puppy farm gang has been spared jail over the fraudulent sale of dogs bred in poor conditions at an essexvellers‘ site. and safety net, or killer? australian campaigners want these shark nets banned, as they kill dolphins and turtles. and the football world says farewell to the former england, watford and aston villa manager, graham taylor. good afternoon from westminster where mps are debating for a second day, a bill which would allow the prime minister to formally start the process of leaving the eu. the government is expected to win a vote on the legislation when it is held tonight at 7pm, despite opposition from some labour rebels plus the liberal democrats and the snp. we have been hearing more impassioned debates this afternoon as we did yesterday. let's hear a segment of it from the former chancellor, george osborne. truth is that while britain is seeking the maximum possible access to the single market for goods and for services, and while we hope that the fact that we have a trade deficit and a very important financial centre will count in our favour, the government has chosen a

, his concern is for patient care. of rural essex, his concern is for we're now four gps down from thents per gp, access to general practice becomes difficult. patients per gp, access to general people can't get the appointments that they need, and the burden on the gps that remain becomes very difficult to manage. that remain becomes very open wide for me... that remain becomes very many gps are now part—time, like this doctor in sussex. part—time, like this she says she works several more hours each week than she's paid for, seeing or phoning more than a0 patients a day. i'm just wondering if i'd be able to discuss... the cases are getting more complex and more challenging. more complex and more the problem that happens when we're working at pressure is that you never have that time and space to sit and think, what do i need to do? time and space to sit and think, i need to read through the note, read through the letters from the hospital, read through what i know about these medications. read through what i know about these but often, you just don't have the time or space to do that

people, involved in fraudulently selling puppies kept in poor conditions at a travellers‘ site in essexhave been given suspended sentences. let's go back to the house of commons now we are hearing that the shadow environment secretary and the shadow the qualities minister has resigned from the labour front bench in order to vote against articles 50 against the three line whip. let's talk to oui’ the three line whip. let's talk to our chief political correspondent. more trouble for labour. you have the big picture, tonight, overwhelmingly the house of commons will back the bill to trigger those brexit negotiations but then you have a sob story which is really about labour's anxiety and woes about labour's anxiety and woes about this. on the labour benches almost all of the mps voted to remain in the eu, they were passionately on the remain side but jeremy corbyn has insisted they must respect the referendum result and ordered them to vote to trigger article 50 and many of them are having real trouble with that. we have already had one resignation and two have followed this evening and we

essex, for 15 years.lly, i really enjoyed my football but unfortunately it was cut short at 28 or 29 through injury, and! cut short at 28 or 29 through injury, and i managed a team called concord rangers. we started at step five in the essex senior league, so step five is non— league. national league, which lincoln city are in, i step one of nonleague. so five divisions below that, three promotions at concord, we had some success and went to braintree last year, which gave us this opportunity to ta ke year, which gave us this opportunity to take over lincoln, and manage lincoln during this season. so you have only been with them a year. just the season, yes, nicky and i. it isa just the season, yes, nicky and i. it is a great football club, and i am proud to be associated with it. what a find. a very good find, i think it is probably the best decision we have made in 20 years. what impressed you about him? what impressed us, before we appointed them, if they have done so well with raintree. what got our m

footage taken during a raid on a farm in essex.o had been bred and sold by this woman and her co—accused who advertise them as home reared poppies at a vastly inflated prices. one of the older dogs rescued was this one and she now lives with martin and janet. she had lots of scarring on her body which the first is now covered and she had been bitten in various places and she has a split year where she had been bitten on the side and also she has a fix. mac she has a fixed back right leg. she had a bout of diarrhoea and sickness which she was very upset about. very clea n which she was very upset about. very clean animal. and we went back to the vet and she had to go on a drip for two days to bring up her fluids. she was in for four days and on rehydration. and then very light food so she obviously has a sensitive stomach. i feel anyone who treats animals in that way deserves what the rule the law throws at them. we have ended up with a good companion but i am sure lots of other blogs did not. lots became ill and died. —— lots of ot

jail, after the fraudulent sale of puppies bred in appalling conditions, at a traveller's site in essex. and the footballing world says farewell to the former england, watford and aston villa manager, graham taylor. our top story at 5pm. mps are debating whether or not to grant the prime minister the power to trigger article 50, the clause which will begin the process of pulling the uk out of the european union. theresa may wants to give formal notification of britain's intention to leave by the end of next month. let's cross over to ben brown who's in westminster for what is a rather historic day. it's been a day of powerful and impassioned speeches on both sides of the debate. let's take a closer look at some of today's key developments: the prime minister has confirmed she'll publish a white paper outlining the government's brexit strategy tomorrow. downing street says it will reflect the priorities mrs may has already set out, but it will give mps a chance to debate her approach to negotiations with the eu's 27 other member states. meanwhile right now the house of commons is debatin

