Two months after a ba flight filled with smoke, and was forced to make an emergency landing, passengers tell the bbc theyre still suffering from breathing difficulties. The veteran labour mp Dame Louise Ellman quits the party after 55 years saying Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to be Prime Minister. Also coming up a new way of detecting arthritis in knees moves a step closer. Researchers use High Frequency sound monitoring to help their diagnosis. And in sport, american boxer patrick day has died aged 27 four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight against Charles Conwell. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Borisjohnson is expected to travel to brussels in the coming hours where hes hoping to finalise a brexit deal with eu leaders. But his chances of that deal being supported at westminster have this morning been dealt a severe blow by the democratic unionist party. The dup said it couldnt accept the plans as things stand. Its understood that the new text of the agreement
Its thursday, 29th of february. Our main story. A group of mps have urged ministers to consider the implications for the uk, if assisted dying is legalised in the isle of man and jersey. The Health Select committee has published a report, which it hopes will provide evidence for future debates about the law. Opponents say the current legislation prevents people from coming under pressure to end their lives. Heres our medical editor, fergus walsh. The mps dont Make Recommendations for or against assisted dying. Rather, the aim of their report is to serve as a basis for debate on what they call this difficult, sensitive, yet crucial subject. More and more countries in europe have legalised assisted dying in some form, along with new zealand, australia, canada and ten states in the us. The mps say they saw no evidence that palliative and end of life care had deteriorated as a result, and in some instances it had improved. The Committee Calls for more money for hospices in england, which o
Putting your regime in grave danger. Two of the Big Six Energy companies are looking to merge. Im taking a look at what that will mean for their millions of customers. In sport andy murray targets a return to competitive tennis next year. The former world number one has been out of action with a hip injury, but faced Roger Federer in a Charity Match in glasgow last night. Carol has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold start to the day, there is quite a bit of frost around, some patchy mist and fog but for most it will be dry and sunny. However, in the south east there is more cloud, some rain and drizzle, and we have got some wet and windy weather coming in from the north west. I will have more details on that 15 minutes. In 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story downing street is examining new information about the International Development secretarys unauthorised contacts with senior Israeli Government officials. Priti patel apologised for meeting israeli Prime Minister B
Rugby union has never been so popular. The world cup is touted as the third biggest sporting event in the world. Player salaries get ever larger, and the game expands into new territories, from georgia to china. And yet my guest today says the sport could be brought to its knees if ongoing tensions between the games major stakeholders turn sour. Rob andrew is a former england international, and last year he ended ten years as a top administrator at the rugby football union. What is his game plan for securing rugbys future . Rob andrew, welcome to extra time. Thank you. One of the most eye catching phrases in your book, rugby the game of my life, is particularly doom laden. You write, the non alignment of interests and inherent conflicts at the heart of the two biggest rugby nations on this planet could easily bring the entire sport to its knees. Why do you say that . Well, its an interesting point. And actually, just this last few days, with the Southern Hemisphere teams coming up to t
Of birds underneath the 840 motorway in buckinghamshire. Fifa has announced it is investigating paul pogbas £89 million transfer from juventus to Manchester United last summer. Good morning. Its wednesday, 10th may. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. We start with Breaking News that the Crown Prosecution Service has said no concept of politicians or official would be charged with breaking rules on Election Campaign spending in 2015. The cbs have been considering file sent by the police for nearly 30 constituencies. The party has insisted administrative errors were to blame for any spending which was incorrectly declared. We have a statement through from the head of special crime at the Crown Prosecution Service. It says, we are files of evidence from 14 Police Forces in respect of allegations relating to conservative Party Candidate expenditure during the 2015th general Election Campaign. We considered whether candidates and election agents working in constituencies that