i'o, particulate, with wind gusts 60, 70, made 80 mph was. brain into the west with blizzards on the heels. further south, starting work across the south—east before things brighten up. it will be a windy day across the board and even on this western coast we could see wind top ft, 60 mph, bringing frequent showers. 0ne or two reaching eastwards but they will stay dry. the blizzards continue across the scottish hills. that ships off into the northern seat to friday night but with a sting in its tail, still pretty lively and destructive wind across scotla nd lively and destructive wind across scotland to take us into the start of the weekend. slowly improving. ryton, chilly start elsewhere across the country but through saturday it looks like cloud, outbreaks of rain will spread its way in from the west topics some of the south and east may stay dry, mainly in scotland dry and bright into the afternoon across the board it will fill chillier than the board it will fill chillier than the next few days. mild air tied in this weather system across the south to ta ke this weather system across the south to take our saturday into sunday and

as that ships southwards, we opened the door to colder and as northerly wind to develop to the day. it will bea wind to develop to the day. it will be a cloudy and reasonably mild start day on sunday. but quickly broken up, lots of sunshine around during the late morning onwards but we will see showers in northern ireland through north wales, north—west of lens, north—west england and increasing showers encroaching to these eastern coast. note that temperatures, for many of you, in single figures by sunday and that run of northerly wind through the night to monday. 0riginal high pressure building in the west. light wind here and very frosty start to the new week. with that wind piling into the north sea down these coastlines, we are at risk especially with high tide, of seeing coastal flooding. is down the north sea coast we can see showers, a mixture of rain, hail and sleet and snow. further west, a lot more in the way of bright weather, the sunshine turning hazy in northern ireland. note that averages again, five, six degrees across eastern

part. next week, easterly wind dominates, high pressure to the north, low pressure to the south of the country and it will be a chilly start to next week with those easterly wind dominating. that could bring wintry showers to eastern areas, still mainly over the hills but to low levels of. but in the west, but of uncertainty as to get the second half of next week. high—pressure shifting southwards, low pressure into the west, will get the mild athletic wins all those cold air of europe? we will keep you updated. hello. this is bbc news with carol walker. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines: reporter: have you lost control of brexit, prime minister? theresa may faces questions as the government's full brexit legal advice is published. she denies misleading parliament over measures to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. the benefits for patients now as british scientists complete the world's largest gene sequencing project in healthcare.

growth in coal use and a booming global automotive market drive carbon emissions to an all—time high in 2018, according to a new study. a bbc investigation has found that a student from bath set up an extreme neo—nazi group which urged attacks on public figures. four goals but it's still a draw at old trafford, as manchester united fight back from behind and arsenal extend their unbeaten run. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are asa bennett, who's the brexit editor at the daily telegraph, and the author and journalist,

rachel shabi. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily telegraph leads the brexit headlines saying the eu will offer may delay to brexit, stating that the european leaders are prepared to extend the deadline of article 50. also focusing on mrs may is the financial times, which says there are more fears over the irish backstop, after the publication of legal advice. the sun refers to it as wrecks—sit, and accuses mps of plotting to steal brexit from the people. there's a warning to the prime minister on the front of the times after minister's urge her to call off next weeks brexit vote or suffer a defeat in parliament. a photo of a tearful george w bush grabs attention, as he touches the coffin of his father in washington. the guardian features a photo of former president's of the united states at the funeral of george h w bush, but leads on a story about facebook.

