They put 8 goals past them to set up a 5th round tie Sheffield Wednesday. And meet the ancestors dna analysis of the oldest skeleton found in britain shows he had dark skin and blue eyes. Carol has the weather. Good morning. Its a cold start to the day. Cold gcioss its a cold start to the day. Cold across parts of Northern England but across parts of Northern England but afair bit across parts of Northern England but a fair bit of sunshine. There is also going to be some snow in the forecast. As you can see, my spanking new graphics. More in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The worlds most powerful rocket, the falcon heavy, has successfully launched for the first time. American billionaire elon musk, whose Company Space x is behind the project, has called it a game changer for space travel. Keith doyle reports. This is Ground Control to major tom. This is not a scene from a film. This actually is a car and an astronaut dummy in space with david bowie playing on its musi
Gales blowing through. These are the wintry showers and will continue through the course of this evening and night into some western and Northern Areas but the east and southis Northern Areas but the east and south is going to be clear and cold. The winds are also going to drop out and the temperatures will fall. We are talking about 2, minus three degrees in city centres. It will be cold in rural spots, possibly minus five. Some monday dawns on a cold and frosty zero, lots of sunshine around, and then monday night, more bad weather on the way. The latest headlines on bbc news. The government is warning 0xfam and other uk charities that funding will be withdrawn if they fail to co operate with the authorities in cases of Sexual Exploitation by staff. A russian passenger aircraft has crashed shortly after taking off from domodedovo airport in moscow killing all 71 people on board. The leader of south africas ruling anc party cyril ramaphosa, says the future of the countrys president jac
These people are demonstrating in support of the spanish army and the police. It comes one day after the spanish Prime Minister said he would ta ke ste ps spanish Prime Minister said he would take steps to impose direct rule on catalonia from madrid. The catalonian government are not following the laws. They do what they want. They do not represent the cata la n they want. They do not represent the catalan people, they represent a small percentage, not all of us. This is why the government has to do what it has to do. The Spanish Foreign minister says the Regional Government will soon lose authority. They will not have any legal authority, it will be a group of rebels trying to impose their own arbitrariness onto the whole people of catalonia. The plan by the Spanish Government is unprecedented. It is the first time that madrid has moved to strip a region of its autonomy and it dramatically escalate this political crisis. Yesterday almost half a million Pro Independence supporters took
For a global deal to tackle overfishing ahead of the launch of the bbc two programme blue planet. And a lucky escape as a british dive instructor was followed by a four metre tiger shark for 15 minutes in australia good morning. Its monday 23rd october. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. , where welcome to bbc newsroom live. Where eu Leaders Summit last week where eu leaders had decided to Start Talking amongst themselves about trade and a transition deal. They step sufficient progress had not been made to start formal negotiations with the uk on those issues. The government says there is real and tangible progress in the talks, but theresa may comes back to the uk this morning with pressure on businesses as well as the difficulties she is facing in brussels and in westminster from opposition parties and from some in her own backbench party as well. This morning boris johnson, her own backbench party as well. This morning borisjohnson, the foreign secretary, has been givin
Becoming a small person and feeling quite terrified about what my future is. In his latest film, breathe, Andrew Garfield plays robin cavendish, who became tethered to a breathing machine in order to stay alive after contracting polio in the 19505 aged just 28. With the love and support of his wife diana, played by claire foy, robin broke free and changed not only his life, but that of disabled people around the world forever. We will be speaking to diana, and her and robins sonjonathan, who is the producer of this moving true story. I dont want to go on living here. What are we waiting for . Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Also, as hundreds of teachers, support staff and parents join a mass lobby of parliament today, in a bid to persuade the government to give schools more funding, we talk to parents who say they are feeling the pinch. And wed love to hear what youve got to say have you been asked to pay for something that used to be covered by your k