this is bbc news. the headlines at two. fears ofjob cuts at vauxhall‘s uk plants as they're sold to a french car maker. unions demand ministers take action to help safeguard 4,000 posts. i'm asking our government to make certain that they're at the table because the french and german governments will be, batting for our british plants, and making certain that peugeot are committed to us. a new travel ban from president trump is expected later today but this time iraq won't be on the list. 13 potential uk terror attacks have been prevented in almost four years say counter—terrorism police as the public is urged to be vigilant. in the next hour. a zoo in cumbria loses its license after almost 500 animals died in the last four years. inspectors had criticised south lakes zoo for overcrowding, and a lack of proper welfare for animals. and 30 years after the zeebruge disaster which killed almost 200 people relatives, survivors and rescuers return to pay their respects.

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there are concerns about the future of more than 4,000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by the french car giant psa. the company which already owns peugeot and citroen has agreed a deal to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under £2 billion. vauxhall has two factories in luton and ellesmere port and many more jobs rely on the plants. the business secretary, greg clark, says he's cautiously optimistic about their future. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it's a deal to create a european car making giant. second only to vw in the scale.

but big deals can come at a price. fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. the new boss sought to calm nerves. i trust my vauxhall employees in the uk, i trust them. i know that they are skilled. i know they are dedicated. i know they are committed. and i trust that they will be in a very good position by working in a constructive and open manner with psa group colleagues to improve performance. as long as we improve the performance and we become the best, there is no risk they should fear. a500 people work at two uk plants. they make astras here at ellesmere port on merseyside. although the current deal runs out in four years‘ time. a deal to make vivaro vans just outside london in luton runs out a few years after that. 30,000 people also rely on those factories. people working in car showrooms for example. the new combined group

actually has 2a factories across europe, all of them now fighting for survival. i'm asking the government to make certain they are at the table because the french and the german governments will be. batting for our british plants and making certain that peugeot are committed to us. the conversations i and the prime minister have had both with gm and psa tell me that they intend to safeguard the plants, honour their commitments, and look to increase the performance and the sales of cars. so we want to hold them to those commitments but the message that we have had lead me to be cautiously optimistic. but the new group boss wants to cut costs. £1.5 billion worth. and soon. almost certainly he's going to have to close plants. he has too many, running at underca pacity. plants use huge amounts of money unless they are really operating at least 85% capacity

and the average of his plants now is closer to 70% so he has got to make hard decisions and he has made it clear he will make the bulk of them by around 2020, 2021. vauxhall‘s uk future relies on a strong post brexit trade deal. most of these vehicles go to europe. and most of the components come from europe. a good deal will leave the uk better off. any new tariffs or red tape could make it harder to compete. richard wescott, bbc news. in a moment will take to our correspondent dave guest who is at the vauxhall plant at ellesmere port. first to ben ando who is at the vauxhall plant in luton for us. yes, that is right. we have had a shift change here, lots of workers arriving to start their shifts at two, and others leaving. i think overall, the mood was one of

uncertainty. they're overall, the mood was one of uncertainty. they‘ re confident overall, the mood was one of uncertainty. they're confident in some ways, they know, for example, that the new owners, psa, have said they intend to honour existing agreements which means they'll continue to make vivaro vans as they do here for at least the next eight yea rs, do here for at least the next eight years, so do here for at least the next eight years, so there is some job security around that. they‘ re years, so there is some job security around that. they're also confident because they believe that this plant here is one of the most efficient in the new group. they've had to make efficiencies over the years and they've been here before with talks of take—over as recently as 2009. this is something in some ways they're used to, but of course no—one likes change, no—one likes to hear that new owners are coming in and efficiencies are going to be needed and that sort of thing. the mood music in paris has been encouraging, but there are factors that are outside their control as well, like for example brexit and what happens going forward, will there be tariffs imposed on parts being moved around europe that could

impact negatively on plants like this one that make vehicles here in the uk? all these things up in the air, unions say they're quietly positive about the information they've had so far coming from the new owners, nonetheless they are calling on the government to proactively seek to get involved in discussions to protectjobs here and elsewhere in the uk. thank you very much. now to westminster and vicki young is there. there's only so much a government can do in circumstances like this? yes, that's right. ministers are sounding optimistic about it all, they say. they say it's not happened because of brexit but they'll be mindful that that is going to play into it. they say vauxhall sell and awfully large number of cars in the british market, therefore of course this company will want to keep a presence here. they also say that things like electric cars, that kind of technology and research, that britain is at the forefront of that

and so that bodes well too. i'm joined by labour mp for luton north kelvin hopkins. labour is optimistic, what are your feelings, give than there are so many in your area employed there? there is every reason to be positive. we have been assured there'll be nojob reason to be positive. we have been assured there'll be no job losses. reason to be positive. we have been assured there'll be nojob losses. i ta ke assured there'll be nojob losses. i take that as face value. the reality is we have a superb plant with a brilliant workforce, a brilliant vehicle only two years into its production run, it's profitable, so there is every reason to look to a positive future for luton. of course brexit will be a factor and there are people talking about the idea that we may end up in a situation where we have tariffs and all the rest of it. could that be a problem for, notjust rest of it. could that be a problem for, not just the rest of it. could that be a problem for, notjust the plant in luton but elsewhere as well? there is a lot of noise talked about trade. the reality is, commercial companist make their decisions on criteria and the reality is that peugeot and citroen has a big market in britain,

