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. 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 at 7pm, despite opposition from some labour rebels plus the liberal democrats and the snp. we have been hearing more impassioned debates this afternoon as we did yesterday. let's hear a segment of it from the former chancellor, george osborne. truth is that while britain is

seeking the maximum possible access to the single market for goods and for services, and while we hope that the fact that we have a trade deficit and a very important financial centre will count in our favour, the government has chosen andi favour, the government has chosen and i respect this decision, not to make the economy the priority in this negotiation. they have prioritised immigration control and that was a clear message from the referendum campaign and they've also prioritised removing european court ofjusticejurisdiction prioritised removing european court ofjustice jurisdiction from the united kingdom and in that sense asserting parliamentary sovereignty. so that was george osborne, the former chancellor in the debate. now, we have been hearing from alex salmond for the scottish national party. the importance of scotland's european connections stretches back a mill lendial and we are not going to allow in non vision act of madness from this house take scotla nd madness from this house take scotland out of these connections. the scottish government have put

forward the proposition scotland's place in europe which offers the prime minister to stay within the single market place regardless of what she wants to do to this country. a labour mp has been explaining her reasons for resigning from the labour front bench. problem with sound this decision has not been easy. it has been a haze of conflicting emotions as we decide what to do in the labour party, but for me there we re the labour party, but for me there were two main reasons why i made the decision i did and why are we voting against the bill today? the first decision has been made because of the future of the eu nationals living in my constituency. there are 17,000 eu nationals living in hampstead and kilburn and some people accused me and told me that i only wanted to be elected at the

next election which is why i'm taking this stand. those people can't vote for me at the next election. the reason i'm taking the stand in hampstead and kilburn we don't wince when we hear speaking a different language on public transport. in hampstead and kilburn, we do not indulge in baseless theories that oui’ indulge in baseless theories that our country is at breaking point. in hampstead and kilburn we celebrate these eu nationals. they are part of oui’ these eu nationals. they are part of ourfabric as these eu nationals. they are part of our fabric as much as everyone else and they have a right to be here as much as the successive generations that came before them. if i vote for this bill today, i am abandoning my responsibility to these eu nationals who live in my constituency and for lack of time, i will go on to the

next reason why i'm voting against this because of a lack of access to the single market. this affects three main groups in my constituency, the self—employed who have argued this they need tariff—free trade with the eu. those who are involved with the scientific and technical industries because in the last ten years, the scientific funding has increased by 73% from eu sources and at this point, their projects are injeopardy sources and at this point, their projects are in jeopardy and finally, no, iwill projects are in jeopardy and finally, no, i will not give way, those who are involved in the financial and insurance service, who have no clarity over the future of their passporting rights, these are their passporting rights, these are the reasons why in good conscience i cannot the reasons why in good conscience i ca n not vote the reasons why in good conscience i cannot vote for the bill today and finally i will quote my honourable friend from leeds central and say this is not how we do things in the house. we need clarity. we need to see the economic impact of this decision and in good conscience and for the sake of my constituents whether they vote for me or not, i will not be voting for this bill today. she was explaining why she is

resigning and why she is defying her leading and the three line whip from jeremy corbyn. let's go to our chief political correspondent vicki young who is inside the palace of westminster. this is the kind of debate in the commons where all mps wa nt to debate in the commons where all mps want to make a speech. 100 spoke yesterday. they have been cueing up to have their say? yes, and many do believe this is one of the most important things that's happening to this country. now, a lot of making the distinction by saying this is about the process. this is simply triggering the start of those negotiations rather than what kind of deal, what kind of brexit we have, but you can hear there people wrestling with their conscience. sheet won't be the only labour mp to d efy sheet won't be the only labour mp to defy her leader. we expect there to bea defy her leader. we expect there to be a rebellion on the labour side and there will be resignations and sackings from the labour front bench. let's discuss this more. i'm joined by neil car mike aland

kate howey. you were on different sides of the referendum, but you will be voting the same tonight. you asa will be voting the same tonight. you as a remainor, why? i'm voting for article 50 because we have to respect the fact that we lost the referendum and that there is a majority for the start of a process to leave the european union. but thereafter, i'm determined to make sure that we do the best for britain by ensuring we have got good contacts with the european union and we leave all options open because ultimately, if things go badly wrong, ultimately, if things go badly wi’oi'ig, we ultimately, if things go badly wrong, we will need to pull back from the from the precipice. theresa may said if she doesn't get a good deal, she is willing for the ukjust to leave and go back on to world trade organisation rules and she talked about really britain becoming a tax haveb. how do you feel about that? i think anyone going into a negotiation, something as important as this, has to leave all the

