this is bbc news at two o'clock. i'm ben brown at westminster where the great brexit debate continues. mps vote tonight on legislation which would give the government the go—ahead to trigger article 50. the other headlines this afternoon. president trump chooses the conservative judge president trump chooses the conservativejudge neil president trump chooses the conservative judge neil gorsuch for the vacant position on the us supreme court. democrats say they will oppose him. three generations murdered in a terror attack on a tunisian beach. an inquest hears from the teenager who survived, but lost his brother, uncle and grandfather. train operators admit fares can be baffling, as they promise to cut red tape and reduce ticket prices. and safety net, or killer? australian campaigners want these nets banned, as they kill dolphins and turtles. and the football world says farewell to the former england, watford and aston villa manager, graham taylor. good afternoon from westminster

where mps are debating for a second day a bill which would allow the prime minister to formally start the process of leaving the eu. the government is expected to win a vote on the legislation when it is held tonight, despite opposition from some labour rebels. they are going against the three line whip of their leader, jeremy corbyn. opposition also from the liberal democrats and the snp. we can listen now to nigel dodds. we

we re we can listen now to nigel dodds. we were told we would have to change oui’ currency were told we would have to change our currency at the border but there is at different currency. however, the economy has gone on and done extremely well. none of the dire predictions of those who predicted terrible consequences came to pass andi terrible consequences came to pass and i am confident that in relation to this issue as well, that we will see a better future for the united kingdom and for northern ireland. i welcome very much the prime minister's commitment to maintaining the common travel area. they reject the common travel area. they reject the idea of a special status for northern ireland. i'm glad the taoiseach also rejected because it is called for separating northern ireland for the rest of the united kingdom. this is indeed a historic moment in our nation's history. this is the moment we begin to take back control of our laws, our borders and out control of our laws, our borders and our money. we become a sovereign nation and come out of our own

destiny and i am absolutely delighted about that. for i was born, i was brought up in post—war germany. icampaign born, i was brought up in post—war germany. i campaign to read in the 1975 referendum and along with 43 others, i voted against the single european act in 1986. sol others, i voted against the single european act in 1986. so i have forum alongside the honourable memberfor forum alongside the honourable member for bolsover, the right honourable member for islington north, i honourable member for islington north, lam honourable member for islington north, i am the last remaining memberof north, i am the last remaining member of that north, i am the last remaining memberof that band. north, i am the last remaining member of that band. although margaret thatcher pushed for that bill, i have no doubt that if she we re bill, i have no doubt that if she were a wisher today, a response to this bill would be rejoice. i pay tribute to all those who have campaigned over the years for this outcome on all sides and i do salute all sold david cameron for honouring the commitment he gave the british people that he would give them a referendum on the membership of the eu. many said he would renege on that. he kept his word. and that referendum, mr speaker, was not advisory, it was an instruction to

withdraw from the european union. this bill simply authorises the giving of a notice to leave without which negotiations cannot begin. it is touching to hear the new—found respect for parliamentary democracy from the opponents of this bill. they are the same people who for four decades have been complicit in the relentless campaign to transfer power from this parliament to brussels. does my honourable friend not agree, having asked the people to give us their voice, we now need to give us their voice, we now need to respect that boys and get on with it. absolutely and i think there is an overwhelming view not only in this house but across the country for that proposition. a number of speeches during this debate, principally yesterday, have sought to rerun the referendum arguments but it is no good complaining that people did not know what they were voting for. the government spends £9 million of our money on a brochure riddled with inaccuracies and mounted an extraordinary and

counter—productive mounted an extraordinary and counter— productive project fear campaign warning of disaster, dire consequences if we voted to leave, none of which have come to pass. my right honourable friend who sits in front of me, the former chancellor, predicted immediate economic shock across the country and a diy recession. none of which has happened. instead, the economy has grown by 0.6% in the third quarter compared with 0.3% in the first quarter before the referendum. major companies like google, nordisk and nissan have all announced it significant investment in the united kingdom. sullivan argues that the public was not told that a leave vote would require us to leave the single market but recovering control of our borders and restoring to this parliament responsibility for the laws of these islands, ie a return of sovereignty, was at the heart of the debate. membership of the single market is completely incompatible with those objectives. as my honourable friend for boston and

skegness said yesterday, the people knew what they were voting for and it is patronising to suggest otherwise. some suggest that the validity of a referendum in which over 33 million people voted is in doubt he has no such question troubled them in 1997 when tony blair secured a majority of 179 with just 13.5 million votes and by contrast 17.4 million voted to leave the european union. we are leaving and there will be no second referendum. mr speaker, we undoubtedly face challenges ahead but don't let's get ourselves, there would have been major challenges if the united kingdom had voted to remain. and there are a 70 billion reasons why our eu partners will wa nt reasons why our eu partners will want to reach a mutually beneficial trade deal with us because they have a £70 billion trade surplus with us andl a £70 billion trade surplus with us and i hope that those countries who in large part all their liberation from the soviet yoke to the

