lawyer, has worked on cases including julian assange wikileaks and the campaign to return the elgin marbles to greece. she's also the president of the cluny foundation forjustice. her twins are expected injune. forjustice. her twins are expected in june. the demands forjustice. her twins are expected injune. the demands and pressures of raising a family now to add to her and her husband's already full public life. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. it isa it is a bleak picture for most of us, lots of damp and dismal weather. good spells of sunshine in scotland. speckled wintry showers coming in in the afternoon and into the evening. this picture captures everything. wintry showers of rain, sleet and snow over eastern areas, the best of the brightness in the west.

brightness in the south west of england and north and west wales. elsewhere, cloud will be thick and it will be a dismal, cold feeling day. the best of brighter weather will be across north and west of scotland, some of it getting into northern ireland as well. temperatures between two and five celsius. overnight, showers pouring from the east, mainly affecting the coast. sleet and snow inland. accumulations through central and eastern parts. don't be surprised to wa ke eastern parts. don't be surprised to wake up tomorrow to a modest covering of snow, certainly over high ground. a cold night with frost and ice in the west. there will be further wintry showers this weekend, and it will be cold because of the wind. snow will be confined to the

hills over the weekend. this feature pushing in across the country will bring more organised showers on saturday, and then noticed this squeezing isobars on sunday. it will be really cold and raw. later in the day, it looks like the snow will retreat to the higher ground. brain on lower levels. it will be a cold day, temperatures below single figures. the wind will be a feature on sunday. temperatures may be up, but it won't feel like that because of the strength of the wind. heading into next week, we start seeing these orange colours migrating up from the south. temperatures will just about make double figures in one or two places. a reminder of our main

story this lunchtime: the health secretary acknowledges that patients are facing "completely unacceptable" delays at hospitals in england. i think it's wrong to suggest the people that these profound challenges, such as we face with an ageing population, are ones where there is a silver bullet that you can solve the problem with overnight. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. good afternoon. london 2012 gold medallist mariya savinova has been stripped of her 800 metres title and banned until 2019. it means south africa's caster semenya could have her 2012 olympic silver upgraded to gold and could have rammifications for britain'sjenny meadows. earlier sports news

correspondent richard conway filled me in on the story. mariya savinova, one of russia's most famous middle—distance athletes. now one of russia's most notorious drug cheats. the court of arbitration for sport ruling today that between july 2010 and arbitration for sport ruling today that betweenjuly 2010 and august 2013, all her medals, all her prizes and all the money she has one will be forfeited because of abnormalities in her biological passport. that's a system which detects over a period of time whether an athlete has been using performance enhancing drugs. mariya savinova had previously been recommended for a lifetime ban by the world anti—doping authority in an enquiry led by dick pound. today's news does have consequences. it will see her lose those medals from london 2012. it will also see

her lose a medalfrom from london 2012. it will also see her lose a medal from the barcelona championship in 2010. that means britain'sjenny meadows could be boosted to the silver medal position because of the retroactive order for mariya savinova to lose her prize money and medals during that period. full—back stuart hogg will become the youngest scotland player to win 50 caps when he lines up against france in the six nations on sunday. he will be 2a days and 233 days at kick—off and he breaks the record currently held by his team—mate, richie gray. flanker john barclay replaces the injured ryan wilson in the back—row. scotland haven't beaten france in paris since 1999. don't forget you can watch a special indside six nations sportsday on the news channel at 6.30 this evening. the football association of wales will be appealing against sanctions imposed by fifa for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier. they were fined over £15,000

following commemorations prior to wales‘ world cup qualifier against serbia in november. fifa took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppies at the side of the pitch. great britain will face second seeds croatia or hungary in the fed cup promotion play—off on saturday. their place was sealed after lativa beat portugal in britain's group which meant gb will top group c. heather watson powered great britain to a 1—0 lead in their final best—of—three match with turkey, beating 163rd—ranked ipek soylu in straight sets. british number one johanna konta took came from a set down to take the second rubber. i have great britain written on my back and i am just proud. since i was very young, it's all it's been a goal of mine to represent my country whether that's in the olympics or

