you're watching bbc news at 9am with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines... the most senior advisor to the european court ofjustice advises the uk can effectively cancel brexit without asking for permission. theresa may will set out the case for her brexit deal in a five day debate beginning this afternoon. before that, mps will vote on whether the uk government broke parliament's rules by failing to publish the full legal advice it received on the brexit plan. transport secretary chris grayling, is being urged by mps to take some responsibility for the chaotic implementation of new rail timetables. the schools inspection service, ofsted, says it's a scandal that thousands of children in england with special needs are missing out on key support. he speaks in french. non! outrage as a dj asks the first woman to win the ballon d'or if she twerks, but ada hegerberg laughs it off. he came to me after and he was

really, really sad that it went that way. i didn't think about it in that moment, i didn't consider it as sexual harassment. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. europe's top legal official says the uk could effectively cancel brexit without asking for permission. the non—binding opinion was delivered by the european court ofjustice‘s advocate general who said it would be acceptable for the uk to revoke article 50 unilaterally. a group of scottish politicians asked the court whether the uk can cancel brexit without the consent of other member states. the court ofjustice will deliver

a final ruling at a later date. our europe correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. let's get up to date with this. adam, mourning. this news, this opinion, as we have described it, coming in the last half—hour or so, tell us what the advocate general has been saying? it is really important to reinforce the point you just made, this is not the final ruling, this is some legal advice given to thejudges ruling, this is some legal advice given to the judges in luxembourg who will make that final ruling by the advocate general, a role we don't really have in the uk courts, which is why it can seem confusing. it is important, the advocate general has spelt out over two and a half pages his arguments on why the uk should be able to revoke its notification to leave the eu under

article 50 of the treaty unilaterally, in other words without permission or say from the other 27 member states. this group was brought from some msps, some mps and some meps opposed to brexit, i think they will be older than that the advocate general really is talking about language. —— i think they will be over the moon this morning because the advocate general really is talking their language. he says that the decision should be sovereign, you cannot have a situation where a country changes its mind and wants to stay in and it is blocked by 12 other countries, it would see the country being forced out of the eu against its will —— it is blocked by one or two other countries. it rejects the case of the uk government that this was a hypothetical political situation that the uk has no idea that are rising and the ec] has no right. it

isa rising and the ec] has no right. it is a blow to the eu institutions, because the european council, which represents the member states, made the case that you have to have a system whereby the other member states are system whereby the other member states a re involved system whereby the other member states are involved in this process is otherwise a departing country could use a frivolous application to leave, withdraw it and put it back over and over again and cause great uncertainty, and a departing country could use this tactic leads to extra ct could use this tactic leads to extract concessions out of the eu by threatening to leave. in the words of one of the lawyers last week, he said at the risk of opening pandora's box, but it looks like the ecj pandora's box, but it looks like the ec] is willing to open up. thank you, adam fleming in brussels. i'm nowjoined by catherine barnard, a professor in european union law and employment law at the university of cambridge. professor, good morning and thanks for taking the time to talk to us. how likely do you think it is that the ec] judges will follow what the

attorney general or their chief legal adviser has suggested? usually the court ofjustice follows what the court ofjustice follows what the advocate general says. the advocate general is a judge at the course of justice but advocate general is a judge at the course ofjustice but he gives an advisory opinion which the court of justice can choose whether to follow oi’ justice can choose whether to follow or not. what usually happens is that the advocate general sets out in more detail than the court of justice does the issues at stake, the sources he has looked at. but this is virgin territory, nobody has had to consider this before. he has looked at it entirely from those principles. does this effectively create a third option, because at the moment the prime minister is talking about her deal or no deal, does it create another option for mps and the country? that's right, and it is significant for remainers if the court ofjustice follows what

the advocate general says, because at the moment theresa may says very publicly it is my deal or no deal, my deal being what she has negotiated from brussels in the 585 page document, or no deal, which would be pretty disastrous in the short term. now we have a third option, it is at the hands of the uk to decide whether they want to formally revoke the notification given a few years ago and stay in. to emphasise, although it would not require the approval of the of the eu 27 countries, it would require the approval of the uk parliament? absolutely. if you remember the gina miller case, that said you need an act of parliament to trigger article 50 and from the advocate general we're hearing that we need an act of parliament, according to our own constitutional provisions, to terminate that notification.

