today at 5. .. the bosses of carillion deny being ‘asleep at the wheel', as the company headed towards collapse. senior executives of the outsourcing and construction giant faced questions from mps as it emerged the liquidation will delay completion of a new hospital in liverpool. other people have lost theirjobs and you are still all right, all of you... aren't you? we'll have the latest on the session in parliament and we'll have more details from liverpool. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... wall street takes another tumble as the volatility which started in new york yesterday continues to affect global markets. the ira hyde park bombing of 1982. relatives of the victims get legal aid for a civil action against the main suspect. the wikileaks founderjulian assange loses his attempt to have his uk arrest warrant cancelled. and, it's a hundred years since many women first had the right to vote,

but even then only if they were over 30 and owners of property. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that the chairman of the outsourcing and building firm carillion, philip green, says he takes ‘full and complete responsibility‘ for the group's collapse. he's among former bosses who've been answering questions from mps about the decline of the company. the firm, which employed more than 40,000 people worldwide, went into liquidation last month with significant debts and a huge pension deficit. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. the senior figures in charge of carillion in its final months... keith cochrane, chief executive

during the collapse. reporter: would you say sorry to employees? and zafar khan, the finance director ousted after commissioning an internal investigation. also among them, richard howson. he was sacked as chief executive after having to warn last year that profits were plummeting. i, too, would like to say how deeply saddened and how sorry i am for what has happened to the business. mr howson received £1.5 million in 2016 and continued to get his salary after he left, even though the company failed do you feel comfortable but the level of bonus that he received? yes, ido, level of bonus that he received? yes, i do, forthe level of bonus that he received? yes, i do, for the attributes i earnedit yes, i do, for the attributes i earned it for. half of that bonus

was deferred and half of that was paid in cash. large numbers of people are not going to get paid for their contracts, other people have lost theirjobs and you are still all right, all of you. anju? silence from these previous directors and silence still at the new liverpool hospital, with work altered, its opening has been put off until the end of the year. previous delays like this at the lack of payments for 18 months for a big development in the middle east resulted in a drastic such —— shortage of cash. by another group of former directors we re another group of former directors were accused of getting priorities wrong while cash became so short by paying more money to shareholders than into the stricken pension scheme. we were paying into pensions what i understood to be an agreed arrangement... if i have two

children and i pay one of them £1 a week and the other one 50p a week, the one who gets 50p says, i think that your priority is the other child, you are paying her twice as much as me and i say, i don't think thatis much as me and i say, i don't think that is the right way to look at it! do you think that the child who is getting 50p has a point or do you think they don't? that is an interesting perspective. with money leaking away, carillion desperately needed new contracts to keep going. this was a house of cards. but the formerfinance director this was a house of cards. but the former finance director said that new work had begun to dry up. but we have some new contracts. they drifted away because of the brexit related anxiety about was amplified by the general election announcement. along the way mps were told that carillion had indulged in

its final years in aggressive accounting, effectively booking payments as income when they had actually come in. and simon is here with me now...... what was the context of the asleep at the wheel statement? people have been struck by that, by how the senior executives of carillion went on about the different contracts going wrong, the problems that were created and richard howson, the former chief executive said he felt like a bailiff going around the country trying to get money out of these contracts. monthly, he was visiting qatar in the middle east to try and get money out of that big development in the city there that they were responsible for, the £200 million that they were never paid. when the company started imploding, it was a surprise. and that was behind the comment by frank feels

that they were asleep at the wheel and the other mps on this committee, including rachel reid said afterwards, that there will work a series of delusional characters who maintained that everything was hunky—dory until suddenly it all went an foreseeably wrong and the debt was spiralling at the same time. because of this lack of cash coming in, even to the extent that rather than paying their suppliers and contractors directly because they did not have the cash, they struck a deal with their banks to pay their suppliers, albeit sometimes late and racked up more doubt that way. so you could see how the pigeons were coming home to roost and of course they did. thank you. i mention projects that were delayed by this, one of them in liverpool at the new hospital development. our business correspondent nina warhurstjoins us now from liverpool. bring us up—to—date with the state

of play there at the reaction in liverpool. behind me you can probably see a chunk of the new royal in liverpool and it looks great from here but if you get closer, uc cement mixers which have stopped, diggers that have stopped in their tracks and inside there are awards waiting to be completed. equipment is waiting to be installed , equipment is waiting to be installed, it was expected originally that the royal would have been completed last march but today we learn from the hospital trust that not only can may not guarantee it will be finished by the end of this year but there is doubt about whether it will be finished by the end of 2019 and that is because of carillion subcontractors. they can guarantee that any work carried out between now and the completion dates they will be paid for but it is the back payments they are waiting for. they do not know how much of that they will get until liquidation proceedings have been completed and

