this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. britain's nuclear deterrent — the prime minister still refuses to say whether a trident missile test went wrong. i'm regularly briefed on national security issues. i was briefed on the successful certification of hms vengance and her crew. we don't comment on the operational details for national security reasons. a focus on science and technology — as the prime minister unveils her new industrial strategy for britain after brexit. the series of failures that led to a prisoner's suicide — dean saunders's mother says she'd warned prison authorities. how do you like your toast? the food agency says one of them could be bad for your health. and britain's double olympic boxing champion — nicola adams — turns her back on the tokyo olympics by turning pro. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. labour has accused theresa may and her ministers of a cover up after she — once again — refused to confirm or deny reports that during the last test of britain's nuclear deterrent a missile had veered off course. the defence secretary sir michael fallon who faced urgent questions in the commons said he would not comment on operational details. as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports — the test occurred lastjune — just before mps voted to renew britain's independent nuclear defence capability. set condition one 50 for weapons system readiness test. aye aye, sir. pressing the nuclear button. action stations. a process that is practised and practised. the hope, it never happens for real.

butjust before the prime minister took charge, a test like this, it seems, did not go according to plan. but theresa may yesterday refused to say if she had known. prime minister, did you know? there are tests that take place all the time, regularly, for our nuclear deterrent. what we were talking about in that debate that took place. ok, it's not an answer, i'm not going to get an answer. it matters because the trial appears to have gone wrong just weeks before her new government asked mps to approve billions of pounds to keep the weapons. we are launching this strategy here... having failed to answer yesterday, today on a cabinet visit, the prime minister had to admit she did know. i'm regularly briefed on national security issues, i was briefed on this successful certification of hms vengeance and her crew. we don't comment on the operational details for national security reasons. this spectacular misfire

in the late ‘80s of an american trident missile is rare. the vast majority of tests have been successful. urgent question. and it's not clear what went wrong with this weapons trial. but labour has found a lot wrong with the government's handling of the facts. at the heart of this issue is a worrying lack of transparency, and a prime minister who has chosen to cover up a serious incident rather than coming clean with the british public. this house and more importantly the british public deserves better. the details of the demonstration and shakedown operation i am not going to discuss publicly on the floor of this house. we simply want to know, was this test successful or not? should we believe the white house official, who, while we've been sitting here debating, has confirmed to cnn that the missile did auto self—destruct off the coast of florida? once stories get out there that

a missile may have failed, isn't it better to be quite frank about it? there are always some things that government wants to keep from mps and the rest of us, but this time theresa may's hope of staying quiet seems to have backfired. this the most straightforward questions, like who knew what, can be the trickiest of all. the political arguments over whether we need nuclear weapons are controversial enough. a fight over whether they work is a battle ministers would rather not have. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. to get more on this story i'm joined from our westminster studio by the snp‘s douglas chapman, who sits on the defence select committee. is good to see you, thanks for being with us. do you believe parliament should have been told of this problem with the test firing last

year? absolutely. the timing of it was critical because it was just before parliament decided to push ahead with another phase of trident submarines. that could have affected the vote quite seriously. what we need to do is go back and have an enquiry and look at why and how the misfiring and the problems occurred with this test launch. in all honesty, do you believe if mps had the knowledge that this missile had gone awry that they would have changed their minds? that is the point of the test. tests make sure things are working properly and most of the time the tests have suggested things are working properly? this government is a government that has put huge stored into trident and into weapons of mass destruction. every other aspect of how we defend out every other aspect of how we defend our nation is being put at risk because so much of the effort has

been put into trident, and if we have a system that doesn't carry confidence and that support, then perhaps that vote might have changed significantly. it is creating a huge hole in the conventional weaponry and military profile that the uk should have and i think we need a full enquiry and should have and i think we need a fullenquiry and a should have and i think we need a full enquiry and a bit more openness from this government about what actually happened during the last summer. actually happened during the last summer. so you would have been perfectly happy for the russians and north koreans and chinese, for whoever else might potentially at some point want to do harm to this country, you would have been happy to tell them that there was a problem with this missile? what was important was that what we have got isa important was that what we have got is a government who are prepared not to give us any information at all. all that information you have been talking about is now freely available on cnn and has been

provided by the american government, so provided by the american government, so where does parliament stand? we have just had a huge debate about the powers of parliament through the eu debate and how we wanted to bring all these powers back home but what we want to do if we want a grown—up parliament is to be honest and frank with people and have that information freely available. if there are problems with a core element of the defence of the nation in parliament should know about that. so your belief is this might not be an isolated incident, is that what you're trying to suggest? or the fact that we have decided to keep this defence system and renew it, that there could be problems down the line? that is what we don't know and that is why i think we need an enquiry and perhaps another debate in parliament to go over this debate in parliament to go over this debate again, because what the prime minister said debate again, because what the prime ministersaid in her debate again, because what the prime minister said in her speech in the debate last summer, the words she

