labour accuses the government of negligence following the collapse of the construction giant carillion. there were angry exchanges in the commons, as it emerges the company owed more than £1 billion. as the ruins of carillion lie around her, will the prime minister act to end this costly racket of the relationship between government and some of these companies? i might first of all remind the right honourable gentleman that a third of the carillion contracts with the government were let by the labour government. as the scale of carillion‘s debts become clear, we'll hear from businesses and have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime. more than one in ten nurses is leaving the nhs in england every year and more people are now leaving the profession thanjoining it. clearing a path through the winter weather. heavy snow causes traffic disruption in many parts of the uk. the cricketer ben stokes will be considered for selection for england's twenty20 series next

month even though he's been charged with affray. the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly 1,000 years and be loaned to britain. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, british number two kyle edmund hails his new—found confidence as he breezes into the third round of the australian open for the first time in his career. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may has come under pressure in parliament this lunchtime over the future of the collapsed services and construction giant carillion. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn accused the government of being negligent.

the prime minister said she understood it's a difficult time for people worried about theirjobs. documents seen by the bbc show carillion had £29 million in cash but owed more than £1.3 billion to its banks. here's our business correspondent simon gompertz. prime minister, while the contract awarded to carillion despite the warnings? as people depending on carillion await anxiously to hear about theirjobs, carillion await anxiously to hear about their jobs, the carillion await anxiously to hear about theirjobs, the prime minister was being put under pressure over the government's role in the collapse. these corporations, mr speaker, need to be shown the door. we need our public services provided by public employees with a public service ethos and a strong public oversight. as the ruins of carillion lie around her, will the prime minister act to end of this costly racket of the relationship between government and some of these companies?

i might first of all remind the right honourable gentleman that a third of the carillion contracts with the government were let by the labour government. what we want... what we want is to provide good quality public services, delivered at best value to the taxpayer. we are making sure in this case that public services continue to be provided, that the workers in those public services are supported and taxpayers are protected. with the blame game kicking off, more detail has emerged about the dire financial state that carillion was in. this multi—billion pound business had just £29 million in cash when it went under on monday. set against that was £1.3 billion of debt, a figure which rises above 2 billion when other money owed to

banks are taken into account. this senior insolvency expert says dealing with the carillion mess is an unprecedented challenge.“ someone an unprecedented challenge.“ someone is owed money by carillion, and is hoping they would get that back from the official receiver, what hope do they have? this is one of the biggest insolvencies i've come across in my career. | of the biggest insolvencies i've come across in my career. i can't stress enough how terrible the whole situation is because actually individual subcontractors will probably have to wait years before they will even know definitively whether they will see that may receive anything or not. the jitters as budding. this morning the share price of in server dropped sharply sharply and as cleaning and other service contract with government and later the cabinet office said it wasn't in a com bubble position. this flooring business in hampshire told today how it had narrowly

avoided being taken down by carillion by deciding to refuse work without being paid upfront. eventually it does become the principal thing. when it's your own business and your own money, it kicks in the principle of no, you won't to does like this. we'd jump through hoops to do your work and the work is done to a good standard. so pay me when you need to pay me. one positive sign for phones is nine in ten of carillion‘s private sector customers have indicated to the insolvency service they will provide funding so workers can continue to be paid. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. do you think anyone employed by carillion or associated, watching pmqs today, will feel any more reassured? i'm afraid i think they will have felt pretty frustrated by pmqs, because we didn't really get

much more clarity or detail in particular about the plight of those 9000 or so carillion occurs who worked in the private sector and of course those many thousands who work in smaller companies in the supply chain whose jobs in smaller companies in the supply chain whosejobs are in smaller companies in the supply chain whose jobs are not guaranteed and, at times, it became a fairly predictable political slugfest between jeremy corbyn predictable political slugfest betweenjeremy corbyn and theresa may. jeremy corbyn citing the colla pse may. jeremy corbyn citing the collapse of carillion as evidence of what he said was a broken system whereby public services had been contracted out to these huge private sector companies, saying that companies like capita, the virgin stagecoach, which runs the east coast line, they should be shown the door and under a labour government public services would be run by public services would be run by public employees with a public service ethos and under public oversight. theresa may said he is just anti—private sector and citing the example of previous labour

