hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 2pm. military personnel are deployed to salisbury — to help in the investigation into the attempted murder of an ex—russian double—agent and his daughter. after months of exchanging insults, president trump and the north korean leader kim jong un agree to meet. a week after the severe weather — we hear from the surgeon who walked eight miles in blizzard conditions so she could perform a crucial operation. i got igot up, i got up, had a look out the door, got the snow shoes, and headed off. and the biggest winter paralympics ever are under way — with a record number of athletes taking part. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — with hugh. and there's been a first for the premier league. the brighton and hove albion boss chris hughton has been named as the manager of the month in the premier league — the first black manager to win the award in the 27 years of the reformed top flight.

we will hear from him we will hearfrom him later. and the weather forecast? last week we had heavy snow, which brought some places half a metre but we will be looking towards the united states where they have had a massive winter storm and even more snow than that. details on that and also the weather prospects for this weekend. see you later. also coming up. well, stone me. the new research which suggest that the actual building of stonehenge was just as important as its final use: and was probably part of a ceremonial celebration. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. 180 military personnel are being deployed to salisbury, after the nerve agent attack on former russian double—agent

sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. they're from the royal marines, the raf and some are specialists in chemical warfare. but we're being told we shouldn't be worried by the deployment. we should be reassured. richard galpin has the latest. six days after the attack here in salisbury and now the police and forensics experts are to be joined by around 200 soldiers specially trained in chemical warfare. theirjob, to help secure key locations, recover evidence and remove contaminated vehicles. also today, the home secretary visited the area and praised the emergency services for how they responded to such a dangerous incident. they reacted with the professionalism and compassion you would hope our emergency services do and i am in awe of their sympathetic approach and professionalism. meanwhile the double agent sergei skripal and daughter yulia, who had travelled from russia

to spend time with her father, remain in a critical condition in salisbury hospital. but they are said to be stable. sergei skripal‘s house is another major focus of the investigation, with evidence being collected here and the building possibly being decontaminated. at the research laboratories in porton down, scientists may have already identified the nerve agent used in the attack, which almost certainly would have been made in a state—run establishment. and that could well reveal who targeted mr skripal and his daughter. but why were they targeted now? mr skripal is one of a large community of russians living in this country. some of them left russia in fear of their lives. here in surrey, i've been speaking to one of those exiles, who met sergei skripaljust a couple of months ago. he told me that in the chance meeting, mr skripal had talked about how he regularly met up

with russian diplomats here and about the work he was involved in. he said, i'm doing business, a different kind. "but i closed down my business in spain". "i am working mainly in cyber security". did he say what he was doing in cyber security? no, and i was not asking, because a sensitive question... but i understand he was working for some russian groups. but working with people in the embassy on this, or something separate? no, i had a feeling that meeting with friends was one, and cyber security, his business, was another. so could that work in cyber security possibly be the motive for the attack? richard galpin, bbc news. our correspondent leila nathoo is in salisbury. what information be getting on the

progress of this investigation? —— are we getting. everything hinges on what is going to happen with this military convoy which is coming from various directions into salisbury but we haven't seen them yet although we are told there are 80 vehicles heading this direction. the latest guidance, it includes a lot of units from different parts of the forces, the royal tank regiment, the royal logistics corps, royal marines, the raf. specialist in chemical warfare. what we understand is going to happen, some units will come into the centre of salisbury, we are not clear, but we can gather that they are here to help the police recover key objects and vehicles which have featured as part of this incident so far. they will

be taking away ambulances which were used with the first response because of the possibility they are contaminated. hence the need for the convoy because there are specialist vehicles and training which are needed to handle something which might be in contact or may be tainted with a nerve agent which could still be a danger to the community. we might see them here with the park bench where sergei skripal and yulia skripal were found collapsed on sunday and maybe this is one of the objects they will take away for decontamination or destruction. what is really going to happen, increasingly the investigation is going to be going behind closed doors, becoming less visible to the public. at this stage as the police gather evidence, forensics and cctv, the idea of people's movements, they narrow down their focus in looking for the method and the delivery of this

nerve agent and also who was potentially involved. plenty of activity in the last 2a hours at the house of sergei skripaljust outside the city so there is speculation thatis the city so there is speculation that is the centre of the investigation but we have nothing concrete to go on to say that is really the case. dominic, thanks for joining us. 0ur defence correspondent is here. the british military on the streets ofa the british military on the streets of a british city, how unusual is this? very unusual. all military personnel will go through some training of chemical and biological weapons, wearing gas masks and getting used to decontamination. there are specialist units and some of those have now been deployed. the falcon squadron has been deployed. they had been disbanded because of defence cuts but now they have been put together again because there is increasing concern about chemical weapons, as we have seen in syria, and also with north korea. you won't

see 180 troops in salisbury going around in gas mask it will be a small number of this 180 who will help in the process, they will remove the abilities which ferried people to hospital —— the ambulances. they will be with specialist vehicles, essentially mobile laboratories that can detect chemical traces and look for traces in the areas which have been secured, but the threat is in great to the public because the military are on the ground. asch but the threat isn't greater to the public because the military are on the ground. is this sort of trial something they might be looking for, akin to the alexander litvinenko? this will be different because that was polonium, radioactive and that was polonium, radioactive and that was easier to trace, exactly where it had been. what they are doing

here is essentially looking at the sites which have been secured already and looking at objects and seeing if they need to be taken away for decontamination and seeing if they can find further traces of the trial where this might have been. —— the trail. there might be tell—tale signs body weight be as easy as the alexander litvinenko case. —— but it won't be as easy. the public should be reassured by the military? yes, because the military have lost their ability but they have reconstituted and they are experts in this, it is also close to porton down, and so some of those objects will be taken there. just over a week ago one of these units were involved in the biggest chemical warfare exercise taking place in the air and they have recently practised these skills and they essentially know what they are doing. thanks forjoining us.

