hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at two. theresa may faces angry questions from jeremy corbyn in the commons over the collapse of building giant carillion. 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. fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk after hundreds of drivers spent the night stranded in their cars. "haemorrhaging" nurses — new figures show one in ten leaving the nhs in england each year, meaning there are now more leaving the profession than joining. i want to give my patients my best, but i feel like i can't do that at the moment because we're just too short—staffed, too busy. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh.

and ben stokes is back. good afternoon. he is. the ecb have cleared him to return to england to just two days after he was charged with affray. he is likely to be playing in their short form series against new zealand ex month. all the details later in the our. thanks, hugh. susan powell has the weather, it is in the news. lying snow and ice causing problems, buti in the news. lying snow and ice causing problems, but i think this afternoon for many, pictures like this in edinburgh, the sun is out. but it is the calm before the storm, more strong winds to come tonight and another spell of heavy snow for southern scotland and northern england. thank you very much. also coming up: could it be a french stitch—up? the grand diplomatic gesture by president macron which means the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly a thousand years and be loaned to britain. but why now? hello, everyone.

this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. if yourjob is dependant on the outcome of the carillion mess, you may have watched prime minister's questions a short time ago hoping for some answers. but the sometimes angry exchanges between theresa may and jeremy corbyn over the collapse of britain's second largest construction business will have done little to ease workers' anxiety. and as the politicians traded accusations, the true depth of the trouble carillion got itself into was becoming clear. here's our business correspondent simon gompertz. prime minister, why will contract awarded to karelian despite the warnings? as people depending on karelian wait anxiously to hear about theirjobs, karelian wait anxiously to hear about their jobs, the karelian wait anxiously to hear about theirjobs, the prime minister was being put under pressure over the government's role in the collapse. these corporations 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 this costly racket of the relationship between the government and some of these contracts?|j relationship between the government and some of these contracts? i might remind the honourable gentleman that a third of these contracts were let by the labour government. what we wa nt by the labour government. what we want is good quality public services delivered best value to the taxpayer. we are making sure the public services continue to be provided, that the workers are supported on 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 £i.3 billion of debt, a figure which rises above £2 billion when all the money owed to banks is taken into account. this senior insolvency expert says dealing with the carillion mess is an unprecedented challenge. if someone is owed money by carillion and is hoping they will get that back from the official receiver, what hope do they have? this is one of the biggest insolvencies i have come across in my career, and i can't stress enough how terrible the situation is. individual contractors will probably have to wait years before they were even know definitively whether they will receive anything or not. interserve is working to support and

enhance our customers. the share price of interserve has dropped sharply, it also has cleaning, security and other contract with government. later the cabinet office said it wasn't in a comparable 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 principal, thatis eventually it does become principal, that is the thing. when it is your own business and your own money, the principal kicks in, no, you are not going to treat us like this. you jump going to treat us like this. you jump through hoops to do the work, and you do the work to a good standard, so pay me when you need to pay me? nine in ten of carillion's private service customers, not builders, have indicated they will provide funding, so workers can continue to be paid. simon gompertz, bbc news.

our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. if you are a worker, you are none the wiser today. the government is under a lot of pressure to reassure people when it comes to the public sector contracts, they have to some extent done that, because the services are still required. but the government itself is coming under pressure, particularly from labour, of course we heard jeremy corbyn making this point that everyone knew that carillion was in a certain amount of trouble. there were profit warnings and the questions from labour are wired for the government still handing out lucrative contracts still handing out lucrative co ntra cts to still handing out lucrative contracts to this company knowing that they were on a watchlist, if you like. so that is the answer is they were having to come up with. theresa may and the government are making the point that only one of the contract that was handed out after those profit warnings was not after those profit warnings was not a so—called joint venture. what that means is that when you hand out a contract, it is to a team of

companies, if you like, and if one goes under, the others have to step in and provide that service. so it really does lower the risk, so that is their argument that they were across all of this, they hadn't taken their eye off the ball, that is the argument, and one of these contracts is the very well—known one, for the high—speed link hs2, and chris grayling, transport secretary, for the first time has defended the decision that he and others made to give that contract to carillion after the profit warning. it has been clear for some time that carillion has had issues, but many have had issues over the years. hsz did not have a contract on this project with a single company, it a contract with a consortium, and the whole venture is responsible for delivering the project. from our point of view, the judgment has to be, is the contract intact, will the work begun? it is not for government author hsz to exclude firms and

possibly push them under because of the impact on the business. it could be illegal to do so because there is i'io be illegal to do so because there is no legal reason to exclude them. what we have to do is make sure that the contract is deliverable, there is no financial cost, the staff are cove red, is no financial cost, the staff are covered, and if the right due diligence was done, there will be no impact of this tragic loss of carillion on the h52 project. the insolvency service has just said that bonus payments to executives have been stopped after the date of liquidation. this is clearly the government trying to grab something from this mess? they know that that particular issue about directors and former directors, the bonus is that they took, the way that they seem to have changed the system having those bonuses so that if the company did go under they can still qualify for them, all of that absolutely infuriated people, notjust the politicians here but of course workers who are affected by all of this. what is unclear is how much

can be clawed back from the previous months, so that is still to be resolved. the government is in a slightly tricky position here obviously because they are not the insolvency service, but there will be pressure being put on political pressure being put on to make sure that that is somehow sorted out. there is a glimmer of good news today, also from the insolvency service, a statement about those private companies. the official receiver says that in the past 48—hour is, they have managed to contact 48—hour is, they have managed to co nta ct a ll 48—hour is, they have managed to contact all of carillion's customers, so that is the private sector service customers. they have contacted all of them, and over 90% of these have indicated that they wa nted of these have indicated that they wanted carillion to continue providing the service in the interim while we wait to see if other suppliers can come forward. and that means they will provide funding, and that enables the official receiver to retain the employees working on those contracts. so that statement was repeated by the prime ministers's official spokesman, and

that could be good news for the workers not just on that could be good news for the workers notjust on public sector contract but on private sector contractors well. thank you very much. drivers are 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 has this report. the snow fell hard and fast. blizzard conditions overnight on one of scotland's most important routes. motorists faced treacherous conditions on the steepest riches of the m74, the line of traffic slowing toa the m74, the line of traffic slowing to a standstill, stranding drivers. some were stuck for hours.|j to a standstill, stranding drivers.

some were stuck for hours. i have been stuck since half past one yesterday, but not a lot you can do about it. you just think in this day and age that these things shouldn't happen. lots of idiots in the third lane to fast. happen. lots of idiots in the third lane - to fast. steady, but it lane going to fast. steady, but it was getting worse, so i chose to stop here, i'm not going on to glasgow. mountain rescue teams were turned from the hills to the roads, checking the drivers were safe. we we re checking the drivers were safe. we were called in by police scotland to go and check the welfare for the people in their vehicles. they had been there for quite a serious period of time, so it was ourjob to go and check the welfare and make sure they were ok. go and check the welfare and make sure they were 0k. with conditions so bad overnight, those that occurred got off the motorway and parked up where it was safe. and this stretch of the m74 is, for now, open once again. but the weather is deteriorating, and the snow is continuing to fall. these pictures

from north lanarkshire showed just how challenging driving in the snow and ice can be. one lorry driver struggling to maintain control. throughout the country, the gritters we re throughout the country, the gritters were out, clearing routes. but all 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 have been shut for the day. hundreds of homes remain without power. the emergency services struggled through the difficult conditions. in halifax in yorkshire, the public helped out after an ambulance responding to a 999 call got stuck in the heavy snow. 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. lorna gordon, bbc news,

abingdon. let's cross live now to our correspondent catriona renton, whojoins us from abington in lanarkshire. it's still coming down, and that forecast - worry many, because it forecast must worry many, because it is going to get worse again? just for you, simon, it is going to get worse again? just foryou, simon, it has is going to get worse again? just for you, simon, it has got an awful lot worse while we have been waiting to go on air! you will see that the road is clear at the moment, and thatis road is clear at the moment, and that is of course a very different picture to what lorna was just telling you about. now we have an amber warning telling you about. now we have an amberwarning again telling you about. now we have an amber warning again for the south—west of scotland for the parts of the country, strathclyde, lanarkshire ayrshire and also the borders, those are the areas that we re borders, those are the areas that were affected badly last night, and expecting it to be bad again tonight. the police have already put out warnings saying that people should try not to travel, the scottish government, we havejust learned, has said that all travel in these areas should be avoided. it

has been a horrible situation for people last night, and it looks set that the police will be fully stretched, the emergency services fully stretched again tonight. so again, that guidance from the scottish government to avoid all travel in these areas, to avoid a repeat of what happened last night. catriona renton, ithink, thank repeat of what happened last night. catriona renton, i think, thank you very much! more nurses left the nhs in england last year thanjoined. the statistics , given exclusively to the bbc , reveal that more than 33—thousand gave up jobs with the service , that's 3000 more than signed up. the royal college of nursing says more must be done to support younger nurses at the start of their careers. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. 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. dominic hughes, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: theresa may faces angry questions from jeremy corbyn in the commons — over the collapse of building giant carillion. haemorrhaging nurses — new figures show one in ten leaving the nhs in england each year — meaning there are now more leaving the profession than joining. fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk — after hundreds of drivers spent the night stranded in their cars. in a moment, a group of divers discovered what is believed to be the biggest flooded cave on the planet.

and in sport, ben stokes has been cleared to play cricket for england again. the all—rounder has been suspended after an incident outside a nightclub in bristol. he has since been charged with affray. he is expected to join up with the rest of the england team in new zealand next month. british number two kyle edmund has hailed his new found confidence at the australian open. he cruised past denis istomin in straight sets to reach the third round for the first time. and eddie jones has signed a new deal to stay as england's rugby union head coach until 2021 — but no longer. the rfu say successor will be named a year prior to his departure. i'll be back with more on those stories just after half past. a court has heard that a man kidnapped two women and cut their throats before leaving one of them ina bin throats before leaving one of them in a bin outside a house. jon

donnison gave us this update from the old bailey. in setting out their case today, the prosecution allege that injuly case today, the prosecution allege that in july last year, the case today, the prosecution allege that injuly last year, the man kidnapped celine and another woman who can't be named for legal reasons. he took them to a disused building, where it is alleged that he raped them and slit their throats. celine died. the second woman managed to escape and talked mujahid arshid into letting her go. she then went on to alert police. a second man also appeared in court today, his name is vincent mujahid