the essex county prosecutors office says that ramirez was arrested yesterday in the dominican republic. they are accused of robbing and killing patel at his off campus apartment. he could be back in the u.s. as early as today. >>> things are back to normal at l airport after a computer glitch caused big deys for at american airlines, that their internet service did not return after a scheduled airport wide outage, it was the only airline to be affected and all american incoming flights were halted and they had to manually check in passengers and their baggage. we had rain showers this morning and the skies are clearing and we hope to seeunshine as we look live from sky 6 hd showing you some clouds over downtown wilmington and get ready for tomorrow we'll really warm up into the 70s, meteorologist david murphy, outside on the terrace. you love the 70s you like to disco. >> not sure where you are going with that. we have clouds and sunny breaks and sun is punching through the crowds occasionally and it's a fairly what we call a dirty sky and the sun is trying to boil through. look at the

. >> travel from essex, norfolk, the romance of it. valentine's day, the settle -carlisle railway, how much better could it get? danny: could we see more steam trains after to day's response? >> we could do it once or twice a year. may leave the start of something special on britain's railways, 49 years after mainline steam officially ended. now, one of washington's most famous residents is leaving next week. we thought it was important to have one last face-to-face meeting. panda. the the three-year-old is heading to china to enter the breeding program. the zoo is sending her off with ownce cake party and her 24-hour panda cam. i did a facebook live inside the panda enclosure. you can find it online. if you would like to see bao bao in the flesh you have a few more days to get to the zoo. that brings today's show to a close. you can find more on our website. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from n

the policy changed their political i he put on his cub scout uniform yesterday, joined pack 20 in essex county, while he was born a girl, was asked to leave the boyscouts last year, they changed their policy, allow enrollingment based on gender identity listed on the application. >>> several chester high school students sworn in this morning in chester city as junior city council members. each nominee delivered a speech to the student body that highlighted reasons he or she felt made them an ideal candidate. >> this election plax the second year student will is her in junior city official positions. >> senator jeff sessions is just hours away from his confirmation vote, as the next attorney general. final vote in the senate is expected tonight, and appears to be on track to receive the necessary votes down party lines. republicans do of course have the edge, gom senators called sessions man of integrity, voice of new administration, democrats, however, have portrayed the pick as threat to civil and voting rights and em graduations. >> a federal appeals panel in california now deciding w

essex, there could be dusting of 50 — 70 miles per hour.ain going east. then the wind will pick through the late morning into the afternoon. that is the strongest wind. the rain will not be a problem through the afternoon but a lot of cloud around. temperatures dropping off and the winds lightening. by deceiving's rush—hour, the wind will be lighter. —— this evening. cloud and rain and then the skies were clear. it will feel colder tonight. in fact, for some rural spots, we will see a touch of frost. feeling cooler tomorrow but a much nicer today. lighter winds. brightness and sunshine. breezy again on saturday but mostly dry on the weekend and rather cloudy. and i am back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now it is back to charlie and sally. goodbye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with sally nugent and charlie stayt it's on thursday 23rd february. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: alarm: wake up, the house is on fire! that's the human voice of a new

it says that the 46—year—old man, a former ems employee has been arrested in romford, essex on a charge course ofjustice. 0thers perverting the course ofjustice. others have been arrested under similar charges. a further 11 people have been arrested in connection with this, offenders who move route from the removal of the tags. —— may have benefited. a statement has said that the small number of employees who have been investigated regarding this isolated incident had been investigated and are cooperating with the metropolitan police service. capital one this contract in 2014, after the security firm g4s lost that contract because they were overcharging. the ministry of justice says it is investigating the claims urgently, and according to the police, all 14 suspects have been bailed and are awaiting court. there've been more large anti government protests anti—government protests in romania's capital bucharest. demonstrators are angry about a decree, which could mean dozens of officials jailed for corruption, are set free. sophia tran—thomson has this report. a get out ofjail free card

the essex county prosecutor's office says ramirez was arrested yesterday in the dominican republic.irez and marcus felix are accused of robbing and killing patel on april 10th. felix is already in jail. authorities say ramirez could be back in the u.s. as early as today. >>> police in montgomery township released more pictures of the man who they believe is burglarizing local stores by breaking through their roofers. these surveillance photos are from february 13th at the patel food market on bethlehem pike. you can see the man dangling from the ceiling. he was able to steal money from the cash register and there were two other incidents in montgomery county this month where a burglar rappels through the roof to rob stores. >>> a man is in jail this morning karend with the attempted murder of two men at the v.f.w. post in willingboro new jersey. police arrested 31-year-old brandon washington last night and he's charged with shooting two security cards at the post on creek view road on thursday. police say more charges are expected. >> 5:06 and gloucester township police are investig