anything, really, and it doesn't happen very often so i take every opportunity i can. so far, i'm just so opportunity i can. so far, i'm just so happy that i've got three wins out of three matches under my belt. england's danny willett is one shot off the lead after the second round at the european tour event in malaysia. the masters champion made six birdies to finish the day on five under par. he trails bernd wiesberger. the austrian made an impressive nine—under—par 63. scotland's marc warren lost the lead after a second round of 75. the overnight leader hit three bogeys and a triple bogey on the last six holes as his three—over round left him on six under. 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. let's bring you some news coming into us from scotla nd some news coming into us from scotland yard. they are saying a 44—year—old man from hertfordshire

has been arrested that gatwick airport after getting off a flight from iraq on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks. officers from the counterterrorism command attended gatwick airport and stop to 44—year—old man from hertfordshire under schedule seven of the terrorism act after he had disembarked from that flight from iraq. we will bring you more on that. we gather that the man was arrested and ta ken that. we gather that the man was arrested and taken to a central london police station where he is still in custody. the 44—year—old man from hertfordshire then arrested at gatwick airport after getting off at gatwick airport after getting off a flight from iraq on suspicion of preparing terrorist activities. the court of appeal has ruled that a plumber, who worked five days a week for the same firm, was entitled to basic workers rights — despite the fact that he was technically self—employed. gary smith, who worked for london—based pimlico plumbers, brought his case after the firm refused to let him cut his hours following a health problem. the ruling may have implications for other workers in the so—called gig economy.

with me to discuss the wider implications of the ruling is sean nesbitt, a partner in employment, pensions & mobility at taylor wessing. so, what are the implications, do you think, of this? they're supposed to be something like 5 million people working in this gig economy. yes, there are, and there are also a lot of cases questioning their status. the uber case we simply and other cases coming through this year because people are so concerned about the implications of uncertainty, including what rights do people have and the rights of self—employment. the prime minister has commissioned badly tailored to doa has commissioned badly tailored to do a review of the issue to try to give people some clarity. this shows the court of appeal leapfrogging to the court of appeal leapfrogging to the head of the queue in giving guidance. it is a very high court with a strong judgment of 31 pages and they have set down a marker squeezing the loopholes and making

it harderfor squeezing the loopholes and making it harder for businesses to say people are not workers. are they really saying that self—employed workers effectively have the same rights as fully employed workers? no comedy status of worker is very clear in its position of being between being completely self—employed or being fully employed. in mr smith's case, he was saying he was disabled by a heart attack and he wanted to work fewer hours and it was discrimination to tell me that i had to sling my hook and go having made that request. these are not the same set of full rights that employees have. they are in between. this does affect a growing number of people in this country, doesn't it, because it's the way the economy is going. people not working monday to friday, nine to fivejobs. for not working monday to friday, nine to five jobs. for example, not working monday to friday, nine to fivejobs. for example, delivery drivers and uber drivers. yes, it does, and there is a big debate about the balance of power between

bucks ability for businesses and the condition inside rights that people have for doing that. in mr smith's case, it was that he had worked there for so long that he was part of the business and he should have been treated like he had some rights. in business chooses to invest and create platforms for new ways of working, business needs to know what the cost of that is. people also need to know whether it is right that they can have contracts that prevent them from working once they have left at the same time as having no rights when they are in the job. i suppose it is a question of balance in the end. for both the employer and the employee. the employee does have benefits from working very flexibly, obviously. yes, and notably one of the big issues is that people get a tax benefit. i know that the owner of pimlico plumbers has made the point that mr smith had a self—employed status and for tax purposes was treated as fully independent and self employed. how does that stack up with being given worker rights under this judgment.

people were talking about the gig economy. i suppose in a sense it is what we used to go freelance. that is right and one of the interesting points is that the plumbing profession has organised itself like this for a long time. a lot of driving has organised itself like this for a long time. the new cases around uberand this for a long time. the new cases around uber and online platforms, in many ways they are new but they are not different from mainstream cases like this. do we need more clarity? obviously we have got this ruling but do you think the whole industry needs more clarity on exactly what the rights of this gig economy workers are? i think the rights are fairly clear but the biggest issue is too who do they apply. there are about 5 million people in the melting pot about whether they have these rights are not and they do need more certainty. and keep very much for being with us.