used where we need a credible weapon system, and what we have seen over the last 24 hours with speculation in newspapers and information coming from the united states is we do not know if that is a credible system we are pouring billions of pounds and two. thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — my guests tonight are the broadcaster lynn faulds woods and the ft‘s news editor peter speigel. it's donald trump's first working day as president — and in a flurry of announcements and meetings he's signalled his priorities. after talking to some of america's top business leaders he said he wanted to cut corporate taxes — but only for those companies that keep their factories in the country. those that move their manufacturing abroad would face border taxes when trying to bring goods into the us. here's our north america editorjon sopel. mark was so nice with the plant.

coming back, iwanted to sit next to him. laughter cheery bonhomie from the president as he met business leaders this morning, but don't mistake that for a relaxed demeanour, as he starts his first week in thejob. he has pledges to make good on. a company that wants to fire all its people in the united states and build some factories someplace else and then thinks that that product is thenjust going to flow across the border into the united states, that's not going to happen. they're going to have a border tax to pay, a substantial border tax. he's promising to slash regulations by 75%. the trump administration was going to be an enabler to business. if somebody wants to put up a factory, it's going to be extradited. you have to go through the process, but it will be expedited. we're going to take care of the environment and we're going to take care of safety and all the other things we have to take care of, but you're going to get such great service and there will be no country

that is faster, better, more fair, and at the same time protecting the people of the country. and there is an eye—catching promise to cut taxes. what we're doing, we're going to be cutting taxes massively for both the middle class and for companies, and that's massively. we've been talking about this for a long time. thank you. the president has also been busy signing a whole pile of executive orders. one, that the united states will have nothing to do with the pacific trade deal, but also his intention to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. a much more complex undertaking. but it's these issues that won him the election and not a bizarre row over how big the crowd was at his inauguration. we know that the new white house has

a frosty relationship so far with the press and sean spicer has told the press and sean spicer has told the press and sean spicer has told the press he intends to present them with the facts about the new administration. there are times when we believe something to be true or we believe something to be true or we act in haste because the information available wasn't complete, but our desire to communicate to the american public and make sure that you have the most complete story at the time, and so we do it. so we are going to do our best every time we can. i am going to come out and tell you the facts asi to come out and tell you the facts as i know them and if we make a mistake i will do my best to collect it, but i think as i mentioned the other day, it is a two—way stream. there are many mistakes the media makes all the time. they misreport don't report something get a fact wrong. i don't think you turn around and say you were intentionally lying. we all do our best with a degree of integrity in our

respective industries. sean spicer at the white house. our correspondent is in washington. we will talk about the relationship between the media and the new white house any moment. let's talk about what sean spicer was seeing about trade and donald trump doubling down on this idea that american companies will be penalised if they offshore jobs, basically. absolutely and donald trump at this point has put his money where his mouth is as far as trade rhetoric from the campaign trail, talking about punishing us companies in front of us corporate heads. also today he signed an executive memorandum formally seeing the us would no longer been involved in negotiations about the pacific partnership which kills that deal from an american perspective, and wanting to get in touch with the leaders of canada and mexico to renegotiate nafta. this is a

departure on trade compared to past administrations, both republican and democrat. if we thought there might be some wiggle room, it is clear at this point that we're going to see a new trade policy coming out of the us. making it clear he is not interested in multilateral deals, he has signed tra nspacific interested in multilateral deals, he has signed transpacific partnership and the order suggesting america will pull out of that, he's going to nafta is nafta. is interested renegotiate nefte and is interested i bilateral renegotiate nafta and is interested i bilateral deals. onto the in bilateral deals. onto the relationship with the media, one would have traditionally thought that to get all this stuff out, this flurry of activity, he would need the media to get that message across, but it seems certainly through his use of twitter and the suggestion that he's going to have these skype seats for reporters, so they can dial into the press conferences that are given at the white house, that is, he is trying to broaden the kinds of reporters

reporting on the activities of the white house, that he is willing to go over the heads of the traditional media and that is part of the problem that seems to be developing in the relationship between the white house and the likes of traditional television and the press. and it is a problem that dates back to the presidential campaign. iwas dates back to the presidential campaign. i was that what was supposed to be a press conference he was holding in washington where he would explain away his past support for questioning barack obama's birth certificate and he basically blamed hillary clinton and left without taking questions. from that point there has been an adversarial relationship between the us press and media and donald trump and that has not changed. looking at past administrations, traditionally new presidents try to curry favour with the media. i remember barack obama in 2009 had a dinner party with conservative commentators as a way of showing he was listening to them

