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Hello. This is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines amber rudd resigns from the cabinet and the conservative party in another major blow for Boris Johnsons government. It is the combination of the fact there is not enough work going into getting a deal, which is not what the Prime Minister signed up to do, and secondly the expulsion of 21 of my colleagues, who are good, moderate conservatives. Shell be replaced as work and pensions secretary by therese coffey. As work and pensions business secretary, andrea leadsom, says the conservatives will break with precedent and field a candidate again...

Hello, welcome to countdow. It is 7 00 here in london on this monday morning. Vodafone is looking at a link with liberty global. And talks to buy the portuguese assets. T is all pointing one way analysts expecting a wave of consolidation in the telecom space. Here with more is caroline hyde. Lets start with bt. It has set the cat among the pigeons. It has. We understand it is looking at 02, getting a grip on mobile. It is about quad play. This is the choice of words we use when it comes to telecoms. You have to have all four things if you want to win it. It offers television. Rather nice socce...

Offer. The equity markets are a little bit lower. U. K. Manufacturing data will come out later on. What is taking the ftse down . Levels of 2009. Ubs was justo onset, saying, perhaps it is all a little bit overdone in terms of the Price Movement of oil. Have got Goldman Sachs onset with you shortly. Commodity super site over . If he ever does want to do a deal for real. The whole mining complex all lower. Commodities are lower. China manufacturing misses. Oil prices are dropping. We will pick up the interview of mr. Gilbert, the ceo. Equity markets are lower. Manufacturing will come out in the...

The germans might have some objection to that. London opened virtually flat. Oil is making a comeback. Is that being overgenerous . You are seeing just a little bit of a reprieve on these equity markets. We are going to run towards super tuesday. Lets have a look at some of the currencies. Everything is priced into the euro dollar. You are probably going to see the eurodollar at 120. The market has fully priced qe by the European Central bank and the onemonth money suggests you are going to see a little bit of a turnaround on that. Have a look at the euro yen. Money was coming out of the euro ...

For Sergio Aguero. A hat trick in Manchester Citys 6 1 win at aston villa makes him the premier leagues all time leading overseas goalscorer. Hero of the hour Rugby League Legend rob burrow joins us on the sofa after an emotional game following his diagnosis with Motor Neurone Disease. It is the quiet before the storm today with many of us are starting with sunshine. Do not be fooled because storm brendan is on the way, bringing heavy rain and squally winds touching gale force, heading east during the day. More in 15 minutes. Its monday the 13th january. Our top story prince harry will meet th...