this is bbc news. i'm jane hill live in westminster. the headlines at 2. the government unveiled its plans to tra nsfer the government unveiled its plans to transfer thousands of pieces of eu legislation to the uk statute book as britain leaves the european union. we have been clear that we want a smooth and orderly exit — and the great repeal bill is integral to that approach. it will provide clarity and certainty for businesses, workers and consumers across the united kingdom, on the day that we leave the eu. angela merkel says that after brexit, the eu has to "put effort into europe". i'm simon mccoy. the other stories that are developing this hour: north wales police say the bodies of five people have been found with the wreckage of a missing helicopter in snowdonia. a woman awoman and a woman and her 13—year—old son have died after being stabbed at their home in stourbridge today. eddie

whitson is on track for breaking the record for the most spacewalks by a woman. football fans have been questioning the resemblance of a statue of cristiano ronaldo unveiled on the portuguese island of madeira. welcome back to the houses of parliament where the government has been outlining this lunchtime how it plans to transfer thousands of pieces of european union legislation into british law. the great repeal bill will give parliament or the devolved assemblies the power to scrap, amend or improve eu law. brexit secretary david davis told mps it would ensure the uk's smooth

and orderly exit from the eu. the plan is also involve giving ministers the power to make changes without full parliamentary scrutiny. and that is proving controversial. our first and that is proving controversial. ourfirst report is and that is proving controversial. our first report is from political correspondent iain watson. the law that took us into the european union was passed in 1972 and now our eu membership is about to end, not with a bang, but, with a rather complicated process. the government now has 2a months to unravel their relationship that has lasted for 44 years. the secretary of state for exiting the european union, secretary david davis. the brexit secretary set out the first steps today, with the promise of a great repeal bill. we being clear we wa nt great repeal bill. we being clear we want a smooth and orderly exit and the great repeal bill is integral to that approach. it will provide clarity and certainty for businesses, workers and consumers gci’oss businesses, workers and consumers across the united kingdom on the day we leave the eu. it'll mean that as

we leave the eu. it'll mean that as we exit the eu and seek a new comedy and special partnership with the european union, we'll be doing so from a position where we have the same standards and rules. if you we re same standards and rules. if you were to look at the dictionary definition of repeal it means to reverse or cancel something coming yet the government's great repeal bill actually seeks to keep in place existing eu regulations. some say it would be more appropriate to call it a cut and paste bill. the government argues by keeping the same rules as the eu it'll be easier to negotiate a trade deal and future governments at westminster will be free to change those rules in due course. labour was worried the government would try to speed through its repeal bill at the expense of scrutiny and wanted guarantees that existing workers' rights wouldn't be watered down and eu laws become british laws. there have to be clear principles. all rights and protections derived from eu law must

be converted into domestic law. all rights and protections, no limitations, no qualifications, and 110 limitations, no qualifications, and no sunset limitations, no qualifications, and 110 sunset clauses. limitations, no qualifications, and no sunset clauses. the snp wanted more detail about what laws might pass from brussels to edinburgh rather than westminster. and accused the government of a lack of preparation. it strikes me the government has pushed the big red button marked brexit with their fingers crossed and very little idea what comes next. historically, parliament hasn't had to change so many laws in their relatively short time. and process could be painful and longer drawn—out than intended. apart from the repeal bill, major policy changes on immigration and, for example, to agriculture and fisheries, will require entirely new legislation. it's a lot to squeeze in within two years so we asked one of westminster‘s most experienced officials, how long did he think it would take? too everything is

absolutely separate and every t crossed and i. it can years, could bea crossed and i. it can years, could be a decade. it's going to be front—loaded. a lot of stuff will happen either up an brexit day or reasonably shortly after that. the government has promised us a smooth and orderly brexit but to achieve that it may find it has little time for anything else. with me now is our political correspondent vicki young. she's been listening to david davis and that debate. on the day this country finally and that debate. on the day this cou ntry finally leaves and that debate. on the day this country finally leaves the eu, all of these laws, so many of them, and the uk statute book. how much actually changes? that's the interesting thing, you can'tjust leave and once you've left start doing this, this work has to be done 110w. doing this, this work has to be done now. while theresa may is involved in those negotiations in brussels, meanwhile back here they are going through this huge laborious process of transferring everything over. that is when it gets interesting

because once everything is transferred, do they then start to undertake it and change things? that is what you heard from labour and the opposition parties. theirfear that all these right incorporated as pa rt that all these right incorporated as part of the european union, the environment, workers' rights, the rest of it, that there will be some in the tory party who wants to start unpicking it. almost immediately we got a sense of that from one conservative at least. two years from today our sovereign parliament will indeed have the power to parliament will indeed have the powerto amend, parliament will indeed have the power to amend, repeal or improve all this ghastly eu legislation. i will pass on the assessment of the legislation, i will reinforce the point i've already made. the aim of this bill at the end of the day is

to bring the decisions back to this house. david davis's response to that. what concerns are you picking up from one peas —— mps on that scrutiny? how much is going to be open to scrutiny? because there is so much that needs to be transferred over the argument from the government is you can't have a full debate about all of it. they would argue a lot of these eu laws and regulations were brought in by something called a statutory instrument, it means it isn't fully debated. their argument isn't fully debated. their argument is in order to technically change it so is in order to technically change it so it works under uk law they are going to change it in that way as well. it has brought accusations they are seizing these so—called henry viii powers that things would be debated properly. what david davis says is on the big issues such asa davis says is on the big issues such as a whole new immigration system we're going to have to have, the new customs union, all sorts of other things that will have too replaced the systems we already have, that'll be what is called primary