—— presidents. it claims the tech giant discussed selling user's data to advertisers. —— users‘. leading on the same story was the metro, how facebook spied on you and your pals by looking at their calls and messages. the daily mirror has a photo of an un—identified teenager wielding a knife in what it calls a knife epidemic outside schools in the uk. and the i says that newborn babies should be tested for risks of cancer and other diseases. the paper reports on a genetic saliva test that they say has huge potential. so, once again, lots of brexit all over all the front pages. rachel, the telegraph, talking about a potential delay to brexit. yes, the telegraph has some eu sources saying that the eu is

prepared to discuss extending article 50, which is the mechanism by which britain is set to leave the eu on the 29th of march. according to this piece, the prime minister, after the vote on her withdrawal deal on the 11th next week, she's going to go to make the eu in brussels, and they will there discussed the idea of giving her more time by extending article 50. now, according to this piece, it's saying eu sources have said theresa may's fellow leaders are apparently open to the possibility of extending article 50 if that's a mechanism to avoid a no—deal brexit. that's kind of the merged as a way of essentially taking no deal off the table. no small thing for the eu to do that. they have european parliamentary elections coming up in

may, britain's seats have already been allocated. there's all sorts of things they would have to move were this to be extended. the impression up this to be extended. the impression up until now had been there is a very distinct timeline from which they would not deviate unless there's a very good reason. maybe this is one. asa, your paper's story, pretty controversial to actually delay the date given everything theresa may has said. absolutely, but the us is making and taking serious steps to try to advance this as a possibility that the eu. maybe buys psyching out the administration —— the eu. rachel is talking about how big it would be formeps in european talking about how big it would be for meps in european parliament elections but there's a clause in re ce nt elections but there's a clause in recent guidelines from the eu that makes clear that they're keeping the seats 14 uk meps in case they want to extend their term for a few months. the german mep... european

commission are in charge of the eu budget, he's made clear, although there's been fears if we cancel everything and you decide to wrap all this brexit malarkey up, we would have to give up our rebate, the rebate would have to give up our rebate, the re bate thatcher won, would have to give up our rebate, the rebate thatcher won, instead we could keep the rebate, he's been intimating, if we think differently about this. helene, less controversial, but i am sceptical of what the value of that would be because theresa may —— delaying. theresa may has run down the clock. what would change the fundamentals in herown parliament? what would change the fundamentals in her own parliament? you would need a new election and new allegiances, they would threatened to vote this down if you wait three months or six months, however long. that crucial vote looming next week. the times suggesting theresa may is being urged, as they put it, to call off the brexit vote, once again as a delay, as if that's going to change the dynamic somehow. yes, gavin

williamson, the defence secretary, a p pa re ntly williamson, the defence secretary, apparently he's been trying to persuade the prime minister to postpone the vote. he can't be the only one. her chief whip is also saying that mps are not persuadable. he's quoted as saying they now appear beyond reason. there's well over 100 tory mps who are predicted to vote down this deal. people can't really understand why theresa may would go through this. it's a humiliation to be defeated on what is your central operational premise and has been for 2.5 years. if you're defeated on that, including by your own mps, what exactly is the point of view and why are you still in power? do you think this is realistic that she is going to delay it? tell when? christmas, easter? —— of you. you delay it until... --

until when. she would argue it is when mps stop threatening to vote this down, the never—never! gavin williamson, former chief whip, julian smith, current chief whip, they're sort of covering themselves. julian smith is quoted as saying mps are beyond reason but what is the reason they are being given to vote for it? for domain as it is to stop the nightmare brexit, for brexiteers it is to stop remain, your nightmare scenario —— four remainers. fear and apathy are there to measures —— 40 main is. philip hammond will lead the government debate tomorrow, not exactly mr excitement himself —— for remainers. the delay to the vote and the illusions about this new cross—party the illusions about this new cross— party committee mps the illusions about this new cross—party committee mps are being approached to have potentialjobs

on, sweeteners, baubles, the dark arts of the whip's office. all kinds of things going on behind the scenes, people signed in for briefings on contingency plans. the express has its own ideas on a last—ditch bid to salvage the eu deal, saying that tory rebel mps are being offered a veto on this brexit backstop. that's just a being offered a veto on this brexit backstop. that'sjust a nonsense. there's no way that the eu will have spent all this time organising this backstop, which, after all, is to ensure there's no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, ieeea between northern ireland and ireland, ieee a very good reason that everyone agrees is a good thing to sign up to —— ieee. it's unlikely the eu would say, you know what, you mps that don't like it, you can have a get out, it is fine. it is ludicrous and it shows the absurdity the situation theresa may is in. nobody likes her deal, everyone has