that has big implications for the liverpool city region. this was supposed to be the centrepiece of a regeneration project here. a huge life science industry was supposed to spring up around the hospital and 110w to spring up around the hospital and now that has been thrown into doubt and there is a very human side to this as well. we have been speaking toa this as well. we have been speaking to a gentleman whose mother comes to get her eyes done and she has been asking questions about what will happen to her treatment. at the moment, there are no answers to those questions about when and how the royal liverpool will be finished. thank you. relatives of the victims of the 1982 ira hyde park bombing have been granted legal aid for a civil action against the main suspect. the case againstjohn downey, who denies involvement, collapsed at the old bailey four years ago, when it emerged that government officials had mistakenly given him a letter telling him he would not face arrest or prosecution. four soldiers of the royal household cavalry died in the attack as our correspondent keith doyle

reports. four soldiers of the royal household cavalry died when a car bomb detonated as they made their way to buckingham palace injuly 19 82. to buckingham palace injuly1982. dozens were injured and seven cavalry horses died. another horse was critically injured, but recovered enough to return to service. a recovery which was closely followed by the public. john downey, who was convicted of ira membership in the 1970s, was the prime suspect and was charged with the bombing in 2014. that case collapsed when it emerged that government officials had assured him in writing in 2007 that he would not face arrest or prosecution. he was one of around 180 republicans, so called on the runs, suspected of involvement in terrorist crimes, but who had never been charged. as part of the good friday agreement they received letters from the

government assuring them they were not being sought by police. there was severe criticism of this scheme, which was described as secretive and a catastrophic mistake. tony blair, whose government implemented it, sought to defend it. without having done that, we would not have a northern ireland peace process in place today. while john downey was not wanted by police in northern ireland, he was wanted by the met police. but a judge ruled that even though his letter was sent by mistake it would be an abuse of process for him to stand trial for the hyde park bombing. while the families of those killed in the hyde park bombing can now pursue a civil case, there is no guarantee that it will be successful. it is great news for them, they have gone through all the agonies of the original bomb and then waiting to see if anyone would ever be caught for it, then someone has been put forward as possibly being the bomb, to see that collapse, to then have forward as possibly

being the bomber, to see that collapse, to then have five different types of legal aid agency. it has been a roller—coaster and a really hard one for them, it does not show up our legal system particularly well. 35 years on a northern ireland is still trying to come to terms with the violence of the past. there's been a volatile start to trading on american stock markets, a day after they suffered near record stock market falls. if we have a look at the current figures. the ftse and the dax both trading negatively at the moment and the dowjones actually having recovered a bit today after the sharp falls off yesterday, the nasdaq having recovered quite a bit. that is the overall picture. the sell—off began last week when strong economic data in the us sparked

fears of an early rise in interest rates. yogita limaye is at the new york stock exchange. ijust had a look at the i just had a look at the figures ijust had a look at the figures but tell us about the trading so far. there was quite a lot of frantic running around and the guy open 500 points down and after that it has been slipping into positive territory as well. it has been very choppy and the figures here are expected to continue being volatile, not a sport today but for the rest of the week and they are essentially saying that fundamentally they do not think there is a reason to panic, that the us economy remains strong. many said that they were expecting a correction in that sense, there was a trigger with that strong jobs report last week, that is when the sell—off started and it

continues but at the same time we have got four hours of trading to go. yesterday things changed and tumbled within a matter of minutes and it is hard to predict how it will end up but i think everyone is expecting things to remain choppy. just to recap, if you can explain the context, what is there in the political climate right now do you think that could affect again the way the markets have been operating? there is a lot of sensitivity, clearly the president has been pretty forthright in his views about the performance of the stock exchange in recent weeks, what is it about the overall political climate thatis about the overall political climate that is also feeding into this? yes, the president has been taking credit repeatedly for months now for the highs that the stock market has been touching, we had not heard directly from him now that we have had a record side but we heard from the treasury secretary who are essentially said he is not that worried because the fundamentals remain strong. this particular

sell—off was not essentially triggered by something that was political, it essentially came on the back of strong wage growth in the back of strong wage growth in the us which led traders to believe that inflation could then rise and that inflation could then rise and that if inflation rises, the american central banker will be compelled to raise interest rates more quickly than they had expected. the sell—off has been triggered by those worries but i think people are surprise given the fact that the president has taken credit for soaring stock markets. there are questions being asked about why we are not hearing from him directly. thank you very much for the latest in new york. 0ur correspondent there at the new york stock exchange. this is bbc news at five — the headlines: the bosses of carillion deny being ‘asleep at the wheel‘ — as it emerges the company‘s collapse will delay completion of a new hospital in liverpool. wall street takes another tumble as the volatility which started

it has now recovered. the ira hyde park bombing — relatives of the victims get legal aid for a civil action against the main suspect. the home secretary amber rudd has said she‘ll look at calls to pardon suffragettes who were convicted of militant activities during the course of their campaigning but she‘s suggested it would be ‘complicated‘. special events are taking place across the uk to mark the centenary of women‘s suffrage when more than 8 million women but by no mean all and every man over the age of 21 were given the right to vote. let‘s join jane hill at westminster. thank you. welcome to westminster

and specifically this evening here in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. this is where many of those protests took place more than 100 years ago that took us to where we are today. marking 100 years since the representation of the people act. i will be talking to two prominent women from the political divide about what today means to them. first, this report on how we reached this point. the campaign for the women‘s vote started off with peaceful intentions, but progress was slow and after years of conflict free campaigning, some women were not prepared to wait any longer. emmeline pankhurst, along with her daughter christabel, founded the women‘s social and political union in 1903. otherwise known as the suffragettes. it seemed like a mad idea then. and i think it took a long time, that‘s why the campaign was so long,

