this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm. i believe that if we were to go back to the european union and say, "people didn't like that deal, can we have another one"? i don't think they are going to come to us and say, "we'll give you a better deal". i declare this brexit mini mart open! opponents say there's no value to the deal at all for the uk. the only way out is this miserable deal that nobody seems to want? police say tactics like this, knocking offenders off their mopeds, is leading to a dramatic decrease in robberies. a warning too many people suffering a mental health crisis, are not being given the help they need, when they arrive at a&e departments. why the black friday shopping craze is now predominantly

an online phenomenon, and we're likely to spend more than ever. good evening. welcome the bbc news. theresa may says the uk won't get a better dealfrom the eu if mps reject the agreement she has struck. talking to a bbc radio phone—in to sell her plan to the nation, she says if parliament votes against it, there will only be "more division and uncertainty". her proposal is made up of the draft withdrawal agreement on how we leave the eu and the political declaration, forming a basis for the future relationship. that declaration, which isn't legally binding, says brexit will end the free movement of eu citizens who want to come and live in the uk, but that also applies to british citizens wanting to move to the eu.

on the issue of the irish border, which is proving deeply contentious, the declaration adds only that new technology can be explored to try to ensure there is no need to use the backstop, which would keep northern ireland closer to eu rules. it says the uk will be allowed to pursue an independent trade policy, with other countries. but the european court ofjustice will still play a role in uk affairs, something which has angered many brexit supporters. theresa may will travel to brussels tomorrow for more talks before the eu summit on sunday, where the agreement is expected to be signed by the other eu member states. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. her rebellious mps won't listen to her message on brexit. time to talk to the country. a 5live news special with emma barnett and theresa may. i think for most people out there, actually, they just want us to get on with it. mrs may is talking now over the heads of political opponents and tory mutineers, trying to tune into public

impatience with the point scoring, with a political game she may well lose. i'm going to be explaining the deal to people up and down the country because i think this is important. it's not just about the mps in westminster looking at the deal, it's about people across the country understanding what the deal is about. so, that's my focus. so, no plans to resign? my focus is on getting this deal through. then, this blunt warning. . . ,,. ,, . , . hc, to parliament, to brexiteer if we were to go back to the european union and say, "well, people didn't like that deal, can we have another one," we won't get... i don't think they're going to come to us and say, "we'll give you a better deal". for the former remainer, a tough question. without any political waffle or convoluted answer, just between the two of us, what, in your honest opinion, is better for the uk? your deal, or the deal we'd have if we'd stayed in the eu?

you say better off. actually, it's a different sort of environment and a different approach that we'll be taking to things. so, not quite yes and not quite no. brexiteers know what they don't like. on air too today, one who has quit the cabinet with the message that nothing is worse than mrs may's deal. well, i'm not going to advocate staying in the eu but if you just presented me terms, this deal or eu membership, because we'd effectively be bound by the same rules but without the control or voice over them, yes, i think this would be even worse than that. i declare this brexit minimart open! a stunt to suggest brexit could come at a cost. more on the labour side are buying into the idea of a fresh referendum. what i'd like to do, ideally of course, is have a general election so we can vote this shower out. i speak as a labour politician. if we can't have that option, i think, you know, the british public, for the first time, for the first time should have a say whether they accept the outcome

of these negotiations, with the option of staying in the eu. the odds are that a large number of mps on all sides are stacked up against theresa may's brexit plan. today she is insisting if her plan is defeated in the commons, there is no chance of getting a better one. but tory brexiteers, including some in cabinet, disagree. they may not want a leader who is convinced they have no chance of success. as it is, we are all watching and waiting to find out. will this historic plan be pulled up short, stopped in its tracks? it's looking like it. until then, mrs may will try to make it work. downing tools is simply not an option. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent chris mason explained earlier, to whom is the prime minister trying to appeal? pa rt part of the prime minister's strategy is to go beyond the form of the house of commons, in which she has been plenty an hour in recent days trying to flog this deal, and

plenty of minutes waiting for anyone anywhere to stand up and think positive about it. instead, appealing to heads —— over the heads of mps, going over to five live news channel phone and, the second such things she has done, as well as tv interviews. we will see ministers fanned out across the uk doing this big selling job. in the essence of her pitch boiled down to a sentence. is might be —— it is my deal, or else. sometimes she says there may not be a brexit or a no—deal brexit, oi’ not be a brexit or a no—deal brexit, or something in between. and the reality is we don't know what will happen if this deal is rejected, but we do know right now, albeit a few good weeks out from the vote, is that as things stand, it seems a mighty tall task for her to be able to get this through the house of commons. theresa may has been relying on the dup for support and the house of commons. how likely is

