England women continue their impressive Euro 2017 Run by beating france, 1 0, in the netherlands. England will play the hosts on thursday and in half an hour, well be looking some more of tomorrows front pages with Caroline Frost and journalist tony grew. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Ceremonies have taken place in belgium to mark the centenary of the Battle Of Passchendaele one of the bloodiest of the First World War. Half a million allied and german soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing injust three months of fighting. This evening, the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge joined the prime minister, theresa may here as two days of commemorations to mark the start of the battle got underway, as robert hall reports. This is a city that has dedicated itself to remembrance. The firemen of ypres have sounded the last post for the missing in the heat of summer and the snows of winter, as the decades rolled by. Around them, carved into the great darch of the menin gate, over 5a,000
England women continue their impressive Euro 2017 Run by beating france, 1 0, in the netherlands. England will play the hosts on thursday and in half an hour, well be looking some more of tomorrows front pages with Caroline Frost and journalist tony grew. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Ceremonies have taken place in belgium to mark the centenary of the Battle Of Passchendaele one of the bloodiest of the First World War. Half a million allied and german soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing injust three months of fighting. This evening, the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge joined the prime minister, theresa may here as two days of commemorations to mark the start of the battle got underway, as robert hall reports. This is a city that has dedicated itself to remembrance. The firemen of ypres have sounded the last post for the missing in the heat of summer and the snows of winter, as the decades rolled by. Around them, carved into the great darch of the menin gate, over 5a,000
Infrastructure and agriculture. Also this morning Natalie Portman on playing Jackie Kennedy in her new film, and preparing for the oscars hype. And carol has the weather. Good morning. For some of us it is a cold and forest the start. Patchy fog but in the south and south east in particular there will be some sunshine frosty start. For the rest of the uk, fairly cloudy with some light rain or drizzle but some sunshine. I will tell you where in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story the Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the european union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our Political Correspondent tom bateman has more. Theresa mays Brexit Speech brought the most clarity yet on her approach to the negotiations
It comes as ee is fined for overcharging Tens Of Thousands of customers who called its Customer Service number. Well have more details on that shortly. 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. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our Political Correspondent tom bateman has more. Theresa mays Brexit Speech brought the most clarity yet on her approach to the negotiations. She told ministers and european diplomats she wanted ambitious trade deals with the rest of the eu, but she confirmed britain would leave the unions formalf
Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign Free Trade Deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say