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Thank you for the great introduction. Welcome, everyone to this great book fair now in its 30th year. [applause] doris goodwin, its so wonderful to have you here. Welcome to miami. This is our premier cultural event. Great to have you her. If books about president. It was started by Theodore Roosevelt, known as teddy. How did he start the progressive era . What propelled him to act . What were his successes that are still with us today . We did call him teddy even though he didnt like the name t...

As part of major timetable changes on britains railways. The search for two remaining bodies resumes, following the volcanic eruption in new zealand. And, crucial United Nations climate talks in madrid are continuing, with no sign that an agreement is imminent. Good morning and welcome to westminster. Borisjohnson will visit the north of england today, hours after celebrating his partys biggest election win for 30 years by sweeping aside labour in its traditional heartlands. The Prime Minister h...

Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of co...

Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with katie shanahan. It is understood the Mikael Arteta has said his goodbye to staff at Manchester City ahead of expectations that he will be revealed tomorrow as the new man in charge of arsenal. Thanks, katie. And chris fawkes has all the weather. It has been a wet start to december gcioss it has been a wet start to december across parts of southern england and we have two batches of heavy rain on the wane. We could see localised flooding not just ac...

In the next hour, our studio audience will put their questions to the politicians. Its the Northern Ireland leaders debate. Applause hello. In two days time well be casting our votes once again, brexit and the border of course are key issues in this election but in Northern Ireland and across the uk, the nhs has come into sharp focus too in recent days. We have invited the leaders of the larger parties to take part in the debate. Our line up is steve aiken, the recently appointed leader of the U...

And i apologise obviously to the family and those who have had terrible experiences in the nhs. Would you like to take this opportunity to apologise to the britishjewish community for whats happened 7 what i would say is this. I am determined that our society will be safe for people of all faiths. Have those moments influenced you in any way . Or does it confirm what you already think . Would you be less likely to eat food like this if the packaging told you how long it would take for you to bur...

Were expecting to hear from the Prime Minister shortly outside number ten. Labour performed poorly, losing 59 seats, many of them in places theyve held for decades. Jeremy corbyn says hell stand down as leader early next year. I think the responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing, and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. A strong result for the snp, who now hold 48 seats out of 59 in s...

Jail. Also today, if you have an hsbc bank account you will soon have to pay a fee of almost 40 of what you borrowed to use your arranged overdraft. One analyst warns that steep overdraft rates could now become the new normal. And in todays brilliant election blind date, to people whove been thrown out of their respective parties go for dinner. Such a joyless election. Its different. Yes, ive always been labour, left of centre. Ive always describe myself of right of centre. Im a discontented con...

A warning of hidden waiting lists as the bbc discovers delays for thousands of Mental Health patients in england. Anthony joshua tells us that he holds no fear going into his highly anticipated rematch with andy ruinunior. I tell you, i am punching like a horse kicking back right now. My kinetic chain, my rhythm, theres no tension in my body. We say loose and heavy. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iam i am annita mcvey. With just a week to go until the country goes to the polls, the ...

Up to 4,500 jobs are at risk at energy firm npower, as a Restructuring Plan is announced. The met police is to pay the former mp, harvey proctor, £900,000 in compensation and legal costs. He was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. Mr bartley is ready and waiting to answer your questions and a study on smartphones finds a quarter of young people good morning. Welcome to the bbc news at nine. The conservatives have complained to the broadcasting regulator about channel...