hello it's friday, it's 9 o'clock, i'm tina daheley, welcome to the programme. significant progress on brexit following overnight talks. there will be no hard border with ireland and three million eu nationals living in britain — and a million british expats — will have their rights protected when we leave. theresa may arrived in brussels to make the announcement this morning. we'll have the latest in what's being called a breakthrough moment and look ahead to the next phase of talks. the deal we have struck will guarantee the rights of more than 3 million eu citizens living in the uk and1 million eu citizens living in the uk and 1 million uk citizens living in the eu. eu citizens living in the uk will be able to go on living their lives as before. we'll look ahead to the next phase of talks. children affected by domestic violence need better protection according to england's children's commissioner. we'll have a special report. i would like the prime minister to make this a priority for the whole

of government and actually send out strong messages and a framework for government and public services throughout the land as children need their help now, they can't wait for that support. bochum to the programme. we will bring you full analysis of the brexit negotiations throughout the programme today, including live press c0 nfe re nces programme today, including live press conferences in brussels and reaction here. hello and welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today... there's been a major breakthrough in the brexit talks. the european commission now says "sufficient progress" has been made in the first stage of the negotiations — about citizen's rights, the irish border and the size of the so—called divorce bill — that we can move on to the second stage. that'll be about britain's future relationship with the eu —

and in particular, the shape of any deal on trade. the announcement came at a news conference in brussels this morning by the european commission president jean—claude juncker and theresa may. one of the main sticking points was the issue of which court would guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk — this is what the prime minister had to say. the deal we've struck will guarantee the rights of more than 3 million eu citizens living in the uk and of1 million uk citizens living in the eu. eu citizens living in the uk will have their rights enshrined in uk law and enforced by british courts. they will be able to go on living their lives as before. i was cleared in florence that we are a country that honours our obligations. after some tough conversations, we've now agreed settle m e nt conversations, we've now agreed settlement that is fair to the british taxpayer. it means that in future we will be able to invest more in our priorities at home such as housing, schools the nhs. the breakthrough follows 48 hours

of intense negotiations over the issue of the irish border — after northern ireland's dup party had made it clear they weren't happy with the solution proposed earlier. jean—claude juncker said a hard border of the irish island could now be avoided. the uk has made significant commitments on the avoidance of a ha rd commitments on the avoidance of a hard border after its withdrawal from the european union. all of the eu 27 stand firmly behind ireland and behind the peace process. let's get all the reaction from this morning's brexit breakthrough with our correspondents in westminster and in brussels. chris mason, first, what's the political reaction been here? how did we get to this breakthrough this morning? telephone diplomacy all night, chatting to dublin, belfast in brussels and then at daft o'clock in the morning, she got on a

plane with david davis, the brexit secretary, in order to fly over to brussels and sign that document. we got the first proof that the deal had been done when martin sell my, the chief of staff to the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, tweeted a picture of a chimney with white smoke pouring out of it, all of the symbolism and mystique of a papal conclave in one early morning tweet. how did we get here from where we we re how did we get here from where we were on monday, given that you mediation of the prime minister when she was midway through her lunch with mrjuncker and the democratic unionist party lou a big raspberry at the whole thing? well, a huge amount of negotiation and significant compromises to accommodate the views of the democratic unionist party, who got toa democratic unionist party, who got to a place last night where they we re to a place last night where they were willing, despite some reservations, to give their consent to the documents being signed. i think wherever you are watching this this morning around the uk, if you

tilt your gear in the direction of the window, you will probably be able to hear the size of relief coming from downing street. this is a massive moment. let's find out what is happening in brussels now. what happens next, phase two, next week? well, it has been quite a dramatic morning here, of course. things appear to have fallen into place in the end, as quickly as they fell apart on monday. and attention is already turning to precisely that question — what happens now? because of course this was just the first phase of the brexit negotiations, that test of sufficient progress which we have heard about so often on citizens rights, on the irish border and on the financial settlement. the really big stuff, actually, is still to come. this was just a actually, is still to come. this was justa bump actually, is still to come. this was just a bump in the road, a very important bump in the road that had to be navigated successfully. the talks about trade and transition will of course be even longer, even more complex than those first phase talks. so, you're already hearing

warning voices from the european union talking about, for example, the terms and conditions which they will be attaching to that transition period. so, a sigh of relief here as well, there has been genuine worry that britain might not be able to get this deal over this week, which would create huge timetabling problems for next year. but alongside that sigh of relief, people drawing breath to prepare for the next round of talks. the next phase has already in effect begun, with eu starting to talk about transition and what they're going to want. thank you very much, kevin connko want. thank you very much, kevin connolly in brussels. we can go to the bbc newsroom now. annita is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. a "day of rage" is being planned by palestinians angered by america's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. around 30 demonstrators were injured in clashes with israeli forces in the west bank yesterday. the us has warned palestinians against cancelling talks with vice—president

mike pence, who will visit the middle east in less than two weeks' time. a student who died weeks after starting at university was failed by "every nhs organisation that should have cared for her", a review has found. averil hart, who was 19, died of a heart attack caused by anorexia in 2012. the parliamentary and health service ombudsman says her death could and should have been prevented. nhs england has apologised, and says it's making "real progress" with eating disorder services. snow, ice and windy conditions are set to sweep across large parts of the uk today. severe gales have already caused disruption to air, rail and ferry services. yellow "be aware" weather warnings have been issued across much of scotland, northern ireland, wales and north—west england — with up to eight inches of snow expected in some areas. a number of new wildfires have started in southern california, stretching firefighters to the limit. nearly 200,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes. planes have been diverted to one of the latest blazes in the county of san diego,

and officials say more than 400 buildings have been destroyed. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. the american west was never really came. the weather here was always wild and dangerous and in a warming world, it seems to be getting worse. the wind has just picked up world, it seems to be getting worse. the wind hasjust picked up here in the past few minutes and the fire is really flaring up on the hillside there and pushing along this canyon. there are some homes down there. we can hear shouts in the valley and there are some families refusing to leave. the walkers are among them. they would not answer the door. they are inside and intent on staying put, despite the danger lurking nearby. at least two dozen horses have died in this via, which is the worst here in living memory. in the exclusive suburb of bel air, they

attacked the fires, and famous people were among those forced to flee. every firefighting aircraft in the united states has been summoned to california. they're making a big difference. in times of crisis come extraordinary moments of compassion. here a man apparently in distress i’u ns here a man apparently in distress ru ns to here a man apparently in distress runs to rescue a rabbit. 0ne here a man apparently in distress runs to rescue a rabbit. one little life saved. several new fires have broken out in the past few hours. intoning them is a superhuman effort. —— containing them. but mother nature is likely to have the last word. if universities in england were banks, they could be accused of mis—selling courses to teenagers who have little understanding of money matters, that's according to the head of public spending watchdog. sir amyas morse says universities are under very little competitive pressure to provide the best value, and young people were taking out large loans to pay for tuition fees

without much effective help or advice. the government says its reforms are helping students to make informed choices. two of the country's biggest discount retailers, primark and sportsdirect, have been forced to pay back thousands of staff who were paid pay back thousands of staff who were pa id less pay back thousands of staff who were paid less than the minimum wage. they were among 206 the companies who have been named and shamed by the for underpaying staff. the most common reasons given were failing to pay workers when travelling between jobs and deducting money for uniforms. all firms on the list say theissues uniforms. all firms on the list say the issues have now been rectified. prison inspectors have found high levels of violence and filthy conditions at wormwood scrubs for the third year in a row. they also found areas of the west london prison, which houses 1200 inmates, we re prison, which houses 1200 inmates, were strewn with letter, attracting

rats and cockroaches. the ministry ofjustice says it has taken decisive action to address the problems. coventry has been chosen as the uk city of culture for 2021 it beat submissions from paisley, stoke on trent, sunderland and swansea to win the title. the bid team said their plans were "about changing the reputation of a city" as well as hosting a year of cultural celebration. there's a0 million people within two hours drive time. we are looking at visitors numbering two point 5,000,020 21. we're going to give something special to the uk. scientists working in the arctic believe they may have discovered why some whales repeatedly become stranded. researchers tracked narwhals which had been released after becoming entangled in fishing nets. they found that when the whales became frightened, blood—flow was restricted to their brains, causing the animals to become confused and disorientated as they tried to swim away. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. do get in touch with us throughout the morning —

use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport. and as if he hasn't won enough awards already, cristiano ronaldo has won another one? yes, good morning. it is that question once again, who is better, lionel messi or cristiano ronaldo? there is never going to be a definitive answer, i think. last night ronaldo equalled messi by winning his fifth alund or title. it was awarded to him in paris. he posed with the trophy on the eiffel tower. —— balon d'0r. no player has won more awards than the former manchester united forward which five. messi won four in a row for ronaldo's surge. why did he get it this year? a9 goals in all competitions is a pretty good reason! he also helped real madrid

toa reason! he also helped real madrid to a second successive jumpy and and he and he says he has more to offer. i still have the motivation. —— second successive champions league. to play with happiness. the main word is, enjoy myself. there was a landmark last night for the arsenal boss arsene wenger. their europa league victory against bate borisov was his 700th win in charge of arsenal. and they won 6—0 in the end. mohamed elneny completed the rout. arsenal went through as group winners. everton had already crashed out of the competition, but ademola lookman, the 20—year—old, scored twice as they got their only win of the campaign against apollon limassol. now, the line—up for the quarterfinals in the u:k.'s new championship is complete, but there was a big scare for five—time winner

ronnie 0'sullivan, who needed a 6—5 win over sunny akani, a man 20 years hisjunior. at win over sunny akani, a man 20 years his junior. at one stage sunny akani was just one frame from victory. 0'sullivan fought back rather fortu nately 0'sullivan fought back rather fortunately in the end, saying he felt he had robbed his opponent. he put upa felt he had robbed his opponent. he put up a great performance. his first time out there, and he played a lot better than i did usher and he probably deserved to win. i got very, very la quinta tonight's. so, i'm kind of relieved to win but i've really got to improve on that, to think i'm going to have any chance of winning another match, really. 0'sullivan moves on to play martin gould. they will be back out early this afternoon in york. so after a frantic night of long negotiations, theresa may has finalised a deal with the eu to unlock the next phase of the talks.