because they had to change people attitudes towards women and what they could do. and shouting at politicians, all unprecedented behaviour. some were arrested. but rather than pay a fine, they were sent to prison. but their protest didn‘t stop there. some of those locked up refused to eat, whilst others on the outside continued the violence, vandalising churches and burning down buildings. they said, there‘s a suffragette round the corner speaking. so, i went round the corner and i thought myself, this woman is talking sense. when i actually joined, i went to an open—air meeting and heard the speaker say, lunatics, criminals, paupers and women may not vote. well, i hadn'tjoined before then although all of my instincts had been that way, but ijoined them and then.

they were charming women who were in it, and they were absolutely smothered with eggs, rotten tomatoes, and you never saw anything like what we looked like at the end. but this was one of the most shocking and memorable moments of the campaign. in 1913, emily davison, one of the leading suffragettes, was knocked down by the king‘s was at epsom racecourse. house at epsom racecourse. was knocked down by the king‘s horse at epsom racecourse. and she died of her injuries four days later. then came a breakthrough. on february the 6th 1918, some women were given the right to vote for the very first time. but at this stage, women were only allowed to vote if they were over the age of 30 and owned property. during the first world war, we did a man‘sjob, we worked in the factories, we worked in the fields, we did a man‘s drop.

we did a man‘sjob. so why can‘t we have a vote? as with equal rights, why cold we have a vote? why can‘t we have a vote? but men are, by nature, control freaks. it wasn‘t until 1928 when all women had the same voting rights as men. and, over time, we‘ve seen a growing number of women in parliament and become prime minister. harriet harman is the longest continuing serving female mp, first elected in 1982. i was one of only 23 mps out of 650 when i started. now over 200. now there are over 200. but we are still outnumbered by men 2—1. but 100 years on, women women are still fighting. most recently, the gender pay gap, sexual harassment, and the me too movement have all made headlines around the world. and the campaigns continue. there‘s so much that still needs to be done, i think they would be urging us on and saying, you know, don‘tjust accept where we are at,

we can be so much better, so much richer as a society and an economy if women and men were allowed to do whatever they want to, if the genders were not divided up in this progress, outdated idea about what a man is and what a woman is. there are now calls for the government to pardon suffragettes who committed crimes such as arson during their fight for the right to vote. 100 years may have passed, but some say there is still a long way to go. adina campbell, bbc news. the prime minister theresa may devoted a speech to the anniversary of women‘s suffrage. let us hear a little of what she had to say about the importance of this 100 year anniversary. social media and digital

communication, which in themselves can and should be forces for good in our democracy, are being exploited and abused, often anonymously. british democracy has always been robust and oppositional but line is crossed when disagreement mutates into intimidation. when putting across your point of view becomes trying to exclude and intimidate those with whom you disagree. let us discuss what today means and what remains to be done with two women who are very much involved with that particular question. i‘m joined byjess phillips and baroness jenkin. good to see you both. you founded women2win in 2005 with theresa may, explain more about it.

when theresa may was elected she was one of 13 conservative female mps. when we launched women2win, it crept up when we launched women2win, it crept up to 17 but that was still 9% of the party. meanwhile the labour party had rushed ahead thanks to an all women short list. we were floundering and we talked about what we could do, how we could make them realise that this was an important issue. finally, we launched women2win which we thought would be a rallying cry but it was... david cameron was then elected leader and the first speech he gave was how he wa nted the first speech he gave was how he wanted to see the party reflect the country better at large and we became mainstream. we want to encourage more women to step forward , encourage more women to step forward, support them through the journey and campaign within the conservative party to make sure that they were selected. in a period, as

we went into the 2010 election and this election, we got to 70. percentage rise, we know this great institution, still 32% female. and are case, still 21%, we have much more to do. in our case we have different problems, i think a lot of women who are natural campaigners do not think of themselves as political people, but if they have campaigned in some way, and they think they have got what it takes, they should step up and started the journey. disappointing on this remarkable day as it is that the figure is still where it is. it is cause for celebration today. that is what we should be doing. untilthis celebration today. that is what we should be doing. until this place is at least 50—50, we still have much

more to do. the labour party as baronessjenkin has more to do. the labour party as baroness jenkin has said more to do. the labour party as baronessjenkin has said how push forward , baronessjenkin has said how push forward, 44% of labour party mps are women, not because of any sort of good schemes, but it is because we forced the issue, force the issue. so we are much closer to 50% of our parliamentary party. so we are much closer to 50% of our parliamentary pa rty.|j so we are much closer to 50% of our parliamentary party. i want to talk to both of you about women up and down the country everywhere because although we are standing in this glorious setting today for obvious reasons, the suffragettes were from all social backgrounds, all parts of the country, you were fantastically vocal on this point, in a positive way, but how do we say to the younger generation against the current backdrop that we have, that life is fairfor you, how current backdrop that we have, that life is fair for you, how do we make itfairfor life is fair for you, how do we make it fairfor them life is fair for you, how do we make it fair for them because there is still a way to go? there is a huge way to go and today should be a moment of celebration but a springboard for action and without

