tonight at 6: 20,000 jobs at risk after debt—ridden carillion goes into liquidation. from roads and hospitals to school dinners and prisons, the company held massive public sector contracts. we have been monitoring carillion closely since its first profit warning injuly 2017, and since then have planned extensively in case of the current situation. but that leaves questions for ministers — why was carillion given work on projects like hs2 when they knew it was in trouble? the cabinet's emergency committee has been meeting today. also tonight... an inquest into toddler poppi worthington‘s death finds she was sexually assaulted before she died. england's cricket all rounder ben stokes is charged with affray after last year's brawl outside a bristol pub. and what a great shot! tributes to cyril regis who's died.

a footballing icon and a pioneer in the fight against racism in sport. i'm in the world's largest refugee camp, where british doctors are part ofan camp, where british doctors are part of an effort to try and bring an outbreak of deadly diphtheria under control. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: manchester united legend ryan giggs speaks of his pride as he's named the new wales manager. he replaces chris coleman, who stepped down in november. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. you name it, carillion does it. the financial collapse of a company that had government contracts in everything from school dinners to hsz, has left its own employees

and so many more who work for it indirectly, facing a worrying future. arillion itself employs some 20,000 workers in the uk. the company has a50 government contracts — that's a massive portfolio. no wonder it sub—contracted thousands of small firms to do some of that work. carillion‘s demise has raised questions for government about the way public sector projects are handed out to private sector businesses. more on that in a moment, but first, here's our business editor simonjack. this bypass near aberdeen is scotland's biggest construction project with a price tag of £750 million. here's another one, around lincoln, cost, 100 million. just two 450 lincoln, cost, 100 million. just two a50 contracts carillion has been awarded throughout the uk but it did awarded throughout the uk but it did a lot more than. through contracts to manage schools, prisons and hospitals, it touched the lives of millions. today, the government said

it would not support the company with public money. this is however the failure of a private sector company it is the company's shareholders and its lenders who will bear the brunt of the losses. taxpayers should not and will not bail out a private sector company for private sector losses. at headquarters in wolverhampton, nervous faces on tight lips. have you got any comments to make? it's a disaster, thousands of subcontractors, labour, suppliers who won't get paid, who are being told people aren't being paid. carillion‘s fuel cards are not working this morning so staff trying to get to work in carillion fans cannot, the thing is collapsing around us. the government has this laissez faire attitude may have to ta ke ste ps laissez faire attitude may have to take steps to assure people of their futures. (arillion is more than the uk's second biggest construction firm. it delivers 32,000 school

meals a day. it maintains nhs buildings, containing 11 and a half thousand hospital beds. provide services to prisons and as recently as november was awarded a contract to help build hs2. it was that fact that fronted angry exchanges today in the commons. when did the government first realise carillion was in trouble? after all, they had three separate profit warnings and backin three separate profit warnings and back in 2015, there were already short selling vostok on the stock exchange. so where did it go wrong? big contracts like this when sour, profits optimistically banked had to be written off, blowing a hole on its finances and with banks are unwilling to lend any more money without government support, its fate was sealed. carillion with a company that until recently paid big salaries to its bosses and big dividends to shareholders, despite owing its banks and on pension scheme £1.5 billion. the wisdom of

awarding public service contracts to awarding public service contracts to a company like that will continue but today the urgent concern is that those thousands of small businesses who rely on the big boys like carillion for their payments so they can pay their own bills. these are from november, in voices the goods supplied. gordon stone supplies christmas nights to birmingham city contract through a sub contract with carillion. i have half a dozen in voices here, dated back to november last year when we supplied christmas lighting to birmingham city council through carillion. these haven't been paid and total about £17,500. what is the knock—on affect your business? the consequences immediately cash flow. we have to have a serious look at our cash flow in the business going forward and potentially it might mean that we have to reduce the staffing levels by one or two, but we're not sure. furthermore we're not sure if we will get paid any of this money at all. carillion workers are being led by the government continued to go to

work well contracts are rewarded but with tentacles in so many areas of the economy, unravelling this ba n kru ptcy the economy, unravelling this bankruptcy could take many months. simonjack, bbc bankruptcy could take many months. simon jack, bbc news. in a moment we'll be talking to our deputy political editor john pienaar in westminster, but first to our business editor simonjack, who is outside carillion‘s headquarters in wolverhampton. simon, judging from your report there is absolutely no secret this was a company in trouble? yes, it was a company in trouble? yes, it was ever since that big profit warning lastjuly everyone thought this company is a dead man walking. it was the most heavily bet against company on the london stock exchange. the government in its own way did try to help the company by co ntroversially way did try to help the company by controversially continuing toward those contracts. the hope of the company could take those contracts, go to its banks and they look, see we are still on the list, we still have a viable business that would make them reassured enough to continue to the money. but haemorrhaging cash, needed an extra

