today at 5, theresa may and nicole sturgeon, face—to—face for the first time, since the snp's demand for a second referendum on independence. the prime minister outlined her vision of a post—brexit britain, saying it means keeping the uk together. when this great nation of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland sets its mind to something and works together with determination we are an unstoppable force. we'll have the latest, live from glasgow and speaking to scotland's minister overseeing the brexit process. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... the car driven by khalid masood , the westminster attacker , was travelling at over 70 miles per hour when he killed three people. as iraqi forces continue their offensive to recapture mosul from so—called islamic state, we hear from some of the thousands fleeing the violence. the northern ireland secretary warns "a short window of opportunity" exists to restore a power—sharing executive to stormont,

after today's deadline to for a deal passes without agreement. everyone owes it to the people of northern ireland to grasp that and provide the political leadership and stability that they want. and, how prepared are we for tomorrow's release of the new one pound coin? it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that theresa may has been meeting nicola sturgeon, face—to—face, for the first time since the snp demanded a new independence referendum. the first minister wants another vote within two years , saying that brexit has transformed the situation since the original vote. the prime minister has restated her view that ‘now is not the time', and has said that she wants the uk

to be ‘more united'. she's also hinted that additional powers may be devolved to the scottish parliament. on wednesday, article 50 will be triggered, starting two years of formal negotiations on brexit. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow for us within the last few minutes we have been getting a sense of how that meeting went. we are told that it was cordial, businesslike, but from the prime minister there were no concessions. the prime minister and the first minister in their first meeting since nicola sturgeon announced plans for a second independent referendum. and wiese may said now was not the time. two unions will dominate the prime minister's agenda this week, won the youth and the other the uk. meeting scottish police

officers to discuss counterterrorism after last week's attack at westminster. security one likely area of consensus when the prime minister and first minister meet later. agreement in other areas may prove more challenging. my my position is not going to change, that now is not the time to talk about a second scottish independent referendum. now if the tie will need to pull together and make sure we get the best possible deal the uk including the people of scotland. majority of voters in scotland opted to remain in the eu referendum. majority of voters in scotland opted to remain in the eu referendumlj believe to remain in the eu referendum.” believe it would be wrong for scotland to be taken down a path that has no control over... nicola sturgeon says that her government

has been met with a brick wall. sturgeon says that her government has been met with a brick wallm theresa may did not want the union to become lucid than she is not going to good way about it, she needs to treat scotland is a partnership of equals, which is not in the case, she needs to not disregard the will of the people of scotland. the scottish government has sought compromise and it is to the uk government to respond to that compromise. tomorrow at the scottish parliament the snp and the greens are expected to vote in favour of the right to cool a second independence referendum, both sides in this debate on scotland's future appearas farapart as in this debate on scotland's future appear as far apart as ever. can we pick up on what the response is on the news today? news is trickling in, we understand that the first minister was saying that there we re first minister was saying that there were no concessions on the part of the prime ministerfor a distinct

live scottish... so sarri we understand sturgeon discussed her plans, if as expected the scottish parliament in favour of head trying to seek a section 30, order that boatin to seek a section 30, order that boat in the scottish parliament will ta ke boat in the scottish parliament will take place tomorrow, it was explained, we understand, to theresa may that the scottish government will be an touch if the vote falls in theirfavour to will be an touch if the vote falls in their favour to make will be an touch if the vote falls in theirfavour to make it will be an touch if the vote falls in their favour to make it clear how they intend to deliver the decision of the parliament to which theresa may, we understand, indicated that they ordinarily her ancestor that. as, it must be say so do we. —— they already know her ancestor that. it has been repeated that her decision and a second scottish independent referendum is that now is not the time. what has today's session

amounted to? it is at the week the theresa may, she will be to bring article 50 wednesday, taking the uk out of the eu, but there is this historic vote tomorrow in the scottish parliament, a very important week in terms of scottish parliament politics and uk politics, what we are all looking for was some sense of compromise to come forward from that meeting at the moment that does not appear to be obvious. thank you very much. we will leave it there. joining me now from glasgow is mike russell, the scottish government minister overseeing the brexit process and its impact on scotland. cani can i ask what you understand today's talks amounted to. i've spoken to the first minister winchman the prime minster and i myself at david davis who came up to scotland. i think the discussions we re scotland. i think the discussions were workmanlike. —— i have spoken

to the first minister who spoke to the prime minister. we have made it clear to the prime minister that we will contact head to tell her how we intend to go ahead. the one significant and positive point, and once wonderfully positive point is that the prime minister confirmed the timescale for the talks with the eu which are within the article 50 text itself. we have no difference from that, resolution talks about that timescale. we're not saying, now, she keeps on saying that now is not the time and is answering the wrong question. we have an agreement on timescale. and what would that be broadly? the prime minister has confirmed the first minister that the timescale is 18 months the negotiation to get the framework and make sure that there is something to be voted on the european parliament. she expects this deal to be done within the 18 month period with six month of ratification, the discussions that have been taking