it also says a 46—year—old former employee was arrested in romford, essex, on suspicion of conspiracying equipment. a 45—year—old man from barking and a 57—year—old woman from romford, both current employees, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to prevent on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course ofjustice. the met police also says 11 further people were arrested injanuary. they are thought to be offenders who benefited by removing their tags. what are the tagging company saying about what has happened? we have a response from ems, which says we have a zero tolerance policy against any of our employees who worked to undermine the robustness of the electronic monitoring service. it also says the small number of employees being investigated regarding this isolated issue, it says, were swiftly taken up it says, were swiftly taken off duties and are cooperating closely with the metropolitan police service. capita, of course, won this £400 million contract for electronically tagging criminals in 2014 after the security firms gas and serco lost this contract because they were ov

talking to some customers on the train that had travelled from essex, norfolk, you know, just for thele and carlisle railway, on a stream train, i mean, how better does it get? so could we see more timetabled steam trains, after today's public response? it's something we could do once a year, maybe twice a year. you know, it would fit in cornwall, in anglia, in scotland, say. yeah, we could take it round the country. this may be the start of something special on britain's railways, 49 years after mainline steam officially ended. danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. dubai hopes to have a passenger drone up and flying byjuly. a model has been unveiled at the world government summit. it uses two propellers that can carry a passenger weighing up to 100 kilos, plus a small suitcase. buckled into a race car style seat, a passenger can select a destination on a touchscreen pad. the drone is battery operated and can fly for half an hour in a range of up to 50 kilometres. the top speed is about 160 kilometres per hour, about 100 mph. briefly, the main use. south korea has confirmed reports that ki

story here in the uk: three women and a man who sold hundreds of dogs kept in cages on a puppy farm in essex

i think it was against essex.thing aboutjoe, he never gets overawed by the occasion or the big stage and he is thrives on the pressure. that will stand him in good stead as the captain of england. it was here in county cricket that joe root warmed up for england. he has gone on to score 11 test centuries for his country and excel in all three forms of the game. here in yorkshire, they don‘t doubt joe root‘s ability. away from headingley, there will naturally be some concerns about his lack of experience. he‘s only captained his county a handful of times. such things have never held him back in the past. the best players they say are born with a bat in their hand. the same is true of root. it all began for him down the road at sheffield collegiate, a club he still visits, and where his brother, billy, and dad, matt, also played. in fact his family are everywhere here. even upstairs where grandma barbra plays bridge. those that know him best are not getting too worked up about it all. yes, i think it should be ok bu

dexter neal died at halstead in essex in august.sed of owning a dog dangerously out of control. police in the southwestern german city of heidelberg have shot and injured a man who drove his car into pedestrians gathered in one of the city's squares. the driver of the car was shot by police. this amateur video was taken in the aftermath of the arrest. the managing hospital in a serious condition. police say they don't currently suspect any terrorist motive. five teenagers from london have appeared at westminster magistrates' court today charged with terror—related offences. the boys, aged between 15 and i9, were arrested on tuesday, following a series of raids across the capital by the metropolitan police's counter—terrorism unit. media organisations have reacted angrily after several, including the bbc, were barred from a press briefing at the white house yesterday. the new york times said the move was an insult to democratic ideals. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in washington for us. president trump says he won't go to the din

people, involved in fraudulently selling puppies kept in poor conditions at a travellers‘ site in essex to the house of commons now we are hearing that the shadow environment secretary and the shadow the qualities minister has resigned from the labour front bench in order to vote against articles 50 against the three line whip. let's talk to our chief political correspondent. more trouble for labour. you

dr gina yannitell reinhardt is from the department of government at the university of essex.ll of the presidents have been invited and have attended, apart from really extraordinary circumstances, this is definitely a statement that he doesn't want to have allegiance, alliances with the media. he isn't looking to reconcile. do you think he's unsure of the reception he would get, maybe he doesn't like the thought of appearing front of this crowd.|j think so, the behaviour he has chosen definitely makes it seem like he's being petulant rather than conciliatory. the sort of people who voted for donald trump, they will say to themselves yes, i understand this because the media have been, as they see it, getting at him co nsta ntly. they see it, getting at him constantly. yes, and he has been saying over and over that the media is lying and is full of untruths, so his supporters will support him and think this is the right decision. why have a dinner with people he doesn't trust? indeed. where do you think this business is going from here? any sign that all that the president's si