professor catherine barnard, thank you very much for your thoughts. the prime minister will plead with mps to back her brexit deal today as the government became embroiled in a constitutional row with parliament. theresa may will begin five days of debate in the house of commons on her brexit plan before the crunch vote on december 11th. but before she even addresses mps her government will come in for intense criticism over claims it's in contempt of parliament by refusing to publish the full legal guidance given to ministers about the withdrawal agreement. the debate on the contempt motion will happen first — expected to start around 12:30pm. if it loses it will be the first time a government has been held in contempt of parliament in modern history. but despite what it says in some of the newspapers this morning, the contempt motion does not call for any sanctions against ministers — and it is unclear whether it would force the government to publish the legal advice in full. afterwards the house will start five days of debate leading

to the meaningful vote on the brexit agreement. the house of commons is expected to consider the issue for eight hours a day during the debate. the meaningful vote itself is due to take place in the evening of the 11th of december — with all current predictions showing strong opposition to the prime minister's deal. our political correspondent iain watson reports. theresa may has been touring the country and tv studios trying to sell the brexit deal, but today she will face the most demanding audience of all — her fellow politicians. butjust before she begins five days of debate on the deal, mps will discuss whether ministers are in contempt for failing to publish the legal advice which parliament demanded last month. last night, the commons speaker granted an emergency debate, to be held around lunchtime today. i have considered the matter carefully, and i am satisfied that there is an arguable case that contempt has been committed. if theresa may is defeated

and government ministers are found in contempt, this is likely to be seen more as a distraction than a disaster. a committee of mps would have to consider what action to take. the government's accusing opposition politicians of playing politics. i think it's a complete diversion from what the public are expecting to hear. we're going to have five days of important debate about the merits of brexit, the withdrawal agreement. let's get on with that and stop messing about with process. what is significant is that one of the opposition parties who want to see the legal advice is none other than northern ireland's dup, and their mps usually prop up prime minister's minority government, so this could be the shape of things to come. the really big vote isn't today, it's next week when mps decide whether to back the brexit deal. but today's debate may give a clue to the scale of opposition that the prime minister's likely to face. iain watson, bbc news. our assistant political editor norman smith is in downing street,

where shortly theresa may will chair a cabinet meeting. it is the start of another extremely busy day for her. she only has busy days at the moment. if the commons votes that the government is in co nte m pt votes that the government is in contempt for not publishing that full legal advice on brexit, what does it mean for the government and for the overall brexit process? it is symbolically a huge moment in that i think it is the first time, certainly in modern history, that any government has been found in co nte m pt of any government has been found in contempt of parliament. that fuels a sense of government in disarray, on the back foot, that sort of mood. secondly, it is the most awful curtain raiser to the start of mrs may's big pitch to try and convince mps to back a deal is just moments before they actually vote to decide

how government is in contempt of parliament. it may also give as a sense of how the level of opposition is beginning to shape out towards her brexit deal, because the dup, her brexit deal, because the dup, her nominal parliamentary allies, have said they will back this motion. they have already cut themselves adrift from the government. the tory brexiteers, many of them will not vote against the government today, i am told, because although they think the legal advice should be public, they do not want to pass a motion of censure against their own government. my idea is that if the government. my idea is that if the government losers this motion, the chances of them winning the meaningful vote next tuesday must be incredibly remote, because then you will get the full ranks of tory brexiteers and remainers, probably, also voting against government. so

it will be an early indication of how difficult this will be for mrs may. in terms of whether somebody will be locked up in the tower, put in irons, no. nothing in this motion says anyone needs to have some punishment. it is possible that a further amendment could be placed saying the attorney general had to apologise, but nobody is named or identified and there is no suggestion of any punishments, it is simplya suggestion of any punishments, it is simply a motion of censure. very briefly, norman, can you give us any clarification on whether it would lead to the publication of the legal advice in full? i think the honest a nswer advice in full? i think the honest answer is not any time soon and certainly not before the meaningful vote. the government, as we know, are adamant there is no precedent for publishing the full legal advice, i think the most likely outcome is that they lose the motion and the speaker will say you have heard what parliament as to say, please go away, think about it and tell me what you will do. i doubt they will come back in a hurry,

probably not before next tuesday. thank you very much, norman. let's talk to hilary benn, chair of the brexit select committee. good morning, thanks forjoining us. as norman was saying, it is a terrible curtain raiser for theresa may and her government ahead of these five days of debate. if the government is found to be in contempt, does that in some way make the debate due to take place over the debate due to take place over the next five days less meaningful for you giving it is unlikely the legal advice will be published in full? this is a government increasingly in office but not in power. the house of commons was very clear on the 13th of november, it passed a motion to say the government should release to parliament the legal advice in full, and this is about democracy. either the government respects the will of the government respects the will of the house of commons or it thinks it can ignore it when it feels like it.

i don't think we can accept this situation and that is why there will be this debate is today. but no, i think the next five days will be hugely significant and we have an enormously important decision to ta ke enormously important decision to take about the future of our country, the signs at the moment are that the prime minister is very unlikely to be able to get her deal through and the reasons for that, which i am sure the debate will reveal. so you don't think it undermines that debate, the fact you are unlikely to have that full legal advice? you are debating without the full facts, surely? we should have the full facts, but the debate will go ahead because the decision will be released reached on tuesday next week and i think the government should realise it has it wrong. it should realise it has it wrong. it should release the legal advice. i understand all the arguments why

