djokovicjust one player here looking for a post—surgery surge. roger federer has led the way in proving age and operations are no barrier to success, of course he has. umpire: game, roger federer. commentator: the champion is on his way. 1 hour 39 minutes to beat aljaz bedene, that is slovenia's aljaz bedene by the way — formerly, briefly, known as britain's aljaz bedene. britain's heather watson had her moments in the first round, that's her winning the point at the net here. commentator: good anticipation on that backhand volley. but watson lost the first set 7—5 and the second on a tie—break, her opponent yulia putintseva celebrating as if she had just found a free box of blueberries. commentator: there it is. that is what it means. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell.

some challenging weather across the british isles at the moment, here is the scene in northern ireland and the scene in northern ireland and the met office have issued a number warning for northern ireland and scotla nd warning for northern ireland and scotland for snow and ice through the remainer of today and into tomorrow morning. take a look at the satellite picture and you can see where the showers have been piling in thick and fast. the amber triangles remind you of the areas that will possibly be most treacherous but not exclusively as we go through the remainer of today. snow showers affecting many parts of northern scotland, eastern areas enjoying sunshine, more snow showers for northern ireland and some pushing into northern england too. further south, showers also wintry but tending to be a mixture of more rain, sleet, snow and hail as we get into southern england. iforgot into southern england. i forgot to mention as well that some of those snow showers coming into western scotla nd snow showers coming into western scotland will also be accompanied by rumbles of thunder. overnight,

heavier bowls of snow for scotland, northern ireland and northern england, and by the end of the night we could see a frostjust about anywhere, and certainly looks like ice will be a big issue. taking the road first thing in the morning, there will be difficult conditions. another windy day to come on wednesday as well. still showers to come for scotland and northern ireland, but fewer than we have seen today. a lot of sunshine across england and wales. temperatures, on the face of it not looking so severe, but adding in the wind chill and for the northern part of the british isles will feel subzero. not much betterfor british isles will feel subzero. not much better for the south. british isles will feel subzero. not much betterfor the south. wednesday night into thursday, here comes this deep area of low pressure which could be nasty as we go into thursday morning. deepening away, we could see a widespread swathes of scales, snow across northern parts of england and heavy rain, perhaps

causing snow to melt quickly and there could be localised flooding. again for thursday morning, some difficult conditions, particularly if you are travelling. on a slightly positive note it looks like the low will clear away but then it looks like we are back to square one with chilly winds to close out the week. here is a brief summary — cold, windy, particularly stormy on wednesday night and more wintry showers to come. susan, thank you. an investigation has been ordered into the directors of the collapsed company carillion. time for some sport on bbc news with me, hugh ferris. neither the blistering heat or madison brengle were a match forjohanna konta as the british

number one reached the second round of the australian open. her straight sets win took place in temperatures of almost a0 degrees, although konta just called it a "nice sunny day" in melbourne. she certainly looked comfortable, dropping only four games in a match that lasted a little over an hour. afterwards she seemed more concerned with what she's described as "the blueberry debacle". i went to the supermarket to buy blueberries. i only bought blueberries. two punnets of blueberries. i left two punnets of blueberries there. that is $5 that i will not get back, but it is more the betrayal of my mind that i am upset about. i was so sad. heather watson couldn't join konta in the second round. she lost in straight sets to yulia putintseva. it was close throughout, but watson couldn't hold on in the second set after being a break up, losing it in the end on a tiebreak. defending champion roger federer had a fairly straightforward passage into the second round. he beat the former british player alljaz bedene in straight sets. after winning two grand slams last season, federer said he didn't think he'd be able to match that feat this

