fashion as princess of wales, but she also used clothes to help her do herjob as a humanitarian and as a patron of the arts. and to focus the press attention on her charity work. they were the essential props which helped the sometimes insecure young woman to face the world and win its admiration for her image of glamour and style. nicholas witchell, bbc news at kensington palace. time for a look at the weather. here's john hammond. wild and winter wheat for all of us, destructive for some and damaging for a few. doris will never be the storm of the century but it will pack a punch as it develops over the next few hours and arrives on our doorstep by tomorrow morning. it is not pleasant at the moment across parts of western england and wales, raining hard. miles across the

southern part of the uk but colder further north. then all eyes to the west as we head into the night. very wet across northern ireland. over an inch of rain in some places and that will have its own impact. then doris arrives and it turned to snow. first of all we have the snow and a warning in force from the met office. the west of the conditions office. the west of the conditions of high ground but through the central belt we could see some centimetres in the glasgow and edinburgh area. this could well be the scene in upland areas in particular. that wet and sticky snow for the rush—hour tomorrow. the snow moves a little further south but for the rest of us just a nasty morning with areas of wind and rain. some brightness in between but focusing on the next elements of severe

weather, that wind. an amber warning in force and it will be disruptive and for some quite damaging. especially coming in from the irish sea late morning into parts of north—west england, wales, through the midlands and across other northern counties and into east of england. gusts of around 70 miles an hour, up to 90 miles an hour coastal areas. we could see things like this, and certainly some sense panelling coming down in some places. the exact area still open to doubt, a sting in the tail late afternoon the east coast before things eventually subside. and then began day with a cold belt. some wintry showers following on behind in the colder air. then something of a lull heading into friday, briefly. there will be some sunshine across

southern and eastern parts but more rain arrives across the north and west. rapid snowmelt and the rain continues into saturday bringing the risk of flooding across parts of scotland. all the latest as ever on the bbc website. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the fiancee of the children's author helen bailey is found guilty of her murder. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — good afternoon. now time for a look at the day's sports news with me, jessica creighton. we start with football. manchester united manager jose mourinho has refused to guarantee captain wayne rooney will remain at the club, after reports he could move to the chinese super league. our football reporter simon stone is with me.

it was only last month that wayne rooney was being labelled a legend of the club after scoring a goal. what is happening? the simple fact is he hasn't played in football since he became manchester united ‘s record goal—scorer and he's only played four times in a month. his stats this season, he started a premier league games, compare that to zlata n premier league games, compare that to zlatan ibrahimovic who has played 24 to zlatan ibrahimovic who has played 2a times and even like marcus rashford have all started more games that wayne rooney. the simple fact is he wants to play. our lives to the fact that clubs in china are keen to get wayne rooney, he would bea keen to get wayne rooney, he would be a marquee signing, and that is why these stories have emerged. this is someone who is considered a united legend, so synonymous with the club, will he live? isn't enough ofan the club, will he live? isn't enough of an incentive? well, he wants to play football, it

has been stressed to me that he wa nts to has been stressed to me that he wants to play football. whether he will leave before the chinese tra nsfer will leave before the chinese transfer deadline next tuesday is another matter. the chances of the deal being done by then are slim but certainly in the summer if the stats continue as they are and he is not playing i think you will be looking elsewhere than manchester united. thank you very much forjoining us. ryan sidebottom says he's retiring from cricket at the end of the upcoming season. the 39—year old says he's surrounded by teammates playing in nappies! one of them is 26—year old joe root, who has recently been named the new england captain, and despite his age, sidebottom says he's the right choice. joe root is a great player, he has achieved so much in a short space of time. this england team are very exciting. they are still very youthful and learning every day. they are getting better and better and very strong as a team and as a unitandi

and very strong as a team and as a unit and i thinkjoe has inherited a very good side. i think he will bring even more of an exciting brand of cricket and the way he plays is very much that he knows the game inside out, very knowledgeable, so i am very looking forward to his tenure as captain. george north will start for wales in their six nations match with scotland on saturday, after recovering from a thigh injury. the wing, who's 2a, will replace alex cuthbert, which'll be the only change to rob howley‘s side, from the defeat by england in cardiff. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website and i'll have more in the next hour. more now on our top story this afternoon. the fiance of the children's author helen bailey has been found guilty of murdering her and dumping her body in a cesspit under their home in hertfordshire. ian stewart, who's 56, drugged ms bailey over several months, before smothering her in the hope of claiming a multi—million pound inheritance. speaking outside court, a senior detective from hertfordshire police welcomed today's verdict, and told our reporter june kelly he would be looking into the circumstances around the death of ian stewart's previous partner seven years ago. my