president trump says he will meet north korean leader kimjong—un for talks by the end of may. the north koreans are reported to be committed to denuclearisation and ending missile tests. the apparent breakthrough comes after months of growing tension, in which the two leaders have traded insults — kimjong—un called mr trump "mentally deranged"; the american president called him a ‘maniac‘ and ‘little rocket man'. laura bicker has this report from south korea. the missiles and displays of military might from north korea have almost seemed defiant in the face of strict sanctions and international condemnation. but now it seems kim jong—un wants to talk. he made his new position clear over dinner with south korean officials in pyongyang. it was the first time ministers from seoul have met the young leader. they say he is prepared to discuss getting rid of his nuclear weapons and they've now delivered a message

from kim jong—un that caught many in the white house by surprise. he expressed his eagerness to meet president trump as soon as possible. the idea of a face—to—face meeting between president trump and kim jong—un by may seems remarkable, given the months of threats and insults between them. they will be met with fire and fury. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. but the tone has changed. on twitter, donald trump said that great progress was being made but that sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. however, that meeting is being planned. the us secretary of state seemed blindsided. just hours the announcement he had this to say. in terms of the direct talks with the united states and us negotiations, we are a long way from negotiations. given the unpredictable nature of donald trump and kimjong—un, could this meeting even go ahead? there's all kinds of obstacles

on the road to the summit between now and then. it may be simply that president trump changes his mind. this wouldn't be the first time, would it? it may be the senior officials get to him and say, "mr president, summit fine, but not in may, let's prepare properly. " you can'tjust wing it with policy on north korea. getting kim jong—un to give up his prized nuclear weapons is a tough ask. analysts in seoul are cautious and believe this is just the starting line. the road ahead is very long and complicated, very complex and it is not guaranteed that the north will ever give up its nuclear weapons easily, if at all. the us and south korea are due to hold joint military exercises at the end of this month. last september, the us flew bombers over the peninsula as a show of strength. this usually infuriates north korea and prompts missile test. this time they say they will understand. it may be a move away from fire and fury, potentially towards friendship.

but that would depend on whether the message from pyongyang is one of genuine progress and not propaganda. laura bicker, bbc news, sold. earlier our seoul correspondent laura bicker gave us the reaction from south korea. the president in south korea has to scribed it as miraculous, and it did seem utterly un—thing willjust a few days ago —— described it. but this is something the south korean government have been working towards, deftly, diplomatically, working with kim jong—un and also the united states, but it is a huge political gamble, for both president trump and the south korean president, getting kim jong—un to give up his weapons is a very difficult thing to do full stop even if right now he says that he is prepared to discuss denuclearisation, and there has to bea denuclearisation, and there has to be a payoff, what does kim jong—un wa nt be a payoff, what does kim jong—un want in return? that is the gamble,

what will be the carrot in return for the stick which has been the international sanctions? the other thing here, cautious optimism, that is the phrase that many are using, and they are optimistic in south korea because this is a real opportunity, for the first time they are now even mentioning in whispers something that they had been trying to get for at least seven decades, and that is the possibility of a peace treaty. we can go to our correspondent in washington. the new york post, there isa washington. the new york post, there is a picture of donald trump and kim jong—un. there is real surprise at what is happening? it is a big reversal in tone, but to be honest i don't think we should be that surprised. president trump has been very improvisational in the way he approaches policy and he seems to be

ready to try almost anything and north korea he has swung wildly between the extremes, he has made threats and insults, but he has also said possibly about meeting kim jong—un and he said he would not rule out meeting him completely. he loves the grand cinematic moments so it would appeal to him to be the first sitting american president to meet with the north korean leader. there has been some positive response here, so people see this as a positive step and this is clearly a positive step and this is clearly a step away from confrontation but also concerned because the president is not very strong on laying the groundwork for a long—lasting solution. the long—lasting solution will require expertise and a lot of diplomacy and the question is whether that will happen, but let me add, kim jong—un has said whether that will happen, but let me add, kimjong—un has said he's ready to give up his nuclear weapons and thatis to give up his nuclear weapons and that is a big shift for him there is scepticism —— and there is

scepticism about that, but the north koreans have been asking for america need is to ring gauge with them personally on a direct level as equals so that proposal is not new —— american leaders to engage with them personally. indeed, this is a fairly risky gamble that the president is undertaking. well, it is, depending on the preparation for it, if it is going to happen quite quickly, there needs to be a fair bit of work done and are the resources there to do that? the state department, the top man for negotiations with north korea, he has just retired, there's negotiations with north korea, he hasjust retired, there's no ambassador even in south korea, so there is that question about what is there is that question about what is the manpower which can deal with it but donald trump himself is unpredictable and he likes the big moment. he has spoken publicly

imagine him connecting with kim jong—un and feeling that is an achievement, but the real achievement, but the real achievement will be what is agreed and what the details are and again what the north koreans are going to ask for in exchange for giving up nuclear weapons, they will ask for the lifting of sanctions by the long—standing request they have is for the americans to remove their troops from south korea and demilitarise the peninsula so to speak so there is a lot at stake. barbara, thanks forjoining us. this is the front page of the new york post. not a bad headline. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. military personnel are deployed to salisbury — to help in the investigation into the attempted murder of a russian double—agent and his daughter. after months of exchanging insults, president trump and the north korean leader kim jong un agree to meet.

