hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm, chaos in westminster. the people of scotland will not be disrespected by this parliament. the people of scotland will not be disrespected by this parliamentm your seat. i order of the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house, order! for the remainder of this day is sitting. expelled from the house — the snp's westminster leader is told to get out in a row with the speaker — his scottish colleagues walk out too. all that as tory rebels warned the prime minister to stick to assurances made about parliament's role in brexit. this government will deliver on brexit, this government will deliver a brexit forjobs, brexit, this government will deliver a brexit for jobs, this brexit, this government will deliver a brexit forjobs, this government will deliver a brexit that is good for britain. dixon's carphone admits a huge data breach — involving 5.9 million payment cards and over a million personal data records. a landmark for the gig economy — the supreme court declares a self—employed plumber is entitled

to employment rights including sick pay and holidays. we have a winner, canada, mexico and usa have been selected by the fifa congress. it's been announced that the 2026 world cup will be hosted in north america. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with hugh and there's more big world cup news. good afternoon, on the eve of the world cup, spain, one of the favourites have sacked their manager and the players are not happy. more on that at half—past. susan has the weather, when i said give us a wave... good afternoon, i will be giving you more than that, it's time to meet hector, facing one of the windiest spells of weather in june for at least ten years. more to come. also coming up — a major new study is warning that almost one in five of the uk's species of wild mammals is facing

a high risk of extinction — including the red squirrel. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. member's tempers are getting frayed — amid unprecedented scenes. the leader of westminster‘s scottish national party was ejected from the chamber after a row with speakerjohn bercow. i beg to move... i beg to move... well my advice, mixed sequence of advice, order, order, my view is that it advice, order, order, my view is thatitis advice, order, order, my view is that it is better for the vote to be convicted, order, my view is that it

is better for the vote to be conducted at the conclusion of questions to the prime minister. order, order. amid chaotic scenes, ian blackford refused to sit down as he angrily demanded a debate about what he called the disrespect shown to scotland over its treatment during the brexit debate yesterday. speakerjohn bercow wasn't entirely sure of the procedure — and then this happened. i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house, order, for the remainderof from the house, order, for the remainder of this day is sitting. jeering. in a show of support all other snp mps followed him out. inside the commons theresa may remains under pressure — over how much say mps will have

in any final brexit deal — and what assurances she has given to tory rebels. let's go to my colleague annita mcveigh who's in westminster. thank you simon, yes, date two of the withdrawal bill debate, you took us the withdrawal bill debate, you took us through what happened with ian blackford, we know that pmq ‘s can be livelier times but that was quite something and mr blackford left the chamber vowing to fight to the prime minister's brexit plans all the way. that is one headache for theresa may. the other as you mentioned just now, the old adage never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, theresa may decided to ignore that yesterday by offering a compromise to avoid a bit of a showdown with those mps who want that vote, that say on the final brexit deal but clearly that is pushing an issue down the road with

both leaders and remain is continuing to argue today about what exactly the prime minister said yesterday and what she meant by that. let's take a look at everything which has been happening so everything which has been happening so far today, with our political correspondentjonathan so far today, with our political correspondent jonathan blake. so far today, with our political correspondent jonathan blake. can you please both sides prime minister? she's trying to keep eve ryo ne minister? she's trying to keep everyone happy after drama yesterday there was more to come at prime minister's questions. chaos in the house of commons, the scottish national party leader at westminster was livid there was no time left to debate how devolved powers would work after brexit. the reality of the situation is that powers which are enshrined under the scotland act of 1998 are being grabbed back by this... ian blackford was thrown out after repeatedly challenging the speaker, his mps followed in protest. on the half of my colleagues, on the heart of the first minister and the government of scotla nd first minister and the government of scotland and the parliament of

scotland, to stand up against the betrayal which is taken place of the scottish people with the unprecedented power grab that is taking place, we need to, we must and we will stand up. all of this the day after the government avoided defeat on a vote over how much of a say parliament would get on a brexit deal. on that the prime minister seemed clear. i cannot countenance parliament being able to overcome the will of the british people. parliament gave the decision to the british people, the british people voted to leave the european union and as prime minister i am determined to deliver that. the government has enough obstacles of its own to avoid at the moment. but the minister in charge of brexit laughed off questions many are asking about a deal that may or may not have been done. those keen for parliament to have more say and those who just want to get on with brexit, both say it's a question of trust. the prime minister is clear we should trust and we do. we did

not have a chance because as ever in westminster these things came down to the wire in the last 15 minutes before the vote to go through the wording in detail but it was very clear that this is notjust relying on assurances in the house of commons chairman, this is a personal assurance from the prime minister that she understands our concerns and wants to build in the amendment. there is confusion over what concessions may have been given to potential rebels over 19 which was a wrecking for men i've spoken with the secretary of state, the brexit ministerand the secretary of state, the brexit minister and the wet and the version of what i'd give both sides happy? ministers say yesterday was on the day to work out the detail but time is short to come up with a solution that gives enough ground to those threatening to rebel but does not upset those keen on a speedy brexit. snp mps capturing the moment they

made their mark on the brexit debate. that and yesterday's near miss for the government show how far mps will go to try to shape our exit from the eu. starting around about now we have date two of the withdrawal bill discussion to be followed later this evening by a number of votes, two of the amendments the commons is looking at today are to do with the uk's future economic relationship with the eu. one of those amendments requires the government to show by october 31 this year that it has tried to negotiate membership of the customs union. there is an amendment to that which has slightly more vague language talking about the customs arrangements and there could be maybe three votes around that particular amendment. there is also a lords amendment about the european economic area which would force the

government to make remaining in the european economic area and negotiating objective and therefore staying in the single market. but you may well know thatjeremy corbyn has told labour mps to abstain on that. we do think however that 50—60 labour mps that. we do think however that 50—60 labourmps might that. we do think however that 50—60 labour mps might ignore what the party leader is saying. we also expect a number of tory rebels to express their anger over this process as well. they feel they can do that because with some labour mps abstaining they believe ultimately the government will not lose that amendment. joining me now is the labourmpfor amendment. joining me now is the labour mp for darlington jenny chapman, the shadow, part of the shadow department of exiting the european union, thank you for your time. before we get into details about what i've just been mentioning, dramatic scenes in the house with the snp, you are

witnessing that, what does this ultimately mean do you think for the brexit process and theresa may? the snp walking out won't have much of an effect on theresa may's approach. it was awful last night to see important amendments on devolution, particularly on the irish border, the irish border has become such an important issue in brexit that to have 20 minutes to debate it the minister said nothing about it, the minister said nothing about it, the minister was the only voice which was heard, no voices from northern ireland, no voices from any of the opposition parties. we agree that it was wrong that it was dealt with in that way and the government could have given us extra time. we finished at 7:15pm last night which is quite early and it would have been very simple to allow us an extra three hours say to do justice to those amendments. so when the scottish members are accusing the snp stuns and theatrics do you think

thatis snp stuns and theatrics do you think that is what it is? it was childish andi that is what it is? it was childish and i don't think the public will be impressed. however much you sympathise with the point they are trying to make to what out of the commons chamber in that way is not good for parliament and for democracy. ian blackford says this is all about having a voice in brexit but by doing what he did he now this afternoon and able to vote on behalf of his constituents on important issues like the customs union. a final point on the economic amendments if i can call them that which are being voted on this afternoon, you agree to abide by your party leaders instruction to abstain? yes it's the wrong model for britain. it's the model norway landed upon 20 years ago and it suits them but it does not suit the uk and it would be the wrong approach us to take. we need at best book deal with the customs union as

a platform for it and we can achieve that. what we don't need to do is ta ke that. what we don't need to do is take on an agreement which excludes agriculture, which would leave difficulties in the average border, would keep us on freedom of movement unreformed which we have said in the labour party except needs to change. it's the wrong model. we can agree on needing to be close to the single market and want a good trading relationship and we believe that can be achieved in a better way than doing it to the european economic arrangements. more to come this afternoon, votes respected this evening, are now back to you simon. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in the central lobby of parliament. have you ever seen anything like that before? at one point it seemed like nobody quite knew what was going on. it used to be that a politician could stand up and say i spy politician could stand up and say i spy strangers and that would mean there would have to be a vote, it's changed to calling for the house to

sit in private. the lib dems did something similar in 2008 i think over the lisbon treaty but this was pretty dramatic. the snp say they have a right to protest because last night there was no debate on those bits of the brexit bill which affect scotla nd bits of the brexit bill which affect scotland in particular. i think the reason was because the voting went on so long. 0n the previous amendments because labour kept calling votes when they didn't need to. it's all very well for labour to say this is the fault of the government but the snp would certainly blame labour role of that. dramatic scenes, ian blackford not able to take part or vote in the rest of the day ‘s proceedings which is why his opponents say he is not standing upfor is why his opponents say he is not standing up for his constituents but the snp feel they are being carved out of the brexit debate and they feel scotland should have more of a say. only he cannot go back, is there a sense that those who walked

out behind him will return to take pa rt out behind him will return to take part in the votes? yes they seem to suggest it was just ian blackford, he said he did not walk out, he was thrown out, so that is the difference and if that happens you cannot go back and take part but they seem confident and i think the couple are already back in so they should be able to take part later on. we will talk to you later. thank you very much. a plumber has won a legal battle at the supreme court — where five justices unanimously decided that he should have been treated as a worker with employment rights. gary smith worked solely for pimlico plumbers for six years, and claimed he was unfairly dismissed after trying to reduce his hours following a heart attack. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. the boss of pimlico plumbers arrived at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to show how much money plumbers can make. his point that the ones who provide his plumbing service can earn more than £100,000 a year. by operating as independent contractors, as free agents. but the plumbers, the court decided,

did not have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company liveried band and wore uniforms. it meant that pimlico plumbers was not there customer or client in a normal traders sense, it was an employer. the ruling after a seven—year battle is vindication for gary smith, the plumber who brought the case. celebrate. a stiff drink. despite being classed as self—employed he said that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering a heart attack and was due holiday play. he said there was now uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally, it is disgraceful, disgusting. i think it is cowardly. they had the opportunity to rectify things today. it is sad day for self—employed people.

the significance of the ruling is likely to be considerable for people working in the so—called gig economy were you have to be flexible and you are regarded as self—employed. pimlico plumbers lost in the supreme court, so the decision will weigh heavily in future cases on whether people should have workers' rights. the decision is hugely important, it will affect all workers in the uk and this case set the standard, the bar that everyone else lowers including uber and all those cases, will now follow. both uber the taxi hailing app and the delivery firm deliveroo are facing challenges and they will be looking carefully at the judgment today. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines:

there were angry scenes in the house of commons this lunchtime, as the brexit debate grew heated — snp mps left the chamber after their leader was expelled by the speaker. dixon's carphone admits a huge data breach, involving 5.9 million payment cards and over a million personal data records. a landmark for the gig economy — the supreme court declares a self—employed plumber is entitled to employment rights including sick pay and holidays. and united bid has won the right to stage the 2026 world cup, the united states, canada and mexico'sjoint bid beating morocco. spain have sacked other manager just bid beating morocco. spain have sacked other managerjust two days before the opening world cup match with portugal. and england are on top in the first one—day international against australia at the oval, a few moments ago the aussies were 85—11 in the 19th of 50 overs. let's get more now on those chaotic scenes in the brexit debate

and cross back to my colleague at westminster annita mcvey. not quite as chaotic there at the moment? no, things have calmed a little, let's get more reaction straightaway, with me isjohnny merce conservative mp for plymouth and member of the defence select committee, what did you make of everything that went on earlier with the snp? i think the snp thing, the trouble is i have no problem with people feeling passionate about their issues but yesterday they essentially voted on things they did not need to vote on to suck up the time were we could have is had the time were we could have is had the time to vote on what they wanted to talk about then had the place of acting today to watch over chamber. it is regrettable and they had a debate today that they are now going to miss. i don't think it's a headline issue. the prime minister

is ploughing on with what is really difficult legislation, she's doing a good job it together. we knew the snp would not be backing theresa may all the way in terms of brexit plans but let's talk about the other big discussion before everything happened in the chamber, that was about whatever the nature of the agreement was that theresa may made with tory mps yesterday who had been considering voting against the government on this issue of whether they would have a say in the final brexit deal. as far as you are aware are they still comfortable with that agreement? we are hearing rumblings from leave mps that they have not given those other remain mac mps what they were seeking. you always get different take aways, a private conversation with the prime minister and the fielder concerns were addressed. there are people like me in the middle who feel we have concerns about different aspects but any constraints on the prime

minister will result in a worse brexit for the country and the people who voted for it. we are filing behind the prime minister and we don't want the constraints on her. others have chosen a different approach and i understand and respect the position but the worst thing we can do is think there is serious relevance to this debate on doorsteps in plymouth which there is not. we need to deliver it and that is what she is trying to do. there is what she is trying to do. there is relevance, the minister has got to find a line that has got to work for both those mps who want parliament have greater oversight and those who say let the government get on with this and make a final deal and that visit, the uk is out. she is trying to a difficult line but there will become a point where the nature of this debate, some people will agree and others will disagree, you cannot keep everybody happy, she has done as much as you can in that area but i think people expect us to get on with brexit

because there are other challenges we are not talking about while this is going on. your colleague sarah wollaston said teresa may will lose a future vote in the commons and she was one of those would—be tory rebels yesterday who decided not to rebel, if she does not, if theresa may does not stick to the deal hammered out, is theresa may not simply storing up problems for the future when time is actually very short? we have the trade bill coming back next month, that'll be interesting. everyone knows we're leaving and we need to get on and get these negotiations sorted. i acce pt get these negotiations sorted. i accept that but let's not underestimate the scale of the task presented to the prime minister with no parliamentary majority. we are doing ok and i think we will be ok and we will what people voted for. simon, more from easier soon but back to you now. thank you. dixons carphone has admitted a huge data breach. hackers tried to access