season as he's another year older, rafael nadal is in good shape and there are other players on their way back. one of those is the six—time champion novak djokovic, who came through with ease in his first action since wimbledon, beating donald young in straight sets. djokovic is seeded 14th after missing the second half of 2017 with an elbow injury and after the match responded to reports that he had suggested to his fellow players in a pre—tournament meeting that they could boycott next yea r‘s australian open to try to increase prize money. wales have named two uncapped players in their squad for the six nations. worcester wing josh adams and scarlets flanker james davies are both in. number eight taulupe faletau has been included despite being ruled out of the first two matches with a knee injury. in fact, there are fitness concerns throughout warren gatland's 39 man squad, with george north named even though he is a doubt, also with a knee injury. former captain greig laidlaw returns to a ao—man scotland squad. he hasn't played a test for almost a year and is just returning from a broken leg. john barclay will still be skipper. there are four uncapped

players included — props murray mccallum and d'arcy rae, full—back blair kinghorn and scrum—half nathan fowles. robert kubica is a step closer to driving again in formula one after being named as a reserve driver for the williams team. it's seven years since the pole was seriously injured in a rally crash and he still doesn't have full movement in one arm. he was hoping to win a place in the team for next season, but that's gone to russian sergei sirotkin, who out—performed him in a test last autumn, but kubica will work on development and take part in some practice sessions. did dream some may be different, but i'd call would be to have the opportunity to put my car on the great and to start an f1 race. you know, it has been a long way to achieve this. i did not manage to achieve this. i did not manage to

achieve this. i did not manage to achieve this still, but the final target is definitely this one. 30 years afterjamaica's men's bobsleigh team made history, a women's team will be going to next month's winter olympics. they will be led in pyeongchang by jazmine fenlator, who competed for usa at sochi 2014. the men made their legendary olympic debuts at calgary in 1988, which led to the making of the film cool runnings. jamaica's women will be targeting a top 10 result, having finished seventh at december‘s winterberg world cup. fenlator switched to join her father's native jamaica in 2015. we arejust so we are just so excited to be able to represent ourselves and our countries in the universal place and back to me is two weeks every four yea rs back to me is two weeks every four years you get that, i don't know, i think of it as a snow globe, when you are a little kid and you shake a snow globe and it is all sparkly, utopia. that is what it is like there, it only happens every four yea rs. there, it only happens every four years. that's crazy. that's crazy. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.

that's at bbc.co.uk/sport. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on the collapse of carillion, the country's second biggest construction firm employing 20,000 people in the uk, now in liquidation. the tuc is calling for the creation of a national task force involving unions and businesses to examine the wider implications of the company's failure. carillion used an extensive network of small firms, who are now waiting to learn if they will be paid. this shadow business secretary says serious questions remain unanswered. what we have seen over recent months is catastrophic for workers, pension fund holders and those in the wider supply chain. the blame lies squarely not with simply the directors of carillon, but with the government. there were three profit warnings issued. the government was aware that this company was in trouble yet it did nothing at all to

stop the granting of further contracts stop the granting of further co ntra cts to stop the granting of further contracts to the company. in terms of corporate governance, we heard yesterday that the official receiver will look to see if there has been any specific abuses by government directors, but we want the government to go further. we have asked for an enquiry into the actions of the government and carillon. why did the directors of carillon. why did the directors of carillon repackage their bonus scheme so they would be protected in the event of our compulsory liquidation, as we have found today? it beggars belief. plans have just been announced for a high speed rail line across the north of england. it's designed to offer a better connection between major cities including manchester, liverpool, sheffield and leeds. the former transport minister and deputy prime ministerjohn prescott stormed out of the launch in hull, denouncing the project. our yorkshire and lincolnshire political editor, tim iredale, is in hull. many say it is unacceptable that

transport spending in the north of england continues to lag way behind the site, way behind london in particular, so that is why we have a new body set up called transport for the north which were the first time will oversee investment in transport projects right across the north of england, an area home to 16 million people, from tyneside in cumbria right down to morrissey and the humber estuary. those of the projects we have heard today are long—term, things like a high—speed rail link from leeds the manchester, the so—called northern powerhouse wheel, and a new tunnel under the pennines between sheffield and manchester. or i am today is the port of hull, so the priority here is getting goods in and out of the docks. offshore wind turbine blades, these blades used for renewable