place for months. we have indicated that timescale in a revolution. —— resolution. if the prime minister is concerned that the people of scotla nd concerned that the people of scotland would not know enough, as she appears to be saying, then that is resolved because we know the moment and she has accepted that we know the moment when that will be known. i don't need to tell you, there are no certainties in this process , there are no certainties in this process, i am wondering where are you, if there is nothing in the end that timescale? the united kingdom will be in a very serious position indeed, we wish to uk well, we want to see an outcome of these negotiations that is positive but thatis negotiations that is positive but that is a timescale in the score 50 text itself, something has to be decided in that time and indeed, this week we have heard from the european negotiators that they intend to be transparent. —— in the article 50 text itself. they have set upa article 50 text itself. they have set up a website with information on how things are going. we will have a great deal of information. that

timescale is known. what we should be having is love about this, rather than intransigence. we have a —— we have a prime minister who said that no deal would be better than a bad deal. we have people making warring about the likelihood of a deal,. what if you are in a position where there is no deal? the people of scotla nd where there is no deal? the people of scotland would choose between a given independence, and no deal is so incredibly serious it would be absolutely essential that people are the toast. let's remember why we are here, scotland voted to stay, we have been engaged in a detailed process putting forward a significant compromise in scottish government that we have been trying to engage the united kingdom government in discussion of the several months. we have made no progress on this, the uk government has made no step towards others and

has made no step towards others and has not been willing to discuss it will stop i speak as a member of the joint ministerial committee looking at this. i do not know what is in the article 50 letter, a discovered the article 50 letter, a discovered the date of it being triggered from bbc news, said it has not been a transparent, open and collaborative process. we keep asking for that. it is the uk government's intransigence, it is theresa may's approach that has created this difficulty. it can be resolved and we are very keen to. tomorrow the scottish parliament will probably ta ke scottish parliament will probably take another step to endeavour to resolve it, which will be to give the people of scotland the choice between what is negotiated and independence. thank you very much. microsoft there with the s mp, overseeing the brexit point from their point of view. —— mike russell. labour's shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer says the party won't support any brexit deal negotiated by the government unless it meets labour's six tests. let's speak to our chief political correspondent vicki young. so, what are they laying out?

theresa may certainly is not going to be short of advice she heads into these negotiations after triggering article 50 wednesday. ukip have laid out six tests and labour have laid out six tests and labour have laid out as well. the most significant one from the shadow brexit secretary is saying that the uk should have the exact same benefits that it has now in terms of the single market and customs union, so really a hardening of labour's position there. some labour mps say they should have been done some time ago, the lib dems and the smp also said that labour had the chance to block article 15 house of commons and could have voted with peers in the house of lords decided not to. —— to block article 50. the argument of labour is that the brexitiers in charge of the conservative party, they have taken a van theresa may is

simply listening to them. interestingly, ukip and paul nuttall are saying that they have or will be to hold the prime minister to account, to make sure there is no backsliding. he says no money should be handed over to the european union and that we should have full control of immigration. what is tricky for theresa may is that she has within hairand theresa may is that she has within hair and conservative party people that agree with both of those things and that is where it will get tricky for her. not only is she going into these tough negotiations with the countries in the eu, she also has people in her party he fundamentally disagree about the type of brexit we are headed for. thank you very much. police say they have found no evidence that the man who ran over and killed three people... it is understood that khalid masood was driving up at 76 miles an hour when

he crossed westminster bridge killing three people there. the family ofan killing three people there. the family of an american tourist that died, kurt cochran say they hold no ill will. but are focusing on mr cochran's legacy of generosity. 0ur correspondent richard lister reports. it was the last afternoon of their wedding anniversary tour of europe. kurt and melissa cochran were due to fly home the next day, but in an instant he was killed and she was badly injured. today their families were in london, paying tribute to the man they lost. he was an amazing individual who loved everyone and tried to make the world a better place. he left a legacy of generosity and service that continues to inspire us. we are deeply saddened to lose him, but grateful that the world is coming to know him, and be inspired by him. when khalid masood began his murderous drive across westminster bridge, the two americans were his first victims.

kurt was thrown over the bridge rail. the family said they were determined not to hate his killer. last night, we were speaking as a family about this. it was unanimous that none of us harbour any ill will or harsh feelings towards this. we love our brother, we love what he brought to the world, and we feel like this situation is going to bring many good things to the world. a lot of inspiration, a lot of love. and that remarkable sentiment was echoed today by another of masood's victims. i don't want to blame anyone. i want us all to make sure that we are thankful for what we have, for the people that are still alive and the people currently recovering. and we should try and unify through that, through love and compassion, rather than through our hatred and anger about what happened.

