Who was so close to George Michael they described themselves as cousins at 9 15am. And well meet one of britains most prolific organ donors whos already donated a kidney, 16 eggs and 80 pints of blood to people shes never met and plans to do much, much more. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. We will bring you the latest news and stories throughout the day. What do you want to hear theresa may say in her Big Brexit Speech which is due at around 1145, you will see that on bbc news. If you have donated an organ, tell us if you have donated an organ, tell us what motivated you. If you have received a strangers organ, tell us about that as well. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story. The Prime Minister will this morning set out her vision for the terms of the uks departure from the European Union. Theresa may has a list of 12 demands fo
Here although it is chilly outside if you are just stepping out. For many of us it will be a dry start and a sparkly one with a Weather Front coming in from the south west introducing some rain later on. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story facebooks procedures for Vetting Content on its pages have been strongly criticised, after a bbc investigation found it was failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. The chair of the Commons Media Committee, Damian Collins, has said it casts grave doubts on the effectiveness of facebooks systems. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. The rules are simple. Facebook says it removes nudity or sexually suggestive content. But our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swa p paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene images of children. We informed the police, and this man was sent to prison for four years. Facebook told us it had improved its systems, so we put th
the heat in the second ashes test in adelaide. just four wickets needed for victory. good morning. it isa it is a chilly start to the day and for some a frosty one. a fair bit of cloud producing drizzle. there is also some fog. the better chance of more of us are seeing some sunshine today. details coming up. good morning. it s monday, the 20th of december. the prime minister is facing fresh questions, after a photograph showed him with 18 other people in the garden of number 10 in may of last year, when strict social distancing measures were in place. cheese and wine can be seen in the picture published in today s guardian but a government spokesperson insists it was a work meeting and not in breach of any covid rules. matt graveling reports. gathered in the garden of number 10. this photo, published in today s guardian, appears to show the prime minister,
it will be today. where we have green, we are looking at heavy bursts. it moves further north across southern scotland. cloud producing drizzle today across south west england, central and southern england and into the south east. we have showers in the far north west of scotland. there will be sunny intervals, especially to the east of high ground. temperature is above average. 13 18. the average is 10 14. this is where we will see heavy rain today and to give you an idea, these are the amounts we are looking at, hence flooding is possible. the met office has yellow weather warnings for this. 0vernight we hang onto the waving front producing heavy rain and gusty wind. gales around the irish sea coast lines tonight. to the north, clearer skies and to this
from the west for sum with a weather front moving in that will bring rain particularly in northern ireland and scotland. for many, remaining mostly dry with sunshine. central and eastern england, you should be dry through the day. eastern scotland dry a good part of the day and with southerly winds here it will feel warm with temperatures above average. wet weather will affect western parts of scotland in particular, into parts of west wales, south west england. something brighter in northern ireland in the afternoon and into the evening. overnight, we will keep cloud producing drizzle and rain. either side, dry weather. still mild in the south and east. some mist and fog patches possible once again and turning cooler from the patches possible once again and turning coolerfrom the north patches possible once again and turning cooler from the north and west as we head into saturday