conservative government of margaret thatcher... laughter will respect our decision and help us will respect our decision and help us build a new relationship and i hope that will reply to those who we help rebuild after the second world war. and freed from the eu customs union, we will be able to embrace the world, negotiate trade deals with our commonwealth friends, encouraging fair trade deals and the tiger economies of the world. however, it will be hard graft. the us maybe our closest ally, but commercially they will be noble sober. another note of caution, the eu's sober. another note of caution, the eu's determination to create an eu defence identity shows no sign of relenting and that is a threat to nato and risks alienating natal's principal paymaster, the united states of america. i shall be supporting this built a night. states of america. i shall be supporting this built a nightlj have been a member of this house for almost seven years and rarely have i spoken on a bill of such great

importance, not just to spoken on a bill of such great importance, notjust to the country in scotland but to my own constituents and it is a great pleasure to follow the right honourable gentleman from aldershot and while we fundamentally disagree about our reviews of the european union, it is right that we are able in this house to express those views of the half of our constituents and the country. if that is what taking back control... we will pull away from that debate for now. that is the ministerfor from that debate for now. that is the minister for edinburgh from that debate for now. that is the ministerfor edinburgh on his feet at the moment, edinburgh south. the debate on the european union notification of withdrawal bill as it is officially entitled continues this afternoon. the vote is this evening. it is expected to be one pretty comfortably by the government. let's go inside westminster now. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in the house of commons. as you say, the government is relaxed about this vote with labour, jeremy corbyn ordering his mps to ensure that article 50 is triggered. it does mean there is very little

chance of an upset later. let's discuss this a bit more. i am joined by mark harper and from the liberal they are looking quite relaxed about this vote. it is going to this evening, isn't it? there is clear majority to back what the british people decided. although this vote is important, it is not making the decision about whether we should leave or remain in the european union. that decision was made on the 23rd ofjune. union. that decision was made on the 23rd of june. this union. that decision was made on the 23rd ofjune. this is about executing and following through on the people's decision and i think that came through very clearly from the numberof that came through very clearly from the number of speeches from people who had been the remain side of the argument who don't agree with what the public decided but absolutely acce pt the public decided but absolutely accept that in a democracy you have to accept that verdict and make sure we deliver the best possible deal. that is the position you are in? yes, it is. i that is the position you are in? yes, it is. lam that is the position you are in? yes, it is. i am a democrat and that is the position you are in? yes, it is. lam a democrat and i acce pt yes, it is. lam a democrat and i accept the verdict and i want to make the best possible options for out make the best possible options for our country in the future. i think the prime minister set out very clear negotiating objectives about making the most of both our

relationship with the other eu member states but also looking at the opportunities were britain around the world. i think that should be the priority of the british government and the british parliament. that is not how the liberal democrats see it, or not how you see it at least. you want to stop this going ahead. mark says he'sa stop this going ahead. mark says he's a democrat, i am a democrat to, i don't think that democracy has its la st word i don't think that democracy has its last word on the 23rd ofjune. there is an enormous last word on the 23rd ofjune. there is an enormous amount last word on the 23rd ofjune. there is an enormous amount of uncertainty. there are many things the need to be dougal seated and decided between ourselves and the european union and at the end of the day, yes, as a democrat i believe that that deal when it is made should go back to the people. it is a process, not an event. it is a process that started with the consent of the people. it must end with the consent of the people. and yet, mark is probably right, we probably will not see any great threat to the government majority tonight. but there is an awful lot of water to go under the bridge yet. he might, mark, as a former chief

whip might have been fairly relaxed. his current chief whip at the moment i saw having breakfast in the member's teething yesterday, the chief whip only ever has breakfast in the tearoom if he is worried about what the troops are going to do, so, you know, i don't think any party ca n do, so, you know, i don't think any party can afford to be too complacent about how this is handled. we have been hearing earlierfrom sir handled. we have been hearing earlier from sir ivan handled. we have been hearing earlierfrom sir ivan rogers who handled. we have been hearing earlier from sir ivan rogers who was the former chief diplomat for the uk in brussels and he gave a fascinating insight into what is coming once this all starts. negotiations have not even started yet. it is going to be incredibly contemplated and i feel that not eve ryo ne contemplated and i feel that not everyone has appreciated how much across all parts of life extricating ourselves is going to be tricky. across all parts of life extricating ourselves is going to be trickym is going to be conjugated. i think one of the very sensible things the government has done is when we talked about having the great appeal built and taking the status quo will effect of putting it into buddhist law is exactly because it is

completed. you can't make all the changes necessary in a couple of years and what you want to say to people is that when we leave, a lot of things will be as they are now and then overtime, of things will be as they are now and then over time, government, parliament, can have the debates and discussions, decide whether we want to go ina discussions, decide whether we want to go in a different direction, but you can do that on his at least lower timetable once we have left the european union rather than doing it all other night. i think that is a very sensible approach. absolutely, yet again, it is a concession of the uncertainty that is around this whole process and when we don't know the detail, it is difficult to see whether it actually represents a true expression of what people voted for only 23rd ofjune. that is why at the end of it, we should be putting it back to the people to have the final say. it really isn't difficult. i really don't agree with that. the question oi'i don't agree with that. the question on the ballot paper last was unconditional. they did not say, do you want to leave or remain if a

whole bunch of conditions are met? it was a very simple question and the public said they wanted to leave and that is what the government needs to do. if you do what alastair and the liberal democrats, some of the liberal democrats want to do and have another referendum were if you don't like the deal you state is just trying to rerun the question. you might as well have best—of—3. having made a decision, we need to make a decision. it also didn't say do you want to leave the single market and the customs union but apparently that is something we are going to get whether we like it or not. you have already conceded the principle here, mark, if we are having a vote in the house of commons. why is it democratic to vote in the house of commons but not with the people as a whole. we will leave it there but we have many, many months to discuss this further. the white paper will be published setting up the government's negotiating position. back to you, then. we have some time to discuss it right now because i enjoyed here outside parliament by ben bradshaw, the labour mp for exeter and you are going to vote against the bill and get your party leaderjeremy corbyn.

