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Its tuesday 7 february. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Commons Speaker, john bercow, is facing mounting criticism for suggesting hell prevent President Trump addressing parliament during his state visit later this year. Mr bercow whos one of three parliamentary officials who can approve such an event said opposition to sexism and racism, and support for equality, were hugely important. But critics say he should have stuck to the tradition of neutrality with one senior conservative describing ...

Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that Record Numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in england in january, according to figures leaked to the bbc. During a difficult winter for the nhs, january seems to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, once theyd been seen in a e. The bma said the Prime Minister could no longer bury her head in the sand over ...

And theres just hours to go in transfer deadline day in the premier league. Everton sign defender ben godfrey from norwich city in a £25 million deal. Hello, good afternoon. Number 10 says an investigation has begun into the error which meant that the close contacts of nearly 16,000 people with coronavirus were not traced last week. Public Health England has blamed what it described as a technical issue, and the investigation will look into why the problem wasnt discovered sooner. Although thos...

From lockdown in this one bedroom flat to this. The two boys given a break on the beach thanks to a bbc viewer. With around eight Million People now under or about to enter tier 3 lockdown restrictions in england and no sign of figures for covid falling theres increasing pressure on the government to outline how areas can get those restrictions lifted. More than 50 conservative mps have written a letter to borisjohnson, pressing him for a clear road map out of tier 3. The mps many of whom won la...

Who might need early treatment. Government borrowing jumps in september as the uk continued heavy spending to support the economy during the pandemic. Gunfire witnesses in nigeria say a number of protesters have been killed by Security Services in the countrys biggest city, lagos. Nasa says its space probe has successfully landed on an asteroid in an attempt to bring rocks and dust back to earth. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest ne...

Corbyn has been suspended from the labour party. It follows his response to a damning report into how complaints of anti semitism were handled during his time as leader. The equality and Human Rights Commission found the party was responsible for unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination. Sir keir starmer described it as a day of shame Foreign Labour and said the recommendations would be implemented in full recommendations would be implemented in full for labour. In the last few minutes, Je...

They should have kept us locked down. The chancellor prepares to set out the british governments Spending Plans for the coming year. The Spending Review will give a boost to the health service, but expect a sting in the tail for Public Sector workers in england and private pensions. France gets a partial reprieve from its strict coronavirus lockdown, as president macron announces his country has passed the peak of the second wave. Britains spending watchdog says ppe stockpiles in england were in...

This program is live captioned by red bee media. This is the Business Briefing. Im Samantha Simmonds the sell off continues. Asian shares fall sharply after the dow racks up its biggest points loss on record. Plus out of office. Is coronavirus forcing the worlds biggest ever experiment in working from home . And here are those market numbers. Those sharp losses continuing in asia after us shares lost more than 4 on thursday. Its shaping up to be the worst week on the markets since the financial ...

Eight Million People face the highest covid restrictions more than 50 mps write to Boris Johnson over the north south divide having put their areas into lockdown the mps want to know how he plans to get them out of it we are asking people to give up huge civil liberties, businesses to close, people to live on two thirds of their normal wages. I dont think its unreasonable to say that the other side of that coin should be show us the way out. We want to build back better across the north of engla...

The un warns the coronavirus pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering from acute hunger. More details on president trumps plan to temporarily halt immigration into the United States he says restrictions will last for at least 60 days. And for many of us in lockdown, exercising outdoors offers a chance to clear the cobwebs, but well be asking, how safe is it . Hello. Also today, were going to talk to British Companies who say they can help with sourcing and distributing ppe tha...