£300 million. 0nce haemorrhaging cash, needed an extra £300 million. once it became clear the government wasn't going to stand behind the company financially its fate was sealed. we are hearing tonight that workers are being urged tonight that workers are being urged to go to work but many subcontractors will feel they have less guarantee of getting paid. and although the government say they have done some contingency planning, other government sources are telling me this process could be chaotic and could take many weeks, indeed many months. or right simon, thank you. and tojohn pienaar at westminster. what we are seeing here is a company failure but it nonetheless raises big political questions about the role of the private sector in public sector contracts? yes, it has. david lidington told us today there was no question of tax payers money being used to bail out a private company. at westminster there is no real dispute about that. what we have seen is the opening of an ideological division as deep and wide as anything we've seen since margaret thatcher began her mission to roll back the frontiers of the

state in the 1980s. a senior member ofjeremy corbyn, the labour leader's team, told me today he thought it was a watershed. and one after another, the shadow ministers attacked the involvement of the private sector in prisons and hospitals and schools. those attacks will be spiced up and seasoned by the idea that too often in government people are moved over to ta ke government people are moved over to take well—paid jobs in companies on the receiving end. tony blair, gordon brown, they gave a lot of business to companies like carillion. back then, beforejeremy corbyn, there was a general a cce pta nce a cross corbyn, there was a general acceptance across party lines but those days are gone. the government is having to be the case again. that tells you a lot, volumes about the new dramatic polarisation of british politics. john, thank you very much. an inquest into the death of 13—month—old poppi worthington has concluded she was sexually assaulted before she died. the coroner found that poppi's death, in cumbria in 2012, was caused by asphyxia, after sleeping in a bed with herfather, paul worthington. mr worthington has always denied wrongdoing, and has never been charged

with a criminal offence. from kendal, danny savage reports. for five years, the death of poppi worthington has been unexplained. now it is much clearer how she died and what happened to her beforehand. this 13—month—old suffocated after being left in an unsafe sleeping position by herfather. she died in this bed, where a coroner believes paul worthington also sexually assaulted her. he had taken herfrom her cot before the assault which the coroner ruled, on the balance of probabilities, took place hours before she died. this statement was made today on behalf of poppi's mother. she is disappointed that poppi's father chose to rely on his right not to answer questions which might incriminate him. while she understands he is untitled to do this, she considers he should have given the coroner the crucial evidence of poppi's last few hours. the coroner said that paul worthington‘s accounts of what happened the night poppi

died were not complete or truthful. and his evidence did not stand up to scrutiny. mr worthington was bundled in and out out of the inquest by police because of concern over his safety. he lives in hiding. in court, he refused to answer questions 252 times. i don't blame him. he was advised not to. he's gone through all this process over the last four years, five years with all the case and that and everything that's been dumped on him. no. go with the solicitor's advice. his sister tracey worthington has stood by him throughout. how convinced are you that your brother is innocent? i'm not convinced. i know. i don't have to be convinced he's done nothing. i know. you know, i wouldn't protect him, trust me, i would not protect him if he'd done anything wrong. i'd be the one dragging him down the cop shop and he wouldn't be pretty sight by the time he got there. the first inquest into poppi's death was quashed by the high court after lasting just seven minutes. cumbria police's investigation into her death was so botched that vital evidence was lost.

the coroner criticised the force's failings. poppi and her family deserved a better standard of investigation than the one that was conducted five years ago. but no one is ever likely to be charged over poppi's death because of a lack of evidence. many people will view this as an unsatisfactory end to years of investigations into poppi worthington‘s short life. danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. the england cricketer, ben stokes, has been charged with affray after a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last september. ben stokes was ruled out of the ashes series in australia following his arrest. our sports correspondent david 0rnstein is at lord's cricket ground. david. george, ben stokes is one of england's ‘s finest and best known cricketers but in the early hours of the 25th of september he was arrested following an incident outside a nightclub in the clifton area of bristol, where england had been playing one—day international