—— vincent tapu, and he is accused of assisting mujahid arshid. . jon donnison there. hundreds of the most vulnerable victims of crime are being denied the help of a trained intermediary in giving evidence in criminal cases in england and wales. that's one of the findings of a report from the victims‘ commissioner, lady newlove. here's our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman. registered intermediaries work with some of the most distressing cases involving vulnerable witnesses and victims. he was distressed, and didn't want to speak, but he loved

anime. so we made a anime figure, and he was able to show different parts of his body that had been touched, using the figure. i do think he would have been able to talk about it. concerns were unveiled about the intermediaries scheme. it found that in 250 cases a year, vulnerable people were not getting an intermediary. provisions are inconsistent across england and wales. getting an intermediary is five times more likely in cumbria than london, 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 act to asa built into the criminaljustice act to as a full—blown national service. this is professionalising their role, and if we had a national league who would gain all that information, would match them, and

we would find that inconsistency that this review is finding. and then they could put the roll into parliament and recognise it even further. and if they need more, the rizwan unit that can say, we do need one, we have the data to prove it. the government says intermediaries are valuable in helping vulnerable victims and witnesses, and that is why it recently doubled the size of the scheme. but it welcomes the report, which it says it will carefully consider. clive coleman, bbc news. lets return out of the story of the number of nurses leaving the nhs. catherine burns is at birmingham children's hospital. it is worth going over those figures again. 33,000 nurses in england leaving the nhs every year. it is quite hard to get the scale of how big that is, so to give you some context, here at this hospital they employjust over 1300 this hospital they employjust over i300 nurses, which if you think

about it means that those thousands of leavers could staff this hospital several times over. do you see issues with their nurses here struggling with the job and wanting to leave the nhs? nursing in itself isa to leave the nhs? nursing in itself is a difficultjob, and we do have some leave, we will always have staff that leave. but fortunately we do have those that stay as well. and why do you think these pressures exist? i think nursing is nursing, fundamentally we come to care. the population has really changed, and i think that nurses coming into the profession are different than they we re profession are different than they were 30 years ago. that is one of the things these figures have thrown up, more than half of the people leaving the nhs are under 40, so we know this isn't a retirement issue. why other younger generation leaving? it is deftly a retention issue. i think we need to ask them why they are leaving. my view is

that they are leaving because they wa nt that they are leaving because they want a different worklife balance than we had many years ago. and what are you doing about that at this hospital? we have good strategy here, sometimes it is the little things like asking, what could we have done to make your day a better day? do you think that will work? i think it will take us a while to embed it, but that is part of the answer. that for some reason your job became a widerjob and you were in charge of retention for the whole of the nhs. what's the one thing that you would do to keep nurses? i would make it free to train to be a nurse. for me, that's the key. explain why. at the moment, you have to pay your £9,000 bursary to go into student nursing. a lot of nurses just can't afford it, it puts you off coming into nursing because you off coming into nursing because you cannot afford to do the training. and one of the things is that a lot of older stuff they think are being put off from retraining later in

life. if you choose to go into nursing once you have had your children and they have grown, you are supporting a family, you have childcare issues and then you have to find £9,000 on top of that, it is a difficult thing to do. the government does say it is increasing training places, 25% more training places at university. and these figures are for england, but it is worth giving you the picture across the rest of the country. in wales it does seem to be quite a similar story, but in scotland and northern ireland, while there is an issue with an increased number of leavers, it seems that the number ofjoiners is equal, so it's not so bad they're. thank you very much, catherine burn is. 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 eleventh 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 weaving of the real tapestry in canterbury in the 11th century. it tells the story leading up to william the conqueror‘s invasion of england in 1066. we see over 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 centuries old tradition. important collaboration translation: 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 where the tapestry will be shown. should it be london, or canterbury, the city where the norman bishop odo first commissioned it? it's a lot to agree,

but the significance of this gesture cannot be underestimated. time for a look at the weather. that is a picture of scotland?m is, i wanted to emphasise that not everywhere has had the snow. a lot of it has been taken up by the hills, it is to do with where the showers of landed in the direction of the wind. we were discussing the sheep yesterday, and you can see that little light dusting of snow, and they do have knees. but that is snow, that is the colour of its hair. for some people to the north of scotland, they are probably thinking, what on earth our day

still talking about this for, but it isa still talking about this for, but it is a very different story across scotland. i just love this is a very different story across scotland. ijust love this picture. hgppy scotland. ijust love this picture. happy days for some. catching some of the snow falling off the tree. and here is one for you. have you seen one of those before? that is a snow roller. is that a natural thing? it isa is that a natural thing? it is a rare phenomenon, it is to do with the texture of the snow, the wind just rolls the snow up, and you can see it as a bit of a giant swiss roll. that is remarkable. was that sending today? there is a whole field of them, apparently, in south lanarkshire. that is quite something. but in terms of the forecast, not great news? i thought i would start with a pretty pictures, because that is as

good as it gets. let's take a look at it now. we have seen a lot of the reports of what is going on reports of what is at it now. we have seen a lot of the reports of what is going on out there at the moment. this afternoon across the southern uplands, central lowlands, snow and ice still a problem. the actual weather itself is improving, still snow showers to come but the wind a little lighter, and the showers coming in nowhere near as they can fast as yesterday. the many a sunny afternoon, but still cold thanks to the wind. however, simon has been talking a lot about the heavy snow forecast. this is the culprit to watch out for deepening area of low pressure, a nasty feature bringing a widespread swathe of gales to the british isles, although the northern scotland, light winds, but it is as it rolls in that we start to see snow and rain to northern ireland, but particularly for southern scotla nd but particularly for southern scotland and northern england, another amber warning. we had one yesterday, we saw the result, it looks like we could have significant problems

m- “a “- wanted to show you where it will be the earliest part of the day, during the earliest part of the day, still bringing some snow into the north—east, and we could have quite a lot of lying snow at that point in the day, too. further south, the forecast much simpler, but very high spring tides and strong winds, big waves, and potentially some coastal flooding. for wales, still wintry showers across the higher ground first thing tomorrow, the risk of ice anywhere, for northern ireland also showers and again some of the winter will continue tomorrow. in the north of scotland, clear skies, sunshine to start the day, but a frosty start, so ice will be a risk and a lot of light snow following on from the area of low pressure, nasty feature as it goes off into germany. but by eight o'clock it's gone, so we are but by eight o'clock it's gone, so we a re really left but by eight o'clock it's gone, so we are really left with the snow that it deposits, and then for thursday, pretty quiet in terms of fresh snowfall, a few showers but a lot of sunshine, windy and still a chilly feel. and the end of the week

looks pretty similar, too. acquire a a. in of it ” ff it 2!!! ' ' be it g be cold, snowfall, bdt—itwillstillbe tabs.l theice snowfall, bdt—itwillstillbe tabs.l the ice will continue to be an so the ice will cont'mjg tg hg an the rest of this week, the issue. the rest of this week, the stormy spelt, overnight tonight, strong winds, snow for southern scotla nd strong winds, snow for southern scotland and northern ireland once again, and then i think a little bit quieter to finish off the week, still chilly and windy with a few showers around. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. bonus payments to the directors of the collapsed

building company carillion have been stopped. court documents show carillion had just £29 million in cash when it collapsed on monday. it owed lenders £1.3 billion. fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk. hundreds of schools across scotland and northern ireland are closed. more than 200 motorists were stranded overnight on the m74. "haemorrhaging" nurses — new figures show one in 10 leaving the nhs in england each year, meaning there are now more leaving the profession than joining. i would often be brought to tears during my shifts because there was just so much pressure on me. could it be a french stitch—up? the grand diplomatic gesture by president macron which means the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly a thousand years — and be loaned to britain... but why now? in a moment, a group of divers discovered what is believed to be the biggest flooded cave on the planet. sport now on afternoon

live with hugh... we are talking about ben stokes and many people say it's a rather strange decision from the ecb. slightly curious decision — stokes was not considered for selection following his arrest after an incident outside of a bristol nightclub in september. he missed the ashes series defeat in australia as a police investigation was concluded. two days ago he was charged with affray — the case is likely to go to before a magistrates court — with a maximum penalty of 3 months in prison. despite that the ecb have decided to bring the all—rounder back in — saying... it means ben stokes has to go back,

i guess they don't want him to get rusty. he won't go into the current one day series in australia but stokes will fly out to new zealand for the t20 and 1 day series next month. clearly they want to cut short his period of activity. seems strange that he didn't go to australia and at that stage he hadn't been charged. andy murray not at the australian open, but his deputy doing rather well. kyle edmund secured another impressive win to progress to the second round at the australian open. he beat kevin anderson in his opening round match. in many ways even more impressive today, dominant. he barely gave denis istomin a chance denis istomin

a chance with the 6—2, 6—2, 6—4 victory overnight in less than an hour and a half. he'll take on georgia's nikoloz basilashvili next. defending champion rafa nadal is yet to drop a set in the tournament. the spaniard came through 6—3, 6—4, 7—6 against argentine leonardo mayer. he warned organisers to look after players, with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees in melbourne tomorrow. second seed caroline wozniacki found life tougher against jana fett. 5—1 down in the decider, she saved two match points before prevailing 7—5. she said her competitive sporting family kept her going, adding she'd have never heard the end of it if she'd lost. and you can get more reaction and analysis to all of the matches on wednesday on the bbc sport website. bbc.co.uk/tennis. england's rugby union head coach eddie jones has signed

a contract extension to stay in the role until 2021. but he won't go on beyond that. jones took overjust over two years ago, and has won 22 of his 23 tests in charge. his original deal was due to end after next year's rugby world cup injapan. four—time major winner rory mcilroy says he feels more energised as he prepares to return to action for the first time in three months. he'll take part in the abu dhabi championship, starting tomorrow morning, after missing the end of last season. he revealed last week that he was being monitored for a minor heart irregularity but can't wait to get back on the course. i'm feeling good. it's been a really productive three and a half months of looking after myself and getting myself fit and healthy again and stop i'm working on a few things in my game. it's good, ifeel like i needed the time off but i'm

definitely ready to get back and get out there and play golf tournaments again. the masters snooker continues at london's alexandra palace this afternoon. it's an all—english affair between shaun murphy and ali carter in the first round and the 2015 champion has made a blistering start, sealing a 4—0 lead before the mid—session interval with a break of 87. play resumes shortly with murphy needing just two more frames to progress to the second round. and simon it's always very unprofessional to laugh at the misfortune of others... but we're going to see nick kyrgios beat victor troicki in the second round at the australian open. but british umpire james keothavong found himself in the thick of the action after wearing one of troicki's returns square on the head. luckily he was ok and everybody saw the funny side of it. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on the collapse of the services and building giant

carillion — the company managed hundreds of public sector projects and there are fears there will be a knock on effect on many smaller companies and contractors which relied on it for business. the executive director of the royal institute of british architects, adrian dobson, joins me now. architects form part of the group and many of them might be quite worried about outstanding bills and future contracts at the moment. worried about outstanding bills and future contracts at the momentlj future contracts at the moment.” think current public procurement practices tend to concentrate his contract in the hands of large multidisciplinary companies and lots of architects are effectively small businesses who cannot bid and they become the second and third level suppliers, the subcontractors. explain the tier two. carillion ta kes a explain the tier two. carillion takes a contract and it's then up to them to work out who they bring in, architects and builders and all the services they bring in. that's

right, they maybe have a framework of companies they work with and will pick people off those frameworks. those companies are now very vulnerable to the cash flow crisis that comes from a collapse like this. in the future, is that assist you want to see continue? the whole issue of procurement, particularly with public contracts it's something that people want to have look at. it's something they have wanted to look at for a long time. we need to rethink the whole approach to public services and contracts. we have processes that supposedly promote fair bidding and high standards, but they actually restrict competition and concentrate the contracts into a small number of hands and restrict the talent. white who is doing the restricting? is it the is it the chief contractor overseeing the contract? i'm not saying it's his mates getting it, but there must be

something like that going on? it's more the government process. you have processes like prequalification and the formulation of framework agreements and often there are requirements that are biased against small businesses to entry. partly because of the price, but taking our architects, if it's a hospital, you might have two build three hospitals previous in the last five years and have a certain turnover requirement or sit and insurance requirements. often these act as barriers and only the largest companies can do the bidding. only the largest companies do the bidding. it's that small pool that concerns you. i think so. and the concern there is you are concentrating risk. we have seen that with this collapse. it happens carillion is a very large business, the last big construction company to go under was seven or eight years ago, and that was roc, and carillion

is seven or eight times that size. looking at similar contracts, some questions over into server and other contracts at the moment. what needs to happen now and what do you want the government to do? the current situation with carillion, we have quite a lot of clarity from government that they will underwrite public service contracts. the issue with carillion is a lot of work was construction work and they have done nothing about that, said nothing about it. that exists with a lot of private—sector construction work as well and we are looking for clarity from the liquidators as to what will happen. presumably if someone has contracted carillion to do some work and carillion says they can't do it, they still want the work done. the subcontractors are still in place so there is still some light at the end ofa there is still some light at the end of a pretty dark tunnel?” there is still some light at the end of a pretty dark tunnel? i think so, looking at these tier two and three co nsulta nts looking at these tier two and three consultants involved in the project, presumably many of them will be retained for the completion of the contract, but the delay will have a big impact on their cash flow and