announcing the breakthrough, the eu commission presidentjean claudejuncker said it had been a difficult negotiation for the eu as well as the uk. today's result is of course a compromise. it is the result of a long and intense discussion between the commission negotiators and those of the uk. as in any negotiation, both sides have two listen to each other. are just their position, and show willingness to compromises. this was a difficult negotiation. for the european union, as well as for the united kingdom. for the european union, as well as forthe united kingdom. 0n wednesday, last wednesday, the couege wednesday, last wednesday, the college of commissioners gave me a mandate to conclude the negotiation of the joint report. and it has to be concluded today, not next week. today, because next week we will have the european council, and in order to allow our partners to prepare in the best way possible the

meeting of the european council, we had to make the deal today. 0n the basis of the mandate given to me, the european commission has formally decided to recommend the european council that sufficient progress has now been made on the strict terms of the divorce. theresa may also said the talks hadn't been easy and had required to give and ta ke easy and had required to give and take on both sides. we've been working extremely hard this week. as you have all seen it hasn't been easy for either side. when we met on monday we said a deal was within reach. what we have arrived at today represents a significant improvement and i am grateful to the negotiating teams led by david davis and michel barnierfor led by david davis and michel barnier for their efforts. led by david davis and michel barnierfor their efforts. getting to this point has required give and ta ke to this point has required give and take on both sides. and i believe that the joint report being published is in the best interest of the whole uk. i very much welcome

the whole uk. i very much welcome the prospect of moving ahead to the next phase, to talk about trade and security, and to discuss the positive and ambitious future relationship that is in all of our interests. i have consistently said that we want to build a special and deep partnership with the eu as we have met the decision of the united kingdom to leave the eu by march 200019. doing so will provide clarity and certainty to businesses in the uk and eu and crucially for all of our citizens. —— by march 2019. the rights of 3 million eu nationals living in the uk will be protected. as for the rights of the 1 million british people living in the eu. there was also joint commitment to no heart border between britain and the republic of ireland. that was a sticking point. the british pm said she'd also agreed afair the british pm said she'd also agreed a fair settlement for the british taxpayer. the previous deal had been blocked by the dup but its

leader, arlene foster, said she was pleased to see today's agreement will mean there will be no customs barrier in the irish sea. there have been six substantive changes. we are pleased to see those changes. we are pleased to see those changes. for me it means there is no red line down the irish sea. we have a very clear confirmation that the entirety of the united kingdom is leaving the eu, leaving the single market, leaving the customs union, andi market, leaving the customs union, and i think that's an important statement to have. and also vitally important, of course, the entirety of the uk was kept in place. but there are still matters there we would have liked to have seen clarified. we ran out of time, essentially. we think we needed to go back again and talk about those matters. but the pm has decided to go to brussels in relation to this text and she says she has done that in the national interest. theresa may and her brexit

secretary, david davis, made their overnight dash to brussels while downing street were having their christmas party. what were the first signs of a breakthrough? early this morning, an aide tojean—claude juncker tweeted this image of white smoke. and this picture of theresa may and david davis having breakfast withjean—claude may and david davis having breakfast with jean—claude juncker and michel barnier then emerged. the big question, what happens next? with me to talk about the deal are three westminster watchers. marie le conte, who's a journalist and commentator. jessica elgot, political reporter at the guardian. and the specator magazine's katy balls. good to see you all. you have been keeping up to speed with this morning ‘s developments. good. let's get your response. the breakthrough this morning, monday, talks collapse, embarrassing for theresa may, coming back with no deal. she had to leave the christmas party yesterday to go to brussels and have managed —— they may have managed to have come up with an agreement. it's

good news for everybody. i'm an eu national. so i'm quite relieved things have been settled. but it was very much an 11th hour deal and it was expected, i think. theresa may will be pleased she has some breathing space now.|j will be pleased she has some breathing space now. i think theresa may can take a lot of ownership of this deal. she seems to have taken charge of it this week, especially in negotiations with the dup, and david davis, her brexit secretary, slightly on the sidelines over the la st slightly on the sidelines over the last few weeks. but she seems to have come it's quite interesting how arlene foster, the leader of the dup, says that it wasn't quite as faras dup, says that it wasn't quite as far as they wanted to go. but the pm decided to go ahead and go to brussels and make the deal anyway, even though there was still differences between them. i think that shows that the pm wanted to show she isn't being held hostage by the dup. it's also clear they had no choice but to come up with a deal by the end of today to be able to move

on to phase two next week. the language we have been hearing this morning is that sufficient progress has been made to move onto the next stage of talks, katie?|j has been made to move onto the next stage of talks, katie? i think sufficient progress has been made. but there are overhanging issues. there was the slight warning from the dup that they are not completely satisfied. but i don't think the conservative party is satisfied either, because this draft text leapt out because talks broke down on monday, lots of questions now hanging over what this trade relationship britain is seeking with the eu is actually going to be. that will be a more difficult stage. there will be a bit of relief, christmas holiday is looking brighter for number ten staff, but ultimately the hard work is stuffed beginning. we will come onto the next stage in a moment. but what have the biggest compromises beam? the talks haven't been easy, they have been difficult for both sides, and compromises have been made. —— the biggest compromises beam? on the

uk side there will be a divorce bill. we don't have the figure yet. but it will be substantial. there is that. on the uk side again, eu nationals will be able to bring family and unborn children will be able to be born in the uk and have similar rights they have at the moment. the uk has budged on that. 0n the eu side... moment. the uk has budged on that. on the eu side... one of the key compromises with a lot of the more ardent brexiteer mps will want to see is exactly the role of the ecj. that is something they wanted to draw a line against. we won't ever be subject to those laws ever again. now it seems there might be some compromise at least for a limited period that caught here will have to pay some sort of regard to judgment there. weather it is eu citizens, or maybe the future trade relationship.

—— whether it is eu citizens or maybe the future trade relationship. which areas of life will it affect? it could affect british businesses. there could be ruling is different kinds of regulations for british businesses that might affect them. all of that stuff needs to be worked out when it comes to what the future relationship will be and what the trade terms, you know, what we end up trade terms, you know, what we end up with... and it looks like that may not even be sorted by the end of the deal. theresa may has said she is seeking a transition period. i think the eu will want to see in that transition period, roughly around two years, that we are generally accepting the same kinds of rules and regulations as the eu has in order to continue to trade.l huge sigh of relief from many people. not least in downing street. but this still needs endorsement from 27 eu countries. are we likely to see any stumbling blocks, do you think, katie? what we've noticed in

the past few days, after things got awkward for the british government on monday, brussels seem to really wa nt on monday, brussels seem to really want theresa may to get sufficient progress. there has been a concentrated effort from figures... there have been some quite vicious briefings from jean—claude juncker's side, the disastrous dinners they have had, for example, so i think they wanted to help her out. michel barnier and donald tusk want to do this positive mood music. everybody, including the 27 members, want to get it through to the trade talks. but i think people will then be a bit more frank about those talks. yes, lots of thank yous this morning after everybody‘s speeches. why is it in their interest for talks to go well and progress to be made on theresa may's behalf? uncertainty isn't good for anyone. there is certainly an argument that the eu can sit back and wait to blink more

than britain. because lots of businesses in britain are working out if they need to have contingency plans. they wanted this reassurance we are moving to trade and they have that. it is not in anybody's interest, because there is so much trade going on between all of these countries to keep things waiting. use all leo varadkar say that, as well. he said we are keen to get a co nfe re nce well. he said we are keen to get a conference and trade deal with the uk. -- conference and trade deal with the uk. —— you all saw. it is in both sides' interest to get that going. the tory party split over what they want. how will the party be reacting to today's compromise? so far it's been surprising, nobody has made any noises, you know? indicating they are definitely unhappy with what happened overnight. even people like michael gove who is the chief

brexiteer in the cabinet, i suppose. they were all congratulating theresa may. so far it is fine. but as katie was saying earlier, it is a sign that they know that most of the work is yet to come and they may be saving themselves for the battles of 2018 and 2019. there will be some probing by some of the brexiteers on the backbenches in the tory party. about some of the phrases which have been agreed. there is talk about this idea of alignment of regulations in the uk. what does all of that mean? there has been a lot of that mean? there has been a lot of confusing language this week. high alignment, low alignment, regulatory divergences... chuckles explain, what does it all mean? that is something that will need to be probed quite a lot in parliament over the coming days and weeks. essentially, when it came to northern ireland, though, their concern was on monday and why they didn't want that agreement to go

ahead was they didn't want to be more closely aligned with the eu and dublin than the uk. the key thing we heard this morning from arlene foster was that they were given assurances northern ireland, the entire uk, would be leaving the eu, including northern ireland. ultimately now, with all of this talk of regulation, diverges which confuses everybody, is how close, basically, britain will be to the eu in terms of all of these regulations, all of these things we have to stick by. do we have to adhere to all of these rules of the eu, and trading standards, etc? the lots of members of the conservative party they find it unappealing because they like this idea of a clean brexit where they don't have to mirror brussels in any way. that is where you will see some worries. but also this disagreement. there was a small number of backbenchers who do not want to give any money to brussels. they are still not going to be delighted that we have sufficient progress in this way. theresa may has been keeping her cards close to her chest. almost

telling the hard brexiteers and their party what they want to hear, telling other people what they want to hear, but going into the next phase she will have to talk about exactly what she wants, what the government wants, how does she go about keeping everybody happy? she can't keep everybody happy. chuckles it's impossible. she needs to start working out, who basically, pragmatically, is the best person for her to disappoint. who will be most pragmatic about it? and working out how she can give different people what they want. there isn't solution that fixes all at the end of the day. one of the key things to remember is fora of the day. one of the key things to remember is for a lot of brexiteers what they want to do is leave the eu. as long as she can still say that we are not going to be attached to the eu single market and customs union, we may end up with an arrangement which is incredibly similarto being in arrangement which is incredibly similar to being in the single market and customs union. if she is able to say definitively that that link has been broken, i think at the

