europe's most active volcano has erupted in a fiery show of lava. mount etna, on the italian island of sicily, has been largely dormant for the past two years. the volcano‘s latest eruptions began on monday evening. authorities have reported no danger to the nearby towns and there has been no disruption to air traffic. its eruptions can last days or even weeks — the last major one was in 1992. a day for the daffodils, especially those in wales. there isn't a huge amount of sunshine on offer for the daffodils in south wales and southern england at the moment. plenty of cloud, some outbreaks of rain gradually edging further north. increasing cloud in wales, the midlands and east anglia. still some sunny spells. there are some showers around, especially north east england and western scotland. it doesn't feel much like spring out

there, with single figure temperatures for most. the most active weather tonight will be in england and wales. you can see wet weather feeding north and strong winds developing. very gusty around wales, the bristol channel. along the south coast and inland you could sit 40 the south coast and inland you could sit a0 or 50 mph gusts, wind strengthening into the midlands. that might keep you awake. wind and hill snow into parts of northern england. we could see some accumulations, the welsh hills, the peak district. the potential of some of the sleet and snow all means if you are driving overnight, wet or windy weather, that is not going to be very pleasant. to the north of that rain band, northern ireland dry for a time. we could see rain and hill snow feeding in later in the night. frosty from north—east england and scotland. wintry showers in the north and north—west of scotla nd in the north and north—west of scotland with the risk of ice. tomorrow, quite a windy start, particularly early on across east anglia in south—east england. we

will keep a few showers in western scotland. a lot of fine weather, the best of sunshine across central and eastern parts of the uk. a little less cold in the south. some rain comes back to northern ireland, pushing into northern ireland. as we go into friday, we are watching another area of low pressure coming from the south—west. what does that mean? for england and wales, rain spreading northwards. some of that could be quite heavy. to the north of that, mainly dry for northern ireland. the best sunshine on friday in western scotland. what about the weekend? it does look unsettled with wet weather at times. why do whether people insist that the seasons change on the first of the month? you might look to the equinox solstice. let's have a heated debate. we have put a video together that you can watch on the website.

get the latest forecast and we will talk about what is happening over the next few days. the main story this lunchtime: president trump appeals for unity in his first speech to congress, saying the time for trivial fights has passed. 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. a culture, media and sport select committee into doping will get under way into the house of commons. a former cycling coast —— coach that delivered a package to bradley wiggins will give evidence shortly. the uk anti—doping chief will also

appear. doctor richard friedman pulled out yesterday. it has emerged that leicester city have held informal talks with roy hodgson about the vacant manager ‘s position. the bbc understands he is just one potential candidate they have spoken to. it remains likely that caretaker manager craig shakespeare will remain in charge until the end of the season if results continue to go well for the struggling champions. golf is set for the biggest shake—up in the rules in a generation. the governing bodies want to make the sport quicker and simpler. ideas including relaxing rules on free drops and reducing the time allowed to search for lost balls. the proposals come into effect from 2019. all sorts of modern technique, dare

i say it even plain english now and again. so by a combination of these things. these things we have to cover a huge amount, they will at least be structured more logically. rory mcilroy says tiger woods was it a good place mentally when the pair had lunch last week. mcilroy believes the next few weeks will go a long way in determining whether woods will play a master next month. the tournament which he has won three times, mcilroy is back in action at the world golf championship in mexico city after nursing a stress fracture in one of his ribs. he has been out of action since january. the masters is the only golf major he is yet to win. honestly i have not thought about augusta much. my biggest concern has been getting healthy and getting back here. that is what i was

thinking about, the routine was getting up early in the morning, doing my rehab staff, trying to get out and see what i could do on the golf course, get back, have some treatment, and if fuel more exercises. there was just basically that on repeat the last three or four weeks that is all i have been concentrating on. budapest city council has ratified its decision to withdraw its bid to host the summer olympics and paralympics in 202a. opinion of the city appears to have been divided, but a new political movement collecting over a quarter ofa movement collecting over a quarter of a million signatures to force a referendum on hosting. that the international olympic committee is going to decide between the two the september. this is all of the sport, you can find out all of those stories on the bbc sport website. i will have more for you in the next hour. the centre—right candidate in the