those young people daring to think that they can step up and have their voice, whether it is at school or at work or anywhere, notjust here in this fancy building, nothing will ever change. we have to fight to make our voices heard. look at all the differences that have been made, evenjust from the differences that have been made, even just from my mother's generation to mine. i had free childcare, i had all sorts of things laid out to me, schemes that were about girls doing better at school, all of those things, the difference between my mother's generation and mine, young people can progress for the next 100 years. that is sure celebration. baronessjenkin, the next 100 years. that is sure celebration. baroness jenkin, what would you like to see addressed?” had a great—grandfather who introduced the legislation that we are celebrating today, so i want to pay tribute to some of the men who made it happen. although we are talking about suffragettes, it was the men here in this building that

finally made it happen and i would like to say, that the men here in this building need to make this happen as well. they need to understand and i think a lot of them do, this is not about some form of positive action, this is about our differences. 0ur life experiences are different men, they are not superior or inferior. we are different. that is the difference that has to be reflected better here at westminster. it is interesting, the male mps who have daughters and are beginning to see the obstacles they are facing and prejudice they come up against, they are coming to me and saying, i want to support yourcampaign me and saying, i want to support your campaign help. mel allies are hugely important. a quick thought about what theresa may were saying in manchester. she talked in terms of women stepping up, she did address that we‘ll all have about

social media and the pressures that puts on young people but dare we say, particularly young girls, what are your thoughts on that? obviously there is a feral environment online for lots of people, especially young women, particularly women with an opinion and women of colour with an opinion. i have suffered it, we have all suffered at. i have to say, we have to push through and make sure that our democracy is not being attacked by this. it should never put people off michael taking part and joining put people off michael taking part andjoining in put people off michael taking part and joining in because the whole point of those bullies is to try and silence women and we cannot let them win. but the prime minister is saying about new legislation is interesting and i want to give her my support about finding a way to make this better. any barriers that are putting women of bagram need to be addressed and we know that the intimidation and bullying online and

campaigning has been a deterrent. we have to call it out and make it unacceptable that anyone who stands for election deserves respect, that is how are democracy works. fantastic that you could be with us ona fantastic that you could be with us on a very special day. thank you very much indeed. we will let you go. thank you very much. that is all from inside the lobby for now. thank you. jane at the palace of westminister. starting today, there‘s a new look to bbc weather. meteogroup will be providing us with the latest data — and there‘s a fresh design to the way our forecasts are displayed on tv, online and in the bbc‘s weather app. sarah keith lucas explains... it‘s here in the bbc weather centre where the new look forecasts have been developed over recent months. we know how important clear and accurate forecasts are for you, so we‘ve been working closely with our partners meteogroup to bring you the new graphics using

more data as well as the latest innovations in design technology and forecasting science. simon hunt is our creative director. now, simon, talk us through what the viewers can expect to see with our new graphics? what they will notice straightaway is that the map looks different. it‘s a high resolution map, and it‘s green. if you go in closer on that you can see we‘ve also got high resolution data for the weather. we also have the ability to show a 3d globe with weather on it, which the presenters can move around quite easily to create the editorial story that they want to tell. some of the graphics as well we‘re using, so the outlook, for instance, shows quite clearly that temperatures rise to the weekend and then fall away afterwards. so how‘s it all going to look on the big screen? well, it‘ll look clean and fresh. and one of our main concepts when developing these graphics was the idea of a window on the weather, so behind this window you can see not only

the weather in the distance, you can also see drops of rain sitting on the pane of glass, here. and simon was showing us, we can now look at the weather on a very localised scale. for instance, let‘s zoom into northern england, and in this example you can see quite clearly the showers falling as rain, but also of snow over the higher ground, too. and it‘s not only on a smaller scale that things are changing, but also on the global scale, too. we can now look at satellite data from right around the world. we can also add on pressure fields and frontal systems, too. we can even give you an indication of when and where you might be likely to see the northern lights. and, of course, it‘s not only on tv that things are changing. we‘ve also redeveloped our weather app and our website, too. now, one of the main changes is that our ten day forecast has been replaced by a 1k day forecast. we‘ve also introduced the percentage chance of rain by the hour. this is going to help you keep up to date with the latest weather, and we hope you enjoy our new look. that‘s a lot of change for us to be

taking on! anyway, it looks great, and why don‘t you take us away with today‘s whether. the whether itself is not changing very much in a hurry. we have a cold, wintry theme that has been with us since the start of february. a bit more snow to be seen in the forecast over the next couple of days. some pictures have been sent in by our weather watchers, this one is from staffordshire. you can see the extent of the snow, about four centimetres over the hills. the snow is shifting its way further south and east on this weather front which is heading in towards east anglia and the south—east into the evening hours. clearer conditions moving in from the north—west. this zone of cloud and snow showers will push across norfolk down towards kent, there could be a dusting of snow overnight in london too. it will be a bitterly cold start to wednesday morning, minus six degrees even in