normally governments don't want to do that, but in this case, considering the degree of scrutiny of the backstop arrangement which is there because of the problem created by the government in the first place, there would not be a need for it if the prime minister had not known she was proposing to leave the single market and the customs union, so single market and the customs union, so the government has brought a lot of this on its own head. of course parliament wants to see the legal advice, because this is a decision that will last for a very, very long time. the prime minister is inviting us time. the prime minister is inviting us to walk through a door and take a step into the unknown, that is why i will not be voting for her agreement because i do not think it is a step that parliament in conscience can take. ahead of this debate, you have said you will not be voting for her agreement, that is the position you have always held, do you honestly think these five days will make any difference to anyone? i have spoken to some conservative mps who said they are on the fence, taking

soundings from constituents and so forth, but do you think it will substantially alter what we all know all the opinion of any mp? only next tuesday will tell, the purpose of a debate is to listen to arguments, they are tested and you hear the arguments from others. given what so many mps have said and the reasons they have given for why they will not be able to support the prime minister's deal, i think at this stage it is very hard to see how the prime minister will get it through and it will be a very significant moments, it will show to the country and the european union that the deal negotiated, and my reservation in opposition is about the political declaration, because thatis the political declaration, because that is the bit that talks in very general, vague terms about where we are going and i think it fails to offer the nation clarity and certainty. if you talk to businesses and the people who work in businesses about our economic relationship with our biggest and most important trading partner in

five or ten years, the honest answer, as we start this debate, is we have absolutely no idea, and that is not a satisfactory basis on which we say we are leaving one set of relationships and the government does not have a clue about where we will end up. just before i let you go, your reaction to the news from the advocate general at the european court ofjustice who has given his opinion that the uk can change its mind unilaterally and withdrawal from the brexit process without needing the approval of the other eu 27 countries, does that effectively give the uk a third way to cancel brexit, if you like? it is an important statement by the advocate general, as catherine barnard said. in the main, the court ofjustice of the european union tend to follow that, not in all cases. it seems logical to me, if a country says they want to start a

process and then if we were to change our minds, i think it would be strange of the other member states could say no, you can change your mind, we are forcing you to carry on with what you decided on the first place. i think it is sensible. the only circumstances in which the article 50 notice could be withdrawn would be if the british people decided after all that they did not want to leave the european union. that is not a decision parliament can take. hilary benn, mp and chairof parliament can take. hilary benn, mp and chair of the brexit select committee, thank you. the headlines on bbc news... the most senior advisor to the european court ofjustice advises the uk could effetively cancel brexit without asking for permission. theresa may will set out the case for her brexit deal in a five day debate beginning this afternoon. before, that mps will vote on whether the uk government broke parliament's rules by failing to publish the full legal advice it

received on the brexit plan. here are your sports headlines. luka modric won the men's ballon d'or award last night, ending a decade of domination by renaldo and messi. and the very first women's honour went to ada hegerberg, an historic night, she said. manchester city face being banned from the champions league next seasonif from the champions league next season if they are found to have broken financialfair season if they are found to have broken financial fair play rules. u efa broken financial fair play rules. uefa are getting ready to announce their findings uefa are getting ready to announce theirfindings on uefa are getting ready to announce their findings on leaked documents. more on all of those stories and all the headlines from the papers this morning and half an hour. thank you, sally. an independent review into an immigration removal centre run by gas has found that some staff acted in a draconian way and indulged in laddish behaviour. the report — into brook house, near gatwick airport — was set up after an undercover reporter for bbc panorama filmed immigration detainees being verbally

and physically abused. with me now is our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. tell al are small, danny? this was an independent report set by gas, a very detailed review, two veg and 85 pages, and makes full bleak reading, it isa pages, and makes full bleak reading, it is a damning assessment about how brook house immigration centre was run “ a brook house immigration centre was run —— a very detailed review, 285 pages. there are around 300 immigration detainees, including some foreign offenders who present very challenging behaviour there, but it said there was a history of dysfunctional relationships between managers at the centre going back to when gas 2009, it says some managers we re when gas 2009, it says some managers were authoritarian, acted in a draconian way, were not visible enough on the wings of the centre, we re enough on the wings of the centre, were not approachable and it said some of the stuff had a laddish

attitude where they were almost a p pa re ntly attitude where they were almost apparently untouchable, which had an undue influence on others at the centre. as a result there was cause for concern about the use of force, some of the behaviour exhibited by the staff went unchallenged because of this culture that existed at the time and there is a whole series of failings identified in the report from the cleanliness of the centre to inadequate provision, concerns about health and welfare checks, the list goes on. of those criticisms, laddish behaviour, lack of cleanliness and so on, surely these are things that anyone running a centre like they should know they had to do one not need an independent report to point out that they should be done? that is a very good point, and what they say is that the home office did not really have its eye on the ball, they were

concerned with compliance, making for their gas complied with the terms of its contract. they were not looking at the health and welfare of the detainees enough, they were concerned about the immigration removals concerned about the immigration re m ova ls process concerned about the immigration removals process and inspectors went m, removals process and inspectors went in, the independent monitoring boards went in, they were not picking up on enough of these concerns, perhaps not asking the right questions. as a result, many issues went and addressed until panorama sent in an undercover reporter who filmed some very disturbing scenes. —— when of these concerns went serve. we spoke to the head of security at gas and this is what he said recently. there's a lot of criticism in there, but let's also be clear, throughout the five months that the team spent here, they saw no incident of inappropriate behaviour between my colleagues here and the detainees who live here. that is reinforcing the independent monitoring board finding and, indeed, the chief inspector of prisons' findings about the interaction. now, let's be clear about it.