why? because the government has made clear it wants the hardest of brexit. they were not on the ballot paperin brexit. they were not on the ballot paper injune. that is bad enough but failing that, mrs may has even warned we could fall back on world trade organisation rules. any of those scenarios would be absolutely devastating for the jobs and prosperity of my constituents and i could never support them. but people voted in a referendum, a huge act of democracy, 17.4 million, its huge turnouts... why can't you just listen to the voice of the people? my constituents voters remain which gives me a mandate for them. my position is hugely popular in my constituency, but mps are called upon to use theirjudgment as ken clarke so memorably reminded as yesterday. we are not mandated delegates and if mps feel that the decision they are making theatre night will have negative repercussions for their constituents, i hope they will think very, very carefully about what they do. are we really better off outside the world's biggest market, putting

out the world's biggest market, putting our lot the world's biggest market, putting ourlot in the world's biggest market, putting our lot in with a president like president trump? is that really the answer to our country's problems? i hope they will reflect on that. your leader and brexit spokesman has said the labour party is above all a democratic party. it should respect the wishes of the people and that is why they are going to go with the government on this bill even though they may not want to but that is what they are going to do. shouldn't you follow that lead? what they are going to do. shouldn't you follow that lead ?|j what they are going to do. shouldn't you follow that lead? i fully understand why some of my colleagues, especially those in constituencies that voted heavily to read the remote leave, can vote against article 50. this was a national referendum. this was not constituencies versus constituencies. yes, and the national referendum was not on our membership of the single market or the customs union and since theresa may made clear to weeks ago that thatis may made clear to weeks ago that that is heraim, may made clear to weeks ago that that is her aim, that is something that is her aim, that is something that will be so damaging to the jobs and prosperity particularly people in some of those northern seats that rely on our manufacturing, exports

and so forth. that is cause a lot of my colleagues to reflect and i think you will see some colleagues today who represent leave constituencies still voting against article 50. very briefly, how many do you think will go against the labour side?” don't know, but it will stop it because there aren't enough of us but maybe there are not enough conservative mps who are found their cojones to go against the debate will be continuing and the volt will happen around seven o'clock. back to the studio. donald trump has made one of the most significant decisions of his presidency, nominating a conservative judge to fill a vacancy on the us supreme court. the nomination of neil gorsuch, a 49—year—old federal appeals judge, restores the court's conservative balance but could have far—reaching consequences for america's most contested social issues from abortion and gender to gun control. his nomination will have to be confirmed by the senate, where democrats have threatened to block any candidate seen as too conservative. our correspondent richard lister reports. a prime—time announcement on one

of the biggest decisions of his presidency, donald trump's pick for the supreme court will influence american lives long after he leaves the white house. today i am keeping a promise to the american people, by nominating judge neil gorsuch. the judge and his wife were brought to washington in secret and another potential candidate was later sent home. mr trump clearly relished the game show theatrics. wasn't that a surprise? but also the reputation of his nominee. judge gorsuch has earned bipartisan support. at 49, he is the youngest appointed and it is a job for life. but he needs some democrats support to be confirmed. he stuck to a carefully neutral script.

it is for the congress are not the court to write laws. it is for the judges to apply and not alter them work of the people's represntatives. a judge who likes all the outcomes he reaches is very likely a bad judge, stretching for the result he prefers rather than as the law stands. since the death ofjudge antonin scalia last year, the court has been split down the middle. he was a conservative so some see this as restoring the status quo. we do not know how future justice gorsuch will vote on every issue. some say he will be more conservative than justice scalia in some areas. what does that mean? on gun control cases, judge gorsuch is likely to protect the historic right to bear arms. on abortion rights, is expected to take the position that all life is sacred. same—sex marriage may also come before the court.

there, his position is unclear. there were protests outside the court last night and the democrat's leader in the senate charles schumer said judge gorsuch has repeatedly sided with corporations over working people and demonstrated a hostility to women's rights which makes me sceptical he can be a strong, independentjustice. it is not clear the democrats can defeat the nomination and there will be other battles, with two justice is now over 80, president trump may get the chance to set the court's direction for generations to come. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british people who were killed in tunisia in 2015 have heard how three generations of the same family were murdered at a hotel near the beach resort of sousse. suzy evans told the court that within 12 hours herfather, her brother and her oldest son were gone. the bodies of a father, his son and