options open otherwise you're playing into the hands of the people you're negotiating with. we have seen many of the eu countries playing really hard ball and saying nasty damaging things. sol playing really hard ball and saying nasty damaging things. so i don't think we will get to that stage. i'm quite hopeful that actually we will get a good negotiation which is why i want to get on with it and why voting tonight to trigger it, to start the process, we will have the amendments next week, some of which i hope the government will accept, we will be able to get on with it and that's really what is going to end the uncertainty and all the negativity that is around and we can start being positive. are you being too gloomy. we heard from sir ivan rodgers today, the former top diplomat in brussels. he said we might geta diplomat in brussels. he said we might get a bill for £60 billion to exit. that would be a big bill. we have to concentrate on the kind of deal we should have and we need to be sure towards the end of the two year process parliament can look at what happened and i think it is very important that we can vote on

something and actually vote on the quality of what is before us. i also think that we've got to be ready between now and that time to seize oi'i between now and that time to seize on any opportunity to put britain into the best possible position so that we can secure the right kind of deal for our future. i heard sir ivan this morning. he said there has been no detail. he expected the commission to come up with these wild figures and in fact, in a question from some of us, he did almost agree that we do have the opportunity eactually to say sorry, we don't agree with this and we're not paying it. he said the first thing they will argue about is what do they argue about. do you think things will go smoothie? he made a really interesting discussion and a lot of us felt if we haven't been voting to leave after listening to him of halfs going on in there, we would be wanting to vote to leave! it is going to be a serious negotiation, but i do feel that we have to give and trust our

government now and that's why i want to see the party, the labour party, we have different views on what will happen after we leave, but i want to see the labour party now being positive and getting involved and getting supportive and actually showing a united front for our country. theresa may ruled out being in the single market, so what do you think is the next best option as far as you're concerned? as i said in my speech yesterday, some associate membership status that we might be able it get later on when europe will reform and that's the sort of thing we should keep a look out for because these are great opportunities, notjust because these are great opportunities, not just for europe, but for us and i think that to sort of focusjust on but for us and i think that to sort of focus just on a narrow definition of focus just on a narrow definition of where we should be would be a mistake right now. i think we will see a lot of changes in the european union. other countries over the next year and you know what we've done here and shown that people did get their say here and shown that people did get theirsay and here and shown that people did get their say and that we're going ahead with it, i think it will be a catalyst for a lot of changes within the european commission because they know if they don't change, other countries will follow us. thank you very much indeed. you can

see the debate here starting to move forward because when the negotiations get started april, maybe sometime after that, that's where the focus will be on what kind of deal britain can get as it leaves the eu. back to you, ben. thank you very much indeed. i'm joined now by the labour mp wes streeting who is planning to vote in favour of the bill. not a rebel, but you are a remainor. give us your thinking?” not a rebel, but you are a remainor. give us your thinking? i decided after the referendum that having voted in favour of having a referendum and having passionately campaigned to remain in my constituency on the airwaves and in the palace behind me and on the treasury committee, the fact we asked people a simple question about whether they wanted to remain in the european union or leave. i've reached a judgment that taking into account the very principled debate that's taking place in the house of commons this afternoon, that having asked people to give their verdicts, they have given us an instruction andi

they have given us an instruction and i think it would be a devastating blow to our democracy frankly if we didn't accept the result of the referendum and i think the debate needs to shift to what kind of relationship we want with the european union, how we position oui’ the european union, how we position our country to succeed outside of the european union and that debate is about how we go about brexit and not about whether it should happen because the decision was taken in june. you have tabled an amendment for next week, but surely any kind of amendment is playing around with this when the decision of the british people is clear, theyjust wa nt to british people is clear, theyjust want to leave, end of story? well, actually, there is a hugely vast range of complicated issues to work out in terms of our future trading relationship, economic and security co—operation, whether we still wok together on issues like tacklingically mate change and what happens to eu citizens living in the uk and what happens to brit living abroad and it is right that parliament wants to scrutinise these issues, we will told the referendum was about taking back control and so i think the prime minister needs to

