this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11.003m: tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins and team sky reject claims of unethical conduct after a strongly critical report by mps. what we have looked at the mr porter is whether it needs to be much tighter rules to run the sort of medications that can be used. "do your duty!‘ — theresa may puts pressure on developers in england to build more houses. the government will make sure that land is available for homes and that oui’ land is available for homes and that our young people have the skills needed to build them. in return, i expect developers to do their duty for britain and build the homes are country needs. for britain and build the homes are country needs. while planning reform is important, a military helicopter is deployed to deliver emergency supplies to villages in cumbria which have been cut off for five days by heavy snow. also: british success at the 2018 academy awards. gary oldman's celebrating his first oscar win after taking home the best actor award for his role as winston churchill

in darkest hour. italy is on course for a hung parliament after partial results suggest no party has won an overall majority. good morning. it's monday, 5th march. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may has been announcing measures to make sure there is a substantial increase in the number of new homes built in the country. the prime minister isjust of new homes built in the country. the prime minister is just taking some questions on housing and other subjects, so let's listen in. becky? vicki young, bbc news. how

farare becky? vicki young, bbc news. how far are you prepared to go to force areas to accept house—building when they are reluctant to do so. and a quick question on brexit, the cbi says of his concern about financial services firms are already leaving the country. can you offer any reassurance to the city that a future brides a deal will include the natural services? being the bbc you're always going to get brexit the question. i have forgotten watcher housing question was. this is about everybody coming together to recognise the need that we have in terms of building more homes and

to do that in a way that words for local areas. one of the key things about the planning rules today is that local people can come together can develop a plan for an area. one of the things we want to ensure is that in the future people don't do that in the future people don't do that and then see that developers can somehow get around the system and they see large sites being built on which were not part of the local plan which hadn't been allocated, so this is about our whole effort. on the brideshead question, if you heard my speech, if you looked at the speech that a game on friday i was very clear that one of the elements we will be looking at as pa rt elements we will be looking at as part of our future economic partnership with the european union isa partnership with the european union is a partnership on financial services and we want to cover other services. the role that the city of

london plays is notjust important for us it is important for the whole of the european union. when you look at the sums of money that raised here in the city of london by businesses that operate across the whole of the european union. we will be looking to include financial services economic partnership and the eu has included financial services to varying degrees in quite a number of the trade agreements that they have already established with other countries. this gym here from the financial times? yes. with other countries. this gym here from the financialtimes? yes. my first question is about the problems facing a lot of retailers at the moment. you will be aware of many of them in deep trouble which could cause lots of surplus stores to be available in due course. should they think about converting some of them into homes? on the second point you suggest that house—builders should be paying bonuses based on how many

properties they build and less on profitability. does about smack of stalinist tractor production targets? burst of all, if you had listened to what they said about that i made the observation indeed that i made the observation indeed that if your bonuses are based on profit, and not based on the number of homes, in a market where you can see your problem going up regardless of how many homes you are building back to a perverse incentive, but oliver left wing is looking at this question of the gap between planning permissions and build out and he will come forward with proposals we will come forward with proposals we will look look at the proposals he brings forward. on the first point you raised, of course we want to, we have taken action elsewhere in ensuring that we can find some protection for the high street, but retailing is changing as more and more people buy goods online. one of the elements of the new planning

rules we are setting ideas to make it easierfor rules we are setting ideas to make it easier for those sorts of shops to be turned into housing that is appropriate, but also for develop —— development above retail units to ta ke development above retail units to take place. often there was a good argument for having homes being developed in the centre of the time, accessible to shops, accessible to transport infrastructure as well, and enabling greater extensions upwards can be i think one of the solutions for ensuring building more homes. one last question. i will ta ke homes. one last question. i will take it from planning magazine. homes. one last question. i will take it from planning magazinelj just take it from planning magazine.” just want to test the prime minister and there have been lots of threats previously to take on best that interest to boost house—building like councils and developers who don't build, but not much action. is