they won't want to upset that. having a manufacturing footprint here is an important part of having good relations with the their market. what would you like to see government ministers doing? are they doing enough, and would you like to see them do more and if so what? greg clark has been active in speaking to per owe and we are grateful for that. if there is any need for further government action to support the plants, they ought to come forward. they talk about strategy and degrees of intervention to make sure manufacturing does well andl to make sure manufacturing does well and i look forward to taking action there. if it came to it, do you think that should go as far as state ownership? i'm a traditional socialist, so i would be happy with that. peugeot is partly owned by the french government. isn't that a problem, the fact that per owe, of course, partly owned by the french government, the other plant, the 0pel plant in germany, how kindly are they going to be looking on at

the british workforce with brexit? they make decisions on commercial criteria. if they sell a lot of vehicles, they won't want to sell their largest market. we are the largest single market outside the re st of largest single market outside the rest of the eu so they want to keep britain sweet because we buy so much from them. what about the skills of the local workforce? i heard somebody saying the workforce is getting older in luton, they need skilled people and that is what they have been using, some migrant workers for, is there more needs to be done to try and train more british people to work in this industry? again, i think the government is looking at increasing training amongst young people in skills, butjust training amongst young people in skills, but just recently training amongst young people in skills, butjust recently we have been taking on a lot of young workers at vauxhall, the age profile was old, it's getting younger again. a lot of the new workers, which is positive for the future, i can't see a serious problem. there are lots of people in luton who want to work at

vauxhall, good wages, securejob people in luton who want to work at vauxhall, good wages, secure job and so on. vauxhall, good wages, secure job and so on. thank you very much. we'll hear from greg clark who'll so on. thank you very much. we'll hearfrom greg clark who'll come so on. thank you very much. we'll hear from greg clark who'll come to the house of commons to answer questions on this at about 3. 30. president trump is expected to sign a new travel ban today to prevent citizens from six predominantly muslim countries from entering the united states. iraq has been taken off the list, after mr trump's controversial first attempt was blocked by the courts. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in washington. lets talk to our correspondent in washington. can you talk us through what we are expecting, why iraq is off the list and why that might make it less problematic? a revision of the original travel ban that, as you know, got bogged down in the appeal court in san francisco. we are told that the reasons that will come off the list is, after lobbying from the secretary of state, rex tillerson, there is a feeling that perhaps the systems in iraq, the checks on people who want to come to the us have sort of developed with us help

and therefore they are robust enough to come off that list. there is there is a clear geopolitical reason for taking iraq off that list. there are 5,000 americans in iraq helping with the fight against isis, there is the continuing question of iranian influence on the iraqi government. you wouldn't want to push baghdad into the arms of tehran, would you, so you can see the logic of that. other changes, possibly a change tonne indefinite ban on syrian retch gees, we are not sure about that at the moment. of course, trying to change some of the language around the religious element of this because bear in mind, some of the challenges to the original ban were constitutional challenges. now, that's not about whether or not the president can decide who does or doesn't come in, but it's about the motivation behind your decisions and you can't make laws in this country, whoever they

effect, that are not constitutional. those are some of the areas they'll wa nt to those are some of the areas they'll want to look at. also, of course, for those already who have visas, there is a suggestion they'll be honoured in the same way as those who have green cards, those will be honoured, giving you the right to live and work here. is your sense that when it's introduced, it will be in force straightaway, or will the president pause to see if it meets with the court's needs? that is interesting because there is some talk around this morning, no confirmation, we are getting some sort of briefing core on this in about 15 minutes' time. some talk that the implementation will be delayed until the middle of the month. now, if that happens, of course, that would undermine part of the original argument for the ban in the original argument for the ban in the first place. you have to do it quickly so people can't work out a way around it. of course, the other function of a delay, if that is what happens, is that that will give the civil rights groups, people like the

american council for civil liberties, people like them to work out their legal challenges because whatever the ban is, there are people who'll want to challenge it anyway. thank you. police say 13 potential terror attacks have been thwarted in the last four years. the uk's most senior counter—terrorism police officer has also revealed that more than 500 investigations are being carried out at any one time. he disclosed the figures as he launched an appeal that aims to get members of the public to report any suspicious behaviour. checking on a huge bag of fertiliser he planned to use for an al-qaeda bombing campaign against nightclubs and shopping centres. this was 0mar khyam in 2004, unaware he was being watched by police. a woman working at the storage warehouse had tipped off detectives, potentially saving hundreds of lives. if you have a concern about something you have seen or heard that could identify a terrorist threat, report it. a new police campaign reminds the public of the important role they have in fighting terror.