be very clear that the house of commons will be in the driving seat and there are few key issues she needs to address. firstly people voted to leave the european union, but people welcome our trade with the european union and she doesn't have a mandate to leave the single market and she doesn't have a mandate to drive the economy off a cliff. so it is right that parliament should decide our future relationship on a trading basis with the european union. similarly, every single parliament across eu member states including the european parliament will get to vote on a deal and at the moment there is no guarantee that our parliament will have a vote on the deal before they do and if we're serious about parliamentary sovereignty and genuinely believe in the role of democracy and the role of this parliament in taking key decisions the prime minister has got to give us the prime minister has got to give us that commitment and those are just two of what will be a huge number of issues debated next week with not nearly enough time to work through those issues in the depth that we really ought to be. briefly, you're going to vote with your party leadership. you're not

going to rebel, but quite a few labour mps going to rebel, but quite a few labourmps are. going to rebel, but quite a few labour mps are. have you got any idea how many of your colleagues may rebel? i don't know. this is a difficult one. i don't think from collea g u es difficult one. i don't think from colleagues i've spoken to, whether they are voting for or against the bill, this isn't about the party whip orjeremy corbyn who has taken the only position that he could given that two—thirds that labour constituencies voted to leave and the majority of the public. actually what people are doing is really thinking about how this sits with their conscience and some colleagues for perfectly principled reasons said they campaigned to remain in the european union and their qnsies voted to remain and that's how they're going to vote. others made a differentjudgment they're going to vote. others made a different judgment about the democratic principle and i don't think there is a right or wrong a nswer think there is a right or wrong answer and it is totally right that people vote with their conscience and go with what they believe is right and and go with what they believe is rightandi and go with what they believe is right and i will be voting in favour of the bill and respecting my collea g u es of the bill and respecting my colleagues who make a different choice. the debate will continue

this afternoon. we will be bringing you more highlights from it through the afternoon and then the voting starting around about 7pm this evening. three separate votes. one on timetabling. one on an snp amendment. but the key vote, which the government is expected to win, quite comfortably. simon and annita back to you. no one, no one can be deprived of his or her own rights because of their place of birth, their religion or ethnicity. this is written in our constitutions. both in europe and in america. this is our identity. this something we cannot forget. our

european history has told us to celebrate when a wall is torn down and a bridge is built. we learn from oui’ own and a bridge is built. we learn from our own great, but also tragic history that every human being is first and foremost a person with fundamental rights that cannot be put into question. nigel farage accused the eu of being anti—american. nigel farage accused the eu of being anti-american. i have no doubt that the events in the usa have been a profound shock to you. perhaps you're right. you see what has happened here is somebody has stood ona happened here is somebody has stood on a manifesto for election, got into office, and within one week said that he will hold faith with his own electorate. it is called genuine democracy. unlike the system we have in the european union where

the unelected commissioners have the sole right to propose legislation. so i'm sure that it is a great shock to you to see that a genuinely elected democrat is doing what he was put in to do. it must be... sorry. i can't hear you, mate. translation: this parliament has institutional functions as does the commission out of institutal respect to the commission, but also as a result of the commission's president. so thank you. out of constitutional respect president to the truth, perhaps you will understand and fade greed with me that in the european formality of law making it is the unelected

commission that have the sole right to propose legislation. if i'm wrong, you can throw me out right here, right now, this afternoon. translation: i am just asking you to bea translation: i am just asking you to be a little bit more respectful, please. thank you. you may continue. 0h, i'll be you may continue. oh, i'll be respectful and perhaps you will be too for the right of the leader of a political party that won the european elections in the united kingdom in 2014. it seems to me actually with all the anti— trump rhetoric what we are hearing is the true nature of the european project which is genuine anti—americanism. trump is motivated by protecting the united states of america from islamic terrorism whereas what happened in this room and in

governments around europe, is you welcome these people into your own homes. but can we please just for a moment look at the facts? amongst all the hysteria. all that donald trump has done is taken seven countries that were identified by president obama as posing a risk to the usa. obama already had put in place extreme vetting. what trump has done is for 90 days to say let's examine that vetting and see whether it is good enough, but i want to ask you, and all the others, with your outrage today, where were you when obama in 2011 banned any iraqi months? why do i hear no criticism in this

