hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm rebecca jones. today at 2. the government won't say no—deal brexit would mean six months of chaos at our ports. there are emergency plans to fly in medicines. we need to ensure that in all eventualities there is a unhindered flow of medicines for people who need them. that work is ongoing. there is further details we are releasing today, including about how we'll prioritise medicines, if there isa we'll prioritise medicines, if there is a blockage at the border. 30 government ministers including the brexit secretary are touring the country to sell theresa may's brexit deal ahead of the vote. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools being evacuated and an airport security security scare. my daughterjust called me ten minutes ago crying on the phone saying her flight

was getting hijacked and i haven't heard a single thing yet. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. 14 1a sports we've learned today will share a 1a sports we've learned today will shareafunding 1a sports we've learned today will share a funding part of £3 million in the run—up to the tokyo 2020 olympics. enough to make a difference? we'll find out more at 2:30pm. it is wet and windy, lucy has the weather details. thanks, wet and windy today, especially in the north with severe gales but what does the weekend have in store? i'll be here with your forecast. looking forward to it. also coming up, stepping off the red carpet. the american comedian kevin hart won't now host the oscars over homophobic tweets he sent ten years ago. hello, welcome to afternoon live.

i'm rebecca jones and thank you for your company. the government has warned there may be up to six months of disruption at channel ports if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. it follows the release of technical analysis examining the effect on traffic flows if customs checks are delayed under a no deal scenario. the health secretary matt hancock has confirmed that lorries carrying medicines may be given priority at ports, and that planes may be chartered to fly in drugs. 30 government ministers are fanning out around the uk in a last ditch attempt to sell theresa may's brexit deal. it is ahead of tuesday's vote in the commons. this report from our political correspondent jonathan blake does contain some flash photography. on a factory floor in peterborough, a long way from westminster, the brexit secretary,

stephen barclay, one of 30 or so government ministers and sent out today with a sales pitch for the prime minister's brexit deal. what is really coming through in constituencies like this in peterborough is the strong view of business that they want the certainty of the deal and they don't want the uncertainty of no deal or no brexit and that's why we are making the case to colleagues across parliament, this is a way of honouring the referendum result. the message is clear — the deal might not be perfect but it is the best you're going to get and the man who is effectively the prime minister's deputy says people want the government to get on with it. the business voice and the voice of ordinary people is to say, let's get on and get this done. they know that in real—life, agreements, deals, involve compromises and pragmatism and they see the prime minister's deal is a sensible, constructive way forward that will enable us to have a good trading partnership with the eu in the future and deliver

on the referendum in 2016. but it is here that the next big decision will be made, after five days of debate, on tuesday parliament will decide whether to back the deal. just this is the latest attempt to win over wavering mps, an amendment backed by the government offering parliament more of a say over the controversial backstop, to avoid a hard border in northern ireland if a trade deal can't be done. the dup leader, arlene foster, whose party theresa may relies on four votes, dismissed it as tinkering. conservative brexiteers are also not convinced. the idea that this is the irish backstop which is the only problem with this deal, there's virtually nothing which is right with it. giving away £39 billion and getting absolutely nothing in return, a political declaration that is not binding, which could be interpreted in 100 different ways, no end to the free movement of people, and the fact is, our laws will still be made in europe and will still be judged

by a european court. christmas may have arrived in downing street last night, but with four days to go until parliament votes, there's not much sense of seasonal goodwill. and our political correspondent iain watson is at westminster this afternoon. let's talk about these 30 ministers finding out across the country. is that really going to make any difference at all to how mps vote on tuesday? the hope in downing street is that it will make some difference but whether it will be significant isa but whether it will be significant is a different matter because the scale of the challenge for the prime minister is absolutely huge. 30 ministers going out today, arguing the benefits of the deal. hoping that not just the the benefits of the deal. hoping that notjust the public but what they see as potentially more sympathetic party members, local