a week after the severe weather — we hear from the surgeon who walked eight miles in blizzard conditions so she could to perform a crucial operation. and in sport. brighton and hove albion boss chris hughton has been named as the premier league's manager of the month for february — he's the first black manager to win the award in the 25 years of the reformed top flight. the four—time tour de france winner chris froome, has backed team sky's principal sir dave brailsford, after the president of cycling's world governing body called for him to consider his position. and serena williams admists she's a ‘bit rusty‘as she makes a winning return to the wta tour — six months after giving birth to herfirst child. a proposal to impose a so—called latte levy on throwaway coffee cups has been rejected by the government. mps on the environmental audit

committee had suggested a charge of 25p for disposable coffee cups to reduce their use. but ministers say it is better for shops to offer voluntary discounts to customers bringing their own cups. roger harrabin reports. what do you do with your used cup? should you throw it in the rubbish or recycle it? mps on the environmental audit committee say coffee shops should be charged 25p for every cup they sell that cannot be fully recycled. the government doesn't like the idea. ministers say they are not convinced the recycling industry can handle supposedly recyclable cups that are actually covered in cold cappuccino froth. they say it is better for shops to offer discounts to people bringing their own mugs. we need a variety of solutions. it is great to see retailers starting to take action but that should not be at the expense of the government also showing leadership. the mps say this suggests

the government is not really serious about tackling the problem of waste. geraint davies sits on the environmental audit committee — hejoins me from our swansea studio. good afternoon. your recommendation went through and it has been rejected. yes, very disappointing, there are 2.5 billion of these cups produced every year and half a million thrown on the floor every day. 0nly million thrown on the floor every day. only one in every 400 is recycled and something must be done and we are proposing a levy and then people can choose to bring reusable cups themselves. that is being pursued elsewhere. michael gove's response to this is frankly pathetic. the government is suggesting that the carrot rather than stick approach will be better. it also makes sense question not thatis it also makes sense question not that is already happening on a volu nta ry that is already happening on a voluntary basis, if you go along with your cup and you paid 25p less

than the alternative is paying 25p more, that is a 25p charge, michael gove is playing around here. we want a 25p charge, you won't have to pay you bring your own cup, but he won't propose any particular change until 2042, and in 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea dan fish, this is ridiculous. we need to act. —— than fish. maybe he takes the view we are paying already enough for our coffee. people don't like paying extra money but they are willing to adapt their ways, people are capable of bringing their own reusable cups will stop people work in councils with reusable cups and they are going to eliminate all the plastic cups, it isn't rocket science. we are destroying the world and something must be done and it is no use michael gove saying they must do

something but they're not doing anything until 2042. the eu is acting by 2030 to have all plastic cups either reusable or recyclable. was that tax the only option you went for and were considering? strange that they can't recycle these cups on an everyday basis. we are throwing the ball that the manufacturer to come up with schemes whereby there is a plastic removable paper out liar so these can be recycled, instead they are bonded together —— out layer. the companies need to work this out and we are giving them the incentives to do so. if people are desperate use non—recyclable cups they paid 25p more. if the manufacturers come with something else, they won't pay the 25p, and people can use their own

recycla ble cu ps. 25p, and people can use their own recyclable cups. it is not rocket science was the amount of plastic cups can stretch around the world for the half times that is used every year in britain, it is getting out of hand and we need to act. it is no use michael gove watching david at bretton said he can't sleep at night, he has got to do something about it —— watching david attenborough and saying he can't state that night. mike pence has been talking about the proposed meeting between president trump and kim jong—un. the government says it will seek a british exemption from new tariffs on steel and aluminium exports to the united states. president trump says the tariffs are to defend america from what he's called an ‘assault on our country'. but employers and unions in the uk steel industry say the measures could have "devastating" consequences. here's our business reporter rob young. the uk has managed to forge a global

reputation for making high—quality steel products. a company in sheffield makes parts of submarines for the american navy. but the industry is worried president trump's steel import tax will hit producers here hard. what we will now see is uk companies really suffering from president trump slapping in effect a 25% tax on all their exports from the uk to the us. and that will hit us hard. each year, the uk sells £360 million worth of steel to the united states. that's 7% of all the steel britain exports. it's bought by america's defence, aerospace and energy industries. president trump's plan to impose a 25% import tax on steel will make the british products more expensive and less competitive in america. we import a lot of speciality steels from europe, and we will continue to import that speciality steel from europe because it's not available in the us. so for that steel we purchase from europe, it's going to cost us 25% more. these new tariffs have led to political sparks flying in the us and globally.

britain disagrees with the tariffs. the european union and others are warning they will retaliate. president trump has said he will be flexible towards america's real friends, the british government intends to put view across next week. we'll be looking to see how we can maximise the uk's case for exemption under these particular circumstances, but we will want over the next few days to look at them in great detail. there a wider fear that steel bound for america will now find its way into other countries. a flood of steel could push global prices down. that's potentially good for consumers but a double whammy for the industry. many of the same countries who are in the top ten of us exporters are the same who go to europe, for example brazil and turkey are both large exporters to the us. they will turn their boat around and head straight for the eu. trade deflection could have a much, much larger effect on the industry than the actual loss of exports themselves.