end of it all that is the way she may be able to, just about, draw a compromise together in the middle somewhere. do you think phase two will be as painful as phase one? probably more painful. quite a lot of factions, especially on the uk site, have decided to play ball and be relatively nice and helpful. because they know the future of the relationship is really what matters. that is when they will dig the trenches and actually decide to say to theresa may, this is what we want, these are our strong red lines. the worst is probably yet to come. let's finish on a couple of e—mails. this is from brian, well done, you deserve a good rest, theresa may. another one says, i would like to know what will now stop the eu citizen is getting into england by slipping through the back door as there is no border. cathy says, what breakthrough, it is alljust words. thank you for your messages, keep them coming in. still to come... we'll hear from the children's commissioner about what more could be done to protect children

from domestic violence. jeremy hunt tells us the government must do more to support people with mental health problems. time for the latest news — here's annita. the headlines: there has been a major breakthrough in the brexit talks. the european commission now says sufficient progress has been made in the first stage of the negotiations about citizens rights, the irish border, the size of the so—called divorce bill that we can move so—called divorce bill that we can m ove o nto so—called divorce bill that we can move onto the second stage. that will be about britain's future relationship with the eu and in particular the shape of any deal on. but in the last hour michel barnier has warned there is still much to do. there is still much to be done

and negotiation on a number of issues. we will need to have the final version of the withdrawal agreement ready by october 2018. less tha n agreement ready by october 2018. less than one year. a "day of rage" is being planned by palestinians angered by america's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. around 30 demonstrators were injured in clashes with israeli forces in the west bank yesterday. the us has warned palestinians against cancelling talks with vice—president mike pence, who will visit the middle east in less than two weeks' time. a student who died weeks after starting at university was failed by "every nhs organisation that should have cared for her", a review has found. averil hart, who was 19, died of a heart attack caused by anorexia in 2012. the parliamentary and health service 0mbudsman says her death could and should

have been prevented. nhs england has apologised, and says it's making "real progress" with eating disorder services. snow, ice and windy conditions are set to sweep across large parts of the uk today. severe gales have already caused disruption to air, rail and ferry services. yellow "be aware" weather warnings have been issued across much of scotland, northern ireland, wales and north—west england — with up to eight inches of snow expected in some areas. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. we will have a weather update coming up we will have a weather update coming upjust we will have a weather update coming up just before ten o'clock this morning. here's some sport now with hugh. real madrid footballer cristiano ronaldo has been crowned the best footballer in the world again, after winning the prestigious balon d'0r award. it means he and lionel messi have shared the last ten titles. arsene wenger hailed the influence

of jack arsene wenger hailed the influence ofjack wilshere, arsene wenger hailed the influence of jack wilshere, as they won arsene wenger hailed the influence ofjack wilshere, as they won their final europa league game 6—0 against bate borisov at what was a half full emirates stadium. everton were already out but they did beat apollon limassol 3—0 in cyprus. ademola lookman scored twice. and finally, fife winner ernie 0'sullivan said he felt sorry for 20 rolled sunny akani from thailand after a 0'sullivan came from behind three times to reach the quarterfinals of the u:k.'s new championship. that's the sport for now. we will be back with more just after ten o'clock if the children's commissioner for england is calling on the prime if is calling on the prime minister to put protection in place for every child who is living in a house with domestic violence. the latest statistics show another rise, year on year in the number of domestic violence incidents police are dealing with, in england and wales. the bbc has had access to northumbria police and charity wearside women in need, to see how they respond to emergency domestic violence calls where children are involved and how they're supported. jeremy cooke's report starts with claire's story, which some

viewers may find disturbing. jack was the eldest, he was 12. he was a musician. he was just a lovely quiet, gentle boy. paul was cheeky, full of confidence. a good sportsman. he was a runner. personal best was always in his mind. claire throssel, proud mother, domestic abuse survivor. she left the man who had controlled and bullied her and her children for years. we've met claire on this programme before, and now we hear more about her unforgettable, tragic story of what happened as her two boys were caught up in a world of fear. they were frightened of their dad. and they were frightened for me and

very protective of me and worried. despite everything, the boy's father had a right to see them. claire sensed the growing danger, but was powerless to stop what happened next. there was a policeman stood at the door and i said, "what's he done? he's done it, hasn't he? he's done something to them." at the 999 call desks, domestic abuse is a constant theme. there is a domestic, with a report of somebody having been stabbed with a screwdriver... calls for help 2a/7. has she got any children...? the immediate task — to get the facts. and if a child is present it is a maximum priority case. said her partner, or her ex—partner threatened to beat her and her 12—year—old child up. so we're going to get somebody up there straightaway. children can and do suffer direct abuse. but they also witness violence,

and there's a growing recognition of the long—term damage. there's lots of evidence about adverse childhood experience of which this is the most common — domestic abuse — and what a long impact it can have on people's ability to learn, their ability to make relationships, perhaps turning to crime, because they have chaotic lives. i've had black eyes, i've had elbows and knees and my head would be bashed off something. jane finally fled after she and her kids endured almost five years of domestic abuse. we've changed her name to protect her and to protect the children. i see the massive effect it's had on them. you would be in the middle of having this fight and you'd be looking at your kids, you'd have eye contact with your kids, and you could see the fear and them crying and stuff and you wouldn't know what to do, because you can't get out of the situation. and ijust felt myself like apologising to them a lot and i didn't know how to deal with it and i hated the fact

that they were so confused by it. we have a female and he's hit her on the back. after the 999 calls, the response. northumbria police on the case. every year across the country, the number of domestic abuse incidents is rising, and this year stands at 6a5,000. we're on our way to a domestic violence case. every incident like this is treated very seriously, but when there are children involved, it all takes on an even greater sense of urgency. as well as the emergency calls, there are also routine checks. tonight, the police are visiting melissa, along with a specialist from wearside women in need. so, if we give you a call...? there are no kids here. melissa felt she had no choice but to give up her new—born baby for adoption, because she was trapped in an abusive, controlling

relationship — domestic abuse, breaking the bond between mother and child. it's cost you your baby and it's cost your baby his mother. i'll never see my baby again. i'm in so much pain. it's ruined me life, basically. do you think about your baby? every day. he's gone. the biggest mistake i ever done in my life. anything you need for your flat that i could help you with? no. melissa is trying to turn things around. she's got a job and wants to look to the future. with the ongoing support of wearside women in need. that was really sad, wasn't it? yes, absolutely, she had no choice but to choose her partner over the child before she even had a chance to bond or be with that child.

for kids caught up in domestic abuse, there's always damage, but for claire, as she was rushed to sheffield children's hospital, it became a matter of life and death. i walked up to the bed and they stopped the cpr and i held him in my arms. i held him so tight. and my tears were in his hair, his hair was damp and then his eyes closed. paul was gone. and claire became aware of another bed, doctors fighting to save jack. their abusive, violent father had also died in the fire that he deliberately set after trapping the boys in the attic. the boys couldn't get out. but jack tried. and he'd managed to get paul to the edge of the attic, but he'd fallen through into the flames below.

and when the firemen picked him up, he said, "my dad this did and he did it on purpose." a family destroyed. but still more agony to come. i went with jack to manchester burns unit and he went straight into theatre. jack fell asleep in my arms after a five—day battle in manchester child ren's hospital. early intervention can help children and save lives. this is 0peration encompass and at northumbria police hq it's the first task every morning. a specialist team scans through all the overnight reports of domestic abuse for cases involving children. this is an 11—year—old child that's been present during a domestic between mum and dad. it's all about communication. 0peration encompass has now been

picked up by more than half of the uk police forces and they immediately tell schools what's happened, so that children can be supported from the moment they arrive in the classroom that morning. the first thing we will do is, we always make sure we greet that child with a smile and if they have not got school uniform on, we can offer them school uniform, we check that they have had breakfast, we just check that they're alright. a simple phone call can make the biggest of differences to a child. and you know, if we're not about making their lives better, then what are we about? these children are among the one in seven in the uk who experience domestic abuse. here they've been taken into refuge with their mothers. and now there are calls forfor consistent, multi—agency response to domestic abuse — nationwide and driven from the top. i would like the prime minister to make this a priority for the whole of government and actually send out strong

messages and a framework for government and public services throughout the land that children need the help now, they can't wait for that support. claire now spends her life campaigning with women's aid. they've recorded 20 cases since 2005 where children have been killed by fathers already involved in domestic abuse, but still granted access to their children. it's a silent killer. domestic abuse and coercive control is something that's not visible on the outside, it destroys people, it destroys lives. it destroys the whole being. and it needs to be recognised and stopped. the campaign is called child first, and it demands that family courts put children's safety at the heart of every decision. a demand claire makes in the name of her boys —

her paul and herjack. i promised no other parent would have to do what i did and hold a child in their arms as they died, knowing it's at the hands of somebody who should love them and protect them the most. 0ne family's tragedy — bleak testimony that the lives destroyed by domestic abuse include the lives of children. if you want help or advice with any of the issues raised in that report, you can find support on our actionline website. just search for bbc actionline. coming up... we will hear how health secretaryjeremy coming up... we will hear how health secretary jeremy hunt plans coming up... we will hear how health secretaryjeremy hunt plans to help young people with mental health problems. let's get more on theresa may and the eu's jean—claude juncker saying that a brexit breakthrough deal paves way for

future trade talks. "sufficient progress" has been made in the first stage of the brexit negotiations, allowing talks to move onto the subject of trade and transition — that's the news breaking from brussels this morning. michael gove, the environment secretary, has given his reaction. this achievement is a significant achievement for the prime minister and it helps guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk. it will be uk courts which safeguard those rights are. ina courts which safeguard those rights are. in a limited number of cases, for a limited period of time come they can if they wish to, if there isa they can if they wish to, if there is a point of law which is ambiguous, go to the european court ofjustice for help in resolving the issue. but it is important to beckett now is that this is a time limited and very specific exemptions and it is the uk courts in the driving seat. if there is no deal regarding the relationship between northern ireland and the republic, then this document sets out that there will be a maintenance of a

full alignment between the whole of the uk and the eu, with rules of the single market and customs union — again, from the perspective of someone who has supported brexit throughout, that seems to be a massive concession and at least a massive concession and at least a massive risk, because if a deal isn't done, then we fall back into the single market and customs union which you have been opposed to all along? we are going to be outside the single market and outside the customs union because of this deal. in the republic of ireland and in northern ireland there has been so much progress. that means we will continue to work together that there is no return to a hard border. the alignment between the republic and northern ireland will mean it is able to achieve its goals. there will not be any weakening of the position of northern ireland within the uk. can you tell us now with full confidence britain will not be

the customs union come the end of the customs union come the end of the negotiations? it is clear the pm has made it a priority to ensure we are outside the customs union and outside the single market, so we can set our own rules and sign our own trade deals. we want a deep and competence of free trade agreement with the eu. it is in all of our interests to secure that great trade deal. this document will be interpreted in wildly different ways by those in brussels, and by those in your government, and those supporting your government, therefore despite the agreement that has been reached, i mean... it is fairto has been reached, i mean... it is fair to say that there are huge challenges going forward. yes, there has been an agreement on this first phase to get through to the second phase, but, you know, things will be interpreted wildly differently, and therefore there are big challenges ahead. there was always scope for people to be cynical. but this is a significant achievement, i think. because it means the right of eu citizens are protected in the uk.

