to change football. his former team—mates spoke of his strength and spirit. strength and spirit. his cool, nor was he ever intimidated. intimidated. he always said it motivated him to play even better. motivated him to play even better. for that we are blessed to have known him. known him. nice one, cyrille, nice one, son. one, son. his daughter then paid her own special tribute. own special tribute. but i couldn't be more proud tojust call you my dad. call you my dad.

forever remain in his loving embrace. embrace. a day event to remember a man who touched so many lives. man who touched so many lives. fitting tribute to a footballing giants. andy swiss, bbc news, the hawthorns. hawthorns. studio: remembering the remarkable cyrille regis. cyrille regis. attentions to the day's weather prospects with ben. thank you, jane. start for many of us. the south started 15 degrees lower than yesterday morning. than yesterday morning. with our weather, it is all relative. relative. moment cool rather than anything properly cold. properly cold.

into a much colder feel with some strong winds as well. strong winds as well. of the change already beginning out west. west. weather watcher in county londonderry. londonderry. bringing heavy rain already across the west of scotland. the west of scotland. strong winds and gales are likely here. and gales are likely here. elsewhere, not a bad end to the afternoon, temperatures about 5—9d. afternoon, temperatures about 5—9d. coming south will be more significant. significant. rain, strong and gusty winds, then behind it we get into the cold air. behind it we get into the cold air. see pearson wintry showers starting to push on. to push on. scotland, —— some wintry showers starting to push in.

starting to push in. and wales, the higher the temperature is to start the day. temperature is to start the day. another mild morning —— across england and wales. england and wales. patchy rain and fairly gusty winds as well. fairly gusty winds as well. cold front, clearing away to the south during tomorrow morning. south during tomorrow morning. particularly with the strength of the wind, gales and places. the wind, gales and places. the north and afternoon temperatures ofjust 3—7 degrees. the north and afternoon temperatures of just 3—7 degrees. of just 3—7 degrees. crashing onto the shore line with the gales. the gales.

bring in cloud and rain from the west. back to you, jane. thank you. that is all from the bbc news for today. today. back on bbc one we joined the bbc news teams wherever you are. bbc news teams wherever you are. have a good afternoon. goodbye. you're watching bbc news. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. on saturday in cardiff. season's premiership, will make his debut. rhys patchell, in the absence of dan biggar and rhy priestland. who gets the nod at scrum—half. pushing for a start. iii will be replicated at principality stadium on saturday.

for france at under—21 level. arsenal have agreed a deal for pierre—emerick aubameyang. pierre—emerick aubameyang. they get another player going the other way. other way. olivier giroud would be their choice. their choice. but he might want to stay in the premier league. cyrille regis' funeral has taken place today.

in the english game. he died earlier this month at the age of 59. at the hawthorns where he spent the majority of his career. to catch drugs cheats ahead of the next olympics. been a challenging year for the organsiaiton. our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. detail that it was established back in 2009. in 2009. the front line of the fight against doping in sport. doping in sport.

better and new ways of working in sports. sports. they need to do, insisting us with information to develop artistic. information to develop artistic. could do in the run—up to the tokyo olympics. olympics. with a strategic review into how they can conduct themselves. they can conduct themselves. that will be out in april. will be out in april. that fight to make sure that british sport is clean.

for a further three years. process has extended its tv and digital rights agreement. the 2021—22 season. and the premier league show. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. uk/sport. i'll have more for you in the next hour. prospects following brexit.

is struck with brussels. and its preferred bespoke trade deal option was not analysed. seen the report was in fact, this morning. it is an attempt to undermine our exit from the european union. exit from the european union. range of analysis for access from the eu. the eu. been a cross effort to support our negotiating priorities. negotiating priorities. it has not been led by my department.

been led by my department. nowhere near being approved by ministers. ministers. that it requires significant further work. work. infact, mr speaker, i only saw this report myself this morning. saw this report myself this morning. fraud analysis around the referendum. referendum. framework for the analysis of our exit for the use. exit for the use. shelf trade arrangements that currently exist. currently exist. clear that those are not what we are seeking in our negotiations. seeking in our negotiations. asset out by the prime minister in her florence speech. her florence speech. that was the brexit minister responding to that. when it comes to its

brexit plans. not good enough! mr speaker, brexit impact assessments take two. assessments take two. government to publish brexit impact assessments. assessments. approach to brexit and that hold the government to account. government to account. government has refused repeatedly, our request. last year,... shooting detail, but —— excruciating detail. detail. told that no economic forecasters was never existed. was never existed.