a nice picture from one of our weather watchers in essex, some beautiful weather about.hether developing, a touch of frost tonight but still the remnants of some of that wet weather and windy weather we had yesterday dotted around across some of these northern areas. a relatively quiet night tonight, not desperately cold, but fairly chilly in some of these western areas. belfast close to freezing, some mist and fog in the morning. that process continues tomorrow when things turn colder, easterly winds start coming in and particularly the north sea coast will feel chilly so anywhere from aberdeenshire to east anglia. 0nly anywhere from aberdeenshire to east anglia. only three degrees in norwich. wednesday night into thursday will be quite frosty across the uk so real nip in the airfirst thing in the morning on thursday. then that colder airfrom scandinavia and eastern parts of europe well and truly establishes itself across the uk and we will start to see some of those perhaps snow flurries already arriving on thursday, initially eastern areas of the uk and mostly across

dexter neal died at halstead in essex in august. have entered parts of western mosul in what is expected to be an arduous and dangerous battle to remove so called islamic state from iraq's second largest city. wyre davies reports from an advanced iraqi military base where american troops and advisers are proving to be a key part of the mosul offensive. this woman is a victim of islamic state's latest tactic in its desperate bid to avoid defeat in mosul. the 55—year—old mother of seven from the eastern part of the city was hit in a drone strike. her leg shattered. "i was lying on the ground and people were pointing to the sky from where the bomb came", she told me. one of dozens of drone attack victims they've treated at this hospital. this is pretty new for this conflict but also for conflicts all over the world. these mortars can be very effective and the impact on the population really, really brutal. this is video eulogises the use of commercially available drones to drop bombs and grenades. an organisation which governs accordin

talking to some customers on the train who had travelled from essex, norfolk, just for the whole sort fantastic event. many people lined the route to see the train pass through. this may be the start of something special on britain's railways, the possibility of other timetabled steam services elsewhere. at the moment, the train is up the line at appleby and it will be passing back through here at about 3:15pm. there were some disappointed people at skipton who just couldn't get on. there are something like 6000 seats available on this steam service over the next couple of days, so the hope is that anyone who wa nts to days, so the hope is that anyone who wants to get on it will get on it. danny, thanks very much. aberdeenshire council has apologised, after trees were planted in the middle of a football pitch. here they are. unsurprisingly the new trees sparked a huge reaction on social media. one person wrote: "are they playing tree—a—side? " a council spokeswoman said they'd been planted to boost biodiversity in the area, but they have admitted they were, and they did say this, "bar

dexter neal died at halstead in essex in august.t mugabe has celebrated his ninety—third birthday with thousands of supporters attending a party outside the city of bulawayo. activists and opposition leaders have criticised the lavish festivities, which have been taking place all week, despite severe economic hardship in the country. mr mugabe has been in power since 1980 and says he will stand in elections next year. hull is enjoying its moment in the spotlight as the uk city of culture. but in the 17th century it was the focus of national attention for very different reasons. it was the place where the english civil war began in 1642, and the royal shakespeare company has moved to the city to commemorate the story in a new play featuring a number of household comic names. anne—marie tasker has been behind the scenes. war is inevitable now. it's a comedy about hull, penned by a writer from hull. so where else to stage the royal shakespeare compa ny‘s new play than in the city? the english civil war starts now. who then makes the fi

with me is dr gina yannitell reinhardt from the department of government at the university of essex.ood evening to you. good evening. mr trump may decline the invitation, he is entitled to do that, maybe he does not feel it is a good way to spend an evening wasting his time. he is definitely making a statement with this. he certainly does not have to attend. given that all the presidents have been invited and have attended, except for a extraordinary circumstances, this is a statement that he does not want to have allegiances or alliances with the media. he is not looking to reconcile. do think he is also not sure of the reception he will get? perhaps he will not like appearing in front of this crowd?” perhaps he will not like appearing in front of this crowd? i definitely think that. the behaviour he has chosen makes him look petty that rather than being upstanding or conciliatory. but the sort of people who have voted for donald trump will they i understand this because the media have been, as they see it, getting at him constantly? yes, and he has been saying over and over that th