electricity are manufactured right here in hull. the real links and to build links and the whole pretty bad, the main road is slow—moving, congested. there are plans to upgrade it but it will take time. many people would like to see faster railings to other cities in the north, places like leeds and sheffield. there is a lot riding on new body, transport for the north, to deliver as it announces its 30 year plan today. one man not impressed was lord prescott. he listens to what was being announced but essentially, he stormed out of the press conference claiming that this new body doesn't have the same kind of powers as transport for london has and he wasn't impressed. a consultation question what it says consultation. are we going to talk about hull, humber, yorkshire? this

government doesn't believe in regional government. that is what brought in a few years ago and now they are giving us this consultation? it says nothing about the humber, how you will get a real northern body and we have already been told it was promised to have statutory powers and let the north decide its powers. now we know, and it is compounding government, it will have no powers. they can talk to the treasury along with the strategic bodies, but it make a decision. it doesn't get any money. it isa decision. it doesn't get any money. it is a bloody fraud! so, not for the first time, the former deputy prime minister and the man in charge of transport policy under the last labour government not mincing his words. we heard in the commons today that other mps aren't particularly impressed with this 30 year plan. one suggested by the time some of these transport infrastructure projects had got off

the ground then commercial space flight the ground then commercial space flight for tourists would become a reality, that perhaps put it into perspective. danish inventor peter madsen has been charged with the murder of swedish journalist kim wall, who went missing following a trip on board his private submarine last august. dismembered parts of ms wall's body were found at sea shortly after she interviewed him on his homemade submarine. mr madsen has denied killing her, but previously admitted dismembering the 30—year—old writer's body. his trial will begin in march. a man fixated with tv presenter emily maitlis has been jailed for 45 months at oxford crown court after harassing her and herfamily for more than 25 years. the judge said 47—year—old edward vines, from oxford, had carried out "psychological torture" on the newsnight presenter and had repeatedly breached a restraining order imposed on him since 2002, even whilst behind bars at bullingdon prison. police say they are not treating

the death of the cranberries‘ singer dolores o'riordan as suspicious. the 46—year—old was found dead in a hotel in london's park lane yesterday. the irish musician, originally from limerick, led the band to international success in the 90's with singles including linger and zombie. members of the band have paid tribute, posting on twitter: in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news: calls for employees working on private sector deals for failed construction giant carillion to have theirjobs protected. a californian couple are arrested on suspicion of torture after police

found their thirteen emaciated children, some chained to their beds. iceland has promised to remove plastic packaging from its own brand products in five years, saying it will use paper instead. the business news: the business secretary, greg clark, has asked for an investigation into the directors of carillion to be fast—tracked and extended to include former directors. the company went into liquidation on monday after running up losses on contracts and struggling with heavy debts. average prices in the uk are still rising, up by 3% in december according to the latest inflation data. but it is a slight fall from the six—year high of 3.1% recorded for november. german workers are striking over demands to work a 28—hour week and get a 6% pay rise. germany's biggest trade union has

now threatened to call for a 24—hour walkout if talks don't resolve the issue. with unemployment low and the german economy performing strongly, striking workers say they're in a strong position to negotiate. we'll be keeping you across any carillion updates throughout the day, but right now we're going to talk about the pension scheme. in addition to debts approaching £1 billion, the company has an estimated pension deficit of £600 million. carillion operates 13 final salary pension schemes in the uk with around 28,500 members, more than 12,000 of whom are already claiming a pension. now the management of those pensions will fall to the pension protection fund. here to explain what that means is steve webb, director of policy, at royal london. thank you forjoining us. in reality, what does this mean for pensioners? if you are already drawing a pension

from one of the carillon schemes, as long as you are already getting the pension it will carry on being paid. if you are yet to receive a pension, under pension age, you will lose 10% of what you were going to get, so you will get 90%. in years to come both pensioners and non—pensioners will get smaller increases than if the scheme had kept running. it is a good safety net, a robust lifeboat, but it means all of these people will get less pension than they would have done. we talked about that pension deficit the company has, £600 million. is that normal, or is that unique? if and when carillon goes into the pension protection fund it will be the biggest ever hit. actually, there are companies and organisations in britain that have massive deficits.