the rights of uk citizens are protected in the eu. we have an agreement that no eu country will be out of pocket as a result of our departure. but there will be more money for nhs, schools, and housing in this country as a result of us leaving the eu. and we can get onto talking about that free trade deal. it's a significant step forward, and one that the overwhelming majority of people in parliament and in the country will welcome. looking forward to the trade deal do you accept the broad principle that from the eu's perspective a trade deal for britain in the future has to be at least slightly less. that has to bea at least slightly less. that has to be a principle the european union ta kes to be a principle the european union takes to the negotiation. we want a free trade deal, one which gives tariff free restrictions access to goods and services into the european market. at this stage it would be wrong for me to try to guess exactly how every single aspect of that

trade deal will work. but one thing is clear, we start from a position where our regulations already aligned, our markets are already integrated, so i think we can have the best free trade deal that has yet been designed between britain and the eu. the goodwill is there if we build on it. finally, should parliament be consulted on the broad principles set out in the document? it's vital to involve parliament at every stage. the prime minister has been scrupulous to make sure the house of commons plays its part in recognising where britain plays its part. i don't think many people would disagree with that. the health secretaryjeremy hunt has admitted that his government must to do more to help people will mental health problems. mr hunt says there are "bottlenecks" in parts of the england that must improve.

he was responding to hearing the story of bex, who suffers with a range of serious mental health conditions. she was featured in a bbc radio 1 newsbeat documentary earlier this week called my mind and me. mp3 player, phone... i have been diagnosed with depression, social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar, borderline personality disorder and also insomnia. and that window's locked. i call my anxiety disorder "the anxious hog monster", because that's how it feels. my chest is compressed and it feels like your heart's pounding and your hands are shaking. locked. when i have been leaving the flat, it takes me longer with my 0cd as well and my anxiety. bex's story, and the others in that documentary, prompted a huge reaction earlier in the week. jim connolly from newsbeat is with me to talk about what happened when he took the story to jeremy hunt. what happened when you took the

story tojeremy what happened when you took the story to jeremy hunt? like you said, we got a massive reaction from our audience. people really connected to it. they were candid and honest. it was one person in particular, bex, who we saw there, people really connected with her, he thought she was speaking so openly and powerfully. we decided that that the secretary of state. —— we decided to put that to the secretary of state. compared to the scale of what we want to do, which is to be much better at being there for people going through the agony that bex is doing through, there is a long way to go. in the majority of cases, mental health problems start very young and that's why it is so important that people have the confidence and courage to come forward, because then something can be done about it. but to do that we've really got to ramp up the services available and what we need to do is have a much stronger partnership between the nhs and schools and you know if we had been able to do that when bex was at secondary school, who knows,

we could have nipped that problem in the bud and bex wouldn't be having to go through the horrific challenges that she is going through now. so it is really that's the purpose. one of the stories she told us was particularly shocking and she's asked us to show you it, so i would like to show you her story and this is one incident that's caused her quite a lot of distress. there was a long wait, so i waited in hospital for two and a half hours, just to see someone and they took me to a mental health clinic and i felt quite suicidal and just impulsively dangerous, so i kept saying, "i'm not safe" and i kept getting panicky and i couldn't get my breath back and my chest was really tight. so then they were like, "we can't give you the medication because it would have to be seen by a doctor and there's no doctors at that time." and then i got back home at like 3 in the morning and then two days later had another bad panic attack. back to this clinic. they tried to admit me again, but there were no beds. she had a mental health crisis, she was suicidal, she was brought

she had a mental health crisis, she was suicidal, she was worried for her own safety and she was sent home to her house on her own at 3 o'clock in the morning. then the problems continued. and there was no bed for her. a lot of people say it is all very well spotting the signs, but once you have spotted the signs there isn't the help out there for people. well, there needs to be more help for sure and the thing that she talked about in there, there were some positives and negatives. i think the negatives you're absolutely right. the positive is that she did have a crisis team at her local hospital. those have only actually started in the last three years. we also have more beds available than we've had before, but i won't pretend there aren't parts of the country where there are real bottlenecks. i think the broader point here is we've had a health system for many years where if you break a leg or cut yourarm, you can go to an a&e and it's sorted out on the spot. but if you have a mental health crisis, it isn't. and we changed the law five years ago and we said, no, you need to treat mental health

equally to physical health. and that means that you have got to have access to crisis teams 24/7 and i hope they will do a lot betterjob than evidently happened for bex, although i'm sure the professionals involved were trying their very hardest, but she is right to say that this is something that we are ramping up and it's going to take a little bit of time. the government has repeated this message over the last ten years, we have had ten years of your government, that mental health should be treated the same as physical health. you have been health secretary for five years, when is it actually going to happen? it's not happening everywhere, it is happening in some places. it does take time and i don't want to pretend this is something — you can't change this by the queen putting her signature on an act of parliament. you have got got to train thousands and thousands of additional professionals — psychiatrists, psychologists, talking therapists and mental health nurses and so on. we have got about 4,500 more people working in the mental health system compared to when we came to office and about

1,000 more people are getting help every single day. people are much more open about mental health conditions than they were before. that is a really positive thing. but it does mean there is an awful lot more work for us to do in the nhs. sometimes if you're working in the nhs it feels like we are racing just to stand still. but i would never pretend that there isn't a whole lot more we can do and every time i meet people like bex, i'm reminded that, yes, we may have made progress, but there is a whole lot more we need to do. what is the wider political reaction? we wanted to focus this on people's personal stories but there isa people's personal stories but there is a political angle to everything. this is a highly political subject. labour say this is another example of massive cut in the nhs and mental health funding is one of the areas being cut to plug gaps elsewhere. they say they would ring fenced mental health funding. we spoke to the prime minister earlier in the

year which was announcing another scheme to spot the early signs of mental health and she admitted to us, she said, look, dispatch across the country, it is different in different areas. if you have a crisis in one area, what happens to you will be different. that has been proven in what we have seen. and the reaction we have got. look at bex, she had a difficult situation, and that was because in her area it was patchy, had she been somewhere else it might have been much better. that's the issue. 0nce it might have been much better. that's the issue. once you are in the system it's pretty good, but it is getting into the system, which, for some people can be difficult. bex's story will be featuring today on radio one. the radio1iplayer page has the my mind and me documentary in full on there. it is worth a watch. people talk candidly about their problems. on the news channel tomorrow at 10:30am there is a version going on out. i would urge

you to watch it because these people are fantastic. and a pod cast today. well worth listening to and watching. thank you very much. back to brexit. we can bring you a tweet from foreign secretary borisjohnson in response to what has been described as a breakthrough in brexit negotiations this morning. he says congratulations to the pm for her determination in getting today's deal. we now aim to forge a deep and special partnership with our european friends and allies, while remaining true to the referendum result. taking back control of our laws, money, and borders the whole of the uk. borisjohnson there on twitter. let's get the latest weather update. lots of talk about snow this weekend, what is the forecast? we've had a lot already today. through the weekend, some of us will see more. let me show you some of our lovely weather watchers pictures taken this morning. look at the depth of that snow in

cou nty look at the depth of that snow in county down. we have some lying snow here, a lovely dog in the foreground. as we keep ourjourney going throughout the country, this picture taken in shropshire. again, you can see it is a beautiful scene, almost christmas card material. this was worcester this morning, showing the snow falling here, as well. staying in worcestershire, again, we have lying snow on the ground. it isn't terribly deep, but we are looking at snow showers through the course of today. this one in argyll and bute. this isjust the way course of today. this one in argyll and bute. this is just the way it has been shot, the camera angle, making it look much bigger. and in aviemore, we have lying snow here, it has been snowing quite steadily as we've gone through the course of the morning. to give you an idea of the morning. to give you an idea of the depths we have, the lying snow, northern ireland currently ten centimetres. and so on... if you are travelling, bear that in

mind. there is the risk of ice. a cold start to the day. this is where the snow showers have been falling. at the moment, we have a line coming in through the north channel, across the irish sea, and in towards the midlands. that will keep going as we go through the next few hours into tonight and also into tomorrow. windy conditions will be left behind once that moves away. it is a cold wind blowing in from the north—west. blowing all of these showers into the north and west. these are the lying snow showers. they will settle. england we will see further snow showers, possibly over into the east, and the south coast. we do not expect those to settle. this afternoon across wales, we continue with the snow showers. we also have them across northern ireland. still windy, but in between them all there will be sunshine. across scotland we have the snow showers. here we had a

lot of the strong winds, so we will get blizzards and drifting snow. atrocious travelling conditions. away from that, dry conditions down into the south of scotland, and also across northern england, away from the west, all the way down through east anglia into kent. we could see the odd wintry flurry getting towards the east and south—east. we don't expect it to settle. we can also seek snow flurries down towards the south coast, perhaps a bit more at times across the moors. do this evening and overnight, snow showers continue, more or less the same distribution. the wind eases a touch. it'll be a cold night. lots of dry weather, clear skies, and where we have the damp surfaces there is the risk of ice in the north and the west. under clearer skies, temperatures will drop, these are indicative of towns and cities. but where we have lying snow in the north of scotland feel colder than that. into tomorrow morning, a cold and frosty start. still some snow showers around. again, in the same kind of areas. we will not see all