my opinion is that it is the right and correct verdict, however there are no winners in this. the family are no winners in this. the family are absolutely devastated at helen ‘s loss and jonathan fields family have been very upset with the way that their loved one has been used in courtand that their loved one has been used in court and of course ian stewart ‘s own family have been lied to and are extremely upset by the verdict and the lies that they had been told and the lies that they had been told and witnessed during the course of this trial. it was a very challenging enquiry, initially reported as a missing person and the lies and deceit that mr stewart offered during the course of our investigation really did hamper us andi investigation really did hamper us and i am very proud of their work my tea m and i am very proud of their work my team has done to eventually find helen bailey and sadly find that she had died and be able to return her to herfamily had died and be able to return her to her family and had died and be able to return her to herfamily and i am particularly proud of the investigation that we

put together and the eventual conviction of ian stewart. why are you now re—examining diane stewart 's you now re—examining diane stewart '5 death? you now re—examining diane stewart 's death? she died of natural causes in 2010 and it would only be right and proper that we looks at what those causes might be. she did die seven those causes might be. she did die seve n yea rs those causes might be. she did die seven years ago and there is no suggestion that she died of anything other than natural causes. we will have more on that verdict later. it's the fourth day of the big push to drive so—called islamic state out of the iraqi city of mosul. right now the operation is focused on mosul‘s international airport. it's just beyond the town of abu saif, which was taken by iraqi forces yesterday. the area around the airport, which is to the west of mosul is heavily—populated. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville is at abu seif and has more on the situation there. this is as far forward as the

federal police have advanced. over there is their next target. beyond that open ground, beyond that factory, is the airport. is have done a lot of damage, they have smashed up the runways at the terminal buildings and you might be able to hear occasionally as well as artillery going on from these guys, from the federal police and other forces, and all night long we had the most incredible blooms from coalition air strikes, all clearing this area so that an advance could be made. the airport was important for a number of reasons. firstly it was symbolic but look at all of that land, huge parcel of land, so that will give a lot more control to iraqi government forces and also it will help cut off the southern route to western mosul. tony blair has hit back at the daily

mail he accused his government of giving £1 million to a former guantanamo detainee. he carried out a suicide attack this week. tony blairsaid a suicide attack this week. tony blair said the a suicide attack this week. tony blairsaid the man a suicide attack this week. tony blair said the man was released in 2004 after a massive media campaign led by the daily mail and the compensation was agreed in 2010 by a conservative led government. jack straw is in our westminster studio. do you share tony blair ‘s anger? i certainly do. back in 2004 i was foreign secretary and it was i who was asking the americans for the release of various people, uk citizens, who had been incarcerated in guantanamo bay, and we had to do it in in guantanamo bay, and we had to do itina in guantanamo bay, and we had to do it in a careful way, but there was this barrage of campaigning, not just from the usual people on the left in the civil liberties groups but from the centre and above all from the daily mail, suggesting that it was entirely wrong that these

people against whom no charges have been brought should be incarcerated in this way. there was nobody, or very few people saying to be careful. we were careful. the difficulty that we faced was that the americans had not put in place any proper criminal process or choirs i criminal process for judging the guilt or innocence of these people, and then for them to be sentenced, so they faced the prospect of being there indefinitely, which was obviously not acceptable, it isn't acceptable in any system. did you regard him as innocent at the time? no, never regarded him as innocent and neither i nor tony blair regarded him as innocent, wejudged that i nor tony blair regarded him as innocent, we judged that the i nor tony blair regarded him as innocent, wejudged that the risk was not so great as to prevent his release. just that. let me also say that whenever you are making decisions about the release of