conservative associations, will talk to mps over the weekend and tell them that this is dot this is the hope, that they will then tell their mps that they will back the deal or abstain, or make sure that the brexit thing is sorted out as soon as possible. that is the hope but ta ke as possible. that is the hope but take a look at the facts on the ground. the number of mps who said they are unwilling to support the deal, around 100. the government's partners, the dup, their leader arlene foster has rejected an attempt at compromise last night. they don't think it goes far enough. a difficult position. karen bradley, the northern ireland secretary, not in the dup, but a message to collea g u es in the dup, but a message to colleagues in the last few minutes. she's been talking to bbc radio stoke and telling colleagues that they'd be making the biggest mistake of their political careers if they don't back the prime minister's

deal. there is a lot of characteristic. —— carrot and stick. the whips will be delivering the message that the mps should for into line but so far these threats are falling on deaf ears because the expectation is that she is going to lose and because that is the case and it is so strongly felt, that makes it much more difficult for the prime minister and allies to cajole people into backing something they feel very sceptical about at best, and totally opposed to at worst. and if she loses, she hasn't been drawn on whether there is a plan b, but is there? no, some people suggesting there? no, some people suggesting there is a kind of plan a to delay there is a kind of plan a to delay the vote in the first place. some ministers urging her to say she doesn't have the numbers on tuesday, why not put it off and see if there is another solution? the european council meeting next week, can she

go back and try and renegotiate some kind of compromise. one minister told the bbc he is blue in the face trying to encourage her to face the fa cts o n trying to encourage her to face the facts on this to postpone the vote. so far downing street insisting the vote will go ahead but i expect in practice, no final decision will be taken until practice, no final decision will be ta ken until people practice, no final decision will be taken until people have taken further soundings from mps, who will be talking to constituents over the weekend. if the attempt to postpone it fails, weekend. if the attempt to postpone itfails, and weekend. if the attempt to postpone it fails, and the prime minister is clear she will go ahead, you don't just have one plan b, you will have several. some people would like to see an attempt to renegotiate the backstop, others would like a move towards a new referendum, others wa nt towards a new referendum, others want it to be more like norway, a close relationship with the single market and customs union. but none of these options are so far can command a majority in the house of commons. we'll have to see if there

is further movement if she loses on tuesday or in downing street if some collea g u es tuesday or in downing street if some colleagues feel it is time for theresa may to go. i have no doubt we'll be talking again! many thanks government has been outlining plans for the health service in the event of a no—deal brexit. planes may be used to fly in drugs and medicines may be given priority access through gridlock ports if necessary. our health editor hugh pym is here. what else is being said about the disruption and preparation going on in case of a no—deal brexit. disruption and preparation going on in case of a no-deal brexit. the health secretary matt hancock has been out this morning trying to reassure people that there are contingency plans for a no—deal brexit, assuming that happens. and any disruption that may follow in terms of getting medicines into the uk. he says the pharmaceutical industry have been told to build up stockpiles, six weeks worth of supply. that has happened. he's

talking about chartering planes. that is under way as well. in types of supplies that can't be kept six weeks. and he's talking more generally about opening up ports other than dover. this is what he had to say earlier today. we need to ensure that in all eventualities, there is a unhindered flow of medicines for people who need them. that work is ongoing. there is further details that we are releasing today. including how we will prioritise medicines if there isa will prioritise medicines if there is a blockage at the border. that was the health secretary matt hancock. but an update at lunchtime today? yes, more information a short while ago in the form of an assessment by government officials of what may happen if there is no deal and ports are disrupted. what would happen to traffic flows. that is being disseminated to government

departments. matt hancock has sent a letter to nhs and pharmaceutical leaders saying that there may be six months of restricted access to dover and folkestone, in a worst—case scenario. if there were new customs checks in france and lorries have difficulties getting across and can't come back with imports, he says the plans over stockpiling are to be left at six weeks. that won't change but he has given more clarity on chartering extra freight capacity and giving a fast track procedure for lorries with medicines through ports. the pharmaceutical industry welcomes the recognition that more must be done but they feel they need more detail. this sounds very drastic. should people be worried? matt hancock says that if everyone does what they've been asked to do come medicines will get through. they've been stockpiled. but this advice i think may raise more questions, the prospect of quite a