some of our towns and cities. colder than that in the countryside. a widespread frost and some iciness wednesday morning before things cloud over with more rain until snow to come in the north—west. the time is 5:32pm. this is bbc news. the headlines: the bosses of carillion deny being "asleep at the wheel", as it emerges the company‘s collapse will delay completion of a new hospital in liverpool. 0ther other people have lost theirjobs, and you are still all right. all of you. aren‘t you? a volatile start to trading on us stock markets a day after they suffered big false. shares in new york opened more than 2% down, then they quickly recovered. european markets are also down today. the ira hyde park bombing of 1982 —

relatives of the victims get legal aid for a civil action against the main suspect. wikileaks wikilea ks founder wikileaks founderjulian assange has lost his appeal to have a warrant for his arrest dropped. the ruling means he will continue to live in the gregorian embassy in london, where he has taken refuge for the past five years. —— the ecuadorian embassy. let‘s get a full round—up of all the sport withjohn watson at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon committee, many thanks indeed. chelsea insist they will not be sacking antonio conte despite back—to—back league defeats. before— one defeat to watford last night follows to the two bournemouth last week, —— the 4—1. the first time they have suffered successive defeats in the premier league since 1995. chelsea are not known. and in by underperforming managers, but

co nte felt by underperforming managers, but conte felt hisjob by underperforming managers, but conte felt his job was safe.” by underperforming managers, but conte felt his job was safe. i am not worried about myjob. i work every day, and i give 120%, ok? if this is enough, it‘s ok. 0therwise, the club can take a different decision. but i‘m not worried. every day, every press conference you ask me, are you worried about yourjob? no, i‘m not worried. me, are you worried about yourjob? no, i'm not worried. a memorial service has taken place at old trafford today to mark 60 years since the munich air crash. sir bobby charlton, who is now a director at the club, was one of the survivors pulled from the plane that crashed returning from a european match in belgrade. he wasjoined by the former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson, withjose mourinho also in attendance, along with players from the first team. 23 people lost their lives. the swansea city manager carlos ca rvalhal could be returning to faces former club,

sheffield wednesday, if swansea can get past not county in their fourth—round replay tonight. they will be looking for a place in the fifth round, of course —— notts county. carbajal was sacked that the turn of the year by sheffield wednesday, but was appointed to take over by swansea as they look to avoid relegation from the premier league. our speech will not... will not be different before the game against wolves. and it is not different before the game against notts different before the game against n otts cou nty different before the game against notts county in the first game and it will not be different now. our main competition is the premier league. we in these games, we are happy to play these games. we understand the procedures of these competition. that game is live on bbc one tonight at 8pm. wales have named an unchanged side for their match at twickenham this weekend at the six nations. after that impressive performance against scotla nd impressive performance against scotland in the opening match of the champions league, leigh halfpenny

scoring two tries as part of his 24.4 in the 34-7 scoring two tries as part of his 24.4 in the 34—7 win over scotland. george north is available, he comes onto the bench. liam williams is not available, despite taking part in full training this week. the winter 0lympics begin on friday. 32 russian athletes have appealed against berwick solution in a bid to compete. they include those who had their life span is lifted from the court of arbitration for sport last week. 43 russians were banned for life from the olympics following an ioc investigation into state—sponsored russian doping at the sochi games, 28 of those were overturned last thursday. the ioc turned down a request for 13 of the 28, and two coaches, to compete. the hearings will take place on wednesday. meanwhile, the international olympic committee has come under attack for letting russians compete as neutrals in the game. at their conference in

pyeongchang, the president, thomas bach, said 168 athletes from russia have every right to compete. but the man who used to roam the world anti—doping agency says it sends the wrong message —— the man who used to run. the british boxer has been banned for two years after testing positive for a steroid. he has been suspended since a positive test came during a fight in iraq are back in april. he won silver at the 2016 european championships, —— during a fight in rocco. but he lost in the 2016 rio and that if all the sport for now, i will be back with plenty more in sportsday at 6:30pm. thanks, john. there‘s been a sharp drop in the amount of money councils are spending on services for vulnerable children and families across england. research by huddersfield and sheffield universities has found that overall spending on children‘s services has fallen by 16% since 2010, despite increasing demand. and it‘s much worse in the most deprived council areas, with spending cut by an average of 27%.

but the government insists extra money has been made available to councils. here‘s our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. in a cramped room in one of birmingham‘s most deprived areas, volunteers run a cook—and—eat session for local families. it‘s packed. many of the families here are under pressure, with money or other worries. in these sessions, the mums find counselling, childcare and friends. they‘ve asked not to be identified. that help is vital for their mental health. and obviously having the mothers emotionally stable helps the children. and happy parents is happy children. today‘s research shows that early intervention and family support like this have had huge cuts, as council spending on children‘s services in england has been squeezed. this place, run by a charity, says it‘s seen neglect cases increase massively. what we see is, where that early help could have happened,