chamber orfrom why do i hear no criticism in this chamber or from the commission of saudi arabia, kuwait, bahrain and others who have refused to take a single, not one refugee or displaced person from syria? and how can it be, how can it be, that on holocaust day last friday, not a single one of you criticised the 16 countries in the world that ban israeli dues from going to their country on holiday. what is this hypocrisy? so perhaps what we need to do mr president and through you to the members, perhaps what we need to do is be more constructive. all of us here say we're democrats. well, here is a chance to prove it. let us invite scat president trump to come here to this european parliament. i'm sure as democrats you'd all agree that we need to have an open dialogue with the newly elected, most powerful man in the world and if you throw that rejection back in my face then you prove yourself to bet

anti—democratic zealots that i a lwa ys anti—democratic zealots that i always thought you were. well, we thought prime minister's questions was lively, but it was nothing to that. damian grammaticas is in brussels. tempers getting frayed there? the european parliament at times does get rowdy. here what we're seeing, the ripple effects coming out from, i think, both the sort of tensions caused by what we are seeing donald trump's administration and now and also the brexit vote being reflected here in the european parliament in the debate that's going on. those exchanges with nigel farage were proceeded by the biggest leaders, the leaders of the biggest groupings in the parliament, the main centrist groupings who stood up and condemned donald trump's travel bans. that was

was supported by the european union's foreign policy chief who said that was not the european policy, the european policy was to view those sorts of measures as increasing tensions, not otherwise. and then the issues was raised about the donald trump's pick of ambassador to the european union and we heard the two leaders of the two biggest groups in the parliament say that they would not welcome a man who had publicly said that he was in favour of seeing the end of the european union and the end of the euro. so some real tensions bubbling up. if you look at the sentiment damien, coupled with donald tusk‘s assertion that the trump administration was part of the external threat to the bloc, really a picture is emerging of a wedge being created between the us and the eu? well, certainly i i think what

you're seeing amongst the meps, are real concerns about what is going on and what they see going on and the effect of that too is to draw in as we saw nigel farage there, and the uk because there was a pointed intervention from the leader of the socialist grouping who said he had a message to theresa may which not to become a trojan horse for the united states in any efforts to try to break up the eu and the leaders of the other groupings in parliament rounded, the liberal leader, rounded on nigel farage and pointed to him and said, "you are in close contact with some of the people in the trump administration who push some of these ideas." damien, thank you very much. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british people who were killed in tunisia have heard how three generations of the same family

were murdered in a terror attack at a hotel beach in 2015. suzy evans told the court that within 12 hours herfather, her brother and her oldest son were gone. richard galpin reports. the bodies of a father, his son and grandson arriving back in britain after the attacking tunisia targeting british holiday—makers two years ago. the lives of three generations of the same family destroyed by a lone gunman trained by so—called islamic state. 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 came to give evidence at the inquest. mrs richards gave moving tributes to each of those killed. mrs richards described

how herfamily had been very close and loving. her voice breaking with emotion, she said part of her had died when she said she learned her son joel had been killed. he was a bright, shining star, she said, who had a promising future as a football referee. 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 achieve in theirfull lifetime. when the gunman began his rampage through the resort in sousse two years ago, joel, his brother owen, his grandfather and uncle tried to run and hide. owen, who survived the attack, provided evidence describing how his grandfather kept falling. they picked him up and eventually reached the indoor swimming pool, but the gunman was behind them

and opened fire. of the four of them who went on holiday together, to celebrate owen finishing his gcse exams, it was just owen returned home. train operators have announced an overhaul of the ticketing system which they admit is "baffling" customers. trials of a new system, which will ensure passengers pay the cheapest possible fares, will start in may on crosscountry, virgin and east midland trains. our correspondent simon gompertz is at king's cross station in london. 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 fare 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 the 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 their journeys, they're not told what's the cheapest journey 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, isn't it?

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 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. now the weather. we've got a couple of areas of rain. between these bands of rain, the

weather has been okkish. there has been quite a bit of cloud, but some brea ks been quite a bit of cloud, but some breaks and sunny spells coming through. as weather watcherjv ca ptu red through. as weather watcherjv captured in murray. tonight, we will see patchy rain working in and overnight we will see a more active pulse of rain working in across northern ireland and england and wales, probably reaching southern scotla nd wales, probably reaching southern scotland by the end of the night. southerly winds mean it will be a mild night, but in sheltered valleys in northern scotland, could just about be cold enough for a fouch of frost. touch of frost. a band of rain pushing its way northwards and eastwards. there will be a slice of rain coming in behind our main area of rain before we see a return to wet conditions. toen the week on friday there is the potential of severe weather swinging our way. that's your weather. 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. the eu parliament has been debating the travel restrictions imposed by us president, donald trump. ukip's nigel farage defender donald trump ‘s travel restrictions, and accused the eu of being anti—american. the inquest into the deaths of british tourists in tunisia have heard a statement from a teenager who lost his brother, uncle 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. the system will make sure that passengers pay the cheapest possible fares. it is time for sport now, and let's