of —— we will not all see the snow showers. tomorrow, dry weather, a crisp, winter's, sunny day. temperatures, nothing to write home about. it'll feel cold if you are stepping out. this one has been giving us a headache because as it comes in it will bring in rain, and on its leading edge it will bring snow. at the moment we think northern ireland, wales, part of the midlands, just north of the ma corridor heading to the east, but that could change so keep updated with the weather forecast. the deadlock is broken in the first stage of the brexit talks, allowing negotiations to move on to the subject of trade. theresa may flew to brussels early this morning to agree the deal, which includes protecting the rights of eu citizens here and a million british expats as well as no hard border with ireland. getting to this point has required give and take on both sides, and i

believe that the joint report being published is in the best interests of the whole of the uk. i very much welcome the prospect of moving ahead to the next phase to talk about trade and security and to discuss the positive and ambitious future relationship that is in all of our interests. we'll get reaction from migrants workers, living here in the uk. we have a special report on the impact on children of living in a family where there's domestic violence. i see the massive effect it has had on them. you would be in the middle of having a fight and you would have eye co nta ct of having a fight and you would have eye contact with the kids and you could see the fear and you would not know what to do because you could not get out of the situation... we'll hear the children's commissioner's proposals shortly. it is one of the most—eagerly awaited fixtures in the football calendar — this sunday's manchester derby sees united play arch rivals city at old trafford. we'll hear from some fans hoping for very different results. good morning. here's annita in the bbc newsroom

with a summary of todays news. with a summary of today's news. good morning. there's been a major breakthrough in the brexit talks. the european commission now says "sufficient progress" has been made in the first stage of the negotiations — about citizen's rights, the irish border and the size of the so—called divorce bill — that we can move on to the second stage. on to the second stage. that'll be about britain's future relationship with the eu — and in particular, the shape of any deal on trade. speaking this morning, theresa may said she would write to the people of northern ireland to set out the deal, following this week's sticking point. in northern ireland, we will guarantee that there will be no hard border. and we will uphold the belfast agreement. and in doing so, we will continue to preserve the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom. we have taken time this week to strengthen and clarify this part of the agreement, following discussions with unionists in northern ireland

and across the uk. the taoiseach, leo varadkar, and i spoke yesterday and we have both committed that there should be no barriers either north or south or east or west, and i believe this agreement delivers that. donald tusk, president of the eu council, said he was pleased with today's developments but warned there was still so much to do. let us remember that the most difficult challenge is still ahead. we all know that breaking up is hard. but breaking up and building a new relation is much harder. since the brusque sick referendum, a year and a half has passed. —— since the brexit referendum. so much time has been devoted to the easier part of the task. and now, to negotiate a transition arrangement and the framework for our future relationship, we have de facto less thana relationship, we have de facto less than a year. a "day of rage" is being planned

by palestinians angered by america's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. around 30 demonstrators were injured in clashes with israeli forces in the west bank yesterday. the us has warned palestinians against cancelling talks with vice—president mike pence, who will visit the middle east in less than two weeks' time. a student who died weeks after starting at university was failed by "every nhs organisation that should have cared for her", a review has found. averil hart, who was 19, died of a heart attack caused by anorexia in 2012. the parliamentary and health service 0mbudsman says her death could and should have been prevented. nhs england has apologised, and says it is making "real progress" with eating disorder services. snow, ice and windy conditions are set to sweep across large parts of the uk today. severe gales have already caused disruption to air, rail and ferry services. yellow "be aware" weather warnings have been issued across much of scotland, northern ireland, wales and north—west england — with up to eight inches of snow

expected in some areas. a number of new wildfires have started in southern california, stretching firefighters to the limit. nearly 200,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes. planes have been diverted to one of the latest blazes in the county of san diego, and officials say more than a00 buildings have been destroyed. a state of emergency has been declared. if universities in england were banks, they could be accused of misselling courses to teenagers who have little understanding of money matters — that's according to the head of the public spending watchdog. sir amyas morse says universities are under very little competitive pressure to provide the best value, and young people were taking out large loans to pay for tuition fees without much effective help or advice. the government says its reforms were helping students to make informed choices. consumers are being warned that current safety checks on fridges and freezers are inadequate, and that some products with plastic backings are a potential fire risk.

the warning has been made by the consumer group which?, which has called for tighter new standards to be brought forward. the body responsible says it's working hard to introduce them. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. here's some sport now with hugh. i don't think there will ever be a definitive answer as to who the best ever footballer is, but cristiano ronaldo will always be in the conversation i think, because once again he was named the world's best player last night, equalling lionel messi by winning his fifth balon d'0r awarded to him in paris. after a9 goals so far in 2017, he says there is more to come. a9 goals so far in 2017, he says there is more to comelj a9 goals so far in 2017, he says there is more to come. i still have there is more to come. i still have the motivation, you know, to be cristiano, to play with happiness.

so, ithink cristiano, to play with happiness. so, i think the main word, it's happy, enjoy myself. it was quite a landmark for arsenal manager arsene wenger last night. they beat bate borisov in the europa league and it was his 700th game in charge of arsenal. it was 6—0. jack wilshere and theo walcott both scored before mohamed elneny completed the rout. arsenal go through as group winners. the line—up for the quarterfinals at the uk djemai is complete but ronnie 0'sullivan was pushed hard by sunny akani, a man 20 years hisjunior. at one stage she was just one frame from victory but 0'sullivan fought back rather fortunately in the end, saying he felt like he had dropped his opponent. he put up a great performance. his first time out there, and, you know, he played a

lot better than i did, really, and he probably deserved to win. i got very, very lucky there tonight. i'm kind of relieved to win, but i've really got to improve on that if i'm to have any chance winning another match, really. england bowler moeen ali says the team still believe they can turn the ashes series around despite trailing 2—0 after that big defeat in adelaide. moeen ali did not bowl as much as he would have liked because of an injury to his finger, but he says that will be healed in time for the next test in perth, which starts next thursday. we took a lot out of adelaide. for the first couple of days we were poor and then we started to fight back. that fight has brought us closer together as a team, and we've got three games to put it right. we did have a slight chance, but we've got a good enough team and we've shown enough fight in this team that

we can compete. plenty of work for england to do. and moeen ali will hope to be influential. that's the sport for now. let's go back to brexit now, and get more reaction to the talks overnight in brussels, which are being described as a breakthrough. the european commission says enough progress has been made — about citizen's rights, the irish border and the size of the so—called divorce bill — to move onto the second stage of talks, including trade negotiations. 0ne one of the main sticking points was theissue one of the main sticking points was the issue of which caught would guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk. this is what the prime minister had to say. the deal we've struck will guarantee the rights of more than 3 million eu citizens living in the uk and of1 million uk citizens living in the eu. eu citizens living in the eu. eu citizens living in the eu. eu citizens living in the uk will have the rights enshrined in uk law and enforced a british court. they will be able to go on living their lives as before. i was clear in florence that we are a country that honours

our obligations. after some tough conversations, we've now agreed a settle m e nt conversations, we've now agreed a settlement that is fair to the british taxpayer. it means that in future, we will be able to invest more in our priorities at home, such as housing, schools and the nhs. the irish prime ministers welcome to the deal and said the conditions were now in place for the next phase of negotiations to start. we have achieved all that we set out to achieved all that we set out to achieve in the first phase of these negotiations. we have support from the european union and guarantees from the united kingdom. i the european union and guarantees from the united kingdom. lam now satisfied that sufficient progress has been made on the irish issues. the parameters have been set and they are good. now, we can move on to work out the detail and talk about the transition phase, free trade and the new relationship between the eu and the uk. but the european union's chief brexit negotiator,

michel barnier, warned that there were still difficulties to be faced, and little time to tackle them. my recommendation, and the recommendation of the college of commissioners, is that the progress achieved today is sufficient to move to the next phase. it's now up to the european council to decide whether this constitutes sufficient progress and to move the talks to the next stage. we will then have completed the first chapter of this extraordinary negotiation. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. a lot has happened between the downing street christmas party last night and this morning. can you bring us up to speed with what's happened and i understand you have some more detail on the actual text what? will work entering through the clips of the main players, and was a

long night, there will be still people in downing street talking about what a long evening it has been, because there hasn't been a huge amount of sleep in the upper echelon is of the british government. the prime minister and david davis jumping on government. the prime minister and david davisjumping on a plane in the middle of the night to get out to brussels in time for those news conferences which happened early this morning. as those were happening, along came this document. this is the document published stea my this is the document published steamyjoint report this is the document published steamy joint report from this is the document published steamyjoint report from the negotiators of the european union and the united kingdom government. in other words, where the compromises have been found. and yes, there are compromises in here. for instance, on the issue of citizens rights, there is a clear line in here which says that the the supreme court of the european union, the european court ofjustice, will maintaina the european court ofjustice, will maintain a role in the uk after brexit regarding the rights of the eu citizens who are living here in the uk after brexit. downing street points out that this is only likely to involve a handful of cases but it

is an insight into a compromises. nigel farage, the former leader of ukip, has described this as amounting to no brexit. he sees it asa amounting to no brexit. he sees it as a comprised 25. but from the prime minister's perspective, firstly publishing has a deal, which is triumph compared to she was with a few is triumph compared to she was with afew —— is triumph compared to she was with a few —— just a few days ago, with that humiliation in brussels earlier in the week. there was even talk of could there be a general election in the new year? in that sense it is a triumph for the prime minister. lots of her cabin at this morning leaping out of the blocks to appear on the telly or the radio or on social media to say how well the prime minister has done. at, and this is a really big but, and i no pesky reporters like me like to say this, but it is true, what is coming next, the negotiation about the future relationship with the european union, as opposed to on picking the

current relationship bubble is going to be just as complicated if not more so, and with just as many moments, where there are three steps forward and four back. sorting out what the uk's relationship with our nearest neighbours is going to look like for the next generation and beyond in a very tight time frame next year is also going to be an almighty challenge. so, a big moment for the prime minister today but a big challenge still to come. bob padron runs a care business employing eu citizens. pawel 0zechowski is an eu citizen, and is in our edinburgh newsroom. and 0lga garcia is a spanish migrant worker. before we speak to you, 0lga, let's hear what you had to say when you appeared on the programme last year, shortly after britons voted to leave the eu. well, the first thing is, after four years, i don't know what is going to happen. next year i can

