of rain area of rain extending into easternmost areas of kent, suffolk and buffet as well. getting close to london mightjust and buffet as well. getting close to london might just scrape and buffet as well. getting close to london mightjust scrape away to the east. however is to go through the night the rain works into the north sea before bending back across scotla nd sea before bending back across scotland saw the rain he will turn to snow which are an indie night and the snow could turn out to be heavy. in rural areas that is the risk of ice are takers on monday and then thatis ice are takers on monday and then that is the forecast for scotland, particular to the hills there could be some snow and rain and sleet makes them. showers into south—west england with an ongoing thought that across eastern england fewer showers and brighter weather turning milder in london. but most of us still quite cool. thatcher weather. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. flood warnings along the south west

and north east coasts caused by strong winds and high tides — as elsewhere work continues to clear snow from roads and railway lines. german chancellor angela merkel is set to form her fourth government after the social democrats voted in favour ofjoining a new grand coalition. it ended five months of deadlock since the election. president trump threatens to increase trade tariffs on cars imported to the us from europe. eu leaders have vowed to retaliate in kind. the collapse of carillion — mps say the company was "aggressively managed" to make the balance sheet look better than it was. coming up in a few minutes our sunday morning edition of the papers — this morning's reviewers are katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator, and ben chu, economics editor at the independent. before the papers — sport and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre, here's ollu. the world indoor athletics championships come to a close this afternoon in birmingham with great britain up to four medals in total, and mia has taken two of them. it came in the 1500m. she took bronze on the opening night. it was silver for muir last night in the 1500 metres. the same three women finished on the podium, as ethiopia's genzebe dibaba completed the double, but this time muir finished ahead of the netherlands sifan hassan. it's been a great championships for muir, who is 24. she is a double european champion but says that these medals prove that she can now mix it with he best. the competition is so tough. i thought if i could get one medal, that would be a great achievement. but to get two, and a silver, that is great. such a confidence booster. i have been fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh at global championships before this.

i thought it was about time to get on the podium and i've gone and done a double here. eilidh doyle took bronze last night with a season's best time in the 400 metres. it's her first solo world podium finish, after winning medals as part of the british relay squad. it's also the final day at the track cycling world championships in the netherlands. great britain are up to six medals there. katie archibald and emily nelson stormed to gold in the madison. they finished well clear of the dutch duo — and it was all the more remarkable because nelson only stepped in to partner archibald on friday, when elinor barker crashed in the omnium and had to pull out. i'm a bit speechless at the moment. it's going to take a while to sink in. i think we raced very well as a team. we were kind of thrown together at the last minute but i think we played to each other‘s strengths, and, yeah, we won. and jack carlin picked up a silver in the individual sprint, to go with his silver in the team event. it's his first world championships and he did really well to reach well to reach the final. we are getting closer to the heavyweight unification super

fight that all boxing fans want to see. that is after deontay wilder retained his bout last night. later this month, anthony joshua puts two of his belts on the line againstjoshua parker in cardiff. then we will see if the anthony joshua deontay wilder bout can be made. wilder wants it but he is not convinced about the joshua camp. his promoter doesn't want that fight and after tonight, he definitely isn't going to want it. but it's going to be up to you guys, the fans. i've spoken enough about this. i really don't want to talk about the dude any more because i've said all i need to say. and after tonight, i don't need to say no more. i don't need to prove the world that i am the best. britain's kell brook says he'll be back in the gym tomorrow, targeting a fight with compatriot amir khan after winning his first bout at light middleweight.

