government passed an extension so there is more time to scrutinise will be a huge historic moment. do you agree with that? an extension to article 50, for this lack of ability for anyone to get a majority of anything, perhaps there is consensus behind that on both sides of the house. having said that, i think they're pushing more and there being an extension of the timeline through january, acting general is considered the worst case scenario equally when you look at the agreement, all decided in the past few days and this is the way the eu behaved, they do take it right up to the wire and that is the way that brussels operates. and i think it's interesting that today is been a lot more positive, it is difference between the definition of a bespoke deal, obviously theresa may before she came up with the widely derided checkers plan was talking about bespoke rather than being in... that

is what the consensus is falling behind, saying that we cannot pick and choose between the four pillars that it stands on and that the single market, but i think there has to be some kind of compromise on both sides here because obviously if they want a deep and special partnership with us that is unlike any deal they struck with third—party, then they have to give the british some of what they want and have a note on the details? quite a while ago, the two options opened norway or canada, there was i'io opened norway or canada, there was no mention of canada being problematic and now that seems to have been the case as far as when they are concerned this northern ireland issue can be solved by any deal, which is what theresa may is trying to rally against, and even that's being rejected by the eu. that the northern ireland border and trade are the main hurdles. yes saying that they will get the unique

deal, but also reiterating that they suggested that the purity of the single market cannot be challenged by the deal. so that, it seems to me, is sort of an unbridgeable chat some. and we need to know the detail. i have yet to hear a satisfactory a nswer have yet to hear a satisfactory answer from anyone. both sides agreed on the end of the needs to be agreed on the end of the needs to be a continued soft border, but the means to me, are as distant as ever. and while that remains the case, it is quite hard to see how there will bea is quite hard to see how there will be a meaningful vote on a deal where these things are left vague. the other suggestion is that the civil service has always kind of been in perfection from the outset, everything must be perfect and that's why they rejected the technology, the technological border even though it been appliqu d it by the european parliament, this idea

of using number plate recognition because they wanted to be perfect from day one, there is suggestion in mind that the music game years, you reach a consensus and it evolves over time reach a consensus and it evolves overtime and reach a consensus and it evolves over time and that is why, there is quite a lot of ambiguity because it's open to interpretation and then the question remains, who does the ultimate deciding, isn't going to be uk? is it going to be a combination of two ? uk? is it going to be a combination of two? but someone has to decide. and as were a lot of the argument lies with that you be the power best thing was that brussels or britain. quitting the snp after claims of misconduct which he denies, but this isa misconduct which he denies, but this is a big moment. quite a towering

figure in scottish parties. this statement tonight basically describing it as a lifelong mentor, she has worked with him for years, he and the s&p cause a synonymous and there'sa he and the s&p cause a synonymous and there's a are are just allegations not being investigated, so allegations not being investigated, so there is no admission of guilt, that he is trying to remove himself from the snp said he does not take party with any allegations that he is presently facing. but you will be personally, rather rocked by this entire story. it is a big moment. the equivalent of a uk wide basis of saying a former labour or tory prime minister announcing the root quitting their party, leaving with the intention to fight some kind of allegations which he denies. and it's as big as that in the context, this is the man that created the space of the referendum, who lead a

revival of scottish nationalism, so he became the first minister. who resigned during a moment as far as he was concerned, after the referendum when does the anti—climax, and allowed to walk on water. his company throughout that through controversies a contentious figure, but to fight these allegations is a very big moment, not really only for scottish politics but the uk politics. he has historic significance and for time he is leaving the party that he helped to define and revive up until his resignation as first minister. moving it to be independent which is been tagged in, this is about retention rates in prison. new prison offices fuels jail crisis and the crux of this is that the third prison officers who leave the

service leads within a year of joining it. you are like yeah, i think that is the crux of it. those figures are alarming and the fact that this whole crisis of prisons is literally hidden, if the media could have more access to what goes on behind the scenes, i think would be a front—page story more often. obviously some of them are under resourced and understaffed and those that go in, cannot cope with these figures if they are right. an example of public service that is the, fragmented, institutions run differently, and there is a lack of central coordination and these are really alarming, they get trained up, really alarming, they get trained up, go really alarming, they get trained up, go end and leave. is that detail what it is about specifically that they're struggling with when they start theirjobs? they say chaos