governments who had given carillion contracts. so you are left with the sense that for many, many carillion workers, really the anxiety and the sheer uncertainty i'm afraid continues. norman, thank you. more than one in ten nurses is leaving the nhs in england every year and significantly more people are quitting the profession thanjoining it. that's according to figures provided by nhs digital, as part of an in—depth look at nursing by the bbc in the year the nhs turns 70. nursing leaders are calling the numbers a dangerous and downward spiral, but the government says measures are being taken to retain experienced staff. our health correspondent dominic hughes is at birmingham children's hospital. yes, good afternoon a full service becoming increasingly clear that nursing is a profession under pressure, not just the nursing is a profession under pressure, notjust the difficulties in managing what looks like quite a

ha rd in managing what looks like quite a hard winter for the health service, but in the longer term a more fundamental issue of trying to persuade experienced nurses to stay in what is, at times, quite a demanding role and as we can see, for some, everyday stresses and strains have proved just too much. she became a nurse to help people, excited at the prospect of making a difference, but in the end, thejob overwhelmed mary trevelyan. i would still often end up in tears during a shift because there was just so much pressure and stress. a never—ending list of things to do, guilt over not having enough time to care for patients. stress led to depression, and mary has had to leave the job she loved. i want to be a great nurse and i want to give my patients my best, but i feel that i can't do that at the moment because we're just too short—staffed, too busy. there's far too many things for us to be doing. we've analysed the number of nurses working in the nhs in england. last year, more than 33,000 nurses walked away

from their health—service jobs. that's a 20% rise, compared to four years ago, and leavers outnumber new—joiners. and almost one in four of those leavers are relatively young — under30. all of this has potentially serious implications for a sustainable nursing profession. well, this is incredibly worrying because this is a time when we're meant to be recruiting extra nurses because of the vacancies we've already got. as well as planning really for increased demand on health care in the future, we should really be training many, many more nurses, and so we should have been for the last few years. many nurses are thinking about, or have already left the profession, and that's just one reason why so many hospitals are struggling to recruit properly trained staff. and yet, the government tells us that thousands more nurses are working in the nhs today than there were in 2010. in order to retain staff, to keep them on the books, they need to give them new opportunities.

and that's what nurses like sarah dalby are making the most of. she's now able to perform surgery, thanks to specialist training — developing new skills that are taking her a long way from the traditional nursing role. i think it's always nice to have an option to develop into another pathway, or another opportunity, if that's what you want to do. it's not for everyone. because nursing's so varied. and it is a real privilege to be a nurse. we care for patients at such a vulnerable time in their lives. and it's challenging, certainly challenging at the moment, but that doesn't deviate from how rewarding it is as a career. mary has not turned her back on nursing altogether. like some of her friends, she's now thinking of working abroad. but today's nhs is not for her, and many other nurses appear to be reaching a similar conclusion. big as one dog in

place to promote drivers are promote being warned to avoid some sections of the m71; in dumfries and galloway after heavy snow forced hundreds of motorists to spend the night in their cars. mountain rescue teams were sent to help people who were stuck; traffic scotland say gritters had been working to clear routes, but efforts were hampered by jack—knifed lorries. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in abington in lanarkshire. motorists faced treacherous

conditions. the line of traffic here slowing to a standstill. stranding drivers. some were stuck for hours. well, i've been on the go from half past one yesterday. but not a what you can do about it. but you just think in this day and age that these things shouldn't happen. a lot of idiots going too fast. steady, but it was getting worse. sol idiots going too fast. steady, but it was getting worse. so i chose to stop here and now i am going to glasgow. mountain rescue teams were turned from the hills to the roads, checking that drivers were safe. we we re checking that drivers were safe. we were called in by police scotland is to go and check the welfare for the people in the vehicles that had been their book quite a serious period of time. so it was ourjob to go and check the welfare, make sure they we re check the welfare, make sure they were 0k. with the conditions so bad

