debatable given her paralysis and track record, we then have to look at why would anyone fall for this kind of lowering of tuition fees when you could have the real thing, a complete cut, with the labour party. the other issue is given the conservatives aren't going to raise taxes, how are they going to fund any reduction in fees. the worry is that it will come from the schools budget. they have a problem with their budgeting in the way that the labour party doesn't as well. there is a key line which says decision on lower ca p key line which says decision on lower cap rests with theresa may. decision and theresa may, we haven't seen a lot of those. mr hammond has fallen out with her a lot recently. me and my brother wouldn't have been able to go to university of wit had

to pay these fees. £6,000 is still huge amount of money for people. they are saying this is because of the cost of writing off unpaid... you can still not pay off a student loa n you can still not pay off a student loan of £6,000 as well. it's going to ta ke loan of £6,000 as well. it's going to take a lot to get to those levels, earnings wise. so whether this is a brilliant idea, we don't know. i can't see people flocking to the polls for this. the idea seems to be that they are happy for this to be that they are happy for this to happen, the treasury, because of the cost of writing it. presumably that's because very few graduates are earning above the threshold to actually start to repay the money. that's the other problem. students are being hit at every turn. 0n the one hand we have the highest level of, or the second highest of student

loans, like the amount is completely punishing the students. 0n the other hand to come out of university with a degree and then the problem is finding ajob a degree and then the problem is finding a job with any kind of sustainable living income. it's a double hit for young people. lets have a look at the daily mirror. this is another story about problems with the parole system. we've had stuff aboutjohn with the parole system. we've had stuff about john warboys with the parole system. we've had stuff aboutjohn warboys over the last few weeks. this is another one. this is james yates who was given 12 yea rs this is james yates who was given 12 years for supplying the gun which killed rhys jones in years for supplying the gun which killed rhstones in 2007. he was released on licence so few years ago. then he was subsequently rea rrested ago. then he was subsequently rearrested for drugs offences. they were dropped but it also breached bail. now there has been a decision by the parole office to let him out. understandably the father of rhys jones is furious. he says he was the

worst of the lot because he gave them the garden. i think we'll get a lot of the stories because people are always going to come up for pa role are always going to come up for parole and it's always going to be controversial given what's happened withjohn controversial given what's happened with john warboys. moving on, and looking at the express in a moment. one story that doesn't seem to have made the front pages is the fact you've actually been taken over. how's that gone down? is quite an exciting time, i'd recommend being pa rt exciting time, i'd recommend being part of a takeover at least once in your life. by the mirror, a group not known to share the political outlook of the express. as long as you keep your politics apart it's quite easy to do. it's exciting times in newspapers, we'll see what happens. two great names getting together, i'm sure it will be fine. brilliant. on that note, rachel, the express front page is saying brexit britain will be robust which of

course reflects the express' view on this. you wonder if this will still be the view. you've got to hammer it home with the exclamation point. this is according to a senior bank of england official who today said that we are going to be fine, everything is going to be fine. if we live without, if we leave with a deal, it's all going to be fine, we don't need to worry. it reflects what our readers think and that's what our readers think and that's what we tried to do. we hear every day from them, phone calls, letters, e—mails, that they think it's going to be fine. it's nice to have... that's a feeling. this is also from the deputy governor of the bank of england. also a feeling. we've got to report something! interesting the express has picked up on this at a time when we've had this powerful

intervention by michel barnier. the ft on its front page has got a write—up on this, saying the brexit transition is not a given. this was michel barnier today's. we've seen this all week. you get the feeling a pattern is emerging with these negotiations. it feels like we saw this kind of interaction in the first stage of being english editions as well, both sides saying that's unreasonable. the other side says you're being unreasonable. it seems to go back and forth like that. actually it is not to detract from the fact this is quite significant. the transition period is very important to commit to as sooi'i as is very important to commit to as soon as possible because, as we saw with the pound dropping today, it does lead to insecurity in the

business world and the business community not knowing that this transition period in which things will remain unchanged is definitely going to happen and for how long. pretty strong words from michel barnier today. there were strong words in the last set of talks. it seems like him and david davis are like two boxes getting back in the ring for another round and they will trade some blows, we think it will go to the last few seconds and then funnily enough they operate so let's have another round. you get the impression there seems to be this rhythm to it. but there are some serious sticking points. they are talking about falsehood is on rights for people from the eu —— full citizen rights. and this idea we could be punished and kicked out at various points if we break certain rules during transition. it's the start of round two and we'll have to get used to this. it is a weird request for britain. surely the point of a transition period is