and wanted to take their concerns seriously. we're not seeing that with donald trump, we are seeing him come out with guns blazing condemning the media for their cove rage , condemning the media for their coverage, and we heard the sean spicer during the press conference saying they were being overly negative and not talking about any of the goodly have done. it is a different strategy and we will see, i think it will play well to donald trump's base but may not do a good job of getting the media on their side. a different strategy with the neighbour to the south, mexico. we have all the talk about building a wall and getting the mexicans to pay for it and that it is only mexican drug lords across the country and so on. he is going to double down on illegal immigration. i was talking toa illegal immigration. i was talking to a mexican senator from mexico city old today. he was giving his response to the suggestion that

donald trump is going to get tough with the mexicans and this is what he had to say. we won't keep a scent, a dollar, ford building that wall. if the us government wants us go back to charge us for it they can charge us through these is and other things but no public money will be used. we already have a bill from that and have heard that position andi that and have heard that position and i think that is the main thing to say about the wall, no public mexican money will go to pay that wall and we must start calling the wall and we must start calling the wall by its real name. a hostile act, an unfriendly act, and of course there will be consequences in terms of collaboration from our side. we have been helping the united states with regards to anti—terrorism intelligence and of

course things will change it donald trump insists and continues to say he will build a wall. so the message from that senator and the mexican president is that they are not going to ta ke president is that they are not going to take any policy from donald trump thatis to take any policy from donald trump that is detrimental to the mexican economy likely and they are willing to let raw, potentially, corporation on anti—terrorism, on cross—border drug trafficking, they are talking aboutjob drug trafficking, they are talking about job investment and drug trafficking, they are talking aboutjob investment and so on in places like arizona and texas. there could be real consequences. have the trump administration thought of this? i am not sure. donald trump when he proposed this wall at the beginning of his campaign and made ita beginning of his campaign and made it a central focus, i am not necessarily convinced he thought about what actions mexico might take. ithink about what actions mexico might take. i think he views the united states is having the upper hand in

any kind of negotiation with mexico, that they need us more than we need them, but you notice recently in discussions of the wall, the trump administration say we are not going to get mexico to pay for it right off the bat, we will fund it with us dollars, congress will appropriate money, and then we will build a town that that point it them to pay for it. maybe there has been some acknowledgement at this point that it might be hard to get mexico to contribute financially for the wall, and it would be a difficult negotiation and they might have some ways of influencing us policy as well. interesting. thank you. no time for the full round—up of the sport. bernie ecclestone has

confirmed he is no longer running formula i, ending 40 years in charge of the sport. speaking to a german magazine he confirmed he had been asked to step down. the news is expected to be confirmed tomorrow in an entered by the sport's new orders, liberty media. nicola adams has announced her decision to turn professional. the double olympic gold medallist will make her pro debut in april. adams, who successfully defended her flyweight title in rio last summer, now has her sights set on becoming a world champion. katie gornall reports. nicola adams, the first woman to win two olympic titles in the boxing ring. as britain's most successful and recognisable olympic boxer she is used to breaking new ground, but now she is seeking a fresh challenge. after winning the gold in 2012i decided i wanted to continue my career as an amateurjust because

i wanted to leave the amateur game as world champion as well as a double olympic champion so i decided to stay to fulfil my goal and they left ra n ked to stay to fulfil my goal and they left ranked number one as well. as an amateur, adams had nothing else to prove. last year in rio she became the first british boxer to successfully defend the other big title in nearly 100 years. she's also the reigning world european and commonwealth champion. every major fight ending with that famous smile. her announcement means giving up the chance to represent team gb and today gb boxing released a statement praising her huge contribution to the olympic programme and the sport of boxing, adding her place in history is secured. she follows another high—profile olympic champion katie taylor into the

professional game. she recently featured on the undercard of anthony joshua's title fight. the biggest challenge could be finding suitable opponents in the future. arsene wenger has been charged by the fa with misconduct. it follows arsenal's win over burnley yesterday when wenger pushed fourth official anthony taylor — after being sent off. the frenchman is alleged to have used abusive or insulting behaviour. wenger was reacting angrily as burnley were awarded a penalty in added time. he apologised for his actions after the game and has until 6pm on thursday to respond. hull city midfielder ryan mason is conscious and able to talk, following surgery for a fractured skull. mason was injured in a clash of heads with chelsea defender gary cahill, during yesterday's fixture between the sides. hull said in a club statement that mason would continue to be monitored in hospital "over the coming days". britain'sjohanna konta has continued her dominant form in the australian open, setting up a quarter—final with six—time champion serena williams. the world number nine beat russia's ekaterina makarova 6—1, 6—4, and hasn't dropped a set in entire tournament. konta is the last remaining briton in the singles draw,