the bt pension scheme, with the universities scheme, both have deficits in excess of £10 billion. what matters is that these organisations are so going to be there in decades. they really matter if the company is on the brink of going to the wall. the government has ordered a fast—track investigation into the directors at carillon. what is your reaction? one of the concerns about the company in the run—up to liquidation is money is tight and there is only so much to go around. if money that should have gone into the pension fund was instead going into big dividends are bonuses that didn't reflect the performance, then that would be a source of serious concern and it is only proper these allegations against past and present directors are swiftly investigated. more on that small dip in inflation, up 3% in december. it was up 3.1% in november. it means inflation is no longer at a six—year high, as falling prices for clothes and toys helped ease the pressure on household finances last month. it's thought the recent run

of higher prices may have peaked, much of that was caused by the slump in the value of the pound after the brexit vote. yael selfin is the chief economist at kpmg. we need to bear in mind that november increase month on month was relatively strong, so it is encouraging to see that december wasn't as strong as it could've been. but, overall, there is also the higher oil prices environment and the earlier fault of the exchange rate that will still take some time to pass through the numbers, so we are expecting the fall in inflation to be relatively gradual. it is interesting that we have a relatively tight labour market here, yet wages haven't really peak up despite that increase

in inflation, although we are seeing a little bit of movement with some of the wage numbers and what may happen is later on this year we will see further increases in wages which would put upward pressure on inflation, but will also believe households a little bit. self—driving or autonomous cars have been a big focus for every major auto maker around the world. yogita limaye is at the detroit auto show and she's been checking out what's on offer. this is a self—driving vehicle tested by ford to deliver pizzas and it looks pretty much like a normal car, but those spinning things on the top, they are sensors. i will take you around the car to show you what the car is seeing. look at this here. that little red dot there behind the car is me, so that is what the car is seeing so it can make decisions on whether to turn, to stop, to accelerate. ford is not the only car—maker talking about cars like these — pretty much everyone at the auto show is. they are investing money into research and development.

the government will play a key role, how will they regulate it? the transport secretary of the us government, elaine lan chao, was here yesterday saying they don't want to have a command and control approach, so they don't want to interfere with innovation, but safety is a big concern for them. they were also very much saying that the onus is on car companies to make people feel confident about vehicles like these. general motors has already made a request of the us government to allow them to put this vehicle on the roads as early as next year. it has no steering wheel or pedals. many other car—makers think the world is not ready for that just yet. these advances in technology are coming at us faster than we had imagined, so the question facing governments and all of us is, are we ready to concede control to machines and software? in other news, pie and pasty maker greggs says like—for—like sales for the fourth quarter of the year

rose by 3% as customers opted for mince pies, hot sandwiches and gluten—free soup. for the full—year, like—for—like sales were up 3.7%. greggs said cost pressures will continue in the year ahead, but expected them to be lower than last year. supermarket chain iceland has said it will eliminate or drastically reduce plastic packaging for all its own—label products by the end of 2023. iceland says the move will affect more than 1,000 own—label products. new ranges will be packaged using a paper—based tray, rather than plastic. remember before christmas when the value of bitcoin was soaring towards $20,000? today, the cyptocurrency is worth $11,850, according to coindesk, after falling nearly 14% following comments from south korea's finance minister that it wanted to clampdown on the online currency. the ftse is down ever so slightly.

