back 5:th itfimigg ‘a passing back through here at about 3:15pm. there were some disappointed people at skipton who just couldn't get on. there are something like 6000 seats available on this steam service over the next couple of days, so the hope is that anyone who wa nts to days, so the hope is that anyone who wants to get on it will get on it. danny, thanks very much. aberdeenshire council has apologised, after trees were planted in the middle of a football pitch. here they are. unsurprisingly the new trees sparked a huge reaction on social media. one person wrote: "are they playing tree—a—side? " a council spokeswoman said they'd been planted to boost biodiversity in the area, but they have admitted they were, and they did say this, "barking up the wrong tree with plans for this site" time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. changes for today, the cloud is in a

different position as well. this was a snapshot of lunchtime yesterday. move things on 2a hours and the cloud is moving up across the uk from the south—west. still some sunshine ahead of that and some areas of low cloud too. with the sunshine and it being less windy, you shouldn't feel too bad here in north west lincolnshire but not too bad if you are here in gloucestershire. not too much rain, mind you. that cloud is moving away from the south—west of england, so cornwall getting more sunshine and possibly eventually into devon as well. not quite so good through the west cou ntry well. not quite so good through the west country and wales, a few bursts of showery rain here and there but hit and miss. of showery rain here and there but hitand miss. limiting of showery rain here and there but hit and miss. limiting the sunshine gci’oss hit and miss. limiting the sunshine across eastern hit and miss. limiting the sunshine gci’oss eastern and hit and miss. limiting the sunshine across eastern and northern england and a lot of cloud for northern ireland. dry for scotland, the best of the sunshine in the west. still rather grey cloudy the grampians. as we run through this evening and overnight, we will find what is left

of this showery band of rain pushing into scotland and eastern england for a while and then it turns misty with some low cloud and another band of rain arriving in wales and the south—west later on. a much milder night to night under the cloud exceptin night to night under the cloud except in gotland where there could be clearer skies and a touch of frost. generally the team through the rest of the week is milder, but there will be a little rain from time to time. we've got some rain to come as we head into tomorrow, initially across wales and the south—west. further north in the rain is not amounting to very much. after a dull start, there may not be a huge the best of that comes after the rain in wales and the south—west, where we will see the highest temperatures. it will be a warmer feel for highest temperatures. it will be a warmerfeel for most of highest temperatures. it will be a warmer feel for most of us, temperatures widely into double figures. here is the bigger picture as we head towards the latter part of the week. everything coming in from the atlantic, hence it being milder. this area of low pressure

will bring some wetter weather into northern ireland. a bit of a chilly start and some mist and fog patches, but a largely dry day. we may see some improvements in scotland and northern ireland and those temperatures are ten or ii northern ireland and those temperatures are ten or 11 degrees. no weather warnings at the moment. how long is this mild weather going to last? go online for our ten day weather forecast. darren, thank you very much. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... president trump's national security advisor michael flynn resigns over his contacts with russia, just weeks after taking office. 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. i'm will perry with the latest sports news. leicester tigers have re—signed bath's england fly—half george ford for the start of next season with freddie burns moving in the opposite direction. it's a move that was expected and one which sees ford join up with england scrum half ben youngs.

it was about this financial agreement between leicester and bath, and the bath donor being willing to let ford deal with a year left on his contract. once the terms we re left on his contract. once the terms were agreed, ford was always likely to opt for leicester, as his preferred destination, a return to the club where he came through the ranks, and also that issue about playing with his england scrum—half ben youngs week in, week out, which is what he will do at welford road next season. but a very significant move for leicester and one of the biggest club rugby union moves we have seen in recent memory. great britain's fed cup team have been drawn away to romania in the world group ii play—offs in april. anne keothavong's team will play the away fixture in april as they bid to reach the competition's second tier for the first time in almost a quarter of a century. it means the wait for a home tie goes on, 1993 was the last time gb played on home soil. england all—rounder david willey is out of the west indies one—day tour through injury.

