so you are going to report on this? yeah, i'm going to write it up on a computer. are you going to be taking some pictures and film as well? well, yes, hopefully if my mum's remembered her phone. the thing is, i have to try and capture it on my camera over there and if i miss anything, can i borrow your shots? yeah. and so, as dusk gathers, so, too, do the stars of the show. and they don't disappoint. absolutely beautiful, the noise and the commotion. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. not as spectacular as both stunning starlings. back to the uk and winter has come. this isjust a couple of hours ago and we have snow showers falling across the grampians of scotland. further west some sunshine and in cumbria west is best today.

so just and in cumbria west is best today. sojust a and in cumbria west is best today. so just a couple of weather watchers showing those beautifully sunny pictures. and where the sun is shining it is around 11 degrees for the contrast that with just three degrees at the moment on the east coast. that is because the cold air has arrived, this weather front giving wintry outbreaks. behind that is high pressure and an easterly wind. subfor is high pressure and an easterly wind. sub for the rest of the week the cold air is with us. we will find that sleeping west right the way across into northern ireland. at the moment we have some sunshine, further east it is grey. damp as well in a few places with just some drizzly showers. a little bit of sleet over the pennines and the grampians. some goods spells of sunshine in northern ireland and the west of scotland in contrast. through this evening and overnight temperatures fall away once again

where we have those clear skies. in the east where the wintry showers continue some ice could be an issue but even further west we could have some freezing fog. so cold to start tomorrow morning with some freezing fog around and ice patches. again a lot of dry weather tomorrow but again in the east you can see wintry showers perhaps further south tomorrow. again mostly over the hills but there could be some sleet oi’ hills but there could be some sleet or snow and cold again tomorrow. then the high pressure keeps all the weather fronts at bay through friday. that keen easterly wind is with us. so the chance of some wintry weather. even at lower levels potentially. and on friday with the wind chill feeling significantly

colder. and even into the weekend the risk is there, temperatures are still low and it is not warming up in the near future at least. but hopefully at least some brightness at times. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — that's hello. i'm will perry. great britain's fed cup team have made an emphatic start to life under the captaincy of anne keothavong. jocelyn rae and laura robson won the doubles against portugal, after straight set wins for heather watson and johanna konta in the singles had given gb an unassailable lead in their europe/africa group i tie. they face latvia tomorrow and turkey on friday and they'll playgroup b winners on saturday. really happen to to get the match under my belt. it was a high level match. got better and better as the match went

on. really happy to have come through for the team. are you enjoying your time with the team under ann and her first enjoying your time with the team under ann and herfirst fed cup tie as captain? for sure. she's doing a tremendousjob. yes, she is. she's just behind us. doing a tremendous job bringing us together as a team. it is always tricky. we spend most of the years as individuals travelling. for her to be able to do such a good job with us, it says a lot about her. we've lots of team bonding in the evenings. lots of funny things going on. in the fa cup, leicester city are at home to derby county in theirfourth round replay tonight. leicester are only a point off the premier league's relegation zone after their 3—0 defeat to manchester united at the weekend. derby forward david nugent is back in training following injury and could be involved against his former club. krout yeo ranieri will make changes to his leicester side. —— claudio ran area yes. we need to protect

players who need recovery andres. we need to see and give an opportunity to the other players. because the other players, we pay a lot of money. they have a good quality. leicester are a very good team on the day. very capable of reaching the day. very capable of reaching the heights they did last season. i watched the first a0 minutes against manchester united. they dominated back to their usual pressing, agrazeive self—. had opportunities. what they're not doing, different is the ball‘s not going in the net. and that match is live on bbc one from 7.30pm and there's commentary on bbc radio five live as well. football association chairman greg clarke says he will quit if the organisation can't win government support for its reform plans. a motion of no confidence in the fa will be debated in the house of commons tomorrow after five former fa executives said the governing body had failed to "self—reform". germany's world cup winning captain

philipp lahm will retire at the end of the season. the 33—year—old announced his decision after bayern's german cup he's won of the league title seven times at bier as well as the champions league. and an indian batsman has become the first person to score a triple century in a twenty20 match. mohit ahlawat has been made headlines across the world after hitting a huge 300 not out. the innings included 39 sixes and ia fours offjust 72 balls. it's the first time it's ever happened and has earned him a trial with the delhi daredevils for next month's indian premier league. ahlawat was playing in a semi—professional friends premier league match in delhi. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport

and i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much. you're watching bbc news. victim support groups who tell people they've been raped fear about the way they'll be treated in court. women are questioned about their sexual history according to campaigners. there should be more to protect sexual victims. these are the places where justice is served. but today, claims that in some cases it is where rape victims feel violated all over again. it was awful. to be degraded in such a way. to be so totally humiliated. ivy's rape trial ended with conviction at