french presidential election. feel hasissued french presidential election. feel has issued a defiant defence of his campaign, as well as criticising the media. he had previously said he would quit if he was investigated for any wrongdoing over payments made to his family. but speaking earlier, he said he would not be giving on and his will to serve four is greater than the accusations against him. translation: is greater than the accusations against him. translationzlj is greater than the accusations against him. translation: i would be serving democracy and democracy alone would be the choice of our collective future. with renewed determination not the only choice which is collectively given to ask which is collectively given to ask which is collectively given to ask which is the fullest adventure. or the continuation, we will not accept that everything is organised. france

is bigger than us. france is bigger than my mistakes. it is bigger than a big number of the press. it is bigger than the opinion polls. it is because i am totally decided to serve this france that i will impose with all my force that hazard all the calculations decide on the future and the fate of the french doing a very decisive choice. do not let yourself be abused, do not let everybody did know you your choice, because your voice and your voice alone should decide your future, and it is bigger than the accusations levelled against me. i ask you to resist. i will do it. my family will

do it, despite all that has been done, my political family will do likewise and all those who believe that in the end it is only the people who can decide. yes, i will bea people who can decide. yes, i will be a candidate to the presidential elections, and we will fight this with force, and to use all our force so we can with force, and to use all our force so we can win it and correct mistakes. thank you. some news just to some newsjust to bring some news just to bring you about your television licence fee. the annual television licence fee is raising from april one it will cure up. it is currently £ia5 but it will be rising to £ia7, so the tv licence fee going up from ias £ia7. politics

now here. jeremy corbyn has accused the conservatives of continuing to be the nasty party. that prime minister's questions, he urged theresa made to scrap proposals to deny benefits to disabled people. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster, and we canjoin norman smith is at westminster, and we can join them now. norman smith is at westminster, and we canjoin them now. last norman smith is at westminster, and we can join them now. last week we had a battle over the health service, today a set piece battle over disability benefit and those proposed changes to entitlements to personal independent payments, a crunch issue for so many reasons, it is one of those issues where you think back to george osborne's last budget where he got a bloody nose over his attempt to cut it. it is an issue where we seem to see the courts at loggerheads with the government and again maybe one of thoseissues government and again maybe one of those issues where it is the house of lords who really square up to the government. this wasjeremy corbyn taking on theresa may in the commons over the su. as a society, we are judged by how we treat the most

honourable. the respected mental health charity, mind, has said this misguided legislation must be reversed. can't the prime minister look again, look again at the decision of the court, look again at the consequences of it, and withdraw the consequences of it, and withdraw the steep decision, this nasty decision, except the court's judgment and support those going through a very difficult time in their lives. that is how we will all be judged. the way we are dealing with disability benefits is to ensure that payments are going to those most vulnerable. what we are doing in relation to the personal independence payments is in searing that the agreement —— ensuring that the agreement of this parliament is being put into practice. so trouble ahead for mr may overcome three —— mrs may over pips. heidi allen, you

we re mrs may over pips. heidi allen, you were cited by jeremy mrs may over pips. heidi allen, you were cited byjeremy corbyn, who praise due for speaking out against the government's stance, but theresa may said the government is already spending more than any other government on disability benefits. why are you still not happy? the courts are there for a reason. if they feel we are not paying benefits to those entitled i think we have a duty to listen to that and use it actually as well overdue reason to look at the whole pip process, which isn't working for many people. that isn't working for many people. that is what thejudges isn't working for many people. that is what the judges have revealed here. you will know this will happen, bluntly, unless conservative mps like you voting is the government. on previous rebellions, you have talked a good game, such as over article 50, but when it comes to the crunch nothing has happened. this time will it be different? to the crunch nothing has happened. this time will it be different7m is too early to tell. being honest i'm not sensing as much resistance