and says she's relishing the challenge of playing 22—time grand slam champion. it will be my first time on court against and it will be my first time on court againstandi it will be my first time on court against and i am looking forward to competing against her. she is one of, if not the best player to have in the game, so to play against someone like that who you also grew up someone like that who you also grew up watching, it is another great opportunity for me to take a load of experience from. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you. that's the focus for the government after they unveiled plans for a new industrial strategy. it's part of a blueprint for the economy once britain leaves the eu. outlining the plans theresa may said it would mean a more active role for the government. critics say it doesn't

go far enough. our business editor simon jack has more. growing an economy for the 21st—century. this biotech firm is trying to increase crop yields, reduce fertiliser use and provide high—paying jobs. most conservative governments have preferred a hands—off approach to business. not this government. what this is about is creating the right conditions for the future economy for the uk. as we leave the european union i'm ambitious for the opportunities available to us, building a truly global britain. but we need to ensure that our economy is working for everyone, working in every part of the country. the government's ten point plan includes investment in research and development in high—growth sectors. £170 million for technical colleges to improve skills. and infrastructure investment targeted to fit regional needs. i think it's absolutely essential and it's been too long in coming. and it's all about coordination, and directed and focused input to meet the needs of the economy of this country. and why wouldn't we be doing it if it's going to bring us the skills

we need in a coordinated way, with the key industry sectors that have the most potential for growth based on our scientific ability? the government wants businesses of the future, like biotechnology or life science, to grow. but with limited amounts of new money available, the fear is that while some sectors will be cultivated, others may wither, leaving behind the workers in those industries. i don't think we can afford to leave any sector behind in an industrial strategy, particularly given so many millions of workers are employed in areas like retail, food, care, where wages are often too low and investment too scarce. so it has to be a holistic industrial policy for the whole country. archive voiceover after the government stepped in... previous attempts to get involved in industrial strategy

have met with abject failure. millions were afforded to british leyland for example, to no avail. the strategy that somewhat ironically became known as picking winners. modern industry leaders say this is different. picking winners is much more about picking the company or the final product. what i think you are seeing here is much earlier in the cascade of economic growth. this is all about building skills, building capabilities, building based technologies. these are just proposals at this stage but ones the governments hopes will inject new life to a post brexit economy. simonjack, bbc news, nottingham. let's cross to westminster — and speak to the shadow minister for industrial strategy chi onwurah. thanks for being with us. more of an investment in skills and

infrastructure to boost productivity, what is not to like. obviously it is really good to see that the government has put aside the seven wasted years where industrial strategy wasn't a word that was allowed in either the treasury or the department, so we welcome that, but what we need to see is whether there is actually real change whether it is just lip service. we look at what is actually in there, there is not really a vision for the kind of economy we wa nt to vision for the kind of economy we want to be, so all the objectives the layout could be met if as a country we were all on minimum wage and fever were contracts, because nothing about the kind of economy we want. it talks about his competitive economy but do we compete on zero contracts and as a tax haven or on high skills and high wages economy? there's a lack of vision and when

you get to some of the details, we really welcome emphasis on skills, especially in terms of overcoming the productivity gap, skills matters, but nothing about adult education, and you set that against 1 billion in cuts to adult education, and how are we going to meet the demands of the online economy and automation without reskilling workers as they work? there's good stuff in here but it lacks vision and detail and also lacks vision and detail and also lacks investment. so finding the money is important, no question, but what is labour's industrial strategy? i am glad you asked. by the way, part of the reason the industrial strategy has a better the dirty connotation is because of the labour government in the 1970s?” think it is because of some of the m ista kes think it is because of some of the mistakes that have been made, and we

are very mistakes that have been made, and we are very clear, mistakes that have been made, and we are very clear, we mistakes that have been made, and we are very clear, we launched an industrial strategy two weeks ago and are playing catch up. we are looking at making the economy that we want. it's not about picking particular winners, and not about picking particular sectors and that is another issue. it is very much based on a sector approach, but mack is it really, they are talking about infrastructure and skills in general. they are not talking sector specific? they are talking about sector agreements by sector. with infrastructure, we lose the investment? we have some of the worst provision in europe. we are they talk specifics, it tends to be ona they talk specifics, it tends to be on a sector basis which is why they have these reviews, but what about the value between different sectors and in particular the sectors of the future we don't know about, so what we are doing in our industrial

strategy, and i hope people will contribute, we are talking about a mission —based approach which looks at some of the biggest challenges we have like climate change and brexit, like automation, like the ageing population, and says, how can you mobilise the public and private sectors to address them? with the government industrial strategy, as well as trying to get a vision for it, they also need to demonstrate they really believe the public sector can make a difference, because so far, even though they talk about it they are not investing in the public sector. we have seen the cuts and the lack of public confidence, this so that there's good stuff but it needs a vision and it needs an overarching mission. pa rt it needs an overarching mission. part of the fundamental problem with the british worker is that it takes as five days to achieve the same productivity as a french person or german or american person does in four days. productivity is a crucial