it could be anything that strikes you is unusual. detectives say in one third of the most high—risk recent investigations, information from the public has helped. in the background are the devastating attacks in mainland europe. the trucks driven into crowds in berlin and nice. the mass shooting combined with suicide bombs in paris and brussels. also so—called islamic state or daesh attacks, inspired or even controlled from a distance. you have to go outside. we see increasing use of encrypted communications which can instantaneously and dynamically link terrorists across the world. that brings about a greater danger for us in our communities that someone in our community could be influenced by someone working in a terrorist stronghold on the other side of the world. counterterrorist police are working with the threat level of severe, which means that an attempted terrorist attack is considered

to be highly likely. it has been like that since the end of 2014 and there is no sign of the level coming down in the coming months or even years. an analysis of where most convicted terrorists lived has identified london and the west midlands. 0ne tenth of all those convicted in the whole of the uk came from just five wards in birmingham. it is not surprising that big cities like london and birmingham which have very large and diverse populations, pockets of deprivation, will have a significant number of terrorists but that should not take away from the fact that a terrorist attack can take place anywhere in the country. police said today they have thwarted 13 terrorist attacks on the uk in the past four years and they are currently running around 500 counterterrorist investigations at any one time. daniel sandford, bbc news at new scotland yard. the headlines: concerns about the

future of more than 4000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after it was bought by psa in france. donald trump is expected to signa france. donald trump is expected to sign a travel ban later today. this time iraq is not expected to be on the list. 13 potential uk terror attacks have been prevented in almost four years say counter—terrorism police as the public is urged to be vigilant. and in sport, the arsenal manager arsene wenger denies sanchez was involved in a training ground row with his team—mates. he called the reports completely false as he took pa rt reports completely false as he took part in training today ahead of tomorrow's match with bayern munich. there'll be no champions league highlights on terrestrial tv from the start of the 2018 season. bt have agreed a £1.2 billion deal which secures them all live gapes

and highlights. and tony bellew said he may walk away from boxing after meeting david hayein away from boxing after meeting david haye in the bout on saturday. there was talk of a possible rematch between the pair. more on those stories at half past. the pressure continues to grow on former french prime minister francois fillon to step aside as presidential candidate amid allegations that he paid his family out of public funds for no or little work. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. do you get the sense that something's got to give today? well, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow even but very soon something is going to have to give. the clock is ticking on this one. frankly, the country has been riveted by this, but it's now getting bored of it. by the end of next week, the list closes definitively and if the

republicans haven't settled on a candidate this week, they won't have time to do all the necessary paperwork and so on to get the candidate properly registered. so yes, all sorts of meetings going on today. the crucial thing this morning was up—alan juppe today. the crucial thing this morning was up—alanjuppe pulling out. he was seen as a possible alternative candidate, but does that mean necessarily that al listen fill london will go, not necessarily. there is talk of maybe another alternative candidate emerging —— fillon. there'll be a meeting tonight and one tomorrow of supporters of the camp belonging to 01’ supporters of the camp belonging to or surrounding nicolas sarkozy who is emerging, not for the first time, asa is emerging, not for the first time, as a key player in all of this. there's everything to wait for, the suspense is still pretty strong. there's everything to wait for, the suspense is still pretty strongm terms of the fillon camp, what is left of that? not nothing is the point, i mean if he was in pieces

this would be easy, they would say, sorry mr fillon, you can't go on, we need someone else, but his position has maybe been boiled down to a rump 01’ has maybe been boiled down to a rump ora has maybe been boiled down to a rump or a sort of hard coreof support but that hard core is still sizeable, his pole ratings never collapse completely, they reached 17%, enough for him to say i can start moving up again and yesterday we had that demonstration in paris which was maybe not as big as he'd like to think it was but it was certainly enough when it comes to the image and the sort of television perception for him to say that he pulled it off. there is a large part of the right—wing vote which wants mr fillon and no—one else because mr fillon in his primary manifesto said he was going for a clean break with a lot of the way france has been run in the past. a lot of the voters don't want to move to a wishy—washy

central position such as, for example, mrjuppe would have adhered to. all the questions now is, can mr fillon say it's just me, or will there be a compromise candidate who is acceptable to the fillonits and the sarkozyists, if you like. fillon's not ruled out the deal in which he steps aside for it for another candidate, he just didn't wa nt another candidate, he just didn't want it to bejuppe. another candidate, he just didn't want it to be juppe. you elect sarkozy at your peril, don't you? yes and he's certainly manoeuvering now. he's not in the running himself for all of this. he got roundly beaten in the primary and he got roundly beaten at the last presidential election. he's not going to make a come back as a leader but he's very much someone who loves power. we know that. he is still very much involved in the running of his party which he feels strongly attached to. he still has a

loyal group of senior figures in the party who're close to him. there are so many people who regard him as being the king that was briefly there and then got unfairly treated and lost his power. so there is a power base there and he's manoeuvering right now. as i say, the one possibility that may come out of this, which means francois fillon not being candidate is if he and nicolas sarkozy can say, ok why don't we try this other person, one man is someone who has been very, very careful, for example, about not losing contact with either sarkozy or fillon. he's a young man of about 50, acceptable to large parts of the party, maybe he could emerge as a compromise candidate with fillon saying, look, i recognise i can't win this election, i therefore pass the baton to this man. who knows, we'll find out in the next day or two certainly. we'll talk to you then. thank you very much.