the end of 2015 but she said the grilling she received felt as bad as the physical assault. the specific questions asked were how many previous sexual partners had i had. they accused me of being promiscuous. it was appalling. i was told that line of questioning wasn't allowed, it had been resigned to the dark ages. it didn't happen. but it does? yeah, it does. the charity, voice for victims tells me this is happening all too often. we're hearing about victims being questioned about the number of sexual partners chef‘ had in the past. 0r sexual partners chef‘ had in the past. or the colour of the dress they were wearing at the time of the attack. what it's doing is victim shaming and blaming. protection for victims already exists under section a1 of the youth justice and criminal evidence act. references to sexual history should be heavily restricted and only rarely allowed. new

research carried out suggests this might be happening in around a third of all cases. what i fear is we're going back to the bad old days of the eighties and seventies when victims were put in the dock themselves and interrogated. in is why today the mp will present a private members bill to parliament to offer better protection for victims. if you'd known then how you we re victims. if you'd known then how you were going to be treated, would you have proceeded? definitely not. it was a total character annihilation. campaigners say we need to redress the courtroom balance back in favour of the vic testimony. 0thers says defendants are equally entitled to a fair trial here. the balance cannot shift too far. the mother of a backpacker killed in australia has criticised donald trump for saying it was a terror attack. the trump administration

included their deaths on a list of terror attacks inspired by islamic state. they released the list to back up the president's claim that the meadaway was not reunreporting indents. she said trump made the connection between but it is not the connection between but it is not the connection they wanted. puzzled because this had been ruled out very early in the investigation by the police in queensland in collaboration with the french police. they worked together and they examined the case forensically and came up with the conclusion there was no link. it seemed to me white house officials should be able to do their research. that has prommed you to write this open letter. why? i suppose i wanted to put the record straight. from the beginning, it had been my concern

that this shouldn't be reported in this way by the media. there were people in australia who tried to make the same political point regarding immigration there. ijust don't think it's fair that maya's death should be used in that way. don't think it's fair that maya's death should be used in that waym terms of writing to donald trump, what have you said in that open letter? i've basically said that my experience as a travel writer have taken me to muslim countries and that i found nothing but hospitality, love, respect for others. my only personal experiences have always been good in muslim countries. for that reason, have always been good in muslim countries. forthat reason, maya travelled herself abroad in muslim countries. she was also treated extremely well by friends of mine and by people we didn't know. she was welcomed with open arms as was i. ifile was welcomed with open arms as was i. i file there's a demonisation of

travellers and of immigrants and migrant workers. actually, i think, although it's complicated, the 88 day in the australia means that young people are discriminated against and exploited over there. mia was part of that. plenty more on the victoria derbyshire website. alan simpson behind step toe and son, has died today at the age of 87. simpson was famous for his writing partnership with ray goulton. his business manager and friend said i'm deeply saddened to lose alan after a brave battle with lung disease. we have ear #a5ered about the travel ban but donald trump finds himself at the certain of another controversy in the us over whether he wears a dressing gown. pictures of him relaxing in a robe have apeeved

online to refute his press secretary who told journalists he doesn't wear one. the white house had been incensed by a report in the new york times which suggested donald trump set aside time each day to watch tv talk shows sitting in his dressing gown. whether he does or does not own a bath robe. this new york times report described a chaotic start to his presidency but it was the claim mrtrump his presidency but it was the claim mr trump spent considerable time in his bath rope which irritated the white house. that is the epitome of fa ke white house. that is the epitome of fake news. you'd start at the top, i don't think the president owns a bath he robe. definitely doesn't

wear one. no meetings in conference room. from top to bottom it made up stories that don't exist. the president tweeted, of course, his annoyance at what he described as poor reporting. that prompted people across the globe to take to media to contradict the white house. some delved deep into the archives for these older images. trump—branded robes too. it led to parodies and spoof images. while this picture of ronald regan did the rounds. 0ne tweet suggesting mr trump shouldn't be so shy about wearing the garment. 0ther be so shy about wearing the garment. other online said mr trump's team and the public had more serious mat tors concern themselves with rather than his choice of lounge wear. norman smith, we all need a bit of time in ourdressing norman smith, we all need a bit of time in our dressing gowns to chill out? what's wrong? i shuffle round

ina out? what's wrong? i shuffle round in a moth—eaten dressing gown which probably smells of dogs! moving swiftly on! some trouble today for theresa may it seems? it was come back corbyn today. he had a couple of dismal pmqs where he's been wrong—footed over brexit. today, he did pretty well. he had acquited lea ked did pretty well. he had acquited leaked texts between the leader the surrey county council and an official at the department for look at government called nick which suggested there had been some secret sweetheart deal to avoid surrey cou nty sweetheart deal to avoid surrey county council holding a referendum to whack up their council tax by 15% because of the pressure their local social care services were under. so, you know, it really, a really significant story and playing to an issue which has been dominating the news. so important too for many people. have a listen to the last pa rt people. have a listen to the last part of the exchanges betweenjeremy corbyn and theresa may. hospital

