this is bbc news, the headlines at 3pm: the deputy first minister martin mcguinness is to resign from his post in government. it follows a renewable heat incentive scandal which has plagued stormont over the recent months. theresa may outlines her vision for a "shared society" and pledges to tackle the hidden injustice of mental illness. it's the opportunity to right a wrong and give people the compassion that they deserve. chaos in london for millions of commuters as a 2k hour tube strike brings most of the underground to a halt. the health secretary defends spending on the nhs after the british red cross said there was a "humanitarian crisis" in hospitals. and, in the next hour... a cold snap grips large parts of europe. more than 20 people are known to have died across the continent, as temperatures plummet well below freezing. and donald trump calls meryl streep one of hollywood's most

overrated actresses, after she criticises him at hollywood's golden globe awards. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. back to that news we broke in the last few minutes. martin mcguinness is to resign at 5pm today as deputy first minister of the northern ireland executive. sinn fein says it is in protest at the democratic unionist party's handling of a botched renewable energy scheme. which went barbie and its budget. —— far beyond. joining me now from belfast is our correspondent, chris page. now there is huge pressure on the first minister, arlene foster? now there is huge pressure on the first minister, arlene foster7m does, this has been gathering for the last few weeks, and it regards

the last few weeks, and it regards the first minister ‘s ruling and energy scheme that ran over budget by millions of pounds. over the last yea rs, by millions of pounds. over the last years, there have been numerous crisis at stormont, this is as a result of a matter of policy and in recent weeks, sinn fein have been calling for arlene foster, the democratic unionist party leader to temporary stand down whilst there are investigations into that green energy scheme. now, in the last few daysin energy scheme. now, in the last few days in particular, sinn fein have been hardening their position over the weekend. gerry adams hinted that mark mcguinness may resign as deputy first minister over the affair —— martin mcguinness. and that is exactly what he has done, he will leave hisjob as deputy exactly what he has done, he will leave his job as deputy first minister of the stormont executive at 5pm today. and what that means is that whenever the first minister or deputy first minister resigns, it brings them down with them, because

the deputy first minister is an equal office, neither the first minister told the deputy work in isolation of each other, if one goes so isolation of each other, if one goes so steres —— so does the other. the government between the dup and sinn fein, the coalition at stormont is now no more. now there is a period of one week where sinn fein can nominate another person for deputy first minister but martin mcguinness has made it clear in a letter to the speaker of the assembly that sinn fein do not intend to nominate and in the letter they said that it's time for people to give their say on theissue time for people to give their say on the issue democratically at the ballot box, and it looks like northern ireland is heading for a fresh assembly election. it is clear that arlene foster will not take it easy, she has accused them of playing a game of chicken and if there is an election, there is an election. she's made it clear all the way through since these calls started coming, from sinn fein and

the dup to leave the job —— from sinn fein to leave the job altogether. she said she would not stand aside for a single day. we had a classic political game as to who blinks first, sinn fein said that the first minister had to stand aside but she said that she had no intention of doing so. she said in an interview today with a local newspaper that she thought sinn fein was playing chicken and if they thought she was given to stand aside, they were wrong. now sinn fein has gone ahead and is tried to make the point that they are the ones to take the lead in the crisis, pulling the plug on the power—sharing arrangement at stormont, and have triggered an election. what on earth is the rh i screen? —— scheme. election. what on earth is the rh i screen? -- scheme. it's a complex affairand screen? -- scheme. it's a complex affair and was designed to encourage businesses to switch from fossil fuels to environmentally friendly energy sources like burning wood

pallets, but the scheme had bad floors, like the amount of subsidy cost was more than the cost of fuel. for every £1 of fuel, they got £1 60 back from the public purse. here is a key difference, in that initially there was no cap on the amount of money which could be claimed, meaning that costs spiralled out of control, people and as they burned, it became known as the cash for ash scandal. in recent weeks, more media attention has been on it and more revelations day by day. opposition parties called for arlene foster to stand aside and sinn feinjoined in that call. we have had a case of the crisis deepening and i suppose that, in essence, the opposition party has played a major role in it. the sdlp

called for arlene foster to stand aside and put them in a spot. will they be seen as being soft on their partners investment? they did not say much about the scandal but decided to act over christmas and the scandal did not go away, it has is collated and escalated and now we have the news which some people thought over the last few days have been coming but not quite so soon, but martin mcguinness has left his post as deputy first minister, or he will do, and 5pm this afternoon. it seems the deadlock has brought down the coalition between the dup and sinn fein. the two parties who were sta ble sinn fein. the two parties who were stable in government in northern ireland for the last ten years now. it quite often looks like that stormont would fall but never happen. now it is an unprecedented situation with martin mcguinness tendering his resignation as deputy first minister. thank you. sun mcbride, political editor of the