legislation permitted to go through, be debated. that is where mps get the chance to have their say. the flip side of that, have their and potentially cause trouble. for now, thank you very much indeed. let's turn our attention is too elsewhere within europe. theresa may has already spoken to a number of eu leaders since article 50 was triggered yesterday. a spokesman for the prime minister said their response had been "warm and constructive". european leaders are meeting in malta to formulate their formal response, as danjohnson now reports. the impact of six pages hand—delivered in brussels still rippling across europe. political leaders meeting in malta had absorbed britain's brexit message and were ready to respond. a lot of partners are telling now, we're trying to reduce the damage. but i have to say, this decision will

create a lot of damage for both sides. germany's the powerhouse of the european project. angela merkel‘s influence is important. she'd already signalled she didn't support theresa may's ambition to get a divorce and the new negotiation sealed within two years. today no direct mention of brexit, instead a defence of europe's refugee policy and calls to work together more closely. in paris the french president also said the uk's ties with the eu need to be an tangled first, then britain can work out a new relationship. there was much sanogo mess in brussels yesterday —— sadness in brussels. donald tusk has seen some positives. paradoxically, there is also something positive in brexit. brexit has made us the community of 27 more determined and more united than before. i am fully confident of this, especially after the rome

declaration, and i can say that we will remain determined and united also in the future. theresa may has reached out to woo the european press, writing articles denying any rejection of our shared values, giving assurances there was no intention to harm the eu. there are many more disagreements to come down the line as britain's brexit clock keeps on ticking. well let's get a live update from dan johnson in brussels for us now. talk us through more of the reactions, responses, starting to filter through. and what various countries consider the key concerns. there is definitely a sense that sympathy and sorrow expressed yesterday over britain's formal announcement of the exit process starting has been replaced by these ha rd starting has been replaced by these hard lines being taken on exactly what this negotiation will be like.

those are the fault lines opening up across europe about exactly what people want is the in terms of a timeline and exactly what can be pa rt timeline and exactly what can be part of the two year negotiation the french president and the german chancellor together in saying we can't complete everything in two yea rs. can't complete everything in two years. it's got to be a clean break for britain, working out how they leave the eu, then trying to find a new relationship after that. com pletely new relationship after that. completely the opposite of what the british government wants. that is one early point of contention that will cause difficulty. they are all agreed on trying to give certainty to eu citizens who live in the uk and british citizens who live abroad in the european union. they say it's a priority. they want to deal with those people's concerns. actually working out how they give those people's rights, how they work out what they will enjoy in a future relationship with europe is going to be much more difficult. that is where we might see some differences opening up in the position of the 27

other eu nations. council president donald tusk will tomorrow formally give them what he thinks is the best way forward to present a united front in the negotiations. they will have a month, there is 27 countries, to work out what they think should be part of these negotiations, what their red lines and boundaries will be that they will not cross. so much talking still to be done, everybody says they want these negotiations to be constructive, smooth and fair, but they know it's going to be a tough, rocky road. we're onlyjust at the start, at the moment they are only talking about what they are going to talk about. there is a sobering thought. dan johnson going to talk about. there is a sobering thought. danjohnson in brussels. let's assess the mood at holyrood and join lorna gordon, because a lot of what david davis has said here this lunchtime, lorna, there was a lot of reference to devolution, extra powers for devolved nations and regions. what is your sense of how it's going down

there? i think the scottish government are sceptical of what is on offer, suspicious of what's on offer. they think the great repeal bill risks undermining the devolution settlement. nicola sturgeon was taking first minister's questions in the chamber behind me as david davis was standing in the house of commons. she said she was suspicious that there may be a power grab from the scottish parliament, power flowing to westminster instead of the other direction. david davis did, at several points, touch on devolution issues. he emphasised the uk government saw a significant increase of decision—making powers coming to the devolved government as a result of the brexit process. he also added at times he believed the power is coming back from brussels would sit better within a uk wide framework, giving one particular example, saying it would be bad if scottish farmers were separated from

auk scottish farmers were separated from a uk wide market. he also rejected accusations made by one snp mp that the uk government was doing nothing to demonstrate it wanted to work with the devolved administrations. he accused the snp of maximising grievances and said he had attended six grievances, six meetings, rather, in areas like employment rights, environmental rights. he said there was agreement. i think this incredibly complex bill moves forward , this incredibly complex bill moves forward, the devolved government here will be watching very carefully how it applies to them. they are extremely sceptical of what is on offer. complex is a word used an awful lot in relation to the great repeal deal, let's see if we can pick it. robert craig hasjoined me

from the london school of economics law school. all welcome. we can't help but reflect on the scale of this. when this legislation comes under the uk statute book, actually, how much changes and how quickly?” think the best way to look at it is a snapshot theory, the idea is they will take a photograph of existing european law at the moment of exit and that'll continue. the big changes they'll get of section 2—4. i know it's all very details, of the european communities act, allowing for future european communities act, allowing forfuture binding by european law of uk law. that is the big change because once the great repeal bill comes into force, any new legislation passed by parliament will overturn previous law wherever it comes from. that is the big change. that is the issue of sovereignty, eventually when that happens, that is the uk parliament here having the final say, doesn't matter what anyone else in another