but some amongst the showers in scotland, a rainbow looking out towards perth and sunny spells in essex wales, north—west england, edging through the midlands towards east anglia. as the night goes on, some g that showind ; south—east england. you can pick up the dam zone here overnight. north of that becoming dry, clearing skies in scotland, chilly overnight, top sheu in scotland, chilly overnight, top shelf frost for some, and fog patches developing in southern scotla nd patches developing in southern scotland could be slow to clear. we still have this damp zone tomorrow morning but by the afternoon any rain left will be patchy in nature into western scotland, and the rest of us will have a mainly dry friday afternoon. the best of the sunshine in scotland will be in the east and i stayed to north—east england. increasing clouds in northern ireland. lighter winds across the northern half, so although temperatures a degree or so down it will not feel different to today. 0utbreaks will not feel different to today. outbreaks of rain reaching west wales and the far south—west of england. b

the essex batsman — who led his country to ashes victories in 2013 and 2015 — said stepping down hadhe knew it was right for him and the team. he intends to carry on playing for england, as our sports editor, dan roan, reports. as a batsman, prolific — alastair cook's legacy as captain is less clear. there were historic highs. few men, for example, lead england to two ashes triumphs. but also, plenty of lows. the most recent, a humbling defeat in india, proved the final straw. in a statement today, cook said: the man he replaced as captain and then reported to, told me that cook had simply had enough. deep down he was getting drained by, isuppose, the relentlessness of being england captain. you are the only one who knows how much, you know, all the many demands of being england captain, how much that is taking over you. and, you know, alistair was honest about that. and he feels it's time for some new blood, some new impetus. england's longest serving captain, cook led the team in a record 59 tests. despite the burden of opening, he scored almost 5000 runs as skipper. he wonjust ove

amounting to very much at all, but you might see a little bit of sleet and snow in the mix towards essexon surfaces tomorrow morning, temperatures again hovering around the freezing mark. tomorrow could be the coldest day of the next few. again, it is going to feel very raw with that easterly wind. a few light, wintry flurries here and there, not really amounting to very much at all, though, and that risk will continue over the course of the weekend. so for the weekend, again, plenty of cloud around. it will start to get a bit less cold as we head into the start of next week. see you soon. hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. record waiting times at a&e departments in english hospitals, according to figures seen by the bbc. emergency departments suffered their worst performance last month, since the target to see patients within four hours was brought in 13 years ago. good morning. it's thursday, the 9th of february. also this morning: say aye! as theresa may gets the all—clear to trigger article 50, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will be here to tell us wh

it's in favor of an essex county prosecutors who tried accessing video posts from two accounts. >>> wellhiladelphia is getting another high profile visit just weeks into donald trump's presidency. vice-president mike pence will be in the city tomorrow. he'll be talking to the philadelphia chapter of the federalist society that's a conservative group that advocates for a strictor interpretation of the constitution. the speech will take place in old city at congress hall and the group says the vice-president will be talking about the new supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. >>> meantime president trump says imposing new sanctions on iran the white house says it is making it's fight against enemies with ballistic weapons a big priority. this is all in response to ira iran's missile launch this week. president trump taking to twitter to warn iran they are playing with fire. meantime mr. trump meeting with business leader today's. signing an order that looks to review the dodd wall wall street reform after that was passed after the market collapsed in 2008 to protect consumers. >> today we're

. >> the states are certainly hyper president trump because essex just, this could be a beginning of ain long legal constitution and political struggle. this three-judge panel is looking at a more narrow question of whether the president has the legal authority to do this and whether a u.s. district judge who was attacked by the president on twitter overstepped with that restraining to stop extreme vetting of refugees. the president declared today this is common sense that he's protecting the country and he got some air cover from his homeland security secretary john kelly. he admitted the rollout was sloppy of the executive order and he should have deleted to consult with congress, thehe secretary said the president iso correct that this is legal and kelly warned the terrorists may have made it into america because of this district judge blocking the executive order.be the administration's own lawyer struggled to make that very case to this panel of two democrats and one republican. a panel from the liberal ninth circuit court of appeals and these judges and hammered the trump claim

what president trump did yesterday tweeting out, essex emt from, there are many laws that exempt the president and the vice president. due to the fact that it was tweeted out within the presidential twitter account and many people in the what's and now you have kellyanne conway discussing it that violates a regulation that talks about the misuse of a public position. you are not allowed to give an endorsement for products or services even from family or friends. you are not allowed to use your official government position to handle personal matters. that's all government time and government resources and equipment that's being used. that is a violation of regulations, which have the effect of law. >> let me give you the regulation, an employee -- she is an employee, she is an employee, employee does not use his public office for his own private gain for the enboresment of service or product in. and it goes on and on and on. it seems clear. why are they pushing this fact, why are they doing it sean spicer said it was an attack on trump policy. donald trump said they are being mean to

