this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at five: police release an image of a man they want to speak to over the deaths of three teenagers who were hit by a car in west london on friday. leave campaigners in the conservative party step up pressure on the prime minister — they want her to take a harder line with the eu. the leader of russia's main opposition party is arrested along with more than 200 others at demonstrations across russia. the founder of the swedish furniture giant ikea, ingvar kamprad, has died at the age of 91. also in the next hour — a dangerous mountain rescue in pakistan. a french climber stranded on top of a deadly mountain is safe, but the search for her partner is called off. and in melbourne, roger federer wins his sixth australian open and 20th grand slam title with a five—set victory over marin cilic. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.

police have released cctv images of a man wanted in connection with a car crash that killed three teenage boys in west london on friday night. police say that despite the image being poor quality anyone who knows the man would recognise him and urge them to come forward with information. in a statement the metropolitan police said, "three young men have lost their lives. such tragic circumstances must far outweigh any taboo around assisting police. " investigators believe there were at least two men in a black audi that hit the three friends near a bus stop in hayes. one man is under arrest. the victims have been named locally as harry rice, george wilkinson and josh kennedy. our correspondent leigh milner is there. this cctv image was captured by the bus stop where the three boys died. the detective sergeant said that while the images were not a good quality, he's convinced that those who know the man in that image will recognise him. meanwhile another

28—year—old man is currently being detained by the police under suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. just to recap what happened on friday night at 20 to nine, three young boys named locally as josh kennedy, to nine, three young boys named locally asjosh kennedy, george wilkinson and harry rice. behind me, you can't see butjust behind me, candles are now being lit by the many people who have come here this afternoon to pay tribute to those three boys, who were in an accident which was a tragedy. they were standing by that. when a black audi mounted the pavement and hit them at full speed. i have been having a look at some of those tributes, one simply says, i imagine this is from the mother of one of those boys, that says "my darling baby boy, my heart is broken". i've also spoken to this grandfather of george wilkinson and he told me how the family are devastated. i'm all right until i think about it. i wasn't going to stop here but i had to in the end. how do you feel now you have come here? upset but i'm

pleased i've seen him, yes. he will be sorely missed. he will be, yes, by the whole family. and a huge outpouring of feeling from the community for the bereaved families, but also you have been telling us is a lot of anger from the local community as well. a lot of anger, i have been speaking to local residents who came to pay tribute here and what they have been telling me is this was an accident waiting to happen. 0ne local resident told me she often drives up and down this road, the speed limit goes from 50 to 60 mph and in her words she has had a few near misses. a taxi driver told me the speeding is a regular occurrence around here so it seems to bea occurrence around here so it seems to be a problem. the message from residents today is something needs to be done urgently to prevent this happening again.

the prime minister has come under pressure from leave campaigners in her own party to take a hard line with europe over any transition arrangements after britain leaves the eu. brexit negotiators are preparing to set out the ground rules for how negotiations over a transition period will progress. this report by our political correspondent, susana mendonca, contains flash photography. if it felt a bit chilly for the prime minister in davos this week, the forecast isn't looking any warmer now she's back home. europesceptic backbenchers unhappy with theresa may's direction of travel on brexit have been piling on the pressure for days and they aren't letting up. i think this is troubling on a number of counts. first of all, the prime minister said implementation which meant we would have left and would then be implementing the consequences of having leaving. currently, there's no clear destination either in the government's mind or, indeed, agreed with the european union and no set time limit. 0ne friend of mine said it looked more like a plank than a bridge. number ten says it's committed

to delivering brexit and one of mrs may's allies has come to her defence. the conservative family, left, right and centre, because we're a broad church, needs to come together in a spirit of mutual respect. there are differences in any broad church, and look at what the bigger picture is showing. the labour leader is facing his own divisions in a party that predominately voted to remain in the eu. today, jeremy corbyn may have placated some by telling the andrew marr show that labour would want to be part of a kind of customs union after brexit. but those hoping for a second referendum might not be so happy with this. what we've asked for and demanded in parliament has been a meaningful vote in parliament at the end of it so mps can... i'm on about the people deciding, not parliament. and what happened with this bill was, it was an undemocratic power grab by the government. we're not asking for a second referendum. and you're not going to?

the american president, who met mrs may in davos this week, has offered his own words of wisdom on brexit, that he'd have been tougher than she has been. i think i would have negotiated it differently. i would have had a different attitude. what would you have done? i think i would have said the european union is not cracked up to what it's supposed to be, and i would have taken a tougher stand in getting out. the ball‘s back in the eu's court this week. the other 27 member states will prepare to set out their own position on the transition period after brexit. susana mendonca, bbc news. the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been detained by police in moscow. 0ne monitoring group has said more than two hundred and a0 people have been detained today at small rallies in support of mr navalny in a number of russian cities. mr navalny was arrested as he attended a demonstration the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been detained in a number of russian cities. mr navalny was arrested as he attended a demonstration