there's obviously small groups of people that we need to root out, and we will root them out. and i'm absolutely determined. one incident of violence was documented in the report, even though the inspectors did not witness any themselves, one very serious outbreak of violence in november last year when staff thought they had lost control of the centre. a group of dc needs refuse to go back into their rooms for a roll call —— a group of detainees refuse to go back into their rooms for a roll call, one member of staff was hurt with a pool cue, two were bitten, several were taken to hospital and the damage was estimated at £18,000 because of disorder. gas says it is working

through the recommendations, 52 in this report, and says the majority are either being acted upon or have already been implemented. thank you, danny shaw. the transport secretary, chris grayling, should take some responsibility for the chaos around the introduction of new rail timetables earlier this year, according to a report by mps. thousands of journeys were cancelled or severely delayed as the new schedule went live. the transport select committee says genuine change is now needed to restore trust in the railways. mr grayling has this morning apologised over the chaos, as our correspondent tom burridge reports. the stories we reported back then... i have this dread every single morning because i know that the train's probably going to be late. ..haven't been totally resolved. throughout the autumn, services have again been reduced on northern rail, but the disruption in may and june on both northern and govia thameslink was on another scale. today, mps on the transport select committee say chris grayling should have done more to mitigate the disruption. they acknowledge the transport secretary wasn't fully informed

by rail bosses, but say he's responsible for the management structures which failed. the transport secretary, while we don't hold him responsible for this, we do not think he can absolve himself of any responsibility for what went wrong. the report says disabled passengers were, at the time, simply unable to travel by train. policies are needed to help them if things go wrong again. many passengers have received compensation, but the mps say a quicker, simpler system for claims is needed, and they believe fares on the parts of the network affected should be frozen and not rise by 3.1% in the new year. tom burridge, bbc news. let's speak now to christian wolmar, who is a columnist at rail magazine. thank you very much forjoining us, christian. chris grayling has said sorry again, he has said sorry a

number of times since all of this chaos around the introduction of the new timetables, does it go far enough, in your opinion? part of it is not its fault, it is the structure he has inherited. the ra i lwa ys structure he has inherited. the railways were fragmented 20 years ago a privatisation, broken up and separated between the infrastructure, operations and engineering, and that does not work. you need somebody who was a guiding mind. you would say maybe that should be the minister for the mind. you would say maybe that should be the ministerfor the bits he has lots of other things on his plate, so for once i feel slightly sympathetic towards chris grayling. use a part of it is not his fault, i assume you think part of it is? —— use a part of it is not his fault. google i suspected he was more on top of his game, i think he would realise that changing a6% of services across the network in one big timetable change had to be prepared for much longer, there are

already indications that network rail had not done all the work on the particular parts of the track where there would be big timetable changes, he should have been more alert. do you think you should continue as transport secretary? that is a much bigger political issue. he is a strong brexiteer, he will not go anywhere while the brexit chaos is going on. it might well be that a new prime minister or mrs may herself might decide when this is all over that possibly we need a fresh pair of hands, he has been under the cosh for quite a long time. but should that guiding mind be the transport secretary, or is this task so huge there needs to be somebody else working with the transport secretary, whoever that is, to bring the genuine change that the transport select committee is talking about? it absolutely should not be the transport secretary, we should have a british rail type organisation, not necessarily

british rail, but a bunch of people like the strategic rail authority which labour invented a man killed off, somebody like that making long—term decisions on the railway looking at the nitty—gritty of things like timetable changes. —— the strategic rail authority, which labour invented and then killed off. in a moment the weather, but first let's join victoria derbyshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at 10am. good morning. our programme can reveal that more than 500 children are being denied british citizenship because they are not of good character. reasons for failing the good character test includes petty theft, cautions and fights at school. i feel so completely removed from a lost, sad 13—year—old. i am in my 205, i from a lost, 5ad13—year—old. i am in my 205, i have a good job and i ama in my 205, i have a good job and i am a good person. it has been a huge price to pay and until i get my citizenship i will feel like i'm

being punished. campaigners are calling for the good character test to be scrapped, saying it is cruel. and we will also bring you the predictions of what cutting—edge tech will be transforming your life in 2019. like this, listen to your gut testing kit. nice. we are on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online at10am. two, the bbc news channel and online at 10am. thank you, victoria. now it's time for a look at the weather. good morning, carol kirkwood. good morning. a cold start to the day with a widespread frost more or less across the board. exceptions are northern scotland and the south coast of england. it will be bright, there will be a fair bit of sunshine, but the southwest will see the cloud build, centring turning hazy and rain across the isles of scilly and callable and eventually into the channel islands. you can see by the sunshine will turn hazy