newsletter, the daily newspaper, is on the line. thank you forjoining us. on the line. thank you forjoining us. our correspondence there saying this issue has escalated and escalated, was it inevitable that this would bring about martin mcguinness‘s resignation? this would bring about martin mcguinness's resignation?” this would bring about martin mcguinness's resignation? i don't think so, over the last month it has becoming creasing the likely, sinn fein has been under a lot of pressure from supporters to act in a way seen as pressure from supporters to act in a way seen as being decisive. the scandal caused unprecedented public outrage, the scale of the losses to the public purse at this level, and the public purse at this level, and the ineptitude, sinn fein has been under a lot of pressure about this, certainly it was becoming much more likely that even though this was a surprise, i do not think it is a shock. why is

it there that this particular scandal has led to this effect of breaking up of the government? we have been here before, haven't we? over the years, there have been various points where it seemed that things would crumble and they did not, why now? there are two aspects to explain that. on one hand, in northern ireland, they were sold the idea of a devolved government, we had a conservative minister and a labour minister, they could not be elected and were not accountable for the electorate, they were told it would be a better system of government and in some areas this has been the case but here it is clearly not possible to make that argument when the public purse is going to lose something like half £1 billion over the next 20 odd years. from sinn fein's perspective, martin mcguinness has pulled the plug. dup

supporters have accepted that they've had to make allsorts of compromises there. they were running rings around the executive and sinn fein did not have a lot to show about it. the executive have known about it. the executive have known about these problems for a while. they are doing this off the back of very significant discontent within the wider national community, and martin mcguinness has been under increasing pressure, and he is not well. he has some issues which he has not designed at this point but there are internal issues at sinn fein regarding not just there are internal issues at sinn fein regarding notjust that scandal. a rather crackly line but thank you very much forjoining us. theresa may has used her first policy speech of the year to say

she wants to make government a force for good, and use the opportunity of brexit to fundamentally change britain. and she's highlighted the treatment of those suffering from mental illness as one of the "burning injustices" she wants to correct. mrs may set out a series of measures aimed at changing attitudes to mental health in england — and improving services. here's our health correspondent, elaine dunkley. there are no words for what it does to a family. shock is not the word, it is just your whole reality is blown to pieces. in 2014, doctor sangeeta mahajan's son took his own life. he was just 20 years old and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. ten weeks later he was dead. they don't discharge patients with adequate information, the doors were closed for us. we were told to either go to a&e or your gp and it is the only way we can come back, we had no direct access back to the specialist services. that is wrong. the prime minister, theresa may,

has described mental health care as a burning injustice and today a promise of a major overhaul. left unaddressed it destroys lives, separates people from each other and deepens the divisions within our society. changing this goes right to the heart of our humanity, to the heart of the kind of country we are, the attitudes we hold and the values we share. the plans include mental health first aid training for secondary schools, employers and organisations will also be given additional guidance in supporting staff who need to take time off. and there will be greater emphasis on community care. the prime minister says this is an historical opportunity to right a wrong but for those on the front line of mental health services, funding is a major concern. mental health is still very underfunded compared to other areas of medicine. it generates probably 20 to 25% of the total disease burden of all diseases and yet the funding is ten to 12% in this country.

so little people are talking about it. four years ago, jake mills tried to end his life and he now runs a mental health charity to help others and he says in order for there to be to change there needs to be greater awareness and understanding. education needs to happen. and without being facetious about it, if there was a disease that existed that was killing more men in this country under the age of 49 and it was preventable and treatable, we would all be experts on it, we would know exactly what to look out for, exactly what to do if we had symptoms. jake says he is living proof that with the right intervention there is hope but many feel in order for mental health to get the same recognition as physical health, additional funding is crucial. elaine dunkley, bbc news.

those sent opponents are music to your is that there is no cheque—book? we can speak to marjorie wallace — the chief executive of the mental health charity sane. —— sentiments. no doubt that she is passionate, but for the plans outlined, we may see in some years to come those, but she has not addressed the kinds of stories that we hear about every day, that you we re we hear about every day, that you were talking about there. the fundamentals of health care. we know that the mental health care trust, about 53 out of 59 say their income has dropped, two out of five face severe cuts, we hear has dropped, two out of five face severe cuts, we hear every has dropped, two out of five face severe cuts, we hear every day beds are closing, as we speak they are closing so people cannot have local

care, and people in the community are being visited occasionally maybe by teams, but we hear stories where they wait and wait and no team comes to visit and many more people are taking their lives who are patients in the community under these crisis teams. what we are looking at is wonderful and a great vision for the future. but what we need to do is something really urgent to tackle all of these kinds of faults in the system which lead to the unnecessary deaths and kinds of suffering that we hear about. the irony is, the only parity there appears to be between physical and mental illness is that they both rely on a health service which are all reliant on one another but it appears broken? service which are all reliant on one another but it appears broken7m may do so, but if you cut it, if you go to a&e, the only place you can go now ina go to a&e, the only place you can go now in a mental health crisis, if you have heart pains and are on a stretcher, you are likely to have some sort of treatment but if you go