prisoners you have to make a judgment and sometimes those judgments are not borne out by events. every week when i was home secretary i had to make decisions about the release of tariff expired life sentence business, murderers. they were very difficult decisions. idid my they were very difficult decisions. i did my best. we accept that hindsight is a wonderful thing, but did you get it wrong? no, i don't think i did get it wrong. it has to be acceptable, and we have to be grown up be acceptable, and we have to be grown up about this that if you are asking ministers to release people, anybody, includingjudges asking ministers to release people, anybody, including judges to release people, sometimes they may carry on with criminal activities. in this case, as far as i know he was not involved in any terrorist activity or planning against britain on british soil. he was clearly going to be open to a compensation claim which duly followed and that was

something which you must have expected. the difficulty about the compensation claim was as the law stood at that time, and it was a difficulty for governments of both parties, but as it happens, and it isa parties, but as it happens, and it is a matter of fact, that that decision was made by a conservative government, it was not possible to bring out in court the evidence that we had against these individuals where was based on intelligence because that would be to compromise the basis of the information, so we couldn't mount defences against these cases. in 2012/2013 kenneth clarke, then thejustice secretary, with my active support, got an active change the law produced so they can now closed material proceedings where the secret evidence can be brought out in secret without —— with a special advocate who was there to represent the interest of the claimant, eg this man, without him actually seeing the evidence. that change was made against a huge barrage, cotton

and whether the daily mail was on it, but certainly many others were saying it is terrible and it is secret trials and histories caff test, it is none of those things but there has to be a balance between there has to be a balance between the need for civil liberties which is very important and the need to ensure the security of the state. although you didn't sign off on the compensation, it was done under david cameron ‘s government, did you in anyway tick the boxes that allowed it to go ahead? did you accept that compensation was inevitable? i wasn't involved in that case so let me be clear about that case so let me be clear about that summer i did not tick the boxes. i am that summer i did not tick the boxes. iam not that summer i did not tick the boxes. i am not saying that had we beenin boxes. i am not saying that had we been in power we would not have had to make a similar decision in similar circumstances, said this is not a criticism of kenneth clarke, it is just not a criticism of kenneth clarke, it isjust a not a criticism of kenneth clarke, it is just a matter of fact. since the daily mail is a conservative supporting newspaper and doesn't like tony blair itjust needs to be explained that this decision was made... let me pick up on that, it is interesting that tony blair has

made an outspoken statement about brexit, do you see, as some are saying, link with daily mail being a pro brexit newspaper and tony blair coming out against an saying the remain team had two stand—up comedy you think there was a direct connection between this and a paper that has been his nemesis?” connection between this and a paper that has been his nemesis? i don't. tony has his views about how we handle brexit and as it happens my views, i was also very strongly campaigning for remain, but my reviews are slightly different from to ny‘s reviews are slightly different from tony's about how we go forward on that so i just think that this is a newspaper, the daily mail, which campaigned passionately for the release of these people, and yet now has done a complete somersaults. that is their privilege but i think they ought to actually come clean and say why they have done this somersaults, is itjust because they don't like tony blair or is there some other reason here? the other reason is we need a greater maturity in this debate about the kind of really difficult decisions that

people like mr blair and david blu nkett people like mr blair and david blunkett and i and anyone else in those positions has to make everyday. john major once said that the only people who never make m ista kes the only people who never make mistakes are the people who never make decisions and that was i think very accurate. i don't feel that we made a mistake here but the truth is that there is no way that anybody could have guaranteed that 13 years later this man was not intent... you have said that. this interview is probably playing in the offices of the daily mail and paul dacre may be watching you right now, is it fair to suggest that you and tony blair, along with many others, were simply too afraid at the time, of the power of one particular newspaper and this is now pay that? no, it is not the case. i don't think anybody accused me of kowtowing to any newspaper at the time. i made decisions in the best possible way and i knew by that

stage, after i had been in government for seven years that the papers will praise you 1—dayer danny the next and that is their privilege. they play a very important role in british public life and as it happens i have very great respect for paul dacre as an individual and as a newspaperman but thatis individual and as a newspaperman but that is a separate story. even so, even though he has never cut any slack when i had done something he disapproves of i am saying this in public that i think that the mail has acted inappropriately here in not bringing out the fact that they are taking such a prominent role in calling for this man ‘s release. jack straw, thank you forjoining us. labour has accused the government of putting the nhs and social care in a state of emergency, with 18,000 patients a week waiting on trolleys in hospital corridors. at prime minister's questions in the commons, theresa may defended her record on the health service, saying more money was being put into the service and there were more doctors,