on our side as it was with tax credits or pip for example, but for me it is about how much of a message we are sending. i know there are collea g u es we are sending. i know there are colleagues who fill that way but when push comes to shove, i know it is too early. still need to test the water. awkward for labour when it appears that the shadow secretary of state was phoned up by damian green to be told about this change and didn't even bother getting back to him. i understand there was nobody in our office. there was a by—election on last thursday. it is not a question of this process, the most important thing is what has happened, what has happened is via a written statement 160,000 people have lost the benefits that the court said they were entitled to, and those are people with distressing mental health conditions, anxiety, possibly even dementia, veterans of ptsd. what is real important is not phone calls and was anybody there on the day of and was anybody there on the day of a by—election, what is important is that the courts given what was intended. it is a bit rich about the

liberal democrats talking about pips, because you were in government when they were put together. as my colleague made very clear, what was agreed as coalition policy was not what theresa may said today. what we are getting now from the conservatives is a change, a move away from the policy of the coalition government which was in fa ct coalition government which was in fact to include people with mental health problems in the elements of pip that are now being under this discussion. this does matter. we are i'iow discussion. this does matter. we are now in one of those rare spots in politics at the moment where you have got an alignment, you have the labour party and the liberal democrats, the nationalists and others will stay the same thing. if heidi and her colleagues were actually to come in behind us it would only need half a dozen of them to make a tremendous difference. that is why it is different from article 50. let's talk briefly about another issue. eu nationals. if the

peer was to defeat the government tonight, do you accept the argument of many peers that it is simply morally unacceptable to leave his people in personal and professional limbo? i have spoken on it repeatedly. we would fall over if we did not have eu nationals in my constituency. i abstained did not have eu nationals in my constituency. iabstained in did not have eu nationals in my constituency. i abstained in the vote because i decided to trust the prime minister that she would it with a swiftly but the moment being debated in the lords i understand gives a three—month window for information to come forward and i suspect there will be an awful lot on my side who will look favourably at that because these are human beings. we should have sorted it out months ago and not let it build into a thing which it now is. the counter argument is what about the brits and the rest of the eu? yes, but going back to the point that heidi is making, some 75 p —— 75,000 people

in the nhs,10% of our doctors, 92,000 people in the care sector, in london and the south—east parts of the care sector would collapse without eu nationals. who is going to be comfortable about staying with this threat, with the fact that they are bargaining chips. they should not be that, they should be reassured many to make sure that happens. we have heard already on the select committee for leaving the european union from people who are british citizens living in other parts of the eu, and the one thing in which they all agreed was actually their position would be that much stronger if britain would ta ke that much stronger if britain would take the lead and give the assurances to eu nationals living in this country. these are people who have contributed to our community, sometimes for decades, now having their lives turned upside down. it is actually also in the interests of british nationals in spain, france, germany and elsewhere across the eu. it isa germany and elsewhere across the eu. it is a win—win. germany and elsewhere across the eu. it is a win-win. people, we are

going to have to leave it there. rebecca, quite a few things bustling up rebecca, quite a few things bustling upfor rebecca, quite a few things bustling up for theresa may. the vote on eu nationals tonight, the? about personal independence payments. and the dubs amendment, the lord dubs amendment, the proposal to take in vulnerable children from the rest of europe. that will be voted on this afternoon. an awful lot of potential pitfalls ahead for mrs may. police investigating the disappearance of raf gunner corrie mckeague have arrested a man on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course ofjustice. mr mckeague, aged 23 and from fife, vanished on a night out with friends on september 2ath in bury st edmunds in suffolk. police said a 26—year—old man was arrested on wednesday and is being questioned over "information provided to the investigation". nearly a00 jobs are at risk after pepsico unveiled plans to close its walkers crisps factory in county durham. under the plans, production