5.9 million credit and debit payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. the company says details of 105,000 cards without chip—and—pin protection had been leaked, and says it has no evidence that any of the cards had been used fraudulently following the breach. our business correspondent, jonty bloom, is here. this is massive. the worrying thing is that this happened last year, carphone warehouse are only announcing it now because the only discovered at last week. on the good side they say that most of these peoples cards will be by chip and pin and there is no sign anyone has access defraud anyone, they will get in touch with anyone involved. what sanctions could be laid against dixons because we were talking about

fines for this sort of things recently? they've already been fined for this in the past, carphone warehouse had a data breach which cost them £a00,000 in fines. this is a much more significant one than that, the information commissioner already looking at the data breach and likely to impose very heavy fines on the company. but they are lucky because new legislation came in onlya lucky because new legislation came in only a couple of weeks ago which has room for a fines up to £20 million and they have avoided that because this happened just before the legislation came in. what about customers who are themselves victims, what can they do, what might have happened? for people who just have their card information hacked there is no information at any of them have been defrauded and the company will get in touch. there area the company will get in touch. there are a small group of about 100,000 or so who are probably based in america and they don't have the same protection as we do, they don't have chip and pin cards and so there might be worry they have been

affected, there is also another breach of people who have had information hacked,, that's the kind of stuff used in fishing attacks when people call you up and make it sound as if they know you, they have already got your details. people should be aware that will happen. but dixons say they will be in touch with anyone affected. but the big thing is if somebody gets in touch with you and says they know you very well and then tries to get your pin number, put your phone number down and contact the company. one in five of the uk's species of wild mammals face a high risk of extinction according to a major new study. the red squirrel, the water vole and the wildcat are all listed as facing severe threats to their survival due to climate change, loss of habitat or the use of pesticides. 0ur environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall has more. the water of all, the inspiration

for ratty in wind in the willows. its numbers are plummeting, it is high on the new red list of endangered species. this is where we will be looking. we've come to perfect country, a wildlife reserve the gwent levels trying to catch a glimpse of the for ourselves. the list has been put together using international standards, researchers examining more than a million biological records and near the top is the red squirrel. we are living ina is the red squirrel. we are living in a country that's changing enormously, we are building new houses roads and railways, agriculture is changing so it's important we have up—to—date information so we can plan how we will conserve british wildlife. in even more perilous the scottish wildcat. the report offers placed the blame on climate change, disease and loss of habitat. an extension of the m4 could slice through part of the m4 could slice through part of the gwent levels reserve potentially having a major impact on the water

voles. they are starting to thrive in this landscape where they were common and widespread but already we are up against another threat in the form of a new motorway the worst government wants to build across the gwent government wants to build across the gwe nt levels. government wants to build across the gwent levels. this is a precious little pocket of nature and what the creators of this endangered species list hope for is that wildlife would be valued just in places like this but across the whole country. it's clear which species we need to protect and the hope is it would happen. let's catch up with the weather forecast, susan is here, where is that? this is just that? this isjust outside paris yesterday, i derailed train and you can see why, all this screed which sits underneath the rails has been washed away because they had such intense storms. amazing to have that

much rain in that short space of time. what is going on, is that part of what has been hitting us? no, we have been to the north, this is the radar across france, the darker blue is pushing up to the south giving you some idea of how intense the showers are, rain coming down that quickly it cannot drain away fast enough even with the provisions the rail network make. that the was there. but it wasn't just france, austria, what month do you think this is? we are outside the ski shop. the first time i saw this i thought it was snow, it is june and that is hailstones. i was taken away by that. foreman trying to shovel it, so much damage. you only really get that when you've got some proper great big thunderstorms which go right up through the atmosphere, allowing those big stones to keep growing and then you get things like this happening. the

final picture from hungary, big storms, a lot of action and showers. i'm guessing we are concentrating on that because it's all a bit dull here? you say that, this was the picture yesterday, clouds across central europe but here you come, can't ask for more now, you will tell me this isn't what you want to see, storm hector coming to the uk tonight and tomorrow morning. we have our own stormy weather on the way. let's move the satellite, this massive cloud is an area of low pressure, more development to do in the next 12 hours or so but it will be pretty deep when it comes rolling in, isobars squeezing together, one of the windiest spills ofjune weather in ten years. here is this afternoon, looking pretty good for the majority, temperatures in the low 20s in the sunshine, the rain pushing into northern ireland and scotland, pretty wet end to the day here with some heavier downpours.

showers further south, the rain lighter and patchy the further south you go. it's towards the end of the night that the low really starts to kick up the strength of the winds and for northern ireland, scotland and for northern ireland, scotland and northern england things are potentially going to be disruptive, especially through the morning rush—hour. things channelling through the central lowlands of scotland. in exposure 60, 70 mph gusts, quite widely 50, 50 five. if you are travelling tomorrow morning to prepare for disruption, bbc local radio will be where you get the detail. further south wendy starred as well, rain moving east but gradually fizzling out, the gusts here around the coast and the west and the likes of the peak district as the day goes on there will be more rain for scotland, come this afternoon there will be clearing up

dramatically, dry weather by the time they get to the end of the afternoon, winds will ease but i stress northern scotland it will be a slightly more slowjob, the winds staying strong even into the evening. friday breathed a sigh of relief, a much more quiet day, the winds considerably lighter, in the sunshine that is back where we are today, many areas seen temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s. the story for the next 2a hours is be prepared particularly the northern half of britain, storm hector door is on his way. these this is bbc news — our latest headlines. are

chaos in westminster, as one mp is expelled from the house, only for his snp colleagues to walk out, too. it's a tense day of voting on the eu withdrawal bill, with pro—remainers warning the prime minister to keep to her promise , and give parliament the final say on brexit. a data breach, involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records, has been admitted by dixons carphone. a freelance worker has won a legal battle against pimlico plumbers at the supreme court, in a landmark ruling. sport now on afternoon live with hugh... president trump even get involved in this because he is welcoming this decision at the world cup is not coming home, but it is going there. yes, it will be in the united states in 2026 but it will also be held across mexico and canada as well. the united 2026 bill dunn bid was successful, a joint bid between the three nations, was successful. they beat morocco by a huge martin,

taking 67% of the vote. donald trump took to twitter to congratulate the team. he said in advance anyone voting against them clearly would not be voting for the right country, morocco not the right place to hold it, given its record. and many of those recommending where the world cup should be held were suggesting it should go to the united states. interestingly, the english fa did support their bid, but america's new friends north korea not so much. they voted for morocco. that is a good one! anyone who got spain in the office sweepstake will be going, what on earth is behind that astounding decision today? yes, stunning really, unprecedented. a massive fallout in spanish the bulk ofa massive fallout in spanish the bulk of a sack their manager on the eve of a sack their manager on the eve of the world cup. yesterdayjulian. petacchi was announced he was going to be taken over at real madrid at the end of the tournament but the spanish fa said they only found out

about that five minutes before the announcement from real madrid. they found that to be disrespectful, especially as lopetegui had signed an extension in may. a team full of stars had wanted him to stay, we heard, but they will not be too unhappy with his replacement this tournament, because it is fernando hierro, former real madrid captain, and also played for bolton wanderers. he will be taking over for the generation of this tournament, theirfirst for the generation of this tournament, their first game against portugal is on friday. england have trained in their base at repino for the first time since their arrival in russia yesterday. gareth southgate and his squad were given a warm welcome, with some traditional russian bread, as well. captain harry kane took hold of some tea in a light session that was watched by around

400 local children. many media watching on as well. the only absentee was forward marcus rashford, who is resting a minor knee problem. we've also had a look behind the scenes at the players‘ hotel. manchester united'sjesse lingard showing us on social media how the players have made the rooms their own with photos of their families, and themselves as well. we will go across and talk about the cricket at the oval, the first one—day international between australia and england is taking place at the moment. we can take a look at the latest score, australia 102-5. look at the latest score, australia 102—5. they have played 2a of their 50 overs. moeen ali has taken three wickets so far for 27 runs. the former 0lympic long jump champion greg rutherford has announced his retirement from athletics. after winning bronze in rio and struggling with injuries over the last couple of years, rutherford wants to bow out whilst

he is still relevant, but does that mean the end of a sporting career. lam 31, in i am 31, in long—term dunn long jump terms i am an old man. i want to try before i become an actual old man and other sport. i have talked about this for years has took i would like to try another one. not taking away from cycling, it is an incredibly difficult and complex sport, but i have the mend a la tea and hopefully the physicality to do well in it. if ican, great, if the physicality to do well in it. if i can, great, if not i am not saying i will become an olympic champion in track cycling, ijust want to try it. if it is good, i will go for it for a bit, if it. if it is good, i will go for it fora bit, if not it. if it is good, i will go for it for a bit, if not i will happily move on. that is all the sport for now, we will be back in the next hour. back now to our top story — the extraordinary scenes in parliament, after the leader of the snp at westminster, ian

blackford, was ordered out of the house of commons, after a row with the speaker. annita mcveigh‘s outside parliament for us now. we can indeed find out because the man at the centre of all that drama, ian blackford, is with me right now. in your words, what happened? what happened, the fundamental issue here is the lack of respect, which is being shown to the scottish parliament, and of the people of scotland. we faced a situation last night whether government brought forward amendments to the withdrawal bill that as a result of which 24 areas of devolved responsibility are being taken areas of devolved responsibility are being ta ken away areas of devolved responsibility are being taken away from scotland to westminster. that is in the teeth of the united opposition of the scottish national party, the labour party, the liberal democrats and the greens, who have all refused to give consent. we have a ludicrous situation that the government forced this through last night with effectively no debate, less than 20 minutes for the matters to be debated. not one scottish mp was allowed to be called to the debate, thatis allowed to be called to the debate, that is an absolute outrage. paul

masterton, a scottish mp, says you and other scottish mps held up every division last night to deliberately reduce devolution debate time. he is calling it a manufactured drama from a party reduced to stumps. he is sadly mistaken. the government were responsible for the programme motion that would determine the timing. the snp did not move any motions last night, they were all moved by the government and were objected to by labour. idid government and were objected to by labour. i did appeal to the labour party to make sure we had sufficient time, and that was not given. but the fundamental point i would say to paul and other tories as they have lost every election in scotland since 1955. we are now in a situation where the tories who are a minority ike 's pressing a veto on the scottish parliament in the teeth of united opposition. that is anti—democratic. they will pay a price that at the ballot box. they have gone back to what they been before, and anti—devolution party, they have historically frustrated

demolition in scotland and here we have a conservative government, the words that are often used in westminster, taking back control of 24 areas of responsibility of the scottish parliament. i asked the prime minister today to bring forward emergency legislation so we can debate this properly, and so crucially and importantly she can begin to show respect to the scottish parliament comanche refused to do so. when the speaker asked you to do so. when the speaker asked you to sit down and you are not sitting down, where you really conscious of what was about to happen, did you think you were about to be expelled? i used a device opened to me as a memberof i used a device opened to me as a member of parliament to push a vote to take in the house into private sitting and i was entitled to do so, and the speaker did not give me that courtesy. i was seeking to make sure i was using the rules of the house of commons to our advantage, to make sure i was expressing that the you that the government and the prime minister were not respecting the scottish parliament and i was unable to do that. on the basis of that, the speaker chose to remove me from the speaker chose to remove me from the chamber for today. is that more important to you than the fact that

you can't vote on the moment in the chamber this afternoon? what i was putting across today, we have been excluded from the debate of the impact of demolition in scotland. that is an absolute outrage and i was seeking to use parliamentary procedures to make sure i can make that case, to make sure we can hold the government to account, and in the government to account, and in the process of doing that i have been excluded by the speaker from the house of commons. ian blackford, mp, the snp's leader at westminster, thank you. much more through the afternoon. back to you, simon. let's get a little more on the government's battle to get its brexit bill through the house of commons. it may have seen off a potential defeat on the eu withdrawal bill last night, but there's still a long way to go to the end of the brexit process. chris morris from our reality check team has been looking at the next steps. the eu withdrawal bill is the domestic legislation that will formalise the uk's exit from the european union. repealing the laws that took us into the eu in the first place, and turning a lot of current eu law

into british law, so it is an important part of the brexit process but it is by no means the only one. as the clock continues to tick towards the day brexit is supposed to happen, march 29, 2019, alongside the withdrawal bill in parliament, the government is also trying to negotiate a withdrawal agreement with the rest of the eu. at the end of this month, there will be an important eu summit in brussels. it will highlight the fact that the withdrawal agreement is unresolved. notably, but not exclusively, the irish border, and the continuing search for a solution which will avoid any kind of border checks in the future. critics say it cannot be done if you leave the single market and the customs union, but the government insists we are leaving both. the overall withdrawal deal will need to be ratified before brexit, notjust by the uk parliament, which will enact an impairment bill to enshrine the law, but by the european parliament as well.

then there are negotiations on the future relationship with the eu, which have barely begun. they will involve discussion of a new trade partnership, internal security issues, foreign policy and more. by october ideally, the eu hopes to finalise a political declaration on the broad terms of a future deal, with detailed negotiation continuing during the transition period after brexit, and probably after that as well. then the government also has to find a way to ensure that hundreds of treaties the eu has signed with other countries around the world continue to apply to the uk after brexit. if that is not enough to be getting on with, there is also all the new legislation that the government needs to replace policies that used to be run largely by the eu. that means new bills on, for example, trade, customs, immigration, agriculture and fisheries. all of those new laws and processes will need to be in place by december 2020, when the proposed transition or implementation period is due to come to an end. in other words, there

is an awful lot still to do, and it has to be done by a government, of course, without an overall majority in parliament. it is not surprising that tempers are sometimes frying and lots of people are calling for greater certainty. president trump says north korea no longer poses a nuclear threat — and is no longer america's most dangerous problem. he tweeted the comments this morning on his return from his meeting with kimjong un in singapore. the us secretary of state mike pompeo is now in seoul — to explain the agreement to south korea. there is flash photography in this report from jon donnison. north korean state television. and this morning the woman they call the pink lady had some triumphant news. the united states, she said, had agreed to stop joint military exercises with south korea, and also lift sanctions. in the official agreement,

signed in singapore, there was no mention of either of those concessions. president trump has since said he is not ready to lift sanctions yet. but he later confirmed yesterday's somewhat out—of—the—blue announcement that the so—called war games, joint military exercises with south korea, would be ending. we're not going to be doing the war games as long as we are negotiating in good faith. so that is good for a number of reasons, in addition to which, we save a tremendous amount of money. you know, those things, the cost... i hate to sound like a pure businessman. these are the joint military exercises he is talking about. news that they would be ending was apparently a surprise to the south koreans, the us military, and even reportedly, many of those in the travelling american delegation. japan, another key ally, was taken aback. translation: none of the details have been decided but we believe the us—south korean military drills are vital for the security of north east asia.

