Mikel arteta, as their next manager. It is so easy to leave me all alone with the memory. One of Andrew Lloyd Webbers most famous musicals transfers to the big screen today well ask why so many critics have their claws out for cats. Iamat i am at Somerset House. Indoors enjoy the sights of the gingerbread centre. Outdoor, rain, particularly in Eastern England. Yourforecast coming up. Its friday the 20th of december. Our top story the Prime Ministers brexit divorce deal will be put before Parliament Later. It comes in a year where theresa may, then mrjohnson, wrestled with mps over their plans. Today is expected to feel very different as the government now has a strong majority. Officially known as the eu Withdrawal Agreement, it is the legislation needed to make brexit happen. This week, it was announced that the government would add a clause to rule out any extension beyond december 2020, ending what Boris Johnson calls years of deadlock, dither and delay. Now, with a majority of 80,
Authority Andrew Bailey is named as the next governor of the bank of england. Without question, he is the right person to lead the bank as we forge a new future outside the eu and level up across our great country. Trains and road travel is severely disrupted on one of the busiest travel days of the year gatwick services are affected and theres disruption in devon and cornwall. Australias pm apologises for going on holiday while the countrys bushfire crisis worsens , fire continues to ravage parts of the country. And the us moves closer to putting its astronauts back into orbit as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. Mps will vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Its thought the Withdrawal Agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80 seat majority at last weeks gene
Three, by London Bridge. Two, one and lift off but that three, two, one and lift off but that the rise of starliner, a new era in human space flight. And could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space . And coming up on bbc news, after a week of speculation about mikel arteta, well have the latest on the managerial situation at arsenal. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Mps vote this afternoon on the Prime Ministers plan for the uk to leave the European Union at the end of january. Borisjohnson urged the commons to back his Withdrawal Agreement bill, and said it was time to discard the old labels of leave and remain. But his critics are angry that previous safeguards on the environment, workers rights and child refugees have been watered down or removed from the bill. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. Suddenly it seems so simple. Time after time, this Prime Minister and the last have come to parliament to get mps to back their brexit dea
We are in the wrong bodies myjoints feel like butter. I feel loose myself. Dwayne johnson and jack black are back in body swap sequel jumanji the next level. See what mark kermode thinks of that in the film review. After weeks of campaigning, voting is under way in the general election. This morning, the Party Leaders were out casting their ballots. Its the third election in less than five years, and the first to be held in december for nearly a century. The first results are expected before midnight. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright and a warning his report includes some flashing images. Voting began at seven oclock this morning. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. Have you all got your pictures, are you all right . Thank you. The labour leader, jeremy corbyn, posed for the cameras too after voting in his north london constituency. It was dawn in scotland when the liberal democrat leader, j
As a pre existing condition. The teenage motorcylist, harry dunn, hit by a car in august. Now the American Woman involved, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Unrest in india six dead in further protests against a Government Law that its claimed discriminates against muslims. And liverpool fans enjoy the heat of qatar, as the club vies to be best in the world. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, arsenal get their man. Mikel arteta becomes the gunners head coach on a three and a half year deal. Good evening. Three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the European Union, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the governments brexit bill. The legislation now paves the way for Boris Johnson to deliver his promise, that the country will no longer be a member state of the eu by the end of next month. The Prime Minister won the vote easily, 358 to 234, with six labour mps backing the government. The Withdrawal Agreement says the uk will leave the European Union o