in and say you have suicidal thoughts the chances are that you will be discharged and you go back and had to fend for yourself at home and had to fend for yourself at home and the families will have nowhere to turn. we had to start at the beginning to have some sort of parity and it is a shame that the one bit of new money that she mentioned, it should not be going to into the essentials of treatment and therapy but to crisis cafes and the community, things that are important if you can get up in the morning, not to paralysed or ill. we would like to applaud this vision for the future, but we would really like to see far more resources going into the care of people now. marjorie wallace, most grateful for your time, thank you. a girlfriend of the missing raf serviceman corrie mckeague,

says he is due to become a father. the airman went missing after a night out with friends in bury st edmunds in september. april oliver, who is 21, said she became pregnant after a relationship with mr mckeague, who is from fife but based in suffolk. miss oliver and corrie's mother have been speaking to bbc look east. we started off seeing one another and it was quite casual. we were both seeing other people. at the time. and then we went on to have conversations whereby we thought it was getting serious, and what we we re was getting serious, and what we were going to do and what plans we had. so yes, we were getting on our way to being just us and happy, and seeing what we wanted out of each other. and where it was going. we know that he disappeared at the end of september, how recently had you seen of september, how recently had you seen him before then? near enough the same week that he went missing. so...i

the same week that he went missing. so... ithink the same week that he went missing. so... i think apart from the raf boys, i was one of the last people to see him which is quite hard. but when he went missing you happen to be abroad with your family. wendy due here that he was missing?|j be abroad with your family. wendy due here that he was missing? i had only been there a few days when i got a call from the raf boys asking ifi got a call from the raf boys asking if i had seen him or heard from him. —— when did you hear he was missing? on the monday, i think it was. that is when i knew that he was obviously missing andi is when i knew that he was obviously missing and i quickly got the plane home. how long after that did you then discover that you were pregnant? a couple of weeks after i came back, after going through police interviews and, u nfortu nately, police interviews and, unfortunately, i've had to make a massive decision by myself. i was hoping and praying we would find out some information that he would come home so we could make the decision together. we had conversations about children and what we wanted in the

past. it was something that i hope that he would be here to help me make the decision but unfortunately, he isn't. so, it's a decision i've had to make alone and i obviously have the support of everyone around me and my family and friends, which is great, but it is still not the most pleasant thing to go through alone. especially when the person that you love is missing. this will be your first grandchild. it will, yes. it should be a joyous occasion for you, can you feel anyjoy about it at the moment? i was at the scan with april the other day. i do not think anybody could see that and not be affected by that. but, it is incredibly difficult to balance my head, as it is for april as well, from the excitement of a new baby,

to what we are actually trying to focus onjust now to what we are actually trying to focus on just now which to what we are actually trying to focus onjust now which is to what we are actually trying to focus on just now which is finding corrie. thank you to both of you. joining me now from norwich is our correspondent, alex dunlop. tell us more about the police investigation into corrie's disappearance. where are they? this investigation has been going on since the 23rd, 24th of september. he isa since the 23rd, 24th of september. he is a 23—year—old airman and went to bury st edmunds in suffolk with his friends, they went to some pubs and a nightclub. after midnight he disappeared and was last seen on cctv at about 2am, 2:30am and since then there has been no sign of him at all. police have carried out a massive investigation, going through hundreds of thousands of hours of cctv that there has been no sight of him at all since that last appearance on cctv at 2:30am. his

mother there is herself a police officer and has been at the forefront of trying to get his disappearance into the public eye. initially, she was pleased with the investigation but was then unsure that it was progressing as fast as it could. she has brought in a private investigator to see if he could help with the police investigation which has kicked off in the last week or so. alex, thank you for the update. the headlines on bbc news: northern ireland deputy first minister martin mcguinness is resigning over the renewable heat incentive scandal. theresa may outlines her vision for a shared society and pledges to tackle their hidden injustice of mental illness. chaos in london for millions of commuters as a 24—hour tube strike causes problems across most of the

transport network. in sport, england forward chris robshaw is ruled out of the six —— six nations championship due to a shoulder injury which will keep him out of action for three months. johanna konta is at the australian open where she was a semifinalist last year, she won at the sydney international. jerry richardson available or the start of england's one day series —— joe root. available or the start of england's one day series ——joe root. he did not travel with the squad but stayed behind in england to attend the birth of his first child but is expected to head out on wednesday. more on those stories at half past three. millions of commuters have had a difficult start to the week after a strike on the london underground shut down most of the network. one of the capital's busiest train stations — clapham junction — had to be evacuated for a time as large numbers of people tried to use overground services instead. the strike — which is due to end at 6pm —

is over staff numbers and safety on the tube, as daniel boettcher reports. this is what commuters on the london underground faced this morning, a third of all stations closed and a limited service on most of the lines that were operating. around 4 million people use the network, the strike has left travellers frustrated with journeys taking far longer than usual as passengers had to find other ways of getting to work. i gave myself two hours and it looks like i'm going to be late. i almost missed quite a few exams because of all this industrial action going on. it's quite irritating. ijust think it is unfair because it puts all others in a situation where we are all late for work. the way i see it, it is what it is. they have got their cause so, yeah, you work around it. because there are so few tube trains running, commuter traffic on the road has been even heavier than usual