grandson arriving back in britain after the attack in tunisia targeting british holiday—makers two yea rs targeting british holiday—makers two years ago. the lives of three generations of the same family destroyed by a lone gunmen trained by so—called islamic state. 78—year—old charles evans with his grandson joel who was 19 and 78—year—old charles evans with his grandsonjoel who was 19 and his son adrian who was 49 had all gone on holiday together. but were shot dead just 12 hours after arriving at the tunisian resort. today, the surviving grandson owen and his mother suzanne richards came to give evidence at the inquest here in london. with mrs richards reading moving tributes to each of those killed. mrs richards described how herfamily had killed. mrs richards described how her family had been very close and loving, her voice breaking with emotion, she said part of her had died when she learns that her son joel had been killed. he was a

bright, shining star, she said who had a promising future as a football referee. one of the best things i wa nt to referee. one of the best things i want to do in my first year refereeing... this was joel speaking about refereeing just a month before flying out to tunisia. his mother told the inquest he had already achieved more than many people achieved more than many people achieve in a full lifetime. when the gunman began his rampage through the resort two years ago, joel, his brother owen and his grandfather and uncle tried to run and hide. all in, who survived the attack, has provided evidence describing how his grandfather kept falling. they picked him up and eventually reached the endorsement ample but the government was behind them and opened fire. of the four of them who went on holiday together to celebrate when finishing his gcse exams, it was just a wimp who returned home. —— owen.

our correspondent richard galpin joins me now from the royal courts ofjustice in central london. i'd like to read you some more evidence coming from owen richards, the grandson who survived. he gave a very graphic account of what happened on that day and as you head in my support, they managed to run from the outdoor pool, went into the hotel and there was a lift which they thought they might take but it looks like it would take too long before it arrived. they thought it was too dangerous because they knew the gunmen was behind them. they then ran to the indoor pool. owen richards described how he looked around, could see the gunman behind them and they dived onto the ground. he said he was hugging his grandad who they had managed to carry or pick up as he kept falling down as they approach the area. they brought him with them into the indoor pool

area. he said he was hugging his grandad on the floor. the other members of the family dived down and he heard his brother, joel, screaming no. he heard he screamed this three times as if he was pleading with the gunman not to do is shoot him any more. then owen goes on to say that the gunman approached him and his grandfather. he says he closed his eyes and heard a burst of shots and he felt warm liquid spilling over him. he then said the gunman came closer and shot his grandfather again at close range and owen himself suffered a minor injury, a bullet grazing his shoulder and what the judge has picked out is the extraordinary bravery of both grandson is trying to protect, trying to save their grandfather. thejudge, to protect, trying to save their grandfather. the judge, the to protect, trying to save their grandfather. thejudge, the coroner, said that owen behaved with

extraordinary courage trying to protect his grandfather. thank you very much. train operators have announced an overhaul of the ticketing system, which they admit is "baffling" customers. trials of a new system, which they say will ensure passengers pay the cheapest possible fares, will start in may on crosscountry, virgin and east midland trains. our correspondent simon gompertz reports. they're confused at the 16 million possible permutations of tickets that they could possibly buy. they of course are angry that they find out afterwards they could possibly get a discount but it is now too late. these files will affect many passengers of cross—country, virgin, east and west coast and east midlands passengers and they are the beginning of the real company's response. it's been a long time in coming. trials to get rid of old practices which mean you can end up paying too much for a ticket.

we already think there are loads of cheap deals out there for people, but at the moment, it relies on lots of whizzy websites to find the best deal in a complicated fare system. we want to make the system simpler so that we can ensure that people really can trust it and know that they're always getting the best there every time. one of the targets is absurd tickets like the one from wick in scotland — travelling the length of the uk costs over £340 to par in cornwall, butjust £80 if you buy different sections of the journey separately. so the trials will involve cheaper multi—leg fares, more good value singles where a single can cost as much as a return, and better information on discounted tickets from vending machines. all things mps have been calling for. what's been happening is absolutely outrageous. people have been paying over the odds for theirjourneys, they're not told what's the cheapestjourney and often when they purchase from machines they're not getting equity, different machines sell different ticket and it has got to stop.

among travellers, there's huge frustration about fares. it's challenging, there are so many different ways to purchase a ticket. i would like it to be cheaper, easier to navigate and clearer. so the pressure will be to make sure that passengers actually end up paying less. this trial is only for a small number of train companies so far and we need to spread right across the country and only then will we see that kind of trust from passengers that things are improving on the railways. cheaper, more understandable tickets are welcome. but there are also calls for rail companies to follow a simple rule, just to sell everyone the cheapest ticket in all circumstances. people have been posting up on the internet today after hearing about

these trials photographs of the multiple tickets they have had to buy in order to do a lengthy journey. in some cases, 30 or even 50 different bits of ticketing in order to do what should be covered in future buy one ticket so hopefully this problem will be dealt with. a nigerian woman has run up six figure bill for nhs treatment after she gave birth prematurely to quadruplets in a london hospital. the woman was taken ill on a flight from the us to nigeria via heathrow. it comes as a group of mps have urged the government to take "urgent action" to recover more money for treating foreign patients.our health correspondent jane dreaper reports. these tiny babies illustrate a challenge for the nhs. one of the quadruplets did not survive the premature birth and a second died at the weekend. they had needed intensive care. their nigerian mother went into labour at three months early while travelling home from america to london. i have journeyed for two

days to get to chicago. when i went to chicago they said they would not allow me in. the hospital looking after priscilla and her babies has to recoup the cost of care for overseas patients. in a bbc documentary tonight she is given news about her mounting bill from the nhs. it quickly reaches six figures. the thing is, priscilla, the bills are going to be quite high. it is a difficult time for you, i understand. we do need to talk about the charges for treatment. the next stage is to let her know that we have got to start raising invoices on a regular, weekly basis. those invoices are going to be huge. 20 grand a week for each baby. mps said the department of health must get better at recovering costs from foreign visitors who end up as patients.