and where across northern england, scotla nd and where across northern england, scotland and northern ireland, we hang on to the sunny skies. cold in the north, some frost lasting all day, a bit milderfurther south. this evening and overnight, rain advances steadily northwards and eastwards, there will be some hill fog and it will be cold where we have the blue, looking again at a widespread frost. any patchy mist and fog platforms will be freezing, particularly across scotland. that leads us into tomorrow, a day which will be pretty wet, two bands of rain crossing us. some drizzle in between, temperatures up a bit on today. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... the most senior advisor to the european court ofjustice advises the uk could effetively cancel brexit without asking for permission. theresa may will set out

the case for her brexit deal in a five day debate beginning this afternoon before that mps will vote on whether the uk government broke parliament's rules by failing to publish the full legal advice it received on the brexit plan. transport secretary, chris grayling, is being urged by mps to take some responsibility for the chaotic implementation of new rail timetables the schools inspection service, ofsted, says it's a "scandal" that thousands of children in england with special needs are missing out on key support and coming up — the biggest exercise of military robots in british history is underway and remote—controlled tanks are among the new weapons systems being tested. we'll bring you the report before ten. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. among the most read stories on the bbc news website are...

and we look at michelle obama, saying she still has impostor syndrome, saying it never was a way. this was during a talk she gave in london, the formerfirst this was during a talk she gave in london, the former first lady was at the royal festival hall speaking about her new autobiography, more than a0,000 people, the story tells you, tried to get tickets online, the event hugely oversubscribed, the bestselling book this year, 15 days after being published, already the bestselling book this year. she's been speaking frankly to that audience, recalling frenchy and president obama visited windsor castle, the queen had dismissed royal protocol as rubbish. another story as the most read, in number seven, wealthy parents, that might the obvious, want your own home?

report from the resolution foundation said youngsters with pa rents foundation said youngsters with parents who have property wealth are nearly three times more likely to be home owners by the age of 30. it says parental wealth is almost as crucial as how much people are in themselves when it comes to getting a home, that story at number seven among the most read this morning. and let's just take a look in the morning briefing in more detail. the transport secretary has said that he accepts responsibility for "not asking tough enough questions" over the disruption caused to rail passengers by timetable changes in may. but chris grayling told the bbc today programme that at no point did he receive information that would have prompted him to intervene. in a critical report, mps said the implementation of the changes was chaotic and resulted in inconvenient, costly and potentially dangerous disruption for passengers across the north of england and in london and the south.

idid i did that three months ago after the independent report was published saying that neither my department, nor myself northern rail regulator asked difficult enough questions of the industry, i was very clear and i have apologised many times across the summer for what happened. have apologised many times across the summer for what happenedlj think the summer for what happened.” think what you said, when you said to us injune, i don't run the ra i lwa ys to us injune, i don't run the railways and in september at you essentially said you had taken face value assurances by industry leaders they were ready to make the changes, these mps said you should have been much more proactive, you accept that? what was the finding of the report in september, clearly we did not ask tough enough questions. the reality is that at no point did i get the information that i would have needed to intervene and we must make sure that never happens again andi make sure that never happens again and i absolutely accept responsibility for my department and myself not asking tough enough questions. the reality is a couple of weeks before the timetable was introduced the leaders of the industry, the independent body set

up industry, the independent body set up to monitor the preparedness of the timetable change saddam my office and said it would be fine, we would be ready, that wasn't the case. we must ask tough enough questions to understand why that wasn't the case. it's extraordinaire you didn't ask tough enough questions, you knew what was going to happen in may would be entirely different from timetable changes in the past, what it would do would be unprecedented, why didn't you ask tough enough questions? that's why we set up an independent readiness board who had... why didn't you ask tough enough questions at the time? well, we should have done, we set up independent monitoring systems that we thought that the job, we were given strong assurances it would be fine and it wasn't then we must make sure that can never happen again. ofsted says it's a ‘national scandal‘ that thousands of children are missing out on key support for diagnosed special educational needs in england. the chief inspector of england's

schools, amanda spielman, said that a,000 children with official education, health and care plans received no support at all in 2017. she spoke to bbc breakfast earlier and was asked whether she welcomes the fact that that figure has now gone down to around 2,000 children. it's good news is that it's down from a spike in 2017 but it's still well over double a8 was in 2010 and the idea that any child with significant special needs is sitting without the support that they need afterwards like to have been quite a long delay for diagnosis is really worrying and that's why i told about a scandal. we have a system which is designed to provide joined a scandal. we have a system which is designed to providejoined up care for these children, to bring together education and health and care. and the front—line workers are working their socks off in schools, social services and yet the pieces are not coming together in a way thatis are not coming together in a way that is helping to get prompt diagnosis. we have children with autism waiting two years in some