european country thinks. it'll mean the end of the jurisdiction of the court ofjustice of the european union which at the moment can overrule any domestic law if it's within its area. that also change and be taken away. as a matter of law, it will return to parliament. lorna gordon talking about the scepticism she hears at holyrood in relation to the devolved nations. quite a lot of issues are devolved, explain what will be happening in that regard. david davis in parliament today said there is going to be no reduction in any of the devolved powers that currently exist across the devolved institutions. he also said in his view there's going to be an increase as far as i could hear from what he's saying, in the powers devolved, because some powers come back from the eu not all of them necessarily will stay with westminster because some will related areas that have been devolved. it seems at the moment

there will be increasing powers towards the devolved administrations. quick final thought. is it a job creation scheme for lawyers or do we go into a fascinating period for you analysing this? i think it's busy for the draughtsman, they have to create primary legislation on things like immigration and customs union, but the secondary legislation, the henry viii clause permitted power to the executive, which needs to be scrutinised by parliament. am sure we'll be talking again. thank you robert craig from the lse law school. if you have questions about all of this, a reminder we are running another bbc ask this session. for any of your questions and queries. chris morris, former european correspondent, we'll go through as many questions as he possibly can. you can text your question... we can go back to my colleague simon mccoy in the bbc newsroom for today's other news stories.

it's just at a quarter past to you're watching bbc nukes, the headlines... correction at the bbc news. brexit secretary david davis tells mps the great repeal bill enables them to abolish and improve laws. as eu leaders gathered in malta angela merkel says after brexit the eu has to put effort into europe. north wales police say the bodies of five people have been found with the wreckage of a missing helicopter in snowdonia. and in sport fever opens proceedings against wales defender neil taylor for his tackle that broke a leg of the republic of ireland's seamus coleman. taylor's automatic one match ban could be extended to three games. arsene wenger keeps us waiting, he would confirm whether he will remain at the club after summer. will remain at the club after summer. judd trump makes the third competitive 147 clearance of his career, as he reaches the

quarterfinals of the china open. a mother and her 13—year—old son have died after being stabbed in their home. a man, in his 20s, has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing the pair to death and seriously injuring the husband. what has unfolded here this morning is truly horrific and heartbreaking. police and ambulance were called to an address in greyhound lanejust after 8a m an address in greyhound lanejust after 8am this morning. officers and paramedics were confronted with an awful scene. a man, a woman and a 13—year—old boy were found, all with very serious stab injuries. they are believed to have been inflicted by a man known to the family, but not a family relative. a mountain rescue team has found the wreckage of a helicopter —

which went missing yesterday afternoon en route from luton to dublin. five people were on board. search teams found the privately owned twin squirrel helicopter in the rhinog mountains. it had disappeared from radar contact while over caernarfon bay. danny savage is in snowdonia. danny savage is in snowdoniam danny savage is in snowdonia. if you looked at a map and looked at the great remote area between north wales and harlech on the coast, is that mountainous area where the helicopter came down on wednesday afternoon. we know that twin engined red squirrel helicopter took off from somewhere near luton at about midday yesterday. it was en route to ireland but didn't meet its destination. the alarm was raised, concerns raised about it not arriving. then it was found it disappeared off radar screens somewhere over north wales. initially there was concern it had ditched into the sea. the search was

narrowed down. in atrocious weather conditions. it's raining hard at the moment. on the mountains visibility is down to less than ten metres. despite that, the volunteer mountain rescue despite that, the volunteer mountain rescu e tea m despite that, the volunteer mountain rescue team managed to locate the helicopter this morning along with the five bodies of the people on board. the whole area has been sealed off with the police blocking the few narrow roads that run into the few narrow roads that run into the mountains here. this is what north wales police have had to say today. you will be awake to aware of wales police have been leading a search operation since yesterday evening. there is very difficult and hazardous terrain involved in the area of south snowdonia. poor weather has been hampering the search with some horrendous conditions reducing visibility to less than ten metres at times. all of our volunteer mountain rescue teams from snowdonia are involved

along with the raf mountain rescue team and her assets where we've been able to deploy them, where the weather has allowed us. a crash site has been located along with five people, all of whom are deceased. we are now preserving the scene for joint investigation with the air investigation branch. so the location of the crash is some miles into the mountains behind us here under the last few minutes a convoy of raf vehicles has gone through the police blockade here along the lane, into the mountains, with raf personnel on board to take part in this crash recovery and investigation phase. the focus will be on what went wrong and why. we probably won't know for some time about that. police haven't mentioned or identified the five people on board but they say they have family liaison officers working with the families of those involved at the

moment. an awful day for them and a big operation here are underway in the mountains of north wales to work establish what happened here. the world's biggest insurance firm, lloyds of london, says it's moving some of its operations to brussels. it says it wants a presence in the heart of continental europe after britain leaves the eu. the question is: will other companies follow? here's simon gompertz. it's the world's oldest insurance market, famous for the lutine bell from hms lutine, which went down two centuries ago and was covered at lloyd's. it already has some foreign offices but because of brexit, lloyd's of london will now become lloyds of brussels as well. nothing to worry about. in fact, what it does is it helps to secure the future of lloyd's. about 5% of our business is impacted by the uk coming out of eu. we want to be able to provide continuous coverage and continue to issue insurance policies for customers based in eu. the lloyd's building houses a marketplace.