pa rt four days. productivity is a crucial part of why the government feels it has to make an effort with this initiative. what would you do and what would labour do to increase productivity, specifically? that is absolutely right, and productivity is increasing people's living standards by people being more productive. there are two things, skills... productive. there are two things, skills. .. url productive. there are two things, skills... url alignment with them. we are talking about skills people under 24. they are going to technical colleges which for younger people, they haven't said anything about... they are going to invest in technical colleges but they haven't said anything about how they are going to fund the teachers for it, thatis going to fund the teachers for it, that is capital investment, so they have lost 1 million that is capital investment, so they have lost1 million adult learners, cut £1 billion from it, so they need the skills going forward throughout people's lifetimes because you don't

get onejob for life people's lifetimes because you don't get one job for life any more, but you also need to invest in automation and infrastructure and that investment is not there and you need to encourage businesses to invest in new types of manufacturing, and green is not mentioned once in that paper apart from the term green paper. diversity is not mentioned so we need productivity from women, getting more of the workforce into different areas. so in terms of what isn't covered, really, it isjust too much and we need more diversity and also childcare should be part of the infrastructure so that women and other carers can work more and that is not mentioned. a lot of gaps, thank you. labour's shadow minister for industry. thank you forjoining us. time for a look at the weather with john hammond. another day of huge contrasts, some

places dull and miserable, others sadly, for some, for the all—day, the fog more extensive into evening, some freezing fog and problems with travel, go online for the latest. early fog and an area of cloud drifting across before more folk images across the west country, parts of wales, the midlands and seven counties. much milder with patchy rain here, the contrast in temperatures north—west to south—east. in some southern and eastern areas some spots could get very cold indeed, minus six degrees, freezing fog first thing will take some shifting and for some areas it won't shift and temperatures will stay close to freezing. much of england and wales will enjoy brightness, mired here, double figures in some places, chile further south and east particularly where that frog is around. hello.

the headlines atjust after 8.30. theresa may has reaffirmed her ‘absolute faith‘ in the trident nuclear deterrent, and has refused to confirm or deny reports that an unarmed missile veered off course during a test last year. i'm regularly briefed on national security issues. i was briefed on the successful certification of hms vengance and her crew. we don't comment on the operational details for national security reasons. president trump has signed an executive order formally withdrawing america from the trans—pacific partnership trade deal, which involves dozens of countries. an independent report into the death of dean saunders, a mentally—ill man who took his own life at chelmsford prison last year, has found staff failed to do enough to protect him. michele o'neil is to take over from

martin mcguinness as the sinn fein party leader in northern ireland, she is currently health minister. mr mcguinness is standing down due to ill—health. this comes weeks before simply elections in mid—march. for me to be selected to lead our party in the north is the biggest honour and privilege of my life. i feel enormous responsibility on my shoulders, and while i do not underestimate my task, given the changing political world locally and nationally and internationally, i will not let you down. the new leader of sinn fein. let's speak to the editor of the irish times who joins us from belfast, you are from the irish news, i should say. paints a pen portrait of michelle o'neill. she's very much a member of the good

friday generation, became involved in politics in the late 1990s as devolution came into place commission became a party worker, a counsellor, a member of the assembly and in 2007 ministerfor counsellor, a member of the assembly and in 2007 minister for agriculture and in 2007 minister for agriculture and then was promoted to be minister for health. she has risen very steadily through the ranks and is seen as a safe pair of hands. some would say she's avoided contention along the way. that's not likely to be the case much longer as we head into what has been called one of the most brutal election campaigns we could face. she will be tested. she has not been in the front line until now but she is young, has ability, she's a woman and that will change things to a certain extent in this part of the world. she's marching into a difficult environment. she does not have the personal ira background of martin mcguinness, drawback or bonus? sinn fein asa mcguinness, drawback or bonus? sinn fein as a party are trying to move on. it's clear that gerry adams is

likely to be replaced in dublin by mary macdonald, who is a woman in her 40s with a stronger presence in the party than michelle o'neill. it's clear that the party is trying to present a new image as events move on. michelle o'neill does not have an ir a background or her family has strong republican collections tulisa co ntostavlos connections and she's from a staunchly nationalist area in county tyrone so that will give her some respect. she is on an upward curve, two weeks ago people didn't expect her to get thisjob. two weeks ago people didn't expect her to get this job. it was believed it would go to one of her male counterparts. she now has the opportunity, the big question is, if she is to succeed martin mcguinness as sinn fein leader, wiltshire succeed him as deputy first minister? there's a strong likelihood that her institutions will be suspended and will be a period of intense negotiations and we will certainly find out what she is made of. is there a sense that