president trump's intention is to protect america's steel industry but there is a very real fear he will end up hitting steelmakers elsewhere. time for a look at the weather. what is happening in the united states ? what is happening in the united states? another big winter storm, it has caused problems through thursday and friday with things slowly getting back to normal, but they had enormous amounts of snow. where is that? new jersey, enormous amounts of snow. where is that? newjersey, where the enormous amounts of snow. where is that? new jersey, where the storm started, and then it went to pennsylvania and through new york and connecticut. i want to see one of those tracks, get out of the way. did you have one when you were growing up? let's talk about the weather. this was wet snow, it came down as chunky flakes and that is why we had a big impact from this because 80 centimetres of snow fell

in places like in massachusetts. because the snow came down in chunky fla kes because the snow came down in chunky flakes it clung to the power lines and made them collapse under their own weight, and the same with tree branches, and the report from this winter storm, a million people lost their power supplies, but if you cast your mind back to the heavy snow we got last week, when some places got half a metre, the air was very cold and relatively dry. very powdery. rubbish for snow balls but we did not have the power supply problems. the big problem was the snow drifting around and for some houses in cumbria they were com pletely houses in cumbria they were completely buried by the heavy snow. the powdery snow, i should say. that was the difference, the 7/7 the snow falls at —— that was the difference, the

temperature the snow falls at makes the difference for the what have we got this weekend? the weather is on the change, in the south—west we have an area of low pressure, and if you see the area of cloud, quite wiggly in nature, it will bring pulses of heavy rain and the rain has already arrived across the rain has already arrived across the southern counties of england and it will get increasingly heavy in central and southern england working into the south east so it will be a 5°99y into the south east so it will be a soggy rush—hour commute. into the south east so it will be a soggy rush—hour commute. the into the south east so it will be a soggy rush—hour commute. the band of rain will drift north, getting across wales, across the midlands and into east anglia before overnight spreading to northern england and northern ireland. a wet night, winds coming from a south—westerly direction and that will drag some mild air. by the end of the night we are looking at temperatures reaching double figures. the big contrast further

north with clearer skies in scotland and we are looking at patches of frost. as far as the weekend goes it looks something like this, it will be turning quite mild but they will be turning quite mild but they will be spells of rain for everyone. winds white strong on saturday but easing on sunday and the weather will often be pretty gladly —— quite strong. this is a weather front moving into the uk, the wind coming from the south—westerly direction and the band of rain from northern ireland into scotland, it will have a bit of snow. increasingly as the milderair a bit of snow. increasingly as the milder air works in the snow will turn back to rain. it will turn milderfor turn back to rain. it will turn milder for everyone turn back to rain. it will turn milderfor everyone but turn back to rain. it will turn milder for everyone but the turn back to rain. it will turn milderfor everyone but the rain will be quite heavy and persistent in wales and south—west england, maybe lasting into the afternoon. the weather will remain cloudy, but a few brighter spells for eastern end and where the temperature could hit 15. there might be another rain

band which might have some thunder mixed in, and there's another rain band not far from the east coast. the best of the sunshine across the north of the uk where temperatures will be lifting, looking at highs of 10 degrees in aberdeen and edinburgh. the cold weather is behind us and the weather will be turning increasingly mild but we will all have rain at some point. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. military personnel are deployed to salisbury — to help in the investigation into the attempted murder of a russian double—agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. donald trump agrees to face to face talks with kim jong—un, the extraordinary move was brokered by south korea, it says it could lead to the north giving up nuclear weapons. nhs chiefs and health unions in england are understood to be close to agreeing a three—year pay deal. a week after the severe weather — we hear from the surgeon who walked 8 miles in blizzard conditions so she could to perform

a crucial operation. the government has rejected calls for a "latte levy" to be introduced on takeaway cups to reduce the amount of waste they create. ministers say its better for shops to offer voluntary discounts to customers bringing their own cups. let's get the sport, we have had the opening ceremony of the winter paralympics and the action begins? yes it does, paralympics gb have an ambitious target, just like their 0lympic counterparts, we will see if they can do it over the next few days. it will be the biggest winter paralympics to date and it opened with a spectacular light show, a dance performance as well, snowboarder who had his leg and dated —— had his leg and dated, 0wen

pick, led team gb. the neutral paralympics including 30 russians who had to prove they work clean the paralympic flame who had to prove they work clean the pa ralympic flame written who had to prove they work clean the paralympic flame written pleascach let chris hughton has made history in the premier league? yes, some might say he was hard done by in his career, he was sacked by newcastle and knowledge in previous bremer lead roles, he might think he's had to ta ke lead roles, he might think he's had to take longer than most to prove his worth as a top—flight manager so

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anything evolves, this team started in 2010, so it has been gone eight, nine years, so naturally everything will evolve. do you back dave b ra ilsfo rd will evolve. do you back dave brailsford staying as team principal? yeah, yes i do. serena williams winning her first singles match on the wta tour for almost 14 months returning after the birth of her first months returning after the birth of herfirst child. at months returning after the birth of her first child. at 36. having suffered what she called near fatal health complications after giving birth last september she reached the second round at indian wells with a straight sets victory and afterwards admitted she was a little rusty. straight sets victory and afterwards admitted she was a little rustylj was almost going to cry because i missed my daughter and i wasjust like, you know, but i pulled myself togetherl like, you know, but i pulled myself together i thought you got to do this but it was good, i was surely happy to be out there. just being able to play tennis again. a

familiar feeling for heather watson she is out of indian wells. she cannot beat victoria azarenka, it is the sixth time they have met and the sixth time she has lost. rory mcilroy‘s masters preparations took a knock on the opening day of the bell's bar championship in florida, he started with ten straight par‘s but things fell apart dropping three shots to finish 74, three shots behind the leader. before the tournament he said he was totally ready for the masters which is the only major he's yet to win. it begins at augusta national on the 5th of april. that all the sport for now, more in the next hour. thank you. last week's cold weather and heavy snow across the country caused huge disruption to the health service, with many operations cancelled. but lindsay chisholm — a surgeon at a paisley hospital — was so determined not to let down her patients, she walked 8 miles through heavy snow and blizzard conditions so she could to perform

a crucial operation. lorna gordon has the story. i had ihada i had a cancer patient booked for thursday morning, we had had quite a long discussion about how we were going to manage that and the weather. i had already decided there was no way to take the car to work on thursday but i do a bit of winter walking. i have got decent equipment and decent clothing. i've also got snowshoes. i thought i can get up and what to work. described to me what that walk was like, i bet it was like no other? pretty snowy and windy and lisicki heading east but i knew i was only going to have to do