supporting a boycott of the presidential election in march, which he claims will be rigged. this was what he had to say to his own online news channel before he was arrested. i was iwasa i was a presidential candidate but first and foremost i'm a citizen, who is not prepared to take any longer. all this nonsense that's been going on for the past 18 years, and to extend this nonsense for another six years. 0ur correspondent, steve rosenberg, has been at the demonstration in pushkin square in central moscow. he is russia's most prominent opposition voice, opposition leader. also the most vocal critic of president putin, and he has been barred from running in the presidential election which takes place in march. the reason, a suspended prison sentence which he and his supporters say is politically motivated. we were

standing next to alexei navalny earlier this afternoon when he was detained. it was quite dramatic. he was walking up the main street in moscow towards pushkin square. then he was bundled into a police van and driven away. quite dramatic, and when his supporters on pushkin square heard he had been detained, they were shouting "freedom for navalny, and putin is a thief. they maintained the supporters didn't have the right to be on pushkin square. they may say they don't need to get special permission to come out and express their opinion and denounce the presidential election. the kremlin maintains this election in march is free and fair and that voters will have a choice of candidates to vote for but i think

it's important to say that in the system of power which vladimir putin has constructed over the past decade and a half or so, it is often referred to as managed democracy. here we have managed election. it is putin who dominates airtime on russian tv, and also only those candidates who don't pose a risk to vladimir putin's power have been allowed to take part in this collection. —— election. more than 100 people are now confirmed dead — and 230 injured — in yesterday's bomb attack in the afghan capital, kabul. it's the worst attack there for several months. our correspondent secunder kermani, is in kabul. the authorities have been working through the night to clear up the scene of the explosion. you can still see some of the damage that was caused. the suicide attacker was driving an ambulance packed with

explosives. he managed to get past this first checkpoint but when he reached a second one and was a p pa re ntly reached a second one and was apparently questioned, he blew himself up. it's not clear what his target was. a police building is right opposite the scene of the blast. the indian embassy is also slightly further up the road, but as is often the case, it seems that a large number of those killed and wounded in this terrible incident are civilians. translation: i was sitting and working on the computer and suddenly i heard a huge bank. then the whole ceiling fell down on top of me. —— huge bang. this comes a week after the taliban killed 20 people in the intercontinental hotel in kabul. they claimed responsibility for this explosion too, which has been widely condemned in —— across the world

including by donald trump. the situation in kabul seems to be getting worse, militants seem to be focusing their efforts on targeting the capital rather than fighting security forces in rural areas. to give you an idea of the level of bloodshed in the country, more than 2000 civilians lost their lives in the first nine months of last year alone. ingvar kamprad, the founder of the swedish furniture giant, ikea, has died. he was 91. ingvar kamprad started the company when he was just 17. the firm said he'd passed away peacefully at his home in southern sweden. here's our business co—respondent, joe lynam. ingvar kamprad can safely be described as a retailing genius. born in 1926 in southern sweden, he started selling matches aged five. then seeds and then pencils. at 17, he formed ikea — named after his own initials and the area where he was born. now, it's probably the best known

furniture store in the world with over 400 giant shops and annual sales of $112 billion. mr kamprad was inspired to create the idea of flat—packed furniture when watching someone remove the legs off a table to fit it into a customer's car. ikea grew exponentially in the 1980s based on the simple but untested idea that customers would buy well—designed furniture and assemble it in their own homes. one famous designer tipped his hat today at what ingvar kamprad had achieved. he actually tapped into the taste that every ordinary person wanted. so they could get this new wave of modernity that was coming about in the 1950s, and he managed to trap it and make it available to everybody. ikea said ingvar kamprad, who was involved with the business until recently, would be much missed by his family and warmly remembered by the company's employees worldwide. joe lynam looking back at the life of ingvar kamprad,

who's died at the age of 91. earlier i spoke to niki brantmark, a brit who moved to sweden and is the creator of interior website my scandinavian home. she explained the appeal of the ikea brand. the beauty of ikea furniture is it combines an aesthetic appeal with the practical edge as well and it blends in so it's really easy to mix with more high end pieces, perhaps with more high end pieces, perhaps with vintage or antiques swell. ikea i guess has been at the forefront of that wave which has built and built and certainly in the last ten years has been a huge thing of an appreciation of scandinavian design. imean appreciation of scandinavian design. i mean the scandinavian, the whole design aspect of it has really taken off in the last five years. i think

before that everyone was familiar with ikea, everyone knows the start and has pieces but i think said the foundation for it to move on. everybody was familiar with the concept, then when these new nordic businesses came into play everybody was already aware of the style and actually it is popular. in terms of actually it is popular. in terms of a lesson for running would—be entrepreneurs out there, his life story ca n entrepreneurs out there, his life story can teach a lot of lessons. what lessons have you picked up from the way he has lived his life and built this retailfirm, this huge retail giant? they think some of the key things about this entrepreneur is that he's actually very humble, even though he has this huge vision and his business has been so successful, he has become a