and despite an extra 150 buses being laid on, the bus network has been packed with long queues. the strike, involving two unions, the rmt and the tssa, is aboutjobs and staffing levels and the unions say cuts are jeopardising safety. they need to put back in a task force response almost two put this safe. of course we have sympathy for the public and we regret this strike. we're been in weeks of talks between were up against a brick wall. london's mayor, sadiq khan, said he condemned the action and that talks to resolve the issues should be resumed. i know this strike could have been avoided and it is unnecessary and i'm imploring the trade unions to come back and talk to the management team about resolving this so there are not further days of industrial action. london underground says there is no need for a strike. we will continue our process of recruiting additional people and we also want to work with the trade unions over the next couple of months to identify where we may need to strengthen that.

this dispute could only be resolved by the trade unions working with us collaboratively and talking around the table, not through strike action. some commuters face further disruption this week in an unrelated strike on southern rail services. passengers are being told to travel only if essential on tuesday, wednesday and friday, when train drivers belonging to a aslef are expected to be on strike over a long—running dispute over the role of guards. the company said there will be no services on strike days with only a limited number of bus links instead. today's industrial action today has not involved overg round rail services but there has been no interchange to be tube network at key stations and in places the numbers of passengers trying to use rail services instead has caused problems. clapham junction was temporarily evacuated because of overcrowded. there were no trains stopping and passengers had to wait outside before the station reopened.

daniel boettcher reporting there. the health secretaryjeremy hunt has defended nhs england after the british red cross said there was a "humanitarian crisis" in hospitals. mr hunt has also been accused of being "completely out of touch" with the scale of the problems facing a&e departments. it's a very serious situation there, ina number of it's a very serious situation there, in a number of hospitals they are finding it very challenging. this is the most difficult time of year. i think you should listen to what independent people like chris hobson, who represents all of the hospitals, no friend of the government when it comes to nhs policy, he rejected that description. he said a vast majority of hospitals are, if anything, coping slightly better than one year ago. but you have very severe problems in a few hospitals. nobody wa nts to problems in a few hospitals. nobody wants to play those down, because

they are very serious and we are doing everything we can to support those hospitals. and jeremy hunt is due to address the commons shortly after four o'clock this afternoon — and we will bring that to you live. police in paris say they have arrested 17 people in connection with last october's robbery of kim kardashian at gunpoint. they say dna left by the robbers at the scene led to the arrests. at the time, french police said more than seven million pounds‘ worth of cash and jewellery were stolen. her spokeswoman said masked men entered the room at the luxury residence where kim kardashian was staying while attending paris fashion week. a short time ago our paris correspondent hugh schofield brought us up to date with the latest details of the arrest. it was a series of dawn raids this morning in the paris area, in normandy and down south as well. 17 people were picked up, all ages from 20 right up to 70. some of them are well known to police as hard

—— card and members of the criminal underworld. a clue worse left at the scene of this luxury hotel in october by the perpetrators. masked men burst in and held her at gunpoint, and took this bake booty injewels. one gunpoint, and took this bake booty in jewels. one of the gunpoint, and took this bake booty injewels. one of the men dropped dependent on the road outside, and by these bits of dna, they could match someone on their books already. police put the individual under surveillance. they've had the information for a long time clearly. they were watching this man and his gang and courtesy preparations as the gang prepared to dispose of the jewels. after a long period of surveillance, they swooped and arrested 17. one question still to

be answered is whether it was an inside job, be answered is whether it was an insidejob, one of the key be answered is whether it was an inside job, one of the key factors that on that very night, the bodyguard of kim kardashian was absent. did the gang know that fact? now it's time for the weather. a cold front is approaching and louise has the details... it is almost gone. if you want the true definition of that weather front, it will bring in cold air slowly but surely. here is the system coming in south and east and there is a scattering of showers still to come. winds will be more of a feature as we go through the night, in scotland there will be some gales and some showers. persistent and heavy rain for some time, snow across the hills. further south, some showers east and west. it should be a quiet night for many. quite chilly, three or 5 degrees. tomorrow will be windy. that is noticeable. outbreaks of showers

which become more organised through the day as they move through the spine of the country. a grey and damp affair, it stays mild. on wednesday it seems we will keep the cloud and generally speaking it will be milder down towards wales and southern england. further north it gets colder and we will see showers turning increasingly to snow, even at lower levels. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3.30pm: sinn fein's martin mcguinness is resigning as deputy first minister of northern ireland in protest at the handling of the renewable heat incentive scandal which is likely to cost the stormont government almost £500 million. theresa may outlines a vision of how government can help create a shared society and she pledges to help schools and companies in england deal with mental illness. we will try and approach to ensure schools and colleges work closer together with local nhs services to

provide dedicated children and young people's mental health services. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has condemned the strike by some london underground staff that has caused disruption for millions of commuters today. raf serviceman corrie mckeague, who has been missing for more than three months after a night out in bury st edmunds, is due to become a father, his girlfriend has said. more than 25 people are known to have died across the continent, as temperatures plummet well below freezing. now let's go over to the sports desk withjohn watson. good afternoon. england forward chris robshaw is to miss rugby union's six nations championship, after undergoing surgery on a shoulder injury. it's expected to keep him out of action for around three months, in what will be a blow to england head coach eddiejones‘ plans as he looks to mastermind a successful english defence of the trophy.