the nationalists have not really been able to refresh their leadership over the last few years, while the unionists perhaps half and they've been more adept at dealing with the changing face of northern irish politics. certainly arlene foster ca me irish politics. certainly arlene foster came in with a strong reputation as a younger, capable leader in her 40s of the d u p. yet that reputation has been called into question in recent weeks when she has been under enormous pressure and the intervention by her colleague ian paisleyjunior, a name to conjure with, said that not everyone in the party was the way with things that had been handled —— not eve ryo ne that had been handled —— not everyone was happy with that. he contrasted the way things had been going with the time when his late father was in charge in a celebrated partnership with martin mcguinness. so not everyone has been entirely happy with arlene foster. michelle o'neill comes in with a clean slate.

she'll be going head to head with arlene foster in the election on march the 2nd which nobody expected until recently but it does throw her in at the deep end. there's a bit of momentum behind her, a sense that many nationalists have been disenchanted with the stormont structures. voting figures have been dropping. people have been apathetic toa dropping. people have been apathetic to a degree. she will need to address that if she's going to make an impact, she has the opportunity to do that in five weeks' time. is there a sense that she is capable of doing that potentially? she spoke of martin mcguinness being an icon of nationalist politics and how much she has learned from him, do you see him behind the scenes, offering counsel and guidance? him behind the scenes, offering counsel and guidance ?|j him behind the scenes, offering counsel and guidance? i think you can take it that both martin mcguinness and gerry adams will be not just mcguinness and gerry adams will be notjust behind mcguinness and gerry adams will be not just behind the mcguinness and gerry adams will be notjust behind the scenes, but at her shoulder. there was no election for this post. she was nominated and

ratified by the ruling executive of the party, no hint of other candidates, no suggestion that it had to go to a vote. there is clearly a strong endorsement there. whether it was the best way to approach it from a democratic point of view is open to question but she clearly has the support of the ageing senior figures of the party and she's been given the chance to move events on. it could well be during a period of suspension when negotiations will ta ke suspension when negotiations will take place so that does cover the opportunity. yet there could also be frustration because she may not have the chance to hold office. she may not have the authority and power to have positions that other people in her place have had. it will be a fascinating time in politics here. i think most people hope we see progress in the coming weeks but the mood music at stormont has been poor and there's a danger that our

institutions will be suspended for a number of months and possibly than that. on that bleak note we will leave it. thank you forjoining us. an investigation into the death of prisoner dean saunders has found a catalogue of failures contributed to his suicide. the prison ombudsman said he should have been in a hospital, not prison, and staff ignored significant risks when they reduced checks on him. dean saunders killed himself at chelmsford prison in essex a year ago. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has more. dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness but in december 2015 the young dad suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. the hand with the knife was free, and this time he come down to actually put it in his... to put it in his heart. mark, dean's father, put his life on the line. on the kitchen floor he struggled to get the knife from his son. he was stabbed several times.

at one point he held the knife in his own stomach. at that time i thought i can't let him have the knife. and i put my hand over the top of his so he could not pull it out. as he pulled it out, i held it in, i could not let him have that knife. dean was charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody at chelmsford prison, initially on constant watch. but then three staff, none of whom were medically trained, none of whom had read his notes, reduced his observations to every half hour. his family pleaded with the prison not to do it, but were ignored. i said, "i'm telling you now, if you don't put my son back on constant watch then he will kill himself." "you won't be able to say you didn't know, you hadn't been told, weren't aware, because you know." "and if he kills himself it will be your fault." tragically, donna was right.

dean killed himself last january. today's report found numerous problems in his care, including a failure to properly appreciate his risk of suicide. dean saunders was one of a record number of prisoners in england and wales who killed themselves in 2016. there is a proliferation of official reports, reviews, inquest findings that all point to the crisis in our prisons, in particular the way in which people with mental ill—health are treated. ministers say they are investing millions to make prisons safer, but for dean's family it's all too late. i can't handle knowing that he died on his own, away from family that was so important to him, and they done nothing at all. nothing. michael buchanan, bbc news, essex. in his first few days in power

president trump has undertaken a number of actions. he formally withdrew the us from the transpacific partnership. withdrew the us from the tra nspacific partnership. here's withdrew the us from the transpacific partnership. here's a closer look at what the new president did today. a company that wants to fire all of its people in the united states and built some factory someplace else and then thinks that product is just going to flow across—the—board into the united states, that's not going to happen. joining me now to discuss