cross over to will. good afternoon to you. we'll start with the live cricket and india have set england a target of 203 to win the final t20 international and with that, the series. england's bowlers struggled to contain india's batsmen, who produced some huge hits in bangalore. india captain virat kohli was run out with just four runs on the board, but the hosts kicked on. ms dhoni hit his maiden t20 half—century, 56 off 36 for him. suresh raina was dropped by adil rashid on 47, he went on to make 63. and england will need a decent score of 203 to end a disappointing tour on a high. they've already lost the test and one day series there. england are currently 11—1 in the second over, after losing sam billings for a duck. not a great start. the funeral of former england manager graham taylor has taken place in watford, where he had his greatest success at club level. taylor died of a heart attack last month at the age of 72. azi farni reports.

graham taylor's coughlin was tripped in the union flag as it ensured —— entered the church. it was a union of hubble's past and present. taylor's family joined by the likes of sir alex ferguson, the likes of luther blissett, john barnes, part of that cherished watford team. the former watford chairman sir elton john could not be here, but he sent a tribute, in which he spoke about taylor's accessibility and his contribution to the community and it is that relationship with the fans that has had thousands of them lined up that has had thousands of them lined up the streets here today are listening to the service being relayed outside, and they have been remembering notjust relayed outside, and they have been remembering not just graham relayed outside, and they have been remembering notjust graham taylor, the manager, who led watford to five promotions and an fa cup final, but graham taylor, the family man, who built not just graham taylor, the family man, who built notjust a club at a community around it. chelsea defender branislav ivanovic hasjoined russian premier league side zenit st petersburg for an undisclosed fee

on a two—and—a—half year deal. chelsea captainjohn terry paid tribute to his now former team—mate, describing ivanovic as a "legend", going on to call him an "unbelievable defender for us over the years and a great and big character and presence in the dressing room". that was invalid edge scoring a goal on his final game, that fa cup win over brentford. —— that was in ivanovic. 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 premier league twice, fa cup three times, league cup as well as the community shield. he also helped chelsea win the the champions league and scored the winning goal in the 2013 europa league final. one other deal that's gone through today, the football league has confirmed that the transfer ofjordan rhodes from middlesbrough to sheffield wednesday has been ratified, with the clubs agreeing a £10 million fee. russia have been stripped of the four by 400m relay silver medalfrom london 2012. 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. anthonyjoshua anthony joshua and anthonyjoshua and blood of a klitschko are on the road to promote their heavyweight title fight in london in april. almost certainly to bea 90,000 london in april. almost certainly to be a 90,000 sell—out in london, but klitschko claimed he was fighting in madison square garden whenjoshua was just ten years old. joshua knows he will be ready though. was just ten years old. joshua knows he will be ready thoughlj was just ten years old. joshua knows he will be ready though. i have had 19 fights, we've been on the road, and it doesn't seem a lot. but from what i've learnt through fighting, sparring, and as a person, i throw all these different things into the mix, and, yeah, it should prepare me

for all these things when i step into the ring. because fighting isn't just about one into the ring. because fighting isn'tjust about one on one in the ring, as you said, there are mind games, the crowd you have to deal with, things that go on in your personal life away from training, so i have learned how to deal with these things and manage these things andi these things and manage these things and i should be in a really good place, come april 20 nine. watt england's rickard is 21—1 in the third over, chasing 203 to win that t20 in bangalore. that is all the sport now. welcome back to westminster where mps are debating for a second the process of leaving the eu. let's talk to a couple of guests outside westminster about how that debate is going. richard is co-chair of leave means leave, and a professor at the queen mary university of london. richard, there are some mps who say they don't think that leave does mainly this,

they want to stop us leaving. do you see this bill going through smoothly? this bill is going to go through the commentary quite easily this evening i think by a very significant majority, and quite rightly so because mps realise they outsource this decision to the people. the big question will be coming to the house of lords and what games they do and don't play in the coming weeks. do you think they might try and stop this bill, some of them? i think some of them well, actually. i think people are under nesting the impact they could play, the possibility to use some form of parliamentary games, mechanisms, motions. that is where i think the focus needs to be as we move forward. professor tim bale, you have been doing some research on what is driving mps as they enter this hall period brexit, this forthcoming two years of negotiations. what have you found? we do find that they respect the outcome of the referendum, whichever way they voted. most of them. most of them, yes, the vast majority do.