about a mile into the wind. the rest ofiti about a mile into the wind. the rest of it i would have the wind behind me. idid of it i would have the wind behind me. i did not think it would be a big problem. i knew if it was too awful i could turn back when i arrived i saw my colleagues, took one look and started laughing and said how did you get here, and i said how did you get here, and i saidi said how did you get here, and i said i walked. they ask how long it took and i said two hours and 50 minutes. because that is how long it took. and the world has gone mad. she came in with her winter stuff on and she told me she had walked in from her home and i could not believe she had walked almost eight miles to do surgery on me. she told me my operation would be on which made me a very happy chappie because i had waited a couple of weeks to get it. after that, life changing. it was above and beyond the call of

duty or what most normal people might think? i don't think it was a big deal. i had the right equipment, i knew there wasn't an avalanche risk or i was not going to get lost, there were places i could stop on there were places i could stop on the way if the weather got absolutely terrible. but it was forecast to improve. so ijust did not think anything of it. and i did not think anything of it. and i did not think anything of it. and i did not think much of it when i got here. so the patient has here, no reason not to go ahead. here. so the patient has here, no reason not to go aheadlj here. so the patient has here, no reason not to go ahead. i surprised we re reason not to go ahead. i surprised were you? i was gobsmacked. i was. she locked in the door and i was a lesser priced, i was expecting somebody to see the nurses had not come in. iwould somebody to see the nurses had not come in. i would totally understand it. she walked in. my heart to go we jump it. she walked in. my heart to go we jump because this was the lady that was going to do my operation, she was going to do my operation, she was here. to be told my she told

herself she had walked it and she was still standing in the close she had walked inside in. it was not just you, other staff made efforts. my scrub nurse walker 15 i heard of lots of other people who had walked in. lots of people who work local came in early. people on days off key men. junior surgical staff stayed the night on wednesday so they just staff stayed the night on wednesday so theyjust did a long shift and we re so theyjust did a long shift and were happy to help out until reinforcements arrived. several other consultants stayed in overnight. surgical consultant all in overnight, i am sure there are others as well who decided to stay, so lots of people made a really big effort to try to keep the hospital running. fork ujkani managed to get

out and get a loaf of bread to surgeons who come and do their work and doctor and nurses coming to do their work, things can be done to help. i am just their work, things can be done to help. i amjust glad their work, things can be done to help. i am just glad we were able to deal with them on the day we planned. it is worrying enough people if they are coming into hospitalfor any kind people if they are coming into hospital for any kind of surgery particularly if you come for cancer operations and for it to be postponed at the last minute, particularly when my colleagues and i. particularly when my colleagues and i, our lists are filled up quite a few weeks ahead so it'd be a real problem try to find extra time to deal with it. yes it was snowing last thursday but i looked at the window and thought i can get to that, no big problem. provided we have enough other staff the main issue was whether my nurses would manage to get in and they wear. what you think about your reaction to your efforts? incredible and in some

ways appalling. i did not think it was much of a big deal, just put on my winter kit and walked to work. it's is of the world has gone mad. nhs employers and health unions are understood to be close to agreeing a three—year pay deal for hundreds of thousands of staff in england. the government has already said it will abolish the i% pay cap on public sector pay and the chancellor has indicated he will provide extra funding to meet the higher costs. downing street has described claims by house of commons staff of bullying by mps contained in a bbc report as "concerning". workers known as "clerks" have told newsnight they have experienced aggressive and threatening behaviour by some mps and a lack of proper redress. the speaker of the house, john bercow, has strongly denied a claim that he bullied a former private secretary. three people — questioned by police after a black student at nottingham trent university complained about being racially abused, have been released but remain under investigation. two men aged 18 were arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences . an 18—year—old woman

was also interviewed. police have confirmed they are treating the incident as a hate crime. a long—awaited humanitarian aid convoy has crossed into the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta in syria where an estimated 400,000 civilians are trapped by the fighting. but the un is warning that it may have to pull back because of renewed violence. martin patience is following developments from beirut in neighbouring lebanon. the reason is continued shelling, bombardment in the area. it is worth pointing out that this was a humanitarian assistance that should have been delivered on monday, the reason it was not was because of shelling. yesterday the convoy was cancelled because of security concerns and i think what it does is

underscore how difficult it is for the international community to get this humanitarian assistance into the people of eastern goethe. 400,000 people estimated to live there and even if they do manage to deliver international organisations say it's not enough. whilst the international community is focusing on getting an eight year the syrian government backed up by the russian allies appeared to retake the last major is any cost the latest figures we have are that more than 900 civilians have been killed in the fighting since this major government offensive began. the arduous task of building stonehenge may have been part of a ceremonial celebration — according to historians studying the ancient site. the stone circle in wiltshire was built over 4,000 years ago using stones from south wales — a fact that has long baffled experts, but english heritage now says selecting, moving and setting up the the stones on salisbury

plain, may have been a way of bringing people from all over the country together. duncan kennedy reports. one, two, three, pull. heaving for history. volunteers at stonehenge today trying to repeat what neolithic people did around four and a half thousand years ago. do you currently feel like neolithic woman doing this? that is an interesting concept, yes. yes, i do. the aim of the experiment was to see how this ancient monument was built. historians now say it was the construction process itself as much as the end result that mattered. we know it was a prehistoric temple aligned with the movements of the sun. it was used as such. the building process and alterations, changes coming