the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has now arrived in south korea to try and thrash out some of the details. but on this crucial issue of denuclearisation itself, much remains unclear. any negotiation with north korea on these issues is going to be enormously complex, very protracted, would require north korea to consent to an inspections regime within north korea that north korea has never allowed. but arriving back in the united states a short while ago, president trump was declaring job done. there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea, he tweeted. before signing off, sleep well tonight. jon donnison, bbc news. in a moment, the business news.

first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. there were angry scenes in the house of commons this lunchtime, as the brexit debate grew heated — snp mps left the chamber after their leader was expelled by the speaker. dixon's carphone admits a huge data breach — involving 5.9 million payment cards and over a million personal data records. a landmark for the gig economy — the supreme court declares a self—employed plumber is entitled to employment rights including sick pay and holidays. dixons carphone has admitted a huge data breach, involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. it is investigating the hacking attempt, which began injuly last year. the company says, so far, there is no evidence that any of the cards have been used fraudulently. earlier, dixons carphone shares fell by almost 4%. the cost of living in

the uk has held steady for the month of may. the cpi inflation figure released by the office for national statistics remained at 2.4%, although fuel prices increased by the biggest monthly amount since january 2011, rising by 3.8%. wetherspoons plans to replace french champagne with other sparkling wines and sell more drinks from the uk and non—eu manufacturers in the run—up to brexit. from july ninth the pub chain will start replacing champagne and prosecco with uk and australian sparkling wines. financial markets are focusing on the fed — why? that's right. the federal reserve, the central bank of the us, and it is because we are getting an announcement at 7pm about whether or not they are going to raise interest rates and very much expectation as they will. currently they are targeted between 1.5% and 1.75% and we are expecting them to shift a quarter of a percent up. economy in

the us is doing pretty well at the moment, and implement down at its lowest since 1969. inflation is in and around the federal reserve's 2% target and lots of people thinking we could see up to four interest rate hikes in the us this year. we had one in march, will we get one today? it would be useful if we knew somebody at the fed? kim gittleson is outside the federal reserve in washington for us — kim — why do so many think the fed will tick off another rate raise today? that is almost certain to happen, mostly because the fed does not like to surprise investors. it has been telegraphing this interest rate for some time now. the big mystery surrounding this meeting about what is going on in that building with no central bankers is what they think about what is going on with the fiscal environment here in the united states. when i say fiscal environment, i basically mean what

president donald trump's moves have beenin president donald trump's moves have been in relation to the us economy. we have seen a lot of activity that with that, us tax cuts that could potentially stimulate the us economy but on the other hand we have seen donald trump's favoured trade was continuing to heat up here and i could possibly hurt the us economy if the cost of imported steel go into effect. it created challenging environment for the central bankers because they don't want to raise interest rates, things are going very well in the us economy and they don't want to be blamed if they suddenly slow down. the tricky balancing act. they have when the press conference comes out, will get more insight. we have had news out from the us that tesla is going to cut 9% of the workforce. in 15

yea rs, cut 9% of the workforce. in 15 years, elon musk‘s company has never turned a profit, could this be a turning point for tesla? investors are quite happy at the prospect of these job cuts, 4000 workers in the united states, which seems cruel and draconian, but it is in a bit of a cost crunch right now. it cannot manufacture enough plants —— enough ca rs manufacture enough plants —— enough cars to meet demand so it has been investing heavily without getting cash in return and that has worried investors. its share price has declined quite a lot so the idea that elon musk is finally taking seriously some concerns about not necessarily profitability, that perhaps prudent management of the company's finances, is something thatis company's finances, is something that is very pleasing to investors, and though he said this is a difficult move, elon musk in a series of tweaked and in a letter to employees said he hoped this would melt tesla stronger in the future ——

make tesla stronger. thank you for that. you mentioned inflation in the us, we have just had the latest figures here. that's right — the cost of living — also know as the cpi or consumer price index — inflation figure was released this morning by the office for national statistics — and it held at 2.4%, which is where it was in april. which is a surprise because petrol has gone up. fuel rose since january 2011 its highest amount. if we have not seen those very high fuel prices, we might have seen inflation coming down this month. let's have more from let's hear from silvia dall‘angelo senior economist at hermes investment management... you there were some crosscurrents

offsetting each other. as you mentioned, almost 4% on the month. that basically reflects developments in international market for oil prices, which were up by around 12% in may, in sterling terms. other components provided an offset. food inflation came in on the weak side this month, and also a range of core goods, as you mentioned, games, toys, hobbies, were actually week this month. the ftse was down at the opening, began. investors think this could be

deliveroo stealing some ofjust eat‘s market share. we will have more on that in the next hour. eat‘s market share. we will have more on that in the next hourlj will see you then. the three year conflict in yemen has led to the death of thousands of people and caused humanitarian misery for millions. now, the saudi—led coalition has launched an assault on yemen's biggest port, hudaydah — the main entry point for the food aid which is vital for more than 7 million people. 0ur middle east correspondent martin patience is in beirut and says aid agencies are concerned because this is where most relief supplies enter the country. aid agencies are warning that it could make a catastrophic humanitarian situation as they describe it even worse, because it is not just about the describe it even worse, because it is notjust about the half million people living inside that port city, it is about the country as a whole.

hodeidah is a lifeline to yemen, it is where millions are on the brink of starvation and that has been caused by three years of civil war. saudi arabia and its allies believes those fears are overblown, despite calls from the un and the international community to hold off, they pushed ahead to try and retake they pushed ahead to try and retake the port from the rebels. they say those houthi rebels are using the port to smuggle weapons in from around, and some of those weapons have been fired into saudi arabia. that has been denied by the rebels, but ultimately saudi arabia and its allies are describing this as potentially a turning point in the conflict, which will break the stalemate of three years of war and perhaps force the rebels to the negotiating table. an italian coastguard ship carrying hundreds of migrants has been allowed to dock in sicily, days after italy turned away a separate vessel with rescued migrants on board. the ship arrived in

the port of catania, carrying more than 900 migrants. it was allowed to land, as it is an italian vessel. it comes after italy refused to take in another rescue boat, the franco—german aquarius, which has now been given permission to dock in spain. italy's new right—wing interior minister matteo salvini is taking a hardline stance on immigration. slightly—raised blood pressure in middle age could lead to an increased risk of getting dementia in later life, according to a new study. researchers at university college london analysed the medical records of almost nine thousand civil servants. they found that 50—year—olds with higher than average blood pressure have a 45% greater risk of dementia than someone with a lower measurement. there's been a big increase in the number of deaths from flu in scotland in the first three months of this year. there were 331 deaths compared to 72 in the same period last year — the majority of which happened in january. overall, the number of people who died from respiratory diseases increased by 36%. time for a look at the weather...

here's susan powell. we have an unseasonably windy spell of weather on the way for the british isles in the next 24 hours. it even has a name, storm cowan hector, named by the irish metz service will stop the winds will peak overnight which could mean a difficult rush out of the north of the uk especially. this is the mass of cloud that is hector shipping satellite picture, an area of low pressure that will deepen very rapidly through the course of the next 12 to 24 hours. notice the isobars squeezing together, with that tightest squeeze particularly across northern ireland and central and southern scotland. for the remainder of today ahead of all that, some rain for western scotland, and a pretty decent picture with some warm sunshine for the majority. let's start the clock rolling and get the picture moving,

because the rain will come piling in quite quickly through this evening. perhaps the worst of the rain out of the way through the small hours, but then we turn our focus to the winds, and by the end of the night they will be starting to strengthen. the gusts particularly an issue through thursday morning's rush—hour. with the guests in some exposed hours —— areas, but quite widely, gusts of 55 to 60 mph. expect some disruption if you are travelling in northern britain on thursday morning. the best place to go further details will be your local radio station. even to the south, it will be a windy start of the day, comparatively nothing so severe, of course there will be some patchy light rain moving west to east early on, but essentially, aside from a little bit more cloud around and a windy field and we have had recently, the southern half of the uk gets away pretty unscathed. heavy rain around still in the morning

across the northern half of britain in the form of some showers, looking a lot brighter come the afternoon. but it still stays pretty windy to the north, especially to the far north of scotland. a positive note, by friday, we are all over and done with, a much quieter day once again. the return of some sunshine from northern and eastern scotland, still some showers feeding through the central lowlands, if you've northern ireland, but in comparison a much quieter story as we bring this week toa quieter story as we bring this week to a close with highs of 22 in the sunshine in london. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3.00pm: i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw from the house. chaos in westminster as one mp is expelled from the house only for his snp colleagues to walk out too. it's a tense day of voting on the eu withdrawal bill, with pro—remain mps warning the prime minister to stick to her assurances, and give parliament a say on the final brexit deal.

this government will deliver on brexit, this government will deliver on brexit third jobs, and this government will deliver on brexit thatis government will deliver on brexit that is good for britain. a landmark ruling for the gig economy — the supreme court declares a self—employed plumber is entitled to employment rights including pay and holidays from pimlico plumbers. dixon's carphone admits a huge data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and over a million personal data records. we have a winner. canada, mexico and the usa have been selected. it's been announced that the 2026 world cup will be hosted in north america. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with hugh... and i suspect spain's fans aren't pleased! they would be happy. spain may have lost their favourite but the world cup, sacking their managerjust two days out from their first match, a

crucial group game against the european champions, portugal. though i have more on that later. thanks, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. susan powell has all the weather. more on potentially our most windy spells of whether in about a decade. we will be talking about storm hector. thanks susan. also coming up — a major new study is warning that almost one in five of the uk's species of wild mammals is facing a high risk of extinctionincluding the red squirrel. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. member's tempers are getting frayed amid unprecedented scenes. the leader of westminster‘s scottish national party was ejected from the chamber after a row

with speaker john bercow. i beg to move. amid chaotic scenes, ian blackford refused to sit down as he angrily demanded a debate about what he called the disrespect shown to scotland over its treatment during the brexit debate yesterday. speakerjohn bercow wasn't entirely sure of the procedure and then this happened. i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house, for, order! forthe remainderof from the house, for, order! forthe remainder of this day's sitting. in a show of support all other snp mps followed him out. bye!

inside the commons, theresa may remains under pressure over how much say mps will have in any final brexit deal and what assurances she has given to tory rebels. let's go to my colleague annita mcveigh who's in westminster. simon, thank you very much. welcome back to college green in westminster. i've spoken to ian blackford, and put to him the accusations that this was a political stunt, and he was very angrily disagreeing with that, saying that this was all about the respect, or not, lack of it up in his opinion, being shown to the snp, and the government de max boyce —— and the government de max boyce —— and the government de max boyce —— and the voice not being hurting this debate. the other big issue carried over from yesterday is what did

theresa may say to would—be tory rebels to prevent them voting against the government on that issue of whether or not there would be a say for them on that final vote, the final brexit deal. it is quite a technical point, but let me try and expand it to you. something to me ra nt expand it to you. something to me rant on twitter at the moment, is called clause c. it refers to part ofan called clause c. it refers to part of an amendment yesterday, and it says: if no political agreement has been reached on a withdrawal agreement by the end of 15 of every 2019, the government must bring the matter between done for both houses of parliament within five days. the problem is, there is a difference of opinion, it seems, between what downing street is saying, and those would—be tory rebels are saying they we re would—be tory rebels are saying they were promised by the prime minister. a number ten source is quoted as

saying "the clause is not up for discussion." those saying "the clause is not up for discussion. " those would—be saying "the clause is not up for discussion." those would—be tory rebels believe that they were promised by theresa may yesterday that this clause was up for discussion. it all goes down to the issue of trust with the prime minister. with me now is the labour mp, chris leslie, let's discuss that, rather technical point. mp, chris leslie, let's discuss that, rathertechnical point. i mp, chris leslie, let's discuss that, rather technical point. i hope idida that, rather technical point. i hope i did a reasonably good job of expending. you are very good. it does go to the heart of trust and whether theresa may contract this line that she has to tread between those in her party who want to see parliamentary oversight of the final deal, and those who don't. yes, and this might look very technical, but it is about could britain crash out of its current alliances, maybe ta riffs of its current alliances, maybe tariffs come along, lots ofjob losses. if the numbers in parliament and the house of commons look as

though, as it did, certainly yesterday, the government was going to be defeated, what prime ministers tend to do is say to their own potential rebels, coming and we will try and fix this, don't want to have a formal vote, let's do a deal. those conservative mps went in and we re those conservative mps went in and were given a promise, in good faith, were given a promise, in good faith, we will sort this out. this is in this thing, when this issue goes back to the house of lords, they will fix it back, there wasn't it back, called ping—pong. if those conservative rebels gave up the right to vote on it on exchange for a vote from prime minster, if that promises good to be gone back on, then they will vote on it when it comes back. so one way or the other, if the house of commons may have the numbers to defeat the prime minister on it, anyway, and it would be far better for the conservative mps for her to accept that rather than try and wriggle out of it. let's talk

about the bids later today, including those that relate to the uk's feature economic relationship with the eu. 0ne uk's feature economic relationship with the eu. one of those relates to the european economic area, the eea. jeremy corbyn has told labour mps to abstain from that vote, you will not, tell us why. the single market, and in this case, the eea, the single market is that salute the crucial, not just for single market is that salute the crucial, notjust for avoiding single market is that salute the crucial, not just for avoiding a ha rd crucial, not just for avoiding a hard border in ireland, but also from thejobs of hard border in ireland, but also from the jobs of my constituents, manufacturing sector as well as the service sector, and all of the reve nu es service sector, and all of the revenues that flow from the healthy economy to pay for schools and hospitals and council services. if we are out of the single market and we are out of the single market and we don't opt for a practical, realistic way of staying within the eea, then i predict that there is going to be a decade of austerity ahead. i don't want it on my conscience, when people say, what did you do to prevent that? i have stayed. i just can't

did you do to prevent that? i have stayed. ijust can't do it, so i will vote for the eea. how many others will bejoining will vote for the eea. how many others will be joining you on the labour side? difficult to know, but i think we are in a sizeable number. i hope there will be about 40—50 who feel the same. maybe more, the debate is going on. fachie full—time. let's get an overview of what has been happening so far today. and the political process bonded, jonathan blake. —— thank you very much for your time. can you really please both sides, prime minister? she is trying to keep everyone happy. after drama in the commons yesterday, there is more to come at prime minister's questions. questions to the prime minister. chaos in the house of commons, the scottish national party leader at westminster was livid there was no time to debate how devolved powers would work after brexit? the reality of the situation is the powers that are enshrined under the scotland act of 1998 are being grabbed by this government. ian blackford was thrown