cases for delays, we have the intention of taking these children through to age 25 to help them through to age 25 to help them through education and fully into the workplace. but it's just not happening yet, too often the post—19 provision is more of what they were getting fun they were school—age. we have a lot still to do. let's talk about of rolling, the other issue you wanted to talk about. more children being pushed off the rolls, why and how is that happening? we are seeing increasing numbers of children disappearfrom are seeing increasing numbers of children disappear from school rules at times its release uprising. not any children would normally leave school between year ten and 11, half of them are not turning up on any other role at all, we have 10,000 a year who are subdued disappearing from the system. why is that? we don't know, we don't have any universal tracking of children in this country, we don't know. let me put this to you, we have spoken to many teachers on this programme, in the last couple of weeks we spoke to

a teacher as part of a documentary looking at what schools are going through in terms of preparing for ofsted inspections and generally dealing with per funding, ofsted inspections and generally dealing with perfunding, decreased budgets except. is one of the issues that ofsted inspections put such pressure on schools and in the light of limited budgets and competition, they have to take this children of they have to take this children of the rules in order to give pupils in to get the funding they need? no, this absolutely is not the case, in fa ct this absolutely is not the case, in fact our inspections, very much reward schools that do the right thing by older pupils and really put in the effort with children who are ha rd est to teach in the effort with children who are hardest to teach and have the greatest difficulties in education. what we have got here is possibly partly driven by performance tables and a desire to make numbers look goodin and a desire to make numbers look good in tables, we have some children disappearing just before for example the school census, supposedly to be home educated. but often by parents who has good reason to think robert lee aren't fully

equipped to home educate effectively. so we do have something thatis effectively. so we do have something that is a big concern. amanda spielman, the chieftains to other england's schools. it's an image that made headlines around the world. a labrador sleeping next to the casket of the former president george bush. sully had worked as a service dog for mr bush and — faithful to the end — he's accompanying his body as it lies in state. it's received a huge reaction online with people praising the dog's loyalty. earlier, bbc breakfast spoke to linda montgomery who also has an assistance dog, called obi, to talk about the special bond people have with these animals. she described how obi assists her with everyday tasks. he held sway with mobility issues, i drop things and pollock, he picks them up for me. he helps me get

dressed, puts the washing in and of the machine. sorry, he goes to the washing machine... yes, he goes to the machine, puts things in, takes it out. you should your pills and things like that. i have a blister pack... things like that. i have a blister pack. . . you things like that. i have a blister pack... you can see him taking receipt out of the machine in the shop, it's incredible. can you compare what life would be like without him and what life was like before? yes, before i got obe, i've had him for years now, before i got him,i had him for years now, before i got him, i spent a lot of time in the house on my own, my children work having through end of school and establishing their working career. and i couldn't go out on this someone was with me, my husband worked a lot of hours so it was a case of in the house, long hours and it was very difficult occurs you

start to lose contact with society. do you know, what's quite interesting, obi... when we refer to assist a dog and their partners, not their owners, he's a working dog, he's also a greedy dog! he loves his treats. he grumbles away if he's not getting his treats. he doesn't like to be ignored. and trust me, he's not being ignored, we are obsessed with them. this is about independence. it is, i go out every day now, i would not be here without him,i day now, i would not be here without him, igo day now, i would not be here without him, i go and do the shopping. linda montgomery there talking about the relationship she has with her assistance dog, obi. among the most watched stories on the bbc news website is: seaside town is ‘star‘ of christmas tv. this is cromer in norfolk,

117—year—old peerfeaturing, been given a starring role in the little christmas films you see on the bbc before programmes start, it's also featuring in a short promotional film about spending time with your loved ones at christmas, filmed in christmas, christmas came early. —— filmed in october. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally. i know you're starting off with the balance for story and i must say when i said —— sort that story last night and then i saw what was said, i was aghast. the —— timbuktu. good morning... the first women's ballon d'or

was awarded last night — and the winner said she didn't want that to be overshadowed by an ill—judged comment from the host. our correspondent in paris for the awards last night and still in paris this morning, and quite right what ada said, she doesn't want this incident to attract from the board. the first ever woman's template to win. i spoke to the winner last night, when the dj on stage after if she could work, i asked about winning the award, how much it meant to her, how much she hoped it would go on to inspire young girls to pick up go on to inspire young girls to pick upa pairof go on to inspire young girls to pick up a pair of boots and then i asked about the incident and she would eyes, looked fed up and said i have been asked a lot of questions but then she played a down. he came to me afterwards and he was

very sad, i did not consider it sexual harassment or anything, i was very happy to win the ballon d'or, to be honest. you think it's been taken out of context, andy murray said it was an awful example of sexism but he has been a huge is supporter of women's sport before. but the host was asking other people to dance, wasn't he? to put it in context we had the french male player who was up for the mill award onstage, and he asked him to dance as well, it's notjust onstage, and he asked him to dance as well, it's not just the female award winner. i spoke to lucy bronze afterwards and she said none of the

