whatever the outcome of the negotiations, we seek a more open, confident and ferret uk that works for everyone. —— fairer. we'll be live from westminster. also this lunchtime... the bank of england forecasts better growth for the uk economy over the next three years but warns soaring inflation could hit households hard. a controversial human rights lawyer's been struck off for acting dishonestly in bringing abuse claims against british soldiers in iraq. allegations john smyth, a former colleague of the archbishop of canterbury, physically abused teenage boys at a church holiday camp in the ‘70s. i obviously didn't know he was abusing people in any way at all. the 24—year—old shot dead during the tunisian beach terror attack — an inquest hears from herfiance. the worst by far, how donald trump reportedly described his phone call with the australian prime minister. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: after a 21—year career, the former chelsea and england

midfielder frank lampard announces his retirement from football. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last few minutes, the government has been giving details of its strategy for leaving the european union. in its white paper, it says the uk wanted a bold and ambititous free—trade agreement with europe and other countries around the world. the brexit secretary, david davis, told mps that the uk's best days were to come. but labour's shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, said the white paper contained nothing. here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. we are on our way out, that much is clear, but what will life outside of

the eu look like? the prime minister's long asked for plan finally presented to parliament. the brexit secretary outlined the details of the white paper.m confirms the prime minister's vision ofan confirms the prime minister's vision of an independent truly global uk and an ambitious future relationship with the eu. controlling our own laws and ensuring orderly brexit, pa rt laws and ensuring orderly brexit, part of a series of priorities for the government. it amounts to one goal, a new, positive and constructive partnership between britain and the eu that works in our mutual interests. in front of ministers and diplomats last month, the prime minister spelt out her plan, a clue to the contents of her white paper. what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. out of the special club that allows free movement of goods, services, capital and people. instead into a new trade deal aiming

for access without barriers or ta riffs for access without barriers or tariffs and crucially getting control of migration. mps hope all of this detail means it can be properly scrutinised, especially as after last night's vote, it seems we are past the point of no return. it was a historic moment. the ayes have it. with dozens of labour mps voted against, the opposition is in disarray. several sacrificed front benchjobs disarray. several sacrificed front bench jobs rather than a disarray. several sacrificed front benchjobs rather than a bayjeremy corbyn‘s orders to vote for the bill. not diane abbott. the shadow home secretary, close—up by of jeremy corbyn, staunch remain campaigner, well enough to debate three hours before the vote, struck by illness that apparently kept her away from the commons. what now for the party leaderfacing his fourth

reshuffle in 18 months? is the labour party facing another crisis? even the party's most faithful admit brexit is more than a headache. even the party's most faithful admit brexit is more than a headachem is an enormous issue and it will be reflected in the debates in parliament. there are differences of view in our party but there are deep divisions within the conservative party too. divisions aside, the prime minister has drawn up her plans, now she has to persuade a continent that what she wants is possible. and we can speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who's at westminster. a big moment in parliament, is it unstoppable now, no going back customer i would hesitate to say unstoppable, two customer i would hesitate to say u nstoppa ble, two yea rs customer i would hesitate to say unstoppable, two years to go, who knows what would happen in brussels. —— no going back? here, for now,

theresa may is very much in the brexit driving seat. if you are scratching your head as to why she fought tooth and nail not to allow mpsa fought tooth and nail not to allow mps a vote and had to be dragged out of her by the supreme court because last night's vote has hugely strengthened her position, she can say she has the mandate of the british people from the referendum and the mandate from the house of commons. the expectation she will be able to press ahead with the plan will stop 75 pages, it does not tell us will stop 75 pages, it does not tell us much new, shiny grass in it. the only interesting thing is we learnt there will be a separate bill on immigration, to introduce the restrictions to freedom of movement which our —— which are central and will cause labour more grey. the labour party is desperately trying to hold itself together after more than a0 labour mps defied jeremy corbyn last night and crucially