our rugby union reporter chrisjones told me earlier, robshaw‘s will be big boots to fill. robshaw has been a stalwart of the england side going back many years, but also since lose the captaincy following the rugby world cup. he has been outstanding for england as one of the troops in his new role as a blind side flanker, he played in all, but one of england's magnificent 13 straight wins in 2016, but he is now out for three months and when you look at the fact that dylan hartley is struggling for game time and james haskell, there are question marks over some other players. england's forward pack have been heavily hit by injuries with the six nations just weeks away. saracens have confirmed the signing of wales back liam williams from scarlets. williams has won 38 caps since his international debut in 2012. the move could limit his appearances for his country with the selection policy allowing only three non—wales based players to be picked. saracens director of rugby mark mccall said williams

was "arguably one of the most talented backs in europe". joe root should be available for the start of england's one—day series against india. root didn't travel with the rest of the squad on thursday, staying behind with his partner for the birth of their first child, who arrived on saturday. he's expected to fly out in two days' time with the first odi this coming sunday. eoin morgan returns to lead england in three one—dayers. he says his family were affected by the criticism he received for missing last october's tour of bangladesh over security fears. morgan and fellow batsman alex hales opted out of the tour after a siege at a cafe in dhaka injuly. when things like that have been announced you can plan how to deal with them, my way of dealing with that was to get away from things which i did. i didn't see a great deal of it. i think my family seen a

lot of it and were offended, but that's part and parcel of being in the limelight sometimes, but certainly, standing here i don't regret my decision. laura robson has been selected for the fed cup match in estonia next month. robson has been chosen for her experience even though tara moore is higher in the world rankings. it's anne keothavong's first team announcement since she took over as captain. she's selected joanna konta, heather watson and jocelyn rae to make up the team. diego maradona believes it would be a good idea to increase the number of nations playing in the world cup from 32 to 48. maradona was playing in a fifa legends match in zurich, ahead of an awards ceremony tonight. on his side was fifa president gianni infantino and the expansion is one of his boldest suggestions since he took on the role. translation: i'm delighted by

gianni's initiative because it gives chance to say teams that otherwise would start the qualifiers knowing they had no chance of getting to the world cup. it gives each country the dream and it renews the passion for football. as far as i'm concerned, it isa football. as far as i'm concerned, it is a fantastic idea. that's all sport for now. will perry will be here in around an hour's time. thanks, john, safe journey home! the prime minister theresa may has set out a new strategy to address what she called the "hidden injustice" of mental illness. there'll be a package of measures to provide more help for children and young people in schools. vicki young is in westminster.

theresa may was giving her analysis as to why she thinks the brexit vote happened last year. she thinks there are too many people who feel the institutions and the system simply doesn't work for them and she today talked about what she called a new philosophy, a shared society in which she said her government would focus on helping those who don't feel it is working for them at the moment. let's see what labour have to say about this. i'm joined by the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. soa shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. so a shared society. some of the things she is talking about are reminiscent of what ed miliband talked about when he was leader, what is your analysis of what she had to say? if only we could believe that she meant it. she has been part ofa that she meant it. she has been part of a government for the last six years which cut back on public expenditure, particularly savaged the nhs and she is doing, making the speeches about shared society at the backdrop of people literally dying

on trolleys in waiting for care in out on trolleys in waiting for care in our hospitals. so think there is a credibility gap here and even on the mental health issues, which i fully support the priority of tackling mental health, she was part of a government that cut mental health during the last parliament by 8% and when in the autumn statement, i appealed for more money for the nhs and for social care they refused to deliver. i don't want to be cynical, but i am sceptical that the words don't actually reflect the reality. she would say she has just become prime minister, that she does want to make the changes and help particularly not just the to make the changes and help particularly notjust the very poorest, but those above that threshold if you like who work hard, they maybe work full—time, but at they maybe work full—time, but at the end of the month they can't pay their bills? she just cut universal credits while she was prime minister. these are families going to work, bricking up their children

and yet she cut them and they're going to lose over £1,000 a year. the reality does not reflect what she is saying. i think it is extremely disappointing. one way she could prove, put it into practise is bring forward the money that we need for social care to help us tackle the nhs crisis. i'm hoping they do that today, but if they don't, it demonstrates it is just that today, but if they don't, it demonstrates it isjust rhetoric and not about real policy making. she said it is notjust about money. it is about government and the state being a force for good, but doing things more effectively. do you think that it is all about money? is that just the answer to think that it is all about money? is thatjust the answer to put more money into the health service, mental health and everything else? it is not all about money, but she supported an unnecessary reorganisation of the nhs, that loaded more pressure on our nhs workers and it happened in education and in every other public service as well, it is notjust about money and it is about getting the policies right, she has been in cabinet, an architect of the pressures put on out architect of the pressures put on our civil services that put our