different reasons for not liking it, but the result is she's not going to get it through. it is really hard to see what her backup plan is. her own mps and cabinet are complaining she hasn't shared it with them, and it reminds them a bit of when she sprang the snap election on them without any preparation. 0bviously they're getting without any preparation. 0bviously they‘ re getting annoyed without any preparation. 0bviously they're getting annoyed by it as well to put it mildly. it is the cost of the deception around the creation agreement of the backstop. in december, the heady days before christmas when it was agreed and it was a triumph, brexiteers and ministers said it doesn't matter, a form of words, david davis said on the marsh show it wasn't legally binding, the eu wanted to ramp it up and say it was legally binding. by chequers, some brexiteers were paying attention and they said this is significant. they were told it is too late, you've already agreed twice over. the uk does not go back

on its word. why would it be anything other than serious and concrete? why would brexiteers think it would be? they are told, may's team. they were the ones that said that —— by may's team. team. they were the ones that said that -- by may's team. the language theresa may is secured in the future declaration is the eu will consider it -- declaration is the eu will consider it —— theresa may secured. the eu wa nt it —— theresa may secured. the eu want this to be, can you not down the backstop and go straight to technology? —— the backstop and go straight to technology? — — knockdown. the backstop and go straight to technology? —— knockdown. there needs to be alaba mentation period to set this up. they've come to realise it is theresa may —— implementation. it is her model, not theirs. if we look at the sun, there's a lot of concern from the brexit supporting and brexiteers in parliament about what's happening to the whole process. this is the

headline. that is playing off liam fox saying we need to be wary of having brexit stolen by people. by parliament? yes. this is obviously pa rt of parliament? yes. this is obviously part of the trident of government warnings of, 0k, part of the trident of government warnings of, ok, this is the brexit might not happen warning. brexit is the deal in his view, he wants it to get through. very emotive stuff. what strikes me with this, given the government has been trying to build bridges and appeal to national interest, for the labor party, other parties, saying you put aside your partisan fears, i don't see how it helps. do you think that there is this sense here in which the brexiteers feel the argument moving away from them, they're worried about when we look at the defeats la st about when we look at the defeats last night, parliamentarians who wa nt last night, parliamentarians who want to stay closer to the eu will fiow want to stay closer to the eu will now be in control of the process?“ the argument for brexit is moving away from brexiteers then they only have themselves to blame. they've

had 2.5 years to show a version that works and they haven't got one. this is their own doing. certainly the dominic grieve amendment that went through last night, which suggests parliament can amend any aspect of theresa may's withdrawal deal, which means that they actually get input ina means that they actually get input in a significant way and shape what that deal looks like. i think, yes, it is the case parliament has gradually been reasserting its authority and its accountability in this process, and the fact that she doesn't have a majority for the version of brexit that she wants, and therefore, if she wants this deal to go through, she has to modify it in a way that makes it palatable. there's still wrangling about what's going to happen over the next few days. the independent has a story looking back at the 2016

vote, saying that it was using illegal facebook spending. this is the view of a professor giving information to the court, to information about facebook and how much they spent on vote leave. may be taking a wheelbarrow of salt with this because the analysis is based on about 80 million this book uses, there are about 48 million voters in there are about 48 million voters in the uk. there is a varied —— stereotype that this approach it —— voted for brexit 's are old people. i think that is an plate rack underplaying their expertise, the analysis that the vote leave campaign reach tens of millions of people in its last days after it had reached its spending limit. the £9 million leaflet... that may be the