we also find they interpret the referendum as a vote to control borders, that seems to be accepted by the majority of mps actually. what we also find actually is that mps who are for leaves are very much more united about what they want and mps who are for remain, so the leave side is so much more united about controlling brothers, and if that means leaving the single market, that's what it means. they are especially keen also not to pay into the eu. that seemed to be very important for them. for the remainers, they are not exactly all over the place but they are much more concerned about balancing and control of the borders with the single market, so it is much more difficult for them in some ways to unite against something that could stop a hard brexit. —— to unite around something that could. theresa may is confident she could trigger article 50 by the end of next week and —— the end of next month, and is publishing the white paper tomorrow. i think the white paper will be a

slight extension of the speech he gave, where she made it crystal clear, the desire of people to control immigration, therefore you have to leave the single market because that is one of the guiding principles, so that's fine. she has announced effectively we will leave the customs union. i think she has a clear sense of direction, she knows which way she is going and all of this parliamentary process, we need to get on with it. out there in the real world , to get on with it. out there in the real world, businesses have accepted the decision, they nowjust wants clarity about timing, so the sooner we trigger, the sooner the two—year period is ended and the sooner eve ryo ne period is ended and the sooner everyone knows where they stand. professor bale, it is quite interesting talking to some mps, they feel that if they are from a constituency that to remain, they feel an obligation to honour that in a sense, even though there was a nationwide referendum. it is quite an interesting constitutional point ina an interesting constitutional point in a way. mps are always torn between being delegates of their constituents, and thinking on their own two feet. exercising their conscience. so people on the labour

side who voted to remain are going to vote for this bill because their constituents voted for leaves, and likewise there are some who had constituents that voted for remain. the constitutional position is that mps should exercise theirjudgment, and if they feel it is a matter of judgment that they believe that we believe we should stay in the eu, to believe we should stay in the eu, to be honest they probably should still be honest they probably should still be voting against this bill but most of them won't do that. we are here because of the supreme court ruling that parliament should decide on this. do you think the supreme court was right, is something that parliament has to decide on? they made theirjudgment, we have been through that process, it said some precedent for the future, which is fine, but actually the reality is she has got the votes, she is going to get it through the house of commons. we on the brexit side hope that the house of lords went essentially signed their own death sentence by trying to oppose it. the country needs to move on. we need to get together and be optimistic about the future and move on and grow the

economy. but assuming it does go through the night, next week in the committee stage is a whole pile of potential amendments that will be put. quite rightly they will but baited, venerable go back to a vote, andi baited, venerable go back to a vote, and i think the betting operation will probably remove all of them. there is no reason for any of them to stand, the bill is crystal clear this is only the start of the process. professor bale, do you see it going smoothly in the next few days? absolutely, the only real big amendment would be a second referendum, and our research shows there is very little enthusiasm for that, even amongst those who support remain. bag you sharing your time with us. that is its —— thank you for sharing your time. the keeper just after 7pm this evening we think. thank you very much —— the key vote just after 7pm. three women and a man have been spared jail sentences after being found guilty in connection with the sale

of puppies from a farm in south ockendon in essex. footage taken by the spca during a raid ina footage taken by the spca during a raid in a puppy farm in essex. the animals were kept in cold, dark cages. they were dirty, with little water or food. cages. they were dirty, with little water orfood. in all, inspectors seized 76 adult dogs and puppies on the basis that they had been bred and sold by this woman, theresa weighed, and her co—accused, who advertise them as home reared puppies adversely inflated prices. one of the older dogs rescued in the raid was mere. now she lives with martin and janet mantilla. she had lots of scarring on her body, where the first now grown over, and she had been bitten in various places,

and she has got a split in where she had been bitten on this side. and also she has got a fixed... yes, she has a fixed right back like that doesn't work terribly well. she had a bout of diarrhoea and sickness, which she was very upset about. yes, she is a very clean animal. very clea n she is a very clean animal. very clean dog. and we went back to the vets, and she had to go on a drip for two days to try and bring up her... fluids and things. she was in four days, and on rehydration for two days at least, wasn't she? yes. and then very light food, so she usually has a sensitive tummy. i feel that anyone who treats animals in that way deserves what the law throws at them. we have ended up with a good companion, but i'm sure