together as a community might have been more important factor. english heritage say the photos of people in indonesia, taken 100 years ago, helped to prove their point. the images show how moving great rocks has long been accompanied by dancing and dressing up in costumes. they say it was probably the same spirit that helped to build stonehenge, with people drawn from across britain to come and feast and make building a festival. we need to come back literally four inches. in old money! in other words, a celebration of construction. recreated today. it is actually 0k, not too bad. how about you ? it is fine. not too bad. shall we try again? brings the ropes closer together. the stone is so heavy, we have asked for more volunteers. it weighs four tonnes. this is hard work. this is the first time an official rock pull like this has taken

place at stonehenge. it is partial success, not exactly vertical, but it has been raised. it shows the effort required just for a four tonne stone. it does not always go to plan. yet even with the odds tumble the experiment shows what can be achieved when strangers come together for a common good. and in doing so, helping to form our preconceptions of prehistory. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. military personnel are deployed to salisbury — to help in the investigation into the attempted murder of a russian double—agent and his daughter. after months of exchanging insults,

president trump and the north korean leader kim jong un agree to meet. the surgeon who walked 8 miles in blizzard conditions a wider a so she could to perform a crucial operation. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. as president trump signs of new tariff is on steel and aluminium imports major trading partners condemned the move calling it a serious attack on international trade. the uk trade secretary liam fox says he will go to washington to seek an exemption. will restaurant chains wagamama, tgi fridays and marriot hotels are among 179 employers named and shamed by the government for failing to pay staff the national minimum wage. all three have been fined an undisclosed amount for breaking the law. and the chair of the institute of

directors has been suspended following accusations of racist, sexist and bullying behaviour. the business body said its decision is pending further enquiry, . .. business body said its decision is pending further enquiry,... enquiry. we'll steel cost more in the united states ? we'll steel cost more in the united states? definitely, at the moment. it's not a blanket tariff on all imports because canada and mexico have got exemptions and donald trump rather cleverly has said you can negotiate away from these tariffs if you want and that is what liam fox is doing, he is going over to try to getan is doing, he is going over to try to get an opt out from these tariffs. he has said this is the wrong way to go about dealing with trade resolutions or trade problems and thatis resolutions or trade problems and that is why he's decided he's going to go over there and do something about it. the uk only accounts for

something like i% of us steel imports. china is well only 2% and a big amount of imports come from canada which is exempt. there is a lot of politicking go on and a lot of pressure being placed on lots of countries and donald trump dividing countries, it's been paid cleverly, trying to divide different countries so he can pick them off one by one and get what he can out of negotiations to get exemptions. staying with the united states, the latest numbers on employment, very strong. 313,000 newjobs, the last 18 months the average rise in employment of this is three times that. it was the same figure which sparked... yes, the wages figure, which is going up fast, the wage figure did not go up that fast this time, we only saw 0.1% increase in wage levels. so you would have

thought, maybe the inflation problem is out of the way but the problem is all the factors, the fact we've got so many people employed, and implement at 4%, that figure really from an economist point of view is full employment, millions. higher inflation which means interest rates go up, even inflation which means interest rates go up, even though in this particular month the actual rise in wages is not that strong. livestock to our new york bureau, what do you think, it's inflation and higher interest rates this year? so many a nalysts interest rates this year? so many analysts on wall street are calling this a dream jobs report, we saw the dow opened over 100 points today and i think the main takeaway is yes there are inflation concerns, we are approaching full employment which means everyone is looking for a job in the us and has the ability to find and get one but we're not quite there yet. the headline figure is

213,000 jobs created in february but we also saw the labour force participation rate ticked up which means more people are looking for work which suggests there might be a bit more slack than many analysts had been expecting. the wage growth figure was not as big as we had seen injanuary so figure was not as big as we had seen in january so that injanuary so that might be a little bit more room, many people are getting jobs but they're not getting raises which suggests inflation might come into the picture soon but not as quickly as many we the federal tie}; ezfzzziu 2414—1 i;12§i§;;§§ tie}; ezffiziu ”fizz—z 1§12§?;;;f§ rates coming zit... . .. , 1 fi‘zitdoesz—zz z , 1 behind the l behind the £1.th behind the ell-hal it behind the clluz it - not be forced fzz be forced to "fizz be forced to suddenly interest rates quickly increase interest rates quickly because inflation has ticked up against expectations. we will be watching how markets react for the re st of watching how markets react for the rest of the day but it seems it is quicker positive report. the dollar isa quicker positive report. the dollar is a bit stronger i thought, suggesting and not just is a bit stronger i thought, suggesting and notjust one interest rate rise this year, probably two,

some people even think three?|j don't some people even think three?” don't want to get into a guessing game about what the us federal reserve will do, we have a new chair, the first federal reserve press conference coming in march so until we get a sense of his views on whether and not he is a hawk who thinks inflation is a problem and rates need to be increased or he is more dovish, we will get to see in the coming months. kilmichaelthank you. she was not going to be pushed... the best indicator of what is going on in the best indicator of what is going onina the best indicator of what is going on in a corporate america the s and p500, on in a corporate america the s and p 500, some of the biggest companies across america, it is up two thirds

of 1% so looking pretty strong. we have to see what happens with inflation. that's a story yet to be told. in an hour's time maybe? i will have a go! thank you! bones discovered on a pacific island in 1940 are "likely" to be those of famed pilot amelia earhart. earhart, her plane, and her navigator vanished without a trace in 1937 over the pacific ocean. many theories have sought to explain her disappearance. but a new study published in forensic anthropology claims these bones prove she died as an island castaway. cordelia hemming reports. these are the very last pictures of amelia earhart, the american aviator famous for flying solo across the atlantic. her tough character and high profile advocating for aviation and other women, particularly women pilots, made her a legendary figure. the flight is one that has never been accomplished — around the world by the equator. in 1937 she set off in an attempt to fly across the globe, but she vanished over