as the investigation progresses, this chilling image has emerged of khalid masood's whatsapp profile, showing he'd been connecting to the networkjust minutes before he set off across the bridge. the debate over the issue of secure messaging continues, but for those talking about the attack today, the focus was on remembering those recovering and those who are lost. richard lister, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford is outside new scotland yard. we will talk a bit about to beat in the moment, but first the latest on the moment, but first the latest on the investigation as you understand it. quite interesting new lines are coming out of scotland yard tonight, one of them is going back to the messaging that richard was preparing to the end of that report, to say that there has been much speculation about who he was in contact with immediately prior to the attack, or

we can say at this point was that his communications are a main line of enquiry. and if you had from him on the 22nd of march please come forward now, the information you have made prove important to establishing his state of mind. you can get the sense that people want to hear from those who had from khalid masood in the last few hours as an aid to building up a picture of his state of mind. going on, the police say there was no evidence that he was in bad glasgow prison in 2003, as has been suggested, —— that he was radicalised. and there is no evidence that he was associated with so—called islamic state and al-qaeda. the police said they think he changed his name in 2005. more tribute of being paid to those who lost their lives, among those taking pa rt lost their lives, among those taking

part with the conservative mp tobias ellwood. yes, today he was captured by the laying flowers at the gates where keith palmer was stabbed, the police officer that tobias ellwood try to save by using resuscitation techniques. he was caught on camera laying his own tribute and releasing a statement saying "i am heartbroken i could not be more per pc, all—star -- pc i could not be more per pc, all—star —— pc palmer." also, in the last ten minutes we have heard from the first time from the lead massoud's mother. she says "i'm so deeply shocked, and numbed by my sun... since discovering that it was my sun he

was responsible i had shed many tea rs was responsible i had shed many tears that the people caught up in this horrendous incident, i wish to make it absolutely clear is that there can be no doubt, i do not condone his actions nor support the beliefs he held that led to him committing this atrocity... i wish to buy my friends, and community from the bottom of my heart for the love and support given to us." that we hearfor love and support given to us." that we hear for the first time from the close family of the man who committed the carnage in westminster on wednesday saying she is deeply saddened by the actions of her sun. thank you very much. theresa may nicola sturgeon have met face—to—face with the first time since the smp demanded a new independence referendum. police investigating wednesday's attack in westminster said that they found no evidence that khalid masood had any link to so—called islamic state. the northern ireland secretary warned

there is only a short window of opportunity to restore power sharing executive. coming up in sport andy murray is unlikely to be fit but the davis cup tie against france, his brother with jamie have revealed that the world number one has a pair in and needs rest. the women's draw has been made, the ties will be played on easter monday. and india are closing in on a series victory against australia at the tourists collapsed on the first day of the fourth and final test. i will be back with more and all of those stories at around half past. iraqi forces are intensifying their assault against so called islamic state — as they attempt to drive them out of western mosul. they‘ re deploying helicopter gun ships and crude rocket launchers to target is militants. but thousands of people are fleeing the city , claiming civilian lives are being lost because the assault is too indiscriminate.

with the city still divided between is and the iraqi army, our middle east editorjeremy bowen is in western mosul. he sent this report from the frontline. this is the iraqi solution to an offensive that has stalled over the last week or so, attack again. it feels as if the air war over mosul is intensifying. the gunship pilots fly low, they seem confident they will not get shutdown. —— shot down. every day a few thousand more people come walking out of the areas of mosul still held by the jihad come walking out of the areas of mosul still held by thejihad hosts who cool themselves islamic state. ——jihadists who cool themselves islamic state. —— jihadists who cool themselves. many said they have been used as

human shields, but the response more air strikes, horrified them. translation: they destroyed our homes, our cars, everything, they destroy those. entire families are gone, they are under the rubble. translation: a lot of people died, children, women and men. houses collapsed on them, i lost both my sons. some very sophisticated modern weapons in this fight and so of these bat locally made rockets used over short range. —— and so are these... that is an inaccurate weapon, it might be good for the tempo of the military operation, but

it is not necessarily good for preserving civilian lives. but, they wa nt to preserving civilian lives. but, they want to win this battle and they are using everything they have got. most of the people arriving in government—held territory of forced out to camps, many said i forced themselves into their homes. —— many said is fighters. this woman said she was not escaping the jihadists but as strikes that used tonnes of bombs on a single sniper will . translator makro they destroy the houses were no one or two or three so—called islamic state... a bring the dead outbound. my children, nine of my family killed. they cold smart