the government prepared to deliver oi'i the government prepared to deliver on those threats? we are committed to ensuring that we are building more homes. that is what all this is about. it is about ensuring that we get those homes built that people need for the reasons that i set out at the beginning of my speech. it is so important not just for individuals and for that british dream but also for communities and people's stake in communities, but they feel that they have a home of their own. as i say, what i am encouraging people to do used to say this is a great national effort. all of us coming together playing role in making sure that we do deliver those homes. we are writing the planning rule book to encourage that to happen. as i said in my speech i look to the builders, developers to come forward to play their part in ensuring the beget those permission to build tight and the homes built. thank you. applause. so that was the

prime minister with her speech on the housing in which it was urging developers to up their game, effectively, and build more homes in england. that speech in london when she said that many people simply can't afford to buy property without but she called the bank of mum and dad. also taking a few questions on brexit, but mainly on housing. stressing the need relief for developers to do more with the man that they have in order to not sit on the lands and wait for price rises on that land, to actually get on build homes. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. interesting to hear the prime minister talk about something that isn't brexit, is that parts of her

strategy do you think to show that she isn't solely occupied with the question of leaving the european union? i think you got a sense of that when she was asked by vicki young about brexit, she said, of course, the bbc asking about brexit. this is part of her non—brexit agenda. at the party conference she said it was her mission. today we got a bit more detail about her approach to tackling the housing crisis. the two key strands are to put the squeeze on developers, but the squeeze on local councils by saying if you sit on land with planning permission and you don't build that will be taken into account the next time you want to apply for land to develop and saying to local authorities, unless you come up with realistic proposals for building a sufficient number of houses, unless you do that, we will sendin houses, unless you do that, we will send in an independent inspector to ta ke send in an independent inspector to take over planning policies, so

really trying to put the squeeze on both developers and local authorities to do more. i want to see planning permission is going to people who are actually going to people who are actually going to people who are actually going to build houses, notjust sit oi'i going to build houses, notjust sit on land that much of value rise. councils are allocating sufficient land for homeless people need, our new planning rule book. developers building on large sites that aren't allocated on the ground, something thatis allocated on the ground, something that is not fair on residents who agreed to a plan only to see the lord. and by ending abuse of the viability assessment process we were going to make it much harder for an scrupulous developers to dodge their obligation to build homes local people can afford. the government will make sure land is available for homes and make sure our young people have the skills needed to build them. in return, i expect developers to do their duty for britain and build the homes are country needs. she may have put the squeeze on

developers and councils that they have had back pointing the finger of blame at the government. local councils are saying we need the power to borrow money so we can get on with building houses and developers say, look, will be get planning permission we don't have to get bogged down in putting in infrastructure and meeting government conditions. in other words, both of them seem to be pointing the finger of blame back at government for the delay in building houses. norman, thank you. with me is polly neate, chief executive for the housing charity shelter. what did you make of what she had to say, putting the onus on developers, saying they have to up their game and simply build more homes? saying they have to up their game and simply build more homewm saying they have to up their game and simply build more homes? it is great to see that the government are really getting the scale of the national urgency that we are in a run housing. i think that is a really positive sign, and also that

they are willing to accept a com pletely they are willing to accept a completely free market with no intervention simply is not delivering affordable homes. we need to see the detail of this, but build out rates or building on land more quickly isn't the end in itself, so putting it bluntly, loads more luxury flats going up more quickly isn't going to get us out of this emergency. it has to be affordable homes. yes, and really affordable, so affordable for people on the wind comes. it isn't all about people getting on the house buying latter, it is also about homes that are affordable to rent and councils to need to be able to... i think the prime minister was hinting at this, we need to hold developers to account for building the genuinely affordable homes that are part of the planning permission and not letting them opt out of doing that

ata letting them opt out of doing that at a later stage because that is a significant problem and one that i hope, in the detail of this, we will see that the government is committed to tackling. when you say this is a national emergency, what do you mean? are many homes to be need to build each year that we are not? there are 300,000 people homeless in the country today. we anticipate —— anticipate that a million more could be homeless by 2020. we are in the grip ofan be homeless by 2020. we are in the grip of an emergency here. that 300,000 includes 128,000 children. asi 300,000 includes 128,000 children. as i was saying, it isn'tjust about building homes, it is about building homes that will ease the housing crisis and that means genuinely affordable. he is to blame for this crisis? labour is saying this is a crisis? labour is saying this is a crisis meeting in downing street. theresa may saying it is largely developers. is a developers,