that lots of other dogs didn't. lots became ill and died. including me, the rspca re—homed 99 dogs after the raid in october 2014, but admit they have no real idea ofjust how money puppies were bred and sold by the gang " puppies were bred and sold by the gang —— including mia. thejury the jury has been sent to consider their verdict in the trial of rolf harris. let's speak to danjohnson at southwark crown court. what has happened this afternoon? the judge has just finished summing up this case for thejury, going has just finished summing up this case for the jury, going through the evidence they have heard over the last three weeks, and he hasjust sent them out to start considering their verdicts. as you say, there are seven counts that they have two decide the guilt or not of rolf harris on. six counts of indecent

assault, one of sexual assault, they involve seven young women or girls at the time, two and a 16 when say they were assaulted, one under 13. these allegations date back to some of them 1971, and up to 2004. young women who have told the court how they approached rolf harris for an autograph or maybe a photograph. they say that is when he took the opportunity of touching them inappropriately. rolf harris was appearing at most of this trial by video link from prison, he is being held after being convicted in another trial. he was appearing on video link, listening to everything that had been going on but for the last couple of days he has been here himself in the dock, hearing the summing up of the prosecution and defence and of the judge, and watching the jury being sent out to consider the verdict against him. the prosecution says the fact he already has those convictions from the case here in 2014 shows a pattern of behaviour, a pattern of

offending, in that he is capable of the offences he is now facing. the defence says the media frenzy that surrounded rolf harris after those convictions is perhaps evidence that these women have come forward to trying to get compensation out of this case. thank you very much will stop police in los angeles have carried out their biggest—ever operation to find girls and young women who've been forced into prostitution. officers made almost 500 arrests and rescued more than 50 young people. our correspondent angus crawford was given exclusive access to the operation. look beyond the handcuffs and the painted nails, these are not adults, just girls aged 16 and 17, arrested on the street for prostitution. once inside, no cell, no bars or locks, just a room. a place of safety where young people can get help and support. we find miners everyday we

are out here, 11 is the end as we have found. on the street they call the blade of the richest country in the blade of the richest country in the world, children are bought and sold at any time of day, every day. sergeant brian gallagher heads the area vice unit. hisjob tonight, find those girls, get them off the street. she looks young. they stopped a man they recognise the stopped a man they recognise the stop he has a passenger. it's cold, and she's some —— shivering. it is 4am and the routine patrol of the vice squad has pulled over a car driven by a man they know is a pimp. when they stopped it, a young woman got out of the car. she says she is 19. her parents have reported her missing. see her tattooed ? 19. her parents have reported her missing. see hertattooed? it's 19. her parents have reported her missing. see her tattooed? it's the name of her pimp. here they call it branding. these girls when you talk to them, they will tell us, they are out here 20 hours a day working. they get a little bit of food, they

get abused physically, sexually. it is just barbaric what is being done to these little kids. australia is slowly make waking up to reality, thousands of children are being sexually exploited for money foster i'm 12 years old. 12 years. that's why they launched operation reclaim and rebuild, state—wide, lasting three days. posted shoots and customers arrested, processed. some are released with a warning. for others, its jail. just 18, court for a second time, treasure. she started on the street in middle school. you we re on the street in middle school. you were a child when he first started doing this. yeah. what sort of things have happened to you working on the street? raped, somebody pulled a knife had on me, a gun, tried to rob me. crystal is in for an unpleasant surprise. the caller

is an undercover officer arresting —— arranging a sting in a hotel room. police department. this time the prostitute is an adult, so why is she here? just listen. my whole life is falling apart, this is the only thing i can do to survive on the streets right now! for detective brian gallagher, it seems never—ending. children forced to work the streets turn into women who know only this, a life of violence and exploitation. ina in a moment, a summary of the business use. 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. the eu foreign policy chief

criticises president trump ‘s travel ban, saying it could increase tension and mistrust. 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. hello, iam rachel hello, i am rachel horne. hello, iam rachel horne. in hello, i am rachel horne. in the business news this afternoon... it's good to talk talk — shares in the telecoms group are up almost 6% 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. fancy using your phone abroad and not getting slapped with extra charges? we could be one step closer, as a provisional deal is in place in the european parliament.