the possible impact of that move is soumaya keynes, from the economist magazine, and via webcam from washington is rob scott, from the think tank economic policy institute... does it sound very republican for a republican president to be threatening companies and telling them where they should put their businesses? i don't think so but trump isa businesses? i don't think so but trump is a different kind of republican. he's campaigned more as a populist, appealing for votes from a populist, appealing for votes from a broad spectrum of voters, many of them from the white working class segment of the electorate. he is

also a businessman. and if it makes economic sense for a company to have its workers in mexico or i don't know, chile or someone else rather than in the united states, why should a country like america that believes in free markets the intervening? i think there's a great difference between the national interests of the usa as a location forjobs and orders in the best interests of the corporations that we home to. at least in his political campaign he has recognised that distinction. we can change the incentives and make it more attractive for companies both foreign and domestic to build their factories here. the bottom line is, agreements like nafta saw hundreds

of thousands of jobs agreements like nafta saw hundreds of thousands ofjobs disappear to china and mexico. president sham is trying to do something about it. makes perfect sense? —— president trump. the reason that trade is happening with these other countries is that cheap labour is available in these other places which makes economic sense and it gives american consumers cheaper things, entry into wto reduced prices for american consumers, this is not to say that there have not been concentrated costs of those policies where, where jobs were displaced, some people lost theirjobs and the american social security system just wasn't good at helping the people who lost their jobs. good at helping the people who lost theirjobs. but there is a question of whether that is a failure of the social security system or whether it was the wrong thing to do in the first place. so you believe that the measures that he is putting forward to penalise businesses that do take

jobs away, talking about increased border taxes to sell those goods back into the usa, in your opinion that makes no sense? there are several questions. the first is whether the jobs will come back, thatis whether the jobs will come back, that is really uncertain, it could be that robots come back and not jobs. the second, what will this do more generally to prices. if you think about a tariff on firms that equates to attacks. there is a question of what the effect of that tax will be on american workers. there is a third point, in which she seems to be thinking about trade deals in a transactional company by company way. but becomes practically impossible, you can't have negotiations like that with america. it is highly unlikely that this will

scale up. back to you, rob, the president and the white house are missing the point, aren't they, these jobs won't come back and isn't it all about automation? we can bring jobs back. the reality is that over the last two decades, most of thejobs over the last two decades, most of the jobs that have been lost, are due to the growth of deficits. if we had maintained a stable trade balance or even overall trade balance or even overall trade balance it would have kept many more jobs here in the usa. by the same token, if the trade balance is improved it will increase demand, and made products, and that will be both in manufacturing and services. there is the danger, is there not,

that if you are having american workers produce these goods, the goods will be more expensive and if you tried to slap punitive border taxes on companies bringing stuff in those goods will be more expensive as well. there will be price effects of the relatively small, typically the so—called pass through, a relatively small amount. imports overrule make up only about 15—20% of domestic consumption. what we have not touched on yet is the effect not just have not touched on yet is the effect notjust on wages and manufacturing workers but people with similar skills, two thirds of the labour force in with similar skills, two thirds of the labourforce in the usa is essentially. if the demand for manufacturing workers goes up, that will be good for the economy.

interesting point, isn't it?|j will be good for the economy. interesting point, isn't it? ithink it is important to be clear about the kinds of skills that these jobs are associated with. arguably the jobs that went abroad were the jobs that were commoditised. the jobs that were commoditised. the jobs that cheap workers in china and mexico could do. they didn't require a high level of skill. the concern is that when the jobs come back, to save on costs, what companies will do is require higher skilled technicians to manage the machines of having these very low—wage employees. donald trump is facing this trade—off. you also need to think about the industry. suppose he wants to drink lots of clothing production back to america. does he really wa nt production back to america. does he really want that —— bring it back. are those the good jobs that he wants to create ? are those the good jobs that he wants to create? the evidence is, looking globally, it seems that the good jobs are the ones that america

is good at producing, there are services around manufacturing. got you. an interesting discussion. thank you for us. thank you. let's move on. government scientists are warning that overcooked potatoes, toast and crisps could increase the risk of developing cancer. the food standards agency says a potentially harmful compound called acrylamide is produced when starchy foods are roasted, fried or grilled for too long at high temperatures. however, cancer research charities have questioned the evidence. our health correspondent dominic hughes has the details. classic comfort foods, a nice slice of toast or a potato, but do they really cause cancer? the answer lies with one substance that they contain. it's a probable carcinogen. a campaign by the food standards

