the headlines on bbc news: than a hundred days to be discharged from hospital, because of a lack of social care support in local communities. meanwhile the government has been accused of offering a ‘sweetheart deal‘ to a tory—led council, to help prevent a 15% council tax rise to pay for social care. an important moment in britain's preparations to leave the european union will be reached tonight, when mps vote, on starting the formal brexit process. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. let's get more on that important commons vote, expected injust over an hours time on brexit. my colleague ben brownjoins us now from westminster. hello. we've had three days of

debate and voting here on the european union. notification of withdrawal bill. that is the bill that will empower theresa may and the government to formally begin the process of leaving the european union. so if it goes through this evening, the commons, then it goes to the lords later on this month. they are voting, let's go inside the chamber, you can now see pictures of the voting. voting on a series of amendments to the european union bill, on a whole range of issues, for example the status of eu nationals living here in the united kingdom. they've got through a few of the amendments, all defeated pretty comfortably by the government by majorities of around 50. so those proposing the amendments not having much luck so far. but then the key vote on the eu bill at around 8pm this evening. so we're waiting for

that. our political correspondent eleanor garnierjoins me now from central lobby. tell us how those amendments are going as far as you can tell? we are just on my think the fourth vote, we are on the fourth vote of the evening with a handful more to come. so far all going the government's way. of course we will also be watching to see what happens in the overall vote. at the moment they are voting on the amendments, the changes mps wanted to make to the brexit bill, the nitty—gritty detail if you like. the final vote in the house of commons is an overarching vote, and we do expect that to clear the commons pretty easily. ministers are feeling quite relaxed about it. once it clears the house of commons it goes to the house of lords. and if theresa may manages to get the bill through the house of commons without any changes then i think it's going to be very difficult for the house of lords to really make any changes in the upper chamber, and what that means is, well,

despite not wanting this whole issue of article 50 two have been debated in the houses of parliament, theresa may will have cleared this quite comfortably and then she will of course have to go onto the much bigger difficulties that are going to be negotiating with eu leaders from the other 27 states. the tougher work is to come. the important thing we will be watching tonight is what happens to labour. as unusually jeremy corbyn tonight is what happens to labour. as unusuallyjeremy corbyn is supporting the government in voting to have article 50 triggered. but we know that three shadow cabinet members have already resigned saying they cannot vote for article 50 to be triggered. we are going to be watching to see what happens to clive lewis who is the shadow business secretary. he said earlier today he hadn't yet made up his mind. it was a tough call but he was going to have to make. but he said that if he did defy orders from jeremy corbyn he would therefore be

standing down from the shadow cabinet. so that is what is happening this evening and we will bring you up to date as things develop. interesting, clive lewis and also diane abbott who last week in the key vote was absent, she said she was ill with a migraine. so all eyes will be on her as well to see whether she goes with her leader, jeremy corbyn, and his three line whip on this. that's right, diane abbott a key ally ofjeremy corbyn who last week said she had a migraine which was why she was not able to vote. there was much criticism of her for not turning up, there were people who were very ill, treated for cancer, who had made it to the house of commons to vote. she is of course the shadow home secretary. we expect her to vote with labour, with jeremy secretary. we expect her to vote with labour, withjeremy corbyn secretary. we expect her to vote with labour, with jeremy corbyn this evening. a key figure and we will be watching which way she goes. indeed. they are voting on another amendment right now, amendment number a3.

expected that all the amendments will be pretty comfortably defeated by the government, all those attem pts by the government, all those atte m pts to by the government, all those attempts to change this bill. and then the vote itself on the bill at around 8pm and the government expecting to win that pretty easily. but we'll bring that to you here on bbc news. many thanks, ben brown at westminster. full coverage of the vote coming up, probably in 100 days at 7pm. the socialite tara palmer—tomkinson has been found dead at her home in london. she was a5. last year, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. her death is being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious. the editor of majesty magazine, ingrid seward, told us she was a kind and talented person. she did have it all and perhaps that was part of her problem. she was a good—looking girl, she had a fabulous family, she was a recent skier, ryder, and she sang

beautifully. i just think there was too much, and life gave her to many choices, and she just didn't make the right ones. i think charles and william and harry, they were very good friends with the palmer—tomkinsons and they've known tara, at least prince charles has, all alive, and that's just the way it was. i don't think she used the contacts, occasionally she spoke about her relationship with the royalfamily about her relationship with the royal family but when she had all her problems with cocaine and depression they were very, very good to her. the palmer—tomkinsons and charles are very good friends to this day. she was what was known as an it girl. she was probably the first it girl of her generation. and she loved the celebrity, she loved the limelight. and she went out with some very unsuitable men. but she loved that. she had a real wild side to her which was part of her attraction. recently of course with

her illness that life just doesn't beckon for her any more. but she was a very generous, sweet beckon for her any more. but she was a very generous, sweet person. beckon for her any more. but she was a very generous, sweet person. she really was a charming, charming girl. and because of living in posters, and tara had a beautiful apartment, they all sort of grew up together in a way. not only prince charles but for william and harry, it's very, very sad. with me is our correspondent frankie mccamley and what more do we know about the circumstances surrounding her death? what we do know is tara palmer tomkinson was suffering from a brain tumour. she spoke publicly about it if you months ago in november when she said it had been discovered following some blood tests after she had been feeling quite unwell. now doctors told her she had a non—malignant growth in her pituitary grand but the tv presenter went on to say in an interview that she had received medication and that appeared to have gone away. what we