ask for dual nationality, and most of my work colleagues and everything, they cannot do that. they don't know what is going to happen in the future. to be honest, nobody knows. how does it feel listening to yourself and your reaction a year ago, and how do you feel now? this is great news to be honest. i feel much more relaxed now regarding my future in the uk. i think a lot of the uk citizens will feel the same. why is that, is thatjust based on theresa may now this morning saying that eu citizens rights, all 3 million living in the uk, would be protected ? million living in the uk, would be protected? yes, it's because at the end of the day every day is, like, you don't know what will happen. but right now at least you see an end. we can be relaxed. most of the people already here living in the uk, we can be relaxed, and that's

good news for me. what has the past year been like for you, living with that uncertainty about your future? i understand you work here. yes, it was a bit stressful, because most of my colleagues, we are all from abroad. so we don't know what is going to happen. we don't know if we can stay here or if we have to leave because of ourjobs, so it was very stressful. how do you feel today? i'm slightly relieved we are moving forward with everything. however when you read the media they all talk about personal victory of theresa may, rather than victory of britain. i would like to see how this is actually going to come out for britain and us, people born outside of britain. tell us about how you ended up in the uk in the first place? you are in edinburgh, aren't you? i've lived in edinburgh for about 13 years. i'm still not a

uk citizen because i did my doctorate in the middle of that stay. with the new rules it resets your five years. but i've been here. i fell your five years. but i've been here. ifell in your five years. but i've been here. i fell in love with this most beautiful country in the world. now i live here, i have family here, i own property here, i have a wonderful career. i understand you said you bought your property the day before brexit, and wouldn't have purchased it had unanimous all. absolutely. it was the saddest day of my life on many levels, because that's the most uncertain financial decision i've ever made. just imagine being tied to a place for 20 years, that —— however long the mortgage last, and you cannot be here. even care business. how does it affect you? it left a major clout in terms of contingency planning need to put in place. —— you have a ca re need to put in place. —— you have a care business. the status of our

current eu national staff was put in jeopardy. it relieves that stress. in the grand scheme of social care, there is an unprecedented recruitment crisis that existed before brexit. this guarantee of the status quo, only makes things less bad, things are still very difficult in terms of recruitment in social care. but, of course, the impact of the brexit vote on social care has been severe. we have done our best to insulated ourselves from these consequences. give us a sense of how many people you employ from the eu. 80%. roughly 80% of our staff are from the eu. i know that is much higher than the sector. i think the sector is one out of 20. and the business operates in the uk? yes, north london. people watching might be thinking why aren't you making more of an effort to employ british

workers? we employ the best people who can work in social care, whether they are from britain, the eu, elsewhere, and we do that by providing good working conditions. we are one of the few home—care providers that pays higher than the living wage. i know there is a controversy about sleeping shifts. we've always paid at least the minimum wage for sleeping shifts. we had done our best in terms of working conditions to attract locals. but at the end of the day, if people do not want to do this job, we need to look for people who do. i use saying british people are not applying for those jobs? exactly. not applying for those jobs? exa ctly. — — not applying for those jobs? exactly. —— are you saying. it might be where we are in london. i know our proportion of eu nationals is higher than the national. it could be our location. i don't have a reason for that. of course, we are agnostic about where our staff come from. wejust agnostic about where our staff come from. we just want whoever cares about looking after vulnerable

people, who can do a good job, we will consider to hire them and train them. we hope that more british born people will enter social care. but if there is difficulties recruiting local staff, then we need to recruit whoever is willing to step up and do the hard work that social care is. but it is important and vital work. thank you for talking to us this morning. the children's commissioner for england is calling on the prime minister to put protection in place for every child who is living in a house with domestic violence. latest statistics show another rise, year on year in the number of domestic violence incidents police are dealing with, in england and wales. it comes as the nspcc has recorded a rise in the number of calls to childline from children concerned about domestic abuse. earlier you saw a report from jeremy cooke showing the impact of domestic violence on children in northumbria — here's a short extract. northumbria police... at the 999 call desk, domestic abuse is a constant theme. a domestic with a report

of somebody having been stabbed with a screwdriver. calls for help 2a/7. do you have children? the immediate task — to get the facts. and if a child is present it is a maximum priority case. she said her partner or ex—partner threatened to beat her and her 12—year—old child up. so we're going to get somebody up there straightaway. children can and do suffer direct abuse. but they also witness violence and there is a growing recognition of the long—term damage. there's lots of evidence about adverse childhood experiences — of which this is the most common, domestic abuse — and what a long impact it can have on people's ability to learn, their ability to make relationships, perhaps turning to crime because they have chaotic lives. i've had black eyes, i've had elbows and knees and my head would be bashed off something. jane finally fled after she and her kids endured almost five years of domestic abuse.

we've changed her name to protect her and to protect the children. i see the massive effect it's had on them. you would be in the middle of having this fight and you would be looking at your kids, you would have eye contact with your kids and you could see the fear and them crying and stuff and you wouldn't know what to do, because you can't get out of the situation. and ijust felt myself like apologising to them a lot and i didn't know how to deal with it and i hated the fact that they were so confused by it. now we can speak to lynn smillie, whose father tragically killed her mother in a domestic violence attack when she was a child. you might find some of the details of her story distressing. we really appreciate you coming onto the programme this morning. no problem. can you tell us about your experience of growing up as a child ina home experience of growing up as a child in a home where your father was

violent towards your mother. of course. it was just constant. violent towards your mother. of course. it wasjust constant. it violent towards your mother. of course. it was just constant. it was as far back as i could remember. it was any time during the week. it did not have to be at weekends or when there was any drink or anything involved. it could happen in the quietest of atmospheres. then the atmosphere would change. dad would just erupt out of nothing. for no reason. no reason at all. he would beat mum up and sometimes chase her into the street where he would do this in the middle of the street, and there were people passing by. what did you do whilst this was happening? what was going through your mind and how old were you? as far back as i can remember, which is about three, four, we were still in glasgow at the time. we moved to aberdeen for a better life as family members had put it. so itjust continued. it was when we moved away it was more isolating because family

members who knew what was going on we re members who knew what was going on were not there to run to. i felt more isolated. when it happened at the time i would always try and reason with dad, try and calm him down, scream enough for him to stop, to let him know how much fear he was putting into us. it was me, my sister, and my mum. some of your family members knew what was going on. did they try to intervene at any point? always. they tried to intervene before i was born. persuading mum that she deserved better. that she could have a better life and a better person in her life that wouldn't do this to her. and she was in love and she believed that he would change. he was so convincing that he would change. and he showed often that he would change for a spell, for a period of time. and so she had something to go on

that he has potential to change, and that he has potential to change, and that he has potential to change, and that he could be the father she drained he would be, and husband, as well. how did it affect you? -- she dreamt he would be. well. how did it affect you? -- she dreamt he would belj well. how did it affect you? -- she dreamt he would be. i didn't really have a childhood. i had to walk away from my childhood to be concerned about the parent in the home. it was co nsta nt about the parent in the home. it was constant fear. reading atmospheres. watching behaviour. studying when it was going to kick off that day or evening. i could tell. there were warning signs that would let me know. so very early on i would try to avoid or make the situation happy or do something to stop that happening. i thought i could manipulate the situation by cleaning the home, to bring something for my pa rents the home, to bring something for my parents that would stop that happening. how were you at school?

did you tell anybody what was happening at home? eventually i did. but for a long time school was a place where i picked up different identities from my school friends. i was very good at pretending that home was ok. if i told anyone then i was scared they would treat me differently and they would believe me, which is often the case. there was an incident where at home one evening mum came through to me in the middle of the night and she flung herself over my legs and dad had an axe above her head. it really seems like he was about to put that in her skull. i screamed, we screamed, he stopped, and the next day i went to the teacher at the school because i couldn't stand it any longer. i knew the risks that we we re any longer. i knew the risks that we were possibly going to be taken into ca re were possibly going to be taken into care with me disclosing to the teacher. stay with us. we will come back to you. listening to you,

elizabeth joins us. welcome to the programme, both of you. lynn's experience is why you started your work at compass. what work have you done to help children in these cases? we have put in a simple but impactful system. whenever the police attend a domestic violence call, and their children in the home, they will contact the school prior to the next school day and tell a trained key aduu school day and tell a trained key adult what has happened in the home. that enables us, as a school, to support that child within school. we can be ready for how they might be feeling and we can support them and

enable them to have a good day within school. can you tell us practically what happens? if you get that phone call, something is flanked, ina that phone call, something is flanked, in a school what would happen? what would a teacher do if a child comes into school? what would they say? —— something is flagged. child comes into school? what would they say? —— something is flaggedlj would speak to the child's teacher. we will discuss the things we might or might not put in place. 0ne we will discuss the things we might or might not put in place. one of the most simple things is to make sure we greet that child with a smile. because there is a lot of research about how we look, how our body language is displayed, it can affect a child negatively, especially somebody who has been through a traumatic experience the night before. there is no one size fits all. schools are aware of the individual children. if a child has been through an incident the night

before, the child may come from what has been chaos, so they might not have school uniform on. so instead of saying where is your uniform, we will provide them with a uniform so they feel a part of the rest of the school. we also make sure that there are people within school they can talk to. when i talk to victims who are children, they will often say i don't feel there is anybody i can talk to. i feel like this is something still with my own. that was expressed by your previous guest. it's got to a hugely serious extent before she told anybody in school. what we want is our children to know they can come and they can talk to us. and we will support them withoutjudgment talk to us. and we will support them without judgment around that domestic abuse. thank you. i just wa nt to domestic abuse. thank you. i just want to speak to zoe, as well, because it isn't just want to speak to zoe, as well, because it isn'tjust about charities doing their bit the police need to take action as well. what forces doing to help children in domestic violence environments? the police are getting better at