speculation about diane abbott who did not take part in the vote because she had a migraine. a lot of sceptical eyebrows being raised and people wondering whether maybe she just threw a sickie because she could not stomach voting for brexit. if that is the case, the divisions go through the shadow cabinet and right into jeremy go through the shadow cabinet and right intojeremy corbyn‘s inner circle. thank you. the bank of england has been painting a rosier picture of the economy in its latest forecast. it's raised its growth forecasts for the next three years, defying fears last year of an imminent brexit slowdown. interest rates have also been kept on hold at 0.25%. but there are warnings that consumer spending could still slow down, as inflation soars. simon gompertz has been listening to what the bank had to say. he's with me now. growth first of all, forecast to be

a lot higher than it was less than a year ago. it is. the bank looks every three months at how well the economy is doing. it is important in guiding policy. it adds to this picture, people have accused it of being excessively grim about the economic prospects after the brexit vote. in august, it said economic growth in 2017 would be only 0.8%, a big fall. in november, it revised it up big fall. in november, it revised it up to1.a%. now big fall. in november, it revised it up to 1.a%. now it is saying it will be 2%. a big change. it has meant accusations that they have been too pessimistic. it came up again today ina pessimistic. it came up again today in a press conference after this was published whether governor of the bank of england, mark carney, was asked, what went wrong? the thing that we missed is the strength of coi'isuitiei’ that we missed is the strength of consumer spending and consumer confidence associated with that that

was present and has been present all the way through this process. after an initial wobble in terms of coi'isuitiei’ surveys, an initial wobble in terms of consumer surveys, confidence surveys and other in indicators in the immediate aftermath of the referendum, it bounced back pretty quickly. he added world growth had been better and the government's squeeze on spending had been relaxed slightly in the autumn. there was a warning about inflation and the impact it could have on households. what has not changed is the pound has remained low after falling after the brexit vote. almost 20% down against other currencies. it means other things are more expensive, that we import from the rest of the world, inflation, prices going up, and the bank has maintained its view that inflation will rise next year to 2.8%. economists think it could be even worse. it remains a big warning from the bank of england. thank you. a controversial human rights lawyer, who took up the cases of thousands

of iraqis who alleged they'd been abused by british soldiers during the iraq conflict, has been struck off the solicitors' register. phil shiner was found to have acted dishonestly in bringing murder and torture claims against the soldiers. caroline hawley has the story. phil shiner was once regarded as one of this country's best human rights lawyers. but his firm has had to close, his reputation is in shreds, and he'll now never work as a lawyer again. it was from the aftermath of the iraq war that phil shiner rose to public prominence. suing the british army over allegations of abuse defined his career and became a personal crusade. in all, he's bought more than 2000 claims. i don't know whether people were killed, but i think something went wrong. we need to find out who was responsible and who in command knew what on earth was going on here. they were kept naked, they were sexually humiliated. this is baha mousa, an iraqi hotel worker battered to death in british custody. this footage shows just

the start of his ordeal. it was phil shiner who brought the case to the british courts and to a public inquiry. but it was another public inquiry that was to prove his undoing. the al—sweady inquiry examined what happened after a ferocious battle in southern iraq in 200a. these are the bodies of insurgents killed on the battlefield, but a number of iraqis represented by phil shiner with legal aid had claimed they'd been murdered and mutilated in british custody. those claims were found to be based on lies and speculation, and phil shiner‘s work was suddenly under scrutiny. in december, he confessed to paying an agent to find clients. he admitted to acting without integrity. he did not admit to trying to cover his tracks. the false allegations had put immense stress on the soldiers involved.

really, their marriages have been affected, their lives have been affected, the anguish this has caused them is quite shocking, and also they are reliving situations in wartime which they would rather forget. many of them have left the service 15, 20 years ago. he's now been exposed with so many false allegations. he's said soldiers lives a misery over the last few years. i think the decent thing now would be for him to apologise properly to all those troops and their families. for mr shiner‘s firm, too, it was a lucrative business, the tribunal was told. it heard that he'd ignored the rules of his profession, believing that his work was so important that the ends justified the means. caroline hawley, bbc news. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, says he wasn't aware of allegations of physical abuse made against a former colleague. it's alleged that, in the 1970s and ‘80s, a barrister, john smyth, physically