it's whether the companies can stay solvent in that process that might be an issue for some of them. adrian dobson, thank you. as we've been hearing, the bayeux tapestry is set to be displayed in britain for the first time. the french president emmanuel macron is due to confirm the loan when he meets theresa may at sandhurst tomorrow. it's not clear where or when the artwork will be displayed, and tests will need to be carried out to ensure it can be moved without damage. our correspondent paul adams is in bayeux. it's a nice gesture by the french president but it's by no means certain that it will happen. no, i can add to when and where the word if. we have come from the museum across the way whether tapestry is displayed and we have been talking to the absolutely delightful curator who tells me this is the start of a long process of negotiation. the

reason if, they do not quite know yet whether the tapestry is in a fit state to be moved. they are very hopeful it will be. it requires quite a bit of work and it might be a few years before it happens, but they need to make sure this astonishing artefact, which is a real prize work, almost 1000 years old, is in a fit state to be moved before that happens. they are delighted at the prospect and think this is a piece ofjoint anglo—french patrimony. something that tells the story of both countries. they will be thrilled if it was to spend some time in the uk because they are actually due to renovate their museum, so they need somewhere to store it in the meantime. but they are very excited. forgive the cynicism, you are a diplomatic correspondent, what's in it for the french and what does emmanuel macron have going on in the back of his mind? he gave a speech

in september that talked about the need for greater cultural exchanges between the eu. officials of his this morning have said this gesture should be seen in the context of that. 24 hours ago i was in calais talking about the demands emmanuel macron was likely to make of theresa may with regard the migrant situation there. 24 hours later we have what is undoubtedly the most astonishing cultural gesture that a leader could possibly make. it's ha rd leader could possibly make. it's hard not to see that as a desire to keep the relationship, in its widest sense, rich, fruitful and not to allow something as tawdry as brexit to get in the way of these rather grander designs. interestingly, those same officials were apparently asked this morning, discussing amongst themselves, what artefact

britain could offer by way of exchange. apparently they couldn't think of one that was good enough! laughter that's diplomacy! paul adams in bayeux, thank you. that's told us. in a moment the business news with rachel. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. theresa may faces angry questions from jeremy corbyn in the commons — over the collapse of building giant carillion. fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk. police in scotland one drivers not to travel unless it's essential. haemorrhaging' nurses — new figures show one in 10 leaving the nhs in england each year — meaning there are now more leaving the profession than joining. the boss of the gmb union has described the government's response to the carillion crisis as "inadequate and inept". the construction giant went bust on monday putting thousands ofjobs at risk. the support for private sector firms

that were working with carillion is due to end today. shares in rival services and construction firm interserve slumped by more than 9% this morning, it's now recovered to around 1.5% down. it happened as reports suggested interserve could also be in financial difficulty. but the company has said they expect 2017 performance to be in—line with expectations issued in october — and 2018 operating profit to be ahead of current market expectations. three—fifths of new cars should be electric by 2030 if the uk is to meet its greenhouse gas targets. the committee on climate change says homes also need to be built with better insulation. the uk has cut emissions sharply but the organisation says the uk will fall short of its ambitions unless ministers do more to turn pledges into reality. bitcoin has traded below $10,000 for the first time since early december. the value of one bitcoin fell to $9,958 before making a slight recovery, according to the price index run

by the news site coindesk. you have some news on herrera rusher, you are spoiling us! —— on ferrero rocher. nestle is selling its us sweets and chocolate business to ferrero group for around £2bn. it means ferrero, which makes nutella spread, tic tacs and ferrero rocher, will become the us's third biggest confectionery maker. the deal is expected to go through by march this year. but what do candy lovers in the us think? joining us now is samira hussain in new york. samria, let's start with the business reasons behind this — why do nestle want to sell its us confectionary business and why do

ferrero want to buy it? i want to start with, is there some ferrero rocher exchange happening in the studio between you and simon? if there is, i'd like a part of the action. it's an advert that runs here where... i'm not going to go into it, but are you spoiling us is the payoff line. you probably don't haveitin the payoff line. you probably don't have it in the united states. but the ferrero rocher chocolate.” have it in the united states. but the ferrero rocher chocolate. i know it very well. the business reasons make sense for both companies. ferrero rocher wants to increase its footprint in the united states. the us brand of nestle allows them to do that with some iconic brands of chocolate. for nestle, why would they want to share their candy business? it's the big names sake

for the company. they want to concentrate on other things like frozen food and baby food, so they are trying to get into other areas and avenues. by shedding their candy business they are going to be better able and better position to do that. what chocolate and candy bars are we talking about? is their reaction on social media with people concerned their favourite chocolate bar might taste differently if it is made and brought out by another company? people are in luck. when it comes to nestle, some of the more well—known chocolate brands like kit kat are safe for the american consumer. some of the brands going to ferrero rocher are butterfingers, crunch, and the skinny cow lying that was launched a few years ago for people

wanting to watch their weight, but still wanting a sweet treat. the collapse of carrillion is still in the headlines and there's been talk about how some investors have actually been making a profit out of it? particularly hedge fund managers. millions of pounds was made in the run—up to the collapse. millions of pounds was made in the run-up to the collapse. stories all week that carillion was going to liquidation. some hedge funds have made hundreds of millions of pounds by betting on the fact the share price would fall. it's a concept we talked about before, it's called short selling. when you get your head around it, you can understand it, but it can take a while to get there. here to help us do that is mike ingram — chief market strategist at wh ireland. first mike — remind us what is a hedge fund? a hedge fund is a pretty eclectic

bunch of investors and they basically tend to be lightly regulated funds with a lot of flexibility into what they can invest and how they invest. therefore they tend to be the domain of professional investors rather than the person on the street. it's actually the very flexibility of hedge fund strategies that make it difficult to pin down exactly what they do. as you have just mentioned, one of the things they can certainly do is short sell, and they have made a lot of money out of carillion, no doubt. how does short selling work? ina doubt. how does short selling work? in a traditional fund you bet on price appreciating, going up. you buy them low and sell them alive. going short, as the hedge funds have done, is the reverse of that, selling high and buying back low. looking at the share price of carillion in recent years, with hedge fund is circling around the company since 2015. in 2015 you could have sold a share of carillion

north of 300 p. the last traded price of carillion on friday was 14.2 p. nice way to make money. hedge fund is worth starting to short sell carillion as early as 2013. how could they foresee there was a problem coming because they we re was a problem coming because they were banking on the share price falling. you will always get a certain amount of short selling activity, even in companies that are perfectly viable, long—term businesses. they are going concerns, but they might think in a point in time the share price is overdue for a drop. what is notable in carillion is this massive build—up. it was pretty relentless and all one way for the last two and a half years, way before the series of profit warnings we saw last year. what they we re warnings we saw last year. what they were looking at whether balance sheets and the finances of the company, looking at the contracts they were taking on and the price they were taking on and the price they were taking them on at and

saying, this is not going to work. the market has been relatively late in recognising that there were serious problems. and they are not alone, the government is in that picture too. it suggests that perhaps a lot of people investing in the market at the moment are not thinking very critically. thank you for explaining that for us. the ftse 100 is down almost half percent. engineering giant gkn has rejected a £7.4 billion hostile takeover bid from melrose industries. turnaround specialist melrose said it believed it could "deliver significantly greater benefits" to gkn's shareholders than gkn could on its own. that share price is up 0.6%. burberry, the fashion house, share prices falling. sterling was weakened last year so burberry was a

good target for overseas visitors. that doesn't follow through into this year because the price is still weak. they did well in the run—up to christmas but not so well this time. and rolls—royce is up because they have plans to streamline and investors like the sound of that. 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 "johnny" johnson, 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 bomb. 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. it's a complete stranger, but 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. 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 neverforget that dambusters 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 it had been breached. there was water everywhere. radio: it's gone and 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, a wonderful life, it really was. a remarkable story and remarkable

man. let's have a look at the weather. much of northern britain contending with the legacy of yesterday's severe weather with snow and ice still a hazard through the remainder of today. in terms of falling snow, towards the evening the picture becomes quieter but only briefly as we look at this area of low pressure swinging in from the atlantic. spell of strong wind for almost all areas. snow is the primary concern for southern scotland and northern england through the small hours of thursday. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in northern ireland with the mixture pushing through. rain moving through quickly, but leaving some in the north—east first thing thursday and it could give disruption thanks to snow, heavy rain and the strength of the wind. strong wind and high tides mean coastal flooding is possible strong wind and high tides mean coastalflooding is possible in the south—west. thursday is generally a

quieter day as the low heads off to the continent and we should see some decent winter sunshine. there will be further showers around and it will continue to feel cold. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 3pm: theresa may faces angry questions from jeremy corbyn in the commons over the collapse of building giant carillion. 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? imight first 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. fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk after hundreds of drivers spent the night stranded in their cars. "haemorrhaging" nurses — new figures show one in ten leaving the nhs in england each year meaning there are now more leaving the profession than joining.

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. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — hugh woozencroft. and ben stokes is back. yes, ben stokes will return for england next month in new zealand, simon, that's despite being charged with affray. the ecb board said it wouldn't be fair for him to with affray. the ecb board said it wouldn't be fairfor him to remain unavainlable for an unknown period of time. i will have more later. thanks hugh, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. susan powell has all the weather. a lot of lying snow and ice still causing problems across northern britain k but as you can see, for many, the sun has come out. don't be fooled though. another spell of difficult weather is on the way this evening and overnight. strong winds for many of us and some more heavy snow for southern scotland and northern england. stay tuned. also coming up — could it be a french stitch—up?

— the grand diplomatic gesture by president macron which means the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly a thousand years and be loaned to britain. hello everyone. this is afternoon live. if yourjob is dependant on the outcome of the carillion mess, you may have watched prime minister's questions a short time ago hoping for some answers. but the sometimes angry exchanges between theresa may and jeremy corbyn over the collapse of britain's second largest construction business will have done little to ease workers' anxiety. and as the politicians traded accusations, the true depth of the trouble carillion got itself into was becoming clear. here's our business correspondent simon gompertz. prime minister, why were contracts awarded to carillion

despite the warnings? as people depending on carillion wait anxiously to hear about theirjobs, the prime minister was being put under pressure over the government's role in the collapse. these corporations 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 this costly racket of the relationship between the government and some of these contracts? i might remind the honourable gentleman that a third of these contracts were let by the labour government. what we want — what we want is good quality public

services delivered best value to the taxpayer. we're making sure the public services continue to be provided, that the workers 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 all the money owed to banks is taken into account. this senior insolvency expert says dealing with the carillion mess is an unprecedented challenge. if someone is owed money by carillion and is hoping they'll get that back from the official receiver, what hope do they have? this is one of the biggest insolvencies that i've come across in my career

and i can't stress enough how terrible the situation is. individual contractors will probably have to wait years before they were even know definitively whether they will receive anything or not. interserve is working to support and enhance our customers operations... the share price of interserve has dropped sharply, it also has cleaning, security and other contract with government. later the cabinet office said it wasn't in a comparable 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 principle, that is the thing. when it is your own business and your own money, the principal kicks in, no, you are not going to treat us like this. we jump through hoops to do the work, and you do the work to a good standard, so pay me when you need to pay me. nine in ten of carillion's

