theresa may has been selling her brexit plans to business, at the start of what she says is a critical week for talks with the eu. she's been focusing on immigration, saying her proposals will prevent eu workers, getting preferential treatment. we have in view a deal that will work for the uk. and let no one be in any doubt, i am determined to deliver it. the eu's chief negotiator agrees with the prime minister, that brexit talks are at a decisive moment. now, more than ever, we must all remain calm, and i will remain calm, and keep our focus on the need for the uk to leave the eu in an orderly fashion. there's growing speculation, about any transition period being extended. we'll be live in brussels, and at westminster. also this lunchtime — not the best way for commuters to start the working week, no trains at some stations.

because of engineering work overruns. the former england footballer paul gascoigne, has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on a train. and the former olympic champion, who's mini stroke made him doubt he'd walk again. michaeljohnson in an exclusive interview, talks about his road to recovery. ironically, that first walk was about 200 metres, which is the event that i held the world record at and was once the fastest man in the world and in history at that event. and it took about 15 minutes. and coming up on bbc news — lucky to be alive — formula 3 driver sophia florsch undergoes several hours of surgery following a high—speed crash at the macau grand prix. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one.

the prime minister has been trying to win backing from the business world for her draft deal on leaving the european union, at the beginning of what she's described as a "critical week" for the brexit process. in a speech to the business organisation, the cbi, theresa may said her proposals will create an immigration system based on talent, and stop eu migrants "jumping the queue". meanwhile, there's still speculation over whether enough tory mps are backing a no—confidence vote in her leadership. from westminster, here's our political correspondent chris mason. when reporters like me set up camp in shabby tents next parliament for days on end, you know things are a bit fruity at westminster and while plotting rumbles on here, to ditch the prime minister's plan, or to

ditch her, she rolled up down road to sell it. now, there's one paramount issue facing our country at the moment... her back against the wall, business leaders in front of her, this is what prime ministerial defiance looks like. of her, this is what prime ministerial defiance looks likem was never going to be easy or straightforward and the final stage was always going to be the toughest. but we have in view a deal that will work for the uk, and let no one be in any doubt, i am determined to deliver it. it has become traditional for brexiteers in the cabinet, those still there, to receive a doorstep greeting from reporters. i'll be working with the whole cabinet to get the best deal possible for the united kingdom. thank you. are they plotting from within to shift mrs may's position? the prime minister has my full support and i hope people will get behind her as she

endeavours to get the best deal for great britain. will she make the late changes you want? she is doing a very good job. should negotiations be reopened? you knowl don't do doorstep interviews. do you have confidence in the prime minister, mr fox 7 confidence in the prime minister, mr fox? back outside parliament the prime minister's conservative critics wielded umbrellas, big hats and charb language. it is such a bad deal that any mp, or any government member involved in putting that through parliament will not have a future in british politics because it will end up being seen... these are surrender it will end up being seen... these are surrender terms. it will end up being seen... these are surrender terms. this is asked becoming a colony of the european union, should they choose to enforce that. those who hope to force the prime minister to face of verdict of confidence have not yet managed to rustle up the numbers to make it happen, despite promising for months they were getting close and even if they were getting close and even if they could pull it off it is not certain they would topple theresa may. —— vote of no—confidence. the

fa ct may. —— vote of no—confidence. the fact it is still a live possibility in the midst of everything else that is swirling around this place tells you everything you need to know about how bumpy things are. enter next, then, from the club of former party leaders, this plea. next, then, from the club of former party leaders, this pleai next, then, from the club of former party leaders, this plea. i don't think members of parliament should be distracted during the next few weeks by a no—confidence motion or the leadership contest which might follow that. they should be concentrating on the document and its implications. so, what happens next? you are more likely to find a pot of gold at the bottom of that rainbow band find anyone who can a nswer rainbow band find anyone who can answer that with any confidence. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. ministers from the remaining 27 eu states, have backed the draft withdrawal deal, at a meeting in brussels. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier, says brexit talks are at a decisive moment. here's our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. while the arguments rage in the uk,

in brussels the eu's 27 other countries are moving ahead. ministers meeting today to green light the deal reached last week. translation: we all agree this is very good news, we all made really a big effort to get this far. the 27 countries have been aspects spectacle as they can. now we're waiting to see if the uk will accept it and we can move forward. here, there was no appetite for reopening negotiations with theresa may. this is the best she'll get? the best after so many months of negotiations and now we need to go further. are you worried the brexit deal will not survive this week, or maybe mrs may will not survive? here it will survive, we are waiting for the same situation in london. the eu believes the text agreed with london is fair and balanced, the only item to be resolved, michel barnier‘s proposal the uk be offered the option of a one—off extension to the so—called transition period after brexit, up to four years in total. they would,