abused young boys at a christian summer camp where the archbishop was also working. the church of england has admitted it failed terribly by not reporting the allegations to the police sooner. here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. the accusation is that a barrister and leader of the christian camps, john smyth, groomed boys and beat them severely, giving the explanation it would purge them of their sins. some were schoolboys at winchester college, they describe being so severely injured it was difficult to sit down. the college says it knew nothing about what was going on. another young future church leader also worked at the camps. he knewjohn smyth. but the archbishop of canterbury justin welby insisted today he knew nothing about the beatings. welby insisted today he knew nothing about the beatingslj welby insisted today he knew nothing about the beatings. i was 19, 20 yea rs about the beatings. i was 19, 20 years old, i was a junior leader in a camp, these were the senior leaders, i was not part of the inner circle. it is alleged the abuse

started in 1970 81 public school boys and students were invited to the summer camps. in 1982, boys and students were invited to the summer camps. in1982, it boys and students were invited to the summer camps. in 1982, it is claimed john smyth was advised to move abroad. the beatings had come to light. 0ne victim had tried to kill himself. the archbishop was made aware in 2013 and the church has now made a full apology. there are so many places where our society thought it was ok to cover—up the most terrible treatment of children and vulnerable adults. and i do not know how many more cases there will be, but on each one, it nothing will be, but on each one, it nothing will be covered up. have you ever seen any evidence in your religious life of beating going on? no, never. last yearan of beating going on? no, never. last year an anglican bishop became the first to be jailed for child sexual abuse. again, the church had to apologise. there is a pattern here, the allegation of children harmed by respected church figures of the claims of a cover—up, the belated

attem pts claims of a cover—up, the belated atte m pts by claims of a cover—up, the belated attempts by lambeth palace to work out what has gone wrong. it is a pattern being investigated by the public inquiry into child abuse. this case may provide more evidence. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists who were killed in a terror attack at a beach resort in tunisia, in 2015, have been hearing about the death of a 2a—year—old woman who was on holiday with her fiance. carly lovett ran into the hotel, in sousse, with her partner when the firing began. richard galpin reports. carly lovett, who was 2a years old, had recently got engaged to her long—term boyfriend, liam moore. the trip to tunisia was their first holiday alone. just a few weeks later, liam and family relatives and friends were mourning her death at a funeral in lincolnshire. she and

liam had been caught up in the attack at an upmarket hotel in tunisia two years ago. the gunman, seifeddine rezgui, specifically targeting british holiday—makers in the name of so—called islamic state. he was armed with an assault rifle and explosives. today, the inquest heard how carly and liam and hidden on the first floor of the hotel after realising that the result was under attack. but the gunman, after killing many people outside, then moved into the main building, shooting dead more holiday—makers and eventually reaching carly and liam. she was shot in the chest and hit by shrapnel, probably from a grenade. in his evidence, liam moore said he saw carly lying on the floor in a pool of blood. he could tell she was fading. she said to him, i love you. and he told her, i love you. he then decided to try and save her life by doing mouth—to—mouth resuscitation.

but then he said when he felt her body relax, he knew it hadn't worked. carly‘s parents described her as a perfect child. she was a photographer, designer, and had a successful fashion blog. her mother said, i cannot find the words to express how much she is missed. richard galpin, bbc news at the royal courts ofjustice. our top story this lunchtime: the government has been outlining its strategy for leaving the european union. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk's best days were to come. and still to come: 0n the eve of the six nations, is rugby in the lower divisions struggling to keep up with the elite game? coming up in sport at half—past: maro itoje is named in the back row for england's opening six nations match with france, as eddiejones looks to extend england's winning run to 15 straight matches.

"the worst by far" of his phone calls with world leaders — that's what donald trump reportedly said of his telephone conversation with the australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull. it's understood they had an angry exchange over a deal, signed by president 0bama, to send illegal immigrants from australia to america for resettlement. donald trump tweeted later that it was a dumb deal and he'd be looking at it carefully. the australian prime minister admitted the call had been "very frank and forthright" but denied reports that the president had hung up on him. here's our world affairs correspondent, paul adams. america's combated new president appears to have picked yet another fight. the fallout from last week's executive order on refugees now casting a shadow over one of

washington's closest relationships. last year, the 0bama administration agreed to take in up to 1250 asylum seekers from australia's processing camps in the pacific but many are from countries whose citizens are now temporarily barred from entering the united states. on saturday, when the united states. on saturday, when the australian prime ministers sought assurances the deal was still on track, the conversation was, according to the washington post, cut short. i have seen the report and not going to comment on the conversation other than to say that, in the course of the conversation, as was confirmed by the president's official spokesman in the white house, the president assured me that he would continue with and honour the agreement we entered into with the agreement we entered into with the 0bama administration. late last night, a typically incendiary tweet with the president. the fate of the deal remains unclear