learned that analysis has been produced after all. produced after all. this is now piling absurdity upon absurdity. piling absurdity upon absurdity. keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary. secretary. we will talk what more is that much more about that. that much more about that. commons at lunchtime following the urgent question. regarding pay decisions at the bbc. coopers found. and more equal‘ bbc. to our media editor amol rajan. he detailed his plan for bbc pay going forward.

look, a quality is at the heart of the values of the bbc. the values of the bbc. see where they are placed, versus their peers. their peers. where actually, the play has been too low. too low. quicker and much faster, and i would also,... this is an area... like to look at progression of women within the organisation. within the organisation.

progressing, and how we can remove them. them. if we can make it easier, i would like to do that, as well. would like to do that, as well. summer, but now, also for presenters, as well. presenters, as well. have trust, build trust in the system. system. so, i want us to be leaders in quality. —— equality. i think that is really good for everybody. joining me now in studio is sarah wilder, an employment lawyer. an employment lawyer. thank you for coming

in. been independent audit carried out by pwc. by pwc. things, the gender pay gender pay gap is something that we are about. gap is something that we are about. unlawful since 1975, and that was all covered by the same act. all covered by the same act. gender pay gap is something different. different. equally to do the same job, or very similar job. equally to do the same job, or very similarjob. similarjob.

whereas, equal pay for equal work is a little more basic. a little more basic. that, it sounds very straightforward. straightforward. should be on the same salary, that is what the law says. is what the law says. discourse, now. what do companies say to you. say to you. coming up against as an employment lawyer? lawyer? regulations have shone a light on other issues. other issues. gender pay gap, this comes back to equal pay. equal pay. equal pay, there are defences to an equal pay claim. equal pay claim.

someone would they greater managerial experiences. managerial experiences. forces could have impacted on their pay. pay. there ways in which non—equal pay can be justified. there ways in which non—equal pay can bejustified. pay can bejustified. to me that this is not limited to the bbc, at all. the bbc, at all. of course, it is very public with the bbc. very public with the bbc. the gender pay gap, what can be done to change it. to change it. conversations, largely coming into some of his high—paid jobs. some of his high—paid jobs. way through to adverts forjob showing gender bias. showing gender bias. you've got the pure equal pay claims. claims. where someone is saying, actually i do the same job. actually i do the same job. and the same amount of experience. because...

and these emits prince, because experience can be a factor. because experience can be a factor. could be paid the same as someone who is brand—new in the role. absolutely. into play when we look at the entertainment industry. entertainment industry. widening the debate 00:18:26,1000 --> 00:18:29,601 outside of bbc news. news. attracting the talent, then the post. and lord tony hall, is talking about... about... guess transparency is the only way for a company to really sort it out. for a company to really sort it out. is that summing you have come across? i think that it absolutely right. right.

i think historically, there has been no paid transparency. has been no paid transparency. it, how do women know what they should be paid? great to talk to you. you. thank you so much for coming in this lunchtime. european union, no matter what deal is done. is done. bias, but lord hall admits that some people have been paid too much. people have been paid too much. admit that mistakes were made any disclosure of evidence.

of £33 million to settle spiffing charges against them. charges against them. a definite indication of what sort of brexit theresa may once. of brexit theresa may once. ignoring how they will pay off their mortgage. that is according to a regulator. regulator. savings or other funds to pay a lump sum.

heavily in commercial and residential real estate. that's according to an annual review by deloitte. construction activity in birmingham, manchester, leeds, and belfast. but which sectors are seeing this uptick? let‘s find out. joining us now is simon bedford, a partner at deloitte real estate. the headline here is that more is being billed. that is right. good news story for the regional cities. cities. people periods that he had through the first part of this decade. the first part of this decade. great news that they are now putting their plans into action. their plans into action. seeing lots of development across our regional cities. our regional cities. residential buildings that are being built?

built? commercial buildings‘s what is providing the drive? is providing the drive? to be honest, it is across the board. honest, it is across the board. thousand new bedrooms and hotels being built this year. being built this year. that is a record number. record number. magister, it is more about apartments. apartments. birmingham is also having a great time. time. all of these days, but all sectors appeared to be doing very well. appeared to be doing very well. is looking at building is being built. built. many of these actually occupied what they finnish? yes we do. outside of london, and into the regional city network. regional city network. of demand from young people, who want to live and work in the cities. want to live and work in the cities.