he's been replaced by steven finn. england's first one—dayer is on the 3rd march, and they will play three matches. willey missed the final twenty20 against india with a shoulder problem. manchester city moved up to second in the premier league with a 2—0 win at bournemouth last night. it wasn't an ideal start for them, losing gabrieljesus to a foot injury early on. raheem sterling got the opener from close range with nearly half an hour played and it was sterling who set up their second. tyrone mings getting the final touch on sergio aguero's effort to turn it past his own goalkeeper. city are now eight points behind chelsea with 13 games to play, but their manager pep guardiola is playing down city's title chances. they have to lose three games, because the goal average is in front of them. you have to win all of the games.

you know how difficult it is to win all the games in the premier league. game by game, now the cup, and after we will see. we are happy to be second and to reduce the lead. but still, the gap is massive. this game is all about winning and getting results. we changed the team and formation, we are always looking for new ways to get results. we are notjudged by tonight, our season will be defined by what happens from this point. ronnie o'sullivan has just started his title defence at the welsh open snooker, he's playing tom ford, and these are the live pictures right now from the motorpoint arena. the first to four frames will make it into the next round. this is also live over on bbc two wales and on the red button. banned cyclist lance armstrong has

lost his bid to block a £79 million lawsuit by the us government. it's alleged armstrong defrauded the government by doping while riding for the publicly funded us postal service team. he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned for life in august 2012. it now clears the way for the case to go to trial. that is all the sportsman. you can keep up—to—date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. we will have more in the next hour. thanks, will, see you later. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. let's take a look at some of the day's other main stories. an afghan interpreter who worked alongside british troops says it will be a death sentence if the home office sends him back to afghanistan. javed hotak is applying for asylum for the second time after receiving threatening letters from the taliban. the former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown has described

the treatment of armed forces interpreters as a shame on the nation. audrey dias reports. theyjust use us and leave us. you call them heroes, we save your heroes, now i feel ashamed and i regret my time being with them. this was not the life that javed hotak imagined, after spending two years serving alongside british forces in afghanistan. i was working as a soldier and interpreter as well. with sbs and sas, the british special forces. his reward? death threats from the taliban, so he fled to britain in 2008, hoping to find asylum. javed handed in these death threats he received from the taliban to the people in the home office. in this one, for example, it says, "you will be in hell very soon." here they accuse him for being a spy for the crusaders and sentence him and his family to the death penalty. the home office did not accept that

javed was in any danger and said it was safe for him to return back to afghanistan. that would be appalling if something happened and there would be one person to blame, the ministers of the crown and the government in what is, i think, an act as shameful as any i can remember a british government taking. javed is making a renewed asylum application later this month based on new evidence but for now he finds himself living illegally in the west midlands, relying on friends for a roof over his head. this morning the home office has issued the following statement. the eu but i better negotiator has

called for profound reform of the european union, saying it always delivers too little, too late. he said the union had failed to tackle issues including the maiga crisis and economic stagnation. he also cited brexit, trump and putin as reasons to reform the european union. the european union needs also a profound reform again, because let's face the reality — our union is in crisis. our european union doesn't have a lot of friends — not at home, and certainly also not abroad. and the union doesn't deliver any more. it's always too little, too late. and that is in my opinion the reason why many people and many citizens are angry in europe. they are not against europe, they are against a union that doesn't deliver the right results, that is not capable, for example, to find the right answers to the refugee crisis, that is not capable to give answers to the migration flows, that is not capable to break down the economic stagnation after the financial crisis of 2008. brexit, trump, putin, i think are reasons enough

to reform our european union, and to do it in a very profound way. diaper hush that speaking in strasbourg. we will have all the latest business news coming up in a few minutes. —— guy verhofstadt. the kremlin is refusing to comment on the resignation of president trump's national security advisor. general michael flynn stepped down after it emerged he hadn't told the truth about his conversations with russian contacts. a ten—year—old boy has died after suffering serious head injuries at the topshop store in reading. police described it as an incident involving store furniture. and inflation has risen to its highest level sincejune 2014. highest level since june 2014.