billionaire, is also very "not too much, not too little" he is said to have driven a battered volvo and with his employees he's really accessible. everyone who has worked with him get to meet him, he mixes among people and i think that's inspiring, that's why he's such a big icon in sweden. and what is your favourite ikea product?” big icon in sweden. and what is your favourite ikea product? i guess it has to be the billy book shelves. it is so iconic and everybody knows this book shelf by name. it blends into your home and everybody loves books so it's perfect. the headlines on bbc news: police have released an image of a man they want to speak to over the deaths of three teenagers who were hit by a car in west london on friday. the prime minister comes under pressure from leave campaigners in her own party to take a hard line with the eu. more than 240 people

are arrested at opposition rallies across russia, including opposition leader alexei navalny. and in a moment...a special concert to get one of britain's most famous paddle steamers sailing again. relatives of a british woman, jailed in egypt for trying to smuggle drugs into the country, have visited her injail in cairo — and say she's doing well. laura plummer was imprisoned last month for three years. she'd been caught entering egypt with nearly 300 prescription—only painkiller tablets.

paris remains on high alert, with water levels continuing to rise along the river seine. the country has seen some of the heaviest rain for a century, and the river is expected to rise six metres higher than normal. our europe correspondent kevin connolly has the latest from the french capital. it is not likely to reach the level of the floods we saw in 2016. the police here have issued a warning you shouldn't swim or go canoeing in the river, not a warning most have needed. this has been a winter of exceptional vein in france. some regions have seen levels they have not seen since the 1950s. so the peak of the river seine's is likely to be reached by dawn on monday morning but the consequences of this, especially in communities further out in the seine valley will ta ke further out in the seine valley will

take weeks or months to resolve. kevin connelly reporting. more than 16,000 people have signed a petition to reinstate walk—on girls at all professional darts corporation competitions. the corporation says it will no longer employ women to escort male players onto the stage following discussions with broadcasters. the move's been welcomed by campaigners for gender equality in sport. a team of elite mountaineers has rescued one of two climbers stranded near the top of the pakistan's most dangerous mountains. french climber elisabeth revol was found during a high—risk night rescue mission on nanga prabat, which is also known as "killer mountain". the search for her polish climbing partner tomasz mackiewicz has been called off due to bad weather and treacherous high—altitude conditions. earlier my colleague, ben brown, spoke to masha gordon, a fellow mountaineer and friend of elizabeth revol,

and who spearheaded a crowd—funding campaign to help with the rescue attempt. she began by explaining why she needed to raise the money. once the fundraising was on the way, we we re once the fundraising was on the way, we were able to demonstrate we have the money. when did you first realise the pair of them were in trouble and you need to do a rescue? we received the text about 7pm london time, saying that one of them became snow blind and needed rescue. we were scrambling to get the money going and to get the helicopters necessary. we were lucky to have a competent team of blinders doing an historic ascent of k2 and we were able to mount that ascent. we are seeing some pictures of elisabeth

and herfriend, seeing some pictures of elisabeth and her friend, and seeing some pictures of elisabeth and herfriend, and sadly the rescue attempt for her friend tomasz has been called off, is that right? yes, he was in, one could say, a coma. she tried to get a rescue attempt under way. she had no tent or sleeping bag and she then had to stop at 6700 metres herself because she started developing frostbite. tell us about this mountain, why is it so dangerous and why do people still want to try to climb such a lethally dangerous mountain? both of them are some of the best mountaineers there are. people are driven by request. she became the first woman to make a winter ascent. this is the ninth highest mountain

in the world and winter ascent are don alpine style without any support in minus a0 temperatures. don alpine style without any support in minus 40 temperatures. what do you think went wrong on this attempt? was it lack of preparation, bad luck? it is the human body. when you are climbing without oxygen at such altitude in such temperature, anything could happen. the reasons she got into trouble was the —— because he got into trouble and she had to help him. the husband of the murdered labour mpjo cox is amongst those launching a new group to campaign against terrorism. "survivors against terror" is made up of bereaved family members and survivors of attacks by organisations including the ira, far—right activists and islamist extremists. our reporter, anisa kadri, has more. three people who've lost loved ones in terror attacks, all united in their resolve to root

out the hatred and division that led to their loss. the labour mp jo cox was murdered a week before the european union referendum. her husband, brendan, is now one of the founding members of a group called survivors against terror. i don't think you ever move on. i think this is something that will have an impact on the rest of my life and the lives of all of us. but i think that what you do have some agency over, some choice over, is what you do with it. and i think, for all of us, the choice that we're making is to try and make sure that other families don't have to experience what we have. also in the group, the partner of david dixon, who was killed in a terror attack in brussels, where the couple lived with their young son. i think i really want to be part of something. i really hated the way that groups were using my partner's death to propagate further hate. sir anthony berry was killed in the brighton bombing, carried out by the ira in the 1980s.