it's some of the staff who oversee the operations who are going and it's not clear how many of the underwriters themselves will need to move. it's good. it's good for lloyd's to be seen to be embracing it. it'll be interesting to see how it goes and how they can maintain it in london being the centre of insurance. fingers crossed they will. does it signal an exodus from the city? no. not in the least bit. london has been incredibly successful for all sorts of reasons and we will remain so. what we've got to be is nimble and alert to the possibilities and the dangers. what this shows is the variety of places across the channel that city organisations might move some of their operations to. so notjust one big rival to the city, like say frankfurt, but also amsterdam, brussels, dublin, or paris. and it may not even be european centres that benefit most from business leaving london. there are other hubs elsewhere in the world,

singapore springs to mind, a couple in the middle east and of course bermuda, which will be hungry to use brexit as an opportunity to grab as much of the worldwide business as they can. but is this trickle from the city of london the start of a flood? the prime minister tried to allay fears yesterday by saying she wants to include financial services in an overall trade deal with the eu. simon gompertz, bbc news. organisers of the oscars say they will continue to work with the accountancy firm, pwc, despite the mistake which led to "la la land" being wrongly announced as the winner of best picture. this is the moment hollywood realised someone hadn't followed the script at the ceremony last month. to make sure a similar mistake doesn't happen next year, there will be an extra accountant on hand, and electronic devices will be banned backstage. you always need an extra accountant.

capturing the likeness and character in a portrait can always be a bit tricky for an artist. so there was an understandable air of expectation when the footballer, ronaldo, turned up in his hometown of madeira to unveil a bust of himself. and when the statue was revealed? well, our sports correspondent joe wilson has the story of a work of art that's taken everyone's breath away — but not necessarily for the right reasons! for the local hero, everything was arranged. politicians, well—wishers, all there for the very famous footballer. well, they were naming madeira's airport after him. just one thing, why had they unveiled a new bust of the former irish international niall quinn? ah, that's cristiano ronaldo! 0k. the man himself was full of gratitude. "to see my name given to this airport is very special," he said. "everyone knows i'm very proud of my roots."

roots meaning homeland, not his hair. that at least looks suitably solid. social media mockery based around the bust has quickly followed. football does have a long association with statues. at wembley, bobby moore, at ipswich town, bobby robson. and at fulham's craven cottage, michaeljackson. this statue was the idea of the then chairman mohammed al fayed and wasn't universally appreciated at the time. it's really bad, really, really bad. after a couple of years, fulham took this statue down. and then, deep breath, there was ted bates. southampton supporters were so angered by this depiction of their former player and manager, it was replaced immediately and expensively. much better. statues are supposed to be tributes, and the madeira airport is an honour well intended for a genuine star. that's him.

a quick bit of breaking news from royal correspondence peter hunt who has treated prince william has made a private visit to saint thomas ‘s hospital to thank medical staff for their work after the westminster terror attack last wednesday. his father made a visit within 24 hours of the attack and now prince william has followed suit. a private visit to saint thomas ‘s hospital to thank medical staff. you're watching bbc news, let's get the weather forecast. we crossed the newsroom and rejoin john hammond. another beautiful day, temperatures soaring across the south—east of england in particular. for some of us, cloudy and grab an damp, unfair distribution of whether through the afternoon. cool across the north—west, 22 degrees, outside chance of 23 in the london area over the next few hours. lots more

sunshine and rain further north and west, particularly overnight, it'll start to pulse its way up over scotland, some of that rain quite heavy, quite murky, quite misty, especially over high ground. not falling much below 11 or 12 degrees ina good falling much below 11 or 12 degrees in a good few places, early sunshine and warm up in a good few places, early sunshine and warm up across in a good few places, early sunshine and warm up across east anglia and the south—east. not as not as warm as today, cloud increasing, showers skating through, but whether pushing up skating through, but whether pushing up through scotland. something drier and brighter elsewhere perhaps. another cluster of showers coming in from the west later on. 16 or 17 is still pretty good for the time of year. plans for the weekend? showers on saturday, chilly saturday night, fine on sunday. back in half an hour. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the government has published its plans to transfer thousands of pieces of eu laws to the uk statute book as britain leaves the european union.