few months of disruption if there no deal. . thanks forjoining us. and half an hour will talk to the chief executive of the dover chamber of commerce about the warning of disruption at ports if the uk leaves the eu without a deal and we'll look at some of the key issues in our business bulletin at 2:45pm. news coming ini business bulletin at 2:45pm. news coming in i can confirm that fiona bruce is the new host of question time. she will start her role on january the 10th, taking overfrom david dimbleby. fiona bruce has been presenting the news for many years and she has hosted antiques road show but she'll be taking over question time from david dimbleby

when the new series starts in january and she'll continue to present the news bulletins and antiques road show. a teenager has been jailed for three years after making bogus bomb threats to hundreds of uk schools and sparking an airport security scare. george duke cohen, who is 19 and from hertfordshire, sent the hoaxes in emails to more than 1,700 schools claiming he would set off a device if money wasn't paid. he's been sentenced at luton crown court and duncan kennedy is there. this was the moment george duke—cohan was arrested at his home in hertfordshire. the 19—year—old was calm when officers from the national crime agency finally brought an end to his months—long campaign of hoaxes where he had sent e—mails to more than 2,000 schools. some of the schools were for children with learning difficulties,

and duke—cohan‘s actions were said to have caused panic among some pupils. the schools also included marlborough college in wiltshire, where he claimed he would set off a device if he wasn't paid money. duke—cohan also targeted a united airlines flight en route from london to san francisco, carrying 295 passengers. he posed as the father of a daughter on board. duke—cohan, who pleaded guilty, was described as immature and someone who craved the attention he got from his followers on social media. the prosecution said he created thousands of victims

for his sustained campaign of hoax communications. the father of a young british backpacker missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help in finding her. david millane said his family is "extremely concerned" about his daughter grace, who was last seen in auckland on saturday. hywel griffith reports. she came to new zealand to look for adventure. but grace millane is now at the centre of a major police search. today, herfather david landed in auckland, desperate to find his daughter. we last had contact with her on saturday 1st december. and as a family we've been extremely concerned for her welfare. grace is a lovely, outgoing, fun—loving family—orientated daughter.

grace has never been out of contact for this amount of time. she's usually in daily contact with either her mum and myself, her two brothers, members of the family on social media. grace was last seen on saturday night, just hours before her 22nd birthday. the police have called hours of cctv footage through auckland's city streets and have found footage of her being accompanied into a hotel. it has now been six days since grace was last seen. at this point, we hold great fears for her safety. we've now had the last known sighting of grace at 9.41pm on saturday ist december at the city life hotel with a male companion. police have identified this man and he has been spoken to. grace's family say she had been bombarding them with photos of her adventures,

until she disappeared. she was travelling with british bank cards, which has made it harder for the police in new zealand to trace any spending. as they appeal for more information, officers say there is no evidence of foul play, but that they hold grave fears for grace's safety. hywel griffith, bbc news. the headlines. the government warns a no—deal brexit would mean six months of chaos at our ports. there are emergency plans to fly in medicines. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that lead to schools being evacuated and an airport security scare. police in new zealand continue to search for the missing british backpacker grace mullane who was seen six days ago in auckland. in sport, £3 million split between 1a sports to help them in

the run—up to the tokyo 2012 olympics. enough to make a difference? maro itoje will be out for a number of weeks with a knee injury. england's six nations open against ireland is eight weeks away. england and ireland doing battle in the hockey world cup. neither team can the hockey world cup. neither team ca n afford the hockey world cup. neither team can afford to lose if they want to get past the group stage. i'll be back just after get past the group stage. i'll be backjust after 2:30pm. get past the group stage. i'll be back just after 2:30pm. rescuers have reached susie goodall who was stranded 2000 miles from cape horn in the south pacific after her boat was destroyed in bad weather. she was destroyed in bad weather. she was competing in a 30,000 mile round world race when she lost her mast in a storm. she was lying in fourth place in the race when high winds and seas damaged her yacht on wednesday. she's the youngest competitor and the only female