wards are overcrowded. a million people aren't getting the care they need. and family members, mostly women, are having to give up work to ca re women, are having to give up work to care for loved ones. every day that the prime minister fails to act, this crisis gets worse. there is a difference between us. when i talk about half a trillion pounds, that's the money we'll be spending on the nhs this parliament. when labour talk about half a trillion pounds, it's the money they want to borrow. conservative investing in the nhs. labour bankrupting britain. so, let's mull over some of pmqs. i'm joined byjim mcmahon, and the liberal democrat leader tim farron. jim, let me start with you. we can all talk about the crisis in social ca re all talk about the crisis in social care the question is what is to be done? the easy answer, the default

answer, isjust done? the easy answer, the default answer, is just more done? the easy answer, the default answer, isjust more money. is that the answer? to be fair, that's not what the social care professionals are saying or council leaders. we need to better bring together health and social care budgets into one place to make sure people are supported as individuals to be in their own homes for longer to prevent admission to hospital. but quick discharge if people need to return home as soon quick discharge if people need to return home as soon as quick discharge if people need to return home as soon as possible. the intervention by surrey was quite important. it's not myjob to defend conservative council leaders. but david honk is more than that, he's the leader of the conservative group on the local government association representing all of english local government. this is a significant point. in order to keep up with existing... it isn't about make an ideological point, that was the reality on the ground. it is clear something has taken place behind the scenes. we've seen that in the m essa 9 es scenes. we've seen that in the messages and need to know more

detail to make sure every area has access. mr hodge denied any deal. i've not spoken to him. he put out a statement. taz meina, in scotland you have a different set—up? some element of free care in scotland, i think. is this purely an english and welsh problem or is social care also under real pressure in scotland? welsh problem or is social care also under real pressure in scotland7m we have free personal care in scotland. we've increased our local authority budgets. certainly on the floor of the house we've heard increasingly more concern coming from the labour benches about the issue of social care in england and wales. it is clearly a matter requiring of some attention from the government. today was a good pmq for jeremy corbyn in that respect. he wanted to talk about anything other than brexit which is an important issue for us today. there are questions which needed to be answered. perhaps we'll hear more information as the day goes on. the government says we'll take a

long—term look at this but the problem is the problem is now. it's not good enough to shuffle this off yea rs not good enough to shuffle this off years down the line? they've created the better care fund, creating that pathway for local authorities to work better with the local nhs trusts. they've funded that to the tune of £2.8 billion. they've also allocated an additional £900 million of funding for local councils as well as saying to local councils, you can increase your council tax by 396. i you can increase your council tax by 3%. i would say the government's been quite active in this area and is trying to support local councils and trying to deliver better integration. in fact, the national audit office report released today said 90% of those responding said the better care fund had improved that integration. tim farron, we have been here so many times before with crises in social care. every timea with crises in social care. every time a cry goes up, people need to put politics aside. this is too big

an issue to get involved in party politics. every time, party politics deaths in the way. we were very close to getting some kind of a deal. the deal not commissioned that the last coalition government agreed to. the conservatives appeared to agree to. because was it a bit difficult they shelved it and kicked it back to parliament. that's a real problem. the problem here is, in the end, money. we have an nhs and social care system that is the legacy of the liberal rhyl yam before edge put together at a time when people were not living past 65 much. now people on average live to 70 years old. it will cost more money. if you want a decent nns to be proud of, we'll have to ask people for money through taxation. i thioate the british people will be up thioate the british people will be up for that. the will's talk about brexit. we have the vote on the brexit. we have the vote on the brexit bill tonight. tim farron, the

offer we got from the government yesterday of a vote before there is a final deal, it may not be what you absolutely want, but it is progress? it was not even a concession. the idea is we could potentially have a vote in the end over a bad deal or dropping off the cliff edge into wto rules which would cause enormous damage to our economy. no choice at all. if it was anything, it was an admission there needs to be something to tail this process off. we were very lucky to discover over the weekend that the text of a speech written and delivered by david davis four years ago where he set out what the liberal democrat position is. you can't start this with democracy and end with a stitchup. you have to have a referendum or there's no legitimacy to the final deal. you voted against this? i voted for new clause 110. it is important parliament has a vote. it is vital parliament has a vote on a deal if there is a deal. if

there's no deal, we also need a vote. whilst the prime minister conceded on the deal, she didn't conceded on the deal, she didn't concede on the no deal vote. for me, it was an important matter of principle. the vote for brexit was to bring back control to this parliament. i voted for that democratic decision making in this parliament. briefly, is it now the case that mrs may is home and dry in terms of delivering brexit, at least at westminster? the prime minister promised scotland she would take forward a deal on behalf of the whole of the uk. we have honestly put forward so many amendments, particularly this idea of a concession. it is anf particularly this idea of a concession. it is an f asian, t, acomply if you trigger article 50. this idea of voting at the end doesn't mean anything. the concern of taking back control is that's what will happen. that control isn't coming to the people of the uk. it is coming to a tory government.