search teams combing snowdonia for a missing helicopter have found the wreckage and the bodies of five people who were on board. a woman and her teenage son have died after being stabbed at their home in stourbridge in the west midlands this morning. nasa astronaut peggy whitson is on track to break the record for the most space—walks by a woman. judah bbc sport centre now. jess has the latest sport —— to the bbc sports centre. good afternoon, now a look at the news live from the bbc sports centre, with me, jessica creighton. fifa has opened proceedings against neil taylor following the wales defender‘s tackle on the republic of ireland's seamus coleman last friday. taylor was sent off and received an automatic one—match ban for the challenge, but that could now be extended,

potentially to three games. everton defender coleman needed surgery on a broken leg following the incident during the two sides' world cup qualifying match in dublin. it's not yet known when he'll be back playing. arsene wenger says his future as arsenal manager isn't completely sorted — despite saying recently he would inform everyone of his decision "very soon". arsenal's recent poorform — where they've lost six of their last nine games — means the frenchman has come under pressure from some fans to leave, when his contract expires in the summer. at his weekly press conference today, though, he wasn't giving anything away. i'm very clear in my mind, but anyway, but i stayed two months or two yea rs ? anyway, but i stayed two months or two years? my commitment will be exactly the same all the time. the timei exactly the same all the time. the time i have spent here does not influence at all my attitude is... well, our reporter david ornstein was at that press conference and says wenger didn't look like a man under pressure. he was relaxed. he was the most co mforta ble he was relaxed. he was the most comfortable in a pre—match news conference that i've seen him for

quite awhile. he looked refreshed after the international break, a bit of colour in his face, plenty of laughs. i think we know the direction in which we could be travelling here. it seems that arsene wenger to stay as ours and —— arsenal manager and the club wants him to stay. we know that there is a contract on the table for him, it two year deal. that is perhaps why he mentioned two months or two yea rs. another manager facing challenging times is slaven bilic at west ham. they're had three straight premier league defeats, and despite names such as rafa benitez, claudio ranieri and roberto mancini being linked with the job in the media, bilic was in defiant mood this morning. my my head is clear. and i'm totally motivated and unfocused, and i'm long enough here to know what to do. ——iam long enough here to know what to do. —— i am totally focused. over 1.5 yea rs, —— i am totally focused. over 1.5 yea rs , we —— i am totally focused. over 1.5 yea rs, we have —— i am totally focused. over 1.5 years, we have done a good job here, and there is still a good job to do.

i have my contract, and at the end of the day my contract is not running out. i have another year here, which is for a manager, i'm not a player that needs a new contract. manchester city's women take a 1—0 aggregate lead into their champions league quarter final second leg at home to danish side fortuna yerring this evening. it's city's first season in the competition, and they're the only british team remaining. they're hoping to become the first domestic side since birmingham city in 2013—14 to reach the last four. what we wanted to achieve when we started was to become a really exciting team to watch and a team that definitely the manchester city fa ns that definitely the manchester city fans can be proud of, but also that england can be proud of. we are well aware that there is a perception that women's football may not be that women's football may not be that good to watch, and we want to challenge that perception and show that we can play with a real high intensity, real quality, and people enjoy coming up watching us. we know

that we are beating teams in the champions league and winning trophies, that will give us that opportunity. finally to snooker, and defending championjudd trump made a maximum 147 clearance on his way to the quarterfinals of the china open in beijing today. playing in the fifth frame against china's tian peng—fay, trump potted the pink but was faced with a difficult black for the maximum. watch this... what a pot that is! that's his third competitive 147 in his career, and went on to win the match five frames to three. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thanks, jess. let's get more on our main story — the government's publishing of the great repeal bill. one of the big claims during the referendum campaign was that the uk would be able to make its own laws, free from brussels control.

sovereignty would return to parliament — the uk would be taking back control. so, now the great repeal bill white paper has been published, in which areas of our lives could we see changes? let's take a look at workers' rights. at the moment, the eu says that most people don't have to work more than 48 hours a week unless they want to. there are voices that say that restricts british industry, workforces are less flexible. so, would the uk keep that law or change it? could we see an effect on workers' rights? here's the tuc. some businesses, some politicians, are calling for employment rights to be ripped up or watered down once we leave the eu. but what they call red tape recall important rights for working people, including protections from excessive working hours, writes to holiday pay, protection from discrimination. the tuc is calling for the government to make a clear commitment and take effective action to ensure these rights are protected, not simply for day one but for the long—term. but we also want guarantees from the government that uk employment rights

will keep pace with our european partners. let's look at another area. at the moment, under eu law, vat on household gas and electricity bills is set at at least 5%. outside of the eu, the government could now opt to remove it, which could mean lower energy bills, although whether the chancellor would want to take the hit remains to be seen. and could we see a change in the shops on our high street? over some items, like food, the eu has had a lot of control. for instance, european regulations control everything from what preservatives can be added to how potential allergens have to be displayed on packaging. getting rid of them, say some, is good because it gets rid of red tape, so decreasing costs for businesses. but actually, the uk may decide to keep many of the regulations, because if we want to trade with europe, we'll need to have the same standards. theresa may yesterday acknowledged in her letter that in many areas both sides have "regulatory frameworks and standards that already match". so what could be the impact on small businesses? there are so many areas in which eu laws effect our lives — and today is only the first

stage of many. there are all sorts of regulations that affect all different kinds of businesses in different ways. everything from disposing of waste is of chemicals, to employment rules for employees. small businesses might want things to be simplified in future might want things to be simplified infuture in might want things to be simplified in future in terms of how to comply with these things and anything unnecessary got rid of. at the same time there is a recognition that many regulations do have an purpose, it just many regulations do have an purpose, itjust might many regulations do have an purpose, it just might be many regulations do have an purpose, itjust might be that they might be a simpler way for small businesses to comply with them. what about relations with eu partners? uk and germany have been allies politically and economic league for a long time. jenny hill is in berlin. a remarkable moment in history and a