taking part in nonstop race that sees competitive sailing without modern technology or satellite navigation equipment. we can talk to barry picktawn. what can you tell us about the rescue efforts? the rescue effort is under way now. there has been a bit of a hit because the ship can't launch its own rescue boats because the waves are too high. it's just too dangerous. susie has got to get herself and her boat alongside the ship, and her engine conked out

dot phone rings. i'm sorry. do you wa nt to a nswer dot phone rings. i'm sorry. do you want to answer it? i apologise! you we re want to answer it? i apologise! you were telling us that there was an issue with boats getting alongside her boat. yes, her engine has conked out. it was flooded when the boat was turned over. she managed to get it started yesterday afternoon and she's been testing it for an hour this morning. and it conked outjust as she was starting to manoeuvre towards the ship. at the moment she's trying to get it restarted. do you know what sort of shape c is in? when the storm first hit, at one point she was knocked unconscious? yes, she is a very tough cookie. she's a very good experienced sailor. the adrenaline will be

running now and she'll see this through. she's not scared. she'll come through it, i'm sure. but she'll probably be exhausted at the end. the accident happened on wednesday at 11am our time, so it's been quite some time and she's been wet, very cold, without any food, living in the dark, waiting for the ship to come. she had 12 hours of sleep last night, so that's been a great help. she'll have the strength to get alongside somehow. great help. she'll have the strength to get alongside somehowlj great help. she'll have the strength to get alongside somehow. i read somewhere that she was desperate for a cup of tea! i hope she gets one soon. can you explain, part of the point of the race is that you are sailing without modern technology, so how have you been communicating with her? we have a satellite phone

on each boat, which is used for safety purposes only. they can only ring when it is controlled. we can get text messages. they have to communicate once a week by phone and every few hours by text, just so we know where they are. we know where they are because we have tracking on each yacht. the difference is that they don't know what the tracking is telling them. 0k, clearly a delicate operation in play to rescue her. thank you, barry. 0k, thank you. members of germany's governing christian democratic party are meeting in hamburg to choose a replacement for angela merkel as party leader. mrs merkel, who has led the party since 2000 and led the country since 2005, insists she'll stay on as chancellor

until the next election in 2021. let's speak to our correspondent, jenny hill, who's at the cdu conference in hamburg. any result yet? when are we expecting one? not yet. behind me you can see the three candidates who are trying to become angela merkel‘s replacement as party leader. just answering question and then the delegates are going to pop up some cardboard voting booths on the ta bles cardboard voting booths on the tables in front of them, the votes will be counted and later this afternoon we should know who will succeed angela merkel as the leader of the cdu. keep a night out for that person, it really matters because it is widely considered that whoever emerges as the cdu leader is really the chancellor in waiting. mrs merkel has said she wants to stay as the german lead until the end of her time in 2021. very few

people in the whole believe that is likely to happen. for many complex reasons but most importantly, she is going to be sharing power with the new party leader, which is not something that tends to happen in germany. a lot depends on how well she gets on with the person and whether the person wants to oust her. it is the subject of notjust german focus but international media focus today. perhaps best summed up in the words of one newspaper headline, saying that this is farewell pa rt headline, saying that this is farewell part one from mrs merkel. she gave her farewell speech as party leader here early on. there was a standing ovation. she commands huge respect and affection among the party faithful here. but pretty much all of them think it is starting to feel like the end of the merkel era. who would angela merkel like to be

her successor and will she get her way? if the applause in the hole is anything to go by than yes, annegret kramp karrenbauer is merkel‘s preferred candidate and the favourite in the polls, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will tra nsfer doesn't necessarily mean it will transfer into votes because only 1001 delegates cast their vote. she is largely seen as a continuity candidate, she resembles mrs merkel very much in style and politics. you wouldn't expect a great deal of change for the party or the country if she wins but she is up against a gentleman called friedrich merz, who is an old rival of mrs merkel, who forced him out of politics ten years ago. he's gone into business, he is ago. he's gone into business, he is a millionaire and has come back and would like to take the party back to its conservative roots. that's very appealing to the more conservative and business minded wing of the cdu.