they'll do what suits themselves. this isn'tjust they'll do what suits themselves. this isn't just about they'll do what suits themselves. this isn'tjust about repatriation of powers from the eu to parliament. people voted to leave because they we re people voted to leave because they were fed up of people doing things to them. they wanted more control overtheir to them. they wanted more control over their lives. we'll have to leave it there. thank you for your time. that vote will be later. all the rec onning is mrs may will have a huge majority, not least because jeremy corbyn's ordered his mps to back her. interesting to see the scale of the revolt on the labour benches and whether there are any further shadow cabinet resignations. norman smith whose dressing gown will be shortly trending on twitter. ina will be shortly trending on twitter. in a moment, a summary of the business news first, our headlines: plans to treat more patients in the community haven't saved money or eased nhs pressure according to the government's spending watchdog.

rolf harris is cleared of historic sex allegations. a major brexit milestone. mps vote tonight on giving the prime minister the authority to start the former process of leaving the eu. i'm vishala sri pathma. in the business news... laying solid foundations — the house builder redrow has announced pre—tax half—year profit up 35% to £1a0 million, and they bumped their dividend payment by 50% to 6p per share. it's also a good day for commodities — that's things like copper and iron ore — their prices are on the up. rio tinto, the worlds second biggest producer of iron ore, has returned to profit after a 12%jump in earnings, and they are also increasing their annual dividend — that's payments per share to shareholders to $1.70. a woman who lost her long—term partner has won a legal battle that could improve the pension rights of unmarried couples

in the public sector. denise brewster, who was denied payments from her late partner's occupational pension, because he failed to fill out a form, argued that she was the victim of "serious discrimination". following a long legal fight, she won her case at the uk's highest court. samira hussein is at the new york stock exchange. how were the results? the results we re how were the results? the results were actually really good. what really helped time warner was an offshoot of the harry potter series, fantastic beasts. that proved to be a massive money—maker for time warner, really exceptional results for the last three months. it seems that harry potter continues to pay off for time warner. it is interesting. they're in the middle a

by outfrom a tt. president trump is not so keen on the deal? absolutely. this is a real interesting part of the time warner story. while mr trump was on the campaign trail, he had expressed his misgivings about the deal. said he didn't even agree with the merger between the two companies. since then, behind the scenes, he's made similar comments. we are seeing a real charm offensive on the part of the att. they've hired dozens of lobbyists in washington to make sure this deal goes through. there's a lot of work behind the scenes happening to make sure att can acquire time warner. remember, time warner owns cnn and cnn has received a lot of bad press from mr trump. thank you very much. that's all the business news. coming up to 2.00. it is time for

the weather. thank you. not as much sunshine as yesterday. but, we still have some sunshine around. mostly across the western side of the uk at the moment. further east, this cloud here is giving us a little bit of wintriness particularly across scotla nd wintriness particularly across scotland up into the grampians here. if you have the sunshine, 11 degrees compared to a in the east. it will stay cold. in the west, it will get colder. a cold night across the board. particularly where the skies clear in the west. not as cold for northern ireland. where we do and have had the showers in the east, that's where we have a risk of some ice. even if temperatures are not down to freezing, low enough on the roads to cause issues. there could bea roads to cause issues. there could be a little touch of frost, scraping the cars, first thing. a few wintry showers. perhaps more showers further south tomorrow. hopefully not as grey as today. further west, not as grey as today. further west, not as grey as today. further west, not as sunny as today. 3 or a is your typical high. it has become

colder. even tomorrow in the west not the 11 we're seeing today. that's how the rest of the week will continue. cloudy colder and wintry showers, especially later in the week. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at two. labour accuses ministers of offering a sweetheart deal to a conservative council to drop a referendum on more council to drop a referendum on more council tax for social care. rolf harris is cleared of three historic sex offence allegations. a jury fails to reach a verdict on four other charges. a major brexit milestone, mps vote tonight on giving the prime minister the authority to start the formal process of leaving the eu. a woman denied her late long—term partner's pension wins a landmark supreme court appeal that could affect millions of co—habiting couples.

i'mjane hill, and in the next hour —— warnings of a catastrophic famine looming in yemen.