at the plant in peterlee could be moved to other sites in the uk. pepsico says the decision had been taken in an effort to find "crucial savings" and to ensure long—term growth of the business. a consultation of union members has begun. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first — the headlines on bbc news: in his first address to congress, donald trump appeals for unity and declares "a new chapter of american greatness". french presidential candidate francois fillon refuses to give up his campaign despite being put under investigation for payments made to his family. drivers caught using a mobile phone at the wheel face much tougher penalties from today, with new drivers losing their licence completely. in the business news this

afternoon... meetings will be held at ford's bridgend engine plant later. there've been claims by the unite union that 1,160 jobs will go by 2021. ford says jobs will stay at similar levels in the upcoming years. a decision to cut investment in a new dragon engine project was announced in september. uk house prices were up in february with property values rising by a.5% in a year. according to the nationwide — house prices were up 0.6% compared with the previous month, bringing the cost of the average home to just over £205,000. uk manufacturing activity fell in feb — although it's still growing, just not as fast. the pmi figure was 5a.6 — down from 55.7 in january. but anything over 50 marks growth. analysts say new orders slowed and brexit—induced cost pressures remain high. meetings are being held at ford's bridgend engine plant in south wales today. it comes amid claims

by the unite union that 1,160 jobs will go by 2021. but ford says jobs will stay at similar levels in the upcoming years. a decision to cut investment in a new dragon engine project was announced in september. our correspondent brian meechan is at bridgend in south wales. so what do we know about this meeting, what will be on the agenda? well, we have actually seen now a lea ked well, we have actually seen now a leaked document that has been written by ford, which really highlights the scale of the problem here. there are 655,000 engines made every year at this plant in bridgend, and those contracts are coming to an end, so when it comes to 2021, the only guarantee of work that there is is for 125,000 engines. all the way along, unions have been saying we want to know what the plan is, we want to know what the plan is, we want to know what happens next and that is what

they have really been pushing forward to find out. —— pushing forward to find out. —— pushing forward to find out. —— pushing forward to find out. it costs 670 make an engine here than at ford's dagenham plant because of various allowa nces dagenham plant because of various allowances and overtime levels, which are much higher here than dagenham. that is the problem that has been faced here. let's talk about the efficiency element, because representatives talked about the competitiveness of the bridgend plant. do you think that will affect what is going to be decided today at this meeting? i think that is what will be discussed, and what kind of changes are going to have to be made at the plant, because some of the things being put in place here are a p pa re ntly things being put in place here are apparently not in place in other plants. and ford like every other major national company, it has bit sintsov competing to get major contracts from the parent company. so when ford bridgend is going up against various other sites to get that one that we mentioned, it had

to compete with four other places in europe. if it is not as competitive as it needs to be, it will potentially lose out when it comes to competing for the contract. in other stories we are following today, travis kalanick — the boss of car service uber — has been forced to apologise after a video emerged of him swearing at one of the company's drivers. mr kalanick says he intends to get leadership help. the company which manages the undersea rail link between the uk and france says 2016 was the best year since its 23 year history. eurotunnel says net consolidated profit reached £169 million as passenger numbers and freight traffic both saw strong growth. in a worrying reflection of the home health care market the outsourcing firm mitie, is selling its home healthcare business for just £2. the buyer is a private equity firm. it will also receive £9.a5m from mitie to fund the business's trading losses.

irn bru maker ag barr is to cut the amount of sugar in some of its best known brands, ahead of a government crackdown on the fizzy drinks industry. the company says more than 90% of its portfolio will contain less than 5g of total sugar per 100ml by this autumn. the uk government plans to introduce a levy on sugary drinks in april 2018. let's look at the markets. the pound has slipped slightly on the dollar after those manufacturing figures came out, what we were talking about earlier today. also president trump made that speech last night, which seemed to have hosted indices from around the world as well. —— boosted. surgeons believe they have operated on the youngest patient ever to undergo — and survive — major abdominal surgery anywhere in the world. st george's hospital in london operated on a premature baby who was born atjust 23 weeks and was just six days old. patient abiageal peters