he would be a very different leader from mrs merkel to work alongside. there may be some friction. does that mean he would be more likely to oust her? potentially but this is a complicated situation. annegret kramp karrenbauer, although she may appear to be the continuity candidate, is very experienced. she's admitted she has sharp political elbows and she may try to step out from under mrs merkel‘s shadow and push for the chancellorship. friedrich merz has demonstrated a bit of a lack of political experience in recent yea rs. political experience in recent years. he's made a number of gaffes on the campaign trail. some analysts say that he may need some baby—sitting say that he may need some ba by—sitting and may say that he may need some baby—sitting and may not be in a position to force out angela merkel. there are other reasons why she may not be able to sit out her term, not least a very vulnerable coalition partnership with the german social democrat party. that government has lurched from crisis to crisis and it

may yet fall apart, which would force m rs may yet fall apart, which would force mrs merkel from office. a lot to talk about here. most importantly over the next few hours we should know who's going to replace mrs merkel as party leader and perhaps in the future, become the next chancellor of germany. . thanks for joining us. more on the breaking news that fiona bruce is the new presenter of question time, starting the role injanuary. david sillitoe is here. not a surprise? not a surprise, we knew that an offer had been made but they have signed the deal on the dotted line. january the 10th, she will be appearing on thursday as the new presenter of question time. of course replacing david demba ba who is going to be saying farewell on december the 13th —— david dimbleby. a remarkable run

on the chair of question time. part of the broadcasting furniture. not often we get a new presenter. the last time was 1993, when peter sissons said goodbye. before him, going back to 1979, we had robin day. and therefore she is the first woman to present the programme. absolutely, all of the batting, if there was any, was that there was going to be a female presenter. it was said that her authority, warmth and ability to connect with the audience were what swung it. we don't know that there had been some pilots with different people trying it out, having a go. it seems to be that she's the one who, i think in many ways, it is a matter of politics, it is life programming, and also dealing with the public in and also dealing with the public in a way that they feel as if they are heard and listened to and given a right to speak to politicians, and

holding it altogether. it's a much more complicated job it looks. absolutely. women have stood in in the past and presented but she's been the most... see is the first permanent female. the first female presenter was sue lawley, quite a few years ago. all sorts of standings, even john humpherys. quite a lot of one off standings. she will carry on doing her other jobs? we are told she will be there on the six and ten o'clock news as she has for the last 19 years. . thanks forjoining us. ‘s cash machines, almost doubling in the last four years. —— there's been a big rise in the number of robberies of cash machines.

they've almost doubled in the last four years, according to one of the biggest atm operators, ‘cardtronics'. it says there were around 720 attempts to steal cash last year though less than half of them was successful. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has more. two thieves, their faces covered, getting ready to blow up a cash machine using gas. this is the explosion from the inside. the number of raids has been accelerating. there were 400 attacks in 2014. by last year, the annual total was 722 — nearly double. in almost half the cases, theives don't get the cash, but that doesn't stop them trying. atm crime is not a victimless crime. it is an attack on a local community, it means that people can't get money out of a cash machine. often you will find the shop is damaged, which damages that business as well. in this raid, in a cotswolds village, a stolen digger was used to smash the local bank's machine. tougher policing in cities has pushed the ramraiding gangs into the country. for the mational police chiefs' council, deputy stephenjupp said... yet, last month, another machine

ripped out in a south lanarkshire village, and this at a time when plenty of machines are being taken out of service anyway. we used to have over 70,000 in the uk. the latest figures i saw say that we have now got 65,000. part of that is atms being attacked, but part of that of course is bank branches closing and the atms that are in those branches being taken away, so this is a very serious issue. we can't afford to lose any atms through crime because we're losing enough through bank closures and atms being removed from those branches. the machines can contain tens of thousands of pounds. that's the attraction. defences have been built up, they can spray smart water on the thieves which can be detected later, and squirt ink on the banknotes. there is still an expectation, though, that the number of these attacks will carry on going up.