the essex county prosecutor's office says franed ramirez was arrested yesterday in the dominican republicirez and marcus fell likes are accused of robbing and killing patel at his off campus a police say ramirez could be back in the united states as early as today. >>> police in montgomery county released pictures of man they believe is burglarizing local stores by breaking through roofers. these surveillance photos are from february 13th at the patel food market on bethlehem pike. you can see the man dangling from the ceiling. he was able to steal money from the cash register. there were two other incidents in montgomery county, this month where a burglar rappels through the roof to rob stores. >> gloucester township police are investigating a possible abduction attempt. this happened on mayapple road monday night. a woman says man drove up to her got out to talk to her and then tried to pull her into his vehicle. the woman screamed and the suspect took off. police say the man may have been driving a newer model white suv with black trim and a dash mounted navigation system. police do no

james essex is a member of gavin grimm's leave team. he's also the director of the aclu's lgbt and hiv project. good to see you. thank you so much for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> tell me just on the technical side, first of all, the betsy devos, the education secretary, came out and said there's no net effect because there were court challenges to the directive so nobody is getting affected by this. let not talk on the social and cultural side but legally is there a change? >> there's a chang in terms of the message that this administration is sending to transgender kid and their parents -- >> i understand that. i will get to that in a moment. >> i want to make sure people understand the revocation of this guidance, while it's enormously important and send a terrible message, it doesn't change what the law is because the education doesn't get to decide what the law is but the courts decide the law. >> this was an interpretation of title 9 funding by the schools. >> many courts across the country have said things very clearly

i talked to some customers on the train who had travelled from essex, norfolk, for the whole romance, the possibility of other timetabled steam services elsewhere. park rangers in india are using a cuddly toy tigress to help three traumatised cubs spring back to their feet after the death of their mother. the cubs, who were orphaned last month, have been happily feeding from milk bottles fitted inside the toy. forest rangers have also built a special enclosure for the cubs inside their compound, using twigs, grass and sand to mimic their natural habitat. ah. cued and cuddly. with darren and the weather. we are seeing a change in the weather. we do not have the cold easterly wind we had yesterday. we have areas of cloud that things have moved on from 24 hours ago. this was lunchtime yesterday. you can see the cloud but move things on 24 hours, and the cloud is moving north across the uk and bringing rain here and there. still some areas of clearer skies and sunshine. a pretty good day in north east lincolnshire in the sunshine but not so lucky this valentine's day in gloucestershire,

when it is finished, trains will zip through the capital to essex in the east and berks in the west bute north of england? in a speech, today, john mcdonald will say... so what could this mean for the north—east of england ? so what could this mean for the north—east of england? for yorkshire oi’ north—east of england? for yorkshire or manchester? mr mcdonald offers very little specific detail and does not say whether any extra money would come from. a spokesman said labour ‘s policy to borrow half £1 trillion would crash our economy. we'll be getting more detail on the plans from the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, just after 8. three past and present employees from the electronic monitoring service, which fits offenders with tags, have been arrested by police. the sun newspaper claims the investigation relates to allegations that some staff in london were paid by offenders to deliberately fit the devices too loosely so they could be removed. a spokesperson for the service, which is operated by capita, said it had a policy of zero tolerance against any employees who undermined its wor

dexter neal died at halstead in essex in august.usly out of control. is accused of owning a dog leicester city's former manager, claudio ranieri, has paid his last visit to the club's training ground. claudio ranieri, has paid his last he was sacked on thursday, just nine months after the team unexpectedly won the premier league title. leicester has been struggling this season. ranieri told reporters he wanted to say goodbye properly to the players. he wanted to say goodbye i don't speak with anybody, just to say thank you to the fans, they were fantastic, thank you. just to say thank you to the fans, claudio, how do you feel? just to say thank you to the fans, i feel good now. just to say thank you to the fans, you really... just to say thank you to the fans, you feel good? just to say thank you to the fans, yes, of course. just to say thank you to the fans, because what we achieved in leicester i hope could happen again, but it will be very difficult. leicester i hope could happen again, rugby now and in the six nations scotland h

really posh, gourmet food, and then i come off tour and i just get -- i start salivating when i'm on essexve a bar here though. >> anthony: right. >> jamie hince: you have to drink a lot, don't you? >> anthony: i know, it's -- it's hard out there. >> jamie hince: in my job as well. people don't -- people don't think about that, you know? >> anthony: right. >> jamie hince: how much i have to drink. just, just -- just do, do this. >> anthony: bastards. i mean, they should be more sensitive to that. >> jamie hince: they should be. >> news reporter: it's been one of the nastiest campaigns. so much lying, so much assembling. >> news reporter 2: catastrophe. >> news reporter 3: so far the reaction has been, well, chaos. >> anthony: so, yesterday the prime minister resigned, and england leaving the european union. >> jamie hince: honestly, it kind of makes me feel like i don't believe in democracy anymore. >> news reporter: how quickly the pound is reacting to political news. >> news reporter 2: we are entering a very dark, dangerous period. >> jamie hince: politics, where things are decided by p