weighed only 1.3 lbs — or half a kilogram. earlier, on the victoria derbyshire programme, victoria spoke to abiageal‘s mother, louise who explained the background to the story. i was just over halfway through my pregnancy are those at home on a and my waters broke, and i kind of was in really sure what was happening, to be honest, and a bit in denial, having it wasn't what it was. i have to getan having it wasn't what it was. i have to get an ambulance to hospital. when i got there, they said that is what had happened. i ended up two days later i went into labour and she was born at 23 weeks plus three days. and how she then? 0h, she was absolutely tiny. probably just bigger than the size of my hand i would say. she was a very strange colour, translucent skin, and they

immediately had a better online support. put a tube down her throat, which took them a little while to do. we werejust which took them a little while to do. we were just sat there waiting foran do. we were just sat there waiting for an update on how she was, because they said she could either come out looking very ill and probably wouldn't survive, or if she looked pretty strong, then they would work on her and rush her off to help her. fortunately they were able to help her, but very scary. you can watch the full interview on the victoria derbyshire programme page. derbyshire programme page, bbc.co.uk/victoria. the programme is on each weekday morning at 9.00 on the bbc news channel and on bbc two. time for a look at the weather. let'sjoin nick miller on let's join nick miller on the other side of the newsroom upon the weather balcony for the forecast. it has been fairly quiet so far, the best of the sunshine has been across the northern half of the uk but things have been changing in southern england down to south wales

as well. we have seen a little bit of sunshine earlier on for the daffodils in the greater london area that has now gone. some outbreaks of rain across southern england, in the south wales, cloud increasing ahead of fat, north wales, north midlands, into a stanley, sunny spells still. we are catching some showers though, feeding into north—west england, wintry on hills and those two in northern scotland, doesn't feel much like the first day of meteorological spring. first of all, very gusty winds, south wales, bristol channel, southern england, through the midlands as well, picking up as the night goes on. it might keep you awake overnight. snow accumulating over 300 metres in the welsh hills and the peak district pennines. all of that means if you are driving overnight through england and wales,

not the most pleasant of conditions for doing that. north of this rain band, though, we are to some rain and hills now heading into northern ireland eventually but north—east england and scotland, a little cry, frosty weather, still winter showers in the north and north—west of scotland, bringing a risk of ice. tomorrow we'll start windy, the stronger twins for a time, it will ease a bit. we will see some wet weather early on the part of northern ireland, north england, wales, into east anglia. if you showers come back into wales in the south—west later, and a little less cold. tomorrow evening we will see some rain and hail snow feeding into northern ireland and then parts of scotland. going into friday, another area of low pressure is coming our way. it is coming at us from the south—west, as a result england and wales will get the rain from that first, and some of it could be on the heavy side as it feeds its way further north, increasing clout in northern ireland, the best of the

sunshine in scotland, do quite a chilly easterly breeze blowing out the north of this band of wet weather. not a huge amount of sunshine around the weekend. most of us sunshine around the weekend. most of us will see some wet weather at some stage but it is not going to be there all the time. we will put some flesh on the bones of the weekend weather over the next days. why do with people that the seasons change on the first of the month and not the equinox or the solstice? we have made a little video on a website where you can see details of all of that. —— why do whether people. juanais juana is presenting the programme tomorrow. she will speak to a man who was locked up for 2a years in an americanjailfor a crime

who was locked up for 2a years in an american jail for a crime he who was locked up for 2a years in an americanjailfor a crime he did not commit. this is bbc news. they had lines at two o'clock. sex education is to be made compulsory in england. do we need to have boyfriends and girlfriends at this age? children as young as four will be taught about safe and healthy relationships and atan safe and healthy relationships and at an appropriate age about sex. children will still have the right to withdraw children from the classes. there could be defeated in the lords of the brexit bill. some peers want ministers to guarantee the future rights of eu citizens living in britain. more than 1000 jobs are at risk at the ford plant in bridge and according to the document. no trains will run in or out of liverpool lime street station for several days after a wall collapsed onto the railway.