private sector service customers, not builders, have indicated they will provide funding, so workers can continue to be paid. our chief political correspondent vicki young, is in westminster. angry clashes in the commons. full of sound and fury, but what else?” mean the government to a certain extent is under pressure overall of this. theresa may was at pains to say look, we are not responsible for the management of carillion. that is up the management of carillion. that is up to them. we are customers like many other people, but that didn't stopjeremy many other people, but that didn't stop jeremy corbyn many other people, but that didn't stopjeremy corbyn really making the case for private companies, not to be so involved in the provision of public sector services, you know, a discussion which is certainly being kick—started here because of what happened and the collapse of that company. the government has done a couple of other things, having a meeting, greg clarke today, the business secretary, in the city,

with banks and saying to banks look, don't blame the small and medium sized businesses, some of which we have been hearing about, don't blame them for the collapse of carillion, really saying to them, be sympathetic and the banks are insisting they are extending overdraft facilities and helping out with other emergency arrangements because that is the ongoing issue. it is the knock on effect, notjust the collapse of this huge company, but what happens to those in the supply chain? now the government also being questioned about why after they were profit warnings, people knew this company was running into trouble, why did they continue to hand out contracts to them including one of the biggest and well nornings the hs2 contract. the transport secretary defended the decision today. it has been clear for some time that carillion has had issues, but many have had issues over the years. hsz did not have a contract on this project with a single company, it a contract with a consortium, and the whole venture is responsible for delivering the project. from our point of view,

the judgment has to be, is the contract intact, will the work begun? it's not for government author hsz to exclude firms and possibly push them under because of the impact on the business. it could be illegal to do so because there is no legal reason to exclude them. what we have to do is make sure that the contract is deliverable, there is no financial cost, the staff are covered, and if the right due diligence was done, there will be no impact of this tragic loss of carillion on the h52 project. now, there are questions to answer. the bonuses and pay going to bosses. there has been some movement there saying that has been stopped on the day of them going into liquidation, but there will be lots of calls and there have been here from mps, about how much money and the bonuses they can claw back because it is the kind of thing that makes people furious

and then he mentioned interserve, the prime minister's spokesman when asked whether the government was worried about that company, they said we regularly monitor all government suppliers and that would include interserve, but it is routine work for the cabinet office, so not singling out that company, but clearly, this is an ongoing situation which the government is monitoring, but they are coming under pressure, the political discussion if you like about how exactly public sector services are provided. vicki young, in the lobby of the house of commons, thank you very much. drivers are being warned to avoid some sections of the m74 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 has this report. the snow fell hard and fast. blizzard conditions overnight on one of scotland's most important routes. motorists faced treacherous

conditions on the steepest riches of the m74, the line of traffic slowing to a standstill, stranding drivers. some were stuck for hours. i have been stuck since half past one yesterday, but not a lot you can do about it. you just think in this day and age that these things shouldn't happen. lots of idiots in the third lane going to fast. steady, but it was getting worse, so i chose to stop here, i'm not going on to glasgow. mountain rescue teams were turned from the hills to the roads, checking the drivers were safe. we were called in by police scotland to go and check the welfare for the people in their vehicles. they had been there for quite a serious period of time, so it was ourjob to go and check the welfare and make sure they were ok.

with the conditions so bad overnight, those that occurred got off the motorway and parked up where it was safe. and this stretch of the m74 is, for now, open once again. but the weather is deteriorating, and the snow is continuing to fall. these pictures from north lanarkshire showed just how challenging driving in the snow and ice can be. one lorry driver struggling to maintain control. throughout the country, the gritters were out, clearing routes. but all 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 have been shut for the day. hundreds of homes remain without power. the emergency services struggled through the difficult conditions. in halifax in yorkshire, the public helped out

after an ambulance responding to a 999 call got stuck in the heavy snow. 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. more nurses left the nhs in england last year thanjoined. the statistics, given exclusively to the bbc, reveal that more than 33,000 gave up jobs with the service, that's 3,000 more than signed up. the royal college of nursing says more must be done to support younger nurses at the start of their careers. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. 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 the 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. let's cross to our health correspondent catherine burns, who is at birmingham children's hospital. catherine. this is the paediatric intensive care unit. it is the largest of its kind in europe. there are 31 beds here and 30 are taken right now and this is with the most dreadfully sick children this hospital. some would stay here for maybe two hours, others the average is six days, but some are here more

about a year. i'm joined by the lead nurse, jill campbell. jill, nursing isa nurse, jill campbell. jill, nursing is a tough job at the best of times, but this must be an emotionally toughjob to but this must be an emotionally tough job to do? it is a very difficultjob because we have the sickest children in the country that are in our intensive care unit and the difficult journey for our families and parents, but it is an amazing job as well. the job satisfaction one gets from being able to make a difference to our families and parents is second to none. it is so great to hear you talk aboutjob none. it is so great to hear you talk about job satisfaction, none. it is so great to hear you talk aboutjob satisfaction, but none. it is so great to hear you talk about job satisfaction, but you told me there are two to three deaths on this unit every week. how do you cope with that? we have a fantastic team approach here and it is multidisciplinary approach and it is multidisciplinary approach and it is about working together, we have team briefs and we have a fantastic staff nurse who works with us and she is accessible to all our staff and we have a multidisciplinary team where we can have a debrief and an opportunity to have a chat, have a

conversation and just share one another's emotional journey, how conversation and just share one another's emotionaljourney, how we are all feeling. most of the children have at least one nurse looking after them at any time and it is striking how young a lot of your nurses are. one of the things that came out in the figures is more than half the nurses leaving the nhs are under40. than half the nurses leaving the nhs are under 40. why do you think that is and have you experienced that kind of thing here? like all the nhs, we are, there is obviously, an ongoing shortage of nurses. we have nurses that are leaving, they are not leaving the profession though, they are going out to work in the community. they will be continuing to work in health care. what we have noticed over the last few months is we have lost and you know, ”2; " ’ ' and you know, ”2; is ’ ' east, and that's, you know, there is a big new hospital out there. people wa nt a big new hospital out there. people want to go and have another opportunity to be able to learn different

in the community is inthecommunityisthey . wa nt want a better work—life balance just want a better work—life balance and although, you know, you get the most amazing job satisfaction in acute medicine and working in intensive care, it is not unfortunately with the job comes nights and weekends and for some of the nursing staff, they want to be able to have their work—life balance and that's what is more important for them. thank you very much, jill. to give you a bit more context of the figures 33,000 nurses leaving the figures 33,000 nurses leaving the nhs in england every year, birmingham children's hospital employs over 1300 nurses. so that means that those 33,000 leavers could staff this hospital 25 times over. catherine, thank you very much. catherine, thank you very much. catherine burns there in birmingham. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the insolvency service says the former directors of the failed construction firm carillion will not receive bonus or severance payments. there are fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk —

police in scotland warn those in affected areas to avoid all but essential travel. more nurses are quitting than joining the profession than joining it. and in sport: ben stokes has been cleared to play cricket for england again. the all—rounder missed the ashes series because he faced police action for an incident outside a nightclub. he's since been charged with affray and the ecb say he is expected to join up with england for the t20 series in new zealand next month. kyle edmund has hailed his new found confidence at the australian open. he cruised past denis istomin in straight sets to reach the third round for the first time. eddie jones has signed a new deal to stay as england's rugby union head coach

until 2021, but no longer. the rfu say successor will be named a year prior to his departure. i will be back with more on those stories after 3.30pm. north and south korea have agreed to march together under a single "unified korea" flag at next month's winter olympics in the south. they also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team after rare talks at the truce village of panmunjom. these are the first high—level talks between the two koreas in more than two years. on a visit to london the speaker of the south korean parliament said this was a positive development and could herald what he termed the peace olympics. the pie olympics will succeed as the

peace olympics. even if the talks are not perfect, if this is mutely beneficial, we should accept it. for many years, our conversations with the north have been cut off in a period of darkness. the deknew collarisation of the korean peninsula is our ultimate goal, but without talking we can't achieve this. it is significant that dialogue has started again. we have sat down to talk about the olympics, but this can lead on to military talks and furthermore, north korean dialogue with the united states. the government has apologised after emily maitlis received a letterfrom a man, who harassed herfor two decades, while he was in prison.

a man from kingston is facing multiple charges including the rape and murder of a 21—year—old which he denies. jon donnison gave us this update from the old bailey. the woman was his niece. in setting out their case today, the prosecution allege injuly last their case today, the prosecution allege in july last year their case today, the prosecution allege injuly last year he kidnapped her as well as another young woman who can't be named for legal reasons. they were bound and gagged allegedly, he took them to a va ca nt gagged allegedly, he took them to a vacant property he had been working on as vacant property he had been working onasa vacant property he had been working on as a builder in south west london and there the prosecution allege that he raped and slit their throats. now, seline died. the second woman managed to survive and

managed to talk him into letting her go. she went on to alert police. now, a second man also appeared in court today. he is 28 years old. he is accused of assisting mr arshid in the initial kidnapping. both men deny the charges. 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 gave us the latest from barcelona. the separatist parties were dismissed from government, about to reshape, forming a coalition, but what we're hearing today is the

opening of parliament, i spent the last few days here working out where the catalan independence crisis is going next. 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. the obvious question is can carles puigdemont rule from belgium? he tweeted today to say that he would be in tweeted today to say that he would beina tweeted today to say that he would be in a position to do so, but he has kept a low profile avoiding all major interviews. 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 eleventh 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's 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 and 35 ladies of the leak embroidery society in the 1880s. it took them a year, probably the same time as the weaving of the real tapestry in canterbury in the 11th century. it tells the story leading up to william the conqueror‘s invasion of england in 1066. we see over 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 centuries old tradition. translation: this is about formalising a really important collaboration with institutions like the british museum. like the british museum, the british library and english heritage. 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. the 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 it is 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 where the tapestry will be shown. should it be london, or canterbury, the city where the norman bishop odo first commissioned it? it's a lot to agree, but the significance of this gesture cannot be underestimated. time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. much of northern britain continues to contend with the legacy of yesterday's severe weather, snow and ice will still be a hazard through the remainder of today. in terms of falling snow, actually towards the evening though, the puck tu re towards the evening though, the puck ture becomes quieter, but only briefly because when they are looking at this area of low pressure. snow our primary concern for southern scotland and northern england through the small hours of thursday. rain, sleet and snow, a

mixture for northern ireland. rain further south pushing across much of england, but the tail end of that low across the north—east of england for first low across the north—east of england forfirst thing on low across the north—east of england for first thing on thursday and that could give disruption thanks to snow and heavy rain and the strength of the win. strong winds and high tides mean coastal flooding is the win. strong winds and high tides mean coastalflooding is possible. thursday, generally a quieter day as the low heads off into the continent. we should see some decent sunshine, but there will be showers around and it will continue to feel cold. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: bonus payments to carillion's directors — including severance pay to former executives — have been stopped. court documents show carillion had just £29 million in cash when it collapsed on monday. it owed lenders £1.3 billion. fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk. hundreds of schools across scotland and northern ireland are closed. more than 200 motorists were stranded overnight on the m74. ‘haemorrhaging' nurses —

new figures show one in 10 leaving the nhs in england each year — meaning there are now more leaving the profession than joining. i would often be brought to tears during my shifts because there was just so much pressure on me. in a moment — could it be a french stitch—up? — the grand diplomatic gesture by president macron which means the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly a thousand years and be loaned to britain. but why now? we'll hear from a expert on why this is so exciting. sport now on afternoon live with hugh. we're looking at the ecb's decision to bring ben stokes back in, which looks a bit strange? yes if you're an english cricket fan, you would have been thinking what could have been. ben stokes at times a great

figure for england. but he was not considered for selection after an incident outside a nightclub in bristol. so he missed the ashes series. two days ago the police investigation ended with a charge of affray. however, despite that charge, the ecb have decided to bring stokes back. he will fly out to new zealand for the t20 and one—day series next month that. seems a serious decision. people that you would they would wait until the end of the criminal proceedings. we know stokes has been charged with affray and will come before magistrates at trial at some time and in that context the ecb have decided that it would not be proportionate or fair to not consider him available for selection

while they wait for the criminal proceedings to reach their conclusion. now, people may wellask what has changed in term of ben stokes' status now that he is available to go to new zealand but that he wasn't available to be pickford the ashes. maybe it is a practicality, the level of scrutiny from the media and the public that ben stokes might face in new zealand would be less than he would have faced in australia. of course england have already seen ben stokes play some cricket in new zealand for canterbury, why then might they asked should we not get the benefit of his cricketing ability? kyle edmund beat the world number 11 in his opning match and in many ways was even more impressive today — with a completely dominant win to progress to the third round at the australian open.. for the first time in his career. he barely gave denis istomin a chance with in the 6—2, 6—2, 6—4 victory overnight in less than an hour and a half. he'll take on georgia's

nikoloz basilashvili next. defending champion rafa nadal is yet to drop a set in the tournament. the spaniard came through 6—3, 6—4, 7—6 against argentine leonardo mayer. he warned organisers to look after players with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees in melbourne tomorrow. second seed caroline wozniacki found life tougher against jana fett. 5—1 down in the decider, she saved two match points before prevailing 7—5. she said her competitive sporting family kept her going, adding she'd have never heard the end of it if she'd lost. marta kostyuk became the youngest player to reach the third round of a grand slam since 1997 as the 15—year—old qualifier beat olivia rogowska. kostyuk is the youngest player to reach that stage at a slam since mirjana lucic—baroni in the 1997 us open.