in front of his home crowd at sheffield arena, he knocked out sergey rabchenko in the second round. it was brook's first fight since he lost his ibf world welterweight title last may. the icy weather decimated the football fixtures yesterday, the premier league was the only division that was untouched, liverpool moved up to second in the table yesterday, when they beat newcastle 2—0 at anfield — mo salah scoring for a seventh game in a row and sadio mane adding the second — newcastle are nowjust two points above the relegation zone. the battle for a top four finish is looking good for tottenham, they are still unbeaten in 2018. they were too good for huddersfield at wembley. this brilliant cross from harry kane gave heung min son scored both their goals. they won 2—0. the relegation scrap is hotting up and swansea havejumped out of the bottom three, up to 13th by hammering west ham 4—1. it's the second week in a row david moyes has seen his side beaten by that margin. brighton will host arsenal in today's lunchtime kick off, while leaders manchester city

are at home to chelsea. both of yesterday's scottish cup games survived the freeze, aberdeen will have to replay kilmarnock after they drew i—i. but holders celtic are through to the semi—finals, beating championship side greenock morton. moussa dembele scored twice in their 3—0 win. that is all the sport for now and next on bbc news, it is back to ben brown with the papers. hello and welcome to our review of the sunday papers. with me are katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator and ben chu, economics editor at the independent. welcome to you both. thank you so much for coming in. there's a good mix of stories, from the extreme weather to a look ahead to the oscars. the observer takes stock

of the financial cost the wintry weather has taken on the country — suggesting it's cost us £1 billion per day. the sunday times leads on an investigation into how internet giants may be implicated in the trafficking of vulnerable women. the paper also looks ahead to tomorrow night's 0scars — with a picture of gary 0ldman — who has the best actor nod for playing the part of winston churchill. the actor also takes centre stage on the front of the telegraph — alongside the paper's top story which looks at the way bbc presenters‘ salaries are taxed. the top story for the mail is the latest gossip from within theresa may's cabinet. this time involving the foreign secretary. this time involving the foreign secretary. so plenty to be looking at this morning. let's kick off with the weather. it has been an atrocious week of weather, of course. i was reporting it from the north—east of england, pretty chilly, i must say. we have talked a lot about the travel implications for people but also the

economic implications, katie, the big freeze according to the observer costing us £1 billion a day. i am not sure exactly how they worked that out. yes, the beast from the east appears to be subsiding but the aftermath will not be pretty and it is thought it has cost us so much money in terms of lost productivity that it could affect our growth for the first quarter of the year and we could see a drop of .2%. that is obviously not a good thing but it's also hard to know how that could actually be avoided, because it comes back to the debate about should we spend lots of money in case there was bad weather or is it where enough that we just need to deal with it as we have now.|j suppose with the best will in the world however much you grip the road and whatever preparations you take, ina and whatever preparations you take, in a country like this, you will a lwa ys in a country like this, you will always have so much disruption when you have that much snow and ice. always have so much disruption when you have that much snow and icem is the old debate about should we invest in snowploughs and things

like canada and switzerland have, but the problem is that this does not happen often enough for that investment. which is why it is news, really. yes, this would be nothing in montreal. it is interesting how they have worked out this £1 billion figure. people have been spending less in the shops, but they have also been drawing more heat and energy, so also been drawing more heat and energy, so it does go the other way. we have had a precedent for this. it was in the final quarter of 2010, very, very bad weather and the growth rate collapsed. in fact, the first estimate was that it fell by .5%. it went from .6% 2.1%. so we have seen very cold weather having a very significant impact on growth rates. katy, inside the observer some pictures and the headline that, britain's tale of empty shops,

really referring their to our economic story, but also reunited communities and people pulling together to help each other. i must say, i did see that in northumberland. really going out and pulling people out of snowdrift and so on pulling people out of snowdrift and so on if they had to. yes, and i think that is the positive story it. the observer looks at an area near glasgow and we have stories of the blizzards and all the problems it caused, but at the end here it says one local resident says that it took twice as long to get all these objects from the snow, because they we re objects from the snow, because they were chatting to each other so much and stopping to catch up and gossip, so and stopping to catch up and gossip, so in and stopping to catch up and gossip, soina and stopping to catch up and gossip, so in a way it reminded him of how it used to be when everyone stopped at the shops and spoke to each other. that was a nice way of bringing the communities together. and one of the most dramatic things, ben, was all these drivers stuck for hours and hours on motorways and roads, with jackknifed lorries and