if used, tie the uk to following eu rules paying annual contributions but given more time to agree a final trade deal. some in the uk want more negotiations on the exit treaty. here they agreed they are over. the first difficult step is done. the negotiations between the european union and the british prime minister theresa may have led to a deal. we have succeeded in preserving the unity of the eu 27 throughout these negotiations. the question now is whether there is an approval of this deal in the uk and in the european parliament. ladies and gentlemen, break—ups are never easy but it a lwa ys break—ups are never easy but it always is better when it happens on friendly terms. that is also the best way to build a good relationship for the future. we still want the uk as an essential partner in all fields for many years to come. so now michel barnier is

focusing on the detail of the second text to finalise this week. the uk's future relationship. for the future relationship the uk will have full control of their own legislation and rule—making. this is essentialfor the integrity of the single market. it is essential for the uk the integrity of the single market. it is essentialfor the uk in the integrity of the single market. it is essential for the uk in terms of taking back control. now, more than ever, we must all remain calm, andi than ever, we must all remain calm, and i will remain calm, and keep our focus on the need for the uk to leave the eu in an orderly fashion. whether that orderly exit happens now depends on events in london. eu leaders will sign off their side in a summit on sunday and then hold their breath. we'll have more damian in a moment, and hear from our business editor simonjack at the cbi conference in london. but, first, let's talk to our assistant political editor norman smith at westminster.

is mrs may looking more secure in herjob this week than last week? well, clive, after one of her dismal days last week mrs may's husband administered a stiff whiskey and beans on toast, but i think today he can dispense with the stiff whiskey but it has been a slightly better day, in large part i think because mrs may appears to have a plan, while her critics seem at sixes and sevens so while her critics seem at sixes and sevens so they haven't managed to muster the 48 names needed to trigger a leadership vote, and the reason for that i think is because they are slightly at odds with each other, some think it's a good idea, others fear mrs may would win such a vote which would cement her in power and would actually backfire against the brexiteers. on tops of that, those in the cabinet, the so—called pizza club, who are trying to press mrs may to renegotiate the deal, they have been told very clearly she

is not renegotiating it, so they now have to decide, are they going to walk, or are theyjust going to accept it? at the moment there is no sign they are going to quit. in contrast, mrs may seems to have decided her plan is to pitch her argument above the heads of feuding mps at westminster to the public, to say to the people, "look, just put to one side the divorce deal and the backstop, focus on the crucial political agreement, our future ties." that includes all of the things you voted for, such as ending free movement. that delivers on brexit. thanks, norman. let's talk to damian grammaticas in brussels. talk of extending the transition period if necessary now, so there seems to be a bit of wiggle room there. what about tweaking the draft withdrawal deal itself? is there any room for manoeuvre there, bearing in mind we arejust a few room for manoeuvre there, bearing in mind we are just a few days away from that special eu summit? the

message from the ministers of the 27th countries here today was very clear, no. they think that text is done. what was interesting was the tone they took, which i think showed the fact they are very aware of the delicate political situation in the uk, talking about this being a compromise, that this is what will secure the orderly exit of the uk, michel barnier said he had worked in the uk's ideas and he strove to point out that if there is this extension to the transition, which would be politically difficult for the uk, that would be time limited and if there was that customs union idea that would not tie the uk in the future, it could still agree anything from a free—trade deal upwards. so talk about wanting an ambitious declaration being agreed this week on the future ties. it is worth saying the language you are hearing from mrs may about limiting immigration, the more that happens the more the eu will seek to limit the more the eu will seek to limit the future trading ties, so that will be a break there. but one

little hiccup to be aware of, the spanish digging in a little bit on the future declaration about gibraltar, saying they need it recognised that the uk must have a separate agreement with spain about issues related to gibraltar, so still some little problems to overcome. 0k. our business editor simon jack is at the cbi conference in south—east london. how well did the prime minister's words go down with the business folk there? pretty well, clive, she got a sustained volley of applause before she had even opened her mouth and i think that reflects two things. one is the business community feels much better about having been welcomed back inside the tent, they have had a number of meetings and set up business councils. and secondly, business councils. and secondly, business agree with the primers that even though a deal they describe as not perfect is a lot better than no deal —— agree with the prime minister. they said it would take a wrecking deal to the economy. but of course businesses cannot vote and that's what the president of the cbi