it she can rely on them for this deal? pretty unlikely at the moment, they meet for the conference at the moment. eileen foster has been speaking about the technical western term that —— terminology for the formal agreement... between 2010-2015, but the formal agreement... between 2010—2015, but the deal is that the dup will vote with the conservatives on confidence motions and supply motions, and supply is a text —— tackle term for budgetary measures. what we have seen this week is the dup sitting on their hands rather than voting with the conservatives on some technical aspects of the budget, and repeatedly saying they are doing that explicitly because they do not like the look of this withdrawal agreement. they ultimately think the prime minister has broken her promises, they think that this plan means there is a huge likelihood northern ireland ends up closer to the eu than the rest of

the uk, they think that amounts to a border down the irish sea and they don't like the look of it. unionists, that is the reason for their being there politically. theresa may's political opponents are looking straight back at her. the spanish prime minister is reported tonight to have declared that the slight change made to the political declaration on gibraltar is not enough, and spain will maintain its opposition to the withdrawal deal. our brussels correspondent adam fleming explained some of the background. so this banishment government always has been saying that if you look at the withdrawal agreement and to clauses in particular, add them together, it adds up to a permanent settle m e nt together, it adds up to a permanent settlement for the gibraltar issue, which is very controversial for them. they want guarantees they will be consulted along the way about the extent to which the future relationship post brexit applies to the british territory that is gibraltar. now the eu and their lawyers, and many of the other lea ked lawyers, and many of the other leaked eu companies, or countries have said that as a misreading of

the treaty and making a big fuss out of nothing. but there are important regional elections coming up in spain, so you can see why the spanish prime minister might want to throw this into the works at the last minute. earlier i spoke to former labour spokesman alastair campbell, who's editor at large of the pro—eu newspaper, the new european, and adviser to the "people's vote" campaign, which is calling for another eu referendum. he told me what he thinks could happen in the coming weeks and months. she will not win this vote, and you know what her strategy is after that? this is how bad this has got, their strategy then is to try to crush the markets to create market mayhem. because i know how they're operating! they want mayhem in the markets so they can go to these mps and say if you aren't careful, we'll have more of this and get no deal. that is when mps have to hold firm and say no, there is an option. we your miserable deal... imac to have

another referendum we must have an act of parliament. 0k, another referendum we must have an act of parliament. ok, let's spell it out, you must have an act of parliament, a question has to be made. it doesn't have to be a more granular question then just do you wa nt granular question then just do you want it or not? because it is do we leave with no deal or do something else? these are questions which would have to be resolved by parliament and an electoral commission. i agree with either the timetable is very tight. however it is perfectly sensible in the crisis that will follow that the defeat theresa may i think we'll face, it will be perfectly sensible for parliament to assert its will and authority, and for a sensible prime minister who genuinely has the national interest at stake, to say to the eu, we would like to extend the process. now i am saying that what i want to happen, you asked me how i think it will happen, and the honest answer is that i don't know,

but i think that events will drive her there because parliament is absolutely at an impasse. she will not get the deal through. i saw her in her interview, she look like a trapped prisoner. that is hardly her fault, isn't it? you could've given her nicer studio. she is trying to say that there is only one possible route, which is nonsense. it is a total failure of statecraft if the only way for this country, fifth or sixth biggest in the world, the only way out is this miserable deal that nobody seems to want. she keeps saying she is doing it because the people voted for brexit, but the most ardently... people voted for brexit, but the most ardently. .. she people voted for brexit, but the most ardently... she has people voted for brexit, but the most ardently. .. she has to deliver brexit. if she does not deliver brexit, we don't leave. what are due for democracy if the government and parliament knowingly makes the cut —— country park was requisite teeth for democracy if we say that nobody can ever change their minds? the