my bereavement comes from a long time ago. my father was killed in the brighton bomb in 1984. and it was the ira that planted the bomb. so, that's a long time. i go into schools and they don't know who the ira are, it's such a long time ago. but i feel that my experience has relevance today. survivors against terror says it will campaign for effective policies to tackle terrorism, and work to ensure that victims and their families get the support that they deserve. 16 and 17—year—olds in wales are to be given the right to vote in local elections, under plans published by the welsh government. if approved, wales would follow scotland, where the voting age has already been lowered for national and local elections. the labour party has called for the idea to be extended to the whole of the uk. gavin thomas reports. after yea rs of struggle and campaigns by the suffrage

movement, 1918 was the year in which the representation of the people act was passed in parliament. for the first time, voting was expanded to all men aged over 21, and to some women aged over 30. now, 100 years on, in wales, the labour devolved government is planning to cut the voting age in local elections to 16. it follows the example of scotland, where a similar change came into force in 2016. there, it also applies to national elections. the local government minister in cardiff bay says the time is right. i think everyone who pays taxes should be able to vote, and that means people who are 17, and people who are 16 as well, so i would like to see us moving the franchise to enable younger people to take part in the democratic process. the minister says he wants voting to become more attractive and welcoming, and he's spoken of his concern that young people are becoming disengaged from politics. i think it would be a good thing for us to be able to vote, because we would be voting for our future. but at the same time, i don't think we get educated enough about politics.

i think we are educated enough as 16—year—olds, because we use our social media, we see the parties... the advertisement they put out there. the welsh government will formally announce the proposals on tuesday. gavin thomas, bbc news. parking companies which use unfair practices are to be banned from accessing motorists' details and issuing fines. the government has confirmed it's to introduce legislation to try to improve standards among parking firms in england. ministers say they want to put an end to inconsistent rules, poor signage, intimidating letters and a confusing appeals process. musicians are to sing the praises of one of britain's most famous paddle steamers tonight, in a bid to get it sailing again. the "maid of the loch" hasn't sailed for more than 35 years, and has been moored at loch lomond for more than two decades. the "maid of the loch" hasn't sailed for more than 35 years,

and has been moored at loch lomond for more than two decades. campaigners hope a special concert tonight will help raise the final £1 million needed to get her moving again, as pauline mclean reports. # sail away # across the water #. she hasn't sailed for more than 30 years, but it seems the maid of the loch still inspires musicians. eddie reader and phil cunningham are among those who will take part in the special concert at celtic connections. and since they announced it, organisers have been inundated with material. people have been getting in contact with me, sending me songs that have been written, poetry. and one of the songs that we're doing was written byjohn douglas, which eddie's singing, and it's just absolutely beautiful. but the concert is about more than celebrating the maid. enthusiasts have raised enough to restore her at balloch peer. but they're now ready for the last big push. we've done the ship up to such an extent now that when people come on board,

some of them are asking, when do we actually sail?! and it's a real disappointment to say to them, well, we need a new boiler and we need all these other things before we can do that. but we're really confident now that if a small charity can raise £4.5 million, which is over 80%, then we'll get there. and that's where the musicians come in. the concert‘s part of a campaign to raise the final £1 million required by the summer. i hate seeing a musical instrument sitting on a wall. i like it to be in somebody‘s hands, being used for what it was built for. and the same with this. if successful, the maid could set sail as soon as the summer of 2019. and the musicians may well find themselves on board. that would be amazing venue. i for one would love to play on the boat, and i'm sure that i'm not the only one. loads of performers would love to play on this. pauline mclean, bbc news. the annual venice carnival has opened with a spectacular water show on the city's canals. spectacularly dressed acrobats, dancers and musicians were part of the circus themed show.

it's one of the oldest carnivals in the world, dating back to the 11th century. thousands of people from around the world are expected to visit the italian city to see the two—week long event, that will include masked balls, concerts and gondola parades — on land and water. now the weather with ben rich. temperatures got as high as 15 degrees in places today, particularly where we saw sunshine. not everywhere have sunny skies but some places certainly did. this was dave ntry some places certainly did. this was daventry earlier on, but a different skyline in south lanarkshire. the thickest of the cloud has always been a thickest of the cloud has always beena —— thickest of the cloud has always been a —— across scotland. during

this evening on tonight, it stays mild for money but this wet and windy weather for a time across scotla nd windy weather for a time across scotland will sink its way southwards and eastwards, into northern england, and north wales by the end of the night. behind that band of wet weather, it starts to get into something called because the rain is tied in with a cold front sinking southwards. lots of isobars on the chart, gusty winds ahead of the system, than behind it we get into this cold air pushing in oui’ we get into this cold air pushing in our direction from the north—west. still mild to start tomorrow morning, generally rather cloudy, gusty winds, but some brightness perhaps for the coast of east anglia, towards the london area and kent. for north wales and northern england, a band of rain producing heavy downpours. to the north of that, colder conditions. sunny spells and showers packing in, these

