Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Britains most senior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned just months before he was due to play an Important Role in the complex negotiations on the uks exit from the eu. Sir ivan faced criticism last month when it emerged that hed warned the Prime Minister that securing a post brexit trade deal could take a decade. Tonight the bbc has obtained his Resignation E Mail to his staff in which he urged them to continue to speak the truth to those in power and to challenge Muddled Thinking and ill founded arguments. We can speak to our Political Correspondent tom bateman. We got a bit of a sense of why sir ivan resigned from the e mail. It sounds as if he was just hacked off . It was pages e mail that he sent to his team in brussels, quite a lot to say. On one level this is an e mail from our boss to his team saying, it was great working with you, that it went on to say a sense in which he wa nts went on to say a sense in which h
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Britains most senior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned just months before he was due to play an Important Role in the complex negotiations on the uks exit from the eu. Sir ivan faced criticism last month when it emerged that hed warned the Prime Minister that securing a post brexit trade deal could take a decade. Tonight the bbc has obtained his Resignation E Mail to his staff in which he urged them to continue to speak the truth to those in power and to challenge Muddled Thinking and ill founded arguments. We can speak to our Political Correspondent tom bateman. We got a bit of a sense of why sir ivan resigned from the e mail. It sounds as if he was just hacked off . It was pages e mail that he sent to his team in brussels, quite a lot to say. On one level this is an e mail from our boss to his team saying, it was great working with you, that it went on to say a sense in which he wa nts went on to say a sense in which h
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Britains most senior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned just months before he was due to play an Important Role in the complex negotiations on the uks exit from the eu. Sir ivan faced criticism last month when it emerged that hed warned the Prime Minister that securing a post brexit trade deal could take a decade. Tonight the bbc has obtained his Resignation E Mail to his staff in which he urged them to continue to speak the truth to those in power and to challenge Muddled Thinking and ill founded arguments. We can speak to our Political Correspondent tom bateman. We got a bit of a sense of why sir ivan resigned from the e mail. It sounds as if he was just hacked off . It was pages e mail that he sent to his team in brussels, quite a lot to say. On one level this is an e mail from our boss to his team saying, it was great working with you, that it went on to say a sense in which he wa nts went on to say a sense in which h
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Britains most senior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned just months before he was due to play an Important Role in the complex negotiations on the uks exit from the eu. Sir ivan faced criticism last month when it emerged that hed warned the Prime Minister that securing a post brexit trade deal could take a decade. Tonight the bbc has obtained his Resignation E Mail to his staff in which he urged them to continue to speak the truth to those in power and to challenge Muddled Thinking and ill founded arguments. We can speak to our Political Correspondent tom bateman. We got a bit of a sense of why sir ivan resigned from the e mail. It sounds as if he was just hacked off . It was pages e mail that he sent to his team in brussels, quite a lot to say. On one level this is an e mail from our boss to his team saying, it was great working with you, that it went on to say a sense in which he wa nts went on to say a sense in which h
Worries are stopping them doing theirjob properly because of sleepless nights and days off sick. And its notjust affecting those on lower incomes. In sport, its one step closer to a cup final for manchester united. They beat hull city 2 0 in the first leg of the League Cup Semi final. And this is the incredible trick shot which has caused a sensation on social media. Its two minutes long and you really dont want to miss it. And carol has the weather. We are starting off with a very windy day. Windy for all day for most of us. Storms locally and severe gales for some. Sunshine further south but tomorrow, parts of the south will also have sleet and snow. Good morning. First, our main story. Barack obama has delivered his Farewell Address as us president , telling the American People he believes the country is in a better, stronger place than when he was first elected eight years ago. In an emotional speech in chicago, he thanked his wife michelle as well as his family and staff and said