responding to domestic abuse, which is encouraging. we found a few years ago that police were reluctant to engage with children at the scene of domestic incidents. but they have had an awful lot of training over the last few years about the importance of speaking to children at the scene, to make sure that the children are ok, to not be fobbed off by the perpetrator. quite often we had examples of victims saying the perpetrator said the children we re the perpetrator said the children were in bed, they're absolutely fine. police must not take that word for it, they must go and have a look at the children, make sure there are 0k. and this wonderful scheme which theseis 0k. and this wonderful scheme which these is talking about, it is about information sharing but it is more than that. it is about making sure that when that child attends school the next day, there is a caring person, someone to look out for them there. we found that only half of there. we found that only half of the forces in england and wales have adopted this skin, operation encompass, or something like it. so, we have called on all police forces across the country to put in place

such a simple, easy to manage scheme that stops children having the responsibility of domestic abuse pushed onto them. as we heard from lynn, children take responsibility for their parents' actions, they bottle up feelings inside. these schemes which put the children absolutely at the forefront are completely essential. so, it's that joined up approach, where police are notifying the schools so that the schools can take steps in terms of the child's welfare, but they also need to be trained, like you say, on how to act and react in those situations? absolutely, and the police officers that we talk too obviously want to do the very best for the victim and for the people in the household, but sometimes there isa the household, but sometimes there is a reluctance to be as proactive as they need to be, to actually see that child. if they are said to be upstairs in bed sleeping, actually if it's too late, comeback next morning and make sure that that child is ok. take the normal, common

sense steps which we would want other people to take as parents in order to protect our children, is the advice that we are giving to the police. and lynn, what would you like to see put in place to help make a difference? i am a facilitator of the freedom programme. now, if my parents were given an awareness of the behaviour, the beliefs behind the behaviour, and how society reinforces that, weather it's separately or if they wa nt to weather it's separately or if they want to stay together, then together, then i believe that we would have a chance at rooting out the problem. so that children can be safe. if i knew there was such a programme going around at that time, if it was available at that time backin if it was available at that time back in the night in 80s, i as a child was intelligent enough that i would have said, please go to this, please change. i saw the potential in my father and i would encourage

for anyone who wants to change, they have the choice to do so. and for any woman who sees that things won't change, that she can make healthy choices, with safety and planning, with the right professionals around her who have been domestic abuse trained, who can help her get into a safe s pa ce trained, who can help her get into a safe space and a safe place for her and her children. lynn, thank you so much for coming onto the programme this morning and sharing your story with us. still to come? time for the latest news.

there's been a major breakthrough in the brexit talks. the european commission now says "sufficient progress" has been made in the first stage of the negotiations — about citizen's rights, the irish border and the size of the so—called divorce bill — that discussions can now start on britain's future relationship with the eu. however, the eu's chief brexit talks negotiator michel barnier has warned there's still much to do. let me be clear — there is still work to be done. and negotiation on a numberof work to be done. and negotiation on a number of issues, such as the governance of our agreement, or for instance... there are more others to take... we will need to have the final version of the withdrawal agreement ready by october 2018 —

less than one year. a "day of rage" is being planned by palestinians angered by america's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. around 30 demonstrators were injured in clashes with israeli forces in the west bank yesterday. the us has warned palestinians against cancelling talks with vice—president mike pence, who will visit the middle east in less than two weeks' time. a student who died weeks after starting at university was failed by "every nhs organisation that should have cared for her", a review has found. averil hart, who was 19, died of a heart attack caused by anorexia in 2012. the parliamentary and health service ombudsman says her death could and should have been prevented. nhs england has apologised, and says it's making "real progress" with eating disorder services. snow, ice and windy conditions are set to sweep across large parts of the uk today. severe gales have already caused disruption to air, rail and ferry services. yellow "be aware" weather warnings have been issued across much of scotland, northern ireland, wales and north—west england —

with up to eight inches of snow expected in some areas. a number of new wildfires have started in southern california, stretching firefighters to the limit. nearly 200,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes. planes have been diverted to one of the latest blazes in the county of san diego, and officials say more than a00 buildings have been destroyed. a state of emergency has been declared. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's the sport now, with hugh. real madrid forward cristiano ronaldo has been crowned the world's best footballer once again, after winning the prestigious balon d'or award for the fifth time. he now matches lionel messi's record and it means the two of them have shared the last ten titles. the premier league are expect him to announce changes to how they sell the tv

rights today. total number of live broadcast games will increase, with some matches going head—to—head with the likes of the x factor and strictly come dancing on a saturday night. arsene wenger hailed the influence of jack wilshere as they beat bate borisov 6—0 in a half full at in the europa league. and five—time winner ronnie o'sullivan said he felt sorry for the 20—year—old sunny akani from thailand, after he came from behind three times to reach the quarterfinals of the uk snooker championship. i will be back with more sport after 11 o'clock. it can be hard for parents and teenagers to talk to each other about sensitive subjects like sex and according to a new study, many families are not very good at it. the national citizen service followed 1,000 teenagers and 2,000 parents for a year and they found a "communication mismatch". the study suggests parents are almost three times more likely to think they've discussed their teen's sex life with them, than their child. when it comes to bullying, twice as many parents as teens believe they have discussed it.

let's find out why there seems to be such a mismatch with a child psychologist dr anna colton and teenage sophie meehan. is there a big mismatch with the conversations you have with your parents?|j big mismatch with the conversations you have with your parents? i don't think so. the relationship i have with my parents is always very open. we talk about anything and there is this attitude that nothing is taboo. so, in my experience, it is not a taboo and there is no mismatch. and what do you think about the results of this survey, that have found for a lot of people there is, where for example the parents think they've had conversations about something like sex or bullying and the teenager completed disagrees?” think the parents might try to have these conversations, because they're a lwa ys these conversations, because they're always looking out for their kids,

a lwa ys always looking out for their kids, always trying to have this conversation, whereas kids might try to turn it off, thinking, oh, god, this is awkward. but i've had friends who have come to me and said, we had this awkward chat. that might be where there is that gap. lots of nodding from you and agreeing over there, had! lots of nodding from you and agreeing overthere, had! how lots of nodding from you and agreeing over there, had! how open are your conversations hammered it will be interesting to find out from you first of all before we come to ife ? you first of all before we come to ife? you think you have discussed everything but sometimes you think, have we really discussed everything which we should discuss or have you just covered it as nicely as possible? i try to think i am possibly very liberal with him, you know, compared to his mum — that's my opinion, i think i am very liberal. good cop, badcock! and how do you broach difficult subjects with ife, what is your technique as

a parent? i try tojust be patient until i see that i can influence... like the first time when he went to the ncs programme at the end of the year, two or three years ago quango he was 16 or so, and he introduced a girl to meet at the end of the programme and said, this is my friend. maybe i was thinking a bit, but is the girlfriend, i wasn't sure. but i told your mum, she probablyjust said, sure. but i told your mum, she probably just said, put sure. but i told your mum, she probablyjust said, put it off. i'm thinking, 0k, he's old enough to tell me that, i am looking forward to how the relationship proceeds. sometimes we found at night, chatting long into the night, the man says, he is chatting, let him get on with it. but i don't know weather i would talk about it. i would take a step back. so the key is not being too intrusive — is your dad'sdescription accurate, would you say? i feel like when i come to him

for a conversation, something on my mind, he will try to talk to me about it. but i feel like most of my time is spent on my education and what i want to do in the future, work and things like that and how he can influence me with that. but when i have something about relationships, about sex or something, i will not go to them about it. so he doesn't intrude on me, like he said. i would probably go to my friends because i can relate to them. and we're all doing the same thing, growing up in the same way. so obviously i will talk to them more about it. with my pa rents to them more about it. with my parents could going to be more awkward, because we're not on the same level. it would be a bit strange. and have you try?! from time to time! your dad sounds like a great guy, very liberal, he says, happy to talk to you about everything... ? happy to talk to you about everything...? yeah, happy to talk to you about everything... ? yeah, but happy to talk to you about everything...? yeah, but sometimes i am like, that's a bit awkward, not now. can you give me examples which

we are allowed to say on morning tv? sometimes, you have to make sure you don't hurt your back... i am like, that's a bit much! ok! but obviously, i think there is a time and a place and they are open and they have an understanding. but it has been nice to have that line of communication open should you want it. sophie, do you think you five representative of your generation and your friends in terms of your relationships with your parents? yeah, ithink relationships with your parents? yeah, i think so, i think the majority of people our age would like to have that open relationship with their parents settled not the sincerity talk about everything with them. at the yeah, definitely having that openness is something which i think is quite common. let's come to the doctor, what do you make of this year—long project looking into relationships and openness between pa rents relationships and openness between parents and teenagers and the mismatch? it is interesting, because for me, professionally in my practice, i see the other end, i see

when it has gone wrong and teenagers are unhappy and they feel they can't talk to their parents. i am not surprised. it is a shame that i'm not surprised. off on the mismatch comes because parents feel they are communicating when they are imparting information. but imparting information is not a conversation necessarily. actually the best way to do it isa necessarily. actually the best way to do it is a slow drip drip over the years. if nothing is taboo, then there is no drama around a conversation, it is not a big deal. it can happen for five minutes over the dinner table and then over a cup of tea the next day. that is the best way. sometimes they think, i know they will just have a best way. sometimes they think, i know they willjust have a go at me, soa know they willjust have a go at me, so a can't tell them. that means there will be no effective communication, because the young person will shutdown. the parents may or may not have a go, but if thatis may or may not have a go, but if that is the perception the young person has, it is a real hurdle. so iam not person has, it is a real hurdle. so i am not surprised by the findings of the report. there is loads of scope for improving it. what about scope for improving it. what about

scope for improving the relationship here with ife, would ife be more willing to open up about issues with his dad? it is interesting. one of the key things about adolescence is separating from parents headed it is totally appropriate to speak to your friends rather than or in addition to, your parents. it is unusual and not so development of appropriate only to talk to your parents. so i think actually ife is great, there are some things you can discuss with your parents and you know that should you need them, your parents are there. that's really good, is lovely to see a. how big a role to you think the internet plays in the suppose it break down in communications, sophie?” suppose it break down in communications, sophie? i am not too sure. for me i don't think it would have caused a breakdown in communications. but say, a few years ago when i had my phone at the dinnertable and my ago when i had my phone at the dinner table and my dad would be like, no, that's not happening. so there was a little bit of conflict over the involvement of the internet

and technology into our life. but now, we've got that out of the way, so communication is back. ife, what do you think? i know teenagers who would be too scared to have a phone conversation, just always sending messages! it depends how you use it. there will be times when i will keep to myself and my phone. if you include yourfamily, to myself and my phone. if you include your family, like to myself and my phone. if you include yourfamily, like now to myself and my phone. if you include your family, like now we have a family group chat, which is inclusive. so we can discuss topics, if somebody from the family has done something, we can congratulate them. it can be a benefit to the child and the parent. do you agree? children will always get more information from social media and the internet than what they can get from their parents. you always provide for the children in and around the house. i always say be careful how you lived

that, you hurting your back, you wa nt that, you hurting your back, you want to make him think about the responsibility as to the future, so this kind of thing. but his mum is always saying to me, make sure you ta ke always saying to me, make sure you take away his fame before he goes to bed, i think social media and internet is so interesting it is competing with our knowledge. you just have to keep fighting in that way that makes you set a platform for them to see that the information you are providing is vital for them to build that kind of relationship. what do you think? what's up family groups, how many of us have those? it's a good thing in terms of opening up conversations and being more inclusive. but does it also play a part in the breakdown?” think it is mixed. things like what