out after repeatedly challenging the speaker. his mps followed in protest. on behalf of my colleagues, on behalf of the first minister of the government of scotland, and of the parliament of scotland, to stand up against the betrayal that has taken place, of the scottish people, with the unprecedented power grab which has taken place. we need to, we must and we will stand up. all this, the day after the government avoided defeat on a vote over how much of a say parliament would get on a brexit deal. on that, the prime minister seemed clear. i cannot countenance parliament being able to overturn the will of the british people. parliament gave the decision to the british people, the british people voted to leave the european union, and as prime minister, i am determined to deliver that. the government has enough obstacles of its own to avoid at the moment, but the minister in charge of brexit laughed off questions many are asking about a deal that may or may not have been done. those keen for parliament to have more say and those who just want to get on with brexit, both say,

it is a question of trust. well, the prime minister is very clear that we absolutely should trust her and we do. we didn't have a chance, because as ever, at westminster, these things came down to the wire in the last 15 minutes before the vote, to go through the wording of the detail, but it was very clear. this is notjust relying on assurances given in the house of commons chamber, this is a personal assurance from the prime minister. she understands our concerns and wants to build them into the amendment. there is some confusion over what concessions may have been given to the potential rebels over lords amendment 19, which was a wrecking amendment, the meaningful vote. but i have spoken since the vote with the secretary of state, the brexit minister and the whip, and their version of what concessions have been given to potential rebels is somewhat different to what is appearing in the media at the moment. so, how to keep both sides happy? ministers say yesterday was not the day

to work out the detail, but time is short, to come up with a solution that gives enough grounds to those threatening to rebel, and does not upset those keen on a speedy brexit. snp mps capturing the moment they made their mark on the brexit debate. that and yesterday's near miss for the government show how far mps will go to try our exit from the eu. in terms of that eea, we are hearing 50-60 in terms of that eea, we are hearing 50—60 labour mps ignoring journey colburn's demand that they abstain from that vote. there will be quite a feud tory rebels, as well, displaying their anger over this process. “— displaying their anger over this process. —— jeremy corbyn's demand. they want to have a vote on the final brexit deal. it is understood that they feel more coughed a bull with voting against the government on this particular amendment, because overall, they don't believe that the government is going to lose

that the government is going to lose that one because of the labour extensions that will have them —— that will happen. we will keep you up—to—date with all of the developments throughout the afternoon, but for now, back to you, simon. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in the central lobby of parliament. apart from the snp shenanigans, by minister questions —— prime minister's questions was likely. we are looking exclusively at this compromise, but that they can work it out. this is the copper mines between government and conservative rebels, because that is because that bill is due to go back to the house of lords on monday, and really, the government only won the vote yesterday on having a meaningful vote at the end of the process, because they promised some kind of copper mines in all of this. so they have got to deliver the goods otherwise it will go back to the house of lords who was under back again. —— some kind of compromise. something has got to be worked out.

it isa something has got to be worked out. it is a military awaiting to see, any word around that. we think the main players, dominic grieve, who has read it become the figurehead of the main conservative, if you like, he is due to meet ministers, but they are all debating the second day of the withdrawal bill, but we're not sure when they will manage to do it, but really, what they are pushing for is for parliament to have atrial say on what happens if there is no deal. they don't want to be left with what they see as a pretty poor choice between no deal and crashing out, they would see it, on world trade organisation terms. that is what they tried to do to make sure that at the end of this process , make sure that at the end of this process, and we are getting their quite quickly, and three, 0ctober next year, of debris, now arch, that they are going to a say about what is going to happen next. theresa may has made it clear that she is trying to make sure that the result of the referendum is expected, she does not

wa nt referendum is expected, she does not want it to be used as an excuse to somehow stop brexit happening, but she does accept that the government has got to be accountable to parliament. that is what they will try and come up with, and we will see whether they are able to square that circle. to those of us a bit perplexed, there is a sense that there is pounds building up at the end of the road which is getting shorter. at the moment, theresa may is tried to please everybody, both things apart party, parliament and the country. there are people who fundamentally disagree about what kind of brexit we have, whether we stay very closely aligned, and that is the debate that goes on, but staying in the customs union, staying in the customs union, staying in the eea, or potentially staying in the eea, or potentially staying in the single market, but the other side of the ultimate is that they could mistake, you're going to end up being any eu in all but name, we need to get out, get

out of it, seize control of our borders and our money, and trade agreements. that is the dilemma at the start of it. every she takes a step, it is torturous, she has got be negotiated and a copper mines must be found. at the end, they have got to come down one side or the other, but no one can see how it will be reconciled. more from you later. thank you very much. a plumber has won a legal battle at the supreme court — where five justices unanimously decided that he should have been treated as a worker with employment rights. gary smith worked solely for pimlico plumbers for six years, and claimed he was unfairly dismissed after trying to reduce his hours following a heart attack. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. the boss of pimlico plumbers arrived at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to show how much money plumbers can make. his point that the ones who provide his plumbing service can

earn more than £100,000 a year. by operating as independent contractors, as free agents. but the plumbers, the court decided, did not have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company liveried band and wore uniforms. it meant that pimlico plumbers was not there customer or client in a normal traders sense, it was an employer. the ruling after a seven—year battle is vindication for gary smith, what are you going to do now customer celebrates. a stiff drink. despite being classed as self—employed he said that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering a heart attack and was due holiday play. he said there was no uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally, it is disgraceful, disgusting.

i think it is cowardly. they had the opportunity to rectify things today. it is sad day for self—employed people. the significance of the ruling is likely to be considerable for people working in the so—called gig economy we have to be flexible and you are regarded as self—employed. because pimlico plumbers last in the supreme court, the decision will weigh heavily in future cases on whether people should have workers' rights. the decision is hugely important, it will affect all workers in the uk and this case sets the standard, the bar that everyone else lowers including uber and all those cases, will now follow. both uber taxi hailing at and the delivery firm deliveroo are facing challenges and they will be looking carefully at the judgment today. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: there were angry scenes in the house of commons this lunchtime, as the brexit debate grew heated — snp mps left the chamber after their leader

was expelled by the speaker. a landmark ruling for the gig economy — the supreme court declares a self—employed plumber is entitled to employment rights including sick pay and holidays. dixon's carphone admits a huge data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and over a million personal data records. the united bid has one the wild card. thejoint bid beat the opponents, taking a large percentage of the vote. and australia are fighting back against england in their first fighting back against england in theirfirst one—day fighting back against england in their first one—day international at their first one—day international at the oval. if you moment ago, the australians were 175—5 in the 36th over. i will be back with more just

after half past. let's return now to our top story, the second day of debate on the eu withdrawal bill. we can speak now to nigel dodds, the dup's westminster leader. do you think that the snp leader has a point when he says that the whole issue of devolution need that own debate? well, we have had previous debates in the house of commons on this issue, and extensive negotiations between the government and the devolved governments. clearly, there should have been more time for debate yesterday, and these house of lords amendments, the time is taken up to a large extent by a series of votes, and my view has a lwa ys series of votes, and my view has always been that vote should not be included in the debate tie, so who would like to see more debate if possible. to think that rose isjust kicking the can down the road and that we are not getting any further with the substantive needs of

progress in brexit. —— to rees is just kicking the dan danny rose. —— theresa may. the way that they have been structured, they've got to have their whole negotiations of citizens‘ rights, northern ireland. it is up to september. then we had to have a negotiation on the transition, and now we are engaged in another stage in the negotiations, and all of these negotiations, and all of these negotiations should have been running in parallel. it was our view, it is the way that negotiations said should be structured so that you can do trade—offs in one area against the other. is that, they have been brought to various pinch points, and indeed to these crises. we still have not got onto the main fundamental issue which is the future trade relationship between the united kingdom and the eu. part of the problem has been the process by which these negotiations have been undertaken. you are sounding

pretty angry which rees. amin i am angry —— sounding pretty angry with theresa may. i am angry with the european union,... theresa may. i am angry with the european union, . .. thinking theresa may. i am angry with the european union,... thinking that they could pocket the withdrawal agreements, and other concessions, and then that they could then decide what they want to do in terms of the future trade relationship. i think thatis future trade relationship. i think that is the role to do it, and i still think that the uk parliament will to say about the money aspect of it if we don‘t get a decent sensible of outcome would have the benefit of the uk as well as the eu. 0vershadowing all of this is the border issue, which is still not been dissolved. the customs union, but the debate later on today, there is going to be vote on this, but do you still back theresa may‘s approach, that there should be no membership of physical market or a customs union? —— of a single market. even being a member of the

european economic agency would still result in checks at the border. some of these ideas that have been put forward about membership don‘t work. 0ur position is very clear, that there should not be a hard border on there should not be a hard border on the island of ireland. certainly there should not be one down the irish sea. we need to continue those sensible, frictionless, trade relationships. the way forward is through a customs partnership, or through a customs partnership, or through sensible streamlined customs arrangements, and regulation, there needs to be alignment in single market agreements, and in other areas, diverted, but agreed divergences. that is the way forward , divergences. that is the way forward, the sensible approach, but the trouble is no body wants to get on to talk about option a, the keep footie the so—called backstop, which only have the duke place if we get an agreement. are there any circumstances where he would stop supporting the conservatives? we are

clear that under the terms of the arrangement, we will support the prime minster in terms of achieving brexit, and in terms of achieving economic —— primed minister in terms of achieving brexit, and in terms of achieving economic goals, but we don‘t need to threaten the prime minister. we don‘t need to put down serious accusations against her, because i have no doubt about the prime minister‘s union, it was repeated by the solicitor general, she is not good to oppose a border down the —— impose a border danny ings northern ireland see that weight... we have every confidence in that score. thank you very much. dixons carphone has admitted a huge data breach. hackers tried to access 5.9 million credit

and debit payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. the company says details of 105,000 cards without chip—and—pin protection had been leaked, and says it has no evidence that any of the cards had been used fraudulently following the breach. earlier i spoke to our business correspondentjonty bloom and asked him if this was the biggest breach of this type we‘ve seen. 0n the good side, they say that most of their cars will be protected by chip and pin. anyone who has access will be getting in touch with anyone who was involved. what actions could be laid against carphone dixons —— dixons carphone, because they were totti finds that this sort of thing. they are fully confined in the past. carphone warehouse had a data breach, and it cost them £400,000 in fines. this is probably a much more

significant one than that. the information commissioner is always a —— already looking at this data breach and is likely to impose heavy fines, but they are lucky because new legislation came in over a couple of weeks ago, which has fined up couple of weeks ago, which has fined up to £20 million, and they have avoided that, because this happened just before that legislation came in. what about customers who are themselves victims of this? what can they do? what might happen? for people who have just had their car information hacked, there is no information hacked, there is no information that any of them have been defrauded, and the company will get in touch of them. the rise small group, probably based in america, who do not have the same protection as we do. they don‘t have chip and pin cards. there might be some worry that they have been affected. there is another breach, 1 million or so people, general information hacked, the house numbers, their address. that is the kind thing that is used

in so—called phishing attacks. people should be aware that that might happen. carphone dixons say they will be in touch with people affected. if anybody get in touch with you and tries to get your pin, just put the phone down and contact the company. that is the kind of thing that you should be worried about. an italian coastguard ship carrying hundreds of migrants has been allowed to dock in sicily, days after italy turned away a separate vessel with rescued migrants on board. the ship arrived in the port of catania, carrying more than 900 migrants. it was allowed to land as it is an italian vessel. it comes after italy refused to take in another rescue boat, the franco—german aquarius, which has now been given permission to dock in spain. italy‘s new right—wing interior minister matteo salvini is taking a hardline stance on immigration. slightly—raised blood pressure in middle age could lead

to an increased risk of getting dementia in later life, according to a new study. researchers at university college london analysed the medical records of almost nine thousand civil servants. they found that 50—year—olds with higher than average blood pressure have a 45% greater risk of dementia than someone with a lower measurement. current petrol prices are too high and can‘t be justified, according to the motoring organisation the rac. the group says petrol retailers should cut forecourt prices by 2 pence a litre. however, the fuel retailers association said wholesale prices and the volatility of the us dollar were putting pressure on petrol stations. a daredevil raccoon in the american state of minnesota has had the internet on tenterhooks. the tiny animal had been scaling 23 floors of a building for nearly a day. crowds watched anxiously into the night after the animal went viral online, and local media streamed his perilous climb to the world. twitter celebrated as the raccoon reached the roof in the early hours

of the morning where cat food inside a trap had been set. no word yet on the raccoon‘s condition. now for the weather with susan powell. hello, a stormy spell of weather over the next 24 hours. the worst of the weather, certainly the strongest of the winds coming in overnight tonight, and possibly tomorrow morning‘s rush hour. tonight, and possibly tomorrow morning's rush hour. there will be some heavy rain moving across the northern part of the uk, but the winds starting to intensify, and with northern ireland and scotland potentially looking at costs about 60-70 potentially looking at costs about 60—70 mph in exposed areas, but quite widely in britain, 50 or 60

mph. bbc local radio a good place to get some detail on disruptions locally. some more rain on the way. a drier story throughout the afternoon, and the winds will use a little bit, but still stronger northern scotland. it windy day further south, but a drier picture, up further south, but a drier picture, up to 22 degrees in the sunshine. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house... chaos in westminster as an mp is expelled from the house, only for his snp colleagues to walk out too. it‘s a tense day of voting on the eu withdrawal bill, with pro—remain mps warning the prime minister to keep her word, and give parliament a say on the final brexit deal. dixons carphone reveals

a data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards — but says there is no evidence it led to the cards being used fraudulently. a freelance worker has won the right to holiday and sick pay, in a ruling with ramifications for the gig economy. so we have a winner. canada, texaco and usa have been selected by the fifa congress... -- mexico and usa. it‘s been announced that the 2026 world cup will be hosted in north america. sport now on afternoon live with hugh... the united states wasn‘t happy to miss out on the 2022 world cup but they won‘t have to wait long? yes, exactly. you might remember the united states felt particularly hard done by, missing out on hosting both the 2018 and 2022 world cups. of course one in russia this year, the next one in qatar. that award to

qatar clearly left a bad taste because it helped drive an investigation that as we all know now unravelled a history of corruption by fifa. the united states ca m e corruption by fifa. the united states came back with a renewed bid, alongside canada and mexico, in a joint bid, they made it to the final two, and went head—to—head today with morocco winning the vote. president donald trump congratulating his team, who were very happy, on twitter today. he may have had some influence on this, because back in april he tweeted it would be a shame if countries that the united states always support politically motivated against them, and that was not great at the time. a lot of people saying political influence, which is not allowed in this vote, may have held some sway. in the end, that wasn‘t a problem. the united states, canada and mexico will host the 2026 tournament and it will host the 2026 tournament and it will be the biggest world cup ever. if you thought this summer will be bad, that one will have 48 teams, they will play a full 34 days. 2026

can‘t come fast enough. they will play a full 34 days. 2026 can't come fast enough. yes, it can! the next one starts in two days, spain are now in real pain, they have gone and sacked their own manager. yes, they have, they were one of the favourites going into this but maybe that is not the case any more. julen lopetegui was the manager, he announced yesterday he would take over at european champions real madrid. the spanish rubble association saying they only found out about that five minutes before it was announced. they saw it as very this respectful, especially as very this respectful, especially as lopetegui had signed a contract extension in made to last until 2020, said today they moved to dismiss him. the captain sergio ramos has spoken today on twitter. he says the team carry the responsibility and commitment for the whole country, and the squad would always be together. they will be led by fernando hierro, you saw him just there, the former real madrid and bolton defender. he will

be taking over for this tournament, yes, as i say, they may well have lost their favourites tag going into this. hopefully that will help england‘s cause, because they arrived in russia yesterday, as we know. the first match will be against tunisia on monday, there has been a lot of talk about how the players would spend their time away from training and matches. tottenham midfielder eric dier says board will not be an issue for the squad. we have a nice little basketball net setup, we have a golf simulator, we have bruno cards, we play a lot of uno! general cards, ping—pong, snooker. we are spoiled, we have everything. there is no reason to be bored, really. to cricket now. england are taking on australia in the first one—day international at the first one—day international at the oval. the australians won the toss and chose to bat first. after a slow start, they will reduce to