bt sport has paid £1.1 billion to retain the rights to show champions league and europa league games. the deal which will run until the end of the 2020—21 season gives the broadcaster exclusive rights to show all games and highlights. the culture secretary, karen bradley is to make a statement in the house this afternoon on the proposed merger between sky and 21st century fox. that's expected some time after 3.30 with tom watson, the deputy labour leader, responding to the statement. there's been international condemnation of the test launch of four ballistic missiles by north korea. the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, said three landed in waters close to the country's north—west coast. south korea's acting president has asked for the swifter deployment of a us—made missile defence system due to be installed later this year. joining me now from seoul is a

fellow in north korean studies. thank you very much forjoining us, how do you read what's happened? you know, it's never great to wake up to news that there are more ballistic missile launches from north korea. what is surprising about this one is that there were four that were fired simultaneously. we are still waiting for details about these launches but we are hearing from the south koreans that they went at least a thousand kilometres, so that would be considered a success. the japanese are saying they landed within a couple of hundred miles of problem with sound. certainly raising the stakes in the region for some of the neighbours to respond to this provocation. i'm hoping that our sound quality with you is ok, just bear with us. we know the japanese pm has called this

a new stage of threat. what do you think the japanese response is likely to be further to that? 0bviously they're stepping up patrols and making sure that they're keeping their people safe, but they're certainly going to push for more action. now, the un security resolution's prohibiting the development of ballistic missiles in nuclear weapons have not stopped the north koreans, so japan and some other powers are going to look for stronger ways to deter north korea. it could possibly compel the japanese prime minister to beef up japan's military spending so we may see a surge in military spending in the region. we know that donald trump as well has vowed to raise military spending as well. and in terms of whether you think this is about testing, if you like, america's response to their loyalty to their allies, how do you see

that? there are a couple of things going on here. this was not a complete surprise, to be honest. north korea had been warning for a couple of days that spelled respond to some joint military drills taking place here in north korea. these are south korean drills, they have been every year, the us and south korea called them defensive measures, preparation, ways to protect the south korean allie however north korea sees this as a rehearsal for invasion and threatening to respond so it's not a complete surprise. there are a couple of other factors here, how china is going to respond will be very interesting as well. it's not, as far as i know, responded or reacted to this. china is in responded or reacted to this. china isina responded or reacted to this. china is in a bit of responded or reacted to this. china is ina bit ofa responded or reacted to this. china is in a bit of a stand—off with the south koreans right now about the plans to install a very sophisticated us anti—blastic missile shield here in south korea.

china is trying to show the north koreans they still have some sway over the north koreans by cutting off coal imports and this is a huge blow to north korea's economy. there area blow to north korea's economy. there are a lot of different regional games here at play. really interesting to get your take from inside the region. we have heard comments from the uk foreign secretary boris johnson comments from the uk foreign secretary borisjohnson urging north korea to stop what he says are provocative actions that threaten international peace and security. we may get more comments on that as the day goes on. the bbc has learnt a 79—year—old man is being questioned for a second time about the murder of a schoolgirl over 50 years ago. the body of 14—year—old elsie frost was discovered by a tunnel under a railway line in wakefield in 1965. she'd been stabbed several times. no one was convicted for her murder. we understand the man is peter

pickering, being questioned for the murder. he was also questioned for kidnap and rape in 1972. a zoo in cumbria has lost its license after almost 500 animals died in the last four years. south lakes zoo in cumbria was fined almost £300,000 following the death of a keeper who was mauled by a tiger in 2013. government inspectors have criticised the zoo for overcrowding, and a lack of proper welfare for animals. we'll have more on this in the next half hour. danny savile sent this update. councillors have been meeting here to decide whether or not to grant a licence to the zoo, the south lakes safari zoo, four or five licence to the zoo, the south lakes safari zoo, four orfive miles licence to the zoo, the south lakes safari zoo, four or five miles from here. people who visited it posted positive reviews of it in the past. it had a very damning inspection by government—appointed vets injanuary this year and reading their reports, well over 130 pages long, it's no surprise really that the councillors

here have now decided to refuse permission for this zoo to continue. it's 486 animals died over a three—year period up to september last year. they included tigers, g i raffes , last year. they included tigers, giraffes, lemurs. david gill, the owner of the zoo was singled out for criticism. he saw no problem with what was going on there with the number of deaths, the inspectors say they were dismayed, that a local employee at the zoo told them that he was told to just dispose of any dead bodies and not tell anyone about them. so it was a pretty appalling catalogue of criticisms singled out by the inspectors in january and the zoo will no longer have a licence to operate. equally, the owner of the zoo could now appeal this decision and so things could continue. things have, they say, improved now at the zoo, the people who own it say things are better. so it's the animal welfare that really is at the heart of this