because a hard—pressed nhs is missing out on vital funding. the government has set a target to collect half £1 billion per year from overseas patients by 2018 but currently is only managing to recoverjust under £290 million. one of the biggest areas of concern is getting money back from european countries where agreements are in place. latest figures show the uk recovered £50 million from these countries but paid out £675 million. overall the nhs budget is much less than not 0.1% but every pound councils of the key thing is the government has not set up a system for hospitals and other health providers to collect the payments that overseas patients are owing. priscilla caesar to surviving babies every day and has been helped by a charity. her medical bills are

currently underpaid. doctors leaders said systems for charging patients from overseas are important but they should not jeopardise people who need care from getting it. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather forecast no. good afternoon. we are looking at an increasingly win the next few days. today it is not too brisk. some rain and in between some drier and brighter weather. as we go through the next few hours we have some big temperature contrasts. still quite chilly across parts of north—east scotland and into the far north—east scotland and into the far north—east of england. overnight, stealing clothing. a mild plate for most and maureen are moving in later in the night. probably the south and

west of scotland, too. possible we will see a touch of frost and shelter parts of northern scotland. tomorrow is a windy date with gales across southern and western hills. followed by something brighterfor a short time before showers coming from the west. fairly mild in the south and turning milder in north—east england and scotland. that is your weather. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: theresa may has told mps that the government's detailed brexit plans will be published in a white paper tomorrow. mps will vote this evening on the legislation which allows the government to formally start the process of leaving the european union. president trump has called on the us senate to quickly approve his nomination for the country's supreme court. republicans say neil gorsuch is an impressivejudge — but democrats are threatening

to block the appointment. the inquest into the death of british tourists in tunisia have heard a statement from a teenager who lost his brother and grandfather in the attack. a new trial to overhaul rail fares on selected routes will begin in may after train operators in the uk admitted that buying the right ticket could be baffling. admitted that buying the right the system will make sure that passengers pay the cheapest possible fares. let's catch up on the latest sport. the funeral of former england manager graham taylor is taking place in watford, where he had his greatest success at club level. a large crowd has gathered outside st mary's church, with family, friends and mourners from the world of sport arriving earlier. taylor died of a heart attack last month at the age of 72. chelsea defender branislav ivanovic has joined

russian premier league side zenit st petersburg for an undisclosed fee on a three—and—a—half year deal. the serb who joined the club in 2008, played 377 times for chelsea and scored for the club in his final appearance in saturday's 4—0 fa cup win over brentford. he won the champions league, premier league twice, fa cup three times and league cup, and scored the winning goal in the 2013 europa league final. england's bowlers are struggling to contain india's batsmen despite getting off to a good start in the third and deciding twenty20 international in bangalore skipper virat kohli was run out with just 4 runs on the board, but hosts have kicked on since then and a few moments ago they were 91 for 2 in the 11th over. russia have been stripped of the 4 by 400m relay silver medal from the london 2012 olympics. sprinter antonina krivoshapka

tested positive for a steroid, in the re—testing programme, with the ioc predicting that more adverse samples are likely to be found. jamaica and ukraine are expected to be promoted to silver and bronze respectively, behind the united states. chris froome finished 26th on day one of his first event of the year, cycling's herald sun tour in melbourne. froome was 27th in the prologue last year, before going on to win the five—day event. his fellow briton mark cavendish is riding in the dubai tour at the moment, and had a frustrating finish to the race — getting boxed in somewhere there — and finishing the second stage in seventh, to leave him sixth overall. the tour leader and stage winner was cavendish's old rival from germany, marcel kittel. tiger woods says the back injury that kept him out of golf for 19 months was "more than brutal". he needed three operations in that time, and only returned to competitive action last weekend. this week, he plays in the dubai desert classic, as his recovery continues. it was more than brittle because

there were times when i physically did not know if i could get out of bed. -- more than brutal. i had a lot of great people around me to help keep my spirits up and two of the most important people, my kids, kept my spirits up every day. i miss being here, it has been a while since i have been fit enough to play and travel as far against what has been good. —— travel this far again. anthonyjoshua and wladimir klistschko are on the road to promote their heavyweight title fight in london in april. it's almost certain to be a 90,000 sell—out at wembley — but their latest stop was in new york, where klitschko pointed out that he was fighting at madison square garden whenjoshua was 10 years old. joshua was unmoved, though — he knows he'll be ready. i have a 19 fights on the road and it does not seem a lot but from what