then everyone else stuck there, really, for the whole night. but the good old british spirit often coming through and people not daunted too much. just having cups of tea in their cars and so on. yes, heartening. 0ne place you did not see that kind of spirit was in ireland where some thieves had a si'iow ireland where some thieves had a snow looting episode where they destroyed a small store and looted all the alcohol and expensive food. but you will always get these different stories and it is encouraging as katy says that there we re encouraging as katy says that there were places where people came together to fight adversity as well, as you to dc in this kind of scenario. and we have got is no baby as well, i believe, with a baby born off the motorway as they can get to the hospital. so mother positive story to tell in years to come. has it been a positive story for theresa may and brexit? her big speech possibly slightly overshadowed on friday by the weather. if you look

across the newspaper front pages today, what is good from her point of view perhaps is that there is in the big backlash from eitherfaction to be speech that she made. exactly and the observer has this headline. if you told theresa may this time last week that the only person the journalists would have to dig out to be critical of the speech would be michael heseltine, a man who has said he would prefer a corbyn government to brexit, i think she would have been pretty happy and hoping that would be the scenario. he had obviously found problems with the speech but i think he is such an extreme. we know he really opposes brexit, no matter what kind brexit. he wants to lead a rebellion in the lords on it. i don't think she could have said anything other than we will stay the eu or have a second referendum to make him happy, but like you say, in general the people

in her own party seem to be fairly happy. perhaps by disappointing eve ryo ne happy. perhaps by disappointing everyone a little bit. let's not go too far. michael heseltine saying that the brexiteers are holding a knife to theresa may's throat, which is quite a vivid description? yes, but i think it's quite accurate. the way we are talking about it speaks of the uk domestic debate, because of the uk domestic debate, because of course what really matters about how the speech is perceived as how the eu see it. do they think what she outlined admitted to a cherry picking approach, which they have said they will not have, or do they think it was constructive? that is the key thing. we are talking about whether jacob the key thing. we are talking about whetherjacob rees mogg liked it, michael heseltine, which are very releva nt michael heseltine, which are very relevant questions because we all know theresa may's position is very fragile. that she could be brought down by her own party if they think she is not handling brexit right. so

it's understandable, but actually the bigger issue is how the europeans about that? that determines whether we will get any serious results in time. katie, the mail on sunday continuing on the brexit theme. boris in new dirty tricks row with number ten. this is the pm's fixer supposedly leaking a memo. as ben pointed out, this goes back to the domestic view of brexit. the idea of dynamics within the conservative party and how it affects theresa may's position. a memo was leaked to sky news this week which had a line in it where the foreign secretary seemed to concede that there could be a hard irish border. they feel like this was unfair because it was one line from a very long letter with lots of different options, and the suggestion was that it was leaked by number ten to put borisjohnson in

his place. it's quite funny, because obviously a key ally of boris johnson told the mail on sunday this, but if you get off the front page borisjohnson‘s spokesmen says it isa page borisjohnson‘s spokesmen says it is a load of baloney, not true and they are not accusing number ten of anything. that speech by number ten, i guess it was a reality check in some ways in that you were saying we will not get everything we want in the negotiations. it may be obvious, but she spelt it out. yes, and actually if we look at the european reaction, michel barnier said that. he welcomed the sense of realism in the speech. and i think, yes, one should recognise that she was saying, we will not have all the benefits of being in the eu when we are out of the eu. it sounds obvious, but for her to say that, because her line—up until now is that she wants all the benefits of being in the and her ministers have been saying that. it is blatantly an

unrealistic expectation, said she has dialled it down. but as i say, whether they still think what she is asking for, this basket approach where we are in think in regulation and diverging other areas, depending oi'i and diverging other areas, depending on what suits the uk, whether they look at that and think no, no chance, is the key question. let's move away from brexit. the sunday times lead on internet giants profiting from pop—up brothels. times lead on internet giants profiting from pop-up brothels. yes, this is number ten considering new laws on sex trafficking and it is being directed at internet giants. this idea that because on places like facebook you can see these adverts, brothels advertised, should the host sites be culpable for that? it has been a big debate and in america right now they are trying to pass legislation which will mean thatis pass legislation which will mean that is the case. it is something which of course all internet companies massively resist because they can't keep track of everything, but i think the question is as well, most of these adverts are not