overnight, those that could got off the motorway and parked up where it was safe. this stretch of the 7a is, for now, open once again. but the weather is deteriorating and the snow is continuing to fall. these pictures from north lanarkshire show just how challenging driving in the snow and ice can be. one lorry driver struggling to maintain control. throughout the country, the critters were out, clearing routes. but all the schools in the borders, and many elsewhere throughout scotland, were closed because of the snow. many schoolchildren in northern ireland are also missing classes, where nearly 300 schools had been shot for the day. hundreds of homes there remain without power. some places have had more than a foot of snow. the views are stunning. but there are warnings of

more bad weather, snow and ice to come. well, while we have been on air, the police have been down this stretch of road, checking on drivers here. the police further south in dumfries and galloway say without further weather warning, they expect to be at full stretch again tonight. lauder, thank you very much. lorna gordon. a court has heard that a man kidnapped two women and cut their throats, before leaving one of them dead in a freezer in a disused house. mujahid arshid, from kingston in south london, is facing multiple charges, including the rape and murder of 20—year—old celine dookhran, which he denies. jon donnison is following the case at the old bailey. very distressing case, what has the jury been told. 20-year-old celine dookhran was the niece. the

prosecution alleged that injuly last year, he kidnapped selena and another young woman who cannot be named for legal reasons. they were bound and gagged, allegedly, and he took them to a vacant property he had been working on as a builder in south—west london and the prosecution alleged that there, he raped and he slit their throats. salim died, the second woman was able to talk mujahid arshid into letting her go —— three died. she then went on to alert police. a second man also appeared in court. 28 years old. he is accused of assisting m arshid in initial kidnapping. both men denied the charges. thank you. the time is 13:16.

our top story this lunchtime: labour accuses the government of negligence, following the collapse of the construction giant carillion. the prime minister says it's a ‘difficult time' and still to come: as the royal air force celebrates its centenary, we hear from one of the last surviving dambusters. had i had my time over again, had i had my time overagain, i would do the same again. coming up in the sport: eddiejones signs a new deal to stay as england's rugby union head coach until 2021, but no longer. the rfu says a successor will be named a year prior to his departure. the catalan parliament has opened for the first time since the regional separatist government was dismissed in october, for attempting to break away from spain. three separatist parties are now trying to re—form a coalition government,

following the snap elections in december. but there's controversy around plans to re—install carles puigdemont as president, if he remains in self—imposed exile in brussels. our europe reporter, gavin lee, is in barcelona. well, the separatist parties who'd just gave you months ago were dismissed from government, about to reshape, forming a coalition, but we are hearing today is that the opening of parliament, carles puigdemont is about to be put forward to be the potential leader again. from 800,000 weight in oldham. i spent the last few days working out where the catalan crisis is going next. —— from 800 miles away in belgium. the catalan parliament, where the only official business for the last two months has been clearing the cobwebs. standing empty since being shut down by the spanish government, following the attempt of separatist regional leaders here to break away. and in the snap elections in december, no party gained a majority. today is the opening of parliament,

and separatist parties are being given the formal mandate to try to form a coalition. and they're also expected to propose the ex—president, carles puigdemont, as their leader again. only, he won't be sitting here as usual, because he's in self—imposed exile in belgium. but his party says he can lead, even if he's 800 miles away. it can work, as it works in any other country. i mean, the president of the united states does not lead from each and every city and every village of the united states. critics of carles puigdemont say that he's putting himself above the law. he's wanted, to face allegations of sedition and rebellion. wouldn't it be better for the party, for him, to come to spain, to catalonia, and face what he has to face? he already faced justice. he went to brussels as a free man, because when he went to belgium, or he travelled to belgium, no charges were made against him. and that's why they remain in belgium, because the spanish justice cannot grant them a fair trial. the catalan region is still

