since the 15 or 16 months since the referendum, what has happened? next to nothing is his allegation, many people would agree, so it is possible that there will be no deal, and the implication of that for business and the rest of us... could be scary. but some on her own backbenchers are saying this is why she has been forthright about the possibility of no deal, some are saying this is how you negotiate, you have a bottom line, you make it clear that if we do not get what we need, what will benefit both of us, then we are willing to walk away.” have got to say she has got to say she is prepared to walk away, that is how negotiations work. and she has to tell her backbenchers as well. i think they will think this isa well. i think they will think this is a welcome move to spell this out any white paper is published today, that we have a plan, and when we leave in march 2019, if there is not a deal, this is what we will do. the ftis a deal, this is what we will do. the ft is talking about how we would avoid gridlike at the borders, so

instead of customs checks at dover, it could be moved inland, lorries would be checked in the uk, rather than having potentially queues and all the warnings that we got from businesses. 50 much—needed. all the warnings that we got from businesses. so much—neededm all the warnings that we got from businesses. so much-needed. it is perhaps also saying, i am not going to be bullied by guillot, that is the fear, that they are trying to punish the uk, if you try to leave, this is what will happen. the other interesting aspect was this reference to the european court of justice, saying that in the transition period we would continue to accept their rulings. a red rag to accept their rulings. a red rag toa to accept their rulings. a red rag to a bull. it was for boris johnson, and rees mogg, who was quoted in several of the papers, less than happy about that. he thought that meant we would not believe the eu after all, but boris is more placatory. the front page of the

metro, braced for a no deal brexit, planning for customs chaos at very boards. it is notjust that, is it, it is the border with northern ireland. —— at very boards. one irish mep is saying that seeing on citizen's rights, on the financial settlement, but no movement whatsoever on ireland, and for irish meps, that is a big deal, and they have a big vote in the final deal in the european parliament. this is what we are hearing from the eu as well, and for us to move onto trade talks, one of the issues we need to make headway is the border with northern ireland, as well as the financial settlement. i think theresa may wants to show in the next few days, before this european council meeting next week that we should move onto trade talks, we have given and other details to the eu, now is the time to move on.

although there is not a lot of progress made on the financial deal. she says she will not leave eu countries out of pocket. it appears not to impress them, it would take a miracle to get onto that time table. they are being quite difficult. the big question, good people, is all this going to shut boris up? that is the big question. you know, we are going to leave potentially with no deal, that is the kind of thing that some suggest, he and others in the party wa nts some suggest, he and others in the party wants to hear that. john, the story in the metro, boris fed up. boris has rebuffed claims that he might refuse to move, he has urged friends and allies to stop talking to the press. he might lead by example, stop talking to the press in self! 4000 words in the telegraph? then the article in the

sun! if anyone telegraph? then the article in the sun! ifanyone needs telegraph? then the article in the sun! if anyone needs to stop talking to the press, arguably it is boris, he isa to the press, arguably it is boris, he is a bit miffed, he says they are not his friends or allies, they are a band of impostors, and he is fed up a band of impostors, and he is fed up with them telling stories about his future when he may or may not be sacked or demoted by mrs may. yeah, imean, sacked or demoted by mrs may. yeah, i mean, there is a suggestion of a reshuffle towards the end of the month, that seems to be whispered. do you think he is for the high jump? no? they are downplaying the idea that there needs to be a reshuffle. who knows? this is one of the problems with the brexit negotiations, her position is weak, and she went to the country to say, give me a strong mandate to negotiate, she didn't get one from the country, brexiteers only won by not very much, they still won of course, but now we have got a

cabinet that cannot make up its mind, if these reports are to be believed, what the best way ahead is. so she has a difficulty, and the other thing about the eu, it is all right for them to say, lay out your plans, we will decide when sufficient progress has been made, but they haven't said what a sufficient progress is. the guardian, front—page here, rolla —— one actress who is saying that the allegations surrounding harvey why dean, the producer who has been alleged to have sexually made advances, unwanted advances to a number of people in hollywood, she is suggesting that she was one of the victims. and the view is that this has been going on for 30 years! yes, one of the things i found that

was astounding was weinstein saying, in the 19605 and 19705, there were different rules in the workplace, times have changed, and you know, sort of suggesting it was ok to behave sexually inappropriately towards women then and now it is different. in that sense, i am not saying it is right, but others would support that contention, thinking aboutjimmy support that contention, thinking about jimmy savile, high—profile people in the media accuse... but it was as a then as it is now. but it was as a then as it is now. but it was accepted in certain circles, in our business, there was a lot of people turning a blind eye to what they suspected was going on. people turning a blind eye to what they suspected was going onm people turning a blind eye to what they suspected was going on. it is a dangerous stance to take. and it certainly does not excuse what this man got up to, allegedly got up to, because as i say, it was as illegal then as it is now, but the suggestion, it seems, is that more and more actresses, more and more

people are beginning to come out now, and the fear that he preyed on, allegedly, because of his influence in hollywood, that is dissipating now. we have had the prime minister's spokesperson saying that she is concerned about these allegations, and i think tomorrow's papers will call for him to be stripped of his cbe. and he has apologised on the front page there, meryl streep condemned these offences. one wonder how many others predatory men exist in an industry where they can get away with it. yeah. all right, ok. the front page of the daily mail as well, john, big lifestyle problems crippling the