the world number 521 plays fourth seed and fellow ukranian elina svitolina in the last 32. i think ithink i'm i think i'm going to play on a big court again. but i willjust try to show my best tennis. because she like all my opponents, she will struggle a bit and will try to use this. jones took over two years ago and has won 22 of his three test matches in charge. his original deal was due to end after the world cup injapan. 4 time major winner rory mcilroy says he feels more energised as he prepares to return to golfing action for the first time in three months.

he'll take part in the abu dhabi championship, starting tomorrow morning, after missing the end of last season. he revealed last week that he was being monitored for a minor heart irregularity but can't wait to get back on the course. i'm feeling good. it's been a productive three and a half months of looking after myself and getting myself fit and healthy again and working on a few things on my game. so it has been good. ifeel like i needed the time off, but i'm ready to get back and get out there and play golf tournaments again. that is all the sport for now. thank you. speaking from the backbenches, former education secretary, justine greening, said brexit has to be positive for young people. speaking from the backbenches she said brexit had to be positive four young people. i represent a young

constituency in london and the bottom line that is looking ahead if brexit doesn't work for young people in our country, brexit doesn't work for young people in ourcountry, in brexit doesn't work for young people in our country, in the end it will not be sustainable. when they take their place here they will seek to improve or undo what we have done and make it work for them. so we do have a duty to look ahead and ensure whatever we get is sustainable and works for them. donald trump's former white house director of communications has told bbc hardtalk that the president uses twitter to ‘jump' over mainstream media and reach the people who voted for him. referring to some of trump's more controversial tweets about north korea, antony scaramucci said he understood the wit and sarcasm donald trump was trying to convey. let me give you news flash and put your viewers at ease, when he is doing that, somebody like donjunior or myself, we laugh. we get the joke

that's imbedded inside that. we get the sarcasm inside it. we don't analyse it like liberal journalists do. we look at it for what it is. when he says his button is bigger than the other guy's button, it is a joke. it is part of his wit and personality. you may not like it, but he is 71 years old and he believes and i believe that he used twit twitter to jump over the mainstream media to the people who voted for him. you can watch the full interview with anthony scaramucci on hardtalk on the bbc iplayer from tomorrow. a man who had lived in the us for 30 years was deported on monday after being ordered to present himself with a one—way ticket to mexico at detroit airport. 39—year—old jorge garcia was brought illegally to the us aged 10, but failed to secure legal status.

the father—of—two was too old to qualify for deferred action for childhood arrivals. his partner cindy told reporters that according to paperwork he has been given a 10—year—bar from returning to the united states. we're going to pray and get him back fast. as fast as the paper work given the ten year ban. i have seen the paperwork. as we've been hearing, the bayeux tapestry is set to be displayed in britain for the first time. the french president emmanuel macron is due to confirm the loan when he meets theresa may at sandhurst tomorrow. it's not clear where or when the artwork will be displayed and tests will need to be carried out to ensure it can be moved without damage. joining me now from salford is medieval embroidery specialist dr alexandra makin. i'm guessing this is very exciting news? yes, very exciting news. why, because of the time lapse, or because of the time lapse, or because just the importance of

having it back in this country? it's due to the importance of the fact that this fragile artefact may be able to be moved and that people in this country who haven't been able to get to france to see it will have the opportunity of seeing it here. also from a... scholar's point of view it will give us opportunities hopefully to be able to study it up close as well. explain a bit about the process which created it, how many people would have been involved and where do you think it was made? well to the first part of your question, we don't know how many people were involved. research that i've done where i have looked at photographs of the back, from a technical point of view, point to a professional group working together asa professional group working together as a group, possibly in workshop conditions under a manager. but

apart from that, we can't say any more. the consensus is at the moment that the embroidery was undertaken in the canterbury area of this country. in terms of an embroiderer, they were high in society at the time? yes they were. anglo saxon embroiderers, who were women at that point, were highly thought of and there is evidence of them in domesday book making gold work for the king and once the normans took over, they commissioned anglo saxon embroiders to continue working for them. it is a huge work, you must have concerned about how easy that is going to be to bring over here? yes, it is a fragile object and it is very important both to the french population and too the british. however, the cure raters in bayeux

have looked a of the object since they got it and they will be working with people over here to look at the best viable options of moving it, if it does come here and they will be creating the best containers and storage in orderfor it creating the best containers and storage in order for it to come over in an undamaged state. if you look away from the embroidery, but at the characters, some do appear quite different, is there any significance in that. sorry could you repeat that? a lot of characters appear different, they change as you move along it, is that sigg civil servant. it could be or it could be the way they were drawn on the ground before they were stitched or the way they stitched each one giving them individual features, distinctions. it is something that needs to be looked at and i know there are researchers who are looking at that sort of thing from

different aspects. as a gesture, the president of france has done, is hugein president of france has done, is huge in historical terms? president of france has done, is huge in historicalterms? yes it president of france has done, is huge in historical terms? yes it is fantastic and it is exciting scholars and the general public. what do you think it should go? that is not for me to say. there are better ball if ied —— qualified people. just between you and me, is there a perfect place, i don't mean your front room. i was about to say that slam no, i'm going to leave that slam no, i'm going to leave that to other people. you are being very diplomatic. thank you for your insight. hundreds of people are being denied

help. here is our legal affairs correspondent. giving evidence in criminal cases be intimidating for ordinary adults, but for the young and vulnerable it can be daunting. that is where registered intermediaries come in — they're specialists in communications who work in distressing cases involving vulnerable witnesses and victims. we worked with a boy who was reluctant to speak, but we made figure 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 victim's commissioner has uncovered concerns about the scheme.

it found in 250 cases a year, vulnerable people were not getting an intermediary. provision is inconsistent across england and wales and it is five more likely to get one in cumbria than london. there are delays averaging four weeks in matching victims with intermediaries. registered intermediaries. registered intermediaries can make a difference between justin intermediaries can make a difference betweenjustin delivered and —— justice delivered and justice denied. if we had a national league we would match the information and wouldn't find the inconsistency and they could put a report into parliament and if they need more, there is one unit that would say we more and we have the data to prove

it. the government said intermediaries are vital in helping vulnerable victims and that is why it doubled the size of the registered intermediary scheme. but it welcomes the report, which it says it will carefully consider. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the insolvency service says the former directors of the failed construction firm carillion will not receive bonus or severance payments. there are fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk — police in scotland warn those in affected areas to avoid all but essential travel. "a dangerous downward spiral" — the royal college of nursing calls for action as more nurses are now quitting the profession than joining in england. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the boss of the gmb union has described the government's response to the carillion crisis

as "inadequate and inept". the construction giant went bust on monday putting thousands ofjobs at risk. the support for private sector firms that were working with carillion is due to end today. three—fifths of new cars should be electric by 2030 if the uk is to meet its greenhouse gas targets. the committee on climate change says homes also need to be built with better insulation. the uk has cut emissions sharply but the organisation says the uk will fall short of its ambitions unless ministers do more to turn pledges into reality. bitcoin has traded below $10,000 for the first time since early december. the value of one bitcoin fell to $9,958 before making a slight recovery, according to the price index run by the news site coindesk. before christmas it peaked just shy of $20,000. in the last hour you mentioned the burberry share price is down by almost 8% — why? it is down 7.6%. they gave their

chris mat tmas trading figures and their uk seams had fallen —— sales had fallen. the reason burberry gave, had fallen. the reason burberry av had fallen. the reason burberry gave, we know it them, the luxury british brand, the reason they gave was that the brexit vote happened in june 2016, sterling fell and that christmas of 2016 we saw a big influx of overseas visitors shopping. so they saw a huge rise and they haven't seen that repeated to the same extent this year. that is odd isn't it? before christmas the pound was still weak, lots of visitor were still coming. but for some reason burberry didn't see the same rise in sales that they saw in the same period last week. joining us is madelyn postman,

creative director, grain creative — there are also other things happening at burberry — aside from less people coming to ta ke aside from less people coming to take advantage of the weak pound, they lost their creative director and they have a plan to shift the focus to more expensive items, have burberry alienated some of their customers? yes, the new co who took over in july last year, customers? yes, the new co who took over injuly last year, in november he announced a new strategy to make it into a superluxury company. this is losing the core of their customers. they want to create new lines and the markets reacted initially badly to that and now they have reacted badly again. so they're trying to cut out a lot of customers. there is no creative director at the helm and now it is a ship without a rudder. why is it that people care so much about burberry? it has been a success

story until now. christopher bailey has given it fantastic direction. but it seeps time —— seems time to change. there is a new ceo and no creative director. we want burberry to continue to succeed, but it needs to continue to succeed, but it needs to do what is doing and have a strategy and find a new creative director who will give them good direction. the burberry share price has been volatile and it is down almost 8% today. as a company, does it look attractive to another company to take over? the strategy isa company to take over? the strategy is a long—term strategy, he says results will come in in about four yea rs, results will come in in about four years, positive results. as we have seen it has been flat since that announcement, dipping or diving in fa ct. announcement, dipping or diving in fact. so it does look like perhaps he is getting the company ready to

be sold. thank you. the bosses of facebook, twitter and youtube are being questioned in the us today over the spread of extremist material on the internet? that's right those bosses will be attending a hearing in the us aimed at tackling the spread of extremist content online. all three of the platforms have already taken measures to prevent terrorist propaganda but politicians around the world say more needs to be done. last year, facebook said it plans to boost its team of moderators by more than 3,000. and google says it'll increase the number of people monitoring content to a total of 10 thousand. meanwhile twitter has already removed around a million accounts related to terrorism. it's a big concern for governments around the world. in the uk, ministers have suggested tech giants could face punitive taxes if they don't do more in the fight against terrorism. richard kramer, founder and managing partner at equity research firm arete research. pa rt part sof of it gets solved by being

a commercial group. twitter sales are down, despite the trump effect. people can say almost anything on the platform. facebook, they have wrestled with their role in elections and the spread of fake news and have pledged to self—regulate themselves. news and have pledged to self— regulate themselves. what news and have pledged to self—regulate themselves. what the politicians will be looking for is whether these companies are seriously about the commitment to regulate their own platforms. either or they will have to step in themselves. in terms of the expense it is something the companies can afford. google has $100 million of cash. it is not the expense. these companies are behaving as publishers do, and don't want to have the same sort of regulatory regime publishers do. it is only a matter of time