very strong history between these two nations. yes, and there is as a result still a sense of real sadness and concern here in berlin at the loss of britain, bear in mind, as you so, for decades britain and germany have been significant political and economic allies within europe. they of course share a very important trading relationship too. and merkel was speaking in malta this afternoon. she didn't directly refer to brexit, but what you can conclude from mrs merkel‘s comments over the last few months is that her priority now is securing the future of the eu without britain. this afternoon she said, we must guarantee the security and prosperity of eu citizens or they will turn away from us. she doesn't wa nt will turn away from us. she doesn't want anybody else heading for the eu exit door. at the same time, she's got a exit door. at the same time, she's gota bar exit door. at the same time, she's got a bar in mind that trading relationship with britain and the uk is germany's fifth most important

trading partner. germany wants to retain a strong relationship with britain, but at the same time it is very mindful, and this is the opinion of most of the business world as well, it is very mindful of the view that the eu has to be shored up and has to survive at all costs. speaking yesterday, we heard from the spokesman form the finance ministry who said that the two—year timetable on negotiations is, and i quote, dam narrow. the uncertainty this is causing for the two economies he described as poison. i think at the same time you really get the sense among people here in germany that they are very sad to see britain go. germans have a huge affection for things british. they are very sad about the british decision. i think many of them are still pretty baffled by it, perhaps best summed up in a newspaper headline here, britain is taking a lea p headline here, britain is taking a leap into the darkness. thanks, jenny hill in berlin. in the last hour it's been reported that malaysia has released

the body of kim jong—nam, the deceased half—brother of the north korean leader. meanwhile, nine malaysians who were prevented from leaving north korea have now been allowed to return home to malaysia. jonathan head is in bangkok. what does the release of the body actually mean in diplomatic terms? well, it means that a very tricky row with north korea has now been resolved. frankly, more in north korea's favour. the malaysian to have been outraged when these nine malaysian nationals who were inside north korea were barred from leaving, they described it as in effect hostage taking. north korea has always insisted it wanted the body back. it has never accepted or recognised that the body is indeed kimjong—nam, the recognised that the body is indeed kim jong—nam, the half recognised that the body is indeed kimjong—nam, the half brother of the north korean leader. it also refused to hand over its own nationals in malaysia who wanted in connection with the killing. at least two of them are thought to be inside the north korean embassy.

those nine malaysian is have already left, they are in the air and left about two hours ago, they are very relieved about that. he says the body can go and a letter has been provided by kim jong—nam's family. we don't know who that would be, because his son is in hiding fearing for his life. they also say that all north koreans are free to leave, and a van has been seen leaving the north korean embassy. there are at least three north koreans wanted in connection with the killing, and they will be allowed to leave. the malaysian and insisted the investigation into this extraordinary killing with in nerve agent will continue, but it does appear they have been forced to allow the main north korean suspects to go back in return for getting there own nationals returned. thank you, jonathan head. cakes, biscuits, sweets and chocolates. our children may love them, but they contain large amounts of sugar, which is linked to obesity and diabetes. which is why public health england has published new guidelines to limit the amount of sugar that's in some of our favourite foods. the aim is to cut the amount of sugar eaten in foods most often eaten by children in the uk by 20%

in the next few years, as our health correspondent, jane dreaper, now reports. it's tempting stuff. but eating too much sugar is rotting children's teeth and fuelling obesity. a third of children are overweight or obese when they leave primary school. now, as part of government plans to tackle the problem, the food industry is being given new limits for how much sugar should be in nine popularfoods. companies are being urged to reformulate their products so that they contain less sugar, or to make them smaller. the aim is for the uk's annual diet to contain 200,000 fewer tons of sugar by 2020. we expect people to see over time smaller chocolate bars, smaller cakes, smaller biscuits, particularly when they eat away from home, infamily restaurants and so on. we also expect people not to notice the changes, because we know if changes are gradually made to our food, generally we don't notice them. your bread is now 40% less salty than it was ten years ago. i bet you haven't noticed. everyday foods like these will be affected. the companies that make them are being told to cut their sugar

and calorie content. cafes and restaurants are being told to take action, too, because up to a third of the calories we eat are now consumed outside the home. and there will also be the new tax on sugary drinks, starting in a year's time. dieticians say there's no time to lose in trying to improve children's health. around one in five ten to 11—year—olds are obese. we know from research that excess sugar is linked to weight gain and when you are obese you are more at risk of conditions like type two diabetes, which can lead to heart disease or even blindness. the food industry isn't being forced to make these changes, but trade bodies say they'll take on the challenge and experts in nutrition think this is the quickest way to improve our diets. it's actually an advantage that they are voluntary, because the legal process of writing mandatory guidelines is so awkward, so long, people resist it and try and protect their own interests,

that doing it on a voluntary basis is actually quicker to write the regulations and quicker to amend them if they don't work. the nine food groups announced today account for less than half of children's total sugar intake, so there's still work to be done on sugar that's less obvious, in foods like pasta sauces. health campaigners have praised the plans, but they want the government to keep up the pressure on food companies. jane dreaper, bbc news. families of prisoners are increasingly being targeted by criminals using extortion and blackmail, according to organisations which support relatives.the former head of the prison service's anti—corruption unit has told the bbc that families are paying a heavy price for the drug crisis in prisons. in some cases, inmates are threatening to harm people's relatives unless they pay off drug debts. jayne mccubbin has been to hear one family's story. the letter which arrived at her house spoke of last chances. "i'm tired of being nice",