sterling supper and after a bad fall in uk inflation figures. bp have put a finalfigure on in uk inflation figures. bp have put a final figure on the deepwater horizon pay—out. they are down about 296. horizon pay—out. they are down about 2%. royal bank of scotland of the companies suffering are followed from the carillon issue. they were one of the big creditors. their share price is —— was 90% but has recovered slightly. that's all the business news. an australian teenager has been found alive in a car wreck after his father made an intuitive decision to search for him in a helicopter. samuel lethbridge, who is 17, was trapped for 30 hours after his car left a new south wales highway on sunday. mr lethbridge said he suspected his son was in trouble because his disappearance was out of character. here's something even the locals don't see every day — a wallaby eludes police in australia, leading them

on a low—speed chase in downtown sydney. the marsupial was spotted on the nation's most famous landmark — the sydney harbour bridge. virginia langeberg reports. music: land down under by men at work. how is this for a visit to the big smoke? shortly before 5.00am, under police escort and avoiding the city rush hour, this opportunistic tourist jumped at the chance to take a tour of australia's most famous landmark — the sydney harbour bridge. there was enough time to stop and take in the sights, even say "g'day!" to one of the locals dressed in blue. but with lots to see, you know how the saying goes, better hop to it. eight lanes of the harbour bridge were brought to a standstill as the curious little swamp wallaby went for his predawn stretch of the legs. that was until the blue and red lights narrowed in and the wayward wallaby was apprehended.

vets at taraonga zoo are now keeping a close eye on the marsupial after its lengthy adventure downtown. fortunately, there didn't seem to be any significant injuries. it had some minor grazes on its face and hind legs and i took some x—rays, x—rayed his whole body, to rule out any fractures and things like that and there didn't seem to be any major injuries. aussies will often laugh when tourists say they expect to see kangaroos hopping across the sydney harbour bridge, but without even realising it, this little wallaby, with a few simple hops and skips, has brought that common misconception to life and proved the rest of the world right. footage has emerged of a car that became embedded in the first floor of an office block in california.

dashcam video from a bus captures the moment the car crosses its path, before launching through the air towards the building. the driver admitted to officers that he had used drugs before getting behind the wheel. the driver and passenger suffered only minor injuries. time for a look at the weather. afternoon, jane. the weather is quite exhausting, as well. the situation out there is very treacherous in parts of scotland and northern ireland. here is a recent image from the highlands. it would ta ke image from the highlands. it would

take a look at the satellite picture, you can see where the showers have been in recent powers, they are coming together into longer spells of snow. the met office has issued an amber warning, which basically means be careful, that is a warning for snow and ice. the showers are merging into one white mass as we look at the forecast for the last few hours. there is plenty more to come this afternoon. not just falling snow, but blowing snow. strong, strong winds across the british isles is making the lying snowdrift and giving us blizzard conditions where we get the showers. the showers further south will be wintry as well is in northern england, the midlands and wales. around the coast there will be more of rain and sleet mix. the of england, largely rain and hail this afternoon, but some challenging weather here with strengthening winds and the spring tides meaning

big waves are unlikely in the south—west of england and could be some coastal flooding. elsewhere south—west of england and could be some coastalflooding. elsewhere it is the snow that is the big problem overnight. it looks like we will have a heavier spell in northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england, too. ice could be a problem just about anywhere. possibly is some quite significant amounts of snow even away from the mountainous regions. bear that in mind if you're heading out. wednesday should be a bit less windy, still a cold wind. still winter reefer northern ireland and scotland. some sunshine in the side, it looks pleasant on the face of it, but i bombed the wind and it will feel subzero across the northern half of the british isles. here is our next challenge, this area of low pressure. still quite a bit of uncertainty about it at the moment, but it could bring severe gales to hit the british isles in the early hours of thursday, some heavy rain

causing localised flooding, and some snow on the northern edge of it. it is worth staying tuned to the forecast as there is still some uncertainty with that, but there is to morning to be very challenging. there could be surface water and some branches down after overnight guilds. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: laying off staff and facing shutdown after its collapse — firms working for carillion on private sector deals have one day left before they lose government support. the carillion debt is about £1 million and we are not really a business of a size that can trade through that without some form of support from the government. shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks — a california couple have been arrested after police found their 13 emaciated children, all held captive at home. lord prescott walks out of transport for the north's launch in hull claiming the body behind the plan is toothless.

it will have no powers. it can talk to the treasury along with the strategic bodies, but it can't make a decision. it doesn't get any money. it's a bloody fraud.