country is their minds. i don't care about the polls, i go around the country a lot. we meet people who say we have to go out from a vote leave and get on with it. we meet more and more people saying that they had no idea it would mean this, no idea it would be that as this or all the things that happen, because it was sold on lies and negotiated on fantasies, and the unicorns don't exist. squares cannot be circled. a little earlier i spoke to rachel cunliffe from cityam and asked her, with the apparent deadlock over theresa may's brexit plan, wouldn't it make sense to hold another referendum?. how could you say people were lied to the first time around, and then somehow expect a campaign that was much less emotional and built on fa cts ? i much less emotional and built on facts? i think a second referendum would be much worse in terms of

misleading claims, scaremongering, accusations on both sides, the other side were not playing fair. we have had over two years of very intense political division in this country come away just about political division in this country come awayjust about got something now that everyone agreed —— can agree they don't like, but it is a compromise that most people around the centre can live with. that is progress at this stage. how would you defend theresa may's deal to mps that are saying currently they will not vote for? i would say she has managed to make the eu quite unhappy and got the eu to go back on one of its core freedoms, which is freedom of movement of people. we've always talked about how the referendum was primarily driven over concerns of migration, i'm pro migration, buti understand that was a concern for a lot of people who voted to leave. she has managed to get back in session, saying that britain will have control of its borders. that was incredibly important to millions of people in this country. that is a win for her, and i think we were seeing and the fact that the eu is not happy about this deal is that

this is as good as it will get, is this is as good as it will get, is this part crashing out with no deal at all. and i'm very concerned about impressions of that. you are from city am, how satisfied are businesses generally? when you speak to business people on the quiet about this deal, given that it gives some certainty on some things, but we will be locked in negotiations about the future relationship for yea rs. about the future relationship for years. i think there is his appointment, but also a strong strea k of appointment, but also a strong streak of pragmatism with this. businesses need to make decisions for the next four months when we leave the eu for the next two years. this at least label some sort of continuity, key sectors, food and drink, manufacturing for the moment. yes there'll be more of people, but i think business leaders are not looking at this verse is some kind of idealistic fantasy brexit, but looking at the reality, which is the best of the options on the table. and you can see the prime minister's q&a session on the bbc earlier today in full on the bbc news channel at 8:30pm this evening, and on the bbc iplayer.

and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:1i0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are joe twyman, who's the director of the polling organisation, deltapoll, and the political correspondent at the times, henry zeffman. the headlines on bbc news. theresa may has taken part in a phone—in here on the bbc news channel and radio 5live, and says the draft brexit agreement is the right deal for britain. police say knocking offenders off their mopeds is leading to a dramatic decrease in robberies. there's a warning that too many people suffering a mental health crisis are not being given the help they need when they arrive at a&e departments in england. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. hello, england's man's cricketers may have solved their problems at number three in the batting order.

the returning johnny bairstow started with a controlled centre on the first day of the load test against reluctant. they won the toss and chose to bat, and after a sluggish start, with openers rohit burns and keep jennings sluggish start, with openers rohit burns and keepjennings both going cheaply, bairstow‘s iio, burns and keepjennings both going cheaply, bairstow‘s 110, and a half century from ben stokes guided england to a 312—7 at stumps in colombo. there's only a few times you get the score for england. and thatis you get the score for england. and that is a special time to be out there in the middle. so the emotion and hard work that has gone into getting back out onto the field is massive. look, long terms, who knows will happen? looking at last year, who knows what will happen long—term? but as you say, i am happy. they've already won the 50 overs world cup, but not england's women are through to the final of the world t—20, thanks to a dominant

win over india in antigua. captain heather knight took three wickets for the loss of just heather knight took three wickets for the loss ofjust nine runs as they bowled out india for 112 before amyjones produced a 92 run partnership to see england home with 17 balls to spare. they will play australia in tomorrow night's final after the southern stars thrashed west indies last night. unpacked -- out west indies last night. unpacked -- our prep coming into this game has been so clear, so i was feeling pretty confident. the total wasn't really high, so i knew if we just batted through, our partnership would be in a good place. in rugby, australia... will miss the international against england with a neck injury. he failed a fitness test after initially being named in the starting line—up for the match at twickenham. coach michael checkers said the —— that he was desperately, but insisted the wallabies would not risk his