bombs, but this is stupid. my grandchildren, of gone. the people of mosul have been left with impossible choices, risk death in their own homes or risk death crossing 8.1. iraq has been shattered by the years of wars and sectarian conflict that followed the us and british invasion, it might be too late to this country back together. on wednesday the prime minister theresa may will trigger article 50 of the lisbon treaty — the official start of exit negotiations from the eu. the uk will then have two years to leave the eu, during which time new legislations will be drawn up, and negotiations will take place. let's get a little more on the process with the institute for government's programme director, jill rutter. thank you to coming in. from

wednesday, when the prime minister says that article 50 has been triggered, a letter is concerned, what for the latter set out‘s we do not know. is basically all it needs to say is that we give notification we are leaving, but theresa may may decide, it could be seven to eight pages, that is a long way of saying that we are. it could try and set the mood, some of the language she used about the future partnership that helen fisher house speech. it may set out the approach that the uk wa nts to ta ke may set out the approach that the uk wants to take to the negotiation. —— lancaster house speech. the difference between us and the eu is that we want to negotiate the exit and the new partnership in parallel, they wanted to do it one time after another. how long will it take to sort out the actual order of the negotiation before you axing negotiate anything? this is now out of our hands, the interesting thing is that the moment we trigger

article 50 we hand the bat an over to the european union. we can expect a quick reaction with some draft guidelines for negotiations. they have already arranged a summit on april the 29th to look at those guidelines, but it's probably not until late may orjune that we will get the talks about how to form the talks. one of the interesting things is with the elections, the french in may, the german in september, we may not get into the real substance until the autumn. when you not get into the real substance untilthe autumn. when you look not get into the real substance until the autumn. when you look at the kind of work load involved in the kind of work load involved in the single service and whitehall and in devolved administrations to, what does it mean, what is the degree of low that they are looking at? potentially massive, ivan rogers who left in january potentially massive, ivan rogers who left injanuary described this as being on a humongous scale, basically three big strands. the first one is cold the negotiating tea m first one is cold the negotiating team which is dealing out a thrashing out these details with the

eu, that is one strand, the second is putting the legislation through, so the day after theresa may triggers article 50 we are told we will see the first signs of how the government is intending to take legislation to put this into practice with the white paper and the great repeal bill, and the third thing is getting all the administrative arrangements in place in case there was no deal and no transition, so that will be things like sorting out eu migrants rights, eu migration regimes, custom—made teams and all of those require separate primary legislation. it is a really big workload coming up. on a really big workload coming up. on a very extensive scale, you mention the great repeal bill, who he was watching you get in touch and say what about working on the health service, an social care, to what extent is there a danger that this legislative programme will all be virtually about this process and that other areas might get short—changed as some people might seeit? short—changed as some people might see it? the estimates we have had is

that the legislative programme the brexit in this two—year phrase could mean ten to 15 big bills, new bills, with new policy areas, if it means that the average queen's speech, coming up in may, contains about 20 new commitments, so you can imagine of two almost half of the legislative programme may be displaced. there will also be this giant mass of secondary legislation to do what the great repeal bill does, which is basically take the body of eu law which was built up over 43 years and cut and paste it into uk law, but adjusting it, think the technical term used by the government is tweaking it to reflect where we need to substitute an eu institution for uk institution. it is quite complicated and it will ta ke is quite complicated and it will take a lot of parliament's time. is there any comparative example you can give us of this kind of work load, or focus can give us of this kind of work load, orfocus for can give us of this kind of work

load, or focus for british government in the last 50 or 60 yea rs ? government in the last 50 or 60 years? i've not been in the british government quite that long but i think this is unprecedented in peace time. thank you for coming. a quick look at some of the other stories before we have a look at the weather today. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has beenjailed for 15 days, for resisting police orders, during mass protests on sunday. mr navalny was among several hundred people who were detained following the rallies across the country. the kremlin says the opposition encouraged lawbreaking and provoked violence. time for a look at the weather with john hammond. your impression of today's weather will depend massively on where you have spent the day. it's been glorious across the west of scotland. it stayed gloomier crust

eastern counties, and this low cloud will become widespread. —— gloomier crust. whether skies remained clear, it will be a chilly night and as we can see over the last united gets close to losing in howlin glens. tomorrow is a bit of a different day... have some early showers across the south—west of england, pushing through wales and heading south west scotland. added that some brightness, the odd shower across eastern counties. it should brighten up eastern counties. it should brighten up across this south. the colder day across the heart of scotland compared with recently. that is it i will be back in half an hour's time. the time is nearly half—past five on bbc news and these are the

