saying "time's up". and the oscar goes to... last year, this famous duo announced the wrong winner. no such problem this time. the shape of water. although the director wanted to make sure! 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. time for a look at the weather... here's matt taylor. change is already here for some weather—wise. across parts of scotland, you can see that he's no clear up continues. a fairly manual process , clear up continues. a fairly manual process, especially with snow still

falling for some. across other parts of the country, the thaw is more natural. we are not completely done with snow and frost, as i will show you. back to saturday, the blue colours are where we saw temperatures below freezing. now it is confined to the hills in northern areas, with most places seeing positive temperatures, and across england and wales, it probably does feel like spring with a bit of sunshine. low pressure is with us to start the week, the same area will be around all week long. one such rainy band pushing into southern counties today. rain will extend through the afternoon and the evening rush hour across wales, the midlands and parts of southern england. as the rain pushes its way northwards, the tops of the pennines

could see a bit of snow. away from that, some clear skies here and there. still the chance of some brea ks there. still the chance of some breaks in the cloud, especially in the south. we could see a bit of frost, light winds and some fog tomorrow morning. a murky startjust about anywhere. some snow on the hills in scotland tomorrow. any showers in northern ireland clear away. drive for much of england and wales after the great start. one or two showers, especially in wales and towards the south—west. feeling quite mild in many places. low pressure with us for the rest of the week. through tuesday and into the wednesday, the cold air confined to the far north of scotland. some snow in the highlands and islands in particular. patchy frost on wednesday morning, and some showers across south—west england and wales. some sleet could be mixed in on the

tops of the hills. some sunshine mixed in as well. temperatures around normalfor mixed in as well. temperatures around normal for the time of year. frost day in places and a foggy start for thursday. just a small chance of heavy rain pushing through the english channel and some snow return to the highlands later. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... sir bradley wiggins and team sky have denied allegations by mps that they used drugs to enhance performance, rather than for medical needs. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. a dcms select committee report says that sir bradley wiggins and team sky crossed an ethical line by using drugs allowed under anti—doping rules to treat medical

conditions to instead enhance performance. the 52 page report quotes what they call "a well placed and respected source" with their claim that drugs were used beyond the requirement for any therapeutic use exemption. both wiggins and team sky refute the allegations. former olympic track cycling champion victoria pendleton gave her reaction to the report. i must admit, when i saw it, my heart did think. i'd like to kind of believe it's not true and until there is any concrete evidence or proof, i'd like to be really optimistic about the fact that the tea m optimistic about the fact that the team have not crossed any boundaries. but we can't help but... there's going to be some kind of knock on effect through these kinds of allegations or any kind of cycling scandal. elswhere in the report, lord coe has also been accused of giving misleading answers

regarding his knowledge of corruption in russian athletics, but the reputation to cycling would seem to be most damaged. let's speak to our sports correspodnent david ornsetin at the national cycling centre in manchester. good afternoon, david. cycling says it has its house in order regarding medical record—keeping which is about the only failure that they have accepted. is there anything more from this report that is likely to spark any kind of fresh investigation? i think the key thing here is the apparent abuse of the therapeutic use exemption or tue as it is known for performance enhancement. really, that has not been got to the bottom of you with allegations surrounding great britain, team sky, bradley wiggins. this place was known as the metal factory. cycling was britain's most

successful olympic sport and still is. bradley wiggins is britain's most decorated olympic athletes, but they are facing very serious allegations here and it doesn't seem, despite their denials, that this has been got at the bottom of yet and also the ethical point of view as well. do you need to push the boundaries so far to compete for a win at the top level or should you be whiter than white as team sky pronounced they were when they set 7 pronounced they were when they set he pronounced they were when they set up? the team that lost this investigation 2.5 years in the making say they have no powers to enforce action, but the cat make recommendations to the government and sporting bodies like here at british cycling. the government today have pointed out that this investigation is independent of the government and they pointed out again that team sky and bradley wiggins have refuted the allegations. it is not clear how far reaching the powers that be can go here. the reputational damage, as