—— thank you very much for being with us. health secretaryjeremy hunt has conceded the nhs in england is facing "completely unacceptable" problems. he said there was "no excuse" for some of the difficulties highlighted during the bbc‘s nhs week. a series of reports have revealed lengthening waits in a&e and patients being left for hours on trolleys. mr hunt told our health editor hugh pym that the government has a plan, but it will take time to deliver. overall, there are positive things as well as negative things, and there is huge commitment in the nhs to sort out those negative things, and a particular pressure point we have is a&e, and what we need to do is find ways of treating particularly people with complex conditions, older people with dementia, treating them at home or in the community, and that is the big direction of change that we have embarked on. but that is longer term. what we are seeing in hospitals right now, the scenes we have been showing on the bbc this week, real stress and strain, the

figures out show performance targets are the worst since 2004, what can you do about it right now, shouldn't you be doing more? i think it is wrong to suggest to people but these profound challenges such as we face with an ageing population are ones where there is a silver bullet when you can solve the problem overnight. we have a very good plan, it has the support of the nhs. it will take time to deliver, but in terms of immediate support we are doing what we can with extra financial support to the nhs this year, more doctors, more nurses, but we also need to rally behind people in the nhs who are working very hard to try and sort out those problems, and we also need the public‘s help because we know a number of people seen in a&es could actually have their needs dealt with in another part of the nhs and we need to make sure as far as we can we free up people in a&e departments to deal with the most vulnerable patients who have particular needs. there have been cuts to social care funding under

your government, hasn't that created the problem we are now seeing? no. as i say, there are no excuses and it is completely unacceptable. what i would say is, on social care, the prime minister has been very clear, we recognise the pressure's there, we recognise there is a problem about the sustainability of the social care system, that has to be addressed. more money in the budget? that is for the chancellor and the prime minister. look at what the prime minister said this week, this is an area where there is pressure and if we are going to have a solution, it has to be a long—term sustainable solution and not a quick fix. secretary of state, thank you very much. we'll be answering your questions and suggestions on nhs finances — asking if the nhs budget needs to be bigger or whether money could be spent more efficiently at 2,30pm? please get in touch by text us or send an email or contact us via twitter using the

hashtag @bbcaskthis. the headlines on bbc news. the health secretary jeremy hunt concedes the nhs in england is facing "completely unacceptable" problems, as some patients were forced to wait up to 13 hours in a&e. many areas in england and wales could face above inflation council tax rises, according to new research. see you in court — the words from president trump after three federal appeals judges refuse to reinstate his ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. as britain prepares to leave the european union, there are a range of voices influencing the debate. a key part of the referendum campaign focussed on the voice of businesses. the bbc‘s business unit has been focussing on various sectors to see how they are reacting.

today, we are looking into the fishing industry. let's join vishala sri—pathma who is at a fish market in grimsby. i have been myself. over to you. have you? we are at the docks and you can see some fishing trawlers behind me. we have got a shellfish taller here that is going to go out this evening to look for lobsters. this industry and this town voted largely in favour of leaving the european union. they see it as an opportunity to take control of british these again. joining me now is patrick salmon who runs a smokehouse just round the corner. why are you coming into this industry now? you recently bought the business. yes, i bought the traditional smokehouse because it