headlines. this is bbc news at five — the headlines. theresa may has met nicola sturgeon for the first time since the snp announced their proposals for a second independence referendum. the prime minister has made an impassioned plea to preserve the united kingdom. when this great nation of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland sets its mind to something and works together with determination we are an unstoppable force. the bbc understands that police investigating last wednesday's terrorist attack in westminster have no evidence that he was fighting for islamic state. thousands of people flee mosul as iraqi forces continue their offensive to drive so—called islamic state fighters out of western parts of the city. the northern ireland secretary warns — there's only ‘a short window of opportunity‘ — to restore a power—sharing executive after today's deadline passed without agreement. time to catch up with all of the

sports news. andy murray's elbow injury is more serious than first thought. his brotherjamie has revealed that the world number one has a tear in the joint and he isn't expected to play any part in great britain's davis cup quarter—final tie against france. murray pulled out of the miami open last week and was targeting a return to action at the start of the clay—court season in about 3 weeks time. that is in doubt as well after a scan revealed the extent of the problem. his team should give an update on his condition in the next few days. republic of ireland play iceland in a friendly tomorrow with manager martin o'neil expected to make several changes to his side, some enforced following the serious injury to everton defender seamus coleman in friday's world cup qualifier with wales. coleman suffered a double leg break, but has been backed by o'neil to bounce back from his injury. burnley‘s robbie brady will captain the side at the aviva tomorrow night. great players have broken their legs and come back. obviously it is very

early for him to be considering all those things but he is positive. as i mentioned earlier, keys down as he would be. as the realisation that he's going to be out of action for quite some considerable time has dawned on him. those sort of things don't take five minutes to get over. it has been disappointing, for the captain and the lad. it is always disappointing, i saw the new straightaway when it happened. the lads are obviously disappointed for him. we will be there to help him, along the way. we have reached the halfway point in world cup qualifying, scotland are up to fourth in theirgroup ahead of their next match which is against leaders england in june. that should be a sell—out in glasgow. it wasn't last night though as scotland beat slovenia 1—0 at a half—empty hampden park. everybody who is involved with us will go away, anybody here tonight will go away, anybody here tonight

will go away feeling good about themselves. i hope they enjoyed it. we are available for people to come along and support us next time. and i know you will give us that support. and manchester city have been fined £35,000 after admitting a misconduct charge. the fa have confirmed this afternnon that city have accepted that they failed to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion, during their match against liverpool earlier this month. the draw for the semi—finals of the women's fa cup has been made. birmingham knocked out the holders arsenal at the weekend, and they will face last years runners up chelsea. manchester city will face liverpool. city are the reigning league champions but have never won the cup and are juggling a few compettions at the moment. it is tricky times that i have all of these games in quick succession but i guess, it adds a bit of excitement into the spring series. it is all pray much as competitive

as each other and it is exactly what eve ryo ne as each other and it is exactly what everyone would want in the run—up to the euros. former champion ding junhui had a tricky start on the first day of the china open in beijing. he was docked a frame in his opening match against sean o'sullivan for a ‘logo issue' — he still won the match 5—3. world champion mark selby lost the opening frame of his first match to the pole adam stefanow — but made a break of 126 to go 11—3 up, and in the last few seconds sealed the match 5—3. that for the moment is all of the sport and you can keep up to date with all of the stories on the website. i will be back with plenty more, i will have a full update at half past six. welcome to bbc ask this — where all this week we'll be putting your questions to the bbc‘s editors ahead of the triggering of article 50 by theresa may. on wednesday, the formal start of

the brexit talks. you can send in your questions. or you can text asks. by the way, thank you very much for the questions we have had, quite a pile of them. i will put them to our economic said at her. with me is our economics editor kamal ahmed. lots of questions. i will try and a nswer lots of questions. i will try and answer them. some of you have named answer them. some of you have named a cells and i will happily credit those. the first one actually was someone who wanted to remain anonymous. "how long do trade deals usually take and would it be more appealing for countries to make a trade deal with britain in the eu?" two parts to that question. trade deals in normal circumstances take an awful long time, think of canada

that has just about finished his trade deal with european union, it has taken over seven years. the negotiations with america have been going on for decades and still haven't actually been completed. so looking at that you think well, how can we do it in two years? but for the uk government there is an important caveat. we are going from a position of equivalence, so we had free trade already, whereas usual free trade already, whereas usual free trade already, whereas usual free trade deals, you have tariffs that you are trying to get rid of, said uk government thinks this will be easier than other types of free trade deals. because we are already in the single market. that is one thing possibly on their side. also free trade deals have been difficult, but other types of deals where there is political will on both sides, have been far quicker. look at german remit occasion, a huge operation, took one year. the division of czechoslovakia, to czech republic and slovenia also took a pretty short time. the government is