the pacific ocean during the first leg of that trip. a disappearance that would lead to multiple theories. three years later, a british party explored an island in the pacific ocean south—west of hawaii. they found items including a human skull and a bottle of liqueur which the pilot was known to carry. the investigation at the time believed that the remains belonged to a man. but doubt has been cast on that conclusion. a study has used historical photographs to determine that her body proportions match the skeletal remains. scientists say that when the remains were found, the study of bones was in its early stages so their results may not have been accurate. gasoline is more valuable than you are on a long flight! earhart once said of her solo activities, "it is far easier to start something than to finish it." now, more than 80 years

since her disappearance, it seems as though this mystery may be nearing its end. remarkable story. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. further south the cloud is gathering and will be outbreaks of rain. quite cloudy at times in cumbria today, some of the cloud quite low but for the most part the northern half of the most part the northern half of the uk has seen plenty of sunshine. for example here in scotland. further south changes on the way thanks to this area of cloud, low pressure. notice the front has several wiggles on it, pulses of heavy rain working along the front and in across the uk over the next 24 hours. the rain has already arrived across southern england and will turn quite heavy as we get to watch the evening time. across south—east england and central

southern england as well. it will be a wet rush hour. from here the wet weather will gradually begin to push north through the night across wales, the midlands and east anglia, getting across tonight as well, the wind picking up from a south west are election and the winds would like some pretty mild air. temperatures by the end of the night ten or 11 degrees ricardo butland, contrast that with the called air further north where temperatures will stay below freezing in a number of spots so frost to start the day on saturday. as far as the weekend weather menu goes it looks something like this, we're looking at spells of rain, milder across the uk, quite windy on saturday and often the weather will be pretty cloudy as well. the reason we have got this u nsettled well. the reason we have got this unsettled weather pattern is thanks to this level popped up more active of these will be bringing a band of heavy rain across northern ireland and into scotland as the day goes by, could have some snow as the day

goes by but that will turn back to rain as the milder air works in. wet weather for wales in south—west england, the rain could linger into the first part of the afternoon but to the east of this if we see some brighter spells temperatures could reach 15 celsius so on the mild side. what about sunday? looks like being a wet day across southern counties of england, some of that could have thunder and through the day the rain will reach parts of wales and the midlands, bright or sunny spells and not as turning milder across scotland. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 3pm. military personnel are deployed to salisbury — to help in the investigation into the attempted murder of a russian double—agent and his daughter. after months of exchanging insults, president trump and the north korean leader kim jong un agree to meet. a week after the severe weather —

we hear from the surgeon who walked eight miles in blizzard conditions so she could perform a crucial operation. i got up, had a look out the door, got the snow shoes on, and headed off. and the biggest winter paralympics ever are under way — with a record number of athletes taking part. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — with hugh. good afternoon. a first black manager to be given the premier league's manager of the month award — it's gone to chris hughton after his brighton team went through last month unbeaten — all the details at around half past. chris has all the weather. last week in the uk we had severe snowfall, half a metre of snow but in the united states in recent days they have had even more snow and we will be looking at that winter storm which has been hitting the united states and also looking forward to

the weekend weather here. thanks, chris. also coming up. well, stone me. the new research which suggest that the actual building of stonehenge was just as important as its final use: and was probably part of a ceremonial celebration. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. 180 military personnel are being deployed to salisbury, after the nerve agent attack on former russian double—agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. they're from the royal marines, the raf and some are specialists in chemical warfare. but we're being told we shouldn't be worried by the deployment. we should be reassured. richard galpin has the latest. six days after the attack here in salisbury and now the police and forensics experts are to be joined by around 200 soldiers specially trained

in chemical warfare. theirjob, to help secure key locations, recover evidence and remove contaminated vehicles. also today, the home secretary visited the area and praised the emergency services for how they responded to such a dangerous incident. they reacted with the professionalism and compassion you would hope our emergency services do and i am in awe of their sympathetic approach and professionalism. meanwhile the double agent sergei skripal and daughter yulia, who had travelled from russia to spend time with her father, remain in a critical condition in salisbury hospital. but they are said to be stable. sergei skripal‘s house is another major focus of the investigation, with evidence being collected here and the building possibly being decontaminated. at the research laboratories in porton down, scientists may have

already identified the nerve agent used in the attack, which almost certainly would have been made in a state—run establishment. and that could well reveal who targeted mr skripal and his daughter. but why were they targeted now? mr skripal is one of a large community of russians living in this country. some of them left russia in fear of their lives. here in surrey, i've been speaking to one of those exiles, who met mr skripaljust a couple of months ago. he told me that in the chance meeting, mr skripal had talked about how he regularly met up with russian diplomats here and about the work he was involved in. he said, "i'm doing business, a different kind". "but i closed down my business in spain". "i am working mainly in cyber security". did he say what he was doing in cyber security?

no, and i was not asking, because a sensitive question... but i understand he was working for some russian groups. but working with people in the embassy on this, or something separate? no, i had a feeling that meeting with friends was one, and cyber security, his business, was another. so could that work in cyber security possibly be the motive for the attack? richard galpin, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani told us how the investigation is progressing. everything hinges on what is going to happen with this military convoy which is coming from various directions into salisbury. but we haven't seen them yet although we are told there are 80 vehicles heading in this direction. the latest guidance, it includes a lot of units from different parts of the forces.