show was already turning wintry over high ground in scotland. we bring oui’ high ground in scotland. we bring our rain band southwards and eastwards through the day, some heavy bursts on it. remember the gusty winds ahead of the band of rain, then behind it, peeling the cloud away to reveal some sunshine. equally some showers packing in, wintry ones over high ground in the west. on tuesday, likely to get off toa west. on tuesday, likely to get off to a chilly start, a touch of frost in places. mainly fine day for money but a pincer movement with two weather systems. as that band of rain sinks southwards and eastwards, it will turn things colder once again. that is the theme for the week ahead, wintry showers for some, often windy with gales at times. this is bbc news,

our latest headlines: police have released an image of the man they want to speak to in connection with the deaths of three teenagers who were hit by a car in west london on friday. the prime minister comes under pressure from leave campaigners in her own party to take a hard line with europe. more than 240 people are reported to have been arrested at opposition rallies across russia, including opposition leader alexei navalny. the founder of the swedish furniture giant ikea, ingvar kamprad, has died at the age of 91. and a team of elite mountaineers has rescued one of two climbers stranded near the top of one of pakistan's most dangerous mountains. tennis, football and the rest of the

sport now, time to cross to the bbc sports centre. good afternoon, we are going to start by bringing you up—to—date with today's fa cup action, chelsea reached the fifth round at the expense of newcastle, co mforta ble round at the expense of newcastle, comfortable 3—0 win for last year's beaten finalists as adam wild reports. in may only be round for but for chelsea the significance of the fa cup is rapidly increasing. perhaps now their best chance of a trophy. for newcastle, their biggest battles may lie elsewhere. no great surprise then that it was the blues who started with the greater urgency, michy batshuayi finding space and settling any nerves. his chances may have been limited this season, when they do for his weight he has a habit of making the most of them. his second touch fortuitous, but as they say, you make your own luck.

newcastle hopes fading, they did find a little to cling onto but such moments were scarce. chelsea meanwhile continued to push forward, marcos alonso's effort was, as it turned out, merely a warning, one that was and he did. amounted to yellow it is alonso, it's 3—0, he is so good at that. chelsea comfortably through to the next round and newcastle with plenty more on their minds. adam wild, bbc news. newcastle with plenty more on their minds. adam wild, bbc newsm newcastle with plenty more on their minds. adam wild, bbc news. it was a pity, reaching the final of the carabao cup but now we've is playing in this competition with the same spirit and heart to go through. there are many strong teams. this competition is not simple. you can see yesterday what happened in totte n ha m see yesterday what happened in tottenham and liverpool's game and sometimes it's very easy to say you wa nt to sometimes it's very easy to say you want to win, yeah, we want to win but it's not easy. one other fa cup tie for you this morning, cardiff

city of the championship play host to premier league leaders manchester city and its going with the form book, kevin de bruyne calmly putting city ahead after the whole cardiff walk skipped over the ball and then raheem sterling made it 2—0 before half—time. —— cardiff all. he found raheem sterling in the box. we can catch up with the tail end of that match on bbc one the moment. there isa match on bbc one the moment. there is a bit ofa match on bbc one the moment. there is a bit of a skirmish on the pitch between cardiff city and manchester city with 76 minutes on the clock. halfway through the second half. rangers have returned to second in the scottish premiership on goal differnece ahead of aberdeen. they beat ross county 2—1 at victoria park. daniel candeias scored rangers' first, and jason cummings added this second. the former liverpool striker david n'gog scored ross county's goal on his debut. in the women's super league manchester city are still two points clear at the top after a 3—0

win at sunderland. second—placed chelsea needed a late winner to beat everton1—0 and avoid losing ground on city. jonna andersson scored her first goal for the club inside the last ten minutes to take a much needed three points. elsewhere birmingham city beat yeovil 3—0 and reading arsenal finshed goalless. roger federer continues to roll back the years. he's now won an incredible 20 grand slam titles, 14 years after his first australian open win, it was another gripping final in melbourne as he beat marin cilic in five sets. james burford reports. the warning signs were there for all to see, 20 grand slams the prize for the swiss. he's already the most successful male singles player of all time. what an arena then in which to surpass another milestone. never one to waste time, a fast start is something of a trademark for the 36—year—old. the forehand looking as strong as it ever has done. just 24 minutes into the match and a first set point,

you needn't give roger federer a second chance, amid the heat somehow keeping cool. what is a final without a fightback? cilic, a magician in his own right. after this tournament, he becomes the third highest ranked player in the world and has every shot in the book. commentator: well done, what a gutsy set. so, spellbinding though is federer‘s tennis, you can never truly cast him aside. how often over the years have we seen him hammering down an ace to regain the lead, even with the mighty thor watching in the crowd. by no means finished, cilic forced a fifth and final set, fighting spirit there for all to see. but this was to be federer‘s day. the first man to win 20 grand slams and a sixth australian open title. of course winning is just an absolute dream come true. the fairytale continues for us, for me. after the great year i had last year, it's incredible. cheering