i have learned through fighting, and sparring and as a person i throw all these things into the mix and it should prepare me for all these things when i step into the ring. fighting is not just things when i step into the ring. fighting is notjust about one on one in the ring, there is mind games, the cloud, things going on in your personal life and knowing how to deal and manage with these things andi to deal and manage with these things and i should be in a bloody good place, it will be 29th. that is obvious but for now. —— that is all the sport. more now on the day's events in westminster. brexit is dominating today with that thought this evening to trigger article 50 but there are other things happening in whitehall and of course health is an ongoing issue, particularly social care. the former

health minister norman lamb has joined me. he had a meeting today about this. tell me what it was about. there was a cross—party group andl about. there was a cross—party group and i challenge the prime minister around three weeks ago if you would meet with us. we want an nhs and ca re meet with us. we want an nhs and care convention to engage with the public and the staff to come up with a new long—term settlement because we cannot carry on as we are. the good news is we had a constructive discussion. we were not rebuffed and she has agreed to start a dialogue and we will go and meet with her health adviser to discuss all these issues further. i welcome that and i think that is really positive and it is the first step we have taken now, i first chased this one year ago and we had initial discussions then with numberten underthe we had initial discussions then with number ten under the previous regime but that is the first time we have got an indication, a positive

indication, from theresa may. there isa indication, from theresa may. there is a desperate need for this. what of the man's? it is cross—party, isn't it? but are you demanding more money for social care? —— what are your demands. money is part of it, there is no escaping that but in the way the solutions are very difficult, politically, and that is by no party has come up with the com plete by no party has come up with the complete solution. it is notjust the nhs, the social care as well. we have to look at it all together. we wa nt to have to look at it all together. we want to create a process that leads toa want to create a process that leads to a solution in a tight period of time because that is urgency about this and in a sense it is a big offer from us and we are prepared to help be part of the solution rather than just shouting at each other. i think the public are desperate for politicians to be prepared to work together and this might just politicians to be prepared to work together and this mightjust be the start of something and i think it is very exciting. it feels as if the nhs in general is struggling and

that we have heard before from people in nhs in england that difficult decisions will have to be made about rationing treatment, even. is that something you think the public have been prepared for our politicians are willing to countenance was that is why the process we envisage has to engage the public, level with people about the public, level with people about the skill of the challenge. and the potential solutions and the difficult choices we all have to make. how much i be prepared to pay, are we prepared to see things done different sometimes to make better use of resources? the bottom line is ifi use of resources? the bottom line is if i had use of resources? the bottom line is ifihada use of resources? the bottom line is if i had a health scare now or a loved one bit, i would not be totally confident that the system would deliver good care on a timely basis and that is quite rewarding position for us to be in. we are the sixth largest economy in the world andi sixth largest economy in the world and i think we ought to be capable of better than this. i have to talk to you about your personal rebellion

on brexit. the lib dems say they will not vote to trigger article 50 but you will not follow that. why? it is important to say we are agreed on most things, about the fundamental importance of the single market, absolutely critical forjobs and the economy, and we are agreed there should be a process that ends with the public having a say in deciding on the deal rather than people in whitehall. it is on this one issue and i do not think, having had a referendum, it is a basic democratic principle and i do not feel comfortable about voting to block article 50 proceeding because i think that would conflict with the outcome of the referendum will stop we voted for the referendum and i think we have to respect the result. whilst still negotiating hard and building cross—party alliances to ensure we can defeat any concept of a hard brexit which could be so

damaging to the economy. thank you. that vote will happen later tonight. a series of votes from 7pm but the government are quite relaxed about it going through. for the woman and a man have been spared a jail sentence after being found guilty in connection with the sale of poppies. let's go live to basildon crown court. remind us of the background to the case. this was a fraud trial and these were people selling poppies as being homebred, poppies are brought up and in good health —— selling puppies. in fact, some weren't poor health and some died after being purchased and they had been bred in a puppy farm. one

defendant was given a 21 month prison sentence and ordered to wear a tight for three months. victoria montgomerie was given a 14 month sentence and her daughter roxanne montgomery was given a nine—month sentence and along with her partner who was also given a nine—month sentence, ordered to do 120 hours of commuter service. although those we re commuter service. although those were custodial sentences and the judge said he was happy at the level of the fraud passed into requiring a prison sentence he chose to suspend the sentences for all former defendants because two of them had, he said, serious personal difficulties. to reza waves had suffered from depression since a serious accident and victoria montgomerie also suffered health problems and was the full—time carer of the disabled sun. this was back to eat 2014 investigation after the

rspca received many complaints about sick and pull the poppies being sold online. —— sick puppies. that led them to travel site in essex and their refund puppies and offal conditions. —— they found puppies an awful conditions. footage taken during a raid on a farm in essex. they were kept in cold and dark ages and were dirty with little water or food. inspectors seized 76 adult dogs and puppies on the day who had been bred and sold by this woman and her co—accused who advertise them as home reared poppies at a vastly inflated prices. one of the older dogs rescued was this one and she now lives with martin and janet. she had lots of scarring on her body which the first is now covered and

she had been bitten in various places and she has a split year where she had been bitten on the side and also she has a fix. mac she has a fixed back right leg. she had a bout of diarrhoea and sickness which she was very upset about. very clea n which she was very upset about. very clean animal. and we went back to the vet and she had to go on a drip for two days to bring up her fluids. she was in for four days and on rehydration. and then very light food so she obviously has a sensitive stomach. i feel anyone who treats animals in that way deserves what the rule the law throws at them. we have ended up with a good