case, but now we are talking about the quality of his analysis and i am pointing out that he is an expert on this. he has non—voting modelling, intensively researched this, and his suggestion is that the vote leave campaign did manage to switch a voters in the last week of the referendum when it had overspent and breached the spending rules. that is based on analysis, that is notjust him looking at 80 million facebook users. . . him looking at 80 million facebook users... it is completely overemphasised. let's look at lots of other stories, a different facebook story in the guardian, talking about how facebook discussed cashing in on user data. this is from e—mails produced by a commons committee. yes, the committee have come out with a cash of e—mails from facebook in which it is this model has been laid bare to see. the product is us, our data and it seems

to be on sale. if copies want to advertise and pay a lot of money, they can get the cheesiest data available and it seems to have all sorts of delights. area ironic given that mark zuckerberg has assured everybody for years that they would never do it. now we seek the cost and facebook's line is that with this has been taken out of context. it isa this has been taken out of context. it is a concern for people who use facebook to talk to friends and family and suddenly they find that this information is being shared amongst all kinds of different commercial companies. yes, i think it will be a concern, the idea that facebook was looking at essentially, rising out privacy for the sake of its own company growth. 0ne rising out privacy for the sake of its own company growth. one of the things it did from 2015, according to these released e—mails, is that it uploaded calls and text logs from android phones. facebook users using android phones. facebook users using android phones. facebook users using android phones and the company knew

that this was high risk and therefore somewhat a dodgy thing to do. without asking users to opt in to that. let's look at one of the other stories on what a front pages. the guardian has this picture from the george bush funeral. extraordinary scenes in washington and there, you have the lineup of present and former presidents. an extraordinary collection of people and you can see the tension they are amongst some of them. of course, from the far right, hillary clinton giving a white formidable death stared to president trump. you can feel why she may feel certain animosity. everybody else in that line, all sorts of insults that president trump has set about them overtime and it shows, they have all come together of course for the sad

passing of george bush senior, but the dynamics are there to see even on small levels like when george bush on small levels like when george busth came on small levels like when george busthcame in and on small levels like when george busth came in and called michelle 0bama sweetie, a joke of his, fun to see the interplay. although there we re see the interplay. although there were tributes to george bush senior from right across the divide, there seemed to be an occasion where some of that animosity and divisions were put aside the. —— put aside. of that animosity and divisions were put aside the. -- put aside. well, i don't know if that is true. but what everybody across the political spectrum has said in memory of the man is that he was simple and polite and well mannered. there is plenty of things that you may say about him decides, but at that is something that people seem to have agreed upon. —— aside. that people seem to have agreed upon. -- aside. and quite a moving

eulogy about commentator: from his son. “— eulogy about commentator: from his son. —— eulogy from his son. eulogy about commentator: from his son. -- eulogy from his son. of course and littered with humour talking about how he didn't like his vegetables. it seems that they have been reappraised so favourably in the. thank you both very much indeed. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thankyou to my guests this evening, asa bennett and rachel shabi. and from us all, goodbye. hello i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre.

chaotic probably best describes the 2—2 draw between manchester united and arsenal in the premier league this evening. the gunners twice went ahead in the game, before the hosts quickly levelled on both occasions. despite chances late on, with heavyweight boxer tyson fury at old trafford, neither could land a knockout punch. patrick gearey reports. 0na night like on a night like this, all traffic can appear the fortress of fear it once was, where arsenal would strain just a point. and where goals were much harder to score than this. the header benefited from goalline technology and human error. too little from that the de gea, too late from ander herrera. jose mourinho left pogba and romelu lukaku on the bench, they needed a quick response. anthony martial equalised much later. what followed was the energy—saving middleground. arsenal waiting for the car to drop,

pierre emerick aubameyang with, putting them ahead. jesse lingard store at —— the scorer, helped by various mistakes. we hurtle towards a chaotic conclusion. david de gea saved united, but then the linesman saved. in our best moment, the moment of oui’ in our best moment, the moment of our control, the moment when everybody was expecting 2—1. the moment we were feeling the one step ahead, is the moment we concede a second goal. is the moment, let's say, we score the second goal. is really difficult. again, the feeling in the dressing room is of course, frustration because we want to win the match, we don't want to draw. but the feeling is that everybody is tired and when everybody is tied it is because everybody gives everything. chelsea have lost ground