long—term health. chelsea midfielder has signed a new five—year deal at sta mford has signed a new five—year deal at stamford bridge. he has made 81 appearances since joining for leicester two years ago, helping chelsea to the premier league title in his first season and fa club in the second. can't they said he had com pletely the second. can't they said he had completely improved as a player and was a key member of france's world cup winning sport in russia this summer. cup winning sport in russia this summer. he is notjust an important player, he is eight determining player, he is eight determining player for us. sol player, he is eight determining player for us. so i am very happy with the new contract, really pleased for him. and it is a very important news. lauren price left to settle for a bronze medal after losing her semifinal at the women's world boxing championship in delhi. she was up against the world

champion from netherlands but lost the three run 3—2. england's erin rae has had a spectacular round at the hong kong open, shooting a flawless second round of 61 with nine birdies and no drop shots. he is only a shot clear of the field with another englishman, that fitzpatrick right behind him. and a new course record , fitzpatrick right behind him. and a new course record, 61. terrel hatton and in boulder have lost their share of the lead after the second round of the lead after the second round of golf in melbourne. they shot a 70 one. . . of golf in melbourne. they shot a 70 one... behind, stature. they're still it -- one... behind, stature. they're still it —— eight under par. that's all your store for now, but if you wa nt to all your store for now, but if you want to follow all the action from the match, then head over to the website where there is text commentary on that winner takes all match between tiger woods and phil mickelson, which isjust getting

under way in las vegas. head over to bbc .co .uk/ sport. but it is goodbye for now. thank you very much. the united arab emirates is studying a request for clemency for the british academic, mathew hedges, who's beenjailed for life on charges of spying. the uae's ambassador in london says he hopes an ‘amicable solution‘ can be found. this was also an unusual case. many researchers visit the uae freely every year without breaking our laws. under uae law, everyone has the right to appeal after conviction and everyone can request a pardon from our president. mr hedges' family have made a request for clemency, and the government is studying that request. there are "systemic issues" in funding and integrating mental health services into a&e departments. that's according to a new report by a government funded body which advises the nhs on safety.

it found that, despite official guidance that all suspected self—harm incidents in a&e should be referred for psychiatric assessment, there are vast inconsistencies across england. in some parts of the country, 88% of patients are assessed. but elsewhere, that drops to 22%. alison holt has been to birmingham to look at how a&e and mental health services are working there. hello, rapid assessment team? james cawley is a psychiatric nurse based at the heartlands hospital in birmingham. so, it sounds like he's having hallucinations. audio—visual hallucinations. the call is from accident and emergency, where a young man has been brought in because he appears to be having a mental health crisis. james needs to see him quickly to work out how to help him. today's report says in too many places, this sort of rapid response simply doesn't happen. is he under arrest under order 136? no. they don't have any records for the patient brought in by police. in the packed emergency department, james has to now build up a picture of what is going on.

hi, i'mjames, i'm from the rapid response team. how often is it you are coming down here having to assess someone quickly? what, per day? it can be basically up to 12, 13, 1a times a day. it varies day to day, but it can be very, very busy. people come to a&e because they need that immediate help and support and sometimes people are not sure where to go so a&e is always one of the first port of calls. but the healthcare safety investigation branch says whether you get support like this depends on where you live. according to this report, nearly two thirds of people arriving at emergency departments with an urgent mental health problem don't get the help they need. and even when there is a psychiatric liaison team, they are not always called. that's him at my mum's house. painfully familiar forjacob knox—hook. his 22—year—old brotherjosh was taken to their local a&e after cutting his wrists. he told staff he was suicidal, but the psychiatric team was not called, and he was able to walk out unchallenged.

his body was found a month later. i know that it's a very busy place. but i still feel like, if someone was presenting in the way that my brother was, that is the biggest red flag ever to say, quickly, i need to call the psychiatric liaison, get someone to come and see him now. there is not time to waste in that kind of situation. back at heartlands hospital, the psychiatrist has arrived to see the young man who is hallucinating. he has become increasingly unsettled. he was getting quite agitated. his behaviour escalated quickly. all right, ok. it's decided to move him to a mental health unit. hopefully a good assessment in the place of safety, followed by admission for a period of time. it was professor george tadross who pioneered the idea of a&e—based psychiatric teams. he says it is vital that someone in a crisis sees the right specialist. if someone comes with a heart attack or broken legs,