services into crisis as the red cross said. she talked about brexit ina cross said. she talked about brexit in a question and answer session afterwards. she said people are getting it wrong if they are interpreting it as meaning we are heading for a hard brexit. what did you make of what she had to say yesterday? she is blaming you. she is blaming the media for the drop in the pound. she is saying the media are misinterpreting what she is saying. everybody is in a state of uncertain yrt and confusion because no one really knows what her objectives are. if we could get to a situation where she properly clarifies the objectives, but the route in which she wants to take to achieve the objectives, that would stabilise the markets and she wouldn't be blaming the media or anybody else. i think she caused this crisis because her own state of unpreparedness and confusion that she set a pace in the debates so far. she has been clear about immigration. she thinks the brexit vote was about people sending a clear signal that they feel that

immigration must be controlled. is that labour's view? the issue is making sure we have a regulated labour market and people are saying to us, we are concerned about immigration because of its impact upon wages and public services so we will have a regulated labour market, whatever what happens in the future, but what she is not saying is what she is going to do about the long—term benefits of access to the single market for example, for our economy. she seems to be emphasising theissue economy. she seems to be emphasising the issue of immigration and having a regulated market and access to one of our largest markets otherwise we will lose jobs and our economy will be damaged. you are a london mp. today in london, there is a tube strike, affecting millions of people. what is your message first of all for commuters struggling and for those who are on strike? i'm sorry people are in this position, but the most important thing now is to get the negotiations going again and i'm hoping people can get back around the table. it isn'tjust about the tube. we have had rail strikes and we have got ba

threatened as well. there is a common theme here and it looks as if it isa common theme here and it looks as if it is a come bin nation of pressure on wages and at the same time cutbacks in public ex—opinioned ture as well. part of that rests with government. mismanagement of the economy and at the same time, cutting back on some of the important investment that we need in our public services. there is lessons to be learnt about how angry people feel about that. john mcdonnell, thank you very much indeed. we are likely to hear more from labour particularly about brexit. vicki young, thank you. we can speak to marc bush who is chief policy adviser at young minds. you must welcome the new focus on mental health and particularly when it comes to young people? very much so. we need to give credit to the prime minister. it has been a very long time since a prime minister has sat down and given such a priority to mental health and also children's

mental health. but we are a bit worried about how this is going to play out on the ground. we know that the government has invested £1.4 billion into children's mental health which is fantastic, but half of all ccgs, clinical commissioning groups, aren't actually spending that money on children's mental health which is going to make this transformation really difficult. they are not spending the money because it is being absorbed into a general pot, is that it? well, we know there is loads of pressures on the nhs at the moment and if we're going to fulfil the 58 bishtion that the prime minister was was talking about upskilling schools and gps and mental health services to really look after children and young people in the community, we need to make sure the money hits the front line so we have got the right expertise, the right staff, in place, to support people's well—being. the right staff, in place, to support people's well— beingm the right staff, in place, to support people's well-being. it is interesting, isn't it, it feels as if people are more willing and open to talk about mental health issues than they used to be in the past and yet, when it comes to funding,

mental health conditions receive much less funding than physical problems? yes, and children's mental health gets the least of all. but with the prime minister talking about mental health this could be a step change. we've never had so much attention on children's mental health and this needs to be an opportunity, not only to tackle the stigma around mental health, and reaching out for services, but also create a parity of he is seem between the rest of the nhs, the rest of schooling and children's mental health and also their well—being within schools. mental health and also their well-being within schools. so what specifically would you like to see done? we're really excited to see that the prime minister said that schools need to be an equal partner in children's mental health. in that £1.4 billion, it is about transforming all of the services that children receive and we feel that children receive and we feel that schools have been left out from that schools have been left out from that because teachers, they have got so many priorities, they need to educate children and young people and mark essays and think about exams and curriculum, but now,

hopefully we can create a parity in our schools, where teachers are empowered to take on that role for supporting children's empowered to take on that role for supporting child ren's well—being empowered to take on that role for supporting children's well—being and with the backing of government this will make sure we can prevent a mental health crisis from escalating and prevent mental illness from occurring at the outset. mark bush from young minds, many thanks. hollywood musical la la land has broken the record for the most golden globe awards, winning seven prizes. but it was a good night for british television too with top awards for the netflix production, the crown and bbc drama the night manager. british stars tom hiddleston, hugh laurie and olivia colman picked up awards for the bbc drama the night manager, and claire foy for her role in the crown. it's a terrible situation happening for children. the night manager is about arms dealing and there are far too many arms going into south sudan. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for some extraordinary women. i'm going to thank them. one of them is queen