saying, there is a pop—up brothel. they are a bit more subtle than that. you can probably still work it out, but how much responsibility and how far are these internet giants are opposed to dig really to find that out? i think most people would agree they shouldn't have something saying brothel. also in the sunday times, the mp gender pay gap. we have heard a lot about the gender pay gap have heard a lot about the gender paygap in have heard a lot about the gender pay gap in other industries, ben, including bbc presenters, of course. but this is mps, they are saying, and men being paid more than women. it's important to recognise that mps do not get paid differently depending on whether they are men or women. they both get the same amount per year. but what the sunday times research is looking at is what they earn outside. so once you factor in the back that men and women in parliament, mps, and different amounts in that outside jobs, you get this gender pay gap. so you're

the buckled tory mp, male tory mp, gets about £100,000 including their mp salary, whereas female mp salaries get about 90 6000. there is the gender pay gap. the gap between labour mps the gender pay gap. the gap between labourmps is the gender pay gap. the gap between labour mps is lower, 79,004 men, 78,000 for women. a lot of people would be saying that mps shouldn't be doing any other work they should just get their basic salary for doing theirmp just get their basic salary for doing their mp work.|j just get their basic salary for doing their mp work. i think this is afair point doing their mp work. i think this is a fair point and this is may be looking at that male mps are more able balance family commitments. we we re able balance family commitments. we were speaking about this before and saying that george osborne had about sixjobs whilst he saying that george osborne had about six jobs whilst he was an mp. i would have completely skewed everything. i think he was financial adviser, briefly the editor of the

standard, or he planned to edit the standard, or he planned to edit the standard whilst being an mp, obviously be speech circuit which can be very lucrative. the sunday telegraph, let's go on to that. they are talking about britain being told to brace for a spring crime spree, ben, and knife crime which has been so dominant in the last few years seems to be increasing. i am not sure how you predict there is going to bea sure how you predict there is going to be a surge in that? the logic appears to be that as the weather gets warmer naturally, you get more crimes because people are out in the streets more. that is essentially the basis of the story. they say the numberof the basis of the story. they say the number of young people who have been killed by knife crime this year has been about double what it was at the same time last year. so if it continues to extrapolate trends in the way it has is the weather gets warmer, you will get more crime. it is highlighting the fact that that does seem to be this surge in knife crime, violent crime, from a pretty low base, it must be said and it is

localised to certain areas. there was not a nationwide crime wave going on but they do seem to be pockets of this and really this is drawing attention to that trend. and how do you reduce knife crime? drawing attention to that trend. and how do you reduce knife crime7m drawing attention to that trend. and how do you reduce knife crime? it is very difficult, isn't it? we know that sadiq khan is very worried about this because we had four stabbings in one night recently and his plan is to significantly increase stop and search. it is seen as quite controversial because of how it affects communities, but i think thejudgment how it affects communities, but i think the judgment is now coming from the police that it does need to be done if they are going to tackle this, because they think it is very effective. and therefore you will see more things like body cameras so you can attest to the fact this is not being done in a manner which could be accused of being racist or other intentions. ok, it is the 0scars, of course. very exciting. gary 0ldman, the great british hope. his pictures are plastered over a lot of the front pages. are you an

0scarfan? lot of the front pages. are you an oscar fan? a gary oldman fan? i can't say i have ever stayed up to watch it but what i find astonishing is that he is a huge favourite to win an oscar, which is about 95% chance implied that he is going to win it. obviously the odds are begged the way the betting is going, but that seems to me. an extraordinary set of odds to be giving on something like that because we do not know how the votes are tallied up. i think it is interesting from that perspective alone. i suppose in some years there is more competition among the male leads and maybe this year he is the dominant one. whereas in the best actress category, there is more competition. yes, ithink actress category, there is more competition. yes, i think there is more room for surprise. i think if you back a pound on gary 0ldman, you get a 4p return. i have seen a film