you mentioned, when does this leave the cycling? where does it leave tea m the cycling? where does it leave team sky and bradley wiggins and dave brailsford? team sky and bradley wiggins and dave brailsford ? the team sky and bradley wiggins and dave brailsford? the sport of cycling thought it had got through a mire, lance armstrong era put by the wayside and we were through that sort of period, but it seems that now more trouble is looming and don't forget chris froome, britain's card for don't forget chris froome, britain's ca rd for successful road don't forget chris froome, britain's card for successful road cyclist, is facing allegations needs to clear his name as well. not happy times here for british cycling over the sport of cycling as a whole. thank you, david. 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 fa charge that breaks their own rule on the display of 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 inappropriate that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. gary oldman picked up his first oscar for best actor. the star, who portrays sir winston churchill in darkest hour, made a special mention of his 98—year—old mother during his acceptance speech, who was watching the ceremony from her sofa. he spoke to our arts correspondent, rebecca jones, after the ceremony. 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. it's surreal, it really is. i can't believe that it says academy award to gary oldman on it. you know, i'm still a bit sort of... you know... and he's had a real influence on your life, hasn't he? because you've got a grandson now who's been named after winston churchill, is that right? well, my son, alfie, worked on the film and he's a camera assistant and he was here with lesley, his mum, tonight. i don't know whether they're

here or not, but... and he had worked on the movie, you know, when he heard he was having a son so it's ozzy and his middle name is winston, yeah. and you proposed to your wife who is standing beside you here — congratulations to you — while you were in costume, is that right? yeah, it was on the set and we had talked about it, and ijust got the urge, so i dragged her off to the map room, as you do, when you're running a war and said, would you marry me? she said yes. i didn't do it in the winston voice, but i said, would you marry me? she said yes and then they said, gary, we need you on the set and i left her with it. and i've got my boys here, charlie and gulliver here, so it's been great and it's lovely that lesley and alfie came out too, so it's been a realfamily bash. 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. our correspondent andy moore was in hampstead in london earlier today at a water distribution stand, where he was able to fill us in. well, this is one of many locations around the country were bottled water is being given out. the situation is affecting pretty much every water company in the country. severn trent water, for example, said they have had an increase in the number of burst water alarms of 4000%. one of the other water companies said they are pumping an

extra 50 olympics in pools, the equivalent of an extra 50 olympics in pools into the system every day. with us isjerry in pools into the system every day. with us is jerry white from thames water. first of all, tell is fundamentally what is the problem? the problem we and many other companies have experienced is since the very cold weather last week, we a lwa ys the very cold weather last week, we always expect and prepare for the amount of burst reported but with the sudden thaw, that has really increased and we saw a massive increased and we saw a massive increase in the number of burst is being reported and the level of demand that creates for water. we have seen about 500 million litre increase across london. that is the equivalent of about 200 olympic sized swimming pools. we are out there now repairing the leaks as we speak in trying to get customers who have been impacted on supply and for those customers who have been impacted, we really apologise and we are trying to lead you back in as soon as are trying to lead you back in as soon as soon as we can. are trying to lead you back in as soon as soon as we can. you are working soon as soon as we can. you are working hard but the mayor of london says this is unacceptable. what would you say to that?”

says this is unacceptable. what would you say to that? i would say right now our focus is getting the lea ks right now our focus is getting the leaks fixed right now our focus is getting the lea ks fixed and right now our focus is getting the leaks fixed and getting customers back on and we can focus on response afterwards but right now we need to get people back on supply, six weeks and stabilise the situation. how serious is the problem? used word unprecedented. since saturday morning, we have seen an unprecedented impact on our business. our call centre received about five times the normal amount of calls, the number of weeks being reported is unprecedented is not just on our network but on customers' pipes were they have frozen and in business properties that might have been away from the weekend and now coming to friday burst. we are asking people to get their leaks in the property is fixed as well. what is your general advice to customers? the general advice, if people can be sensible and use water sensibly. do not use an essential tasks such as washing the car, have

a shower is early bath, that makes a huge difference. many thanks to customers who have done this today. it really is making a difference to customers who do not have water out there. that is the message from thames water, the biggest water company in the uk, but the message is being repeated up and down the country. schools are closed, roads are closed due to these burst water mains. it is really a big problem. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: britain's most decorated olympian of all time, sir bradley wiggins, rejects claims of unethical conduct after being named in a highly critical report by mps. do your duty theresa may puts pressure on developers in england to grow more houses. hope for the people of eastern ghouta as an aid convoy manages to enter the besieged enclave. i'mjamie i'm jamie roberts. the

i'mjamie roberts. the business news now. energy firms will be banned from charging catch—up bills for gas and electricity used more than 12 months earlier. ofgem's new rule, to start in may for domestic customers, should stop shock bills of thousands of pounds. the regulator said the typical back bill was £1,160 and in extreme cases they have exceeded £10,000. most customers struggle to pay and some are driven into debt. airbus, one of the uk's biggest manufacturing employers, has warned that it may have to stockpile parts to operate smoothly once the uk leaves the eu. speaking to the bbc, airbus uk's senior vice—president, katherine bennett, said the firm spends £5 billion a year on the uk supply chain, and operates a "just in time" operation so it is vital that parts don't get held up at warehouses. there's been another drop in car sales. data from industry body the society of motor manufacturers and traders shows that new car registrations dropped 2.5% in february. the fall comes after a 6% drop injanuary. it's been blamed partly on customers