you expect nothing, but they be assessed by the people who are fully trained in this. in mental health, wejust need to have exactly the same. a quick decision should help the young man with his recovery. the government says more money is being put into ensuring mental health is placed on an equalfooting with physical health. alison holt, bbc news, birmingham. a convicted paedophile has told a court he had nothing to do with the deaths of two nine—year—olds in brighton more than 30 years ago. russell bishop, who's 52, is charged with murdering nicola fellows and karen hadaway in 1986. the girls went missing while playing near their home. daniela relph reports. russell bishop arrived at court in a prison van. he's been injailfor 28 years for the sexual assault and attempted murder of a seven—year—old girl. but today, he faced questions about a different crime, the murder of karen hadaway and nicola fellows in 1986. this is the second time he's faced

trial on these charges. karen hadaway‘s mother sat a few metres away as russell bishop repeatedly denied murdering her daughter and her neighbour, nicola. he told the court he had helped the police search for the nine—year—olds when they went missing and had been amongst the first people to find their bodies hidden in undergrowth. describing the moment the girls were found, he told jurors... realising they were dead, he said... russell bishop also told the court his police statements were sometimes contradictory because officers bullied him during interviews. he described them as downright nasty. russell bishop was tearful a number of times during his evidence. as his barrister finished questioning him, he asked, "did you have anything to do with the murders of karen hadaway and nicola fellows?" russell bishop replied, "no".

next week, the families of both girls will hear more from russell bishop as he is cross—examined by the prosecution. daniela relph, bbc news, at the old bailey. one of britain's top police officers says his force is no longer able to provide the public with the level of service they require. cleveland police chief mike veale says financial cuts are too deep and have gone on too long. earlier this week, the bbc showed police offices in hartlepool empty and officers struggling to police the streets. the force has seen a 37% reduction in staffing andover £25 million of budget cuts since 2010. police in london say new tactics designed to stop moped crime, including knocking offenders off their bikes, have led to a sharp fall in the number of moped robberies. scotland yard say the number of offences has dropped by over a third since specialist teams were set up to tackle the problem. you may find some footage in tom symonds‘ report disturbing. as a crime, it can be lightning fast or deeply intimidating.

for the met, the scooter gangs have become a big problem. the response is a new specialist team with high—powered, slimline motorbikes. this stinger system punctures the tyres of scooter criminals then retracts to allow police cars to pass. but it's also about this. yes, that's a police car driving into a scooter rider, deliberately. they are trained to do it at as low a speed as possible. it is risky. it's a high impact tactic, and therefore our riders and our drivers will be considering the risk to the rider they're pursuing, the risk to the public and the risk to themselves before deciding upon that course of action. but in more cases than not, it is safer to bring that pursuit to a close than it is to continue to allow that rider driving dangerously through london. this is a specialist team has made 63 stops like this without serious injury.

“agafife ' but the police watchdog is now investigating three other incidents foicershavetojutdv, , . ,, w, contrary to what some criminals believe, whether or not they are wearing a helmet is not necessarily one of them. well, this is an absolute myth. if they take their crash helmet off, they think we won't pursue. they need to know that we will. it is for their safety and again, we will risk assess it. crime is always changing and the police believe that this one has been increasing because we are walking around with expensive things like phones, which are very valuable to thieves. but you can add to that the fact that it's an efficient crime to carry out. one scooter can be used for a string of offences. these tactics are not entirely new, but they are now being used regularly, and the met says they have helped cut

scooter crime by 36%. tom symonds, bbc news, at new scotland yard. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. as we're seeing through this overnight. more showers coming into the southwest, developing to the english channel. some showers, too, across the eastern side of scotland. those will continue blowing in off the north sea through saturday. the best chance of seeing some sunshine developing across some western parts of the uk and will be a few more shows coming into the southern counties of england not far away from south wales. many parts of the uk away from here, though, likely to be dry. there would be much sunshine around and like today those temperatures struggling from around seven to nine celsius. during the second—half of the weekend, not a huge amount changes except towards southern parts of england with it looks a bit wetter in the south—east, this time drier in the south west. 12 showers further north,

the best of the sunshine across the western side of the uk. and probably if anything sunday looks like it will be a little bit colder. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines. theresa may has taken part in a phone—in here on the bbc news channel and radio 5 live, and says the draft brexit agreement is the right deal for britain. i believe that if we were to go back to the european union and say people didn't like that deal, can we have another one, i don't think they are going to come to us and say we will give you a better deal. police say knocking offenders off their mopeds is leading to a dramatic decrease in robberies. the united arab emirates is considering a pardon for the british academic matthew hedges, jailed