saying that some things can be done quickly if there is political will on both sides. i think as well, we shouldn't just be on both sides. i think as well, we shouldn'tjust be too confused that the trade deal is the be all and the end all, today we have had a big announcement from qatar, of a £5 billion investment in the uk infrastructure. road, rail and property. that comes despite us not having a free—trade deal with qatar. and also, that they said that the eu negotiations were pretty irrelevant to whether they thought they wanted to whether they thought they wanted to invest in the uk. so the free—trade deal is not the be all and the end all. is it better britain were in the eu? on the one side britain can be pretty flexible outside the eu at least, that is one thing that might be seen as positive. but yes, the uk is a smaller economy than the rest of the eu 27 and that might give us a bit less leveraged. let us talk about

the pound sterling, what is the future outlook for the pound to the next 12 months. and for two to three yea rs' next 12 months. and for two to three years' time, have a go? welll next 12 months. and for two to three years' time, have a go? well i think on the pound you are thinking about what affects the value of our currency. first of all the performance of our economy, that is normal to do with what kind of deal you get european union, it is to do with how good we are a product of a ten how good businesses are at investing and how we work, so there are some things that you need to do with the european union. there will be some pressure on sterling i believe downwards, if it looks like we will get what might be described asa we will get what might be described as a poor trade deal with the rest of the european union. which is our biggest trading partner. that would be there are lots of customs controls, tariff barriers, on services, very complicated. that means that our trade with european union can suffer, a lot of the

market would then say, the uk economy would suffer and that would bea economy would suffer and that would be a problem. but stirling doesn't live in isolation, a lot of it depends on how well the eurozone economies are doing. if the eurozone economy started to worldcom investment money tends to move towards high performing economies, the american economy continues on this idea there is going to be lots of investment, lots of fiscal stimulus by the new president then the dollar will strengthen and interest rate rises on that side of the atlantic and not decide and so the atlantic and not decide and so the dollar will strengthen. the sterling is not just the dollar will strengthen. the sterling is notjust a simple judgment on how well britain is doing, in comparison, to other economies. most people think that the big drop in sterling that we have seen since the referendum has put sterling on a more even keel now, the market sort of have taken its action on sterling already. and therefore if there are movements, they may be more gentle and there

could be some upward momentum. let us talk about a deal from the eu, terry is talking about this concept ofan terry is talking about this concept of an exit fee, and then also says that surely there must be an obligation for the departing member to receive a fee that represent his contribution to the assets over the same period. is that being realistic? it is a very complicated financial relationship between britain and the european union. the former head of the world trade organisation described it, like trying to take an egg out of an omelette. we have all sorts of liabilities in pensions, administration, please, budget commitments into the eu, this is the idea that to get out of those we need to pay eight of course bill. we will also get some money back, of course £8 billion net contribution, from the uk into the eu, at the

moment. many people argue that he will get a lot of money back to the uk. also, we have a big investment in european investment bank, that is a few billion pounds, which may be returned to us as we leave the european investment bank. these things are always compared to eight it, the european vestment bank also invests, in the uk, in things like crossrail, and so therefore, it will bea crossrail, and so therefore, it will be a very difficult negotiation. michel barnier, says that will be the first thing that will be sorted out. that is the first thing that the british government will be sorting out. jim is sending this by twitter. given that we have had nicola sturgeon and theresa may, is it at all likely that an independent scotla nd it at all likely that an independent scotland would be able to negotiate access, to the european economic area? it would be able to negotiate

and attempts to join the european economic area, it will depend on other members, norway in particular. because these are membership organisations. i don't think anything with a scottish independence debate is a given. whether it would want to or would be a member of the european union and if it is not a member of the european union, would it then be a member of the european economic area. how would that affect its relationship with the rest of the uk, says became a member of the european economic area which is part of the single market, with their then be a hard border between the rest of the uk which isn't going to bea rest of the uk which isn't going to be a member of the single market, and scotland. it is a competent in fa ct and scotland. it is a competent in fact and given that scotland and the rest of the uk trade is much more important as a proportion of gdp than exports for scotland, van it is trade with the rest of the european union, that would suggest that maybe it might prioritise its relationship

with the rest of the uk. being free—trade and therefore not in the ee eight, than it would prioritise its relationship in the rest of europe. it would of course be able to negotiate but it would not be clear that it would be its best route. thank you very much for those, and thanks again to you for sending those questions in, plenty more opportunity as the week goes on, for us to put questions to our editors. thank you very much for that. the deadline to form a new devolved government in northern ireland has passed — without an agreement. sinn fein said the talks had run their course. let's speak to our ireland correspondent chris buckler. we heard from the secretary of state earlier, so the latest on where we are today. four o'clock came and went, the assembly chamber was com pletely went, the assembly chamber was completely empty, where the politician should have been derelict inafirst politician should have been derelict in a first and deputy first minister of northern ireland. that they should have been electing. they have