being ruled by madrid, using emergency powers they enforced after the separatists‘ illegal declaration of independence. the spanish government says those measures will stay in place if carles puigdemont tries to rule from afar. the question is so serious that we cannot take that as a joke. but unfortunately, it looks like a joke. it looks like a hologram, a political hologram will take a place in politics. and this is affecting the life of people. so i think there is no possibility — out of normal and real politics — to have a virtual president of any institution at all. crowd chants. the catalan parliament has two weeks to propose the next leader. and in contrast to the sound and fury of the recent months of protest and political discontent, there's now a visible — if temporary — period of calm, as the next, more formal stage of the crisis plays out.

and the obvious question is, can ca rles and the obvious question is, can carles puigdemont rule from belgium? he has said today he would be in a position to do so. but he has kept a very low profile, avoiding all major interviews. thank you. hundreds of the most vulnerable victims of crime are being prevented from testifying in court in england and wales because of a shortage of experts to help them give evidence, according to a report from the victims‘ commissioner, baroness newlove. here‘s our legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman. giving evidence in criminal cases can be intimidating for ordinary adults, but for the young and the vulnerable, it can be truly daunting. that‘s where registered intermediaries come in. they‘re specialists in communication, who work in some of the most distressing cases involving vulnerable victims and witnesses. we worked with a boy who was really reluctant to speak, but loved anime.

and so we made body maps that were anime figures. and he was able to show different parts of his body that had been touched, using those drawings. and i don‘t think he would have done that verbally, or without that preparation. a report by the victims‘ commissioner, lady newlove, has uncovered deep concerns about the intermediaries scheme. it found in 250 cases a year, vulnerable people were not getting an intermediary. provision‘s inconsistent across england and wales. getting an intermediary is five times more likely in cumbria than in london, risking a postcode lottery. and there are delays averaging four weeks in matching victims with intermediaries. registered intermediaries can make the difference between justice delivered and justice denied. that‘s why some believe that what has thus far been a scheme should now be built into the criminaljustice system as a full—blown national service. for me, this is professionalising

their role, and if we had a national lead who would gain all that information, would match them, we wouldn't find that inconsistency that this review is finding. and actually, then they could put a report into parliament, recognise the role even further. and of course, if they need more, there is one unit that would say, we need more, and we've got the data to prove it. the government says intermediaries are vital in helping vulnerable victims and witnesses, and that‘s why it recently doubled the size of the registered intermediaries scheme. but it welcomes the report, which it says it will carefully consider. clive coleman, bbc news. ben stokes will be considered for england selection, after being charged with affray, following a fight outside a bristol nightclub last year. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, is at lord‘s. what are people saying about this announcement? well, in some ways, i

think this is a surprise. a lot of people, i had assumed that the ecb would allow for the criminal proceedings to unfold to reach a conclusion before they considered ben stokes to be available for selection for england. we know that he has been charged by the cps with affray so he will appear before magistrates, it is likely there will be some for —— sort of trial. the ecb is saying nobody knows how long the criminal the seedings will take to reach their proceedings. they say it is not fair or proportionate to stop ben stokes playing for england, so stop ben stokes playing for england, so he will fly out to new zealand to be available for twenty20 international is next month. he has already been in new zealand playing domestic cricket in canterbury and the ecb have said they have no objection to him potentially playing cricket in the ipl in india in the spring. i think the ecb are thinking in that context, can we wait a long period before ben stokes is available to us? and in terms of

practicality, it ben stokes had gone out of the ashes, he would have faced so much media scrutiny and attention in new zealand, and that level will be far less there. thank you. jo wilson, at lord‘s. it‘s one of the most famous flying teams in british history. 75 years after carrying out the daring dambusters raid, the raf‘s 617 squadron is being reformed, as the royal air force celebrates its centenary. sophie raworth has been to meet a veteran who played a major part in the dambusters raid. amazing aircraft, that, isn‘t it? absolutely. george johnnyjohnson — he‘s 96 years old and the last surviving british member of world war ii‘s famous dambusters raid. hejoined the raf in 1940, one of many teenagers who signed up to fight for their country. he says it was thrilling. i felt i was actually doing something useful, and doing it well. it was 75 years ago this may that 617 squadron took off