said its anonymous order. if she didn't pay to clear a drug debt, he'll be getting cut to pieces. i was in complete shock. he's going to get done. straightaway there is panic to get the money and sort it as quickly as possible. the family tell me they had no choice. you knew he had a drug habit? yes. people watching will think, you shouldn't have paid that. if you were in my position, you would pay it. at the end of the day, if you love someone, you would do that. his mother tells me he wasn't safe, and he still isn't. that is why we have protected their anonymity. beatings, stabbings, black eyes, dislocated jaw, busted nose, you name it, he's had it done. where's the protection in that? none at all. i reckon he'll take his life before long. there's not a day that goes by when i don't think about what's happening to him.

not one. in recent months, mobile phone footage and tv cameras have captured spiralling chaos in prisons. the drug problem is well documented. what is less documented is how it is paid for. who is paying? well, the families are paying. the families are paying a heavy price for the drug problem. this is an illustration of that. we show the family's interviewed to a former prison governor john podmore and one—time head of the prison service anticorruption unit. is it the family's fault? absolutely not. do the prisons bear responsibility? it is not the fault of the family. the crime here is blackmail, extortion and everything else that goes with that, and the families should not be suffering in this way. we should be protecting prisoners and the community. is this a wider problem? we've spoken with three support

groups which work with the families of prisoners who tell me it is. those charities told us that they are supporting more families who are the victim of blackmail and extortion. they say the numbers are still small, but it is a growing problem. the ministry ofjustice gave us this statement... "we take any allegations extremely seriously and always investigate fully. we are taking action to tackle drug abuse in prisons and those found with them can face extra time behind bars." we showed john podmore this letter — it's from the prison service to the family in response to their concerns and it concludes, "the only way to resolve this issue is for your son to stop taking drugs and for you to stop funding his habit." this is saying, "sorry, not our problem." well, it is. this is extortion, it is blackmail.

yes. do you think it's happening to other families? yes, i do. i know it's happening to other families. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines: the government has published its plans to transfer thousands of pieces of eu laws to the uk statute book as britain leaves the european union. angela merkel says that after brexit, the eu has to that more effort in. search teams combing snowdonia for a missing helicopter have found the wreckage and the bodies of five people who were on board. lloyds of london... and brussels! the world's biggest insurance market confirms it's moving some of its business to the continent in response to brexit. it will be up and running by january 2019. lloyd's has warned that without the move, brexit

could have a significant impact on its continental business — which generates £2.9 billion a year — that's11% of its business. hennes & mauritz is launching its eighth brand and is investing heavily to get its clothes faster into shops. the announcement comes after it reported sluggish sales growth. the new brand, arket, will be launched this autumn, starting with a shop in london, and will offer more expensive clothes than h&m for men, women and children the us economy grew faster than initially estimated in the final months of 2016. the economy grew at an annualised pace of 2.1% in the fourth quarter of the year, up from an earlier estimate of 1.9%. the upward revision was partly due to stronger consumer spending. financial fraud losses across payment cards, remote banking and cheques totalled just over £768 million in 2016. that's an increase of 2% on the previous year. according to figures

from financial fraud action uk, banks and card companies prevented £1.38 billion of fraud last year, that's equivalent to £6.40 in every £10 of attempted fraud being stopped. jon sacker is from financial fraud action uk. why is fraud on the rise? i think there's a range of things that are happening, but primarily the rises are happening within the ca rd the rises are happening within the card space, and that is being driven bya card space, and that is being driven by a range of factors like malware. but more things like social engineering, people having their details taken and also we have seen a big rise driven by data breaches outside the control of the banks and the payment industry, where data is being taken, sold on the dark web or people's details being used to scan them. so there is more targeting of individuals. what can they do to

prevent this sort of fraud happening? the most important thing is to recognise what these criminals are trying to do is to trick people into doing things they wouldn't normally do, giving over their security details or transferring money. the most important thing is to ta ke money. the most important thing is to take control, take that moment to stop and think. don't be worried, you know, if somebody rings you and tells you that will details are at risk, then you should take control. don't give them details and if necessary call them back, colback your bank or the police or whoever they are pretending to be on a number that they know is genuine. if they are real they are not going to worry about this. it is that moment, ta ke worry about this. it is that moment, take five, if you are in control then you can stop the fraudsters. some of these criminals are pretty sophisticated. can banks do anything to prevent this happening? the banks invest a large amount in stopping fraud, that is why they prevent, as you said, over £6 fraud, that is why they prevent, as you said, over e6 in every £10 of fraud. they are investing all the time in new things, biometrics and tracking devices. but the fraudsters

can be convincing. the important thing is to stop and think about what you should be doing. it's not just the customers, it is the banks and other people, those who control and other people, those who control and look after your data, they have and look after your data, they have a responsibility, we all do in this. the banks want to stop this, they don't want people being to fraud, they want their customers' money to be safe and at the end of the day they will do everything they can to help protect customers. a lot of this is targeted online. is there emphasis for customers to go and do their banking and day—to—day transactions face—to—face at the bank? no, i don't think that is the thing. online banking itself is very safe and we see little fraud within that, and as you said it is normally done by deceptions. a lot is being invested in securing this but it is recognised that more needs to be donein recognised that more needs to be done in rough mote purchases, and that's why the industry, financial fraud action, are working with the government and law enforcement and