more operations and more nurses. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster for us. not so much a premises questions is a by—election special with the huge row between mr corbyn and mrs may. labour have made the state of the nhs absolutely central to their campaigns in these two critical by—elections taking place tomorrow in stoke and copland. let us listen to what happened. her government has put the nhs and social care in a state of emergency. nine out of ten nhs trusts are unsafe. 18,000 patients a week are waiting, mr speaker, i repeat the figure, 18,000 patients a week are waiting on trolleys in hospital corridors. 1.2

million often very dependent... mr speaker, it seems to me that some members don't want to be concerned about the fact that there are 1.2 million elderly people not getting the care that they need. the legacy of her government will be blighting our nhs for decades. few hospitals, few a&e departments, fewer nurses and fewer people getting the care they need. we need a government that puts the nhs first and will invest in our nhs. first of all i have to say to the right honourable gentleman that he should consider correcting the record because 54% of hospital trusts are considered good or outstanding. quite different from the figure he has shown. secondly i will take no lessons on the nhs from

the party, from the party, oh, oh, the party, from the party, oh, oh, the deputy leader of the other party says we should take lessons of the nhs! i will not take any lessons from the party that presided over the mid—staffs hospital! and, they say we should learn lessons. i will tell you who should learn lessons. it is the labour party who still fail to recognise, if you are going to fund the nhs, and we are putting more money in, there are more doctors, more operations, more nurses, if you're going to fund the nhs you need a strong economy, but now we know that labour have a different sort of phrase now for their approach to these things. remember labour used to talk about boom and bust, it is no longer boom and bust, it is borrow and bankrupt.

let us all that over with stuart andrew and kirsty blackman. let me start with you, it does not get as far when mrs may sites back the mid—staffs scandal. it doesn't really help resolve the problems of the nhs in just really help resolve the problems of the nhs injust taking it back into an interparty argy—bargy? the nhs injust taking it back into an interparty argy-bargy? first of all i used to work in the hostage —— hospice movement and i've seen the nhs work first—hand and there is often a difficulty at this time of year the nhs. she has the right to raise the issue of standards of care about is what we learn from the mid—staffs enquiry but the fact is that our population is getting older and we have more people presenting to hospitals and social care than ever before and we are trying to put that money and to meet that demand but it will also need some reformers as well so actually it is such a big

subject that we need to look at the standard of care as well as the financing. ian, is there a danger that labour gets trapped into talking down the nhs. we had jeremy corbyn saying nine out of ten nhs trusts were unsafe. really? the most important question in my view at premises questions was the first question, and that was why did numberten question, and that was why did number ten refuse to accept a petition from west cumberland hospital... theresa may denied that said the petition was handed in. the petition was refused said a member of parliament came 300 miles from cumberland to deliver a petition, 20,000 people from that area are really concerned about the nhs and really concerned about the nhs and really concerned about the nhs and really concerned about the area and what is happening... my point about talking down the nhs. this is really important, it shows the content that

the conservative government and theresa may have for the nhs and people who are desperately in need. to be fair, theresa may did deny that said we have to give her the benefit of the doubt. you might want to give her the benefit of the doubt but i am not prepared to do so. isn't part of the problem with the nhs is that the tone of the debate, it is very hard to come up with any concrete plans because any reforms immediately shouted down as underfunding, privatisation, damaging the nhs, whichjust makes a com plete damaging the nhs, whichjust makes a complete impossibility for anyone to try and address its difficulties?” think the tone of the debate is a real problem and when the issue of mid—staffs was raised today, the cheers from the benches, jeering at such a terrible incident, i don't think was right at all or appropriate. in scotland had been