90-5, but slow start, they will reduce to 90—5, but have started a bit of a fightback with just over ten overs in their innings left. they have moved on to six. a big news day for spanish sport. rafa nadal has announced he will not make it to this year‘s queens tournament, fresh off the back of his 11th french open victory, nadal says he will not be competing in the pre—wimbledon warm up competing in the pre—wimbledon warm up this year, after a long clay season. nadal did suffer a hand injury during the roland garros final. still yet to confirm his participation at wimbledon. former 0lympic long jump champion greg rutherford has announced his retirement from athletics after winning bronze in rio and struggling over the last couple of years, he wa nts to over the last couple of years, he wants to bow out while he is still releva nt wants to bow out while he is still relevant in the sport, but does that mean the end of his total sporting career? i am 31. in longjump terms, lam career? i am 31. in longjump terms, iaman career? i am 31. in longjump terms, i am an old man. i want to try before i become an actual old man another sport, that talked about

this for years. talked about it with winter sports, we are obviously four years away from winter olympics now, maybe a bit too far. i would like to try another one. not taking away from cycling, it is an incredibly difficult and complex sport, but i have the mentality and hopefully physicality to do well in it. if i can, great, if not i am not saying i will become an olympic champion in track cycling. ijust want to try at, if it is good i will go for it for a bit, if at, if it is good i will go for it fora bit, if not at, if it is good i will go for it for a bit, if not i will happily move on. that is all the sport now. more in the next hour but you can follow the cricket on radio five live sports extra. did he really say 31 and you are an old man? sporting terms, simon. oh, ok. back now to our top story — the extraordinary scenes in parliament after the leader of the snp at westminster ian blackford was ordered out of the house of commons after a row with the speaker. annita mcveigh‘s outside parliament for us now. certainly a little calmer inside the

chamber, although some pretty feisty interventions from some of yesterday‘s would—be tory rebels, like dominic grieve, ken clarke, sarah wollaston, and with me to talk more about that i have two political correspondence, jessica l got from the guardian and henry ‘s ferman from the times. thank you for joining me and i now you have both been watching the debate. jessica, tell us about those interventions on the subject of a customs union. there were a view quite pointed, not giving very much away, but quite pointed interventions on the customs union, saying generally quite supportive things about it, or asking questions to the minister about how does he propose certain things can work if we don't have a customs union? they were made by the kind of face as we saw yesterday who had talked about as potential rebels, sarah wollaston, dominic grieve, heidi allen, ken clarke, as well made a very pointed intervention. it starts to maybe

make you think is there something up, is there something that is worrying them that makes them feel very need to make their presence known again. henry, do you think they are on edge about what exactly they are on edge about what exactly they got from theresa may yesterday when she met with them to try to stave off that rebellion over the amendment on whether mps should get amendment on whether mps should get a say on the final brexit deal?|j do. a say on the final brexit deal?” do. the atmosphere in the tory party has been pretty few brow since june 23, 2016 but it is even has been pretty few brow since june 23,2016 but it is even more so has been pretty few brow since june 23, 2016 but it is even more so now. they are just confused about what theresa may promised them to avert defeat yesterday, the so—called mutineers, the pro—eu tory mps think basically theresa may conceded on the thing and promised in the house of lords next week she would table an amendment. but on the other side of the tory party, the brexiteers think they have won and theresa may has not conceded anything, so they are all pretty anxious to work out what has happened. in terms of kicking cans down roads, this one

can only be kicked as far as the beginning of next week. what you are starting their whispers about today from those tory rebels is if the tory pm is not offering us what we trusted her to offer us, what we will do is take the moment that dominic grieve offered to the house that was rejected by the government, give it to the lords, maybe some nice lords might want to put it down in theirchamber, and nice lords might want to put it down in their chamber, and it will come back to the commons again. it is certainly, i feel like those tory mps who come from as last night definitely won't be in the mood to come from eyes again. so is there a crunch point, is that what we are building two? i think so, it will come next week either in the house of lords or the house of commons. in the house of lords of the government does table an amendment that the pro—eu tory mps are happy with, that will get them on that side, but if they don't, then they will cry foul. either way theresa may has to do watch it has resisted the ages and choose. let mejust

watch it has resisted the ages and choose. let me just interrupt you and stay with us if you can because we will hear from ken clarke in the house now. the future trading arrangements of this country with europe and the rest of the world and the and the government has tried to move to get rid of the reference to a customs union, and i obviously will not follow all the french —— front bench spokesman who are dreamily generous in giving way but i apologise in advance, i don‘t think i will give way much, if at all, because otherwise large and as of other members will wind up speaking, as they did yesterday, with three minute time limit and other absurdities, which the house has inflicted on itself by accepting the programme motion. but on this issue, which is the one that is currently being addressed most vigorously by us all, there are many, vigorously by us all, there are any vigorously by us all, there are many, many more to come, of our future trading and economic arrangements with the rest of europe and the world, my view is quite

well—known, i set them out in the committee. i wish to see absolutely no new barriers to trade and investment directed between ourselves and the rest of continental europe. i don‘t think it‘s necessary to fulfil the brexit. i certainly don‘t go along with some of the more extreme advocates, who seemed to be positively relishing the idea that we should direct new barriers of all kinds, between ourselves and 27 nation states on the continent, whilst having the most open and exotic free trade approach for the rest of the world, reducing barriers of every kind to other trading nations. ithink reducing barriers of every kind to other trading nations. i think into vapour site world, the globalised world, rule—based order, free trade is particularly essential to the british, and we have got to minimise the damage that might otherwise because when we implement brexit.

let me deal briefly with the argument that is bound to be raised by some, the moment you mention this you are defying the referendum. again, iwent you are defying the referendum. again, i went repeat what i said yesterday, but i don‘t think the referendum remotely addressed the important subjects that we are debating here today. it was a yes— no question on a very broad brush issue. i actually did take part in a lot of debates up and down the country, one or two against daniel hannan, who is a member of the european parliament, who i know very well, and is a difficult man... ken clarke expounding his pretty well—known views on brexit, saying that he wishes to see no new barriers to trade and investment. he said free trade is essential to britain, and he wants to see any in his words damage caused by brexit mesmerised. still with me, just before we began

listening to ken clarke, i was making the point that really theresa may has somehow got to reconcile still, because she has been tried to do it for a very long time obviously, the two sides of her party, if you like. do you really think she can genuinely makes progress, and what are we now, about nine months out from the date that the uk is due to league c you —— to leave the eu? i don't think she has a choice but to try and do that. that is actually the view of the central majority of the tory party, few of them say it in private why on earth doesn't she just come out and say there will be a few compromises, but we will get through a brexit

deal and it will not satisfy everyone but i will lead you through it. she still is paralysed in between the two. is there a failure among politicians here to come to some sort of agreement to the detriment of getting on and being involved in those to go she is the eu, of course the rest of the eu presenting a united front?” eu, of course the rest of the eu presenting a united front? i think there is a failure of theresa may to do that. what incentive is there for them to come to an agreement. as jessica says, the mainstream of the tory party does want to be told what kind of brexit there will be and most will fall in line behind them in the house of commons. thank you for your opinions, that is it from westminster, back soon. back to you, simon. in a moment, we will have all the business news with ritual, but

first the headlines. there were angry scenes in the house of commons this lunchtime, as the brexit debate grew heated — snp mps left the chamber after their leader was expelled by the speaker. a landmark ruling for the gig economy — the supreme court declares a self—employed plumber is entitled to employment rights including sick pay and holidays. dixon‘s carphone admits a huge data breach, involving 5.9 million payment cards and over a million personal data records. much more on that coming up. the cost of living in the uk has held steady for the month of may. the cpi inflation figure released by the office for national statistics remained at 2.4% — although fuel prices increased by the biggest monthly amount since january 2011, rising by 3.8%. ryanair is to open a base at "london" southend airport in april, operating 13 routes including barcelona, corfu, milan and venice. its 55 flights a week will carry an estimated one million

passengers each year. the airport will be ryanair‘s 14th uk base. the telecoms regulator 0fcom has announced it wants to cap the price of directory enquiry calls at £3.10 for a 90 second call. around 2% of uk adults still use the service, which is about1 million people. 0fcom says the price of directory enquiry calls has risen "significantly" in recent years. another day, another data breach? but this one is big. yes, dixons carphone, they have admitted this huge data breach. you have been talking about it already this hour, it involves 5.9 million payment cards, and that is the personal data records of 1.2 million people. now, usually when companies report this sort of data breach, they are usually very quick to say people may have accessed your name and your

logon details but no payment details have been accessed. that is not the case in this situation. payment details have been accessed, up to 6 million cards have been accessed. nearly all of those were protected, chip and pin protected, but about 100,000 weren‘t. but so far there is no evidence of any fraud. this is still however a serious breach, and a couple of big questions. we are hearing that it started injuly a couple of big questions. we are hearing that it started in july 20 17. so why has it taken a year? ole gunnar solskjaer gas, and why are we only hearing about it now, and also, cast your mind back to carphone warehouse‘s customers, about 2.5 million, who were affected by a data breach back in 2015. is this in any way connected to the reason why that data breach happened? we don‘t know yet. one other interesting point, gdp are, something we talk about at length before it came into effect at the end of may, the general data

protection regulations, putting a lot more responsible t on companies, biggerfines and lot more responsible t on companies, bigger fines and consequences of their is any breaches of data protection. this happened pre—gdpr coming in but it will really focus a lot of com pa ny‘s coming in but it will really focus a lot of company‘s minds. how significant is this breach? one of if not potentially the biggest data breach to hit a uk company. there have been bigger international data breaches that have affected people in the uk, but this will set some new standards, really, in terms of the numberof cards, new standards, really, in terms of the number of cards, potentially the numberof the number of cards, potentially the number of people, who have been affected by this. as simon was saying, one of people‘s a guest concerns will be this has been going on for almost a year, why wasn‘t it noticed, why are we only hearing about it now? people who have done research into these sorts of data breaches and it turns out on average

it can take a company as much as six months to discover they have had a data breach. you mentioned gdpr in the introduction, part of that is trying to force companies to get much better at detecting when these sort of data breaches happen so they can respond much more quickly to them. with this gdpr, one of its consequences should be that companies want to take a lot more responsible to, do you think it will mean responsible to, do you think it will m ea n less responsible to, do you think it will mean less of these breaches will happen or do we just accept them as pa rt happen or do we just accept them as part of our new technological environment? one of the aims of gdpr was to try to force companies to follow better disciplines around their computer security, in order to stop these sorts of data breach is happening. we have had data protection laws in place for 20 years and it has not stopped data breaches happening before then. i suspect we will still see a lot more of these. let's hope over time they will get less frequent. brian, it is

a very personal question, i assumed that if i didn‘t respond to all these e—mails coming back at you saying if you don‘t sign up with us again, iafraid saying if you don‘t sign up with us again, i afraid you off our list, i thought great, that will clear my inbox, but it doesn‘t seem to have happened. what is the deal with that? what those e-mails were trying to do was to say can we still send you e—mails, can we still communicate with you? what it wasn't about was saying we will delete all your information. under gdpr, you have the right to ask a company to delete all of the commission to hold on you, butjust because they delete all of the commission to hold on you, but just because they are not e—mailing you any more doesn't mean they are not holding your data. sorry to do that to you, brian, thanks, that‘s great. sorry to do that to you, brian, thanks, that's great. thank you for that, brian, from computer weekly. do you want to ask me about investor results ? do you want to ask me about investor results? martin sorrell. we're

talking about agms. he wasn't there, yet he was the focus of it. this was the wpp agm, wpp, a company that started out making wire shopping baskets, ended up as a global media advertising giant. because of him. sirmartin advertising giant. because of him. sir martin sorrell kim chief executive and build it into the empire it is today. it hit the headlines in april with his sudden departure as chief executive and then allegations of serious personal misconduct, which he denies. the agm today, shareholders did seem to be quite angry with the board of directors, angry over the way they handled sir martin sorrell‘s departure, feeling they are not getting enough information. almost a third of shareholders did not back the company‘s pay and bonus scheme. about 17% did not support the re—election of the chairman. you would expect there to be a bit of dissent, but more than 10% is quite significant. is that because they are angry he is gone? they feel they

have not been given enough information. our business editor simon was at the agm today and spoke to some other shareholders. a lot of to some other shareholders. a lot of to shareholders own shares for a long time and they saw sir martin as the talismanic figure that has created this giant from scratch, enriching himself and his shareholders over many years. what was interesting is that the chairman of the company, robert carter, he basically got up, and in his speech, what would normally happen at one of these events, he would say, paid tribute to sir martin, thank him for his years in building this great company, of which we all been beneficiaries. there was none of that today. i would describe his statement as rather curt, and he would say that is because there is not a great amount of detail he can share. some of the shareholders say he deserved a bit more credit from you guys for what he has done for this company, some dissatisfaction at that. other people however saying