from now on. what happens to them, do they get taken into local authority care and dispersed to other zoos or do we wait for an appeal to see where they go next, or could a new company go in and run the site from now on. danny savage there. let us catch up with the weather with ben. good afternoon to you. a mixed bag out there. some showers to dodge. for many, we are getting away with a fine, dry day and some spells of sunshine. this picture from our weather—watchers, this tells the story nicely, this was warwickshire earlier on. a few shower clouds bubbling up. we had rain earlier on in the south—west of wales and the south—west of england. that's fizzled away now. we do have this wet weather sliding in across northern ireland, so a soggy end to the day here. elsewhere, it's a squadering of showers. 0ne the day here. elsewhere, it's a squadering of showers. one or two on the heavy side. most of the showers will fade away as we go through tonight. for many, we'll be left dry

with clear spells and a touch of frost. temperatures not that far away from freezing, so a chilly start to tomorrow, a bright start for many. a few showers for a time draped across the east, but out west, here comes a change, cloud, outbreaks of rain through northern ireland, western scotland, wales and the south—west. temperatures again around average for the time of year, 8-11. around average for the time of year, 8—11. through the rest of the week, we'll see a mixture of rain at times and drier smells. towards the end of the week, it will turn milder. towards the end that we could put her mouth. ——— little tynemouth. i put my neck out. hello. this is bbc news, the headlines... there are fresh worries about the jobs of thousands of car workers after the french owners of peugeot and citroen, psa, signed a £1.9 billion deal to buy

vauxhall. the uk's most senior counter—terrorism police officer has launched an appeal for the public to get involved in reporting suspicious activity, saying security services have prevented 13 potential terror attacks sincejune 2013. us president donald trump is expected to sign a revised executive order today, reinstating his controversial travel ban on muslim—majority countries. iraq is reported to be left off the list of affected countries this time. in the past hour, councillors in cumbria have refused a new licence for the south lakes safari zoo, where nearly 500 animals have died within four years. memorial services have been held in dover and belgium to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the zeebrugge disaster. one hundred and ninety—three people died when the passenger ferry capsized within minutes of setting sailfor dover. time for the sport, let's go to the bbc sports centre. it isjohn watson today. the arsenal manager arsene wenger has denied striker alexis sanchez was involved in a training ground row with his team mates in the lead up to saturday's premier league

defeat to liverpool. the player took part in full training this morning having only featured in the second half of arsenal's 3—1 defeat. it's believed the incident was behind his omission from the first team, wenger claimed it was a tactical one. completely false, but i understand that you have to feed the newspapers and we respect that. when you do not win the games, it is not always down to real stories. we have to accept that. alex sanchez has 15 months on his contract, said the decision about whether he is here or not depends on arsenal football club are not on anybody else. there'll be no champions league football on terrestrial tv from the start of the 2018 season, as bt sport have secured exclusive rights for both live matches and highlights. it has cost bt, £1.2 billion

for a three—year deal, and includes all champions league and europa league live games, highlights and in—match clips of both competitions. the bbc has secured the rights for the 2019 women's world cup which will see them broadcast coverage of every game. england came third at the tournament in canada two years ago — after they beat germany in the play—off. that tournament reached more than 12 million people on bbc tv last time round. england will attempt to succeed the usa as champions in two years' time. after beating david haye on saturday, world cruiserweight champion tony bellew says he's not sure whether he'll fight again. he came through their all—british heavyweight fight, a bout that was built on some real animosity between the pair. speaking this morning, bellew was asked if he would take up the chance of a rematch against haye if it came about. i don't know. i hope he gets healthier as soon as possible. i will take some time out to recover and spend time with my family. and then we will see.

i'm not sure if i can go to this any more, i will be totally honest, i'm not sure if my body can go through with it. i have far exceeded what i set out to do in business and game. i really have. so, it will take take something special to bring me back out. i am being totally honest enough. julie harrington has been appointed as the new chief executive of british cycling. she leaves her role as group operations director at the fa to take overfrom ian drake, who stepped down last month. british cycling is subject to an ongoing uk anti—doping investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in the sport. and scottish middle distance runner laura muir announced herself on the international stage this weekend with her first medals at a major championship. she produced two record—breaking performances to win double golds at the european indoors in serbia. having broken dame kelly holmes' 1500 metre record on saturday, this was her setting a new championship record in the 3000 metres yesterday. she wasn't even born the last time a british athlete won two individual golds at the championships, that was 23 years ago when colinjackson did it.