elizabeth ii. she has been at the centre of the world for the past 63 yea rs centre of the world for the past 63 years and i think the world could do with a few more women at the centre of it if you ask me! with me now is the entertainment editor of the huffington post uk, caroline frost. there is an argument for not having any speeches at these events? this is debated when somebody like tom hiddleston starts out with good intentions and ends up stabbing himself in the foot, mentioning humanitarian aid workers. i'm not sure that went down the way he intended. nevertheless, a great night for the brits? we need to sit back and pause in some reflective glory. we had tom hiddleston, claire foy winning for the crown and olivia coleman and hugh laurie. in terms of what it does for british production,

it was already on the map, but how big a deal is this? it doesn't do any harm. over the last few years, we have had the big tvjuggernauts, the likes of bad men men and breaking bad. they have proved that no one project needs to stand alone. we have had the night manager, people said it was destined for great things. i don't think anybody predicted such great heights. great things. i don't think anybody predicted such great heightsm great things. i don't think anybody predicted such great heights. it was up predicted such great heights. it was up against oj simpson. it did well. you never know which one is going to sweep the boards. we had the scene stealing in oj simpson. just the win swept the way of the night manager and it was their night. it was tom hiddleston's theme stealing theme maybe. we won't go into it now. la la land, seven awards, unprecedented. were you surprised?

well, i think what we see here is what happens when these awards get divided up into so many categories, not only do we have tv and film, but we have this great division in the film category of drama, serious heavyweight where you might expect oscar winners to show their first winning signs, but we have this category of musical and comedy. this is why you see people like hugh grant nominated, everybody gets a crack at the whip this time around. put your crystal ball out. how will it do at the oscars? i think it will do well. all of these enormous piles of dvds come through the letterbox and all the great academy voters, there are only 93 voters in the golden globes which an extraordinary amount of influence, and so what they do, if they know something like la la land is such a good hitter already then that dvd goes to the

top of the pile. so it is all about exposure, access, being considered. hugh laurie had a go at donald trump, but not on the scale of meryl streep to the point that donald trump tweeted back to her! i'm not sure it is a great measure of how heavy hitting anybody is if they get a reaction out of donald trump, but she was an honorary. it was her night. she was the recognised heavyweight of the evening and she gaveit heavyweight of the evening and she gave it as we know in her overrated career of three decades and 19 oscar nominations and 30 golden globe nominations and 30 golden globe nominations she does know how to deliver a line and used that power to great effect last night. in terms of hollywood, of course, la la land, we go back to it, but california was so pro—hillary and anti— trump and many of them waiting for their visa applications to come

through from canada. it has knocked them, hasn't it? it has. in one sense, meryl streep was preaching to the choir last night, both in who was in the room listening to her, you have the likes of matt damon, but people watching these films, at these award ceremonies at home, they are great followers of these people and we have got the political people who stand up and want to be counted, meryl streep has come out fighting. however, it was her night. what she meant to do, is she meant to go quietly or is she meant to use her platform and power in the way that she feels is fitting and responsible? i think she chose the right path. this isjust the first of the major award ceremonies, we have more to come. caroline, we will be talking to you soon. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc news: the northern ireland deputy first

minister, martin mcguinness is resigning over the renewable heat incentive scandal. theresa may outlines her vision for a shared society and pledges to tackle the hidden injustice of mental illness. chaos in london for millions of commuters as a 24 hour tube strike causes problems across most of the transport network. hello. i'm vishala sri—pathma. in the business news: the value of the pound has fallen to a two—month low against major currencies after the prime minister theresa may said that britain could not keep bits of its membership of the european union. commentators interpreted this as meaning that mrs may would not seek to keep the uk in the eu's single market. thousands of volkswagen owners in the uk are seeking compensation from the car—maker following the emissions rigging scandal. lawyers said 10,000 owners had already expressed an interest in suing vw. vw has admitted using software

to cheat emissions tests leading to a recall of millions of cars. bmw has told the bbc that it is "absolutely" committed to a new $1 billion plant in mexico despite donald trump's hostility to imported cars. the president—elect has threatened to impose a "border" tax on firms that make cars in mexico for the us market. rolls—royce said they sold more cars in 2016 compared to the previous year. rolls—royce delivered just over 4,000 cars to customers in 2016, a 6% increase on the previous year, and its second highest sales record in its 113 year history. but it's notjust us brits that are drawn to the glamour of the rolls, the car—maker hit record sales in the us, japan and germany. well, the bbc‘s business editor simonjack spoke with the company's chief executive torsten mueller—uverse, who told him he wanted more clarity on what britain's trading relationship with the rest of europe will be after it

leaves the european union. i would love to see that the speculation what happens and what happens if it stops to a certain exte ntm e nt happens if it stops to a certain extentment we need more clarity on what happens, when? and number two, we are very much interested knowing that over 90% of our cars, we are building are exported into the whole world that we are not faced any trade barriers and that we see a free flow of goods still happening and that we can exchange goods worldwide, that we can also get talent from all over the world. 80% of our workforce is british, but 20% are truly international as well. i would like to maintain that. so that's my clear request and understanding. customs union in or out? customs union. in? it is important because what we don't want to see is that we are faced and