female players were taking the incident very seriously and in fact, lucy incident very seriously and in fact, lu cy bro nze incident very seriously and in fact, lucy bronze seemed more concerned that the winner but told the dj she could not talk because according to lucy could not talk because according to lu cy bro nze could not talk because according to lucy bronze she can't work very well. it was because the dj asked eads person at the dance was and if she could work and she said no, he did a nice little slow downs with her, but she can't work so she was lying. it wasn't as respectful? i think it was more of a joke. she can't work, but i think she decided not to. we mustn't forget the was a new name on the men's trophy last night, wasn't there? yes, pro-look up night, wasn't there? yes, pro-look up moderate, we have waited ten years to have a male winner of the template to not called christiana renaldo or lionel messi. —— luca

modric. his performances of the world cup help them lead croatia to victory. he helped lead real madrid toa victory. he helped lead real madrid to a third champions league title this season. i asked him, to a third champions league title this season. iasked him, to to a third champions league title this season. i asked him, to the award meant to him and he said a fantastic, he said he would give it allup fantastic, he said he would give it all up for fantastic, he said he would give it allup fora fantastic, he said he would give it all up for a world cup winner's medal, but they did not ask him if he could talk? you make a very good point, for me, across that road and go and have a cup of coffee in a nice cafe and some pastry. it looks gorgeous. one of the story this morning. manchester city face being banned from the champions league next season, if they're found to have broken financial fair play rules. the premier league champions are under investigation by uefa after documents were leaked apparently showing they'd used sponsorship deals to get around the regulations — and we're waiting for news of a possible punishment. and that story really dominates the back pages this morning the telegraph's sport section reports that eufa believe a transfer emargo would not be punishment enough if manchester city are found guilty of deception

the mirror bucks the trend and focuses onjose mourinho's proclamation that it would be a ‘miracle" if manchester united managed to finish in the top four this season and there's an interesting interview in the guardian with the women's british open golf champion georgia hall, who talks about the 15 years of hard work it's taken to get to the top of the game — she says her victory has left her financially secure but it's a fraction of the men's prize. she won £375,000, francesco molinari earned over a million more. it's been an incredible few days for the world of boxing — we had tyson fury and deontay wilders draw at the weekend. but theres more to look forward to. this weekend kell brook fights in sheffield. the wba super welterweight title eliminator and he's here with me now. good morning. good morning. you are in the midst of preparation the weekend, what hasn't been like for

you? all the hard training is done. it's a boring week! it's about watching what i eat, getting ready to weigh in on friday. we are watching you training now, you've said this might be your last fight in sheffield. i'm saying it could be but i've got many years left, obviously, the big fights will be in america, you know. i'll have to go over there for them big fights but you know, i love the feel in sheffield, i would love to keep fighting their but, bringing the big names over to sheffield but for now, i think this could be the last fight in sheffield for a little while. the question for 2019, the name everyone is mentioning, amir khan. what can i say? is mentioning, amir khan. what can i , is mentioning, amir khan. what can i say? i'm trying to make this fight happened but i think, you know, he's turned his back on the british

public for me, he's doing everything he can for it not to happen. i think, hemp fighting he can for it not to happen. i think, hempfighting me he can for it not to happen. i think, hemp fighting me and he can for it not to happen. i think, hempfighting me and him losing, he would have to change his name, have a face transplant, leave the country! so, it would be the same with me, it's been bad blood for many years and it's a proper grudge match, the wars of the roses, fantastic fight that all the fans wa nt to fantastic fight that all the fans want to see. 2019! want to bring them big fights and big names, the world champions in america, stop like that, they are the ones that i want. you are talking about big names, i have to ask you about the weekend fight, tyson fury, should he have one? he should have, even with the knock—down. have one? he should have, even with the knock-down. with two of them, can you win a fight with two of them? he boxed beautifully, if you had to you could not rise to that,

he was looking like a welterweight in there, he did everything, he got off the canvas in the last round and i thought, i thought, he is going to be there for ever but he just got up and carried on and for me, he actually won that round, even with a knock—down. he did not win a round like that but he carried on and you know, took charge of the last part of the rand. best of luck this weekend. thank you. there are a couple of events to look out for today at 10 o'clock at hampden park in glasgow, it's the draw for france 2019 — the women's world cup, which scotland will be playing in for the first time, alongside england. athletics' governing body, the iaaf, under the leadership of president seb coe, will debate whether to reinstate the russian athletics federation — banned since 2015 because of state—sponsored doping. a lot to look forward to today.

that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 1115. the biggest exercise of military robots in british history is underway with remote—controlled tanks among 70 new weapons systems being tested. the four—week war game, dubbed exercise autonomous warrior, features a host of drones and armoured vehicles which can be operated from a distance, as the army intensifies its efforts to keep up in a new tech—driven global arms race. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has been to see the robots in training. this is the future of warfare. out in salisbury plain, the british army and its allies are learning how to fight alongside robots, both on the ground and in the air. this warrior armoured vehicle would normally be driven by a soldier. here it is all being controlled remotely from this box. and this is the first robot in britain to be fitted with a remotely operated gun, here being sent into potential danger in advance of us troops. but this technology still comes with risks, and as yet unanswered ethical questions. britain says it has no intent to do develop lethal autonomous weapons, what some call killer robots.