that i couldn't support him, not for those personal reasons, but because of some of the views that essex pressed in the past -- expressed in the past in his record in the violence against women act, his views on immigration, his views on issues relating voting rights. i think manny of my colleagues, -- many of my colleagues, especially those on the judiciary committee, feel the same way, that this wasn't personal but we simply had a deep disagreement with some of his views on certain issues. today i thought i would focus on the voting rights issue. i spoke earlier about violence against women. i think that's a good place to start as we work together going forward. we've seen an attack on america's election system. 17 intelligence agencies talking about the fact that a foreign country tried to influence our election. i know the senator from florida himself said this time it happened to one candidate, one party, and next time it could be another party, another candidate. so this idea of voting, this idea of the freedom to vote is the core to our democracy and one of the most important duti

when it is finished, in just under three years, trains will zip through the capital to essex in the easterkshire in the west. but what about the north of england? in a speech, in liverpool today, john mcdonald will say... so what could this mean for the north—east of england? for yorkshire or manchester? mr mcdonald offers very little specific detail and does not say where any extra money would come from. conservative spokesmen said labour's policy to borrow £500,000 billion would crash our economy. chris mason, bbc news we'll be getting more detail on the plans from the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, just after 8am. almost half of people who have a friend who's been diagnosed with cancer say they find it difficult to support them, with two—thirds admitting it's because they don't know what to say. that's according to new research published by macmillian cancer support to coincide with world cancer day. the charity says talking is an important part of dealing with with the illness. a diagnosis of cancer is bad enough to cope with, the macmillan cancer charity has carried out researcher

some examples, the of two out of three a&es in mid and south essex, a reduction of major hospitals inur, cutting the hospitals in leicester, leicestershi re hospitals in leicester, leicestershire and rutland from three to two. you could say it sounds like an obviously bad idea but the king ‘s fund, which has been looking into it, says there is a case for it if done well and it im proves case for it if done well and it improves patient care. they believe there should be essential reform of there should be essential reform of the nhs away from hospital services but they say that the crucial thing is what it is replaced with, they need massive investment into community provision because if we don't get that we are heading for serious problems. joanna is in the newsroom with a summary of the day's news. the shortage of teachers in schools in england is getting worse, affecting key subjects like physics and maths, according to a report by mps. the commons education committee says recruitment targets have been missed for five years in a row and there should be more focus on keeping teachers

maybe it could get to the london area and into essex. 5— nine degrees for us today.ut a chance for heavy showers. wales is in action in the six nations. the rain in the south—east of england will clear late this afternoon and go and to scotland. —— be dry in scotland. we are expecting a cold night with a widespread frost and freezing fog patches. away from towns and cities, you could see —5 —6 in a few spots in the countryside. into tomorrow, the cold start. any sunshine across eastern areas before cloud increases after a ny eastern areas before cloud increases after any fog clears because in the west we are expecting rain to move in and strengthening wind with severe gales developing. it is turning into a miserable afternoon. cold down the eastern side where it over. after that chilly start. i am talking about cold weather stopped easterly winds kicking in later this week. it is and go to get any warmer any time soon. not what we want to you very much. we the andrew maher programme is coming up at nine a.m.. is there anything to talk about except for brexit? accordi

i remember him making his one day debut here i think it was against essex, a little boy that looked likenever gets over awed by the occasion or the big stage and he thrives under pressure. manchester city can go second in the premier league if they win at bournemouth tonight. city played them three times before in the top division, and never scored less than at least four goals — a fact not lost on bournemouth manager eddie howe. 0n the day they have been excellent. they have been very good against us and we've struggled to deal with the creative players. 0n the flip—side, we aspire to be them. their style of play. how they tactically line up. everything about their match performances is the highest level. bournemouth has done really well. it is outstanding what they have done they are to aggressive. they are an honest team. they play for the spectators. they want to do something. of course, they are fast guys to use the counterattack and for the atmosphere. relegation threatened swansea city have been dealt a blow with the news winger nathan dyer will miss the rest of the season through