against west indies. in november, even on somerset police past evidence to the cps and today the cps confirmed stokes and two other men in their 20s, ryan hill and ryan ali had been charged with affray, which is an offence that carries a punishment ranging from a fine to up to three years in prison. we are awaiting a date for their appearance in front of bristol magistrates‘ court, that should be confirmed shortly. in a statement stokes said he was keen to have the opportunity to clear his name. the ecb said they would be convening with him in a8 hours to decide on his availability for selection. currently he is unavailable and how england felt it when they were beaten in the ashes a-o when they were beaten in the ashes a—0 by australia recently. the ukip leader, henry bolton, says he‘s ended his relationship with his girlfriend after she made offensive remarks about prince harry‘s fiancee, meghan markle. but he‘s insisted he won‘t resign as party leader. vicki young‘s report contains some flash photography.

forced to choose between his job and his controversial new girlfriend, today henry bolton announced his romance with jo marney was off and he wasn‘t going anywhere. i am absolutely not standing down. the reason is because it‘s crucially important that ukip has a loud voice in the discussions leading up to exiting the european union, and indeed in shaping the nation. mr bolton was ukip‘s fourth leader in a year. he was supposed to get the party onto the front foot and the front pages, but not like this. he‘s been forced to act after reports of racist text messages from miss marney, in which she called black people ugly and said prince harry‘s fiance meghan markle would "taint the royal family". she apologised for the remark she said were treated out of context. today she tweeted. .. "we all make mistakes, it‘s how you deal with them

and conduct yourself in the future that matters." henry bolton‘s come out fighting, but ditching his girlfriend may not be enough to save his leadership. irrespective of these texts thatjo marney sent, which are absolutely disgraceful, people were calling for him to resign before they came to light. the fact is, i think he‘s become a bit of an embarrassment to the party now and he really has to go. can our party really survive an ineffectual, useless leader, whose only public fame is for having a scandal? quite frankly, we don't need another leadership election, we shouldn't have had one, but the situation is untenable. he has to go. since the brexit vote, ukip has struggled to find a purpose. the popularity it enjoyed under nigel farage has plummeted and this latest fiasco won‘t have helped. but activists deny that their party is finished as a political force. bitter infighting continues to plague the party. its ruling body will hold an emergency meeting at the weekend and could decide mr bolton‘s time is up, plunging ukip into yet another leadership crisis. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the time is 6:15pm.

what are our top story this evening. the into massive liquidation, 20,000 jobs at risk. and coming up, ryan giggs‘s new role as wales manager. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, britain‘s kyle edmund sails through to the second round of the australian open, after defeating kevin anderson in his biggest win to date. five months after a huge wave of rohingya muslim refugees began to arrive in bangladesh from neighbouring myanmar, officials from the two countries met today to discuss their return. but the latest refugees to reach there say that rohingya are still being persecuted in myanmar. once in bangladesh, many of them are living in what is now the world‘s largest refugee camp. the bbc‘s mishal husain is there.

the camp is now home to more than half a million people. they are living here in the simplest of shelters, little more than tense, really, made of bamboo poles fastened together with plastic sheeting spread over the top and down the sides. and each one of these, many people will be crammed into a single, small space. now, the overcrowding is why the threat of disease is ever present here. today, uk aid money has been pledged towards a vaccination programme, but there has already been a team of british doctors and nurses who have been working here to try and bring an outbreak of diphtheria under control. i‘ve been watching the work that they are doing. four—year—old anwar has just been diagnosed with diphtheria, a respiratory disease that can kill. he was brought in by his mother to this clinic, set up from scratch by the uk emergency medical team. thanks to the treatment

he has now been given, he should soon recover. it is for you to feel better. if a patient who has diphtheria coughs or sneezes over another person, and they inhale those droplets, that then can set up the infection in themselves. and in a situation where people are sleeping five or six to a room beside each other, a patient who has diphtheria can spread it to all the people in that cramped space very quickly. this boy, who‘s 11, hasjust arrived at the clinic and is being checked at the triage point. he has got really big enlarged glands and he has got this membrane extended from the tonsil right back onto the back of the throat. so with everything we‘ve seen, it‘s pretty convincing it‘s diphtheria. he‘s taken through onto the ward, where the team wants to start treatment right away. but there is a problem. ok, so i‘ve got this right. so the husband is working away? she is here with the two children,