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possibly slower than our kids, so that is also a challenge. how much do you regulate his social media time? i do that. it is a lost battle. i didn't try. maybe the mum does it more. i must confess. i try to make sure i am talking more. the mum says to me, why do you have these long conversations about every little thing, but that's the only timel little thing, but that's the only time i can get my way into the competition. if i said to him put your phone down it will probably be put somewhere he can get access to it, so! put somewhere he can get access to it, so i don't think i will win that battle. chuckles thank you all very much indeed. this sunday is the biggest day of the football season so far as manchester united and rivals manchester city clash at old trafford. city are top and going for a record 1ath consecutive league win. for mancunians this is the most—eagerly awaited fixture in the football calendar. we can speak to some now — who will hoping for very different results. natasha turkington

is a lifelong united fan, and lee warner a lifelong city supporter. natasha will be with us shortly. and then we've got father and son, bob and ryan and tute. bob raised ryan a city fan, but he turned his back on the team in favour of united when he grew up. welcome to the programme. let's speak to the father and son. how are you feeling about sunday's game? i'm over the moon. it will be a win for city. no, it'll be a 2-1 win for united. someone will come off the bench and score a winner. it should bench and score a winner. it should bea bench and score a winner. it should be a very good game. as long asjose mourinho doesn't park the bus. it would be 6—1, it will probably be

6-3. -- it will would be 6—1, it will probably be 6—3. —— it will not be 6—1. would be 6—1, it will probably be 6-3. -- it will not be 6-1. what is it like being opposing fans in the same household ? it like being opposing fans in the same household? it's all right. for the last ten years before manchester city decided to get some money it was normally one—way traffic. we used to win everything. the last five years it has got a bit more complicated, but we tend not to watch games togetherjust to avoid any, sort of, conflict, shall we say. you are a mancunian commonly, but you live in london, what are you hoping forfrom but you live in london, what are you hoping for from sunday? i'm hoping for the same as we've been doing the past ten, 15 games, the performances have been amazing. the past few weeks we have shown the grit and determination you need in the dying minutes of games. probably similar to the teams of sir alex ferguson in the 90s when they would score late winners and always feel confident they would get the win regardless of

potentially looking like they were not. really confident. hopefully silva can be in the team and not get injured. that would be amazing. it will be a tight game. maybe one goal in it. hopefully 2—1. will be a tight game. maybe one goal in it. hopefully 2-1. natasha, you have just joined in it. hopefully 2-1. natasha, you havejustjoined us, good morning, how much are you looking forward to sunday, and are you going to the game? i am going to the game. i'm excited. but i'm very nervous, as well, like all derby days. it is a love it and hate it kind of day. do you think sunday could shape the title race? definitely. there is so much riding on this game. it's the league, it's bragging rights, it's private, it absolutely everything. yes. i'm just hoping we will get the win. i don't care how it happens. if it isa win. i don't care how it happens. if it is a scrappy, park the boss of football match, but we get the

point, iam football match, but we get the point, i am ok with that. we can keep fancy football for later in the season. it's called the most expensive and possibly most watched game in premier league history. the fa ct game in premier league history. the fact you are going must be special. i know you have a season ticket and you have been going for the last 20 yea rs, you have been going for the last 20 years, but still... yes. it is a lwa ys years, but still... yes. it is always a i was reading years, but still... yes. it is alw. morning - i was reading years, but still... yes. it is alw. morning that. i was reading years, but still... yes. it is alw. morning that? is irwas're'a'ding years, but still... yes. it is alw. morning that? is the s'r'e'a'ding years, but still... yes. it is alw. morning that? is the most ing this morning that it is the most expensive. i hadn't even considered that because it doesn't really matter. both sides, wejust that because it doesn't really matter. both sides, we just want our tea m matter. both sides, we just want our team to win. we all want to win the league. but, yes, it's a special one andi league. but, yes, it's a special one and i cannot wait to get down there. but i also cannot wait for it to be over. have fun on sunday. wrap up warm. snow is expected this weekend. thank you for speaking to us this morning, all of you. let's get more reaction to the brexit talks overnight in brussels which are being described as a breakthrough.

the european commission says enough progress has made about citizens rights. the irish border, and the size of the so—called divorce bill to move on to the second stage of talks, including trade negotiations. let's get more reaction to this morning's brexit development, nigel farage joined faragejoined us. what is your response? extraordinary situation. the british prime minister has to fly through the middle of the night to meet three unelected people who condescendingly say, jolly well done, theresa may commit you have met every single one of our demands, thanks very much, we can move onto the next stage. it is humiliating. we have collapsed at every level. to allow the european court ofjustice to have jurisdiction over this country for nearly a decade to come is not what people voted for. but

citizens rights. there has to be a two—way agreement. british citizens living in the eu need to be protected. you need a reciprocal agreement in that case. the ecj won't have a say on everything. they will have a say in some cases and a say over the rights of eu citizens living in the uk. is that not fair? why should a multimillionaire french banker living in london have more rights than anybody here who is british or indeed comes from the rest of the world? you cannot have that. either you live by one set of rules or you don't. that's not acceptable. the exit bill is way more than we need to pay. in terms of us keeping alignment with the rest of the european union, well, we voted brexit so we could be competitive and make our own laws. now we go into a situation where she wa nts a now we go into a situation where she wants a transition phase where we will say a member of the european union in all but name for a further

two years... we don't know that yet, we don't know what the final deal will look like. to be clear, where we are now, we've got to the stage where to move on to phase two there will be no hard border separating britain and ireland. citizens rights will be protected. and the divorce bill will be fairfor us, do will be protected. and the divorce bill will be fair for us, do you disagree with all of those things? completely. we are paying a gargantuan sum of money which we are not legally entitled to pay. we are doing it because the prime minister is desperate to find some kind of deal. ultimately no deal is better than a bad deal. on course at the minute, this is a very bad deal indeed. businesses have told us they wa nt indeed. businesses have told us they want a transition deal. as a former businessman yourself, isn't that a good thing? if we have this transition deal it'll be at least six years, minimum, from the date we voted brexit before we are able to signa voted brexit before we are able to sign a trade deal with any other pa rt sign a trade deal with any other part of the world. i am afraid we

are looking really rather less serious to the world outside the eu than we were on brexit day. michel barnier, on the brexit deal, you are saying it is a staggering amount, but michel barnier has said this morning that it is impossible to calculate how much that will be. it is dependent on future developments. of course! theresa may offer 20 million. they said, that's nice, double it. she has doubled to a0 million. i have no doubt it will go up million. i have no doubt it will go up again to 60 million. we are dealing with completely unreasonable people. the european union is not adjusting any of its future spending plans despite the fact one of the main contributors has voted to leave and we are picking up the tab. frankly, we look ridiculous. you are saying no compromises should have been made? we had this morning that we wouldn't be in this position or moving onto phase two next week if compromises were not made on every side. they set the terms of these

negotiations from the start. frankly, there have been no negotiations. we've wasted months and in the end we have agreed on everything they insisted on in the first place. we should never ever have been making a series of concessions just have been making a series of concessionsjust in some have been making a series of concessions just in some vague hope we might get a trade deal at the end of it. monday's delay was because of the dup. thank goodness. at least there are some people in british politics with principle. there was a lot of that in the conservative party. everything has been agreed today. everything is against what we said on june 23 today. everything is against what we said onjune 23 2016. today. everything is against what we said on june 23 2016. but that isn't true. we don't know what the final version of brexit will look like. this is to do with citizens rights, and the divorce bill. we voted to make our own laws in our country. and to control our own borders. i don't think anybody who voted for

brexit didn't understand those things very clearly indeed. we are agreeing that a foreign court can have jurisdiction over people living in this country for at least a further eight years. we have to leave it there. thank you very much indeed. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company today. have a good day. some of us have had lots of snow. a good covering at lower levels. the snow will continue for the afternoon. snow and ice still a risk to cause some disruption. those snow showers coming in on a strong wind. we could see as much as five to ten centimetres of snow in wales, west midlands, northern ireland, and across the north of scotland. snow

showers further south, but nothing that will stick. for many, a sunny day, but a cold day with that northerly wind coming in. tonight, the risk of more snow and ice in these north—western areas. tebbit is below freezing. as low as —3 in the countryside into saturday morning. during saturday, we will continue with some snow across northern scotland, northern ireland, and northern wales the snow is using a touch here. foremost a dry day with some sunshine. temperatures again on the cold side. goodbye. he this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. a breakthrough over brexit —

as the prime minister strikes a last minute deal with the eu to move talks on to the crucial next phase. getting to this point has required give—and—take on both sides and i believe the joint report being published is in the best interests of the whole of the uk. i believe we have no reached the point we needed. those in charge say it will not be easy. the most difficult challenge is still ahead, we all know breaking up is hard but breaking up and building a