things are moral less and changed. the idea of introducing another tier of circumstances for eu citizens in the transition period and then again, it seems like an awful way to treat a lot of people. yes, that's something they have to sort out. they'll come back with something else and meet somewhere in the middle. the other issue michel barnier raised was this question of the northern ireland border, saying if we are going to be outside the customs union and the single market, then he's saying a border between northern ireland and the republic is unavoidable. going back to theresa may, all of the brexiteers and the cabinet haven't decided what they wa nt cabinet haven't decided what they want from the end of brexit. they are supposed to be going away to sort this out. i'm not sure they know exactly what they are asking for at the moment. there is still a huge confusion. you can see michel barnier is saying we thought you

would have told us by now exactly how this was going to work, we are expecting you and then you've suddenly taken it off the table this week. if you're not going to tell us week. if you're not going to tell us we will have to assume northern ireland will remain in the customs union and single market because that's the only way to resolve it in the absence of any suggestion from you. i can't see how that will play with northern ireland and the dup because it would put a border between... we thought we had sorted this out the other week! as michel barnier says, the clock is ticking. the telegraph has a fantastic picture on its front page. this is another one of the stories we've been discussing, the opening of those winter olympics with the combined north and south korean team. we've got mike pence, the vice president of the united states and behind him the sister of kim jong—un. that's all she is known as is his sister. she's a despot in

harrowing right! —— in her own right. that's the sister smiling beatifically. mike pence ignored this dinner that certain north korean dignitaries were invited to and so had he. he's not talking to them. it's a slightly childish way... it looks as though he's a bit embarrassed by the whole thing is. because i'm so obsessed with the weather at the moment because it's freezing, i've been watching and the journalists apparently have heat packs but in the ceremony some of the performers as well as the athletes, some in shorts, one of them is bare—chested. .. athletes, some in shorts, one of them is bare-chested. .. the diplomatic repercussions of the combined north and south korean team hasn't been uppermost in your mind! it's amazing, obviously! he's gripped by it rather than thinking he wants to get out of there! he's

cold as well. he had a smile fixed on his face. it was a huge, spectacular ceremony with fireworks. and in terms of diplomacy, a massive statement. shaking hands with president moon, a huge big thing. whether at the end of the olympics eve ryo ne whether at the end of the olympics everyone is still friends again, we'll see but i'm not betting on it! they've been told by the us not to be friends. another story on the front page of the telegraph, smartphones will get you off the sofa. the nhs is designing healthy homes in ten new help the towns. lots of monitoring, smart technology and new homes, remote monitoring of people, sensors to tell you when you should be doing more and to tell you to do more steps. in these towns there will be free bikes, outdoor assault courses. is that your

favourite bit? this is brilliant. on every street corner and outdoor assault course. you'll be bringing into work saying i can't come in, i'm stuck on a rope ladder! people will be revolting. we don't want people ringing us up in the middle of the night saying you want to bring enough steps! many thanks. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you michael and rachel. goodbye. good evening. many parts of the uk have seen a little snow this week. it is still lying across many hilltops. as you can see in cumbria this afternoon. there is more wintry weather to come as we go through this weekend. there will be some hills snow on saturday.

most of you will see some rain. some colder weather. brighter conditions on sunday. a fairly windy weekend. this is out in the atlantic. we have some clear skies tonight. temperatures dropping away quite sharply. lifting over northern ireland and western scotland. rain later on, but to begin with quite a bit of snow falling. temperatures will be close to freezing at this point. let's take a look around, on a pretty chilly saturday morning we could see as much as ten centimetres of snow on the ills of scotland first thing. most of it will turn back to rain and fragment. northern ireland straight into brighter weather but for northern england, a spell of rain until snow pushing eastwards.

not a huge amount of rain elsewhere to begin with. rain may come and go. wet weather arriving in the south—east late in the afternoon. northern scotland staying dry and reasonably bright. temperatures may be as high as i! in cardiff. it won't be desperately cold if you are off to the six nations matches. but there will be rain around that time. this area of low pressure could bring gales or severe gales, as well as snowfall for a time. it clears out of the way into sunday. some pretty chilly air on sunday. sunny spells for many. sleet and snow will continue to mount up across northern and western areas. a quick look into next week, and on tuesday and wednesday,

our city forecast, single figure temperatures and the risk of snow again. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: victims' families demand that two british members of an islamic state execution cell should answer in court for their actions. a warning from the eu's chief brexit negotiatior — a transition period isn't a foregone conclusion, because of continuing disagreements. the handshake of history — the sister of north korea's kim jong jong—un meets the south korean president at the stunning winter olympics opening ceremony. and on newsnight the government urges an investigation in to oxfam over alleged sexual misconduct in haiti. i'll ask the former chief executive what went wrong.