turning away from diesel cars due to pollution concerns. demand for alternatively fuelled vehicles such as hybrids and pure electrics increased by 7.2%. this week is national apprenticeship week, when apprentices and employers try to encourage others to follow their example and set up apprentice schemes. a levy was started almost a year ago from businesses to fund new schemes. but even though it could raise some £2.8 billion this year there's been a 30% drop in apprenticeships. let's see how one company is dealing with apprenticeships — it's called superior. it's in dorset. it's an engineering firm. alistair fee, our south business correspondent is there. how are they dealing with it? thank you. unable to find enough talent, this company came up with their own

solution and this is it. this is an apprenticeship academy. let's talk to one of the 26 apprentices here. natasha, what are you doing? why did you choose to build an apprenticeship route? you choose to build an apprenticeship route ?|j you choose to build an apprenticeship route? i prefer to learn practically so here i can learn practically so here i can learn while i work which is what i love doing, so... good luck with your career. this is what the company makes, all rings, rubber seals that you will find at home in your central heating or your siambr unit, lots of other applications in industry as well. let's drop the managing directors here, tim brown. why did you invest so heavily in an academy like this? back in 2009, we identified is serious skills shortage and this was our answer, to ta ke shortage and this was our answer, to take control of the training process and develop our road skills. take control of the training process and develop our road skillsm take control of the training process and develop our road skills. it was and develop our road skills. it was a big investment. what has been the impact on the business? it has been enormous. since 2009 when our

turnover was 30 million, we have just broken through the £30 million sales barrier and the effect of the skills being brought in to us through the academy have reasonable to back row. and you are convinced you would not have grown without the apprentices that you see here today? absolutely, we would have been stunted. now we are very optimistic. i would also like to speak to ben clarke. you are an apprentice yourself once. what has it de vreede career? i think it gave me a platform and a foundation. i had the academic side and the practical side. it also gives you the soft skills to progress to a company. you are mentoring the apprentices around us, what does that involve? it is an investment on my time to ensure they have the tools that they need to have the tools that they need to have a great career here. you are launching something special here in dorset this week. talk me through that. we are launching the young apprentice ambassador network for

dorset and the idea behind this initiative is that our young apprentices are going into schools and they are going to share their experiences of why they think an apprenticeship is a great opportunity. thank you. all these young people will have the option to do degree courses and their employer will pick up the bill. not a bad deal here in dorset! thank you. housing, young people without family wealth are right to be angry at being unable to buy a house, according to the prime minister. she said houses were mainly an affordable to those without the bag of mum and dad. joining us now is catherine ryder, head of policy at the national housing federation. what has gone wrong? for decades, we have not built the number of homes that we need to help people get on the housing manner but we have not

been buying music mag building enough homes for private rent or for people, affordable homes for people who need more support who cannot get on the housing ladder or support private rent. we had been building enough of any of these types. why? are the house—builders sitting on land that could be building on? the housing crisis is really constipated and affects people in different ways. we have not been buying enough lands, we have had holes which do not have planning permission but have not been built quickly enough. the government ‘s commitment to overhauling the planning system will really help us build the number of homes that we need. a lot of planning permission being granted. last year until march, 300,000 houses or buildings were given planning permission, residential buildings. and yet only about half that amount actually were built. somebody is sitting on those planning permission is doing nothing

with them. i think the government have said today that one of the things they want to do is to look at where planning permission has been granted and to encourage those homes that have been plans to be built up more quickly and we really welcome that. some of the measures announced today will really help with that. what's really important is that it is not just what's really important is that it is notjust the number of homes that we need to look at but actually the types of homes that we bring forward and again, the government have said that they will look at transparency in how the planning process works and we think that will really help bring those homes forward more quickly and ensure that we build affordable homes and homes for home ownership. what about local councils? should they be given more freedom to borrow in order to build? the housing crisis is that we need to be building a lot more homes to end this housing crisis and build the number of homes that we need so we welcome local authorities, developers, but also housing associations being able to do their bit and increase their contribution to building the number of houses we need. thank you. let's look at the