in their lancaster bombers, on their mission immortalised in the dambusters film, to attack dams in germany‘s industrial heartland using barnes wallis‘ bouncing bombs. the planes johnnyjohnson flew are a world away from the aircraft used by the raf nowadays and he‘s fascinated, not just by the technology on board, but also, by the pilots learning to fly them. i can‘t understand any of it. i wouldn‘t know where to begin. but, er, it‘s not a lancaster. i've always wanted to do it since the age of four... flying officer stephanie sea rle is one of the raf‘s newest pilots, in awe of the stories from the past. i hope i can measure up to it, to be honest. where i‘ve been lucky enough to choose this role for myself, they were thrusted into it, and theyjust took to it and did the best they could.

johnnyjohnson was one of 133 men who took part in the dambusters raid. 53 of them never came home. he still remembers that night vividly. i shall never forget that dams raid. the highlight of that trip, for me, was as we came home, our route was over what had been the mohne dam, and we knew by radio broadcast that it had been breached. there was water everywhere. it's gone, we've done it! that raid remains, to this day, one of the most famous in the air force‘s history. so, as the raf celebrates its centenary, his advice to the next generation? whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability. you‘ll find it makes you happy. had i had my time over again, i would do the same again, and hope to get the same happiness and enjoyment out of it that i did for those 22 years i served. i have to say thank you to the royal air force for providing that life for me. it was a wonderful

life, it really was. what a remarkable man! for the first time in nearly a thousand years, the bayeux tapestry could be displayed in britain. the french president, emmanuel macron, is expected to confirm the loan of the famous work — which depicts the norman conquest of england in the 11th century — when he meets theresa may tomorrow. tests will need to be carried out to ensure the fragile roll of embroidered linen can be safely moved from the museum in northern france where it is currently housed. robert hall has the details. it is 70 metres long, it shows one of the most important periods in our history and yet, this is the closest that most of us can get to the bayeux tapestry. occupying an entire floor of reading city museum is an exact replica of the original, painstakingly created elizabeth ward all and 35 ladies of the leak

embroidery society in the 1880s. it took them a year, probably the same time as the leaving of the real ta pestry time as the leaving of the real tapestry in canterbury in the 11th century. it tells the story leading up century. it tells the story leading up to william the conqueror‘s invasion of england in 1066. we save this 600 people, 700 animals and famously, the death of king harold at hastings. when french rule ended, it went back to france and there, it stayed. but now with the museum in bayeux scheduled for a major renovation, there is an opportunity for the french government to make a gesture of friendship by breaking a sentry‘s old tradition. this is about formalising a really important collaboration with institutions like the british museum. the british library and english heritage. in order to study and participate in the renovation of our museum. although the loan may be two years away, discussions have already taken

place as to how this delicate and priceless exhibit can be transported and displayed. bayeux museum is being refurbished. it is hoped to exhibit the bayeux tapestry in a different way, so there is a window of opportunity, the tapestry will be conserved and during that window in about 2022, there is an opportunity for the tapestry to leave france and to come to the united kingdom to be displayed here. there will undoubtedly be fierce competition over whether tapestry will be shown. should it be london, or canterbury, the city where the norman bishop odo first commissioned it? a lot to ee, first commissioned it? a lot to agree, but the significance of this gesture cannot be under estimated. we were hearing plenty about the weather earlier. a forecast now wherever you are in the country. here‘s susan powell. school has been out for many and that has been an excuse for some for

fun, a gorgeous snowman built here. for many, the situation is serious and snow and ice continue to be a hazard across parts of scotland and northern england. the weather itself