and then the runner—up was a soul singer, olivia dean from london.nce. the last dinner party, the style of that is _ presence. the last dinner party, the style of that is that _ presence. the last dinner party, the style of that is that something - presence. the last dinner party, the style of that is that something that l style of that is that something that has come back into fashion? it hasn't yet. guitar music has been in the doldrums for a few years, we haven't seen a big indie band breakthrough and so it is interesting to see this prize for critics and djs to say that these are the people we are most excited about. and maybe it will herald a new era of rock and indie music in the uk. and a female rock and indie era, this time last year we were talking about there was no women nominated for the brit awards, and we have heard that seven of the top ten selling musics were by female artists. the last of the party have won this prize, for the top five are women, it feels like there is a big movement there.— women, it feels like there is a big moveme

this year's runner up was the singer songwriter olivia dean. the last dinner party were the runaway winners with this year's voters. this has alljust happened. it's still sinking in. but how will you celebrate? shall we go for a drink? yeah, we're going to have a pint. stay with us we are keeping an eye on ceremony in paris where european leaders have been arriving to pay homage to the former president of the european commission who died just after christmas at the age of 98. we have already seen in the crowd picked aubin from hungary, and others. this will be presided over by the president. and it has been many years since he was in the european stage but he is still well remembered for trying to set up his vision of a deeper political union within europe. and he was also a socialist minister, finance minister. we will bring you more on that in about ten minutes' time. stay with us here on bbc news. the weather has caused a lot of disruption over the past few days with relentless, heavy rain. still lots of flood warnings in force. the weather

she's an incredible young woman, a role model, she was a brilliant student here, and olivia dean has g women left here between may be olivia five years ago, raye ten years ago, they are two remarkable women that i think are leading the way in the music industry now. they've got their own voice, singing about things they believe in — extraordinary day. i about things they believe in - extraordinary day.— about things they believe in - extraordinary day. i don't want to interru t, extraordinary day. i don't want to interrupt. but _ extraordinary day. i don't want to interrupt, but used _ extraordinary day. i don't want to interrupt, but used that - extraordinary day. i don't want to interrupt, but used that word - extraordinary day. i don't want to | interrupt, but used that word role model, which is so important for students who are coming through the industry or certainly getting their first taste of the industry right now. the focus here is clearly on the acts themselves, but this is about dancers and the bands and stuff, as well, about the entire music industry that will look at the

dean. sorry to say today, alex, i don't mind now. alex, this is a challenge for the government, but surmountable i think so for the reason that olivia a deeply ineffective best policy that ineffective at best policy that won't have any impact on small boat migration over the channel they're desperate, with an eye to the political future. they're desperate not to create an environment in which it's seen as to use your as legitimate to use your parliamentary in the parliamentary forces in the upper will upper house to stymie the will of party government, in of the party in government, in the if the polls the lower house, if the polls are like right, it are anything like right, it looks like the party will looks like the labour party will become the government at the next that next election, thinking that as they they are very keen not they do, they are very keen not to message it's to give the message that it's okay piers to stop the okay for piers to stop the government's bill agenda. two interesting complicating features to that. the first is this wasn't in the government's manifesto, so government manifesto, so the government can't