it's from the spate of cash machines being blown up using gas, like this one in clydebank, and from ram raids. operators are calling for better surveillance and even harsher prison sentences, because we now have more attacks than any other country in europe. simon gompertz, bbc news. time for a look at the weather now and lucy is here. lucy, i got drenched going into work. it's wet and windy, isn't it? yes, really wet and windy but the strongest of the winds are no. 75 mph gusts in itself the us. that is probably born today but pretty seriously strong gusts further north. i can cherry on the satellite. it is courtesy of this area of low pressure moving in from the atlantic, swirling there. that is what is bringing the strong winds. through this afternoon, you

can see only pressure chart here, it is gradually edging its way these words but we are going to continue to see strong winds in the north. it isa to see strong winds in the north. it is a windy day across the board but, with those strong winds in the north, there is the potentialfor some disruption. severe gales, further rain, further disruption to transport and we could see some coastal flooding as well so if you are in the north, it is worth staying tuned across the local forecast but if i take a look at this evening through the rush hour, you can see further showers and those are the wind gusts in those black circles there. still dusty winds across scotland, northern ireland and with that silly cancer seen coastal flooding, disruption to transport particularly as we move through rush hour. —— the chants of coastal flooding. in the through rush hour. —— the chants of coastalflooding. in the north, the winds will start to ease but it is a generally windy nights to come. temperatures in the south bill fresher than a have been of late.

overnight lows of 5—6 celsius. being windy moving into the weekend. further showers become on saturday. it does turn brian is a bit fresher as they moved through thursday. —— it does turn driver as he moved through sunday. challis really north and west of the start saturday. those were collated from the west. another windy day. temperatures around about nine celsius the maximum in the north. perhaps scraping 13 celsius in the south east. as you go through saturday night into sunday, we will see a squeeze in the eyes of ours, this tiny south and west. south—west england, southern wales could see costs of 65 mph to start the day on sunday. we then start to pick up a northerly wind so cooler as he derby day on sunday and sunny spells and showers to start returning in the dryer as you go through the day, temperatures on sunday feeling fresh air. highs of 11 celsius in the

south and that's how it's looking. we will bring you all the details of that crucial vote. stay tuned. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the government warns a no—deal brexit would mean six months of chaos at our ports. there are emergency plans to fly in medicines. 30 government ministers — including the brexit secretary — are touring the country to sell theresa may's brexit deal ahead of next week's vote. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools

being evacuated and an airport security security scare. bbc presenter fiona bruce is confirmed as the new host of question time — taking over in the new year. sport now on afternoon live with katherine, and with the tokyo olympics in mind, extra money is going to be given to some different sports. but perhaps not others. 14 sports, on the face of it is loaded, have been given a share of a £3 million funding pot in the run—up to the tokyo 2020 olympics and paralympics. this is things like surfing and skateboarding which we will see competed at the 2020 tokyo olympics. sports like weightlifting, badminton, rugby, which had their funds cut after rio 2016 because

they did not have enough medals, they did not have enough medals, they have been given a helping hand but if you think about it, 14 sports is quite able to share just £3 million so will it make any difference in the run—up to the next olympics? here is the chief executive of the uk sports. this is about specific athletes on a specific .itis . it is not about developing a syste m . it is not about developing a system other places where there is a long—term, sustainable pathway for athletes who are being supported in the very best they can be, not just at the next game but in future games as well. only one hand, uk being praised. on the other, people getting funding they would not otherwise get. it is spread thin in otherwise get. it is spread thin in other people's opinion. interesting. injury news for england's rugby