before there is a balance struck between the public content and what is separated out as the comments of individuals, in the same way you have rules for comments sections on newspapers that you have beneath the articles. now markets. gkn are a big company and last week melrose, a turn around company came in and make a company more effective and give the shareholders greater value. they think gkn is a good target and they made an offer. a friendly offer last week. this week was a formal offer. gkn have said again no. so the bid could turn hostile. we will talk that about in an hour. doesn't that mean they go to share holders direct? you already know this. yes they will go to shareholders and try

and cut out the board. you can cancel the guest. and they have burberry have no creative director and are focussing on high end. people are worried that will cut out a lot of their customers. rolls—royce have plans to sort out their business, people think they will streamline it and cut management, shareholders like the sound of that, up 6%. isn't the dow doing amazing thicks. we have had results from bank of america and goldman sachs, who have announced their first loss since 2011, a lot is tied up in the tax changes that president trump made. so people are confused about how to read the figures. a sort of yes and no answer. but thank you. it's one of the most famous flying teams in british history. 75 years after carrying out the daring dambusters raid,

the raf‘s 6—1—7 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. it's a complete stranger. 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 don't know if 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 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. now the weather. much of northern britain continues to contend with the legacy of yesterday's severe weather. snow and ice will still be a hazard through the remainder of today. in terms of falling snow,

towards the evening the picture becomes brighter. but then this low pressure will swing in. a spell of strong winds for almost areas, snow a concern for southern scotland and northern england through the small hours. rain, sleet and snow in northern ireland as the system whips through. rain further south. northern ireland as the system whips through. rainfurthersouth. but still the tail end of low across the north—east of england on thursday and that could give some disruption thanks to snow, rain and the strength of the wind. strong winds and high tides mean coastalflooding is possible in the south west. thursday a quieter day with some sunshine. but there will be further showers. and it will continue to feel cold. hello. you're watching afternoon live. theresa may faces angry questions from jeremy corbyn in the commons over the collapse of building giant carillion. 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?” relationship between government and some of these companies? i might first of all remind the right honourable that a third of the carillion contracts were let by the labour government. fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk after hundreds of drivers spent the night stranded in their cars. "haemorrhaging" nurses — new figures show one in 10 leaving the nhs in england each year, meaning there are now more leaving the profession than joining. 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. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — ollie has that for us. ben stokes is back, but a confusing some decision from the ecb? that's right, simon. good afternoon, the star all—rounder will return to the england squad next month. a decision

that has been described as ill logical by a former england captain. thanks ollie and susan has all the weather. things have calmed down, but overnight a deep area of low pressure means a widespread of the british isles will be affected by strong winds, but heavy snow again for southern scotland and northern england. also coming up — could it be a french stitch—up? — the grand diplomatic gesture by president macron which means the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly a thousand years — and be loaned to britain, but why now? good afternoon. welcome to afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. if yourjob is dependant on the outcome of the carillion mess, you may have watched prime minister's questions a short time ago hoping for some answers. but the sometimes angry exchanges between theresa may

and jeremy corbyn over the collapse of britain's second largest construction business will have done little to ease workers' anxiety. and as the politicians traded accusations, the true depth of the trouble carillion got itself into was becoming clear. here's our business correspondent simon gompertz. carillion director bonus payments and redundancy payments are being stopped. reporter: prime minister, why were contracts awarded to carillion despite the warnings? as people depending on carillion wait anxiously to hear about theirjobs, the prime minister was being put under pressure over the government's role in the collapse. these corporations 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 this costly racket of the relationship

between government and some of these companies? i might remind the right honourable gentleman that a third of these contracts were let by the labour government. what we want — what we want — what we want is good quality public services delivered best value to the taxpayer. we're making sure the public services continue to be provided, that the workers 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 is taken into account. this senior insolvency expert says dealing with the carillion mess is an unprecedented challenge. if someone is owed money by carillion and is hoping they'll get that back from the official receiver, what hope do they have? this is one of the biggest insolvencies that i've come across in my career and i can't stress enough how terrible the situation is. individual contractors will probably have to wait years before they were even know definitively whether they will receive anything or not. interserve is working to support and enhance our customers operations... the share price of interserve has dropped sharply, it also has cleaning, security and other contract with government. later the cabinet office said it wasn't in a comparable 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 principle, that is the thing. when it is your own business and your own money, the principal kicks in, no, you are not going to treat us like this. we jump through hoops to do the work, and you do the work to a good standard, so pay me when you need to pay me. nine in ten of carillion's private sector service customers, not builders, have indicated they will provide funding, so workers can continue to be paid. the emergency services are warning that "all travel should be avoided" in southern scotland and north east england — areas covered by the met office's latest amber warning that's in place for this evening. more than 200 schools in scotland are closed today, affecting well over 20,000 pupils.

hundreds of drivers were forced to spend the night in their cars on the m74 in dumfries and galloway, after heavy snow caused major delays. the met office says winds of up to 80mph are also expected to sweep across the country. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has this report. the snow fell hard and fast. blizzard conditions overnight on one of scotland's most important routes. motorists faced treacherous conditions on the steepest riches of the m74, the line of traffic slowing to a standstill, stranding drivers. some were stuck for hours. i have been stuck since half past one yesterday, but not a lot you can do about it. you just think in this day and age that these things shouldn't happen. lots of idiots in the third lane going to fast. steady, but it was getting worse, so i chose to stop here, i'm not going on to glasgow.

mountain rescue teams were turned from the hills to the roads, checking the drivers were safe. we were called in by police scotland to go and check the welfare for the people in their vehicles. they had been there for quite a serious period of time, so it was ourjob to go and check the welfare and make sure they were ok. with the conditions so bad overnight, those that occurred got off the motorway and parked up where it was safe. and this stretch of the m74 is, for now, open once again. but the weather is deteriorating, and the snow is continuing to fall. these pictures from north lanarkshire showed just how challenging driving in the snow and ice can be. one lorry driver struggling to maintain control. throughout the country, the gritters were out, clearing routes. but all 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 have been shut for the day. hundreds of homes remain without power. the emergency services struggled through the difficult conditions. in halifax in yorkshire, the public helped out after an ambulance responding to a 999 call got stuck in the heavy snow. 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. let's cross live now to our correspondent, catriona renton, whojoins us from abington in lanarkshire. it is good to see you because earlier there was a blizzard and we couldn't make out anything, but if looks as though the road is open,

but going quietly? yes, it is pretty quiet on the road. a lot of people have obviously taken on the warnings that's been happening throughout the day. the conditions haven't com pletely day. the conditions haven't completely improved, but you could see it is good at the moment. but there is worse to come. there is another amber warning and i have spoken to one of our weather presenters who told me that where we are right now are in the middle of where the amber weather warning is forecast to come tonight. it is due it start at 9pm. it will affect the south of scotland and dumfries and galloway and the borders and parts of south lanarkshire, all that kind of south lanarkshire, all that kind of area. people are being warned ahead of time. the scottish government had a meeting of their resilience committee today. the advice to people using the roads is do avoid all travel if you're in one of these areas that is affected by the amber warning. they are saying

don't take unnecessary risks because, of course, we saw what happened to people last night in lorna's report, it was miserable, but it can be dangerous because if there are other vehicles blocking there are other vehicles blocking the roads and that stops the gritters and the emergency services from being able to get through. so, the warning is to try and avoid travel if you can in these conditions. it is mid-winter. we're talking scotland. i mean how unusual is this sort of snow? it's not that unusual. i mean usually most winters we do get snow. some drivers have said the conditions on this road last night were particularly bad. some saying they were the worst that they'd seen for a decade. so, it is not, we haven't seen that situation really for a number of years now where people had been trapped in their cars overnight, but i have in their cars overnight, but i have in the course of my career reported on that several times in scotland in the winter, so it does happen. but

it certainly, it's just common sense really, isn't it? the other advice people are getting is to make sure if you are in your car at this time of year, when these conditions are here to make sure you're properly equipped, that you have got warm clothes that you have got drinks and things in the car to make sure that you are ok, if you are unlucky, but the advice really is just to heed the advice really is just to heed the warnings. 0k. the warnings. ok. thank you very much. more on the row betweenjeremy corbyn and theresa may. vicki young in westminster and politicians blaming each other essentially, but these were government contracts awarded by both parties as theresa may pointed out? this goes back a long time. it is not a new thing to give private sector companies contracts to deliver public services, but it has raised the broader question now about whether things should change

and we saw about whether things should change and we saneremy corbyn, the labour leader, broadening the argument, asking for reassurances about workers who are understandably worried about their jobs, workers who are understandably worried about theirjobs, but broadening the argument to say that this is a defining moment. this could change things in the future. well, let's discuss this more. i'm joined by labour's, the shadow cabinet office minister, john trickett, is it a watershed moment or is itjust the failure of one admittedly large company? this is the failure of a large company and we're worried about the jobs and the services that people depend on them, but it is also something wrong with the whole system. we think outsourcing has gone far too far. corporate greed really before the needs of the local community and of the workforce. and it doesn't work that way. if it's provided by the public service, by the public sector so we public service, by the public sector so we think it has gone far too far and time to reverse direction or change direction and let's try to bring the services back in house

where they can be run for service rather than for profit. but why are you so confident that ministers in hall, that government departments will be any better or any good at all at running these services? well, that assumes that we are somehow proposing some old—fashioned form of nationalisation and we are not. we are offering new ways of providing a service. you know, the way the internet works and the way new technology works means we can do things different than the old ways of doing it. this is a modern problem with modern solution, but what we can't have though is billions of pounds being poured into the private companies and then be used really as a way of strengthening your wallet for these very well paid people already at the expense of the workers. at the expense of the workers. at the expense of the workers. at the expense of those who receive their service. so, ithink expense of those who receive their service. so, i think things have to change and this is a big watershed moment in british life. we heard from chris grayling earlier

and he made the point by saying he doesn't think the government should start building megaprojects. are you saying that government should build our motorways no, that's not the argument we are making. we are interested tax funded services, every pound you're paying in tax goes to these corporations, so taxpayer funded services which are provided directly to the public. they're running schools. they're running hospitals and prisons. these things we should have an interest m, things we should have an interest in, whoever heard of making profits out of running prisons in our country? it is something which i don't think people feel comfortable about and the profit hadn't been going to the wider public. it has been going to a handful of people at the top. we need a country that runs for everybody and not just for a few very rich people. thank you very much indeed. so all of that, for the future, labour say they will outline in the next few weeks exactly what they mean, about their programme to really change the way that the public services are delivered. vicki young, thank you.

you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the insolvency service says the former directors of the failed construction firm carillion will not receive bonus or severance payments. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the insolvency service says the former directors of the failed construction firm carillion will not receive bonus or severance payments. there are fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk — police in scotland warn those in affected areas to avoid all but essential travel. "a dangerous downward spiral" — the royal college of nursing calls for action as more nurses are now quitting the profession than joining in england. and in sport: the ecb will let ben stokes play on their tour of new zealand next month, despite the all—rounder being charged with affray this week. they left him out of the ashes, as he waited to hear if he would be charged after a nightclub brawl last september. he has vowed to clear his name. the british number two beat denis istomin in straight sets. eddie jones has signed a two—year contract extension with the rugby football union. he'll remain as head coach until 2021.