sirmartin at that. other people however saying sir martin got obscene amounts of money during his tenure as chief executive, and looks in line to get further big pay—outs. how can that be justified, if he is not what they call a good lever? with don't know that because we can't see the results of the investigation that is what is frustrating any of the shareholders today. that was our business editor simonjack. shareholders today. that was our business editor simon jack. now no more champagne or italian foseco. at wetherspoon‘s. more champagne or italian foseco. at wetherspoon's. that's right. we have wetherspoon‘s on the market ‘s board, you should be of the see the share price. this is a principled brexit stand, in effect? share prices down was 1%. the company founder tim martin campaigned for brexit and he is now saying he is going to take french champagne out of his 800 pubs, italian persico will go, and he will replace it with

english and australian sparkling wines. family bottles of sparkling wines. family bottles of sparkling wine to you think wetherspoon‘s cell every year? 2 million bottles. they will also look of their beers. 0nly about 100,000 bottles of champagne. but now they will say english —— cell english and australian sparkling wine from the 9th ofjuly, looking to focus more on uk produced and non—eu produced drinks. looking to focus more on uk produced and non-eu produced drinks. how does that compare price—wise?” and non-eu produced drinks. how does that compare price-wise? i don't know, we will have to go and find out. there is only one way. i am off at five! laughter some fell on stony ground, thanks, rachel, thanks very much. much more on that later on. one in five of the uk‘s species of wild mammals face a high risk of extinction according to a major new study. the red squirrel, the water vole and the wildcat are all listed as facing severe threats

to their survival due to climate change, loss of habitat or the use of pesticides. 0ur environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall has more. the water vole, the inspiration for ratty and wind in the willows. its numbers are plummeting. it has put high on the newly endangered species list. we have come to perfect water vole country, a wildlife reserve on the gwent levels. we are going to try to catch a glimpse for ourselves. brilliant, we've got a burrow here. the list has been put together using international standards. researchers examined more than1.5 standards. researchers examined more than 1.5 million biological records, and near the top is the red squirrel. we are living in a country thatis squirrel. we are living in a country that is changing enormously, building houses, new roads, railways, agriculture is changing. so it is rarely important we have up—to—date information so we can plan how we will conserve british wildlife. in even more peril, the scottish wildcat. the report‘s

authors placed the blame on climate change, disease and loss of habitat. an extension of the m4 could potentially have a major impact on the water bowls. they are really starting to thrive again in this landscape where they were once widespread but already we are off against another threat. that is a form of a new motorway that the welsh government wants to build across gwent levels. so this is a precious little pocket of nature, and what the creators of this endangered species list hope for is that wildlife would be valued just in places like this, but across the whole country. with this new list it is even clearer which species we need to protect. the hope is that it will happen. climate change but the little closer to home and near timewise. susan powell. we have an unseasonably windy spell of weather on the way

for the british isles in the next 24 hours. it even has a name, storm hector, named by the irish met service. winds will peak overnight, which could mean a difficult rush out of the north of the uk especially. this is the mass of cloud that is hector in the satellite picture, an area of low pressure that will deepen very rapidly through the course of the next 12 to 24 hours. notice the isobars squeezing together, with that tightest squeeze particularly across northern ireland and central and southern scotland. for the remainder of today ahead of all that, some rain for western scotland, but a pretty decent picture with some warm sunshine for the majority. let‘s start the clock rolling and get the picture moving, because the rain will come piling in quite quickly through this evening. perhaps the worst of the rain out of the way through the small hours, but then we turn our focus to the winds, and by the end of the night they will be starting to strengthen. across northern ireland and scotland

but also from northern england. the gusts particularly an issue through thursday morning‘s rush—hour. especially through the central belt of scotland. we could seek dusts in some exposed areas up to 60 to 70 mph but quite widely gusts of 55 to 60 mph. expect some disruption if you are travelling in northern britain on thursday morning. the best place to go further details will be your bbc local radio station. even to the south, it will be a windy start of the day, comparatively nothing so severe, of course. there will be some patchy light rain moving west to east early on, but essentially, aside from a little bit more cloud around and a windy feel than we have had recently, the southern half of the uk gets away pretty unscathed. heavy rain around still in the morning across the northern half of britain in the form of some showers, looking a lot brighter come the afternoon. but it still stays pretty windy to the north, especially to the far north of scotland. a positive note, by friday, we are all over and done with, a much quieter day once again.

the return of some sunshine from northern and eastern scotland, still some showers feeding through the central lowlands, a few for northern ireland, but in comparison a much quieter story as we bring this week to a close with highs of 22 in the sunshine in london. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. today at 4.00pm. a anas aremayaw anas right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house. —— i order the right honourable gentleman. chaos in westminster as one mp is expelled from the house only for his snp colleagues to walk out too. it‘s a tense day of voting on the eu withdrawal bill with pro—remain mps warning the prime minister to stick to her assurances and give parliament a say on the final brexit deal. this government will deliver on brexit, this government will deliver on brexit forjobs, and this government will deliver on brexit that is good for britain. a plumber wins a landmark

ruling for the gig economy — the supreme court declares he is entitled to employment rights including sick pay and holidays from pimlico plumbers. dixon‘s carphone admits a huge data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and over a million personal data records. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with hugh. plenty of world cup news around, simon, the 2010 winners, spain, sacking their manager just simon, the 2010 winners, spain, sacking their managerjust two days before they begin their campaign, and the united states, canada and mexico have won the right to host the tournament in 2026. more on that later. the weather will be keeping us busy in the next 24 hours. unseasonably windy across northern britain, with winds stronger than about ten years that this point in the year. for that and half an hour. also coming up —

the internet sensation that‘s reached its destination — this daredevil raccoon scaled 25 floors to the top of a minnesota skyscraper — capturing the hearts of thousands of viewers who watched its perilous climb online. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. member‘s tempers are getting frayed amid unprecedented scenes. the leader of westminster‘s scottish national party was ejected from the chamber after a row with speakerjohn bercow. i beg to move! i beg to move! amid chaotic scenes, ian blackford refused to sit down as he angrily demanded a debate about what he called the disrespect shown to scotland over its treatment during the brexit debate yesterday. speakerjohn bercow wasn‘t entirely sure of the procedure — and then this happened.

i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house, for, order! for the remainder of this day‘s sitting. in a show of support all other snp mps followed him out. inside the commons theresa may remains under pressure — over how much say mps will have in any final brexit deal — and what assurances she has given to tory rebels. let‘s go to my colleague annita mcveigh who‘s in westminster. hello again from college green here at westminster. looking back at what

happened with blackford earlier. he left the chamber vowing to fight all the way, theresa may‘s brexit plans, and as an example, of course, the pressure that she is and, both from outside her party, but then that pressure is also very much there from within her party, as well. bramblings this afternoon over what exactly bramblings this afternoon over what exa ctly s he bramblings this afternoon over what exactly she promised her would—be tory rebels yesterday to stave off them rebelling against the government on that amendment on what sort of say they would get, on a final brexit steel. so that has led to some pretty feisty interventions in the commons, final brexit deal. talking about the customs union and the european economic area, those are two of the three key areas being debated this afternoon, looking at the uk‘s future economic relationship with the eu. let‘s get an overview of the day so far with

our political correspondence, jonathan blake. can you really please both sides, prime minister? she is trying to keep everyone happy. after drama in the commons yesterday, there is more to come at prime minister‘s questions. questions to the prime minister. chaos in the house of commons, the scottish national party leader at westminster was livid there was no time to debate how devolved powers would work after brexit. the reality of the situation is the powers that are enshrined under the scotland act of 1998 are being grabbed by this government. ian blackford was thrown out after repeatedly challenging the speaker. his mps followed in protest. on behalf of my colleagues, on behalf of the first minister of the government of scotland, and of the parliament of scotland, to stand up against the betrayal that has taken place, of the scottish people, with the unprecedented power grab which has taken place. we need to, we must and we will stand up. all this, the day after the government avoided defeat on a vote over how much of a say parliament would get on a brexit deal.

on that, the prime minister seemed clear. i cannot countenance parliament being able to overturn the will of the british people. parliament gave the decision to the british people, the british people voted to leave the european union, and as prime minister, i am determined to deliver that. the government has enough obstacles of its own to avoid at the moment, but the minister in charge of brexit laughed off questions many are asking about a deal that may or may not have been done. those keen for parliament to have more say and those who just want to get on with brexit, both say, it is a question of trust. well, the prime minister is very clear that we absolutely should trust her and we do. we didn't have a chance, because as ever, at westminster, these things came down to the wire in the last 15 minutes before the vote, to go through the wording in detail, but it was very clear.

this is notjust relying on assurances given in the house of commons chamber, this is a personal assurance from the prime minister. she understands our concerns and wants to build them into the amendment. there is some confusion over what concessions may have been given to the potential rebels over lords amendment 19, which was a wrecking amendment, the meaningful vote. but i have spoken since the vote with the secretary of state, the brexit minister and the whip, and their version of what concessions have been given to potential rebels is somewhat different to what is appearing in the media at the moment. so, how to keep both sides happy? ministers say yesterday was not the day to work out the detail, but time is short, to come up with a solution that gives enough grounds to those threatening to rebel, and does not upset those keen on a speedy brexit. snp mps capturing the moment they made their mark on the brexit debate. that and yesterday‘s near miss for the government show how far mps will go to try our exit from the eu. lets just

letsjust dip in to lets just dip in to the commons, now. hilary benn speaking. there is so much at stake, mr speaker, it is likely difficult to overstate it. so let me say it plainly. we have had enough. of management in the party interest. what we desperately need now is leadership in the national interest. which brings me to the eea amendment and the question of our future relationship with our biggest nearest and most important trading particle —— trading partner, the 27 countries of the eu. we all voting, and yes sometimes disagreeing about what kind of frame work with the best. the government now accept that we will be staying in a customs union, and that in all likelihood, aligning with the rules of the

single market for quite some time to come. because nothing has yet been agreed, that could possibly replace the benefits we derive from both. and the same outcome will inevitably result from the proposed northern ireland backstop, although it is of course currently silent, which is why i described as last week at half eight back stop on the question of revelation of the internal market. that is an omission that will have to be remedies between now and the end of this month. because half back stop when do business when it comes to getting the european council to agree. and by the way, to have a ludicrous debate about whether the backstop is timely, the truth is terribly simple. the backstop will remain in place as long as necessary , remain in place as long as necessary, until something else comes along which can replace it, and achieve the same objective,

which is maintaining an open border between northern ireland. this was about politics, not policy. it is also true, that the debate between maximum facilitation and the customs partnership, although too many people, both ideas strike us as costly, bureaucratic and burdensome and relying on technology that is not yet functioning. but being a generous soul, and even if, and don‘t think there is any prospect of it whatsoever, the eu negotiators we re it whatsoever, the eu negotiators were to say, ok, let‘s give it a go, what all of us know, that in either of them can be put in place by december 2000 20. it is too late! too much time has been wasted, and thatis too much time has been wasted, and that is why the transition period, a transition period is going to have to be extended by one means or another, whether it is the backstop, whether it is the agreement on a b

forward. so that is where we are heading by default, and therefore, the question is, this next transition from january 2021, what once elliptic? and that is why the eea comes in, because it is one way of doing it. if i turned to my right honourable friend amendment and the lords amendment on eea, both are about the future framework, and the internal market, and the difference of beef free movement issue, which we re of beef free movement issue, which were i will say in a moment, part, they are very small. i very much welcome what the my right honourable and landed friend who leads upset about having an open mind. i would vote with my right honourable friend who could argue with the notion of access to the single market, but if thatis access to the single market, but if that is not accessible, then i shall also vote for the eea amendment, because i think we need to keep our options open. and for me, but

earning my... have the one great advantage, that it at least looks like a lifeboat. and the closer we get to october, i have to say, the less inviting the cold sea appears to those inclined to jump off the side of the ship. i am the first to acknowledge that it is not perfect. it is not perfect. i don‘t want us to be like norway, and i‘m not arguing that we should have a deal like norway‘s. apart from anything else, we want to remain in the customs union, and as michel barnier did repeat yesterday, that would be an option, to have eea,... let‘s acknowledge that. i think we should the changes to the way that free movement currently operates, some of those could be made within the current rules of the european union, which we would be leaving, others could discuss the question of the emergency brake, which is why my right honourable friend the member

for the point of fact and castleford but dan and amendment, the select committee that i was honoured to share, in its report, drew attention to the possibility of additional flexibility on free movement. we would need to make sure that our agricultural and fish export could continue to move freely and not... so, hilary benn talking about the eea, he says it is not perfect, but at least it looks like a lifeboat. a number of labourmps at least it looks like a lifeboat. a number of labour mps saying that it looks like the best of the shelf option for the uk in terms of its future relationship with the eu, although you may be aware that the leader, jeremy corbyn has told his mps to abstain from the vote on the amendment to the eea, a significant

number of them, perhaps as many as 60, could rebel against that instruction from jeremy corbyn. meanwhile, of course, theresa may has that tricky balancing act between the two sides of her party to try to achieve 0ur chief political correspondent is in central london, now. as ever, that was the central problem for theresa may, as we head towards that second day of voting on the withdrawal bill. that is right, because yesterday the government managed to whenever it because they persuaded a large number of conservatives that they were going to come up with a compromise. the question, now, is can they find become from it that will please everybody? that is the story of theresa may‘s life, when it comes to brexit. let‘s discuss this more with stephen hammond who was in the room yesterday with theresa may when she gave it best to you, what is it that you are looking for? we

know that there is going to be work on agreement, what do you want from its? the key point is to make sure that parliament has a say if there isa that parliament has a say if there is a situation that arises that there is no deal. at the moment, the government has put in an amendment that allows parliament have a vote if there is a deal, but at the moment, there is no vote if there is no deal. that is what we're looking for. that is what the prime minister recognise, and she gave an undertaking that the government would work to bring forward an amendment which would be put down in the lords and voted on in the lords and then come back to the commons, of course. she also said that she could not be in a situation where parliament had a ability to overturn the brexit result. the amendment was in three parts. no part of it overturned brexit, or the will of the british people. that was never the british people. that was never the intention. where she was right was part of the bad part of that

amendment, could potentially be ready to bind her hands, and that isn't white, she is not happy about that part of it, and nor, it would be except, nor would we disagree with the fact that she might be able to conduct negotiations as she pleases. there is another thing, another protection against no deal, and their ongoing discussions at the moment, and expect an amendment would be produced later tonight to be tabled tomorrow. just to look at today as the discussion about the european economic area. we know that there would be a large number of labourmp wu to there would be a large number of labour mp wu to back that option. what about on the conservative side? i have already tabled an amendment to suggest that the government considers eea as an option, to sort out the regulatory issues that need to be sorted out. there is a ready— made solution to be sorted out. there is a ready—made solution there. we are currently members, i don't why we

don't stay members. some would say that it don't stay members. some would say thatitis don't stay members. some would say that it is because we have to accept freedom of movement? that is to be the prime minister‘s are timid. sam maxwell, there are some protections within the eea that protect... but they also allow you to negotiate the agreement and gritters the workers, and finally, there is some dissension about workers and citizens, and we also need to take... be clear about that. a lot of people would support people to come here to be doing work. you won‘t be voting against the government and it? samak i think tonight is a process bill. i would rather that —— tonight is a process bill. i would rather that -- i would rather... i think the key discussions will be in july. so, even further down the track, there will be still issues for the prime minister to sort it within her own party and in the house of lords. thank you very much.