been discussing all of the problems that have stopped power—sharing been u nsuccessful that have stopped power—sharing been unsuccessful and frankly they have walked away as bitter and divided as ever and that is a real problem going forward, you mention that the northern ireland secretary, ultimately this throws it all back into his court and he has a couple of options come one of which is to call for fresh elections, which would be the third election here in just over a year. alternatively, he can go to what is known as direct rule where westminster would take over the running of northern ireland, at least for a time. this thing to him today, it seems very clear, that he doesn't want either of those options at this stage comedies playing for time. throughout this process the uk government has been active in making positive proposal to try and bridge the gaps and help the parties to move things forward. despite these efforts, agreement at this stage has not proved possible. this will have

impacts. we are rapidly approaching the point at which northern ireland will not have an agreed budget. this is not sustainable and will have consequences for publix is. we will have a further statement in the house of commons tomorrow by the century what we are hearing is that he still wants the parties to continue negotiating but frankly i have been talking to some of the politicians and they say that these talks have not been successful in a nyway talks have not been successful in anyway and impact one of them described them to me as a shambles which is a real problem because ultimately it is the same parties trying to deal with the same issues. for example sinn fein are demanding that there is official recognition for the irish language, they want legislation and the dup are against that deeply. they can't agree on northern ireland troubled past, sue have these deep problems. the

northern ireland secretary is also right when he talks about the impact on public services and specifically the question about budgets. i was at a community group today and they are already worried because the financial year comes to a close at the end of this week. from next week they can't be sure about funding, and that all comes in to the question of budgets for a range of public services including health and education. so this is a real problem, store monitors in a mess and ultimately they have to try and find some way out of it —— store i was telling you earlier about the meeting today between theresa may and nicola sturgeon, the first face—to—face meeting between the two leaders since the snp demanded their second referendum on dependence. talks today which had been expected to be rather tense given the fact that they had both been exchanging some rather forthright messages. they took place and we heard earlier that the prime minister had made her

speech, telling the people of scotla nd speech, telling the people of scotland that she felt that the united kingdom was worth keeping united kingdom was worth keeping united and that was the thing they should be focused on, especially with the brexit process ahead. the first minister has now been giving her response, and bbc scotland's political editor brian taylor. guillem ifirst it guillem i first it was cordial and i wished her well for the negotiations, i dictated the scottish government's desire to play a constructive part. i had been under the impression based on weekend media reports that she was coming to offer something in the way of more powers, it turned out that wasn't the case. so there was no real guarantee, that powers when they come back from brussels in areas that are already devolved, won't in part be centralised at westminster and there was no willingness to enter into a discussion about powers beyond that. employment law and immigration. where the prime minister was very clear though, and i took great pains

to make sure i was understanding how properly, is that she said very clearly that she wants the terms of brexit including the terms of the future trade deal between uk and eu to be clear before the uk leaves the eu. andi to be clear before the uk leaves the eu. and i said if that meant that terms of the future rate issue be clear within 18 months to 2a months she said yes. that was nicola sturgeon speaking just a short while ago. bt has been ordered to pay a record 42 million pound fine — for delays in installing high—speed broadband lines. ofcom found bt‘s openreach division had committed a "serious breach" of its rules. its failure to install high—speed lines for businesses fast enough is likely to cost the company a further 300 million pounds in compensation. simon gompertz reports. there's been a rapid increase in demand for data links

for our workplaces and devices. bt is the main company which can install the wires and it's being fined for not paying compensation when it is to blame for delays. it relates to a very important part of the uk economy, so it's basically the backbone of our digital network. and bt was found to have breached this contract with some of its customers, other telecoms providers such as vodafone and talktalk. one provider said bt engineers turned up without six kilometres of cable they needed. on another occasion they didn't have the emergency traffic lights that were required. once, an engineer had forgotten his boots and that was an excuse for delay. bt is being fined £112 million for not paying compensation for unjustifiable delays over 30 days. £300,000 for not giving the regulator all the information it needed to investigate. and £300 million in backdated compensation to the telecoms firms who deal with the end users. what we're talking about are optical fibre cables which we need to carry huge amounts of information from office to the exchange, from one office to another office, even from mobile phone masts

carrying our calls and information. and what bt is being accused of is not installing them for up to a year and then trying to wriggle out of responsibility for paying compensation. vodafone led the complaints against bt and there are hundreds of other firms which provide phone and data links for businesses that depend on bt to link them swiftly to national networks. businesses expect us to deliver on time and fix things on time. if we're not able to do that because the provider we use is unable to deliver on the agreed timescales that they would promise us that they would deliver on, then of course we let our customers down. and that is a big problem. it means our brand is affected and those customers are financially impacted. bt said: "this shouldn't have happened and we fully accept ofcom's findings and apologise wholeheartedly for mistakes. " there's an explosion in data and communication needs.