produces a fantastic product and grimsby has got a great heritage of producing fantastic fish products and the fishing industry has been here forever. it seemed like a fabulous opportunity to be involved, really. how does brexit impact your business? we are a net importer of fish in the country. are you worried at all? it probably will affect it in some way but my business personally, i buy imported fish from iceland and north norway and the faroes and they are non—european countries, so really, probably not that much effect on my business. we are producing high—end, high—quality products that is going into a niche market, so for me, probably not too much. 0k, your product has detected geographical indicator like champagne and parma ham. are you conscious of that when the prime minister goes to the negotiating table? that's probably the area of

most concern. protected geographical indication is an instrument of europe, so it's a standard which lots and lots of food producers in europe at here to add use to promote their own products. it's really important for this country to promote and do as much as possible to get behind pgi products and all food products in the uk. brexit is a catalyst to promote the great work and the great foundations that have grown up in grimsby, in the fishing industry, and all products in the uk, i guess. and why not? pgi is a means of identifying a food type, a process of producing it, a high—quality process and we should be proud of that and we should make the most of it. your product can be considered high end, it has a niche market, is a luxury product. are you worried about higher inflation and a lower sterling? inflation is always

a concern, lower sterling? inflation is always a concern, i lower sterling? inflation is always a concern, i guess. lower sterling? inflation is always a concern, i guess. the spending power in everyone's pocket is always critical. my product, smoked haddock, is particularly high end going into high—end restaurants and shops in the south of the country. are they mean to inflation? probably not but less so than the average buyer. to be fair, i think inflation isa buyer. to be fair, i think inflation is a bit ofa buyer. to be fair, i think inflation is a bit of a red herring. we were never see the inflation we saw decades ago will stop crippling inflation might well be a myth. i think we get behind it all and go for it. ok, patrick, thank you. back to you in the studio. i will be here all afternoon talking about the fishing industry. thank you very much. a study published today suggest that many councils in england will have to increase taxes to pay for increased social care costs. the local government information unit has published a report, highlighting the cost pressure facing local councils. the study shows

that 94% of councils say they will be forced to increase council tax for residents. 80% of councils say they have little or no confidence in the sustainability of local government finances. and more than half of the councils surveyed, half say that adult social care is their greatest immediate pressure. the government said in a statement that council tax is expected to be lower in real terms at the end of this parliament than it was in 2010. the department for communities and local government also said it had protected residents by allowing them to veto excessive rises at a local referendum. joining me now is councillor ben curran from sheffield city council. thank you for being with us. what are you proposing to do in sheffield? in sheffield, we are not too different from other urban northern councils. we are proposing

an almost 5% total rise, other about 87% to the average person in sheffield. by raising it that much, you don't have to have a referendum? —— which is about 87 pence a week to the average person in sheffield. no, we don't. it isjust under the limit. could you not cut other costs in order to pay for social care? our social care costs are expected to rise with the elderly population and the preset doesn't even come close to half way of meeting the demand that we are facing. one of the big equalities in the system is that 1%

in sheffield raises £1.8 million whereas it raises £6.8 million in surrey. so there are some point —— some parts of the country that much more able to raise money and other parts of the country like sheffield with less ability because of lower property values. for me, someone needing social care in surrey or sheffield should have the same resources available to them to provide those services. that isjust not the case. you mentioned surrey where they were thinking of having a referendum to raise council tax by 1596. referendum to raise council tax by 15%. why don't you do the same very few say you need more money? why not have a referendum then you could put council tax up a lot more and bring in more money? we don't have a sweetheart deal lined up with the government in the way that it seemed surrey do afterjeremy corbyn exposed it in her ministers questions. i think the reason no one

has bought the referendum step is because most people see that their services are declining because of austerity and why would they want to choose to pay more in a referendum. it is something that would not stack up. it would be throwing money away on the referendum cost instead of putting that towards the services that people need. would you like a sweetheart deal from the government? honestly, no, idon't. idon't sweetheart deal from the government? honestly, no, i don't. i don't want a sweetheart deal. what i want is for councils across the country to be funded properly. when austerity started, local government made up 7% of national government expenditure but it was hit with 22% of the cuts. i think that's because when people are affected, they come and shattered me in the town hall, not that the government ministers who had cut the funding. i don't want something special sheffield or for anywhere else. i want a proper settle m e nt anywhere else. i want a proper settlement for local government that is based on the needs of the population of the country rather than a pick and mix of a sweetheart