nhs. this is the boss of the air quality commission saying the nhs is in serious trouble because of life style in serious trouble because of lifestyle problems. —— the care quality commission. he is talking about people who do not exercise, drink too much, and no doubt about it there is a crisis in the nhs, as you featured in your headlines, don't let the nhs direct on its 70th birthday. yeah. 25-40,000 nurses short, 5000 doctors coming in, we hope by 2020, but having said that, i was talking to a doctor the other day, and he says 50% to qualify in this country do not enter the nhs, so it isa this country do not enter the nhs, so it is a big crisis. four million people waiting for surgery. big problems. it just people waiting for surgery. big problems. itjust feels as people waiting for surgery. big problems. it just feels as though there are not enough preventative health campaigns out there, trying to get across, you know, if you deal with ill—health now, you plan for a

healthy life in the future, then that will take pressure off the nhs and the services that are providing help to us all when it comes to help. maybe that needs to be the emphasis now, a bit more?|j help. maybe that needs to be the emphasis now, a bit more? i was going to say the government is trying hard to tackle the issue of obesity, urging supermarkets to cut the size of products, you know, talking about calorie content. a few yea rs talking about calorie content. a few years ago you wouldn't be walking into sainsbury‘s or pret and seeing the calories. it is a step in the right direction, but arguably too little, too late. for thousands of people, it is already too late, i have sympathy for people who are obese, but it leads to diabetes, heart attacks and strokes as well.|j was in los angeles last week, the horrible mass shooting there, but the amount of people who were clearly obese, and the impression i get in the states at the moment is

that it get in the states at the moment is thatitis get in the states at the moment is that it is now becoming accepted, in a way that it still isn't accepted here. the food portions there are incredible, double the size of what you get your funds. unbelievable! finally, we will end on the daily telegraph, and coins, tesco is in the firing line as far as the royal mint is concerned, and they will d efy mint is concerned, and they will defy the suggestion that we have got to get rid of the older £1 coins by monday. sunday is the idea, but a lot of business groups are saying is that the proposals have been implemented to quickly, and a lot of people still have the old £1 coins, and they want to use them. i think, actually, for my generation, it is not as big a problem, because i use my cards all the time. i was thinking this, i don't have a single old £1 coin. there are 500 million of these coins still in circulation,

tesco was saying, we will give it another week. you can still hand them in long after the deadline, but them in long after the deadline, but the treasury are concerned, the royal mint, they are concerned about this initiative by tesco muddying the waters a bit. making it slightly unclear. my problem with the new coins, the parking meters will not ta ke coins, the parking meters will not take them yet. well, they are going to have to take them from monday. and those of us of a certain generation don't use cards at all! as broadcasting royalty, you have other people carry your cash. as broadcasting royalty, you have other people carry your cashlj as broadcasting royalty, you have other people carry your cash. i do not! a lot of cash! they clearly pay you a lot of an itv. thank you so much for looking at the stories behind the headlines, many thanks, northern soul mates, good to see you. that is all for the papers tonight. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any

evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. so thank you to my guests and to you for watching. bye—bye. well, we are entering a spell of quite unsettled weather, but milder weather, and it will turn very mild towards the end of the week and into the weekend. it is these south—westerly winds and weather systems carried by these south—westerly winds coming off the atla ntic south—westerly winds coming off the atlantic that will be bringing this changeable, often cloudy weather, that if you live across southern and eastern areas, the clouds will a lwa ys eastern areas, the clouds will always break, not a layer of grey all the time, nor is it going to be raining all the time. so quite changeable, rain will be hit and miss, just as tonight. outbreaks of rain across the hills of scotland, northern england, wales, spits and spots, but for many of us not

particularly wet. 14 degrees there in cardiff tonight, the far north of scotla nd in cardiff tonight, the far north of scotland in single figures, overall quite a mild night. the weather tomorrow, the weather front moves across the south, perhaps a little bit more cloudy, brighter across central britain, then another weather system moving into the north—west, bringing stronger winds and the rain as well. that rain could be heavy at times during the course of wednesday. as always in this set up, it is the hills that get most of the rainfall, so the la ke get most of the rainfall, so the lake district, the pennines, wales, the south—west picking up a bit of rain. ahead of it, some brightness, and behind it also some brighter weather. that weather front moves through out the way as we head into the early of thursday, the weather opens up, the winds die down, clearing skies, quite chilly on thursday morning, particularly across northern areas of the uk, may be mist, a touch of frost across the far north of scotland. but overall

the message is that the weather will be improving towards the end of the week, and it will stay very mild. now, these mild winds are coming all the way from the southern climes, trawl up by this area of low pressure forming across the atlantic, this vortex that is sucking in moisture and warmth and milder in our direction, so yes, a fair bit of cloud, some of it affecting north—western areas, where we are closer to the weather front. further south, closer to the high pressure, temperatures could get up to around 24 degrees by the time we get to the weekend. so a grey start to the week, rain midweek, then turning warmer. this is bbc news. the headlines at

11 o'clock: theresa may says she is preparing for the possibility that britain may not reach a deal for brexit with the eu. while i believe it is in all our interests for the negotiations to succeed, it is our responsibility as a government to prepare for every eventuality. there were serious allegations of sexual abuse made against the mp sir cyril smith back in 1979, but prosecutors lied to the media about them. increased pressure on the catalan leader not to declare independence when he addresses the catalan parliament tomorrow. meryl streep criticises the film producer harvey weinstein after he's fired in the wake of allegations about his mistreatment of women.