action. from perfect. levels where actually pay has a bbc survey reveals major cutbacks. at a special service to honour been too low. to pull together a divided nation. good evening. according to a leaked government document. of the brexit secretary, david davis, and seen by buzzfeed. than if the uk had remained in the eu. the government s preferred option of a bespoke free trade deal. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. there were some chipper faces as the cabinet met this morning. it s a lovely morning, isn t it? despite the fact that they had woken up to a government leak. was passed to a news website. poorer for the economy? is a trade deal or not. i m not going to comment this morning. comment in the house. plenty were keen to have their say. not least those who think brexit is a bad idea. modelling, and it shows the economy will be worse off. as a result of leaving the european union. documents predicting brexit would hit the economy. and claim this latest
so the three-time world champion and the defending olympic gold medalist in the event, mikaela shiffrin of the united states in the fourth position, .48 back. .08 back of anna. hansdotter in the second spot right now with wendy holdener holding on to that lead. on course right now is curtoni of italy. somebody who knows how to win but, again, challenged by the competition. she s faced in her career. unlucky timing for her. in the beginning, against another when she was dominated the slalom event and that s just you know, unfortunate. every athlete has to contend with the champions at the time they come into it but there s not been a more difficult era than the last ten or 15 years. there s forces of nature usually you d have a gap here or there to pop in for a win. curtoni well back. older sister of elaina. part of the alpine world cup skiing sisters and eli that without with a knee injury she suffered in november. not competing. and there s mom and daughter going to ta
back to westminster. as we ve been reporting, it s another day that could be described as historic at westminster with mps voting on that main motion on the brexit bill, the motion to trigger article 50. after this the legislation heads to the house of lords. most of the amendments to the motion have been comfortably defeated by the government. we are hearing, because of the labour rebellion in the sol last week, we are expecting another labour rebellion tonight, clive lewis has resigned. he was talking earlier on about the difficulty of his decision, whether or not to vote for this european union bill that would begin the formal process of britain leaving the european union. that is clive lewis there. he was saying how difficult this decision is and hinting he might pass to vote against the bill, therefore inevitably leaving the shadow chapman shadow cabinet, because that would be defying the leadership of the labour party, the three line whip. other members of the shadow
welcome to bbc news. record numbers of patients waited for more than four hours in accident and emergency departments in england in december that s according to officialfigures. only 86% met the nhs target of being seen in four hours or less. and figures leaked to the bbc suggest it was even worse injanuary just 82% the worst performing month for a&e departments in the past 13 years. the bma says the prime minister can no longer bury her head in the sand about the increasing pressure on the nhs. the government says the vast majority of patients are seen and treated quickly. this report from our health editor hugh pym. scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strain being felt right across the nhs. here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a&e. some had to sit on the floor. the latest official figures have confirmed it was the worst for waits since modern records began. today at hillin
t jose antonio vargas arrived in this country from the native philippines some 21 years ago. since then he s made his mark as a pulitzer prize winning journalist and outspoken activist. his documentary undocumented chronicles what it s like to live in this country without papers and an experience he shares with 11 million others in this country. jose details with an angry man who challenges talked to an angry man who challenged his right to, in fact, be here. bye-bye. bye-bye. get your papers or get out. that s what you ve got your papers? got your papers? what if i told you i didn t? you need to get going then. that s what i say. okay.jt that would be my response. go home. no we re not going nowhere. you shut up. shut your face. don t embarrass me. you took the steps to be there s no steps. there is a couple steps. like what? there s no steps, man. my mom wanted to give me i guess a better life. i was 12. she sent me to live with her par