but it seems america's friends and foes are all having to get used to the new president's unique style of diplomacy. it is up to senior officials to pursue rather more conventional approaches. his defence secretary, james mattis, is in south korea. the president has... but this trip and an agreement to deploy an american missile defence system suggests that, in some quarters at least, it is business as usual. not so with iran. at the weekend, tehran tested a ballistic missile. now mr trump says tehran is formally unnoticed. should have been thankful, eat we did this morning, for the terrible deal the us made with them. it isn't clear what he wa nts to with them. it isn't clear what he wants to do but he is looking at america's deals with the world and he isn't happy with what he sees. let's speak to our correspondent in

washington, kim ghattas. president trump's unique style of diplomacy, it certainly underlines the uncharted waters we find ourselves in. absolutely, quite a combative approach to foreign policy and diplomacy, and it isn'tjust america's foes like iran being put on notice but clearly also some allies, australia, but also the us media this morning reporting that a conversation with the mexican president involved the president of the united states threatening to send the military across the border if mexico did not clamp down on drug cartels. the question being asked this morning in washington is, who is leaking the details of these conversations? is it a career white house staffer stunned and dismayed by the tone that president trump is using in those conversations, or perhaps someone on his team who believes that the tone of these conversations shows that the

president is in fact delivering on his campaign promise to shake things 7 his campaign promise to shake things up? remember, donald trump did say repeatedly during the campaign that he felt america was not getting its fairshare in he felt america was not getting its fair share in agreements with its allies, whether it is nato or trade deals. but, whoever is on the receiving end, it is unsettling. remember, america is still the world's superpower and, for now, allies and foes will be treading carefully a nd allies and foes will be treading carefully and trying to downplay the tensions. an investigation into alleged misuse of parliamentary funds by the french presidential candidate, francois fillon, has been widened to take in his children. the former prime minister is already accused of paying his wife for work she may not have done. he denies doing anything wrong, but fellow conservatives are urging him to abandon his campaign. hundreds of thousands of romanians have taken to the streets to demonstrate against government plans to downgrade some corruption offences. the proposals means that public officials will be spared a jail sentence if they were involved in crimes worth less than £a0,000. these are the biggest demonstrations in the country

since the fall of communism. a 16—week public consultation on a third runway at heathrow begins today. the government will be setting out the planning regulations and other measures with which the airport must comply. the transport secretary, chris grayling, said the expansion would benefit british business and new aircraft technology would lessen the impact of noise and air pollution. the social media site, facebook, goes from strength to strength. its profits are up more than 170% and it now has nearly 2 billion users. but it's also been ordered to pay damages worth nearly £a00 million over claims it unlawfully used another firm's virtual reality technology. let's speak to our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. £a00 million, a lot of money, but it probably won't dent facebook‘s profits. yes, they were almost able to brush off that some because they

had stunning results. its revenues we re had stunning results. its revenues were up 50% on a year, just about all of that coming from advertising on mobile phones, where it is now a hugely dominant force, perhaps frighteningly so. i think regulators worldwide will be looking at that and saying, just how much power does facebook have in that industry? and it keeps growing. we have heard over the years, facebook one day will go out of fashion. people have predicted that. in the last year, it added to its user numbers by 270 million, almost as many people as twitter‘s total population as it were. no sign yet of problems. it forecast last year that things would be more difficult this year for it, but no signs of that yet. starting primary school is a big moment, for children as well as for parents. but for a group of mums in cornwall, what's made it more of a challenge is that their children have down's syndrome. so they've written a book to help parents, children and schools to adapt to school life,

and it's been so successful, it's spreading the message around the uk and beyond. john maguire has the story. shall we finish? we need to do some more. it's noah's first year at his primary school in cornwall. the children paint and play games as you might expect, but they're also learning makaton, a type of sign language. it's to help them communicate with noah, who has down's syndrome. it's amazing how the children sort of, they almost have this understanding that he is slightly different to them, but they don't treat him differently. if anything, they're very understanding, they want to help noah and they all want to be friends with him. he's very popular in our class. in common with 6500 children in cornwall who've just started school, noah and his classmates received a book as part of a starter pack. he's one of the children featured, and his mum is one of those who devised the idea. this group all have children with down's syndrome. around 750 are born each year in the uk, and this book