but there are three children also in the camp and they are not with any adults? no. 0k. we are doing it to protect him from getting more ill. through a translator, the doctor tries to explain why staying to be treated is so essential. it‘s really life—threatening stuff, and in this environment it‘s really difficult. so hopefully what will try and do is calm things down a little bit and just begin to at least explain to the mothers so they understand what treatment is required. but it doesn‘t work. his mother needs to get back to her other children, and he won‘t stay at the clinic on his own. you know, it‘s hard. we know the treatment he needs but it‘s very much feeling like the minute he‘s out of the gate, we‘ve lost him a bit. so, yes. it‘s not a good feeling. in the end, he did return and was given the anti—diphtheria medication. the work of this clinic doesn‘t stop

with the patients who are treated here for diphtheria. they then try to identify everyone who lives with that patient or has come into contact with them. and each of those people are then treated with a course of antibiotics. that is what happened with the family of little anwar, who is back at the clinic for a checkup. how is he doing? he is one of 11 siblings. his mother tells me he is fine and she is relieved. none of his brothers and sisters fell ill. but living conditions in the camp mean the risk of any infectious disease spreading at any time will always be high. well, at the same time aid agencies are dealing with problems like that, there are also these repatriation talks that have been taking place today between the government of bangladesh and mayhem are. and what

is so hard to reconcile with that process is the fact that the refugees who are arriving now even ci’oss refugees who are arriving now even cross the border —— bangladesh and myanmar. the bbc is only rarely given access to that part of me —— myanmar, but for many people here the thought of return is on the developer moment. 0ne the thought of return is on the developer moment. one man said to me, ifi developer moment. one man said to me, if i go back, the same violence will happen again and this time survive. scotland‘s economy could be more than £12 billion a year worse off if britain leaves the eu without a trade deal — that‘s according to analysis by the scottish government. first minister nicola sturgeon — who campaigned for britain to remain in the eu — said staying in the single market and customs union was vital for the sake ofjobs. here‘s our scotland editor sarah smith. will brexit leave us better off or worse? the scottish government today published figures they say show what leaving the eu might cost each and

every scot. the scottish government analysis suggests that, by 2030, staying in the eu single market will cost the scottish economy £a billion, or £688 per person. a free trade agreement similar to canada‘s deal with the eu would cost the scottish economy £9 million or £1610 per person, while reverting to wto trading rules would cost the mignolet £30 million or £2263 per person. these figures relate specifically to the scottish economy, but they are very much intended to persuade people and politicians across the whole of the united kingdom that the uk could stay in the eu single market once we have left the european union itself. staying in the single market is the only option that makes sense. theresa may has been incredibly clear from the theresa may has been incredibly clearfrom the beginning theresa may has been incredibly clear from the beginning that she believes the uk has to leave the

single market. do you really think you would change your mind? single market. do you really think you would change your mind ?|j single market. do you really think you would change your mind? i don't wa nt to you would change your mind? i don't want to be facetious, who knows whether theresa may will even be prime minister by the time these negotiations conclude. the house of commons can, if it chooses to, decide not to allow theresa may to go down the road that in her narrow party political interest to go down. the uk government dispute the figures. anybody can make end of the world type predictions, but rather than focusing on the most negative scenario, we should be doing is working together to get the best possible deal. cathy and alistair carmichael represent the great brexit divide. she voted to leave, he to remain. what they make of today ‘s figures? he to remain. what they make of today 's figures? the snp is making the case for scotland, and trying to get as good a deal as possible for scotla nd get as good a deal as possible for scotland and the rest of the uk, but particularly for scotland. but identity would be a good deal if you are half in and half out. then five years' time we will all be laughing about the fact that we all said we

we re about the fact that we all said we were going to hell in a handcart. and so the debate goes on in the cunningham family, and far beyond. sarah smith, bbc news, hoyt. the lead singer of the cranberries — dolores 0‘riordan — has died suddenly today at the age ofjust a6. # you‘ve got me wrapped around your finger, do you have to let it linger? built around 0‘riordan‘s distinctive voice the cranberries dominated the album charts in the 1990s selling more than a0 million lps worldwide. the singer had been in london for a recording session when she passed away — no further details are available. the former manchester united footballer, ryan giggs, has been confirmed as the new manager of the welsh national team. as a player giggs was capped 6a times by wales but this is his first permanentjob as a manager. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. ryan giggs, a star player with

manchester united for more than 23 yea rs. manchester united for more than 23 years. his coaching career began their too. he won 6a caps for his country before retiring from the welsh national side in 2007. his profile helped ensure he was the favourite to fill the vacant manager role with wales. to play for your country is always special, and the captain your country, but to actually lead your country, and to manage your nation, you can‘t beat it, doesn‘t get better than that. under the guidance of former manager, chris coleman, wales celebrated a golden era in their history, when they reached the semifinals of euro 2016, but were disappointed not to qualify for this year‘s world cup in russia. this is where ryan giggs will oversee wales when they play their home matches. the football association of wales believe that he has the grit and shows to lead the side into the next