i do not know what the legs will did today, so i am trying to hang in there. i was feeling tired but i'm so glad i could come away and do that win today. did it go according to plan? yes. it went well. i tagged onto another athlete. we crossed the line. congratulations to her. but for now is all sport have more at about half three. talks are taking place in belfast aimed at forming a new power—sharing government. the two largest parties, the democratic unionists and sinn fein, are still divided over a green energy scheme that led to the collapse of the previous administration. sinn fein says the dup leader arlene foster, can't be re—appointed as first minister while her role in the scheme is being investigated. 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler is in stormont and explains how much progress they are likely to make. in three weeks' time there will have

two elected first and deputy first minister of it could be a case of westminster having to step in, at least for a time to government in northern ireland, potentially even in new election. they do not want to think about that just yet they want to get on with the business of coming up with the deal. the new assembly members arrived at stormont, but getting into the business of government depends on a deal between the deed terry dup and sinn fein. the amount of things they disagree on is considerable. if you look at things like brexit, education, the irish language and that question of whether the dup leader, would be prepared to step aside for an investigation into a botched green energy scheme. they area botched green energy scheme. they are a very long list of things indeed. sinn fein say it is essential that the dpp leader steps aside but the dup leader says that is unacceptable and they will not be dictated to by sinn fein. —— it is

essential that the dup leader steps aside. it is on that background... something needs to be done to focus minded they are good to get an agreement in three weeks. an individual panel of three marker that looked after the pay of mlas here said that perhaps their pay should be cut after three months, just give them three months of paid then stop that payment if they cannot come to an agreement. that might be one way of focusing minds. but given the disagreements it will be difficult to get a deal. let's get more now on the trepidation at the uk's vauxhall plants after the confirmation this morning of a take over by peugot. joining me now from our westminster studio isjustin madders, labour mp for ellesmere port and neston. ellesmere port is one of the tea plant affected, do you have reason for optimism over this deal? i think it is too early to say. i have not heard anything to make me think that

there is to do jobs heard anything to make me think that there is to dojobs immediately. heard anything to make me think that there is to do jobs immediately. we have a guaranteed that the production runs will be guaranteed which will mean jobs will be secured until 2021. clearly the big test now is what we'll do after that and that is what we'll do after that and that is where i am asking the government stepped in and do what it can. there is an edge in question in the house this afternoon but what do you want the government state? this afternoon but what do you want the government state ?|j this afternoon but what do you want the government state? i think the government should sit down very soon with senior management at peugeot, get to understand what their long—term strategy is and basically respond in a way that to make sure that the planned the jobs in also killed for the future. the difficulty over all this, you know this is much as anybody else, the conditions of brexit, the negotiations that are to come, that casts a cloud over this, given that ellesmere port relies very much on parts that could go to and from europe. well, it is certainly an extra complication, but we should also remember that gm import into

this country about quarter of all their vehicles that they sell across europe, so it is actually a situation where a bad brexit deal is bad for both sides, so we need to make sure that there are no impediments to sales of vehicles or parts across the channel, both ways. of course, we're notjust talking bout one plan, large though that is, it has a knock—on on the community surrounding it. certainly ellesmere port has a lot of people directly implied, as does looting, but we are talking about across the whole vauxhall, voxel operation, there is a massive there is many many more. it is imperative that the plants which are the key to wall those jobs are kept going as long as possible. we have had from len mccluskey this morning, what relations like a ellesmere port between management and unions? they are a model for the rest of the country, if not the world, they were

able to beat off stiff competition a few years ago from german plants to come up with a ground—breaking deal that secured the future that ellesmere port, then that was only down to great work between both unions and management coming up with a deal that kept the place going. are you raising that edge in question this afternoon? it is being raised by my colleague but i shall be there and i shall be asking the secretary of state. that is around 330. that is correct. thank you so much with drinkers. crews were called just before midday to a fire on the roof of an asda in luton. 14 fire engines and two aerial platforms are at the scene on wigmore lane. the store has been evacuated and two people have been treated by paramedics for breathing difficulties, none of them are in a life—threatening condition. a former british soldier has been shot dead by herdsmen in kenya. tristan voorspuy served as an army officer in the seventies and had spent nearly thirty years as a rancher and safari operator.

richard galpin has more. friends have described trishjin as a true 0fficer friends have described trishjin as a true officer and a gentleman. he was shot dead yesterday as he went to check the remains of a large that had been burnt down. for almost 30 yea rs had been burnt down. for almost 30 years him and his wife had run a luxury ranch in one of the most important conservation areas in kenya. recently this beautiful region has been turned into a battle ground for resources. cattle herders driving their livestock pens are thousands of them onto private farms and ranchers. the herders armed and desperate have pushed only is off their land. already it is estimated at least a dozen people have been killed in clashes and last month a

group of foreign tourists was evacuated by helicopter. at the root of this conflict is one simple thing, the need for water to keep both cattle and people alive. kenya is in the midst of the drought which could soon affect 4 million people. translation: we are very scared because our animals are dying. we are losing entire herds, if this continues we fear we will die as well, because as you can see there is nothing here. we have no food. well, because as you can see there is nothing here. we have no foodm is nothing here. we have no foodm is also alleged that this movement of cattle is being encouraged by some politicians to secure votes in the election in august. the conflict in which tristan voorspuy lost his life may well intensify in the coming months. the director—general of the world health organization has warned that air pollution is one of the biggest threats facing global public health.