you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: there were angry scenes in the house of commons this lunchtime, as the brexit debate grew heated — snp mps left the chamber after their leader was expelled by the speaker. a landmark ruling for the gig economy — the supreme court declares a self—employed plumber is entitled to employment rights including sick pay and holidays. dixon‘s carphone admits a huge data breach, involving 5.9 million payment cards and over a million personal data records. and in sport, the so—called united two d oze n and in sport, the so—called united two dozen 26 bit has won the right to stage the 26th world cup. the united states, canada and mexico‘s joint bid beat morocco, taking 67% of the vote. spain have shocked football by sacking their coach just two days before their opening world cup match against russia against the

european champions, portugal. and england‘s cricketers are well on top of the first one—day international against australia at the oval. in the last few minutes, they have bowled australia at the just 214. i will be back with more on this story is just after half past. dixons carphone has admitted a huge data breach. hackers tried to access 5.9 million credit and debit payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. the company says details of 105,000 cards without chip—and—pin protection had been leaked, and says it has no evidence that any of the cards had been used fraudulently following the breach. our business correspondent, jony bloom, is here. there has been a development, but first of all, let‘s get some perspective, this is a huge breach. it isa perspective, this is a huge breach. it is a huge breach. it started last

year, and they have only found out about it last week, so it has been going on a long time, it involves an awful number of people, and their credit card details, and that is unusual. normally it is stuff like personal data, and so on. they say that nobody has been defaulted, they think. they have come across no cases of this information being used, and certainly, if you have a chip and pin card you should be all right. it is more wine for those without, and they will tend to be living overseas, possibly in america, or somewhere like that. the cabinet says they will get in touch with everybody affected. many people will watch, and say that you were on earlier, and we were talking about the possibility of fines. interesting what you said is then, and you got a phone call? we got an e—mail. people are obsessed with this programme, because they got in touch. when your analysts said that the fine would be under the old

legislation, and therefore probably in the hundreds of thousands, we are not certain that they are right. they have not made their minds up on this. new legislation came in on the 25th of may last month, and dixons carphone are going to say, well, a year ago. . . carphone are going to say, well, a year ago... and the information commission will say, you did not tell us about it in until after the legislation came out. the new rules are up to 20 million euros or 4% of your total global turnover in a year. for very serious breaches. wizbit is. well, there have been larger ones than this in the —— which this is. well, there have been larger wantonness in the past. that would involve a larger line if it is judged under the new criteria. would involve a larger line if it is judged under the new criteriam

terms of victims, is there anything that they need to do? the company says that nobody seems to be affected. the things to watch out for our macro to —— our phishing attacks. try to persuade you to move money around. if you people do that and they have information, don‘t do any thing, don‘t give it any details, contact the company. ok, i'll details, contact the company. ok, i‘ll let you know there‘s any more. thank you very much. a plumber has won a legal battle at the supreme court — where five justices unanimously decided that he should have been treated as a worker with employment rights. gary smith worked solely for pimlico plumbers for six years, and claimed he was unfairly dismissed after trying to reduce his hours following a heart attack. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. the boss of pimlico plumbers arrived at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to show how much money plumbers can make.

his point that the ones who provide his plumbing service can earn more than £100,000 a year. by operating as independent contractors, as free agents. but the plumbers, the court decided, did not have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company liveried vans and wore uniforms. it meant that pimlico plumbers was not there customer or client in a normal traders sense, it was an employer. the ruling after a seven—year battle is vindication for gary smith, the plumber who brought the case. celebrate. a stiff drink. despite being classed as self—employed he said that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering a heart attack and was due holiday pgy- he said there was now uncertainty about where people

stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally, it is disgraceful, disgusting. i think it is cowardly. they had the opportunity to rectify things today. it is a bad and sad day for self—employed people. the significance of the ruling is likely to be considerable for people working in the so—called gig economy we have to be flexible and you are regarded as self—employed. because pimlico plumbers lost in the supreme court, the decision will weigh heavily in future cases on whether people should have workers‘ rights. the decision is hugely important, it will affect all workers in the uk and this case sets the standard, the bar that everyone else lowers including uber and all those cases, will now follow. both uber taxi hailing at and the delivery firm deliveroo are facing challenges and they will be looking carefully at the judgment today. a court has heard how the former english music mogul,

jonathan king used his fame to sexually assault teenage boys in the 1970s and 80s. the 73—year—old convicted sex offender has pleaded not guilty to 24 counts of serious sexual assault involving 11 teenage boys. the southwark crown court was told he lured the youngsters into his luxury cars before driving them home and plying them with alcohol. he‘s also accused of showering them with gifts or promises of sex with girls their own age. the trial continues. current petrol prices are too high and can‘t be justified, according to the motoring organisation the rac. the group says petrol retailers should cut forecourt prices by 2 pence a litre. however, the fuel retailers association said wholesale prices and the volatility of the us dollar were putting pressure on petrol stations. a daredevil raccoon in the american state of minnesota has had the internet on tenterhooks. the tiny animal had been scaling 23 floors

of a building for nearly a day. crowds watched anxiously into the night after the animal went viral online, and local media streamed his perilous climb to the world. twitter celebrated as the raccoon reached the roof in the early hours of the morning where cat food inside a trap had been set. no word yet on the raccoon‘s condition. time for a look at the weather. here‘s susan powell. i‘ve got no small climbing beasts, but i have got a derailed train. this is just but i have got a derailed train. this isjust outside paris yesterday. paris had its wettest 24—hour period on record. absolutely been tipping it down across part of france, and nantes, as well. it is

basically formed a river at the moment, and wash the track away. not just france, but europe. look at the radar across france. monday introduced, shower after shower and some pretty potent affairs, and just piling their way in, but you are right, predicted towards switzerland and austria, things have been really messy. this is switzerland, just look at the force this water is coming down here. there are my ditties mid—june, some are not expected to see things quite as this intense and the amount of rainfall. elsewhere, i did this a little while ago, to me, when a first look at this, it is a ski resort in winter, but no, that is hailed. it takes series serious thunderstorms to churn out hailstorms that big. pretty chunky lobster tail. what on

earth is going on? it is to do with the position of the jet stream. the weather here has been pretty good. further south, it has been much more lively. here we are, are busy, or the low pressures have been getting steered through, there is one across the continent, at the moment, as well. these big white clouds are the thunderstorms, the tops of the thunderstorms, the tops of the thunderstorms that have developed across austria and switzerland just yesterday. but, we have been doing it well, as i said, until... do and be too? i am that you going to rain on your parade, mid—june and what am i showing you, storm hector, get a named storm, named by the irish met service, heading our way in the next 24 hours. here is our satellite picture. this is an area of low pressure that is going to deepen pretty quickly now in the next 6—12 hours. the ice about squeezing together, and exceptionally —— isobars squeezing together, and exceptionally... ahead of that

system, some cards around, some rain in the northern ireland and western scotland, but really through the evening is when the rain picks up, and then through the small hours the wind becomes our talking point, and for northern ireland, scotland and northern ingot, that wind is likely to be disruptive as we move through the thursday morning‘s rush hour. in terms of strength, we‘re talking gusts common exposure, around the coast and across the mountains and the hills of up to 60 or 70 mph, but widely, 50 or 60 mph, channelling through the central lowlands of scotland. there could be some delays to fight and problems with rail, travel and on the roads. bbc radios will go to providing european information christie ‘s home. further south, there will be an rain around any west. it will get quite strong across the peak district, but as well, unseasonably windy morning, but not by any means a two story as it will be further north. the winds remain pretty strong across scotland

from much of the day, but they will taper off through the afternoon. the rain does corrupt considerably as the day goes on, and we shall be seeing at least some brighter conditions for late afternoon. temps in the south still very pretty well, 22 degrees. friday, much quieter day. much lighter winds, some showers the western scotland, and the northern ireland. further south, some high cloud drifting around, so can‘t promise you sunshine, but overall, a reasonably fair day, temperatures up into the high teens, to low 20s. there reminds the next and four hours, it will probably be all about hector. you can get details on bbc local radio. we will keep you regularly updated, but overnight tonight, and predicted that tomorrow morning‘s rush—hour, keep a is it northern britain. —— a close eye on northern britain. this is bbc news — our latest headlines.

i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house... the snp stages a mass walk—out, after their westminster leader was expelled from the house of commons. it‘s a tense day of voting on the eu withdrawal bill, with pro—remain mps warning the prime minister to keep her word, and give parliament a say on the final brexit deal. dixons carphone reveals a data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards, but says there is no evidence it led to the cards being used fraudulently. a freelance worker has won the right to holiday and sick pay, in a ruling with ramifications for the gig economy. sport now on afternoon live with hugh.... and hugh there‘s a pleased president donald trump, the world cup will be going back to the united states. world peace and the world cup? there isa world peace and the world cup? there is a lot of excitement today in the united states, especially for soccer fans. they felt unluckily to miss

out on hosting the 2018 world cup 2022 as well, but a renewed bid came back alongside canada and mexico, and it was successful today. they went head—to—head with morocco in a vote in moscow and came out on top. richard conway was there for us. the member associations of canada, mexico and usa have been selected by the fifa... mexico and usa have been selected by the fifa. .. united in mexico and usa have been selected by the fifa... united in victory. mexico, the united states and canada can now prepare to host the 2026 world cup, a prize they insist will turbo—charge football in north america, and deliver huge revenues to invest in the worldwide growth of the game. a very emotional day for all of us. it has been a long, hard campaign. congratulations to morocco, who put it up to the very end, but we are gratified with the result of course, how can you not be? thankful to fifa, the administration, i said be? thankful to fifa, the administration, isaid in be? thankful to fifa, the administration, i said in my thank you note today, an impressivejob in a relatively short time. we are

delighted. the north american beard, known as united 2026, will host 48 teams, playing 80 games across the three countries, with organisers promising a riot of passion and colour. the north american bid has prevailed, and fifa‘s voters have listened to promises of $11 billion in profit and a relatively headache free build—up to the tournament. the result will also delight fifa‘s leadership. donald trump, who had urged fifa voters, some felt threatened them, to back the bid, was quick to issue his congratulations. meanwhile, prior to the vote, vladimir putin made a quick appearance to thank fifa delegates for their support in the build—up to the russian tournament. welcome to russia. the world cup remains a glittering prize for many nations. russia will take its turn, starting tomorrow. the us, canada

and mexico now have eight years to prepare for theirs. and mexico now have eight years to prepare fortheirs. richard and mexico now have eight years to prepare for theirs. richard conway, bbc news, moscow. preparations for this year‘s tournament for spain are not going very well. just days before the start of their world cup campaign, they have sacked their managerjulen lopetegui. it was announced he would take over at real madrid at the end of the tournament, but the spanish football association was disappointed to find out about that just was disappointed to find out about thatjust moments was disappointed to find out about that just moments before was disappointed to find out about thatjust moments before the european champions announced it, with lopetegui having already signed a two—year contract extension with his country last month. he will be replaced before the tournament by the former real madrid defender, fernando hierro. he spent time in the premier league with bolton. spain‘s opening group match is against european champions, portugal, on friday. england have a course arrived in russia yesterday, their first match is against tunisia on monday. there has been a lot of talk about how the players will spend their time away from training and matches. the tottenham midfielder eric dier says boredom

will not be an issue for the squad. we've got a nice little basketball net setup, we've got a golf simulator, we all bring our own, we've got uno cards, we play a lot of uno. just general cards, ping—pong, snooker, so we are spoiled. there is no reason to be bored, really. to cricket now, at the oval, england‘s bowlers have been on top as they take on australia in the first one—day international. the visitors won that sanchez do that. they were soon under pressure with the loss of regular wickets. moeen ali and liam plunkett taking three each, as australia were eventually bowled out for 214. england‘s batsmen will begin their reply very shortly indeed. rafa nadal has pulled out of this year‘s queen‘s clu b pulled out of this year‘s queen‘s club tournament, fresh off the back of his 11 french open title. nadal says he will not be at the pre—wimbledon warm up this year

after a long clay season. nadal suffered a hand injury during the roland garros final, he is still yet to confirm his participation at wimbledon. a reminder, you can follow the one—day international between england and australia on radio five live‘s sports section. holly hamilton is herewith more sport in the next hour. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide — and see what‘s happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go to nottingham, where dominic heale can tell us more about the new measures announced by the university of nottingham to tackle misogyny, harassment and hate crime. and residents and business owners on walney island in cumbria are calling for action to tackle erosion of the coastline there; annabel tiffin in salford will tell us about this story. first to dominic, what exactly happened at the university of nottingham and what action has specifically been ta ken?