agency building on years of research say studies suggest that this chemical is linked to cancer. while the fsa says the risk to humans is ha rd to the fsa says the risk to humans is hard tojudge it makes us think about how much we are exposed to. to be precautionary there would be a good reason for them to reduce the amount of acrylamide they are exposed to. what is the danger posed by acrylamide and how does it compare to other factors known to cause cancers? 4% of cancers in the uk are thought to be linked to drinking too much alcohol, 5% associated with being overweight or obese and an estimated 19% of all cancers are caused by exposure to tobacco smoke. but when it comes to acrylamide, the chemical produced in burnt toast, there is no proven link to cancer in humans. which leads some experts to suggest there is no danger to public health. some experts to suggest there is no danger to public healthlj some experts to suggest there is no danger to public health. i think there is a risk that advice like

this but cannot put a number on the harms of the benefits of changing behaviour could damage people's trust in that public health advice because it is important, what we eat. obesity is linked to 18,000 cancers per year in this country. and it would be a shame if people became sceptical about scientific advice about diet. prudent precaution or overreaction? the advice if you want to take it is to be in the burnt toast. the double olympic boxing champion, nicola adams, has announced she's turning professional. she's signed a deal with the promoter, frank warren, and will make her professional debut in april. at 34, the boxer says she's achieved everything she ever wanted to achieve as an amateur and that now is the right time for a new challenge. after winning the gold in 2012, i decided i wanted to stay amateur and continue my career as an amateur, because i wanted to leave the amateur game a world champion as well as a double olympic champion, so i decided to stay to fulfil my goals.

i wanted to be a double olympic champion, world champion and leave ranked number one as well. i'm excited about having my own team, knowing we are all working to achieve the same goal, which is to make mea achieve the same goal, which is to make me a world champion, and take women's boxing to the next level.m anyone can do it, she can. with me is terry edwards mbe, who was the head coach for gb boxing. the amateur game will miss her. there will be a big hole in boxing, in women's boxing. are there other kinds of tournaments, the kind of money, the kind of environment that

could see her flourish? money, the kind of environment that could see herflourish? it's money, the kind of environment that could see her flourish? it's still a nascent game. especially for women. you're right but it's getting bigger. and with the young irish lady turning professional, katie tailor, i think it's in its infancy at the moment but it will grow. when you were in boxing women's boxing wasn't getting any funding. the london olympics were the first games when women could compete in boxing in the olympics. when i was in charge of gb boxing it wasn't funded by uk sport. the irony that she is joining frank warren, he had no time for women's boxing and was scathing about it in the past. if he is on board he must think there is something half decent here. i'm sure

frank warren is a clever man and will guide her to the very top. i have to say, when i heard that nicola had turned professional, i was surprised that she went with frank. i thought that eddie hearns might have signed her, like katie tailor. maybe he gave her a better monetary deal. maybe the promise of frank to get her right to the top in a short period of time, nicola is now 34, 35 this year, so maybe time is short for her. so maybe he's got to fast—track her. is short for her. so maybe he's got to fast-track her. is it fair to say that nicola adams has put women's boxing, certainly in this country, on the map, and has made it the kind of sport that crowds will come to,

to see a professional?” of sport that crowds will come to, to see a professional? i think she will. not only is she big in this country, but because of results in major championships, she has won every major championship, she's won twice at the olympics, she's a celebrity in women's boxing and all the world. and recently with katie tailor boxing, i saw her at the venue tailor boxing, i saw her at the venue where she was boxing, it was sold out. so the crowds are there. yes. i think they are. i think katie was also on the bill with men boxing, which helps, of course. i am sure that if frank puts her on the bill with up and coming young men stars... have any women headlined at caesars palace or the big venues in vegas? a couple of years back we had a british boxer, who was a

professional way back in the day, whether she boxed in las vegas i am not sure. that is the mecca in boxing. it's good to see you. thank you forjoining us. time for a look at the weather. cold and getting colder, another wintry night, some folk all day, it is becoming more of an issue into the night and a disruption tomorrow, check out local radio for the latest updates. the fog will grow through the night, it could be quite nasty up the night, it could be quite nasty up through parts of east wales, midlands, southern counties and some northern counties, scotland will be milder with patchy rain. although the numbers suggested you are —1, as we have seen in recent nights, locally will get much than that. wintry starts, that fog will be an

issue and it will take some shifting, the airports could be affected once more. most of england and wales will enjoy sunshine by afternoon. northern ireland and scotla nd afternoon. northern ireland and scotland breezy, you, quite mild, colder further south and east particularly where that fog sticks around. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. it has been a busy first day for donald trump. he's signed an executive order to withdraw the us from a major international trade deal between 12 pacific rim countries — including china. and he's also had a message for business leaders. the regulations are going to be cut massively and the taxes are going to be cut way down so you're gonna have now incentive, incentive to build. mr trump's sean spicer has made his second appearance — his first at the weekend contained a a number of false statements — inevitably he was asked about them. i'm going to tell you the facts as i

know them and if we make a mistake we will do our best to correct that.