in the first of a series of special reports this week, we'll be looking at ways to improve the air we breathe. as many as one in nine of us are breathing polluted air. the bbc‘s inside out team has been to the city of bath, where they recorded levels more like those found in beijing. here's seb choudhury. the air quality in our towns and cities is a huge problem so inside out is asking two people who live in bath, a cyclist and a taxi driver, to carry around one of these, to find out who's breathing in the worst air. first, kahlil who will carry an air quality monitor in the back of his cab. he's not expecting the results to be good. what do you think about air quality here? it's not very good in bath. it's not good at all. some people say they cannot breathe proper air. and he's not wrong. we record high levels of small particles called pm10s and pm2.5s found in diesel fumes.

on one occasion they're as high as those measured in beijing. why are they bad? particulate matter known as pm10 is small enough to go through our noses into our lungs where it can cause respiratory complaints. the other one, pm2.5, is even smaller and can go through the lungs into the bloodstream and is associated with notjust respiratory conditions but cardiovascular conditions such as strokes and heart attacks. also measuring for us is adam reynolds, a self—confessed bike fanatic. the data from his monitor shows high levels of nitrogen dioxide or n02, caused by diesel engines. every time he hits a busy road, levels soar. n02‘s bad because when we breathe it in it can inflame our respiratory system, exacerbate diseases such as asthma and cause other diseases. after ten days, we show adam and kahlil the results.

adam, the air you were breathing in depended on the time of day and the routes you took to work. your levels are minuscule. cool, that looks good. you're a cyclist! laughter. khalil, for six out of ten days, you are way above the world health 0rganisation standard. i'm speechless, i don't know what to say. with that, i'm losing my breathing in my chest. i might have cancer, i don't know. so why is kahlil‘s air quality much worse than adams? surely being in a car he is more protected. winding up your windows might give you the perception you've recided your exposure to air pollution but the intakes for the car's air system are at the front of the car and the problem is generally they are level with the exhaust pipe of the car in front of you.

so the answer in heavy traffic may be to switch off the fan altogether and open the windows. as for cycling, the health benefits mean that even on polluted roads, it's a much better option. all week we'll be covering the issue of pollution and what can be done to improve air quality — that is part of our air "so i can breathe" series. and you can see plenty more online. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first— the headlines on bbc news: there are concerns about the future of more than 4,000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by the french car giant psa. president donald trump is expected to sign today but this time iraq won't be on the list.13 potential uk terror attacks have been prevented in almost 4 years say counter—terrorism police as the public is urged to be vigilant.

the business secretary greg clark has said he's "cautiously optimistic" for the future of vauxhall‘s factories in the uk. he's given the sale of vauxhall to the psa group the thumbs up. psa own peugeot and citroen. fund managers aberdeen asset management and standard life have agreed the terms for a merger. the move will create one of the uk's largest fund managers, overseeing assets worth £660 billion. and returning to cars, car sales registered their first february fall in six years according to new monthly data from society of motor manufacturers and traders. analysts predict that the market could be feeling the pinch from early signs of a consumer spending slowdown in the british economy. february is typically one of the quietest months of the year for the car market. fund managers aberdeen asset management and standard life have agreed terms for an all—share merger.

now fund managers are individuals or companies that mange money on behalf of others. the merger of these two will create one of the uk's largest fund managers, overseeing assets worth £660bn. the two companies employ about 9,000 people. the companies said the deal was subject to a number of conditions, including shareholder approval. it says the combined group will be named to incorporate the names of both standard life and aberdeen. joining me now is laith khalaf, senior analyst, from hargreaves la nsdown why is this significant? these companies manage a lot of people's money is either in their pensions or that i sets. it is basically saying that i sets. it is basically saying that lot of asset managers think that lot of asset managers think that bigger is better, probably the couple of reasons, one is that there was a lot of cost pressure on bond

prices to come down, because a lot of passive index tracking vehicles have come out and have proved popular with investments. active managers are under pressure to cut their fees. there is managers are under pressure to cut theirfees. there is also increasing pressure. . . theirfees. there is also increasing pressure... if you look at what aberdeen and standard life are doing they are looking to take £200 million of costs every year by confining. that will help to relieve the pressure is. these two companies, they are quite big players in their own right, why do they want come together what is in them? if you look at aberdeen, it gets a bit of stability and diversity, they have been having a difficult time of late, they have seen 15 six consecutive quarters of fund outflows, that is because they we re very fund outflows, that is because they were very heavily focused on emerging market and that has been out of favour recently. they get a bit of diversification in terms of the mandate outside of merging markets. standard life has more

absolute return and uk equities in its portfolio. in terms of standard life they get a big jump in scale, their assets will double and it will ta ke their assets will double and it will take them an awfully long time to grow that much organically. would we might see more deals in the future like this? pass frei possibly. we have seen to date the shares of some medium—sized asset management company is rising because investments are wondering who the next target will be. we could see more of this activity in the future. thank them and to

the french company that owns peugeot and citroen has struck a £1.9bn deal to buy general motors' european unit, including vauxhall. carlos tavares said that the future of vauxhall workers in the uk would depend on their performance. i trust that of the ploy is in the uk will be in a very good position if they work in a constructive manage dee manner. as long we improve the employment and become the best they should be a no risk. let's check in with the markets, but c has edged down as weakness in mining stocks outweigh the positive impact of that potential merger. the dax in frankfurt opened logo, shared in blue—chip banks during the market after it announced it shares in deutsche bank ‘s fell 6% this morning which will weigh down on the backs. that is it from me i will be back in an hour's time.

