britain wants from brexit. not partial membership of the european union, associate membership of the european union, or anything that leaves us half in, half out. i want to be clear what iam half out. i want to be clear what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. but, she said, britain would push for the freest possible trade with european countries and other nations around the world. for the first time, mrs may confirmed that the british parliament would get to vote on the final deal at the end of the negotiations. sitting in the audience were some of the ambassadors to the uk. mrs may emphasised she didn t what to undermine the eu, but she also ....
it s thursday 19 january. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. several people have been killed and many are missing after a hotel was hit by an avalanche in central italy. up to 30 guests and staff we re italy. up to 30 guests and staff were in the rigopiano hotel in the abruzzo region at the time. a major rescue operation is underway. frankie mccamley reports. buried in snow, barely visible, this is the hotel hit by last night s avalanche. inside the extent of the damage is becoming clear. what looks like a reception leading to corridors now unrecognisable, full of snow and debris. up to 20 people we re of snow and debris. up to 20 people were staying in the hotel rigopiano hotel along with seven members of staff, but bad weather meant a difficult overnight rescue operation. translation: the hotel was reached at 4:30am by courageous men who faced up variable situations. they saved two people, they are working to bring the means of transport that are diffic ....