And i came very close to taking my own life at that point. I didnt really see a way out. If youre a student and you gamble do get in touch with us this morning. Some say its to supplement their income. And more mixed messages on whether or not its safe to drink when youre pregnant. Researchers say the government advice to totally abstain is based on weak evidence, but they then stress it doesnt mean its safe to drink. Well try and find out what it means. Get in touch with us this morning with your thoughts. Hello. Welcome to the programme were live until 11. Throughout the programme the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always were really keen to hear from you. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today one of the governments key pieces of legislation on brexit has passed its first test in the commons. The ayes have it. The Europ
Its tuesday the 12th of september. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The cost of living has risen again, blamed on the higher cost of imported goods like clothes and shoes. Its now back at the peak of 2. 9 it last hit in may this year. Our Business Correspondent ben thompson is here to explain. Ill let you talk us through the latest figures. Inflation is the cost of living, it shows how quickly things dont work the price of things dont work the price of things is rising. It has hit 2. 9 . Todays figure was expected to come ina todays figure was expected to come in a little lower than that. Why are prices rising so quickly . It is a cost of imported things, issues, household goods. All of those sorts of things. They are more expensive because after we voted to leave the eu, the value of the pound fell which means things we import from overseas are more expensive. It is the first indication we are getting all those things we buy from overseas are adding to the overall cost of things that we
Talking to one man who was on board at the time. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Police say they are treating an explosion on an underground train in south west london as a terrorist incident. Several people have been injured. At least one woman has been taken to hospital with burns, others are reported to be suffering cuts, grazes and facial wounds. The blast happened on a District Line train at Parsons Green station packed with commuters, at about 8. 20, at the heart of the rush hour. Police say its too soon to say what caused the explosion. Pictures from inside the tube show a white container inside a supermarket bag, on fire, with wires or lights protruding from it. The blast doesnt appear to have caused extensive damage, but eye witnesses have described seeing a wall of flame. Armed Police Officers and a Hazardous Area Response team are at the scene. My colleague Sophie Raworth has been at Parsons Green station all morning. I know you were there earlier when you became aware somethi
Welcome to bbc news. An explosion on an underground train in south west london this morning is being treated as a terrorist attack. The train was packed with rush hour commuters when the blast went off. It sent a fireball through the carriage. 22 passengers were injured, none of them seriously. The device appears to have been in a white container with a timer. The mayor of london says a manhunt for the attacker is now underway. The device detonated at 820 this morning at Parsons Green station on the District Line in south west london. My colleague Matthew Price is there. Thank you very much indeed. The section of the London Tube Network on which this explosion took place is actually overground, not underground like much of the network. It is a couple of hundred metres behind me, down this road where, at the moment, police and forensic officers are going through the scene of the explosion to try and piece together what happened and what sort of device this was. We have already had some
Outside the eu. The Un Security Council calls a meeting to discuss the threat from north korea, after leader, kimjong un, vows to match the military might of the United States. Hundreds of thousands of ryanair passengers are warned their flights could be cancelled over the next six weeks. And coming up here on bbc news in half an hour, how First Responders in the us are using video games to prepare for mass shootings. Thats in our Technology Show click. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Police have arrested an 18 year old man at dover in connection with yesterdays bombing of a London Underground train. Armed police and military personnel are being deployed at key locations across the uk, following the raising of the Terror Threat level to critical the highest possible alert. In the past half hour, there have been reports of an armed Police Operation at sunbury on thames in surrey, by officers investigating the Parsons Green attack. The two locations are around 11 miles apart by r