bt is being blamed for holding uk business up and not making amends. simon gompertz, bbc news. the new 12—sided pound coin will be in circulation from tomorrow. one and half billion of these coins have already been minted and distributed to secret locations ready for the launch. the treasury says the coins will be much harder to forge. our correspondent tim muffett has been finding out if all the parking meters, vending machines and lockers are ready for the change? since 1983, the pound coin has flowed through our economy. down high streets into shops, vending machines, shopping trolleys, parking meters. but the days of the round pound are numbered. from october 15th, these will no longer be legal tender and from tomorrow, these, the new 12—sided coins, will enter circulation. it looks pretty. i can see the double tone on it.

it's nice. can i keep it? i like it. it reminds me of the old threepenny bit. feels like monopoly money. the new coin's shape and structure make it harder to forge. it is thought that 3% of the old pound coins were fake but it's thought the total cost of switching over will exceed £100 million. think of all that expense of changing every vending machine, shopping trolley, everywhere you put a pound coin in will need to be changed and it costs someone. it's ridiculous. the industry did not know until we saw it on the news. paul runs one of the uk's largest suppliers of vending machines. he says that upgrades to 4,000 of them have cost his company £200,000. we have been quite blatantly told, thank you, we're having a new coin and it is yourjob to update the mechanisms. we have not been given a time frame to do this, it will not be completed until the end of the year.

the treasury decided to switch. in a statement it said it worked with business every step of the way to help them prepare for the new pound coin, which it says will be the most secure of its kind in the world. at the royal mint in south wales, 3 million of them are being produced every day. we had some issues with the old pound coin. the technology was about 30 years old. it is made from two different coloured metals, a white coloured metal inner and a brass coloured outer. in addition there isa semi—hologram. when you look in one direction, you will see one image, and in the other direction you will see the pound. i think it is important that the public can feel confident, that they know that when they hand this from me to you it is worth a pound and it is genuine. the beeches leisure centre in birmingham where the lockers need upgrading.

daryl has been a busy man. we have done nearly 4000 now across the country. things could soon get even busier. there is still a lot of work and a lot of lockers out there that need to be changed over. as of tomorrow there will probably be a wave of leisure centres waking up to the fact that the coin—operated locks will no longer work with the new coin. the treasury admits this is a major transition but says it's confident most businesses are ready for the change. and that the long—term benefits of the new pound coin are worth the short—term cost. tim moffat, bbc news. stay with us because leguminous george is here with the bbc i am back at ten. and we have the latest weather. the latest is that we have all this son and all this cloud has knocked temperatures on the head with just 7 degrees, shivering across parts of

the east midlands. in contrast though, across the moor north—western parts of the uk it has been another dazzling day and yet again, we have seen all the way through the weekend the highest temperatures, 19 degrees. and this was the view westwards, on this afternoon, the final evening, dry nightjust afternoon, the final evening, dry night just about everywhere. afternoon, the final evening, dry nightjust about everywhere. the low cloud will spread out widely, it will turn murky, but where the skies remain clearfor any will turn murky, but where the skies remain clear for any length of time, a cold one, temperatures falling away, and a touch of frost. where the temperatures have been highest. chile stars come or cloud in the sky. you will notice that some places will have more sunshine. but generally more cloud, showers across wales, eventually writhing ahead of that. and. the lot more cloud in the sky and as a consequence it will

feel a lot cooler, showers pushing through northern ireland and the odd sharp shower making its way across to eastern parts of england. i have two stress that in a lot of places will avoid the showers and staying dry. pretty warm, made, possibly high teens in some parts of the south. tomorrow night, another bout of dampness, a murky old night and by wednesday, we will see more persistent rain across western parts of the uk, a strong and gusty part of the uk, a strong and gusty part of the uk, a strong and gusty part of the wind whereas further south and east, not much in the way of sunshine. we keep the fronts coming in off the atlantic, so expect further rain primarily across more northern and western parts of the uk. this warm front is quite important, for a time we will drag in some warm air. that would affect the more south—eastern parts of the country and somebody somewhere on thursday could well reach as high as

19, maybe 20 degrees. further north and west, it never gets that warm. this cooler air, spreading to all of us. the news is coming up next. tonight at six, a parent's anguish, a statement from the westminster attacker‘s mother. she says she was numb when she discovered what khalid masood had done and calls his actions an atrocity. more details of how the attack happened, the killer drove across the bridge at more than 70 mph. the family of one the victims killed on westminster bridge speak for the first time. he was an amazing individual who loved everyone, and tried to make the world a better place. we'll have the latest on the scotland yard investigation. also tonight: theresa may and nicola sturgeon meetjust days before historic

brexit talks are triggered, and they're still at loggerheads. the battle for mosul,