on the leaders manchester city. they have dropped down to fourth on the table after losing 2—1 at wolves. they did go ahead early on, but will rue several missed chances to extend their lead. rauljimenez levelled things up for wolves, before diogojota secured a first win in 7 league games for the home side. liverpool though kept up the pressure on leaders city. the gap back to 2 points, after their 3—1 win away at burnley. tottenham won by the same scoreline against southampton. everton came from behind to draw 1—1 against newcastle. and fulham manager claudio ranieri was denied victory over his former club leicester. james maddison securing a point for the foxes. kilmarnock have gone top of the scottish premiership after they beat livingston 2—0 at rugby park. celtic could only manage a draw away at motherwell. the champions had been 1—0 up, and heading for the top of the table, until this goal from dannyjohnson made it 1—1. brendan rodgers side now sit third, a point behind kilmarnock. rangers, who had been top, drop to second after they lost at home to 10—man aberdeen.

elsewhere, dundee beat hamilton 4—0, and both hibs and st mirren and stjohnstone and hearts drew 2—2. ronnie 0'sullivan marked his 43rd birthday by reaching the quarter finals of the uk snooker championship in york. the defending champion racked up his 981st career century break as he beat practice partner jack lisowski by six frames to one. he'll face either ding junhui or martin 0'donnell next. it isa it is a bit like me when i first turned pro. ithought it is a bit like me when i first turned pro. i thought it would be relent, but you missed calls and the top guys will punish you. i was just thankful that they didn't perform the best all the time because he has been blowing away opponent all the season. it has just been leaked. —— lethal. meanwhile, reigning world champion mark williams has been knocked out. he was beaten 6—5 by stephen maguire. i'll have more for you in the next hour. hello there. wednesday resulted in a

mile back across the south, temperatures in the low teens and it remained chilly across scotland. today we were spread some of the milderair today we were spread some of the milder air further north, today we were spread some of the milder airfurther north, doing that with an area of low pressure that will bring in a few showers and the accompanied by blustery wind. here is said low approaching our shores from the west. for the morning rush hour, that will make for quite a wet story across scotland and again, the wind will be a definite feature. the white circles and the figures inside show you the sustained wind speed, but the gust of wind will be higher. base of scotland getting showers through the morning rush hour, some heavier ones to the borders. showers for northern ireland too, head of the rain for northern england, the midlands and east anglia and the south—east, but the showers started pushing to wales and the south—west early on. as the hours go by, the rain will sweep its weight eastwards and for scotland, perhaps the worst

of the rain out of away lunchtime, further south the showers turned heavier for northern england, further south the showers turned heavierfor northern england, wales, the south—west and eventually pushing into eastern areas. mild in the south 13, 14, much more milder further north, 12 for glasgow and edinburgh. through thursday evening and overnight into friday, another area of low pressure is to become barrelling our way. so it means another spell of very wet weather, the worst of the rain possibly out of the way overnight. certainly looks like that will be the case for the southern half of the uk, but to the southern half of the uk, but to the north, some very wet prospects but here is the key talking point also for northern ireland. wind gust and exposure could be higher, we could touch 80 and that is likely to result in some disruption. the rain across east anglia and the south—east will continue to pull away through the days. this book he stays up in scotland, feeding the rain to the west, keeping the wind strong and his white on the chart

behind me, they will eat some snow. but the ad does stay on the mild side here after the chilly day we have had on wednesday. for all of us, the prospects are thorough something a little more fresh as we move towards next week. the weather calms down but the wind direction will change, becoming increasingly northerly. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: trouble for chinese tech giant huawei. its chief financial officer is arrested in canada and faces extradition to the us. a state funeral in washington for former president george bush sr. he is remembered as a patriot, a statesman, and a loving father. he valued character of the pedigree, and he was nursing. he looked for the good in each person, and he usually found at —— character over pedigree. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme:

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