thank very much. britain's worst peacetime incident at tea since the titanic 193 people died when the herald of free enterprise capsized within minutes of setting sail for dover in 1987 — all because the ship's staff had failed to close the bow doors. today events are being held in the uk and in belgium to mark the thirtieth anniversary, and this morning some of the survivors, rescuers, and victims' families went out to sea to drop flowers where the ferry overturned. duncan kennedy reports. diane bunker. nadine bunker. lynda burt. daniel burthe. it is one of the iconic, tragic images of britain's maritime history. the upturned hull of the herald of free enterprise, ship, people, too. first, the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables. with the poignancy of poetry, the bbc‘s kate adie captured

the unfolding horror. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. the windows were underwater, the water burst in, and the ship was in darkness. it was that darkness that those on board remember most. all the lights went out. it was completely pitch—black dark. we could hear the inrush of water. brian gibbons was that lorry driver on his first ferry trip. he was the last to be rescued. with the screams, the shouts and everything else, and unfortunately some people did not make it. the reason i am talking to you today is, i think, people need to know what happened because of the 193 who did not make it. sorry. gets me a bit.

today, in dover, three decades of memories and regrets were on the collective minds of 200 relatives and friends. peter martin. catherine mason. john millgate. ivor moat. christopher moy. the sheer number... it took six weeks for many relatives to learn their loved ones had died. agonising enough for adults, an eternity for children, like kim spooner who was eight, and who lost her aunt and uncle. oh, my goodness! i remember it so vividly, sitting in our front room, hearing something terrible had happened in belgium, and my mother saying, "i think billy and mary

were on that ship." i did not really process what it meant at the time, to be honest. sitting up all night waiting to hear them call and hoping they would get in touch and it did not happen. the herald of free enterprise had sailed with her bow doors open. an attempt to prosecute crew members and the company later collapsed. the victims may have been british but the horror was universal and profound. in zeebrugge today, wreaths for belgium's shared and prolonged anguish. the salvaged ship's bell was brought to its final resting place in dover. an artefact to go with recollections of a maritime disaster whose wake endures. 30 years ago, it is creeping up to three o'clock, we're going to take

you to look at the weather. good afternoon most places are getting away with a fair amount of dry weather and some sunshine. showers as well. not a grey start across the south—west of england and the self of wales. a lot of clouds. this was the scene in cornwall. it could've been worse, on the southern flank of this area of low pressure, perilously close to our shores we have extremely strong winds. an exposed spot cost britney saw a wind gust of a mph. we did not have it nearly as strong as that. now, the radar picture tells a story. the rain has eased away from the south—west but there is a scattering of showers around. more persistent rain is developing cost northern ireland, across scotland and northern england. this is five

o'clock, we'll see bright spells and placed us to take this into the evening of some showers as well. through wales it is much improved compared to what we have this morning but a lot of dry weather in the midlands. showers through east anglia. 10 degrees in london for the afternoon rush hour. this evening many places will see the showers fading away but some will continue as eastern scotland and fringing in the eastern parts of england. showers in the north—west of scotland. in between whether showers fade, it will turn into a chilly night. cold enough for artists of frost, particularly across northern pa rt frost, particularly across northern part of the british isles. chilly but bright start tomorrow. sunshine, some showers and eastern areas and then out west there will be a change. things will cloud over. eventually b00|ng temperatures are around where they should be the time of year. through tuesday night into wednesday this moves through and there will

be... generally speaking, as bands of rain continued to approach they will introduce south westerly winds bringing increasingly mild air. a bit of uncertainty about how mild it will turn. there is a potential but temperatures to get into the mid—teens across southern areas on wednesday. but with that they'll be cloud, and rain and it will be breezy cross the north of scotland. still chilly, here. sunshine and blustery showers. rain at times this week, but some drier spells and sunshine in between. it looks towards the end of the week that things will pan mild that at least for a time. we'll keep you up—to—date here and i will have more weather in half an hour. this is bbc news. the headlines at three. psa has sought to play down fears of

closures after its ta ke—over of vawx ham. he says he has trust in the uk's 4,000 workers. as long as we improve performance and become the best, there is no risk. 13 potential uk terror attacks have been preevened in four years, say counter—terrorism police, as the public‘s urged to be vigilant and report suspicious behaviour. a new travel ban from president trump is expected shortly, but this time iraq will not be on the list. and in the next hour, a zoo in cumbria loses its licence after almost 500 animals died there in the last four years. inspectors have chris sized south lakes zoo for a lack of proper welfare and