—— the credentials to lead the side into the next chapter of history. but his appointment when please everyone. no, he didn't play in many friendlies. i would support him, i think everyone should, but he wouldn‘t be my first date. wouldn't be my first date. he was good as the players were dana white can't do it as a manager. won i think he will improve the team. ryan giggs takes up his four—year post just over two months before his first game in charge. and staying with football, the former west brom and england forward cyrille regis has died at the age of 59. as a black player he‘s been described as a pioneer. coming into the game in the 1970s he suffered racial abuse — even when wearing the england shirt. his wife said cyrille "came into football the hard way and never lost his passion for the game". our sports editor dan roan looks back at his life. regis taking it well on the chest, a

lovely piece of control by regis, oh, and what a great shot! 0ne lovely piece of control by regis, oh, and what a great shot! one of the goals of the season! cyrille regis didn‘tjust the goals of the season! cyrille regis didn‘t just leave the goals of the season! cyrille regis didn‘tjust leave the line, he led the way. known for his pace and power, he broke through at west brom in the 1970s, a time when there were few back players. it made the situation at the hawthorns all more unique where regis, brendan batson and laurie cunningham comer together named the three degrees, where at the heart of one of the year‘s most exciting teams was at a time of high racial tension, they were subject of relentless racial abuse. we were used to 10,000 people shouting racist abuse at you, throwing bananas on the pitch, monkey chant thing that sort thing. i just took it as if it were some of it trying to intimidate me for the just the third black player to represent england, not everyone welcomed his debut. i got a letter through the test, which said if you put your feet on at wembley turf, get one of these three only, and it was a bullet. having become a west brom

legend, regis went on to coventry city, helping them lift the fa cup, his importance recognised in 2008 when awarded a mba. the tributes laid here at the hawthorns today a testa m e nt to laid here at the hawthorns today a testament to a man who became a symbol of fight against racism in britain. the legacy of cyrille regis felt not just add britain. the legacy of cyrille regis felt notjust add west brom throughout his sport. a role model for a generation of black footballers inspired by his dignity and determination. he wasjust a leader, he was a trailblazer. we stood on his shoulders, that is how strong he was, as black players. and it is sad. cyrille regis was far more than a mere player. a pioneer who faced up to be an acceptable side of football and help to move forward, his impact on and off the pitch cannot be overstated. the footballer cyrille regis, who‘s died at the age of 59. time for a look at the weather... here‘s ben rich.....

thank you. good evening. we have had quite a few showers around today, they continue in the forecast for the next few days but while most of today‘s showers have fallen as rain, these showers will turn increasingly wintry over the next day or so. in fa ct, wintry over the next day or so. in fact, the snow will really pile up in places, particularly over hills in the north and it will be cold, it will be windy, the winds touching gale force is in some exposed spots. through the night, more and more of those showers turning wintry, even to low levels, and increasingly northern ireland, northern england, most of the showers down to the south will be falling as rain. it could be a fairly treacherous commute tomorrow morning across parts of scotland, not only snow showers but ice as well, temperatures hovering around freezing. similar story from northern ireland in the northern england, some icy stretches across parts of wales as well. east anglia and the south—east most likely getting away with a dry start, some spells of sunshine, most of the

showers across the south—west will be falling as rain. they will be windy, though, gales are possible and exposed spots. as we had deep into the day, we keep those wintry showers not only over hills, low levels across scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and some wintry nurse over high ground further south. while, the best chance of staying drive is timely and the south—east. if we factor in the strength of the wind, this is what it will feel like. subzero across the central and northern areas will stop we stick with that cold feel as we go into wednesday, still a fair few wintry showers around and then behind me, this is the next change, some slightly different weather for the middle of the week. a deepening area of low pressure, still some uncertainty about this but the south of it we are likely to see gales into the early part of thursday, to the north, the potential some snow. a combination that could well cause some travel disruption. that‘s all from the bbc news at six —— so it‘s goodbye from me —