john alan urged mps saying when you're making your vote you can vote, when you're doing that ask firms and businesses in your constituencies about what effect there would be on jobs and living standards. he said only by doing that could business make its presence felt. as i say, pretty warm reception from the prime minister today. —— john allan. reception from the prime minister today. -- john allan. thanks, simon, damian grammaticas and norman. one of the leading figures in the global car industry has been arrested, over allegations of financial misconduct. carlos ghosn is expected to be fired as chairman of nissan. the firm said it had been conducting an internal investigation for several months which showed mr ghosn had misused company resources. tens of thousands of rail passengers have been delayed or left stranded, after more problems on some of the busiest routes in the uk. network rail has apologised for the disruption after engineering works overran. our correspondent chi chi izundu is at waterloo station. how bad has it been today?

well, clive, the information boards behind me said nothing but cancelled this morning and this concourse was actually filled with a number of really angry and confused passengers who didn't quite understand what was going on. we spoke to university stu d e nts going on. we spoke to university students being told by staff to change their travel plans and other people trying to get to work being told to work from home. network rail blames overrunning engineering work but this disruption isn'tjust affecting waterloo station here, it has had a knock—on effect on other stations also. the uk's busiest station on a monday morning, passengers at waterloo were greeted by cancellations and delays and commuters trying to get into london facing similar problems. south western railway said late running engineering works in the hampton court area had left four

lines blocked with no trains running between waterloo and surbiton. the company advised passengers not to travel this morning and warned disruption would continue throughout the day. at clapham junction large queues formed between platforms. it's terrible, there is no one in, you get here and this is there is nothing you can do about it. at teddington it was a different story with an almost empty station. i'm trying to get to the city via waterloo and i arrived at the station at 7:30am to get my 7:30am train which was cancelled, i gave up and then i've been a home for the last couple of hours. i'm due to go to the russian embassy to be fingerprinted. it is quite important that we are there this morning. are you going to be led as a result? very late. what will you do? we have to wait for the train. other stations including woking, surbiton, raynes park and ahs field were

closed. services started again before ioam but disruption is expected to continue. we have seen overrunning engineering works in the surbiton area causing all the lines into waterloo to be shut causing really significant disruption. we're working hard to return the train service to normal but passengers should expect disruption through the rest of the day and we are asking people to check before you travel. some services may be cancelled and services will be busier than normal. south—western passengers along with those using other rail companies also face cancellations and delays earlier in the year due to ongoing disputes with train guards. the rmt union said this morning's disruption was more evidence of the impact of privatisation on britain's railways. both south—western railway and network rail apologised for this morning's delays. so an apology from network rail, an apology from south western railway

an apology from northern rail, who say that damp weather and lives on the railway lines have caused disruptions in the north of the country with their railway systems. everyone is being advised to check before they travel. chi chi, thank you, at waterloo station. urgent checks are being carried out on up to 3,000 doctors, after it emerged that a woman was allowed to practise as a psychiatrist for 22 years, with no medical qualifications. zholia alemi claimed she had a primary medical qualification, when she first registered in the uk in 1995, but her claim to have a degree from the university of auckland in new zealand was fraudulent. the general medical council said the woman was allowed onto the medical register under a scheme for commonwealth citizens, which has since been abolished. our top story this lunchtime: theresa may has been selling her brexit plans to business, at the start of what she says is a critical week for talks with the eu. and coming up... fresh hope for people with nut allergies from a pioneering new treatment,

coming up on bbc news: scrum half danny care is dropped for england's clash against australia on saturday, while number 8 nathan hughes returns to eddiejones's squad for the final autumn international at twickenham. millions of people across the uk across suffer from food allergies suffer from food allergies and the issue of labelling is particularly under the spotlight after a number of deaths. now there could be fresh hope for people with nut allergies. a treatment developed in cambridge could soon be offered more widely on the nhs. immunothera py involves patients being given small amounts of nut protein to boost their tolerance. jo taylor reports. hi, gabriella, do you want to come through this way, sweetie, and we will pop you into one of the rooms? you can come as well, mum. 17—year—old gabriella house has a serious nut allergy. it'sjust a pain, like, when you go out to restaurants and things like that, you've always got it in the back of your mind, always worrying about whether it