emotions running high, 20 already, how many more can this great champion win? james burford, bbc news. that is the question. another moment of history for roger federer, how many can we expect from him? bbc tennis commentatorjohn lloyd thinks he's only getting better with age. he's really a freak of nature and i mean that in a nice way because he's moving better now than he was in his 20s and he's 36. i don't understand it and 20s and he's 36. i don't understand itandi 20s and he's 36. i don't understand it and i don't think anyone does. his hungerfor the it and i don't think anyone does. his hunger for the game it and i don't think anyone does. his hungerfor the game is still bear. it's extraordinary to watch. i tell you, every time i watch him play i think we are so lucky to have him in ourtime play i think we are so lucky to have him in our time is because he is belief. are we going to see him more, do you think? absolutely, this year certainly, how long he can keep

motivated anybody‘s guess but now you'd have to say he's the favourite for wimbledon, not the french, but the us open you'd have to blame as the us open you'd have to blame as the favourite as well, so one at?m the favourite as well, so one at?m the likes of djokovic andy murray don't come back to challenge him who will be there to test him? that's the thing, at the moment there is this sort of gap and lots of the players we expected to jump into that gap am quite arrived there yet. dominic thiem, is a various, raonic, great players, but they are not as good as federer —— zabret. kyle edmund has a chance to go into the top ten tojoin edmund has a chance to go into the top ten to join that group but who will not him off the top perch, him and nadal at the moment, i don't see anybody right now. —— zverev. john lloyd speaking withjohn watson a little earlier. england have — to a certain extent — avenged their ashes loss to australia with a comprehensive victory in the one day series. surrey swing bowler tom curran took five wickets as england won the final match by 12 runs — to take the series 4—1. alex gulrajani was watching. a new dawn for cricket in western

australia with a seller cloud, crowd at perth's new arena to witness england finding the boundary rope with relative ease. after bairstow fell short of a half—century root stood his ground and made 50 with a little help. others couldn't come as he soon ran out of batting partners and england were reined in, although tom curran cut loose at the end. a suitable warm up as de matter what followed as he removed david warner early in the australian reply. in his absence marcus stoinis took on the england bowlers and had a bit of a party. but just the england bowlers and had a bit of a party. butjust as england were told to put big partnerships together so too did australia, stunning court and bowled from moeen ali removed mitchell marsh. tim paine was the last line of attack for the hosts and he made for a nervy ending until tom curran struck again. a new ground but are somewhat familiar feeling again. a new ground but are somewhat familiarfeeling in again. a new ground but are somewhat familiar feeling in this series. england victory. rory mcilroy finished second

at the dubai desert classic. it was nip and tuck for most of the final round. the northern irishman drawing level with the chinese leader and eventual winner li howtang. a couple of waywrd shots cost mcilroy though. a final hole birdie saw him finish on 22 under but that was one shot behind the winner. if someone had told me at the start of the year you would finish third and second in your first two events i would have said i will take that but being in the positions i've been in and having two close calls the first couple of weeks of the year it's a little difficult and i think the competitor in me is very disappointed right now, i wanted to win, i always want to win. and i didn't do enough when i needed to. england's netballers beat south africa to claim the runners up spot in the quad series. they held off a fightback injohannesburg to secure their best

ever finish in the tournament. world champions australia beat new zealand earlier to regain the trophy. cheshire phoenix have won the british basketball league cup finalfor the first time in their history, beating worcester wolves 99—88 at the birmingham arena. cheshire led the wolves byjust a point at half time. but they asserted their dominance in the third quarter, storming to a 14—point lead. worcester fought back in the closing stages, but were unable to close the gap. in the women's cup final nottingham wildcats beat caledonia pride by 70—66. they were beaten in their first ever final last year but came through a close finish to take the title this time. congratulations to them. that's all the sport for now, and you can find more on all of those stories, including the hockey sixes from down under on the bbc sport website. bbc.co.uk/ sport and i will have

more in the next hour. thank you very much. a british man has become the first in the world to receive a new treatment for brain cancer. surgery on brain tumours is notoriously difficult — but scientists have found that injecting patients with a particular type of virus can drastically boost their immune system. the idea is being trialled by scientists in leeds, as corinne wheatley reports. ian bailey's life changed dramatically last summer. it started with headaches, then he began to lose his balance and fall. he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. just a week later, he was undergoing surgery to remove it. as well as receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy, he's also the first person on a trial that uses a virus to treat the disease. it really gave me a massive lift, in what's a very, very difficult situation to try and deal with, but i was really, really pleased at being offered the opportunity to get involved in this trial. so, how does it work? well, a brain tumour has the effect of turning off the immune system.

the virus is injected into the bloodstream. it attacks the tumour cells, and effectively switches the body's own defences back on. how are you? nice to meet you again. it is called reovirus, and it's hoped it could make traditional treatments more effective when used together. ian's neurosurgeon thinks that could be a really positive step. there's a limit to what we can do, surgically. and then the rest of the treatment depends upon the radiotherapy and the chemotherapy. so, this new trial is definitely a bonus, because if that's what we can do, so probably we could limit our surgery and concentrate more on the treatment, which is non—surgical. the oncologists leading the trial say if it works, it could open up other options, too. we have to think hard about what the next step should be, whether we should add in other immune stimulating—type treatments into the mix. whether there are other ways that we could use this virus in other contexts, particularly in patients who've previously had radiotherapy and chemotherapy in whom the tumour has grown back.