the rate, as measured by the consumer price index, reached 1.8% last month, up from 1.6% in december. hello, in the business news this afternoon... toshiba chairman shigenori shiga has resigned, hours after the japanese technology firm revealed details of a multi—billion dollar loss. the company had delayed issuing its results, but then said it was set to report a net loss of 390 billion yen in the year to march 2017. it's expected to take a 712.5 billion yen write—down at its us nuclear business. shares have fallen nearly 5% in engine maker rolls royce after it posted a record loss of £4.6 billion for 2016. however, once one—off costs have been stripped out, the company's underlying profit was better than many experts had predicted. rolls—royce agreed to pay £671 million to settle corruption cases with uk and us authorities and it has written off £41; billion from currency related contracts. the head of theresa may's inquiry into the way millions of people work has said there is evidence

businesses are using self—employment laws to avoid tax. matthew taylor told the bbc that he wanted to see a new standard of "fair and decent" work which the public and private sector could sign up to. now, over in the united states, the chair of the central bank there, janet yellen, is heading to washington to deliver the federal reserve's monetary policy committee to congress. she has been under pressure of late by congress. —— policy report. president trump is eager to roll back the powers of the central bank. we can cross over the the us, to samira hussain, who is at the new york stock exchange. what will be on the agenda? well, what everyone will want to hear from the chair of the federal reserve is when we are going to see the next interest rate rise. the last time we saw interest rates go up was back in december, and there are people now

that we're still on track to seeing between two and three interest rate rises for the year 2017, so the question is when we are going to see that. the next meeting is due in march, and most people do not expect that we will see a rise then. that is because it is still the first few weeks of the trump administration had when it comes to fiscal policy, a lot of stuff is still really unclear, what exactly the rollback of the banking regulations will look like, the new us tax code, and with all those questions swirling around with regards to fiscal policy, it is quite challenging forjanet yellen to be directing monetary policy committee tag—mac there is a lot of contention between congress and the federal reserve and janet yellen, why is that? well, of course there is always going to be questions about the direction of monetary policy committee there were many

republicans that were against any of the massive stimulus. there are questions about the low rate of economic growth, which is something donald trump has certainly been talking about, especially on the campaign trailand talking about, especially on the campaign trail and since. but now we are ata campaign trail and since. but now we are at a point at which there is pretty strong jobs growth, the employment situation is the best we have seen an to decade, but with regards to president trump and his desire to see a lot more economic growth, there is some worry that if there is a massive stimulus, what impact that could have on the economy and whether the economy in fa ct economy and whether the economy in fact could overheat, and that is something that janet yellen has to content with. but again, none of something that janet yellen has to content with. but agaii terms of‘ there is more clarity in terms of there is more clarity in terms of the direction of fiscal policy. look at some other business stories. tui, the german travel company that owns thompson, has seen a revival of business thanks to better bookings for its uk

and irish holidays and it has cut its losses for the last three months from £138 million a year ago to £82 million. john barton is to step down from his role as chairman of retail giant next, to be replaced by michael roney, formerly of bunzl. separately the group has said it's been facing "exceptional levels of uncertainty" amid a consumer spending squeeze, soaring costs from the weak pound and "little visibility of the approach the uk government will be taking to brexit". disney has cut ties with the world's highest paid youtube star, pewdiepie, because of allegations of anti—semitism. he has been associated with disney through maker studios, a company with a network of youtube stars, drawing several billions of views per month — generating vast income from advertising. let's have a quick look at the markets. the ftse 100 let's have a quick look at the markets. the ftse100 doing quite well, in positive territory. one of

the biggest fall as was rolls—royce, 596 the biggest fall as was rolls—royce, 5% down after they released their results. i will be back in an hour with more business news. thank you, see you later. let's talk a little bit about prevent. prevent is the name of the government's controversial programme designed to halt the emergence of home—grown terrorists. we often hear arguments made for and against it but all too rarely the stories of the individuals it identifies. stories like the one you'll now hear — of a ten—year—old boy, whose questions led him to some of the darkest places on the internet, and eventually to stand up in front of his class in london and declare his support for the terrorists of the so—called islamic state. he was then taken on by the prevent programme and had meetings with a caseworker for almost a year. the boy, who we are calling haaruun, has been speaking to our chief correspondent matthew price. haaruun is a small boy with a round faced and engaged eyes. you can tell that he's intelligent,