confronted with trade barriers. so immediately import taxes or whatever which also would lead to knowing that we are importing a lot of goods from europe and also from the rest of the world, it would also make that more difficult for us. if you felt like you broke the bank in the run up to christmas, you are not alone! consumer spending recorded its fastest growth for two years in the lead up to the festive period according to visa. its consumer spending index says we spent 3% more than in 2015. a little earlier i spoke with joanna elson form the money advice trust. she told me where people were accessing the money to make these purchases. well, we certainly are borrowing more because we saw the bank of england figures that were published last week for november and that showed that the rate of borrowing had gone up pretty significantly by an extra £1.9 billion in november. so we're at the highest borrowing levels since 2008 and whilst, of

course, many people will be able to pay those levels back, you know, they have thought about it and planned, there will be people who are struggling with that and that certainly is a matter of concern. what's the money going on? what are intending all this on? well, a range of things, of course, so we saw when we looked at the christmas figures that people were putting a proportion of that on plastic. a third of people said they paid for christmas on plastic. straight to belfast. martin mcguinness talking about his decision to resign from as deputy first minister. we had a conversation about what i'm about to speak to you about. over the last ten years, i've worked with dup leaders and reached out to unionists on the basis of equality, respect and reconciliation and over this period the actions of the british government and the dup in my opinion

have grievously undermined the institutions and have eroded public confidence. so we in sinn fein will not tolerate the argue begans of arlene foster and the dup. sinn fein wa nts arlene foster and the dup. sinn fein wants equality and respect for eve ryo ne wants equality and respect for everyone and that's what this process must be about. so today i have told arlene foster that i have tendered my resignation effective from 5pm today. soi from 5pm today. so i believe today is the right time to call a halt to the dup's arrogance. so is there any questions? reporter: we know you have been ill for sometime and you are addressing those matters. are there any circumstances that the party would see fit to renominate either you or

somebody else this side of an election or is an election now inevitable as a result of this resignation? we will not be renominating for the position of deputy first minister. my health has nothing to do with this whatsoever. i have been very deeply involved in all of the conversations in the course of recent weeks, notjust with our negotiating team, but i was here last week speaking to arlene foster. i have been doing myjob as is appropriate for me to do so. so health has got absolutely nothing to do with this whatsoever. in fact, the sinn fein office have met on this issue. we met in dublin on sunday evening and the recommendation to take this course of action was made by me and it is a

recommendation i'm very pleased that they have accepted. reporter: martin, why are you taking this decision? has it gone beyond the rh! scheme? well, i think anybody that knows the history of our relationships with the dup, particularly over the course of recent yea rs, particularly over the course of recent years, and the different issues that have really raised all sorts of questions about the dup's behaviour. things like red sky, and nama, the rh! where something in the region of £0.5 billion ran the risk of being squandered and left a process wide open to corruption. all of these things are hugely concerning for us in sinn fein and you can see by the way the debate on

rhi has continued over the course of recent times, there is a massive public outcry. there may not be a massive public private outcry within the ranks of the dup, but as i told arlene, the dup in this issue are living in a bubble. they don't seem to understand how serious the general public, the voters, of all the other parties in the assembly make of this ridiculous situation which bears full responsibility for the ministers from the dup who were effectively in charge. you also have to consider as well that one of the most preposterous situations that i envisaged in the course of recent times was the refusal of both the british government and the dup to grant the funds on request to the lord chiefjustice on outstanding

inquests. totalfailure on lord chiefjustice on outstanding inquests. total failure on dealing with the legacy issue aspect of the fresh start agreement and i have told both the dup and the british government that i believe that both of them have colluded to frustrate a way forward in relation to that. reporter: martin mcguinness, the dup would say well, look, we're trying to fix the financial problem, we're also ready to have some kind of investigation and that having a fresh election willjust use up time and then we'll return to the status quo. what's your answer to that and also, if we do as it seems likely go into a fresh election, given your health situation, will you be a candidate in that election? well, for a start, whether or not i will bea for a start, whether or not i will be a candidate, that's something that i will speak to you about at a later date. today is about my resignation. you used the term because the dup think this is will because the dup think this is will bea because the dup think this is will be a return to the status quo. there will be no return to the status quo

except on terms that are acceptable to sinn fein. the situation that we have been dealing with in the course of recent years is unacceptable. i have now called a halt to dup arrogance and if the dup think in the aftermath of an election that they're going to step back into ministerial positions, short of resolving the critical issues, some of which i have identified, during the course of this conversation, then they're living in a fool's paradise. this is bbc news, the headlines at 4pm: we've just been listening to martin mcguinness and the reasons for his decision to design as deputy first minister. the ongoing scandal involving arlene foster. let me speak to the spokesperson for the dup and westminster. is an election

now inevitable? that depends