could be, like, there could be traces in your food and that. it limits, like, your menu choices as well, so you are always... i always sort of go for something that is like low—risk. gabriella is taking part in pioneering treatment which could improve her resistance to nuts. we have a relatively new treatment called immunotherapy, where we give a tiny bit of peanut protein to a child and then very gradually increase it until they can then tolerate a significant amount of peanut on a daily basis, and that gives them protection against eating it accidentally in future. —— it accidentally in foods. gabriella is going to take the capsule and empty the contents into this yoghurt, mix it in and then just eat the yoghurt. the dose gabriella is taking contains the equivalent of one eighth of peanut. over a period of two years, the dose is gradually increased. each new increase is supervised in hospital. the rest of the time, gabriella takes it at home. the treatment isn't a cure but it should lessen the impact of any

future allergic reactions. and there's been more interest in the treatment since the recent allergy deaths. over the last few years, i've had serious episodes of anaphylactic... what we found was a real spike in referrals following the recent spate of allergy deaths that have been reported in the newspapers. and what's behind this is that patients are now very afraid of choosing foods that are loose wrapped. patients have to pay around £17,000 for this unlicensed treatment, but the recent surge in interest is upping the pressure to make this available on the nhs. it redoubles their efforts to get this out as quickly as possible, but in the meantime we have to deal with the spike of referrals that we've had. next year sees phase three in their clinical trials, with hundreds of patients involved, and it is hoped it will be licensed within three to four years. jo taylor, bbc news. and you can see more on that story,

on inside out east tonight on bbc one at 7.30. england's chief medical officer has urged people to buy organic meat to help combat the rise of antibiotic—resista nt bugs. dame sally davies wants consumers to pressure the food industry into reducing the amount of antibiotics used in animals, to avoid them being less effective in humans. our health correspondent james gallagher is here. she is in them's chief medical officer, how reflective is this opinion of government policy or the department of health? the government saying people can buy whatever they wa nt to saying people can buy whatever they want to when they do their weekly shop but it is an interesting intervention from england's top doctor and it is not often we are told a weekly shop can help prevent an apocalypse. the apocalypse in this one is antibiotics, the idea that we are using these drugs so much it is putting the cornerstone

of medicine in danger because they might not work in the future. it is not just about patience, might not work in the future. it is notjust about patience, it is farming. farming uses huge quantities of these drugs and it's not about getting antibiotics in your bacon sam which, it's about raising levels of resistance in cattle, in pigs, in poultry and it spreads to the environment and can come back around and affect human health. gwynjones, who promotes the responsible use of medicine in farming, says this is a good thing for farmers, farming, says this is a good thing forfarmers, too. there is no risk of antibiotic within food from treated animals. the issue of resistance is a hugely complex one and, as yet, there is no clear evidence or signs to show precisely how this works. but the main reason for agriculture to cut down on the amount of antibiotics that we use is to preserve the view that we have, because we won't get any new ones and also to make sure that animals are kept in as healthy a condition as possible, with highly trained stockmen looking after them because that is a much more profitable way to farm. now, this isn't about bashing

farmers, comparing british farmers in other countries, they have reduced the amount of antibiotics used incredibly but what it is saying is that when we go to the shop, we have a really powerful influence over farming shop, we have a really powerful influence overfarming practice. james, thank you. the prominent brexit campaigner arron banks has been accused of misleading members of parliament over the way he ran the leave.eu campaign.? he'd previously told mps that his insurance business staff were not used in his political operations, but, tonight, the bbc‘s inside out west programme will show unseen footage that appears to contradict this. ? mr banks says the claims are part of an effort to smear his business interests and discredit the brexit campaign. robin markwell has the story. liz, do you mind just closing the door and saying, you know, just "welcome to the call centre," or something like that? as we see the sign on the front. so, welcome to the know, it's all being redone at the moment... arron banks‘s hq as you've never seen it before. we are a campaign to leave the eu. there's been huge speculation

about exactly what happened in this bristol insurance office in the months before the referendum. west country fudge. mr banks had set up the leave.eu campaign inside, but our previously unseen footage raises serious questions over the truth of what arron banks has said about that campaign. here he is appearing before mps back injune. so did you use you staff who'd previously worked in the insurance business in leave. eu? no. so where did these people come from? well, we created a team of people, as you would do in a business. so arron banks is clear that his insurance staff didn't work on the campaign. but watch his chief executive here. as you can see here, they are busy looking at skippy stuff. go skippy is one of banks‘ insurance brands. can we get on this desk here? yes, sorry, sam, can wejust swap to a know post, can you put something on the know? here, it's clear that the same person has access to insurance and campaign material at the same