companion but i am sure lots of other blogs did not. lots became ill and died. —— lots of other dogs. the rspca reaffirmed 99 dogs after the raid but they admit they have no real idea just how many puppies were bred by the gang. this is not quite the end of the proceedings because to reza waves and victoria montgomerie also faced separate animal cruelty charges but they are considered less serious and will be heard later at the magistrates' court. police in germany have arrested a tunisian man on suspicion of recruiting for the islamic state group to carry out a terrorist attack. he was taken into custody in frankfurt during a series of raids involving more than 1,000 officers. our correspondent damien mcguinness is in berlin. in total 54 raids were carried out

this morning. this 36—year—old tunisian man has been arrested because police say he recruited for so—called islamic state and he set up so—called islamic state and he set up in germany over the past two yea rs up in germany over the past two years a major islamist network that was planning, according to police, a terror attack in germany. they said it was only in the early stages of the planning and there was no concrete targets as yet. one of the most chilling pieces of information that police have issued earlier todayis that police have issued earlier today is this tunisian suspect was also wanted in tunisia for another attack earlier in 2015 on a museum. in that 22 people were killed, many of them tourists, including british tourists. this all links up to the act which we heard about meaning that there are also reports and investigations going on right now

but possibly that attack on the museum earlier in 2015 was carried out by the same group that possibly carried out the attack later in 2015 on that beach resort near sousse. that is why right now police are investigating this tunisian man to see if he had anything to do with either of those attacks in 2015 in tunisia. then a of the business news but but first the headlines. mps will vote this evening on the legislation giving the government the go—ahead to trigger article 50 — the formal process of leaving the eu. president trump has nominated conservative judge neil gorsuch for the us supreme court. three generations murdered in a terror attack on a tunisian beach — an inquest hears from a teenager who survived — but lost his brother, uncle and grandfather. in the business news: it's good to talk talk —

shares in the telecoms group are up almost 8% today despite figures showing a fall in revenue — the company announced their boss dido harding, will leave in may to be replaced by managing director tristia harrison. talktalk was recently fined £400,000 over their 2015 cyber security breach. it could be the end of eu roaming charges for people using mobile phones abroad. a provisional deal is in place in the european parliament. the plan to cap wholesale charges that telecoms operators pay each other is the final cog in the wheel of a long term plan to end the fees, so people can use phones abroad at no additional cost. volkswagen has agreed to pay about £1 billion to fix or buy back nearly 80,000 polluting us 3 litre diesel—engine vehicles — it's to settle claims vw fitted illegal emissions—cheating software to the cars. falling living standards on the poor threaten

the biggest rise in inequality since margaret thatcher was prime minister. the resolution foundation said that the uk enjoyed a mini living standards boom between 2014 and the beginning of 2016, with typical working age household incomes growing at their fastest rate since the early 2000s. the think tank says that rising inflation and an end to recent strong jobs growth will hit the least well off the hardest. laura gardiner is senior policy analyst at the resolution foundation. we are talking about the just managing families. you believe they will suffer the most from rising inflation. what are you calling for the government to do? or outlook is from mao to the end of parliament and we find that after what has been and we find that after what has been a pretty for both rich and poor households the output is set to

worsen. “— households the output is set to worsen. —— the album is from no to the end of parliament. rising inflation is set to eat into pay packet but it is also driven by the decision to go ahead with £12 billion in welfare cuts over the course of parliament sought the government ‘s policy choices and thatis government ‘s policy choices and that is why the stagnation in incomes we see lying ahead it less well—off households hardest. some is a government cannot control like inflation but when it comes to welfare cuts there is definite choices to make. was inflation, we arejust choices to make. was inflation, we are just returning to close to the bank of england's parted off 2% and as interest rates may increase we are returning to the more normalised economy. “— are returning to the more normalised economy. —— target of 2%. are returning to the more normalised economy. -- target of 2%. we always expected inflation to move away from

its position of 0% but following the fall in the value of sterling after the referendum result it is likely to rise much more quickly than expected that many forecasters expected that many forecasters expected to shoot quite quickly passed the 2% target and get quite a lot higher than that. that rapid increase in inflation to above the target rate is set to eat into pay packet, potentially within the next couple of months where we could see real page drawing by much less than 196 real page drawing by much less than 1% and is not good news. —— real page drawing. what can the government do. there is something outside the government's control and some of these forecast for pay and productivity are uncertain but there are things they could do, such as think about the balance of welfare cuts and tax cuts over the course of

the parliament which are set to offer a giveaway to richer households but take large sums of money out of the incomes of less well—off households so there is some rethinking that could be done there. we can also reflect on the deal success of we can also reflect on the deal su ccess of rece nt we can also reflect on the deal success of recent yea rs, we can also reflect on the deal success of recent years, which is rapid employment growth. if we can keep reigniting employments and write it to new highs, that will offer great salvage to those in the bottom half of incomes. thinking about welfare cuts and driving employment further and very practical ways forward. thank you. in other business news, annual uk house price inflation fell to its weakest level since november 2015 in january, according to mortgage lender nationwide. the 0.2% rise in house prices last month was down from a 0.8% rise in december, although that still puts prices 4% higher than this time last year. the uk economy may slow down in the next couple of years, even while the world economy picks up. that's according to the national institute of economic and social research. they revised up forecasts for uk growth to 1.7% this year and 1.9% in 2018.