and the mum was able to get on her feet and keep those children and then go on to actually be a very effective parent. we‘re now seeing that that‘s just left and left and left until a crisis emerges, and then you‘re at the very top of crisis that involves removal of children. and this woman told me she‘s now caring for her relative‘s two children, who would otherwise be in care. she says the family didn‘t get enough early support. it would have made a lot of difference. it maybe would‘ve helped probably keep the family together, and not have it broken up the way that it is as well. in birmingham, there are some of the most deprived areas in the country. and according to today‘s research, it‘s councils which are dealing with high levels of poverty and of need which have seen some of the greatest cuts to their children‘s services budgets. councils are dealing with a surge in child protection cases, with more children going into care. whilst those vital services have been largely protected, in the most deprived areas,

there‘s been a 54% cut in spending on helping families early. we‘re storing up costs for society in the future, and creating a kind of vicious spiral. the more we cut prevention and family support services and concentrate expenditure on the other areas, the more likely it is that more children will come into care. so, this was the room that was used for stay—and— play... and that‘s what they fear at this now—closed children‘s centre in birmingham. here they say they‘ve lost staff who really knew what was going on locally. the same issues are still there. the community, as all communities in sort of deprived areas, still need that support. but councils maintain the squeeze on their funding from government leaves them with no choice. many councils now face a tipping point, where they know they‘re having to take away the services that keep people out of expensive child protection services. however, they‘ve simply got no

choice, because they‘ve got to keep funding the child protection work, and everything else therefore has to go in order to pay for it. the department for education says it has made extra money available to councils. it continues... but, with no letup in the demand for children‘s services, the arguments over funding will get tougher. alison holt, bbc news. another of today‘s stories... the founder of wikilea ks, julian assange, has lost his attempt to have a uk arrest warrant dropped. he‘s been living at the ecuadorian embassy in london for more than six years to avoid arrest over a sexual assault case brought in sweden. charges which have now been dropped. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is at the ecuadorian embassy in london. richard, some more on today‘s

announcement, and indeed we do think this now leaves julian announcement, and indeed we do think this now leavesjulian assange and the people around him?” this now leavesjulian assange and the people around him? i definitely think this is certainly an initial blow forjulian think this is certainly an initial blow for julian assange think this is certainly an initial blow forjulian assange in his hopes to get out of the embassy here. the judge was pretty clear in her announcement so far, saying that she was not persuaded that the arrest warrant should be withdrawn. now, essentially what had been happening is mr assange‘s lawyers had been arguing that the arrest warrant, as they put it, had no function and no purpose, because the swedish investigators who had been investigating him over alleged sexual offences, which he denies, have dropped their investigation last year. they had given up trying to get him extradited from here to sweden. and therefore mr assange‘s lawyers are saying, well, in that case, the arrest warrant here was invalid, there was no point to it whatsoever. however, the prosecution

had argued very strongly that the arrest warrant should stand the cars mr assange had skipped bail when he fled here to the ed wood or in embassy to seek refuge here 5.5 yea rs embassy to seek refuge here 5.5 years ago, and therefore they were saying the arrest warrant should stay. and it seems that the judge, or certainly definitely the judge has concluded, that she agrees with that case and the arrest warrant should stand. however, overthe that case and the arrest warrant should stand. however, over the past few hours, before the courts closed, mr assange‘s legal team gave further legal arguments to the judge. she has reserved judgment on it, and is saying that she will give her conclusion next week on tuesday. this seems to be another attempt, another tactic being taken by the legal team to try and get another step towards getting mr assange out

of the ecuadorian embassy here. richard, many thanks, from the ecuadorian embassy. some of the other stories making bbc news at five: the trial of three former senior managers at tesco who are accused of accounting fraud has been discontinued after one of the defendants suffered a heart attack. carl rogberg was being tried at southwark crown court along with two colleagues. the serious fraud office will decide whether there‘ll be a retrial. pressure is mounting on presidentjacob zuma to step down after the speaker of parliament announced that the state of the nation address, which the president was due to deliver on thursday, had been postponed. the nelson mandela foundation has called on mr zuma to step down immediately, saying he is unfit to govern. he has been replaced as leader of the ruling african national congress party by his deputy, cyril ramaphosa, but has remained the country‘s president. 21 people have been arrested in raids aimed at disrupting a people—smuggling network run by suspected kurdish gangsters. police raided around 20 addresses across england, including in middlesbrough, hartlepool, newcastle and london.

the gang is suspected of charging up to £10,000 per head to smuggle migrants in the back of lorries across the channel. british drivers wasted more than 30 hours in rush—hour traffic last year, according to new research. the report from the traffic information company inrix found the uk is the tenth most congested country in the world, while london is europe‘s second—most gridlocked city. the study‘s authors say congestion is harming the economy. 0ur correspondent charlotte gallagher reports. there‘s nothing more frustrating for drivers than being stuck in this. the bad news is, those delays are getting worse. british motorists spent an average of 31 hours stuck in congestion last year. london is europe‘s second—most congested city, after moscow, with drivers spending the equivalent of three days every year in trafficjams. something these drivers heading into central london know all about. two hours a day.