i thought was very good. very good or amazing? very good. i rarely go to the cinema but i went to the cinema for that and it was good. did you believe the story quite up because people talk about churchill and the prostatic sand whatnot.|j would say it was up from the crown, thatis would say it was up from the crown, that is my level of expertise. would say it was up from the crown, that is my level of expertiselj would say it was up from the crown, that is my level of expertise. i saw shape of the water, which everybody gets very excited about, but ijust couldn't get into it. then, have you had any movie favourites you would be voting for? i saw dunkirk, which i thought was excellent, but some of the critics saying it was not a documentary, why wasn't this in it, why wasn't that in it, but i think thatis why wasn't that in it, but i think that is misinterpreting what it was

about. i think it is good to see that british talent, be it acting, technical talent, is still there at the oscars. definitely, and i think that makes it more fun to watch. like the world cup, we are reaching for the british. yes, and hopefully gary 0ldman will deliver. all we will be gutted. now, this is about easter trees. if this replicating the idea of christmas trees? when i heard about this story, i thought it sounded awful, like going to get a christmas tree again but four is detry. then i realise it is something we do at home, get a branch and hang some decorations on it. it's a nice little ornament on the table. essentially what the story is is trying to push this as a concept,

because they have got a quote from john lewis and they are talking about liddell and algae, so they are trying to get people to get into this. there is always the commercial aspect in these areas.|j this. there is always the commercial aspect in these areas. i think we are getting more into arts and crafts as a nation, but it is becoming more commercial now and you can buy baubles with chicks inside them and whatnot but i think you could do it more cheaply at home. them and whatnot but i think you could do it more cheaply at homem is interesting, because the seasonal trappings have just been out for ever but a lot of the christmas traditions only go back to victorian times. so you can invent them. yes, charles dickens invented it, didn't he? with the christmas trees, plum pudding and turkey. we have to understand that a lot of our traditions are invented and commercial companies do play a role in shaping the way we see things. maybe we will be the generation that

invented easter trees. anyway, thank you very much, both of you. i hope to see you again very soon. but katy and then, thank you very much indeed. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers on our website seven days a week. and if you happen to miss the programme any evening in the week, you can was watch it later on bbc id there. our thanks again to katy and then, but for now, goodbye from us. hello there. many parts of the country is still struggling to deal with snow. it's not so much what is falling from the sky now but what has happened over recent days that is causing the big issues. look at this snow drift, five or six feet high. that was a weather watcher picture sent in from yesterday and toward southern wales, what appears toward southern wales, what appears to bea toward southern wales, what appears to be a greater completely buried in

one of the snowdrifts that we have seen across one of the snowdrifts that we have seen across this part of the world. a bit more snow to come today as well. caldaire still with us across the north of the uk, leading in from the north of the uk, leading in from the continent, but the air turning less cold across other parts of england and wales and that is really why we have seen rain showers working in across south—west england and much of wales. a bit of snow over the hills but essentially a thaw is setting in. we have seen fresh snow across parts of northern england and also in scotland where we have seen icy rain as well. as we go into the afternoon, further snow is expected across scotland, although towards coastal areas, perhaps more of a wintry mix with rain and sleet mixed in as well. and as showers work towards eastern england, might just miss as showers work towards eastern england, mightjust miss london, but certainly parts of kent, essex, suffolk and norfolk, it looks likely we will see rain. and temperatures up we will see rain. and temperatures up to eight or nine celsius. a thaw setting in place particularly across

the south, which could lead to localised surface flooding. overnight tonight, this rain works its way out across the north sea, before bending back across scotland in the later part of the night. as we go through the course of monday, a risk of icy stretches on untreated raids across rural parts, further snow across the hills of scotland, again, perhaps more of a mixture towards the coastline itself, further showers across wales and south—west england, but by and large the weather becoming drier and brighter across eastern parts of england. look at the temperatures. 11 or 12 degrees in london, said closer to normal. for the week ahead, the atlantic remains blocked, so we see this area of low pressure with us for most of the week, with showers, still chilly and the risk of further snow in the north. that's

your weather. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at ten. flood warnings along the south west and north east coasts — as strong winds drive high tides onshore. meanwhile, work continues to clear roads and railway lines of snow, with most services expected to be back to normal for the start of the working week. german chancellor angela merkel is set to form her fourth government the and after the social democrats voted to go into coalition — president trump threatens to increase trade tariffs on cars imported to the us from europe.