but as this technology develops, some will ask who is really in control, is it the man or the machine? we would never use autonomous vehicles that could go out there and do stuff without a human being able to control it. there are already calls for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons, but as yet there are no laws regulating or preventing their use. and there are fears this could be the beginning of a new arms race, with no one yet certain as to where it will lead. the body of president george bush senior is lying in state in the capitol rotunda in washington. it follows a ceremony attended by the bush family and senior political figures including president trump. there'll be a state funeral for mr bush on wednesday, then his body will be flown back to texas, where he will be buried on thursday.

reports suggest president macron's government is preparing to suspend planned tax rises on fuel in france, after a wave of sometimes violent protests across the country. the increases had been due to come into effect at the start of january. three people have died since the unrest began more than a fortnight ago. the demonstrators, led by the so—called "yellow vests" movement, are angry about the rising cost of living in france. two jailed catalan separatist leaders have announced they're going on hunger strike from tuesday, joining two colleagues who stopped eating at the weekend. joaquim forn and josep rull are protesting at the refusal by the constitutional court to let them appeal to european courts against their pre—trial detention. one of the most prestigious awards for a british artist, the turner prize — visual arts will be announced this evening in a star studded ceremony at tate britain.

this year's exhibition has been described as the most political yet with subjects such racism and the arab—israeli conflict reflected in the entries. our arts correspondent rebecca jones reports. it's the sight and sound of old—fashioned technology. it's the sight and sound of old —fashioned technology. luke wallace thomson's 35mm films show people who been had by state brutality. this is diamond reynolds, whose partner was shot dead by the police in america and event she is streamed live on facebook. the next artist, charlotte, has spent a year making a film recorded entirely on her smartphone. it's autobiographical and is about her coming out as gay in rural aberdeenshire and the scottish countryside plays a starring role. if you're in a rush, this exhibition might bea if you're in a rush, this exhibition might be a challenge, there is no

painting, no sculpture, instead for the first time in the price's history, all the artists are presenting films and you need four and half hours to watch all of them. the longest is a 90 minute offering. about a man who spends a decade living alone in an abandoned airport. the filmmakers uses documentaries using archive footage which explores issues of migration and exile. the finalfilm is the work of the research agency called forensics architecture who investigate alleged acts of state and corporate violence. here they are presenting footage of a police raid ona are presenting footage of a police raid on a bedouin village in southern israel last year. the winner of the prize would be announced tonight. and you can see the turner prize winner announced live here on bbc news in a special programme at 9.30 this evening if you think it's still too early to have your christmas

decorations up, you might want to look away now. a couple in leicester have covered their home in festive lights, as part of a tradition that's been going on for more than 30 years. fred and eileen toone, who are 91 and 86, say they save money from their pension each year to put on the display for their elderly neighbours. now it's time for a look at the weather. good morning to simon king. good morning. many of us will go to frost this morning, beautiful start to the day. this beautiful picture from the isle of white, this view of venous from the isle of white, this view of venous cut many of you talking this morning, this bright star, towards the top right of the crescent moon. now, i'm likely to see that view

tonight, this mass of cloud and rain moving in from the south—west during the course of today, increasing the cloud across many parts of england and wales. before that, staying sunny for many of us, across northern england, scotland and northern ireland will give the sunshine into this afternoon, some showers perhaps across western scotland, turning wintry over higher ground, rain moving into the fire at southwest later, cold day converted yesterday. temperatures around 6—9d. tonight the cloud and rain continuing to sprint further eastwards. it's not going to be as cold as last night. but you notice across scotland, the foreign north—east of with clear skies and it isa north—east of with clear skies and it is a cold night and frost expected, a contrast taking us into wednesday. nine celsius towards the south—west, cloudy day on wednesday, which date for many, some snow for a

short time across the northern parts of the pennines, into the southern uplands. the far north of scotland staying largely sunni, elsewhere we see the rain on and off for much of tomorrow, some of it heavy, milder day from any but still quite chilly across the far north of scotland. on thursday, we lose one weather system, another one moves on from the west, remaining quite cloudy into thursday. with these cold fronts and warm front moving in it will bring more rain. that will spread from the west to east, some dry interludes into the afternoon before further showers moving to northern and western areas, some sunny spells in the north—east of scotland, because that air comes from the south—west it's wild, temperatures reaching 10—1ad. by friday, quite a deep area of low pressure moving its way in, gales and severe gales, heavy rain for

some, could well cause disruption, stay tuned to your forecast over the next few days, that could be problematic. goodbye. hello, it's tuesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. earlier this year we brought the exclusive news that a second british woman had died after undergoing brazilian butt lift surgery abroad. now we can report for the first time that she was a a9—year—old woman from the west midlands called tryce harry, and she died in a hungarian clinic. the inquest into her death begins today. we will bring you the details in the next few minutes. our second exclusive story today — we can reveal more than 500 children have been refused british citizenship because of things like shoplifting and fights at school. i feel so completely removed from that lost, sad 13—year—old. i'm in my 20s, i have a good job and i'm a good person. it's been a huge price to pay, and until i get my citizenship, i will feel like i'm being punished for it.