however, both would still be a slowdown from the growth rate of 2% recorded for 2016, when the uk was the world's fastest growing developed economy. a poker—playing ai has beaten four human players in a marathon match lasting 20 days. libratus, an artificial intelligence program developed at carnegie mellon university, was trained to play a variant of the game known as no—limit heads—up texas hold ‘em. the victory has been hailed as a significant milestone for al, as it learned how to bluff. let's look at the markets. be warned of turbulence ahead for the airline markets for the shares are down. i will be back with more in one hour. campaigners in australia are calling

for an end to the use of shark nets at beaches, because they are killing dolphins and turtles — and damaging the eco—system. our sydney correspondent hywel griffith sent this report. in a country where catching a wave is a national obsession, the allure of the ocean is endless. as is the debate over how best to share these waters with some of the locals. shark nets have been australia's answer since the 1930s. sections are set hundreds of metres out at sea. they don't create an enclosure, but they do offer reassurance. i think they're a great idea. we've got to try and protect our kids. that's what it is all about to me. i'm probably against them. you see creatures in the wildlife getting stuck out there. you take the risk if you swim in the ocean, and that's where sharks belong. that's what the nets are meant to keep out. great whites are one of ten species targeted

by the programme in new south wales. the nets are put in place from september to april when these beaches are at their busiest. last year, they trapped 130 of the targeted, more dangerous sharks. but they also trapped another 600 marine animals, including dolphins, rays, and turtles. this video shows what happens when one becomes entangled. a group of tourists managed to set this turtle free, but 19 others died in the nets last year. the nets have whale and dolphin alarms. they're checked every three days. around half of the animals are set free alive, but some campaigners have decided to take matters into their own hands. this is their home, that's where they live. we can't exclude them from where they live. they're not coming up into the car parks to get us, so let's not go into the ocean to kill them. there hasn't been a fatal shark attack on these beaches in 60 years. the local government says this is a sign the nets do work,

and that cutting them is dangerous. it is dangerous for the individuals involved and creates a hazard for swimmers and surfers at these beaches. finding the right balance between protecting humans and preserving sea life is a challenge and here it seems it is as elusive as ever. hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. rare footage has been filmed by scientist on hawaii showing a very unusual phenomenon. the lava flow from the volcano, which has been active since 1983, has formed into a river — known as a firehose — and has flowed through a crack in cliffs and into the pacific ocean. jets of steam can be seen towering into the air as the molten rock hits the water. it almost doesn't look real as the

lava flows into the water. but i believe it is. let's have a look at the weather. chris has the latest. good afternoon. we are looking at an u nsettled good afternoon. we are looking at an unsettled weather pattern and it will get increasingly windy in the next few days. looking at the atla ntic next few days. looking at the atlantic you can see several weather systems developing and heading towards our shores and these are powered by 200 mphjet towards our shores and these are powered by 200 mph jet stream which brings us actor weather systems. on thursday we will see this area of clouds bring wet and windy weather but this one out in the west atla ntic but this one out in the west atlantic could cause severe weather across our part of the world. some glimpses of sunshine today, so not all doom and gloom. some rain in eastern counties and it is working into wheels and south—west england but in between these areas there are some drier conditions. through this evening and overnight we get a first

pulse of patchy rain heading northward and eastwards and later in the night some heavy rain in across northern ireland and perhaps reaching southern scotland by the end of the night. southerly winds or e—mail might for most of us. —— a mild night. some frost perhaps in sheltered valleys in scotland. a wet and windy start tomorrow. a band of rain pushing end. a wet day, for sure. as the rain band eases eastwards something drier and greater in the west for a time and then more rain. a milder day for east of scotland. e—mail the nationwide. —— a mild day nationwide. —— a mild day nationwide. we have been speaking about this storm system due to arrive on friday and the uncertainty about its path. at the moment, a lot of the models think it will work

into northern france. i am telling you this because just a small change in thejet you this because just a small change in the jet stream could send this fierce weather system into southern england and the winds will be very strong, severe gales and the risk of disruption. in another part of the uk friday should be a decent day. some sunny spells. how much rain we get across england and wales and the strength of the winds across the south of england is open to that uncertainty and depends on the trap of this weather pattern. potentially some constructive weather on friday evening with potentially affecting southern counties in england. —— disruptive weather. ed

this is bbc news at 3pm. i'm ben brown at westminster, where the great brexit debate continues. mps will vote tonight on legislation which would give the government the go—ahead to trigger article 50. the other headlines this afternoon: president trump chooses the conservative judge neil gorsuch for the vacant position on the us supreme court — democrats say they'll oppose him. the inquests into the deaths of british tourists in tunisia injune 2015 hears from a teenager who survived, but lost his brother, uncle and grandfather. a puppy farm gang has been spared jail over the fraudulent sale of dogs bred in poor conditions at an essex travellers' site. and safety net, or killer? australian campaigners want these shark nets banned, as they kill dolphins and turtles.