others, retailers, those who have got the data to really track down on this. it is notjust for the banks to sort this, but they want to, that is why we are working with everybody possible to come up with an action plan through the goverment‘s joint task force, we want to deal with this and it can be dealt with. thank you. the bank of england is to consider using palm oil in the production of the new £20 note, following criticism of the use of animal fats in the plastic £5. the new £20 note is due to be introduced by 2020, but the tender for production has been put on hold. dfs, the furniture store, has reported a 6.8% rise in revenue for the half—year results to the end of january. now, dfs have been quite vocal about their concerns of a slowdown in the british economy, but the resilience of the great british consumer has kept sales healthy. although they still feel that this year will see slower sales. the company also talked about how the lower pound has impacted profits. but, for now, the business looks like its in good shape, with sales

rising to £379 million and pre—tax profit growing by 3.1% to £16 million. toyota has issued another recall of vehicles because of faulty airbag inflators. this time, it's recalling 2.9 million cars across japan, china and oceania. the models include the corolla sedan and rav—4 suv models. the publisher the scotsman, yorkshire post and i has announced a pre—tax loss for the last year of £300 million. it sells papers in ireland, the isle of man and east anglia to help the debt but it borrowed heavily to expand before the financial crisis. it is looking to additional advertising to raise revenue. let's look at markets... you might have expected european financial markets to be rattled by the formal opening of the brexit process. but no. trading is extremely sluggish across the continent‘s stock exchanges this morning. and going into this afternoon.

the stoxx 600, which tracks the 600 largest companies in the region, has crept up by a mere 0.09% the ftse in the red at the moment — but analysts have been pretty optimistic about the london market following the trigger of article 50. some even predicting the ftse to hit highs of 8000 by next year. that's all the business news i will be back in on our‘s time. peggy whitson is on track to break the record for the most base walks to be conducted by a woman. she is outside for more than six hours finishing cable connections and checking over the station in preparation for a new docking adapter. this is flight engineer whitsun's eighth spacewalk and beat the record set by sunita williams. a little closer to the earth, not a cloud in the sky here in london, but if we go over tojohn hammond... they are not all on white hide... some of them are in lancashire! it

is rather —— on my tie. there has been some very heavy rain on parts of north—west england into north wales, southern scotland as well. drab and disappointing, cloudy and breezy. what a contrast with conditions across the south—east of england in particular, where, as simon has said, it's a beautiful day. how beautiful? temperatures have soared as high as 21, maybe 22 degrees in one or two places. it looks absolutely fantastic out there. it feels like a june day, even though it is only late march. unusual one for the time of year across this part of the world. the sunshine will last all the way through the afternoon. enjoy it, because we will see a change in the weather as we head towards the weekend. already we have the cloudy skies in the west, just the odd shower across parts of southwest england, many places here will stay dry, albeit quite cloudy, similar to wales, wetter near the irish sea. what weather in lancashire is

pushing through cumbria as i speak. this is 4pm. —— wet weather. sunshine for northern scotland, some rice bowls in northern ireland. dry for a time overnight but the rain surges its way northwards, could turn wet overnight, stays dry in the south—east. there might be a shower but basically dry. a remarkably mild might, temperatures being in double figures nationwide. across the south no lower than 12 or 13 degrees. a warm morning in east anglia and the south is, he sunshine, then it will cloud over with a freshening breeze and the odd shower. so all hazy sunshine. pretty wet across scotland, heavy rain. showers in the western most areas and northern ireland. a scattering of showers, dodge the showers, 17 degrees, pretty good for the time of year. things do turn a bit more showery for all of us as we hit the weekend. a trough of low pressure generating

the showers. a ridge of high pressure generating fine weather for sunday. of the two days, saturday looks more roby, hit and miss showers, someplace avoiding. inland with some really heavy fund re—slow—moving downpours. april showers, the first of the month. chilly saturday night. sunday is looking good. the vast majority of us looking good. the vast majority of us will have a dry day with light winds and lots of sunshine. temperatures picking up very nicely, libertines, possibly high teens across the south—east. that's it, backin across the south—east. that's it, back in half an hour —— louw teens. this is bbc news at three o'clock, i'mjane hill at this is bbc news at three o'clock, i'm jane hill at westminster. the headlines: the government unveiled its plans to transfer thousands of pieces of eu law to the uk statute book as britain prepares to leave the european union. we've been clear we wa nt the european union. we've been clear we want a smooth and orderly exit and the great repeal bill is integral to that approach. it'll

provide clarity and certainty for businesses, workers and consumers across the united kingdom on the day we leave the eu. at a meeting of european leaders in malta angela merkel says post brexit the eu has to put effort into europe to leave it in to put effort into europe to leave itina to put effort into europe to leave it in a good position for future generations. i'm simon mccoy, the other stories developing this hour: search teams in snowdonia looking for a missing helicopterfinds the wreckage and the bodies of the five people on board.