four people involved in fraudulently selling puppies kept in poor conditions at a travellers' site in essexn update on iran's ballistic missile test on sunday where he said trump administration is bringing iran again under the watch list. the trump administration condemns such actions by iran that undermine security, prosperity and stability throughout and beyond the middle east, and which places american lives at risk. president trump has severely criticised the various agreements reached between iran and the 0bama administration, as well as the united nations, as being weak and in effective. instead of being thankful to the united states in these agreements, iran is now feeling emboldened. as of today, we are officially putting iran on notice. 0ur correspondent kim ghattas joins us live from washington. kim, first of all, what does putting iran on notice actually mean?m kim, first of all, what does putting iran on notice actually mean? it is a good question and we don't know, which is why a lot of foreign policy and military exports are a bit worried —— experts are a bit worried by this s

mark rowley, a senior met officer and the chief constable of essexment she would have gone through ad involving interviews with the home secretary. we saw her giving evidence to the leveson inquiry. she has been at the heart of big inquiries for the met? some of the most difficult things the met has dealt wfor most difficult things the met has dealt w for example, the met had to dealt w for example, the met had to deal with the phone hacking inquiry where it was accused and there were resignations because it hadn't tackled its links to the press in particular, its close links with the press. cressida dick took on the inquiry and pushed it on to some successful prosecutions in court and she was responsible when she ran trident, the gun crime operation, the metropolitan police had running for many years, she was involved in putting forward changes to the metropolitan police, recommended by the stephen lawrence inquiry which came after the death of stephen lawrence, the teenager in south london. two of the most difficult bits of work the met had to do, but it is her terrorism experience

north—east england heading down eastern parts of england generally towards east anglia, essex, kent,way accompanied by very strong winds. again, this afternoon, gusting to severe gales. some nasty conditions for the rush hour. the cairngorms, again, here we're looking at gusts of 100 knots as we head on through the later part of the afternoon and into the evening. now, overnight, the rain makes it into the east. in the west, it dries up into the east. in the west, it dries up and clears up. temperatures will drop and there will be the risk of ice around. so tomorrow, in the west, a cold start, frosty. there will be some sunshine, but some squally showers particularly so in the west, south—west, with lightening thrown in to boot. whereas in the east, the rain tries to move into the north sea, but we'll be left with the dregs of it. some hill fog and low level fog as well and temperatures between five and six celsius. as we move on into wednesday, drier, buta and six celsius. as we move on into wednesday, drier, but a lot of cloud around, central and eastern parts. again with a bit of

joining us now is natasha ezrow, a political analyst from the university of essex. is natasha ezrow, a political analyst from the university of essex. good morning. thank you forjoining us. he was on the shortlist, wasn't he. tel us about him and what he will be like? it is not surprising, he was the front runner. he is obviously very well educated. he has a phd from oxford. and very well—qualified. he will be similar to the previous justice, well—qualified. he will be similar to the previousjustice, antonin scalia, who passed away last february. he really admires scalia. we will see more of the same. just to remind people, they were four conservative judges and four liberal leaning when scalia was in his seat. when president 0bama was in office he tried to nominate someone to the supreme court and it was rejected. what is the likelihood of that democrats saying no to donald trump? they are really upset about what happened because 0bama made the nomination of merrick garland that was moderate and even republicans admired in the past. they decided to com pletely admi

a chp officer had been severely wooded by a knife wielding suspect that the highway 80 on-ramp at essex street. the upside suffered a life-threatening injury. the officer's throat was cut by the suspect. while he was trying to detain him. ofc. aleman respond to the area to look for the suspect we pulled up that the corner of fourth and brandon he saw a person we thought looked like most of the suspect's description. based on his training he knew, sometimes criminals will discard clothing items as they are fleeing and this person had just dropped a backpack and taken his shirt off but when officer almond looked at him the person stared at him intently and he felt at that moment this is probably the guy. he pulled his car over a notice the person didn't rate his stance just of there and started officer on delete open the door which point the suspect turns went into the wells fargo bank at the corner. ofc. aleman was concerned he that the bank may be crowded and he thinks to himself that the suspect would just try to kill a police other is going to acquire bank it to go after him right awa

in ines essex, they canceled surgery because there were no free beds. in wales, an 82-year-old woman who had fallen waited eight hours on the floor before an ambulance arrived. her daughter sat beside her in the ordeal, described it as one of the longest nights of our life. this is what happened when government takes over health care. every example on earth. the result is rationing and waiting periods. and you the citizens being told no, you can't have the health care you want and deserve. >> and in america we do rationing in a different way, ted. the way we do rationing is, if you are very rich, you can get the best health care in the world, i believe. right here in the united states. reshould be proud of that. but, if you are working class, you are going to be having a very difficult time affording the outrageous cost of health care, that's what melissa told us a moment ago. estimates differ. but let's be clear about this. every single year, tens of thousands of our fellow americans die because they don't go do the doctor when they should. you gave ex