i come into london every day, so, what‘s that... ten hours a week, 40 hours a month, you do the maths. 0h, hours, hours. per week? hours. manchester, birmingham, luton and edinburgh have also been singled out as gridlock hotspots. that extra time behind the wheel is costing drivers more than £1000 per year. notjust in wasted fuel, but also because some household goods are becoming more expensive, as higher freighting fees are passed on to consumers. inrix, which carried out the research, says the cost to the uk economy is astonishing. it‘s really a big concern. because ultimately this means there is a decrease in productivity on the business side. but also, quite a big cost is being passed down to the driver, whether that‘s through direct costs like fuel wasted sitting in traffic, orjust the time that you‘re losing. there‘s also costs on businesses, which then ultimately get passed down to households.

and there are implications for our health. we‘re not just concerned about the time and the money that drivers are wasting stuck in traffic, but also about the potential damage to their health. drivers are spending time behind other vehicles and breathing in dangerous levels of pollution, which can actually be higher inside vehicles than outside. the department for transport says it‘s invested £23 billion on road schemes which will help reduce trafficjams, and is giving local councils record amounts of funding to upgrade roads. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. this is bbc news at five. the headlines: the bosses of carillion deny being "asleep at the wheel", as it emerges the company‘s collapse will delay completion of a new hospital in liverpool. wall street takes another tumble, as the volatility which started in new york yesterday continues to affect global markets. they have recovered a little.

the ira hyde park bombing of 1982 — relatives of the victims get legal aid for a civil action against the main suspect. look who i found at the airport! in a moment... tributes to the british actor john mahoney, best known for his role as martin crane in the american sitcom frasier. he has died at the age of 77. let‘s talk about rockets and space. the aerospace company spacex is gearing up to test what could become the world‘s most powerful rocket. it‘s called the falcon heavy, and if all goes according to plan, it‘ll blast off from cape canaveral at 6:30pm this evening uk time. —— 7:20pm, that‘s the latest time we have, that is the update. it‘s carrying a car on board, and will be put into orbit that will take it closer to mars. but there aren‘t any

astronauts on board — instead, there‘s a mannequin in a spacesuit. all of which prompts many, many questions, all of which will be a nswered questions, all of which will be answered by my resident expert expects! joining me now is the broadcaster and author dallas campbell. who is behind it? there‘s only one person behind it, and that has to be elon musk, he could have sent a number of concrete up as a test flight, number of concrete up as a test flight, but he decides to send his own tesla car. it was a mannequin in a space suit. there is also in the glove compartment of the car a copy of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and a towel with chievo don‘t panic written on it. what is the purpose of it? it is the test of the falcon heavy, the world‘s biggest rocket, it will be able to carry the biggest payload, double what the other rockets can carry. and also

considerably cheaper, that‘s the whole a force of spacex, make access even cheaper —— the whole ethos. this happens because the falcon 9 rocket, of which this is three falcon 9s lashed together, basically, can now return up for it. before, rockets were expendable and would burn up on re—entry, this is a way of bringing the cost down. what would this lead to if it worked?m it does work, several things. 0bviously getting people back up into space and beyond, getting people to the moon, first of all, and then onwards to mars. but also it means that we can get heavier and bigger payloads into space. of course, payload satellites are restricted by two things. firstly, the actual power of the rocket, the thrust that it can generate. but obviously because of the fairing on top, the actual size. you can get bigger things up there. in terms of size generally, this is a good

thing. how would you describe the interaction between what he is doing and what the big international agencies are doing‘s lets say nasa for example, how would they view this? depending on who you talk to... elon musk is one of those characters who kind of divides opinion. he is a showboat in lots of ways. however, the kind of thinking is that agencies like nasa can then spend their time doing the big show room tickets, getting to mars. if they can farm out getting astronauts to and from the international space station, for example. but soon much of life on earth is now dependent on satellite technology. —— so much. the more people who get involved in terms of commercial companies, not just spacex, the better it is for the big companies like nasa. they are developing their own big heavy—lift rocket. in terms of the competition between those two files but systems, who

knows what will happen. would it be fairto knows what will happen. would it be fair to say there is a tension that was a lot i don‘t know if there is a tension. you talk about nasa and the european space agencies, they generally welcome commercial enterprise, no to help them out. but i know some engineers, particularly engineers i have spoken to at the european space agency, they look at elon musk and say, he is cheapening what we do, giving out this idea that somehow engineering and rocket science and get into space is easy and a bit jokey science and get into space is easy and a bitjokey and a bit of a lark, which i know get some people‘s backs up. it kind of depends on who you talk to. i think a lot of people get very excited about the elon musk thing. you know, she is sending a car into space. there‘s something quite interesting about that. we thinking is about think about the saturn five rocket to the moon, he was a big showboat german scientist, what disney was making fun films about going to the moon and it got people interested in going into space. if we want to go further, if we wa nt space. if we want to go further, if we want to go back to the moon and mars, we need public opinion on our side. what are the chances of it not

working? well, whatever happens it's going to be interesting. if it doesn‘t work, well, several things can happen. obviously if it doesn‘t work on the launch pad there is the possibility of damaging the launch pad in terms of fuel going up, that‘s very bad. in engineering and science, you learn from mistakes. this is very much a test machine. and elon musk himself will say he is not expecting it necessarily to work. hopefully it will get away from the launch pad. whatever happens, they will get data from the lord and it will help them learn. this is very much a work in progress. -- data from the launch. what is the price tag? it might be 90 million, maybe even more than that. it is expensive. sending anything into space is costly expensive. the interesting thing about space x, it‘s going to be a third less than what it would be on another rocket, just because of their business model and their engineering too. dallas, good to talk to you, thanks very much.