there's lots more work to do, but for ian, it offers both hope and the energy to enjoy the time he has away from treatment. doing the things that i enjoy, living each day at a time, and that's what it's taught me i have got to do — make the best of every day as it comes along. corinne wheatley, bbc news, leeds. around 200 campaigners have held a rally against proposals for a zipwire attraction in the heart of the lake district. the man behind the planning application believes it would boost tourism and bring more young people to the area, but as nisha joshi reports, he faces strong opposition. the battle goes on. i don't want to see those zip wires there. i do think this is the utterly wrong location — bang in the heart of a national park. these campaigners are determined to keep making their voices heard, as the lake district national park authority considers the application

for eight zip wires across thirlmere reservoir. a petition against the plans was submitted with around 13,500 signatures. you can go rock climbing, gill scrambling, mountain biking, walking round the reservoir, and lots of other places in the lake district that have forged a better sense of adventure and appreciation for landscape. i discovered fisher crag a few years ago, it is the most magical place. and the thought of that being destroyed with this zip wire is just totally inappropriate. it was just a really good day. we're glad we've done it, people have gone away very happy. we've got our message across. the application for the zip wires was submitted by treetop trek, which runs a similar attraction at windermere. a lot of people have got a sense that this will scar the landscape somehow and really dramatically change it. obviously our stance is that's not the case at all. there's already people all over that landscape —

paragliders, swimmers, cyclists, hikers, runners. and so the landscape is already very much used by man. i think we should want this because it's just another fantastic attraction to the lake district that will attract a really wide range of people, particularly of a younger audience, particularly a younger audience, that will be the lake district—lovers of the future. a decision on the planning application is expected on 7th march. nisha joshi, bbc north west tonight. it's coming up to 5:50pm, more news for you very soon but right now it's time for meet the author. there is something about louisa clarke, lou, that has turned the novels of jojo moyes into international bestsellers. she's a heroine whose life appeals to readers who do not want to let her go. now, after me before you and after you comes still me, in which lou fetches up in new york in a different world, as personal assistant to a socialite whose rich family holds out a few secrets. what will happen to lou's old boyfriend, paramedic sam, when she meets and falls for an american who bears a spooky

resemblance to an old flame she knew before sam? if you are a reader who follows lou, you will want to know. welcome. what do you think it is about lou that makes her such a compelling character for your readers? i think she's everywoman, the fact she is on the surface such an ordinary person makes it very easy for a wide variety of people to identify with her, but she also has an inherent goodness. not necessarily a niceness, because she can be sharp. but there is no snark to her, and in an age of snarkiness, people find that refreshing. in this book she is transported to a newjob in new york, and she finds herself in a family,

a slightly weird family — of course, because that's what stories are made of — and she is thrown into the social whirl of very rich new york life. of course, it is completely beyond her experience. part of the joy of having a character you can revisit is to put them in an alien landscape. there's not much more alien than the fifth avenue social world. something i found interesting about louisa's position is that when you enter the world of the very rich or the super—rich, they are people who have become accustomed to having people living around them, they are observed at all times yet they have to live as if they are not. there is that inherent tension between the people who are serving them and the people who are living, that i find really interesting. without going into details, i don't want to spoil the plot for those who will enjoy reading

the book, but it all comes unstuck for her in a pretty terrifying way. it's sort of put back together again, which fulfils your reassuring criterion, but i like the description of the everywoman, because you do sense that this is somebody who is going through something we can all imagine. we can feel what it's like for her. exactly, when i write louisa i try to really put the reader into her shoes. you feel things as she feels them, it's almost like, i don't know, inhabiting someone's skin, and that's quite different if you are writing in third person. i found it very easy to pull people along with louisa. we are inside louisa, lou, her love life is a bit of a mess in this situation, in new york. sam the paramedic, who is her man is back in london, he turns up. that's all very nice but she has an encounter with someone

who reminds her of another man. i don't think it's too much of a spoiler to sayjosh reminds her of will, but when i speak to people who have lost someone close to them, they see them everywhere. that can be quite discombobulating, because i think you don'tjust see them in the street, you project onto them, and i think that is something that happens a bit in this book. do you ever find yourself getting a bit fed up of her? this is the third outing, clearly she's very successful so you are fond of her in that sense, but do you ever think, oh, no, i must think of something else for her to do? that's it, this is the third book, from the day i knew i was writing book two i saw it as a trilogy, a horseshoe shaped trilogy. so that is it. i actually felt really sad to let her go because you know what it's like, some characters come to life immediately, others you can write a third of a book and still not be entirely