the plan to cap the 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 a billion pounds to fix or buy back nearly 80,000 polluting us three litre diesel—engine vehicles — it's to settle claims vw fitted illegal emissions—cheating software to the cars. hello, thank you forjoining me. have you snapped a selfie today? ican i can tell you simon and anita are snapping plenty while i do this. well, if it wasn't for our next guest, digital photography may never have been invested. today, four engineers responsible for the creation of digital imaging sensors were honoured with the £1 million queen elizabeth prize for engineering. michael thompson, one of those four engineers joins michael thompson, one of those four engineersjoins us now. firstly, congratulations on winning that prize. thank you very much. could

you explain to us briefly what is it you explain to us briefly what is it you invented and what impact does it have on our lives today? we developed the first solid—state image sensor, meaning it is made out of silicon, it is a little wafer of silicon, and we built the first colour camera, silicon, and we built the first colour camera , way silicon, and we built the first colour camera, way back when in 19705. colour camera, way back when in 1970s. so that is historic. then the other inventors contributed to that, the early technology i worked on, so—called ccd technology, later inventors came up with cmos technology, which is the little to cameras that you have in your mobile phone. so without that things would be very different today and we wouldn't have all of our selfies. we have been told the queen elizabeth engineering prize is the world's most prestigious, how important are these prizes to engineers?m

most prestigious, how important are these prizes to engineers? it is a tremendous honour to give the prize, it is only given once every two yea rs, it is only given once every two years, and to be selected for developing a technology with the major societal impact that this has had is definitely an honour. michael thompson, congratulations again, the man who invented part of the technology that has brought digital technology that has brought digital technology into a reality. 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. satellite broadcaster sky has secured a last—minute deal to keep 12 discovery channels on its television service. the us broadcaster behind channels such as eurosport and tlc had threatened to remove its channels from sky on 31 january after a dispute over fees. discovery said the new agreement would keep its programmes on sky for "years to come". no financial details of the agreement have been

released by either company. many channels pay thousands of pounds to appear on sky's platform. however, sky also pays some channel providers to include their content in subscription packages. a poker—playing ai has beaten four human players in a marathon match lasting 20 days. match, lasting 20 days. libratus, an artificial intelligence programme 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. before we go, let's look at the markets. the ftse100 having a good day, off the back of rising commodity prices, oil and metals. was there came up well. they warned of turbulent overhead, —— wizz air.

investors liking the news they are replacing their chief executive in may. one more story? i was bluffing! campaigners in australia are calling for an end to the use of shark nets at beaches, because they are killing dolphins and turtles. they say the shark nets are also 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 a 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, over 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 kilawaya volcano, which has been active since 1983, has formed into a river — known as a fire hose — 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. helen willetts has been there, not

in the last few days i have to say, but that looks absolutely spectacular, doesn't it? a wonderful, beautiful ireland, very lucky to have been there, many years ago now, but certainly during the current eruption, back to 1983! think. back home, and problems abroad, we have had most ofjanuary back home, and problems abroad, we have had most of january with rather settled weather but you can see now the atmosphere is very active across the atmosphere is very active across the atlantic. we have got rained today, rain to come tomorrow and more rain on friday, which could potentially turn into a named storm. that actually quite ferocious and the question is will come across our shores are in the northern france. between all of those systems we have a least a least a bit of sunshine, here in moray, and this morrison lee in bedford. at least it has brightened up, really very soaking

this morning, i can be testament to that. these are the showers i was talking about, clearing out of the way. some clearer skies but really it is all about tomorrow's weather system bringing that the south and west through the night, at north. the only real risk of any frost overnight as the far north—east of scotland. for most of us just mild, cloudy, damp and windy. as we go through tomorrow. potentially some difficult weather for the east of northern ireland, lots of bands of rain coming through. some brighter spells, and it certainly won't be cold. whether you will notice that without blowing a gale, that is difficult to say. now friday, some uncertainty as we have been talking about for the past couple of days. the initial track at the moment taking it across northern france but there is an option that the low pressure may develop and come across the south of the country and that could bring potential disruption with destructive winds and nasty

conditions. you can see it is quite a nasty little area of low pressure and it could land us with severe low gale force is, something even stronger potentially causing some disruption. packing a punch. not a particularly cold wind. if you do have plans for the end of the week, stay tuned to the weather forecast. you can get up to date forecasts on the website. we will be updating them all the time. keep sending in your weather watchers pictures if it is safe to do so. this is bbc news at 4pm. 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: the eu's foreign policy chief federica mogherini criticises president trump's travel ban, saying it could increase "tension and mistrust". the inquest 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.