he asks questions, lots of them. and it's that curiosity that got him into trouble in the first place. haaruun's words are spoken by an actor. i saw on the news the paris attacks. and as soon as that happened, i was on the computer, because i was interested. i searched isis on google and then it came up to the bbc, and then i watched other sites. it led me to this one that had brutal executions, and them burning people. it showed them lighting them on fire, the people chained up, lighting them on fire, then they burned them. there is no typical case that lands on the desks of prevent teams across the country. they work with children, some as young as haaruun, others are teenagers. they work with adults. since 2012, prevent has dealt with more than 1000 cases, many involve islamist radicalisation. in the last year, around a quarter of referrals were because of concerns about far right extremism. and, it was a far right website

seeking to denigrate islam which haaruun had come across. and where he was looking at the brutal is videos. behind the scenes, unknown to the school, and discovered only by the woman from prevent who ended up working on his case, haaruun was being bullied. he doesn't talk about it much now. yet some of the children, he says, both muslim and non—muslim, labelled him a terrorist. the bullying seems to have played a role in isolating haaruun, and fuelling his interest in is. gradually, he became an expert in the group, and could name its leadership structure. it was all information that led to that day, when he stood up in class, and declared his sympathy for the so—called islamic state. that report from matthew price. rolls—royce has reported a record loss of £4.6 billion in the last year, the worst in the history of the british engineering giant. the firm was forced to pay around

£700 million in fines after being found guilty of bribery and corruption offences dating back more than 25 years. but the business has also suffered due to the weakening of the pound. our correspondent quentin rayner is outside one of its plants in derby for us. yes, good afternoon. a lot of this, as you have been discussing, is to do with some very complicated accounting involving rolls—royce, which its chief financial officer today said will adjust and unwind over time. this company, which has been here in derby since 1908, and employs 40,000 people, has been rocked by this bribery scandal has has been hit by this massive fine

and the multi—billion pound loss. these figures do appear to be eye watering, but the bulk of it is what is being termed as a paper loss because of the weight rolls—royce has protected itself against fluctuations in currency. it looks like a huge figure, but this is mainly an accounting result. in the past, rolls—royce placed an insurance against the dollar appreciating. at the moment, this insurance looks wrong, but in the future, this currency hedge will run out and the company will realise its contracts in dollars, but because the pound has devalued, will be worth more. so in effect, this loss will disappear in the future. now, nobody is suggesting that this company is under threat or is about to go under or stop all this should be qualified by the fact that its

underlying profits of almost harvest, which is not great, much —— matt -- harvest, which is not great, much —— matt —— have almost halved, which is not great but much better than predicted. and will have more on that story throughout the afternoon, those big losses posted by rolls—royce. good afternoon, you're watching bbc news. let's turn to different matters now and talk about syria. there are nearly 2.5 million children who have had to leave their homes in syria. the most vulnerable, of course, are those who are separated from their parents. in recent days, the uk government has come under criticism for taking just 350 children on camps in calais, where refugees from many countries, including afghanistan and somalia, gather. it says that a better approach is to focus on vulnerable children in refugee camps in the middle east, rather than encouraging dangerous journeys across europe. ministers have promised to resettle 3000 youngsters from there under the vulnerable children resettlement scheme by 2020. so what progress has been made?

the un high commissioner for refugees, filippo grandi, is visiting london and is here in the studio. he has recently returned from visiting aleppo. good afternoon, thank you for your time. first, of course, what were your experiences of aleppo, what struck you when you went there? the extent, the gravity of the destruction. i had not seen aleppo in six years and what i saw was not recognisable. the message that i passed, as you know, was that is where refugees come from, that is what the refugees are fleeing from. there is so much politicisation of the refugee issues that we tend to forget they are human beings who go

through the most incredible and serious experiences. that is the strong impression that i carried back from my visit to syria. strong impression that i carried back from my visit to syrialj suppose back from my visit to syria.” suppose that no one is lucky in that city at all but those who are more fortu nate city at all but those who are more fortunate are those who are at least still together as a family unit. i wonder what stories you heard, what people were telling you about the plight particularly of children who have experienced so much in the last few years. and we know that in this entire syrian tragedy that has been going on for the past six years, children have been perhaps the most penalised, unaccompanied children, children that have missed out on yea rs of children that have missed out on years of school, children who are obliged to work and are exposed to exploitation. so definitely, it is very important to pay attention to this important category of refugees and people affected by war. what do you make of various governments'