great pleasure. we will follow it with interest in an hour or so. the actorjohn mahoney, best known for playing martin crane in the american sitcom frasier, has died at the age of 77. he was being cared for in a hospice in chicago. john mahoney, who was born in lancashire, starred in frasierfor 11 years, playing a grumpy retired policeman who often outwitted his two pretentious sons. hey, look who i found at the airport. 0h! welcome home, dad. so, how was florida? oh, it was a whirlwind. duke and i hit the dog track, and then we met the michaeljordan ofjai alai players at the red lobster. but the place i went back to most of all was captain pete's gator farm. ah. did you go and see the hemingway home? well, you know, fras', you can't squeeze everything in. john mahoney, who‘s died aged 77. now, as we‘ve been reporting, it‘s 100 years since the first women in britain were granted the vote.

the prime minister, theresa may, is about to host a rather unusual reception in westminster hall, where jane hill still is. angst, huw. just the close our programme tonight, it‘s lovely to be here at westminster hall. you can pa rt here at westminster hall. you can part hear the choir. the reception is just getting underway. part hear the choir. the reception isjust getting underway. theresa may will be here tonight along with 700 guests. all female mps, past and present, are invited to this reception here this evening. and other associated bigotries, people who‘ve worked in the field of women‘s equality —— other associated dignitaries. it has been a very striking and important data remember, 100 years since the passing of that hugely important legislation. as you say, it didn‘t

bring the vote to all women, it brought the vote to women over the age of 30 who earned a certain amount of property —— who owned property. and to all men over the age of 21. it would be another ten yea rs before age of 21. it would be another ten years before there was indeed truly universal suffrage. perhaps ten yea rs universal suffrage. perhaps ten years from now we will be standing on this spot to mark that. but for today, as the prime minister said, it isa today, as the prime minister said, it is a day to celebrate, to be thankful to the suffragettes, but also to reflect on what remains to be done. from here, tonight, inside westminster hall, back to you. jane, it looks like a marvellous event, thank you forjoining us. jane hill at westminster hall in the palace of westminster on that important anniversary. more news for you at 6pm, and i will be back at 10p. in the meantime, sarah is back with a new look weather. we have lots of wintry weather. we have lots of wintry weather to sell so much showcase our new weather graphics. the snow is

not going anywhere in a hurry. this picture from a weather watcher was taken in cumbria, just an hour or so ago. as we head through the course of this evening and tonight, we are going to see cold conditions developing with a widespread sharp frost and the risk of quite a bit of ice around. the satellite image shows that we have got a line of cloud, a slow—moving front that has been sweeping southwards and eastwards. underneath that club, this is the recent snowfall, the snow has becoming light and patchy as it shifts southwards and eastwards through into lincolnshire, the midlands, down towards the south—west. to the north—west, clearest is moving in and temperatures falling like a stone. a risk of is almost anywhere. still a few snow flurries to come towards east anglia and the south—east, there could even be a dusting in london. 0vernight temperatures falling as low as —6, even in some pounds and cities, colder than that

in the countryside. —— pounds and cities. many of us start the day with frost, but a bit of sunshine. if we zoom into the regions, there will be is across scotland and northern ireland. brightest conditions towards the east and cloud increasing from the west. sunshine across northern england. showers lingering in the far west of wales, and also for the far east of england, the likes of kent out towards norfolk, wintry showers first thing. wherever you are, cold with ice around. the front that brought today‘s snow will be clearing towards the south—east with a ridge of high pressure before the next weather system moves in from the atlantic. wednesday morning sta rts the atlantic. wednesday morning starts off on a cold, frosty and icy note. plenty of sunshine sticking around across england and wales. skies cloud overfor around across england and wales. skies cloud over for scotland and northern ireland with a mix of rain and sleet at low levels, but over the hills, some snow, heavy on the

higher ground towards the west of scotland. sunnier skies in the south—east, temperatures a degree or south—east, temperatures a degree or so less cold than they are today. looking ahead towards the end of the week, staying unsettled, pretty cold, rain and further hill snow at times, not a wash—out, a little bit of sunshine in between. you can keep up—to—date with a long—range forecast is visiting our newly updated bbc weather website and checking out the bbc weather app. the boss of the collapsed construction giant carillion says he takes full responsibility for its demise, which threatens thousands of jobs. mps have been grilling former directors about what went wrong. several apologised but none offered to give up their bonuses. i‘m truly sorry for the impact. it was the worst possible outcome. this was a business worth fighting for, and that‘s what i sought to do. but mps accused the former bosses of building a giant company on sand in a desperate dash for cash. also tonight: volatile markets — more frantic trading on wall street after yesterday‘s dramatic fall sparked a global sell—off. the ira‘s hyde park bomb —

more than 35 years later, the families of the men who died win legal aid for civil action against a suspect.