i will be back with more on those stories in the next 15 minutes on afternoon live. north and south korea have agreed to march together under a single "unified korea" flag at next month's winter olympics in the south. they also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team after rare talks at the truce village of panmunjom. these are the first high—level talks between the two koreas in more than two years. the games will begin on 9th february in pyeongchang in south korea. on a visit to london the speaker of the south korean parliament said this was a positive development and could herald what he termed the peace olympics. translation: if we have north koreans musicians performing in south, the olympics will succeed as the peace olympics. even if the talks are not perfect, if this is mutely beneficial, we should accept it.

more nurses left the nhs in england last year thanjoined. the statistics, given exclusively to the bbc, reveal that more than 33,000 gave up jobs with the service, that's 3,000 more than signed up. the royal college of nursing says more must be done to support younger nurses at the start of their careers. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. 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 the 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. joining us from sheffield is laura serrant, who chairs

the black and minority ethnic strategic advisory group under the chief nursing officerfor england. just how bad are things? are we actually looking at a point where some wards are short of nurses because there aren't enough to fill the spaces? i think obviously in certain areas there are clearly shortages of nursing, but i think that we need to be clear that the drop in nurses that we see within the nhs while accurate doesn't actually reflect the hole profession and that actually nursing and the movement of nurses to different areas of work is because it is a such diverse profession and there are more opportunities for people to work outside the nhs as nurses on the register and not only within the nhs and in a hospital setting. but theissue nhs and in a hospital setting. but the issue for a younger nurse is the pressure of working within the nhs? i think for some people it is like

that and you know, clearly from the people that you've had on the report that, you know, unfortunately people have felt the stress and the strains of the pressures of the service, however, it's not like that for everybody. and i think we need to be quite mindful that people do need support at the beginning of their careers and that is essentially the focus of a lot of the development work that's been done within the profession, but also, that we need to be mindful that people, other people, need support to excel and to expand their roles such as the young woman that you spoke to earlier. professor, are we getting this wrong? are we assuming that it is a dissatisfaction and unhappiness that younger nurses have with the nhs and working for it and perhaps confusing that with well, there are so many otherjobs for which that with well, there are so many other jobs for which they're suitable because good nurses can do lots of other things?” suitable because good nurses can do lots of other things? i think that's a very important point and certainly one that i would support and think we need to think about much more widely. that actually nurses are

trained to work across a range of professional fields and we actually need nurses in all those areas. if we didn't have nurses in the community, if we didn't have nurses within drug agencies, if we didn't have nurses within education, the hole of the system would suffer from support. so, ithink hole of the system would suffer from support. so, i think partially, hole of the system would suffer from support. so, ithink partially, it's a better or a i support. so, ithink partially, it's a better ora i had support. so, ithink partially, it's a better or a i had woulder view of nursing as a diverse profession where nursing doesn't only take place by the bed—side and in a hospital and so you're right, there are more opportunities for nurses and we are training them to recognise those opportunities and to be able to support the health care economy across—the—board. be able to support the health care economy across-the-board. thank you very much for your time this arch. 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 eleventh 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's 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 wardall and 35 ladies of the leek embroidery society in the 1880s. it took them a year, probably the same time as the weaving of the real tapestry in canterbury in the 11th century. it tells the story leading up to william the conqueror‘s invasion of england in 1066. we see over 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 centuries old tradition. translation: 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. the 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 it is 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 where the tapestry will be shown. should it be london, or canterbury, the city where the norman bishop odo first commissioned it?

it's a lot to agree, but the significance of this gesture our correspondent paul adams is in bayeux. so the questions are when, where, and if? good questions, simon. if the tapestry is in a fit condition and that's something that the team here at the museum will be looking at very carefully in the coming months and years, when? well the curator told us not before 2023. that is six years from now. but clearly there is a lot of work that still needs to be done to make sure that this incredibly delicate, precious and very, very large a rtefa ct ca n precious and very, very large artefact can be moved. here it has to be said is thrilled. he thinks it is an important part of anglo—french

shared cultural. he calls bayeux one of the most english towns in france. there is a great warmth of feeling in bayeux towards britain and clearly, he feels it is an entirely appropriate gesture. president macron, he is known for his fantastic gestures when it comes to the diplomatic front. but, you know, the diplomatic front. but, you know, the cynic will say, he wants something in return. what are they suggesting there would be good? well, you know cartoonists might settle on this theme, a little bit of the end of the bayeux tapestry showing theresa may, a stylised president macron and overhead a number of chinook helicopters flying because that's part of the deal that's going to be struck on thursday. tomorrow when the leaders meet they will discuss military

co—operation, and british helicopters will be sent to join a french operation in the sahara and there will be other parts of military co—operation discussed and let's face it, the bayeux tapestry depicts a big bit of military history. they are not going to fold it up and put it in a case. have they worked out how they will physically get it over here? no, they haven't. this isn't a tapestry, it isa they haven't. this isn't a tapestry, it is a piece of needle work, very, very delicate needle work that's been restored in the past, but not for 30 years or so and a lengthy process of restoration will have to ta ke process of restoration will have to take place. as it happens the museum here is due to close and re—open after a major renovation in the coming years. so this is an opportunity for the staff here to ta ke opportunity for the staff here to take a very, very close and perhaps long overdue look at the whole work and decide precisely how to do it.

they haven't worked on that yet and the curator was saying the discussions about that won't really begin until tomorrow. discussions about that won't really begin untiltomorrow. paul, thank you very much indeed. that's paul adams in bayeux. time for a look at the weather. here's susan. very much a north—south divide. there is a lot going on. i brought you the brighter pictures to show you. ne kent, a great afternoon for a walk on the beach, but wherever you are, even with the sunshine it has turned out to be a chilly picture. so we've seen all the footage of the gritters working overtime. and unfortunately, i think, they are going to be earning their money through this evening. but some artistic pictures with the snow as well. for some, it has turned out to be a blessing in disguise, a great photo from scotla nd disguise, a great photo from scotland and again, one more, someone had an interesting afternoon making a chessboa rd someone had an interesting afternoon making a chessboard in the garden! you know, for some people, this is a source of delight, but i think for many, it is going to be a big headache getting home this evening,

but then overnight tonight we have got more heavy snow and strong winds to come. the only blessing is perhaps the worst of it will come during the small hours. hopefully most people will be safely home when that's happening. winds affecting a lot of us. northern scotland will be spared some of the worst, but elsewhere, right down to the south coast, strong to gale force winds and for the south—west of england, we could have problems. high spring tides and that's going to mean some really big waves and coastal flooding. we better have the details. let's leave that lovely chessboard behind. the gritters are out there and they will be working through the night. snow and ice still a problem and some fresh showers today. here is the feature we are talking about causing the trouble tonight, this deep area of low pressure, gales anywhere south of central scotland as that low wraps itself up through this evening. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow for northern ireland. the tail end of the rush hour probably

up tail end of the rush hour probably up to midnight and from around midnight onwards the worst of the weather into the small hours for southern scotland and northern england. the met office have issued an amberwarning. the england. the met office have issued an amber warning. the winds will be strong as well. that will cause drifting and pliz ard—like conditions. the low moves through quickly. so by thursday, it looks quiet. a lovely start for scotland. ice a big issue and there will be lying snow here. ice and lying snow a big story for the north—east of england on thursday. for south, a chilly start, but a sunny one for the likes of east anglia and the south east of england. some showers coming through on the north—westerly wind through the morning into the midlands. some for the south—west of england and again as i said, the winds particularly strong and gusty here producing big tidal swell and those waves crashing on shore. wales, seeing showers through the day tomorrow and again wintry across the highest ground and for northern ireland, still tricky conditions around here for the rush hour, a combination of ice and the showers producing rain, sleet and snow. so,

on we go through thursday. it is a windy day. not quite as windy as today, but you can see the low that's causing the trouble tonight off into the continent quickly and yes, a cold wind on thursday, but a lot of sunshine. still showers to come for the north and the west and they will be wintry. these are the temperatures as you read them on the thermometer, but you have got to add in the effects of the wind. it is going to feel cold. friday, very much the same story. if anything perhaps thursday and friday in terms of the showers, quieter than we have had during the early part of the week. still a chilly wind and the chance of seeing snow at times. so basically to recap for the rest of this week, overnight tonight, a difficult spell of weather. strong winds and heavy snow and heavy rain and we are left with a chilly story and we are left with a chilly story and a few wintry showers to contend with. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: bonus payments to carillion's directors — including severance pay to former executives — have been stopped. court documents show carillion had just £29 million in cash when it collapsed on monday.

it owed lenders £1.3 billion. fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk. hundreds of schools across scotland and northern ireland are closed. more than 200 motorists were stranded overnight on the m74. ‘haemorrhaging' nurses — new figures show one in 10 leaving the nhs in england each year — meaning there are now more leaving the profession than joining. i would often be brought to tears during my shifts because there was just so much pressure on me. in a moment on news nationwide — a piece of history as part of nelson's flag from the battle of trafalgar goes under the hammer. sport now and olly. i'm confused, ben stokes didn't place in the

ashes, because the ecb wanted know what would happen with the police here. now he has been charged, he is playing. michael atherton described this decision as illogical. that is why exclude ben stokes from the ashes while he was waiting, we were all waiting to find out if he would be charged for that september nightclub brawl and then draft him backin nightclub brawl and then draft him back injust after nightclub brawl and then draft him back in just after the all—rounder was charged with affray. the ecb think the fairest thing would be to let him play again. they have given their reasons. our correspondent has been weighing up all the issues. people assumed they would wait until the end of the criminal proceedings. we know stokes has been charged with affray and will come before magistrates at trial at some time and in that context the ecb have decided that it would not be

proportionate or fair to not consider him available for selection while they wait for the criminal proceedings to reach their conclusion. now, people may well ask what has changed in terms of ben stokes' status now that he is available to go to new zealand, but that he wasn't available to be picked for the ashes. maybe it is a practicality, the level of scrutiny from the media and the public that ben stokes might face in new zealand would be less than he would have faced in australia. of course england have already seen ben stokes play some cricket in new zealand for canterbury, why then might they asked should we not get the benefit of his cricketing ability? joe wilson there. some breaking

news, theo walcott has completed his move to everton from arsenal on a 12 years at the gunners and scored 108 goals. but he is now sam january transfer winner after the turkish striker walcott is believed to have cost in the region of £20 million. kyle edmund beat the world number 11 in his opning match and in many ways was even more impressive today — with a completely dominant win to progress to the third round at the australian open.. for the first time in his career. he barely gave denis istomin a chance with in the 6—2, 6—2, 6—4 victory overnight in less than an hour and a half. he'll take on georgia's nikoloz basilashvili next. defending champion rafa nadal is yet to drop a set in the tournament. the spaniard came through