working with local authorities and we have budgets that are pools between the nhs and the local authorities to try and do things better around things like delayed discharge. we have taken it on and made major and radical changes that people are on board with. i don't think the conservative government have many sabbath things at the junior doctors. because of the by—elections tomorrow, that is part of this, how vulnerable do you think you are on the nhs and might it scupper your chances in copland ? you are on the nhs and might it scupper your chances in copland? the first thing i would say is that unfortunately i am old enough to fight by—elections last time we were in government and even tried to defences that we held was very difficult. the fact that we are even in contention of potentially gaining a seat in copland and in stoke is really remarkable. i think it shows more about the real problems and difficulties that the labour party are in. i have been in both constituencies on a number of occasions and it is clear that the traditional core of labour votes is just not happy to supportjeremy corbyn. are these make or break by—elections forjeremy corbyn? these are extremely challenging by—elections at this time. we have

got a fantastic ground operation in both places and you mentioned the nhs in copland, it is a key issue. we have got huge problems, if indeed the tourist... no question ofjeremy corbyn standing aside if he should lose? that is not on the table at all. these are two by—elections which we would hope to win, we are confident that, albeit very close, and who knows what the turnout might be, but all things being equal, in a fairwind, we be, but all things being equal, in a fair wind, we should retain their seats. kirsty blackman, i said i would ask about the scotland fix all the idea that the bbc would get their roaming news but instead you are getting your own channel. i had that? it is a recognition of the quality ofjournalism in scotland and we had proven that we can make great quality tv shows with news and comedy and drama and documentaries on this work include all of that and i'm quite positive about it. thank you very much. attention to my will

inevitably be on the two by—elections. all this week, the bbc is looking at how businesses work with people with disabilities and how disabled people have made business work for them. as part of our disability works series, vishala sri—pathma this is where all your online purposes come from, there are shoes there and suits and marks & spencer opened this warehouse in 2013. it said it wanted to hire more workers with disabilities but joining said it wanted to hire more workers with disabilities butjoining me now is kate nash and a man who works in this warehouse. it is all very well but the company says they want to recruit more but is it a challenge to retain workers with disabilities? absolutely, one of the things that is very hard for people with health

conditions or disabilities is to be good and confident and adjust to the needs so the issue of retaining purple talent is very important. you have dyslexia, what challenges to joe rafferty started work?” have dyslexia, what challenges to joe rafferty started work? i think the biggest one was stigma. the stigma that people have about the condition itself. after being here, within months my confidence started rising and how i am now, i am much more confident than i was when i first started. with awareness, that isa first started. with awareness, that is a bit of an issue, a lot of people think of disabilities as physical but it is more diverse than that. absolutely. the definition of disability in the equality act cove rs disability in the equality act covers people with many different conditions, or people with cancer or dyslexia or irritable bowel syndrome

as well as the more typical impairments that we think of, such as wheelchair users or visual impairments. as darren has described, it is hard to actually retain your confidence so organisations like this are creating networks, so bloody networks and employee networks and people join forces and develop confidence from the inside out. thank you very much. i will be back in one hour with more news from donington. time for a look at the weather. it is the day before doris day! yes, that is the fourth named storm of the season and it has impacts we get several times the ds0 will not be the most violent storm and living in history but it will have rain and snow and wind. things are really starting to get going tonight with wet weather sweeping in from the

west. the north of the uk will see a lot of rain and snow on the northern edge as it hits the cold air. it is potentially disruptive snow and the met office has issued an amber warning of snow, be prepared for disruption in the central belt. a few centimetres off the ground —— snow on high ground. the wind will have impact and that is the thing we are most concerned about tomorrow. the amber warning is in force for the wind in the wales and the midlands and the eastern counties in the afternoon. all of the latest on the afternoon. all of the latest on the fast moving situation can be found on the bbc weather website and i will have more detail in half an hour. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy.

the headlines at 2pm: the fiancee of the children's author helen bailey is found guilty of her murder, dumping her body in a cesspit, in the hope of inheriting millions of pounds. detectives are now re—examining the death of ian stewart's previous partner. his wife, diane, who died suddenly in 2010. tony blair hits back at the daily mail which accused his government of paying £1 million to a former detainee of guantanamo bay who went on to carry out a suicide bombing in iraq. the supreme court says income rules which prevent some people bringing a foreign spouse to the uk are lawful. police hunting the convicted murderer on the run in liverpool say they're looking at a gold volvo he escaped in. in the next hour: the bbc announces a new television channel for scotland.