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 may s brexit speech brought the most clarity yet on her approach to
it comes as ee is fined for overcharging tens of thousands of customers who called its customer service number. we ll have more details on that shortly. do get in touch on all the stories we re 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 may s 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 t
it s 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 yesterday s 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 re
it s thursday 19 january. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. several people have been killed and many are missing after a hotel was hit by an avalanche in central italy. up to 30 guests and staff we re italy. up to 30 guests and staff were in the rigopiano hotel in the abruzzo region at the time. a major rescue operation is underway. frankie mccamley reports. buried in snow, barely visible, this is the hotel hit by last night s avalanche. inside the extent of the damage is becoming clear. what looks like a reception leading to corridors now unrecognisable, full of snow and debris. up to 20 people we re of snow and debris. up to 20 people were staying in the hotel rigopiano hotel along with seven members of staff, but bad weather meant a difficult overnight rescue operation. translation: the hotel was reached at 4:30am by courageous men who faced up variable situations. they saved two people, they are working to bring the means of transport that are difficult to
you are watching bbc news, let s get more reaction to martyn mcguinness‘s decision that he is go to step down from front line politics. let s talk to the journalist and author david mckittrick. i spoke to you last week after the colla pse i spoke to you last week after the collapse of the power sharing executive and martyn mcguinness standing down there. today, he is citing ill health, but does the events of last week, do you think, play into some of this, to? just a little bit. as you have seen him, looking at the guy, he is in a bad way. his appearance deteriorated within a month or two. it was a bit ofa within a month or two. it was a bit of a shock when we turned on the tv sets a few weeks ago, and there was martyn mag mcguinness, so martyn mcguinness, so 2 ’ 2-35 554.“ ate $2.55 9;%;5§ z=2:2;; 5: “z as 2-224 2.4.“ £22432 92225252222 2‘ “2 as no surprise to 222 222 £22432 222252422222 2‘ “2 as no surprise to say that he comes as no surprise to say