is given to those parents. their second book is designed for all children starting primary. the book, paid for by fundraising, is now spreading across the uk and around the world. what gives us goose pimples to know is that this little book that contains those little faces is going out to the little hands that it was made for, and that's fantastic. because what we hope is that when that little pack goes home, the treasure pack goes home with that child, and they open the book with their grown—up and they say something like, "why has that child got hearing aids? why does that child sit in that chair?" the grown—up might answer them and say, "oh, he's got hearing aids because he needs those so he can hear," and that's what it's about, that opportunity for a small child to ask the question, to receive the answer, and then move onto the next thing, because that's what children do. this is one that angie's made for all children going to school. angie and ted are meeting up with the actor and writer sally phillips and her son 0lly. last year, sally made a documentary looking at a new prenatal test that some believe

could eradicate the condition. she's endorsing the book and believes it makes a difference. yes, because we're afraid of things we don't know and things we don't recognise, different things, we all are. and so i think making little kids with down's syndrome familiar and unthreatening to other children is a great thing. back home, and ted's main aim is to beat his sisters at snap. but for his mum and the other volunteers, their ambition is to help every child, whether with down's or not, to take those first crucial steps into their brave new world. john maguire, bbc news, cornwall. the six nations gets under way on saturday with england beginning the defence of their title against france at twickenham. millions of people will watch the tournament, a sign of the huge success of the top flight game. but the story in other parts of the domestic game isn't so rosy. many clubs on the second rung of english rugby are struggling financially,

as our sports correspondent, alex capstick, now reports. from nottingham, a proud rugby club and one of the oldest in the country, now playing in the championship, the second tier of the english game, a division toiling for survival under the professional banner. always looking at the figures every week, you know, to make sure we can balance the books and ensure that we can pay the wages at the end of each month. got to really cut your cloth to meet your own costs, really, and it is possible, but it's very, very hard work. championship clubs getjust over half £1 million a year from the rfu, the world's richest rugby union, but it's not enough. with average attendances at some clubs in the hundreds, relying on wealthy benefactors is often the only solution but, when they walk away, the problem resurfaces. it's been a rockyjourney for nottingham in this division. a few years ago, a last—minute rescue saved them from going out of business and today's opponents, jersey, were forced to sell their ground in order to retain championship status.

but not everyone has found shelter from the financial demands. even a club with a history as rich as london welsh couldn't be saved, thrown out of the league last week because they couldn't pay the bills. it was a decision taken by the rfu, which is under pressure to revamp the championship. they want unused academy players at premiership clubs to drop down a level, but handing out big sums of money is not an option. we do have to do it a little bit of a lift. we have to give it some attention. it's not always about giving it more money. what more money will do is potentially raise the wage bill and raise the demands on the wages, which again could be another problem. so, with extra cash scarce, what about this for a more traditional alternative? these players at richmond in south—west london train at night time because, during the day, they've gotjobs. financially stable, it's the only amateur club in the league, and one that bounced back after getting burned in the early days of professional rugby.

it's taken the club 18 years to get back to where it is now in a much more sustainable and, i think, much more enjoyable model, and my experience has been that clubs that have gone professional at the top end very quickly lose touch with the rest of their club, and that's not what richmond rugby club is about. despite their often painful existence, others believe the professional game below elite level does have a viable future, but they need help, soon. alex capstick, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. 0ur satellite pictures are really good. it looks very busy. i know some of you like to see those. 0thers some of you like to see those. others prefer our pressure patterns. however you look at it, yes, it is busy. a big area of low pressure driving the weather. a lot isobars

packed in, especially across the western side of the british isles. this is what it looks like at penzance, cornwall. not alone, i say, this weather watcher. a lot of wind. some of the gusts in the black areas here, 50, 60 mph, around the coasts, overexposed ground. it's been quite wet here either side of the north channel. any weather elsewhere, well, there are spirals of cloud throwing bands of rain