i think it all started after a rather deeply offensive message was left in a bathroom floor in a student ‘s hall of residence. you can see the pictures now, it read... it was fashioned out of toilet paper. it was shared on twitter and was widely condemned, as you can imagine, with students reacting with absolute disgust. the original poster on twitter asked not unreasonably what is wrong with people? today, the university of nottingham posted a whole raft of additional measures to help tackle misogyny, harassment and hate crime. and to make sure that the campus and the city beyond feels as save for stu d e nts the city beyond feels as save for students and staff as possible. for a start, it is recruiting a new pro—vice chancellor for diversity, equality and inclusion. it is talking to students about what initiatives they would like to see,

for instance more awareness raising courses, sexual consent workshops and what they call up by standard training. 0na and what they call up by standard training. on a more practical level, the estates team looked after the fabric of the structures of the campus, that team is reviewing night patrols and taking another look at lighting to make the campus feel safer. very importantly, students are being urged to report every single incident. meanwhile, offenders have been warned they face criminal action and expulsion. this offensive graffiti case has been pointed to the police and they are investigating. the reaction from stu d e nts investigating. the reaction from students on campus to these new measures was very students on campus to these new measures was very positive really.” think it is death in a league of they are putting out a message this sort of behaviour is unacceptable. it is completely unacceptable, it is not ok, you can't say they're sort of things. it is fully important for girls to see this behaviour is not

tolerated. is there a particular problem in nottingham? absolutely not, both the universities argue that cases of misconduct, harassment are very rare and that cases of misconduct, harassment are very rare and better procedures to tackle them. however one cases wa nted to tackle them. however one cases wanted to many, and of course with reputation being so important to all learning institutions, you can com pletely learning institutions, you can completely understand why the university of nottingham and others are keen to tackle any incidents like this right at the beginning. 0k, thank you. annabel, i had no idea where warney island is that there is a problem with erosion? diaries. it is basically down to exceptional winter weather we have had in recent years. atlantic storms coming in, washing away shingle beach, and recent high tides have given the concerns to businesses on this island. it is a very small

island, to give you an idea what it island, to give you an idea what it is like, it forms part of the town of barrow in furness and is separated by the mainland by walney channel. there are two nature reserves, one at each end, as i said, this winter's destructive storms have had an impact on the walney coast, further battering the low—lying lands. the concern is that the land might eventually the bleached, which —— be breached, which could wash mud flaps into the sea, effectively cutting the island in two. what does that mean for the residents? people are concerned not only for the effect of their houses, you saw some of the pictures of how it is going, but also the effect on the nature reserves in barrow in furness. in walney island, rather,

but also barrow is home to bae systems and trident submarines are built there. they need to navigate these waters, and they can't if they are full of mud. campaigners and local mpjohn woodcock are full of mud. campaigners and local mp john woodcock are calling on the government now to fund a study into the effect of this coastal erosion, and also for the road at southend to be raised and protected. they call it rock armoured, protected by rock. mr woodcock claims that this road could be done for potentially around £200,000. he says given we are in the process of spending £30 billion on renewing the nation's deterrent, for the want of £200,000 and a few rocks, this problem could be anyway the time being solved.” rocks, this problem could be anyway the time being solved. i won't mention storm hector coming in the next 24 hours. i know, thing is crossed it doesn't get to barrow in furness. don't cross them to work

because i think it probably will. thank you very much, more on both of those stories at 6:30pm in your bbc 0ne region but about that his nationwide. president trump says north korea no longer poses a nuclear threat, and is no longer america‘s most dangerous problem. he tweeted the comments this morning on his return from his meeting with kimjong un in singapore. the us secretary of state mike pompeo is now in seoul — to explain the agreement to south korea. mr pompeo says there is still a great deal of work to do with north korea. there is flash photography in this report from jon donnison. north korean state television.

and this morning the woman they call the pink lady had some triumphant news. the united states, she said, had agreed to stop joint military exercises with south korea, and also lift sanctions. in the official agreement, signed in singapore, there was no mention of either of those concessions. president trump has since said he is not ready to lift sanctions yet. but he later confirmed yesterday‘s somewhat out—of—the—blue announcement that the so—called war games, joint military exercises with south korea, would be ending. we‘re not going to be doing the war games as long as we are negotiating in good faith. so that is good for a number of reasons, in addition to which, we save a tremendous amount of money. you know, those things, the cost... i hate to sound like a pure businessman. these are the joint military exercises he is talking about. news that they would be ending was apparently a surprise to the south koreans, the us military, and even, reportedly, many of those in

the travelling american delegation. japan, another key ally, was taken aback. translation: none of the details have been decided but we believe the us—south korean military drills are vital for the security of north east asia. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has now arrived in south korea to try and thrash out some of the details. but on this crucial issue of denuclearisation itself, much remains unclear. any negotiation with north korea on these issues is going to be enormously complex, very protracted, would require north korea to consent to an inspections regime within north korea that north korea has never allowed. but arriving back in the united states a short while ago, president trump was declaring job done. there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea, he tweeted, before signing off, "sleep well tonight". jon donnison, bbc news. the three—year conflict in yemen has

led to the death of thousands of people and caused humanitarian misery for millions. now, the saudi—led coalition has launched an assault on yemen‘s biggest port, hudaydah — the main entry point for the food aid which is vital for more than 7 million people. 0ur middle east correspondent martin patience is in beirut and says aid agencies are concerned because this is where most relief supplies enter the country. aid agencies are warning that it could make a catastrophic humanitarian situation, as they describe it, even worse, because it is notjust about the half million people living inside that port city, it is about the country as a whole. hudaydah is a lifeline to yemen, it is where millions are on the brink of starvation and that has been caused by three years of civil war.

now, saudi arabia and its allies believes those fears are overblown, despite calls from the un and the international community to hold off on this assault, they pushed ahead to try and retake the port from the rebels. they say those houthi rebels are using the port to smuggle weapons in from iran, and some of those weapons have been fired into saudi arabia. that has been denied by the rebels, but ultimately saudi arabia and its allies are describing this as potentially a turning point in the conflict, which will break the stalemate of three years of war, and perhaps force the rebels to the negotiating table. some news from the organisation for the pro version of chemical weapons, they believe serin was very likely used as a chemical weapon in south syria, and chlorine they say was very likely used as a chemical

weapon at tamme hospital and the surrounding area. this is in march last year. they say serin was used south of the city on march 24 last year, and also concluded chlorine was very year, and also concluded chlorine was very likely used as a chemical weapon in the hospital area and the surrounding area on the 25th of march. just coming in from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. more reaction to that later on. you are watching afternoon live. in a moment all of the business use because rachel is there, but first the headlines. there were angry scenes in the house of commons this lunchtime, as the brexit debate grew heated — snp mps left the chamber after their leader was expelled by the speaker. dixon‘s carphone admits a huge data breach — involving 5.9 million payment cards and over a million personal data records. a landmark ruling for the gig economy —

the supreme court declares a self—employed plumber is entitled to employment rights including sick pay and holidays. the telecoms regulator 0fcom has announced it wants to cap the price of directory enquiry calls at £3.10 for a 90 second call. around 2% of uk adults still use the service, which is about1 million people. 0fcom says the price of directory enquiry calls has risen "significantly" in recent years. ryanair is to open a base at "london" southend airport in april, operating 13 routes including barcelona, corfu, milan and venice. its 55 flights a week will carry an estimated one million passengers each year. the airport will be ryanair‘s14th uk base. and forget home delivery — if you live in iceland it‘s all about drone delivery — the countries largest online marketplace is to expand the number of drones it flies across the country‘s capital, reykjavik. the company aha, which launched a limited trial last year, will phase in further drones over the next two years. currently they can fly 13 routes around reykjavik, and the drones can make detours

of up to 700m in order to reach customers, giving them effective coverage of around half the city. there has been a mixed reception from regulators and the public. it will be coming here quite sure, —— quite soon for sure. a big fall forjust eat on the ftse — it was down almost 10% at one point — why? they were down 10% this morning, now down around 5%. because deliveroo, one of their biggest competitors, and announced new plans to shake up the strategy, the way they run their business, allowing restaurants to use them to use their own divers to fulfil orders. it is this kind of idea that deliveroo are trying to step up. take some of their market share. isn't all that deliveroo offers is the method of picking it up offers is the method of picking it up and taking it to you? some restau ra nts up and taking it to you? some restaurants may not want to go on

the delivery platform because they have their own drivers who they wish to continue to employ. just eat say come in our platform and we will let you at times usual own drivers. does that make sense? i think so. we will be talking about dixons carphone, that huge data breach, involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records, accessed in a data hack in dixons carphone. there share price down between three and 4%. uk inflation figures? figures this morning from the ons, figures? figures this morning from the 0ns, the consumer price index inflation figures. they held steady at 2.4%. a bit of a surprise, because we are all paying a lot more at the pumps. yes, the increase in the petrol price was the biggest monthly rise since january 2011, up 3.8%. if we had not had that

significant rise in fuel prices we might have seen inflation come down a bit this month. here to tell us a bit more is julius a bit this month. here to tell us a bit more isjulius williams, the senior executive director of might and group. thank you forjoining us. what is this inflation figure means possible future interest rate rises in the uk? what is interesting is that uk inflation came in at a much lower level than husband expected, that has been a pattern around the world. we have not seen as much inflation coming through. world inflation coming through. world inflation was 4% maybe 18 months ago, down to 36%. that means probably interest rates will be raising a little less fast than divorcing. my own assumption is we don't get an interest rate rise later this year. we were talking about just eat, later this year. we were talking aboutjust eat, down around 5%. investors seem to be seriously worried about deliveroo‘s plans. just eat have done ready well, they have grown their sales are enormous,

but the market cap has come up an awfully long way. a company valued at £5.5 billion, so a huge amount of expectation about how much more they will grow. the changing dynamics with deliveroo coming into the marketplace is enough to see the share price move around. carphone warehouse admitted that huge data breach. their shares were down between three and 4% for most of the day. will something like this have a long—term implication for the company, or are we just getting used to these data breaches? yes, i think it is something that i was worried customers, particularly in the case of your mobile phone, something you don't want a data breach in. carphone has its own problems, dixons announced a big downgrade only three weeks ago, they said they had not invested enough in customer service and they will have two start—up costs anyway. the company has a start—up costs anyway. the company hasa numberof start—up costs anyway. the company has a number of problems on its plate at the moment. thank you for your time. we are waiting to hear

from the fed. not a lot of movement on the american markets. we are waiting to hear from them, pretty much everyone is expecting them to increase the interest rate by a quarter of a percent. here in the uk when the bank of england gives an interest rate, they just when the bank of england gives an interest rate, theyjust give one figure, the us do a range was their current target ranges between 1.5% and 1.75%. we are expecting it to shift up. the economy is doing quite well, and deployment at a record low, inflation in and around where the federal reserve wanted to be. this interest rate rise many people will be assuming will happening, if it happens it will be the second one of 2018. many are inspecting to have fourin of 2018. many are inspecting to have four in total this year. we should be hearing from the european central bank tomorrow about whether they will do anything. ok, we are done.

no talk about champagne. not this time! ok, thank you very much. one in five of the uk‘s species of wild mammals face a high risk of extinction according to a major new study. the red squirrel, the water vole and the wildcat are all listed as facing severe threats to their survival due to climate change, loss of habitat or the use of pesticides. 0ur environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall has more. the water vole, the inspiration for ratty in "wind in the willows". its numbers are plummeting. it has been put high on the newly endangered species list. and this is where we are going to be looking for our science. looking for our signs. we have come to perfect water vole country, a wildlife reserve on the gwent levels. we are going to try to catch a glimpse for ourselves. brilliant, we‘ve got

a burrow here... the list has been put together using international standards. researchers examined more than 1.5 million biological records, and near the top is the red squirrel. we are living in a country that is changing enormously, we‘re building houses, new roads, railways, agriculture is changing. so it is really important we have up—to—date information so we can plan how we will conserve british wildlife. in even more peril, the scottish wildcat. the report‘s authors placed the blame on climate change, disease and loss of habitat. an extension of the m4 could slice through part of the gwent levels reserve, potentially have a major impact on the water voles. they are really starting to thrive again in this landscape where they were once widespread but already we are up against another threat. that is in the form of a new motorway that the welsh government wants to build across the gwent levels. so this is a precious little pocket of nature, and what the creators of this endangered species list hope for is that wildlife would be valued, notjust in places

like this, but across the whole country. with this new list, it is even clearer which species we need to protect. the hope is that it will happen. claire marshall, bbc news, the gwent levels. next, the bbc news at 5pm, but next the weather with susan powell. we have an unseasonably windy spell of weather on the way for the british isles in the next 24 hours. it even has a name, storm hector, named by the irish met service. winds will peak overnight, which could mean a difficult rush out of the north of the uk especially. rush hour to the north of the uk especially. this is the mass of cloud that is hector in the satellite picture, an area of low pressure that will deepen very rapidly through the course of the next 12 to 24 hours. notice the isobars squeezing together, with that tightest squeeze particularly across northern ireland and central and southern scotland. for the remainder of today ahead of all that, some rain

for western scotland, but a pretty decent picture with some warm sunshine for the majority. let‘s start the clock rolling and get the picture moving, because the rain will come piling in quite quickly through this evening. perhaps the worst of the rain out of the way through the small hours, but then we turn our focus to the winds, and by the end of the night they will be starting to strengthen. across northern ireland and scotland but also from northern england. the gusts particularly an issue through thursday morning‘s rush—hour. especially through the central belt of scotland. we could seek dusts in some exposed areas up to 60 to 70 mph but quite we could see gusts in some exposed areas up to 60 to 70 mph but quite widely gusts of 55 to 60 mph. expect some disruption if you are travelling in northern britain on thursday morning. the best place to go for further details will be your bbc local radio station. even to the south, it will be a windy start of the day, comparatively nothing so severe, of course. there will be some patchy light rain moving west to east early on, but essentially, aside from a little bit more cloud around and a windy feel than we have had recently,

the southern half of the uk gets away pretty unscathed. heavy rain around still in the morning across the northern half of britain in the form of some showers, looking a lot brighter come the afternoon. but it still stays pretty windy to the north, especially to the far north of scotland. a positive note, by friday, we are all over and done with, a much quieter day once again. the return of some sunshine from northern and eastern scotland, still some showers feeding through the central lowlands, a few for northern ireland, but in comparison a much quieter story as we bring this week to a close with highs of 22 in the sunshine in london. today at 5: chaos in the commons about brexit, as the snp‘s westminster leader is expelled from the house. i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house.

ian blackford was removed after a row with the speaker, and his snp colleagues followed him out of the chamber. as another day of tense votes on the eu withdrawal bill continues, tory rebels pile the pressure on the prime minister, about how much say mps will have on the final brexit deal. i‘m at westminster and i‘ll bringing you all the latest twists and turns in the commons and talking to all sides in the debate. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... president trump says north korea no longer poses a nuclear threat, as he returns home from