councils, the government?” developers. is a developers, councils, the government? i am not sure that blame game is massively useful. there is more that the government can do in terms of guidance and rules be hoped that we will see —— and we hope that we will see developers held to account. we would like to see councils able to hold them to account. there are things the government can do. there are some hints in this speech that they may be going to do them. we need to see the detail. i would say it is not all aboutjust building more quickly, it is about what is built. thank you for talking to us is the winner of the tour de france and five olympic gold medals, is five olympic gold medals, sir bradley wiggins, has rejected a report by mps which accuses him of taking medicines to enhance his sporting performance. the culture, media and sport

committee concluded that he had not broken the doping rules but did behave unethically. it also strongly criticises the head of world athletics' governing body, lord coe. adam wild has this report. they are some of the biggest names in british sport but this long—awaited report represents perhaps the gravest blow yet to their reputations. most significantly that of sir bradley wiggins, the nation's most decorated olympian. one of the things the report's authors point to is the use of certain drugs by wiggins and his former team, team sky, the purpose of which they say was not always to treat medical need but to improve performance. that is something both team sky and wiggins strongly refute. and whilst they didn't break anti—doping rules, they did, the report says, cross the ethical line. and the head of the team, sir david brailsford, must take responsibility. but this report goes much further than just cycling.

they say the evidence of lord coe, the head of athletics' governing body, to mps on the committee in 2015, was misleading when he sought to distance himself from any knowledge of allegations of doping in russian athletics. the report also speaks of shock at an injection of a drug called l—carnitine given to sir mo farah before the 2014 london marathon. whilst it isn't a banned substance, there are strict rules around its use, yet that dose didn't appear on farah's medical records. it's cycling, though, a sport which has already suffered a series of blows to its reputation, for which today's report will be most damaging. adam wild, bbc news. our sports news correspondent, david ornsteinjoins me now from manchester velodrome. we would just hearing that this is damaging for british cycling, which is had so much success in the years.

it has been britain's most successful olympic sport with sir bradley wiggins britain's most decorated olympian of all time. this has come as a bombshell. it has been ongoing, this investigation that is about 2.5 years work. british cycling and team sky prided themselves on being whiter than white, working behind this at the national cycling centre in manchester, were such success was born. it was borne out of the idea that everything would be done in clea n that everything would be done in clean and if it wasn't going to be done clean and ethically it wouldn't be done at all. this is going to crank up the pressure on them. there are crank up the pressure on them. there a re calls crank up the pressure on them. there are calls today from damian collins, the chair of the committee that led this investigation for doping and the provision of doping to be criminalised. the reaction from sir bradley wiggins himself is to repeat these allegations. british cycling

have said they have completely overhauled their structures and systems especially around medical record—keeping, which was heavily criticised by the committee and there is a new regime in charge here and team sky and bridge recycling, who were previously in each other‘s pockets have now really separated themselves, so british cycling so hopefully something like this will never be allowed to happen again. it is an increasingly dark story for british cycling, 1a sky and a particular for sir bradley wiggins and the team boss dave aylesford. he suspect it isn't over yet, but here at least with british cycling they hope to be on the boom to better times ahead. david, thank you. councillors in cumbria have called in the military to airlift emergency supplies to villages which have been cut off for five days by heavy snow. authorities say some isolated areas could remain cut off

so for another 48 hours. there have been reports of residents burning furniture to keep warm. the council leader stewart young explained the extent of the problem. let's speak to our correspondent dan johnson. the thought is underway in many parts of the country but in cumbria still real problems. yes, even here most of the snow has gone, yet the hills around here are still tricky in parts, so carlisle airport this morning has been transformed into a temporary error pace with the raf flying out of here in a chinook helicopter to deliver supplies to some of these villages. we have just watched the helicopter being loaded up, lying off over the pennines to reach these communities that have been cut off by days. ijoined stephen from cumbria county council. high has got so bad that you need the raf? these are really tough conditions even by cumbrian standards. it is five days since the

first of the snow and we have had communities, isolated farms that have been cut off for five days. despite our best efforts with snowploughs we know it will be another few days before we can get in by the roots. we know that some of those people now have begun to run out of food, fuel. there are families that have run out of supply for babies. we spoke to our colleagues in the military, mobilise their support and got some supplies are debates communities. we are talking about small hamlets in the pennines. very much so, it is the pennines. very much so, it is the pennines. the easter part of cumbria. very isolated communities. small hamlets, isolated farms, to three palms together in one place. resilient communities but five days in people right of supplies. that is the plan for today, to get out there. is itjust the weight of snow