markets. all of them looking positive but not hugely. i am surprised at these numbers. the first reaction first thing this morning was a fall because of the possibility of a trade war with the united states, even though all the sound and fury in the us has been in doubt china, actually it is the eu that has been saying things like, we're going to kick back and put ta riffs we're going to kick back and put tariffs on things if you put tariffs on our steel. so as a result, the markets fell in europe at the beginning of trade this morning but they seem to have recovered a little bit. the people who were the biggest casualty were the big car—makers who rely on steel and i thought was that if there was a trade war based around steel, still gets more expensive. but all of them recovered reasonably. pounds against the euro was fairly weak this morning but has come back a little bit. the story of folly and then recovering on the

markets. that is the business news. controversy continues within the labour party over whether self—identified trans people should be allowed onto all—women short lists. the row comes as the government considers possible changes to the law that could make it much easierfor people to change their legal sex. this morning the victoria derbyshire show sought to take a nuanced look at the issues with a debate, on the question of whether trans people should be able to gain access to segregated areas meant for the opposite sex. she began by putting to feminist sarah ditum, the claim from transactivist paris lees, that women's fears are imaginary. these are not imagined fears. we are not imagining paris green in that prison, we are not imagining the cases where men have, you know, like, maliciously gained access to female spaces. here's a really good real—life example, 0k. so the girl guides now allow boys who identify as girls tojoin the girl guides, 0k? so that means that a child born male, clearly with a penis, would be allowed to sleep

overnight with girls. and there is a safeguarding issue there. ok, that is not an imagined fear. yeah, but i think you're kind of doing the girl guides a disservice by not assuming that there are going to be doing risk assessments on these things. i do a lot of youth work and we do risk assessments on everything. we risk assess everything. right, but my question is, is that an imagined fear or is that a real fear that you understand ? i mean, i've got an 11—year—old... hang on, i was asking a question. you're assuring that that 11—year—old trans girl is actually a sexual predator. no, we're assuming that there may be natal males who, you know, i don't know... i can't adjudicate on someone's internal state, but i know that when i was a teenager that there were natal males in my class who exhibited really disturbing behaviour. how are we going to protect from those kinds of natal males exploiting this loophole? the issue here though

is the parents are not... parents are not even allowed to be informed by the girl guides that this might happen, so if a parent sends their daughter off camping, they wouldn't be informed that there could be a natal male, boy, there could be a 14—year—old boy in with their ten—year—old daughter in a tent. 0k. but how can there be informed consent there? so all we're asking for is not don't allow this, don't allow that, it's just think of all of the people involved because there is the trans child to be thought of, but there's also the girls. a discussion on the victoria derbyshire show a little bit earlier. time for a look at the weather... for many a welcome change to the bitter chill of winter. the week ahead will feel much more like spring. not a scorcher but a big

change from what we have seen. some of you still fighting the weather that descended on us last week. the clear up continues in parts of scotla nd clear up continues in parts of scotland as you can see here in the borders and for some in scotland the snow continues to fall. what we are seeing over the last few days, temperatures rising. the blue colours in the chart on saturday we re colours in the chart on saturday were still subzero but by sunday was only in the northern half of the uk. this afternoon, only in the hills of scotla nd this afternoon, only in the hills of scotland were the air is subzero. most are between four and 11 degrees with sunshine at times across the midlands, east anglia. it feels like spring has really kicked in at last. will it last? i will keep you updated. at the moment, an area of low pressure to the west of us will be with us all week. a fairly wet afternoon in western wales in devon and cornwall without breaks of rain pushing into other areas of england. a few splashes of four northwest england and eastern parts of northern ireland but in scotland,

the highlands and islands have rain around the coast but still some snow in the grampians and more to come tonight with perhaps a further ten centimetres of fresh longer. rain going across northern england may see some snow across going across northern england may see some snow across the going across northern england may see some snow across the pennines. a few degrees above freezing so there could be a bit of frost in clear spells. the rain will clear northern england, still some rain until snow to come across scotland is becoming confined to the northern part of scotland. shadows into the west of wales and south—west england later on but maybe a dry day into tuesday. grey and murky around the hills with some sunshine making it feel more pleasant. not much wind around and that continues on tuesday night into wednesday. low pressure still with us. wednesday. low pressure still with us. some shadows here and there on wednesday across england and wales. probably going to be a little better at times concerned stigma compared to tuesday. breaks in the loud with murky cloud in scotland and northern

ireland but into orkney, shetland and the hebrides the rain and snow. cooler by wednesday saw more chance of frost into thursday morning with fog patches expected. the breeze in the south could see some heavy rain coming to this channel islands and the southern counties of england. still the chance of rain and snow pushing back into the highlands and islands. lost on thursday will be dry and right, even if it feels a cooler again for england and wales. a full update coming up in afternoon live next. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at two: emergency hand—outs of bottled water

as millions are told to limit their water use while thawing temperatures cause burst pipes. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport olly foster is with us.