time on the same computer. this graphic reveals the names of people who are also working or had worked for banks‘ insurance business. and call centre staff wore lanyards labelled eldon insurance, the parent company for banks‘ insurance brands. leave. eu insisted they were for building access and didn‘t represent their employer. we showed our footage to the mp who led the questioning of arron banks. well, it‘s totally at odds to what arron banks told the select committee. he said that the eldon insurance business was kept totally separate from the leave.eu campaign. now, admittedly, this is at a much earlier stage but this whole thing seemed to be mixed up together and, what‘s interesting is when arron banks was asked about that, he said that the person that alleged that had lied. well, actually, they don‘t look like the liar now. leave.eu said they wanted to set the record straight. they said staff had legitimately been transferred across and that mr banks had been misunderstood by the mp5. that was their interpretation of the answer.

perhaps they should have clarified that position if they weren‘t quite sure, because aaron was quite transparent when he said actually staff were succumbed it, when he said actually staff were seconded so i don‘t think anyone‘s ever tried to give false answers, it‘s just that the whole answer hasn‘t been presented properly. leave.eu has since moved out of this building, but its campaign goes on, as parliament grapples with the brexit vote arron banks help secure. robin markwell, bbc news. and you can see more on that story on tonight‘s inside out west, that‘s on bbc one at 7:30, and later across the uk on iplayer. he was a superstar athlete, the fastest man in the world over 200 and 400 metres. but, after suffering a mini—stroke in september, michaeljohnson feared he might never walk again. now the four—time olympic champion says he‘s pretty much back to normal, and says it was his "olympic mindset" that helped his recovery. in an exclusive television interview, he‘s been speaking to sally nugent.

michaeljohnson, storming away to another gold medal! this is the michaeljohnson many remember from his athletics career. the fastest and possibly the fittest man in the world for a time. he was simply unbeatable on the track. this latest challenge is surely his biggest yet, recovering from a mini stroke.|j challenge is surely his biggest yet, recovering from a mini stroke. i sat on the mri table for about 20 minutes and after i got off the table from the mri, which was probably about two and a half, three hours after i had initially felt the first sensation, i was no longer able to walk, i was no longer able to stand, my left side was very much, you know, gnome, without much feeling. i didn‘t have much control of my fingers, on my left arm. michaeljohnson is now familiar to british audiences as a commentator for the bbc. he says he is

determined to use his recovery to warn people about the symptoms of stroke. unfortunately, a lot of people just don‘t recognise the signs and so you have to be vigilant, recognise the signs of loved one, if there is slurred speech or if you are feeling something that doesn‘t feel quite right and you start to feel some tingling on that sort of thing, don‘t take the chance. i could have very well thought, i don‘t feel any pain, and! very well thought, i don‘t feel any pain, and i could havejust said i am going to sleep it off. that would have been the absolute wrong thing to do. seconds count, minutes count in these situations. get to the emergency room, get to the doctor and get under their care. for this olympian, mental strength and physical power made him the best in the world. he is drawing on those attributes now. the best chance for recovery is to immediately get into physical therapy, so i was, two days later, i was allowed to start physical therapy and this was probably the most sort of poignant

moment in the transition, for me, from the fear and the anger to positivity and hope and drive and determination, and that is when a physical therapist came up to my hospital room with a walker and helped me out of bed and i got behind the walker and he said, today, the first day, we are just going to walk around the hospital floor. ironically, that first walk was about 200 metres and it took about 15 minutes for me to cover that 200 metres. and, you know, ordinarily, i‘m sure that, you know, anyone in that situation would be disappointed and... but i wasn‘t, i was actually encouraged and it is what encouraged me because, with every step, and following the instruction of my therapist and trying to really focus on the movement and trying to mimic the movement and trying to mimic the movement of my left foot with my right foot and trying to relearn

these movement patterns, i could experience and feel some very tiny, i‘m in very small, incremental improvements. nothing major and nothing that the ordinary person would probably even recognise, but having been through that situation as an olympic athlete, and as a sprinter, where, you know, wins and losses can be measured in hundreds and thousands of seconds and you are dealing with tiny, tiny incremental improvements every day, i could recognise that. sally nugent, bbc news. the former footballer, paul gascoigne, has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on board a train from york to durham. our correspondent fiona trott is in newcastle. fiona, what are the details? what we understand is the alleged incident took place on august 20, on