among inmates, lack of support were all reasons cited and i think as well, the lack of staffing and that there aren't enough feet on the ground and interesting testimony from fellow inmates and former prison officers had used to be very different ten to 15 years ago when police officers would demand the respect of inmates inside the inspector recently say that actually, the inmates are running the show and there were reports of prison officers cowering in their rooms and some of them sleeping on the job because theyjust could not face said they were dealing with. also the technological revolution of drones and other initiatives, mobile phones being problematic, bringing in drugs. we first started, he said there were a lot of basic things are yet to do in order to improve the present situation. the first thing is to repairthe present situation. the first thing is to repair the broken windows because that's how half the are coming in. in the context, there are

people in two camps, some people just do not care about the conditions of the inmates are in, because they did it as a man present. others are more rehabilitative, as were judged as a nation how we treat our prisoners and perhaps to reflect on the fact that if prison conditions were at her, yet more chance the rehabilitation. it can be applied to every public service in england. who is accountable to? and you get a whole range of different answers. other is the sort of chaotic structure, and the lack of resources that's going to remain a story. the government may say that they will be putting in more money into recruitment? i think they are, to be fair i did visit a prison where a woman governor, she was getting far more staff in, but much easier to

recruit and a prison like that with offenders are not lifelong inmates, where's the other ones are can be more dangerous. it could be completely different atmosphere. citing strides being made but they've lost so many staff that they have to make them up at quite a fast rate. energy drinks banned for children, which raises the question for me immediately is how this is going to work. it basically which i believe have huge amounts of caffeine and more than the average cup of coffee and 16% more calories. there are a lot of these drinks. combination of sugar and caffeine beena combination of sugar and caffeine been a problem, reports of schoolchildren drinking these, one of ford's drink them far more in europe, , of ford's drink them far more in

europe,, other than of ford's drink them far more in europe, , other than anyone of ford's drink them far more in europe,, other than anyone else. suffering from headaches, sleeping disorders. the drink companies think theissue disorders. the drink companies think the issue is missing the point. they're saying they've done a lot of work to convert people from full fat drinks to diet alternatives. it's more diet than the sugar, because everyone is more diet than the sugar, because everyone is more more diet than the sugar, because everyone is more conscious about the sugar intake so why they would come up sugar intake so why they would come up with this after the stress of inmate. i think, up with this after the stress of inmate. ithink, as up with this after the stress of inmate. i think, as a up with this after the stress of inmate. ithink, as a parent up with this after the stress of inmate. i think, as a parent i do see schoolkids drinking from a can of red bull or whatever and other name brands. and wondering whether thatis name brands. and wondering whether that is good for them. one at i do wonder why, british children are drinking more of them than other european ones. what is your take on this is yellow i did not know that.

?it ? it suggested me that there is a case for doing it i don't always recoil when i read the headline that something is not to be bad because of that is the case, people are knocking the stuff back at half past eight in the morning. one way is to ban it. teenagers do like to enjoy things that are banned. attaining it drinks on the black market. they're from the age of eight or something? eight to ten, yeah. it may not get kids that young on the black market. if the scale is as reported, sometimes governments have to intervene and stop it. it has reached that stage or the consumption of this. it seems to be the potent brew of caffeine, high

sugar, young kids in the morning. it is not an ideal situation for classroom study. at this point, who else is there to intervene? i've got to this point. but only because that's it for the papers. i know you are both going to be back at half past 11. many thanks indeed and thank you for watching, join us again at half 11. but for now, bye— bye. good evening. it will be a lovely one, lots of

sunshine early on, and as we get to the day in the temperatures start to climb up again, so that he'd could does bubble up across the country and maybe we could see the odd isolated shower, but very isolated at 15 to 20 degrees on the thursday afternoon. it is pretty much a repeat on friday, a chilly start, a good deal of dry sunny weather, but it will bring in more cloud and fringes of scotland and maybe a little bit of showering rain to go with it, and the sunshine, hives again of 21. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11pm: surprise as the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, resigns from the scottish national party amid allegations of sexual harrassment, which he strongly denies. the uk ambassador to france raises concerns — after clashes between british

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