6—3, 6—4, 7—6 against argentine leonardo mayer. marta kostyuk became the youngest player to reach the third round of a grand slam since 1997 as the 15—year—old qualifier beat olivia rogowska. kostyuk is the youngest player to reach that stage at a slam since mirjana lucic—baroni in the 1997 us open. the world number 521 plays fourth seed and fellow ukranian elina svitolina in the last 32. i think i'm going to play on a big court again. but i will just try to show my best tennis. because she, like all my opponents, she will struggle a bit and will try to use this. england's rugby union head coach, eddiejones has signed two year contract extension until 2021. he has overseen 22 wins from his 23 tests since he took charge two years ago and they will be looking for a hatrick of 6 nations titles when the touranment starts next month. he will leave mid—way through a world cup cycle but he will help choose his successor. james haskell will miss england's opening two six nations games after being given a four—week ban for a dangerous tackle. the wasps player was sent off for a high tackle during

saturday's european champions cup defeat to harlequins. four time major winner rory mcilroy says he feels more energised as he prepares to return to golfing action for the first time in three months. he'll take part in the abu dhabi championship, starting tomorrow morning, after missing the end of last season. he revealed last week that he was being monitored for a minor heart irregularity but can't wait to get back on the course. i'm feeling good. it's been a productive three and a half months of looking after myself and getting myself fit and healthy again and working on a few things on my game. so it has been good. i feel like i needed the time off, but i'm ready to get back and get out there and play golf tournaments again. i'm back after 5. see you then. now on afternoon live let's go nationwide and see what's happening happening around the country

in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. mary rhodesjoins us from birmingham, to tell us about a collection of documents relating to the life of william shakespeare — which has been recognised for its international cultural significance by unesco. and in tunbridge wells, rob smith has news of a piece of the union flag flown at trafalgar from lord nelson's ship victory — which has been auctioned by sotheby‘s. mary, these shakespeare papers, what is in them? a bit of everything. they're 90 is in them? a bit of everything. they‘ re 90 papers is in them? a bit of everything. they're 90 papers in all charting shakespeare's life they're 90 papers in all charting sha kespeare's life and they're 90 papers in all charting shakespeare's life and they're not so much about the playwright. he was born in stratford—upon—avon and his family life was based in this area. but most of his professional life was in london. the papers chart things like legal documents and property details and family matters, you get to know more about the man

himself. 31 of these 90 papers are held at the shakespeare birthplace trust, that is always a popular stop off on the shakespeare trail and some of the papers look at the family history and tell us more about what he was like as a man. one of the most significant papers is held in the worcestershire archives, thatis held in the worcestershire archives, that is the marriage licence between william and ann in 1582. it gives you an idea of man and life at the time and illustrates he was probably as handy with the coins as with a quote. he changed his will many times until the final time in 1516, the year in which he died. the final verse, i'm not sure how thrilled his sister would have been on being left

his clothing or his wife being left his clothing or his wife being left his second best bed. what does the unesco status mean? it is the international memory of the world project. but it is a big deal. it is recognition of the cultural value of these documents. the whole idea is to preserve them for future generations. they have lasted 400 yea rs generations. they have lasted 400 years already so they're doing well. so it will preserve them for many yea rs so it will preserve them for many years and there is some funding involved as well. but they don't just preserve papers and documents, also audio—visual as well as other manuscripts and what might be of cultural significance might be different to me and papers i would put in their programme — i don't know, every west brom programme going back to the conception of west brom — you may feel differently. but unesco say they must transcend

geographical and cultural boundaries. these are notjust going back 400 years, there is something more recent. well not so recent. you talked of bayeux tapestry, that is also in the archive and the wizard of oz. i don't know how the barrelled would feel about that. —— bard. now rob smith tell us about this flag. this is a jack. people get wound up about whether it is a union flag. it is was flown from a royal naval ship and one of ensons that nelson ordered to be flown. nelson was killed at the battle of trafalgar and when he came back to britain, there was an extraordinary

state funeral and thousands turned out to see the cortege from kent up to greenwich and then into st paul's cathedral. the idea was the flags would be interred with the coffin. but the sailors had other ideas and somebody wrote at the time, these brave fellows, desirious of remaining a reminder has torn off a portion of the flag. they literally tore it to bits. this is one of largest bits of flag that is surviving and it has been sold at auction for way above the expected price. they thought about 80 to £100,000. it has gone for over 200,000. sothebies are happy about

it. it is an exceptional item. it is pa rt of it. it is an exceptional item. it is part of one of the flags flying on nelson's flagship in 1805 at trafalgar. the flag was used as part of the great ceremonial funeral of nelson after his death at the battle and pieces of it were broken up and ke pt and pieces of it were broken up and kept by the loyal sailors who had lost their very deeply loved commander. i have nothing against tunbridge wells, but the last time i looked, hms victory was in portsmouth. the south-east likes to lay claim to nelson. actually the victory was built in chatham and was the ship that brought nelson's body backin the ship that brought nelson's body back ina the ship that brought nelson's body back in a barrel of brandy. he was

landed at sheerness and take on the greenwich. the first time he stepped ona greenwich. the first time he stepped on a navy ship was at chatham and he spent a time in deal when he was commander of the channel fleet. there is a host of connections that we are exploring tonight and the fa ct we are exploring tonight and the fact the flag was sold for such a sum shows how much of a hold nelson still has in our collective imagination. that is me told! thank you both very much. if you want to see more on those stories, you can access them from the bbc iplayer. we go nationwide each week day on afternoon live. aus

a us trainer has been charged with sexual abuse. one of first women to share what happened them was amanda. tomashaw. i was entering into his office expecting greatness, placing my life in the hands of a man i was told deserved my trust. that man was

the hero doctor in town and he had us all fooled. in march 2014, i found out that man's true identity he was no hero he was a villain. at appointment that man stuck his hand up my shirt and down my pants. he assaulted me and would not let me leave until i agreed to come back for a follow up assault. it was tr if terrifying and disgusting. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the insolvency service says the former directors of the failed construction firm carillion will not receive bonus or severance payments. there are fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk — police in scotland warn those in affected areas to avoid all but essential travel. "a dangerous downward spiral" — the royal college of nursing calls for action as more nurses are now quitting the profession than joining in england. work on constructions sites owned by

carillion will stop. but work on cleaning will continue. tesco is delaying a cut to its biggest clubcard rewards after it faced a backlash from customers. the supermarket announced on monday that the value of its reward vouchers was changing immediately, provoking an angry response on social media. it has now pushed back a drop in the most generous rewards untiljune. three—fifths of new cars should be electric by 2030 if the uk is to meet its greenhouse gas targets. the committee on climate change says homes also need to be built with better insulation. the uk has cut emissions sharply but the organisation says the uk will fall short of its ambitions unless ministers do more to turn pledges into reality. bitcoin has traded below $10,000 for the first time since early december. the value of one bitcoin fell to $9,958 before making a slight recovery, according to the price index run by the news site coindesk.

before christmas it peaked just shy of $20,000. now one company that has been called out is interserve. interserve have 25,000 employees in the uk. carillion had 20,000. but they're services... they're under the spotlight now. they're a construction company. sounds the same as carillion, but it is a different company. this sector has become nervous. there were reports today suggesting that interserve had financial problems and we saw the share price plummet. it has recovered and is down less than 1%, which suggests the concerns were overstated and they have released a statement saying they are on course to meet their 2017 expectations, although the expectations were restated back in october and they're

ahead of their 2018 market expectations. sticking with big names, gkn is a big uk engineering firm. they're the subject of a ta keover firm. they're the subject of a takeover bid. melrose is a turn around company that come in and take over a company and make it more productive. they want gkn and made an informal bid last weir. they made an informal bid last weir. they made a formal bid. now it is looking like it is hostile. we were talking before christmas about a takeover, cineworld taking over a chain called regal. yes, it was announced at the start of december that cineworld is to buy regal and become the second largest cinema chain in the world. they have announced today they're going to do a rights issue to

finance the deal and need £1.7 billion. for every share that a shareholder has they're going to get four. we wanted to know what does this mean, is it good news for shareholders or dilute the value let's ask or dilute the richard marwood, at royal london asset management — how does a rights issue work and does it dilute the value of prescious shareholders shares? ? the way it works, if you own one share, you're being offered the right to buy four more cineworld shares for a discounted price. so the positive thing is, yes, you are getting those new shares at a discounted price. but you are having your existing share diluted, because after this process, there will be five times as many cineworld shares in existence as before the deal. the big decision for shareholders is

going to be do they want the deal to happen? it is a big deal for cineworld and it is the business they're taking over is bigger than their current business. then shareholders have to decide do they wa nt shareholders have to decide do they want to put money into new shares? those are the two decisions for the shareholders. now interserve and talk about the company today a big movement ment on the markets. what is your take on it? i can see why people have been nervous, in some ways, interserve looks like carillion and does the same sort of outsourcing and construction work and has quite a big debt issue. actually they announced to the market last year they were in negotiations with their financing providers and that hasn't concluded yet. so it does look like there is some questioning about their finance. and i think as much as anything else, this is an area that

people are concerned about, even before carillion actually carillion's failure is not without precedent, there have been other companies that look similar that have failed in the past. if you go backin have failed in the past. if you go back in the last five or ten years, companies like jarvis and connaught that look similar have gone into administration. sol that look similar have gone into administration. so i think that is why the nervousness. thank you. we have to leave it there. gkn melrose story will go on and we will update you on it as it happens. thank you. let's go back now to carillion, this is a story whose ripples are continuing to spread far and wide, politically and economically. our correspondent vicki young is at the houses of parliament for us. the collapse of carillion is all they're talking about here. we heard today jeremy corbyn they're talking about here. we heard todayjeremy corbyn trying to broaden the argument, blaming the government for some aspects of their oversight of the company and

widening the argument to talk about it as widening the argument to talk about itasa widening the argument to talk about it as a water shed moment. let's pick up on that and speak to george eton and lucy fisher from the times, do you think it is a water shed moment or the collapse of one company. it could be a water shed moment. not for the system as a whole. there is a strong belief that this work can be done better in the private sector. but there will be questions about better regulation and regulators with more teeth and putting so much risk into single companies and allowing them to take on so many contracts worth millions of pound, it haar a long—term conservative aim to push contracting out to smaller firms and i think thatis out to smaller firms and i think that is going to have to happen. are you clear about what labour's ultimate aims are here? we have heard them talk of re—nationalisation of water and energy companies, do you think they

would go to the point where there is no private sector involvement?m sounded like that from jeremy corbyn, he said isn't it time the corporations were shown the door he attacked asos corporations were shown the door he attacked a505 and capita over their provision of welfare service and g45. provision of welfare service and gas. jeremy corbyn has had the views for some time and carillion is an ideal moment for him to make the wider argument that there is almost no role for the private sector in delivering public services. theresa may tried to turn that back against labour, saying labour is the opponent of the private sector as a whole. but it is tricky for theresa may, she spoke a more interventionist language and said she would be tougher on business than david cameron. we haven't seen

much action on that. when she said the government isn't the manager of carillion, it isjust a customer, sounds like a cop out to voters when the government is a large customer. do you think she sounded so blase and the government should make the case more for the public sector. yes i think that is right. i do think the serves need to make that —— conservatives need to make that argument, the prime minister tried to turn the argument on to labour and see look at wales and leeds, rather than answering the charges. some of the questionsjeremy corbyn put to her about executive pay she did have to say it is not in our hand, but in the hands of the official receiver. but people want to see the government having the ability to intervene. executive pay

is another issue? yes and the carillion directors won't get their bonuses. that would have seemed extraordinary. but we are looking still, yet to see what theresa may's defining proposals will be. there is more rhetoric than action. one point is she wanted to move the business secretary, partly because she thought he had been too light touch. that hasn't happened and so this is a potential moment for a nimble prime minister to exploit moments like this and reshape the government. it is harder for theresa may to do that given her political weakness. thank you. a lot more on this story to come in the future days. thank you. that is it from afternoon live. now the weather. much of northern britain continues to contend with the legacy of yesterday's severe weather. snow and ice will still be a hazard through

the remainder of today. in terms of falling snow the picture becomes evening, but only briefly. then we have low pressure swinging in from the west. a spell of strong winds, southern scotland and northern england through the small hours. england on thursday and that could give some disruption thanks to snow, rain and also the strength of the wind. strong winds and high tides mean flooding is possible in the south west. thursday, generally a quieter day. we should see some winter sunshine. but further showers and it will continue to feel cold. today at five. work is paused on construction sites run by carillion while decisions

on the future are made. but work on most of carillion's private sector service contracts — such as catering and cleaning — is to carry on until new suppliers can be found. labour says the government's handling has been negligent. 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 becomes clear — we'll be getting business reaction — and we'll have the latest from westminster. the other main stories on bbc news at five. a court hears claims that the former wales manager gary speed was one