deal he and other arrangements there. councillor ben cowering from sheffield city council, thank you for being with us. thank you. following a successful pilot in one london borough, the isle of man could be the latest authority about to introduce a doggy dna database. irresponsible owners could then be traced and fined. holly hamilton reports. they may be man's best friend, but the mess some leave behind is unpleasant and even dangerous. but soon it could also be evidence and the dog's owner brought tojustice. it's after a pilot scheme in a london borough introduced voluntary dna testing at the start of last year — after just three months they saw a 50% drop in dog fouling. now they hope to make it compulsory and others are taking their lead. the isle of man is launching a public consultation in a plan to launch it there.

you can track back from the dna profile dog poo on the pavement to the dog that has left the mess behind. we've all been there — getting mess on the carpet after we've trod in it. and it seems to press a nerve among the main public. it's a cost of about £30 per dog, so it isn't cheap. with uk local authorities already under huge financial constraint, there are questions over who would pay to trace dog owners that have fallen foul of the law. let's see what the weekend weather has in store for us. how is it looking? it is a cold one, then, with sleet and snow in the forecast. that is what we have got across parts of the country at the moment. some sleet and snow across the south—east of the country, across the midlands as well. it is grey and cold with some sunshine across the

central slice of the uk. probably the best of it across scotland. this will expand into northern ireland as the afternoon wears on. a little bit developing across wales as well. further east, thick cloud with outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow, down to lower levels as well, not just the hills. it will feel cold. temperature is just one or 2 degrees. some heavy wintry showers across the north, snow falling over the pennines and in scotland. the best of the sunshine northern and western scotland, with just a little in northern ireland as well. it will be cold weather you happy sunshine or not. this evening and overnight, another rash of wintry showers pushing, with snow down at lower levels away from the coast as well. don't be surprised if you see a covering of snow across parts. really cold and frosty. watch out forice really cold and frosty. watch out for ice where you get any showers.

they temperatures will really be plummeting. for the weekend, they temperatures will really be plummeting. forthe weekend, it's they temperatures will really be plummeting. for the weekend, it's a cold one. rather cloudy, sunshine limited and plenty of wintry showers. this weather will bring another organised rash of whether to our shores on saturday and then tightly packed isoba rs our shores on saturday and then tightly packed isobars on sunday mean it will fill windy, cold and wool. we wake up to wintry showers on saturday across southern and eastern parts of the uk with sleet and snow down to lower levels and certainly over higher ground. the best of any brightness across northern parts of the uk. when you add on the wind—chill, you really need to wrap up warm. on sunday, rain, sleet and snow with heavy snow expected in the pennines. that could cause disruption on the trans—pennine cause disruption on the tra ns—pennine route cause disruption on the trans—pennine route and into snowdonia as well. a lot of cloud as well and with the wind, feeling very cold again. temperatures, four or 5

degrees. later in the week, it looks like less cold air will spread up from the south gradually with temperatures just making double figures across the south. but still with the easterly wind, feeling bitterly cold across parts of the east. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2pm: record waiting times in a&e, as the health secretary concedes the nhs in england is facing "completely unacceptable" problems. you know, i'm doing thisjob because i want you know, i'm doing thisjob because iwant nhs you know, i'm doing thisjob because i want nhs care to be the safest and best in the world. and that kind of ca re best in the world. and that kind of care is completely unacceptable. nobody would want it for members of their own family. coming up at 2:30pm, we'll be talking your questions on the state of the nhs on ask this. send in yours using the hashtag #bbcaskthis. also in this hour: "see you in the court". the message from president trump as a federal appeals court blocks the attempts to reinstall the travel ban.

in the next hour, we'll look at the lack of british submarines currently deployed.