responses to this crisis, to the need to find homes and safety and shelter for youngsters? the uk government has done some very remarkable things. i think we should not forget that they agreed to establish a resettlement programme not just for establish a resettlement programme notjust for children, but establish a resettlement programme not just for children, but for vulnerable people from —— for 20,000 syrians, which is being implemented, then there is the 3000 programme for then there is the 3000 programme for the middle east, then 750 minors we re the middle east, then 750 minors were taken from cali. i met the home secretary this morning and i have encouraged her to continue in this direction, because last year, 30,000 and accompanied or children alone have arrived in europe, to greece and italy. so this is a phenomena which is growing, and that needs the solidarity of all states to be addressed in a proper manner. did

you come away from a meeting with confidence that work will continue to be done by the government? definitely. i am very keen, must say, on the programme to resettle 3000 vulnerable children from the middle east region. this is notjust syria, by the way, there are several conflicts going on in that region andi conflicts going on in that region and i think that it will be very beneficial to those children if this programme continues and comes to its conclusion within the time frame established, i am confident it will be. you were given assurances that it would be? yes, the calle issued last year, that monopolised attention and resources, but i think that now, there will be focus again on that particular programme. —— lee—macro to issue. nobody should forget that these programmes need to be handled with care, they require resources , be handled with care, they require resources, they require very good reception capacity at this end in

the uk, they require good selection that we are working with the government on this so it is important that it is done properly. so it is urgent but it also needs to be done in the appropriate manner to ensure that children end up in a better situation, not in a worse situation. we appreciate your time, thank you very much indeed for joining us. the un high commissioner for refugees, talking to us. let's catch up with the weather. it is not as windy as it was yesterday, the cloud is in a different place as well. this was a snapshot of yesterday lunchtime. move 24 hours and the cloud has spilled up on the south west and is continuing to move north through today and overnight. still some sunshine around, lovely day in north east lincolnshire. but contrast that blue sky with the grey sky in

gloucestershire, very different from the weather we had yesterday. that band of cloud is continuing to push slowly north and east, bringing a few showery bursts. but behind it, some sunshine already in cornwall, that should push into devon as well, boosting temperatures. more cloud pushing across the midlands, wales, southern england and some showery bursts of rain. lincolnshire, norfolk, suffolk and northern england enjoying some sunshine. low cloud in northern ireland, some showery bursts here. in scotland, dried, the best of the sunshine in the west, where it should be a lovely valentine's day. that cloud will increase overnight as we see the showery rain heading north and east. misty weather and low cloud following behind. then more rain arriving in the south west later on. soa arriving in the south west later on. so a pretty mild night, except in northern scotland, where we have some clearer skies, there mayjust bea some clearer skies, there mayjust be a touch of frost. but the theme for the rest of the week is the

mildness. people feel a bit warmer as well and ogleby a little rain from time to time. one weather system moving out of the way overnight, next band of showery rain coming across wales and the south west, that could turn a little bit heavier as it moves east into the afternoon. we could see some patchy rain across northern areas of the uk. nota rain across northern areas of the uk. not a great deal of sunshine, the best of it coming in behind the rain across wales and the south west, but a warm feeling day, temperatures mainly in double figures. as we head through wednesday into thursday, this low pressure will dry some wetter and windier weather across the northern half of the uk overnight. a blob of higher pressure in the south so it will be dry across england and wales for the most part on thursday. a cold start, but wetter weather clearing away from scotland and northern ireland, it should brighten up northern ireland, it should brighten up here. again, ten or 11 sources. —— celsius. this is bbc news. the headlines.

trouble at the white house as president trump's national security advisor michael flynn resigns. president trump now faces questions over how much he knew and when. we'll have the latest. also this hour. a bump in the price of fuel pushes inflation to its highest rate for two—and—a—half years, to1.8%. rolls—royce post a record loss of £4.5 billion. a bribery settlement and the fall in the pound are to blame. an investigation is under way at top shop store where a ten—year—old boy was fatally injured by store furniture. and also coming up.