or the way it has drifted that has blocked the roads? drifting has been a real problem. the snow fell on quite strong winds. we have seen erow quite strong winds. we have seen snow drifts up to 15 feet high, and even with significant plants and equipment it is really challenging to get through, so we are unable to get through that at the speed we would like to, which is why we now think we need the air support to get in. the marines will get close to those farms and take those vital supplies in. thank you for your time this morning. the helicopter will come back, reload and fly more trips over the hills to deliver these supplies. some of the troops involved have just come supplies. some of the troops involved havejust come back supplies. some of the troops involved have just come back from arctic training, so they certainly have the skills required to reach these remote communities. homes across the uk are still facing water supply problems — with thousands of people in wales and south—east england urged to use as little as possible. water companies say a rapid thaw after the heavy snowfall

and freezing temperatures has resulted in low pressure issues, and a number of burst water mains and leaks. engineers have been working to restore supplies and boost pressure. it's led to the closure of a number of schools in kent — while in london, emergency bottled water is being distributed. sadiq khan has tweeted to say that the situation on that is unacceptable. simon clemison has been to see the situation in hampstead in north london. good morning. the sun is out. there is no snow on hampstead heath, but guess what? we are still feeling the consequences many days on. this is a water station, i huge drop and lots of bottles of water on board. they are going to help thousands of people in london, many thousands, who have been struggling over the last few days because of what has

been happening with the temperature. notjust london, of course, other parts of the country as well. severn trent had to apologise to people in by trent had to apologise to people in rugby because the taps ran dry there. it is to do with the temperature. it has been much warmer in london today than it was snowing, but if you look at some of the temperatures at his dramatic hyatt is swinging around. it was 12 degrees yesterday in one part of the company —— country, but up from “11, so 16 degrees rise in a short space of time. the impact of cooling down then warming up where you have metal pipes which we have in london here under my feet, it causes lots of problems with leaking as the joints between them move around because they are meant to be trying to bet that some of them are a lot and that means water starts squirting i'd love the place, causing such difficulty for so many people who have found themselves without water. they have been turning this morning, able have been coming in their cars

to pick up bottles. there is hope in the next few hours that some of the 12,000 people who were struggling yesterday will be reconnected today. i caught yesterday will be reconnected today. icaught up yesterday will be reconnected today. i caught up with some of them overnight to find out what has been happening with them.” overnight to find out what has been happening with them. i haven't had a shower today, unfortunately. there is no water in the taps, no shower. you can't brush your teeth. this is still no water today. you own a restau ra nt, still no water today. you own a restaurant, what is it like to have no water? it is critical. about 40 you can't do any business. you can't wash up. exactly. you can watch up, prepare food, you can't operate. no water from last night. prepare food, you can't operate. no waterfrom last night. i don't know when they will fix all the problems. thames water is investing in more flexible plastic pipes and lots of

places, but right now the concern is that there is so much water driven out of the system they have got to make sure that there is enough coming in and what that means is trying to encourage their customers to save as much water as possible and that could mean taking showers rather than babs, making sure that the washing machine is always fully loaded before use and not washing the car, which will be music to the ea rs of the car, which will be music to the ears of some people. penny morden has revealed that aid organisations have reported to the charity commission in the last month at current and historical cases were people have been harmed or have been at risk of harm. it follows the renovation —— revelation of sexual abuse allegations with oxfam in haiti. gary oldman has won best actor at the academy awards. france's

mcdormand —— frances mcdormand also one for best actress. after a year of darkness, a splash of colour returned to hollywood. the black threads of protest were gone, although the determination to call "time's up" on abuse and to create a more inclusive industry remained. if i may be so honoured to have all the female nominees in every category stand with me in this room tonight... best actress winner frances mcdormand had a message for the moguls. look around, ladies and gentlemen, because we all have stories to tell and projects we need financed. and the winner is, gary oldman, darkest hour. for his transformation into winston churchill, the british actor saw v for victory and he thanked his 98—year—old mother. there were four more british wins, including one for the silent child, a short film about a deaf little girl from wiltshire.