know from the police is that tara palmer—tomkinson's address in kensington, they visited just before 2pm this afternoon. they said in a statement a woman in her a0s was pronounced dead at the scene. next of kin, they say, has been informed. but they do say the death, at the moment, is being treated as unexplained. of course tara palmer—tomkinson was a huge tv personality. she was on i'm a celebrity get me out of here, came up celebrity get me out of here, came up as celebrity get me out of here, came upasa celebrity get me out of here, came up as a run—up. and we have had some reaction from royalty, because of course she was closely linked with royalty. a statement from the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall has said they are deeply saddened and they say their thoughts are with the family. thank you. we will take you to westminster and the big brexit vote tonight. will the labour party followed their whip? hello

from the very loud central lobby. mps are busy in pastors as they vote ina mps are busy in pastors as they vote in a handful of votes this evening on the nitty, gritty details, the changes they are trying to put on the brexit bill. i'm joined by chuka umunna, labourmp, one the brexit bill. i'm joined by chuka umunna, labour mp, one of those mps who put down an amendment. you wa nted who put down an amendment. you wanted to hold the leave campaign to account for their £350 million nhs pledge, did you ever have any hope that would get through? we've actually just that would get through? we've actuallyjust had a vote on it, sol put down and then meant requiring the prime minister to set out how she was going to make good on the promise made by leading members of hercabinet, promise made by leading members of her cabinet, borisjohnson, promise made by leading members of her cabinet, boris johnson, andrea ledson, chris grayling, pretty patel, liam fox, how she was going to make good on their promise to your view is that if we voted to leave the european union £350 million extra per week would go to our nhs which we all know is desperately needed. i have just do with sheer fury, frankly, at the

division watching boris johnson, andrea ledson, chris grayling and others, vote against and then meant to make good on a promise that they made to your viewers and millions of people. i think that is disgraceful and is betraying the many people who voted to leave the european union on the basis that they would deliver on this promise. and dominic cummings, who was one of the people who ran that campaign, was absolutely clear, they would not have won it had they not gone around in that big fat red bus emblazoned with £350 million extra per week, gone around saying that would happen if we voted to the european union. this is a bad day for democracy. away from the specifics of the detail, theresa may didn't want to have these vote in parliament, she had to be able to trigger article 50 if and when she pleased. but it seems like she will clear this very easily and it is

labour that is once again looking like it is in trouble, do you think that clive lewis is going to stay on as shadow business secretary and if he doesn't what does that mean for the shadow cabinet?” he doesn't what does that mean for the shadow cabinet? i don't know, clive will have to speak for himself. look, i'm not going to be disingenuous and denied that there are a range of views in the labour party on this issue, but we do know from the referendum that there are a range of views in our country. there will be families watching this programme where some of the older members of the family may well have voted for us to leave, with younger members of yourfamily voted for us to leave, with younger members of your family voting to stay. we know that different parts of the country, different constituencies voted in different ways. and because we are a national party that has representation all over the party that has representation all overthe uk it party that has representation all over the uk it would have been surprising, perhaps, if the labour party didn't reflect that. but once we have voted on whether to trigger article 50, clearly there will be a majority for that this evening. the real issue is the deal. i'm very clear, the prime minister, yes, she

has a mandate to take us out of the european union, but she does not have a mandate to do that which will rob you of your rights to work, turn this country into the sweatshop of europe and frankly turn it into a giant tax haven for super rich people and multinational companies, that's not what anybody voted for. we had one conservative remainder earlier calling himself a bremoaner, do you feel like this has been quite cathartic for some of the remain mps they've been able to get things out of their chest in the house of commons but knowing it will not make any difference? i think it was important we were clear with the government that you don't just have a blank check here to destroy people's livelihoods. i accept we are going to leave the european union, i accept the result of the referendum, but they are not going to have a blank cheque and i think we have illustrated that. but on the £350 million extra, that's not moaning, iwant £350 million extra, that's not moaning, i want it delivered, and they have voted against that, it is

unbelievable. a few more votes to go before we have that final overarching vote in the house of commons and then it will go off to the house of lords. thank you. time for a look at the weather. a quick look at this hour and certainly we have had a west east divide with glorious sunshine with temperatures as high as ten or 11 out to the west. unfortunately a lot of cloud further east making it feel really quite chilly across the east coast, temperatures struggling, two or three degrees in places. that's the story for the remainder of the week and the cloud is starting to push further west. scattering of showers across the east coast could mean some icy stretches first thing in the morning. cold and frosty start the sun. scraping frost off the windscreens as temperatures did dell just below freezing. the windscreens as temperatures did delljust below freezing. tomorrow is going to be a grey one. we may start off with some brightness to the west but more cloud will push

its way further inland so throughout the afternoon it's going to be a grey afternoon with a scattering of showers. higher ground, sleet and snow close to the coasts, more like sleet and rain. it will still feel raw. hello and welcome to 100 days. in the next hour, mps are expected to approve legislation that would give the british prime ministerformal power to withdraw the uk from the european union. we'll be live in the house of commons as mps prepare to begin voting. also: silenced in the senate. democratic senator elizabeth warren is stopped from speaking for critcising the conduct of the president's pick for attorney general. mr sessions has used the power of his office... but she goes on to facebook to read a letter criticising the controversial past ofjeff

sessions. the president accuses the democrats of obstruction but is even more