sure who they are and that can be really frustrating because they don't lift off the page in the right way. with lou, as with will in the first book, they landed fully formed in my lap. i knew what their responses would be in any situation and that made it an easy thing to write. it's a great gift for an author to have that sense of the character, fully formed. how did that come about? what was it about her that allowed you to have that clear idea of how she would respond to any challenge? it was quite bizarre, i sometimes have scenes enter my head, and it was the scene in the first book where they are dancing at a wedding and she is sitting on his lap, a man in a motorised wheelchair, she slow dances with him at a wedding to the appalled fascination of the other guests, and he says to her, because she's sort of here — you would have never let those breasts so close to me if i hadn't been in a wheelchair, and she says you would not have noticed my breasts if you were not in a wheelchair. and in those two sentences i knew who they both were and how well

they understood each other. it's interesting that you describe that scene almost in filmic terms. are you one of those writers who almost imagines in a way that you are behind a camera, which is moving and picking up scenes? absolutely. i have to play a scene through filmically in my head to see if it will work. i lie on the floor of my office and i run through lots of different varieties. there are writers who, and it's quite difficult to understand this, but who don't see it in that way, don't see it like a stage where people are walking in and off and the camera moving. but they have some sort of different mental process. it's quite a difficult thing to grasp. i'm always fascinated by how other writers do it because you just never know. i don't understand writers who don't plot, i can't imagine the fear of stepping off into the unknown and not knowing roughly where your characters will land. some writers say they are terrified by the idea of having it all written out, with the arc of the story, or whatever cliche we choose to apply.

they must set off on to the wide ocean and see where the boat ends up. you can't do that? i have a rough idea. four times out of five, it will deviate quite significantly. you will invent things as you go. characters run away with the plot and all the rest, but i have to have a rough idea of theme if nothing else. my constant question to myself is, what is the story really about? i'm sure if there were a group of readers here, they would say to you, if they were keen on the books and had enjoyed them, they would say, why are you taking her away? and they would ask you the inevitable question authors are doomed to answer, what happens to her afterwards? i quite like the idea that that might be in the reader's imagination. me before you was an odd book because it was peculiarly open ended, we ended up with her walking away in a street in paris, and ifound i kept asking myself the question, what would happen to you after being

part of such a catastrophic life—changing event? if you were part of somebody ending their life, you could not walk away from that with a bounce in your stride. even if you thought you were ok, it would come back with a terrible kind of profound resonance in your life. that was really the question — what happens next? i feel like she's done now. i don't want people to think i'm flogging a stripey legged dead horse, so i might revisit her in a short story one day... ah! but as far as novels go, that's it. readers are free to imagine she lives more or less happily ever after. i think they will have to read the book and decide. jojo moyes, author of still me, thank you very much. thank you so much. temperatures got as high as 15

degrees in places today, particularly where we saw some sunshine. not everywhere had sunny skies but some places certainly did, that was how it looked close to daventry early on. a very different skyline in south lanarkshire, cloud and outbreaks of rain, the thickest of the cloud has always been across parts of scotland. we've seen some wet weather here. further south, generally a lot of cloud as well, but through parts of east wales, into the midlands, towards lincolnshire and east anglia, that's where we have the best of the sunshine and highest of the temperatures. during this evening and tonight it stays mild for many but this wet and also very windy weather actually for a time across scotland will then sink its way southwards and eastwards into northern england, northern ireland, eventually north wales by the end of the night. behind that band of wet weather we start to get into something colder, because the rain is tied in with a cold front sinking its way southwards. lots of isobars on the chart, some strong and gusty winds, particularly ahead

of the frontal system. and then behind it we get into this cold air pushing in our direction from the north—west. still mild, though, to start tomorrow morning, for the channel islands, southern england, south wales. generally rather cloudy, gusty winds, but some brightness perhaps for the coasts of east anglia, down towards the london area at kent. towards the london area and kent. and then for north wales, northern england, our band of rain producing heavy downpours, gusty winds too. to the north of that, that's where we have the colder conditions, brighter for northern ireland and scotland with sunny spells but some showers packing in and be showers already packing in and these showers already starting to turn wintry over high ground in scotland. now, we bring our rain band southwards and eastwards throughout the day, still some heavy bursts on it. remember the gusty winds ahead of that band of rain, and then behind it, brightening skies peeling the cloud away to reveal some sunshine, but equally some showers packing in, heavy thundery ones and wintry ones over high ground in the north—west as temperatures dipped away from the north as the day goes on. tuesday is likely to get off to quite chilly start, a touch of frost in places.

a mainly fine day for many but a pincer movement, two weather systems, one bringing rain into the south—west, one bringing wet and increasingly windy weather into the north—west. and as that band of rain sinks southwards and eastwards it is going to turn things colder once again. that's the big theme for the week ahead, wintry showers for some, it will often be windy with gales at times. this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at six. police release an image of a man they want to speak to after three teenagers were killed by a car in west london. leave campaigners step up pressure on the prime minister. they want her to take a harder line with the eu. the leader of russia's main opposition party is arrested, along with more than two hundred other protesters. the founder of ikea, ingvar kamprad, has died at the age of ninety—one. good evening and welcome to bbc news.

police have released cctv images of a man wanted in connection with a car crash that killed three teenage boys in west