i made a promise to our 6—year—old lead actress that i'd sign this speech, and my hands are shaking a little bit so i apologise. last year, this famous duo announced the wrong winner. no such problem this time. the shape of water. the greatest thing our art does and our industry does is to erase the lines in the sand. we should continue doing that when the world tells us to make them deeper. so inclusion was the theme, change really is coming to hollywood was the message. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. we will be having much more on the oscars very shortly. we will talk to a film critic with her views on what he one what and why and all the oscar news. headlines coming up for you ina oscar news. headlines coming up for you in a moment. we will say goodbye to viewers on bbc two, but we will

leave you with the weather. there is still some slow on the ground and still some still in the forecast. mainly over the hills of scotland. further south and west it is rained that we are seeing an something much milder. this way will push its way northwards and eastwards through today. some hill slope of scotland in the rain across northern ireland pushing its way is to return to south—west scotland. temperatures up for many, some could even see temperatures in double figures. these outbreaks of rainbow push their way northwards through this evening and overnight, likely to see some snow for a time over northern england. hills over scotland, cloud, mr hunt murk. temperatures for many a couple of degrees above freezing tonight. and settled across parts of scotland, hill school and vibrates a

brain. elsewhere, not too bad a day with outbreaks of sunshine. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins and team sky are accused of "crossing an ethical line" to enhance performance. both strongly refute the claims theresa may calls on developers to "do their duty for britain" as she announces plans to tackle the housing shortage. an raf helicopter has arrived in cumbria to deliver emergency supplies to areas which have been cut off by large snow drifts. the shape of water takes the top honour for best picture at the oscars. gary oldman wins best actor for his portrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour. best sports presenter of the year?

ollie foster, of course! you might have told me i was going to getan you might have told me i was going to get an award, i forgot my tie. the football association chief executive martin glenn has apologised for causing any offence after he used the star of david and the swastika as examples when explaining the fa's charge against pep guardiola for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of catalan independence. guardiola was warned twice before christmas for wearing the ribbon and he has until this evening to respond to the charge for displaying a political or religious symbol. this is how glenn explained their rule — the leader of thejewish leadership council says that to put the star of david in the same bracket is offensive and innappropriate. and glenn has apologised. meanwhile guardiola's side are now

18 points clear at the top e’l’é‘fifiiffifi'iiel‘z'e ngfiefi—eee? eli—zigé—r— . . .. .. all three points at the etihad. after back to back defeats to city in the league cup final and the league over the past week, arsenal have lost again, this time to brighton. 2—1 it finished. lewis dunk and glenn murray with the brighton goals. it's arsenal's fourth defeat in a row and the calls are increasing for manager arsene wenger to go. rangers and celtic will face each other in the scottish cup semifinals, after rangers beat falkirk 4—1 at ibrox, jason cummings scoring a hat—trick. motherwell beat hearts, so they'll face seither

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who we have to protect the health mugs we have to protect the health meagre we have to protect the health é that we don't ff'lllf'f. ff",,:"ff.:: if ., that we don't step ,:."f, ff",,:"ff.:: if ., that we don't step over 13:71": 57 w that we don't step over the 3775: 57 w careful that we don't step over the line in terms of misusing tu es mac, soi line in terms of misusing tu es mac, so i welcome any scenario when we sure we are getting the guidelines right on that. i don't think anyone has broken the rules and some of the headlines which are coming out are probably not accurate and i think shining the spotlight on it is important to make sure we don't make any mistakes going forward. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. at high is not compulsory, but it would be nice! —— gary oldman won his first oscar last night for his portrayal of sir winston churchill in the darkest hour. the actor thanked his 98—year old mother in his acceptance speech, telling her to put the kettle on "i'm bringing oscar home." you know, she's been...

she brought me up and, you know, i mean, i don't know what mum doesn't want an oscar for her son, you know, who's an actor. but i think she's wanted this for me for a long time, so, you know... winston churchill was famous for his inspirational speeches. i wonder if you felt any pressure to live up to them tonight. there is a bit of pressure. you know, there's a weird chemical thing that happens when your name is called. and it's... i can't really define it, but it's unlike anything else. and then, of course, you've got meryl streep ten feet away staring up at you next to denzel washington.