are seeing a renaissance of the cities. cities. the uk construction pmi figures at the end of last year. the end of last year. they dropped slightly in december. slightly in december. growing, but not as fast as they had been grievously. been grievously. that clearly there are differences in the marketplace. in the marketplace. this survey only looks at major regional cities. looks at major regional cities. continue to show good signs of growth. growth. cities are outperforming other parts of the uk. of the uk. we are not seeing that in these occasions. ok, simon bedford. department deloitte relit it. thank you for your time.

on the collapse of carillion. thousands ofjobs at risk. deloitte and ey should be broken up in the wake of the collapse. issued its first profit warning. trade and investment. we asked him how comprehensive this government investigation will be. it will need to be compared to, it will need to look at everything. will need to look at everything. will not avoid the fact that businesses sometimes fail. businesses sometimes fail. fact of life, whether the government is a counterparty or not. that is sometimes... sometimes...

move against them in a way that makes them unsustainable. makes them unsustainable. that take a quick look at the market. a quick look at the market. they are all down. all down. we have seen a bit of profit taking on the footsie. profit taking on the footsie. is an interesting story behind all of these markets being down. of these markets being down. we asked being rising bonds. asked being rising bonds. bonds are less risky than stocks. less risky than stocks. investors are thinking and going to put them into bonds. put them into bonds. beginning of a story that will be going to be keeping an eye on. going to be keeping an eye on. were their best light was the x people ordering pizza. people ordering pizza. thank you very much for that. a referendum on liberalising the country‘s 00:26:00,1000 --> 00:26:03,038 abortion

laws. to women having to go abroad for terminations. andrew plant reports. the subject of a referendum on changing the law. taken at home without medical support or supervision. on abortion should be changed. we already have abortion in ireland. but it‘s unsafe, unregulated, and unlawful. and import our solutions. of unregulated medicines. shouldn‘t be changed.

legal in some circumstances. the country‘s constitution in time for a vote at the end of may. andrew plant, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. it has not turned into a bad day out there. there. great eight cool view to what was a chilly start. was a chilly start. beautiful pictures from the weather watchers. pictures from the weather watchers. rather misty conditions, as well. mentioned that it feels chilly out there. there. sitting across the british isles at the moment. the moment.

which will be moving southward and these words tonight and tomorrow. these words tonight and tomorrow. much, much colder feel by the time that we look into wednesday. that we look into wednesday. first sign of that change already taking place at worst. taking place at worst. more significant one already bringing rain into scotland. bringing rain into scotland. strong winds already, here. winds already, here. continuing to thicken up from the west. west. been this weather system, this cold front that will be more significant. front that will be more significant. a band of heavy rain pushing sufferers. temperatures dipping away. away. close to freezing and below freezing in one or two places. freezing in one or two places. will be windy and we will see some wintry showers. wintry showers.

but it could bring those showers down to low levels, as well. down to low levels, as well. thing, but the brothers are badly,, those damages a little bit higher. those damages a little bit higher. eight or 9 degrees on the south coast. coast. bringing some outbreaks of rain, and that will disappear quite quickly. that will disappear quite quickly. wintry showers still packing in from the north—west. the north—west. temperatures only around three to 7 degrees in the afternoon. degrees in the afternoon. in thursday, we can see fewer showers. thursday, we can see fewer showers. still some in the west and the north—east. north—east. it will be windy, especially in east coast. especially in east coast. which could send big waves dashing onto the shoreline.

onto the shoreline. patchy rain in the weekend, on saturday. saturday. something, relatively speaking a little bit milder. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy. today at 2. preferred bespoke trade deal option wasn‘t analysed. across south—east england.

he actually said to me, "get on the floor". floor". going to rape me and i was very, very frightened. "no confidence" in the review. focus on disclosure. of errors in the handling of a failed rape trial. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. we are looking at transfer deals? yes, deadline day tomorrow. good afternoon. afternoon. broken their transfer record, arsenal hope to break theirs too. arsenal hope to break theirs too. but that could be complicated for arsenal. i‘ll explain all later. plus, the weather. clear but cold this morning? cool enough today with a fair amount of sunshine around. of sunshine around.