falcon squadron, the royal tank regiment, the royal logistics corps, royal marines, the raf. specialist in chemical warfare. what we understand is going to happen, some units will come into the centre of salisbury. we are not clear, but we can gather that they are here to help the police recover key objects and vehicles which have featured as part of this incident so far. they will be taking away ambulances which were used during the first response because of the possibility they are contaminated. hence the need for the convoy because there are specialist vehicles and training which are needed to handle something which might be in contact or may be tainted with a nerve agent which could still be a danger to the community. we might see them here with the park bench where sergei skripal

and yulia skripal were found collapsed on sunday and maybe this is one of the objects they will take away for decontamination or destruction. what is really going to happen, increasingly the investigation is going to be going behind closed doors, becoming less visible to the public here. at this stage as the police gather evidence, forensics and cctv, the idea of people's movements, they narrow down their focus in looking for the method and the delivery of this nerve agent and also who was potentially involved. plenty of activity in the last 24 hours at the house of sergei skripal just outside the city so there is speculation that is the centre of the investigation but we have nothing concrete to go on to say that is really the case. from the world of science, the announcement of a death one of our greatest scientists. the sad news,

sirjohn sourced and who sequenced the dna gene, he has passed away. he is one of the great scientists. his work in decoding the human gene has transformed our understanding already of biology and we have only just started. this will transform the medicines we get in the future, andi the medicines we get in the future, and i followed his the medicines we get in the future, and ifollowed his work the medicines we get in the future, and i followed his work through the recent decades and what he cared about more than anything was to make sure that the human gene and was publicly available. —— genome. there we re publicly available. —— genome. there were organisations especially in america who wanted to own the human genome, bits of our dna, but as well as being a great scientist he had a great passion for public access to

this information, notjust because it was the right thing to do, but by keeping it open it meant all scientists all over the world will have access to this and he will be remembered for his scientific knowledge and his brilliance but also his passion and his public service. he was awarded a nobel prize, what kind of man was he? he was a socialist, passionate socialist, it was warm and down to earth, when he was awarded a knighthood he was reluctant to take it but he felt he should for the sake of the team. modest humble man he would often be seen walking around in sandals in the coffee room even though he was the director of the institute. very down—to—earth. passionate is a word which comes to mind the man he would be willing to convey his love and the power.

everyone was impressed by his work, but the impact of what he discovered, we will benefit for many yea rs ? discovered, we will benefit for many years? we are already benefiting, we have a new generation of medicines or stop we have onlyjust started. there will be more medicines on the way. we know at a genetic level how certain diseases operator we had a story about there being different kinds of diabetes and we only know that because of the dna work he did. the transformation, we now know how the nuts and bolts of the human body actually work. like the discovery of atoms, when we discovered those we could explain all sorts of things about the things around us and the universe, and the same way, the discovery of what makes you you will tell us about how life works. thanks for joining tell us about how life works. thanks forjoining us. back to our main

story. 180 military personnel are being deployed to salisbury, after the nerve agent attack on former russian double—agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. joining me now via webcam is james milnes, a former military chemical and biological radiation specialist. good afternoon. why do we need the military on the streets of salisbury at this stage, do you think? the military training in terms of preparing for potential events like this within the uk, so a military presence should be giving people confidence that all our emergency and military organisations can work together in order to bring about an effective clearance operation to make salisbury safe again. what are these teams going to be doing? you

probably know most of them as you ran the department. yes. the teams will be deploying onto the ground and they will be working within the hot zone inside the cordon and they will be conducting a site there, since to understand what contamination is still on the ground —— a site reconnaissance. they will try to clear the area to the point where they are confident there is no residual contamination. the vehicles and other assets will be taken away, and other assets will be taken away, and they will be contained and cleaned and disposed of in the appropriate manner. do you think they probably already know what kind of contamination they are looking at? i wouldn't like to speculate but the teams are exceptionally professional and they know what they are doing. clearly we don't know who

or why this event has happened. the aim of the game for want of a better term, you can't actually pin it to any organisation which will make life very difficult for the scientists to identify the substance that has been used. they have actually recently also had a simulated rehearsal something similar, this was a unit that was disbanded not long ago? which unit. work >> studio: 0ne disbanded not long ago? which unit. work >> studio: one of the chemical unit was disbanded? it is known as a defence capability, so whilst units are changed and move around and personnel is changed and the

responsibility for delivering the capability changes, but it is very much a defence capability rather than being tied to individual units. inevitably, people who see military on the streets of a british city, some wearing these outfits, they will feel slightly unnerved, but how should they feel? they should take great confidence, that our military teams train extremely hard for responses in the uk and they also train for the overseas activities that they potentially need to undertake. by using in many ways the same equipment that the police forces and ambulance response units are using, so whilst it might look military, the capability is there to protect the operators and whilst it may look scary, it is therefore the personal protection of the individuals operating in the hot

zone “— individuals operating in the hot zone —— it is there for. individuals operating in the hot zone -- it is there for. james, thanks forjoining us. president trump says he will meet north korean leader kimjong—un for talks by the end of may. the north koreans are reported to be committed to denuclearisation and ending missile tests. the apparent breakthrough comes after months of growing tension, in which the two leaders have traded insults — kimjong—un called mr trump "mentally deranged"; the american president called him a ‘maniac‘ and ‘little rocket man‘. laura bicker has this report from south korea. the missiles and displays of military might from north korea have almost seemed defiant in the face of strict sanctions and international condemnation. but now it seems kim jong—un wants to talk. he made his new position clear over dinner with south korean officials in pyongyang. it was the first time ministers from seoul have met the young leader. they say he is prepared to discuss

getting rid of his nuclear weapons and they‘ve now delivered a message from kim jong—un that caught many in the white house by surprise. he expressed his eagerness to meet president trump as soon as possible. the idea of a face—to—face meeting between president trump and kim jong—un by may seems remarkable, given the months of threats and insults between them. they will be met with fire and fury. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. but the tone has changed. on twitter, donald trump said that great progress was being made but that sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. however, that meeting is being planned.