players? yeah, not christmas yet but there is already trouble for eddie jones ahead of the six nations and thatis jones ahead of the six nations and that is because marrow is to cheat will be there for an indefinite period. we are told it is a number of weeks we will be missing from the sport. he's got a knee injury. england's six nations opener is only six weeks away. —— maro itoje will be out for a number of weeks. loads of injury news around today. u nfortu nately for of injury news around today. unfortunately for midfielder jordan norms who will miss the world cup for england. she had surgery on england's duty this week. he said, phil neville, that it is going to be a huge loss. jose mourinho said no excuses and manchester united play for them tomorrow. they have not won

since november. they having criticised being too negative but jose mourinho said they need the points after a run of drawers. jose mourinho said they need the points after a run of drawerslj said to you a few weeks ago, speaking at the month of december, no defeats. that is a reality. good fights, good spirits, butjust one victory against pyeongchang boys, and we need points, three draws. —— set against young boys. ben stokes and alex failed to find out today they will get any more for an alleged fight. stokes spent time in the past few days in front of a disciplinary panel and they are both charged with bringing british cricket into disrepute. england are playing ireland in a crunch match at the hockey world cup in india. it is 3-2 at

the hockey world cup in india. it is 3—2 at the moment into the final quarter, england snatching nearly any last five minutes before reading and on an actual scoreline would be enough to see england through from the group stage but it would end ireland's's hopes of a draw with the outside through and if either side loses, they are out of the tournament so not looking good for ireland at the moment. england would like they might go through. also live action at the barbican theatre in york many quarterfinals of the uk championship have just got under way. defending champion ronnie o'sullivan in action against martin o'donnell. he hasjust won o'sullivan in action against martin o'donnell. he has just won the third frame so is due— one of. on the other table, it isjoe perry against tom ford. tom ford with a lead in that one as well. you can watch live on bbc two and via the bbc sport website. we will to be updated on all the live action from the hockey world cup and the barbican theatre in york but that is all for sport. next tuesday mps will have to decide whether to approve theresa may's deal with the eu ahead of the uk's departure on the 29th march 2019,

or reject it — which could open up a number of possibilities. mps have been debating in the parliament all week and will resume the debate on monday. to discuss some of the premutations of the vote, we're joined by bbc reality check‘s chris morris. a greek next week. —— big week. a greek next week. -- big week. big week every week. so what could happen? we assume it will not be disbanded because that is what is being said behind the scenes that one possibility is that looks unlikely as parliament approves the deal, what then would have to happen is that it would have to be written, the withdrawal agreement, into uk law, it would have to get ratified on eu side. if all that goes ahead, britain would leave the eu next year on the 29th of march, so that is one

scenario if you like. the deal goes through, not looking that likely at the moment but it is a possibility. so if it fails, it's back to brussels? there is an eu summit already scheduled to days later on thursday and friday next week so it is a possibility. theresa may can try and get back to the eu and say, you've seen what has happened in parliament, i need help here. that is unlikely that the actual withdrawal agreement, legally binding part of the treaty, would be reopened. the eu is very reluctant to do that. there could be some twea ks to do that. there could be some tweaks made to the political declaration, the non—binding, short document accompanying it about the future relationship. there could be another declaration on top of that which would have eu leaders queueing up which would have eu leaders queueing up to say, they never want to use the backstop, so there would be reassuring is, best endeavours, but no legal guarantee. if she gets them back with a slightly tweaked package

coming to go to a second vote. if that goes through, back to the scenario outlined in the first question. if not, still a problem. and if no re—negotiation, what then? the default position is no deal. if nothing else happens because of the article 50 process, the uk would leave the eu on the 29th of march next year with no deal. it may not entirely be coincidence that he just had this news today that additional warnings about a no deal scenario issued by the governments six months of delays and chaos at all, having to fly in medicines and so forth, the result any suggestion that parliament simply would not let it happen, the governments would have to tell parliament what it intends to tell parliament what it intends to do next. if parliament did say, we're not going to let no deal happen, it kind of becky question, then what? of course, the other possibility, if you look at other

possibilities, are that there would be, as the prime minister has set out, no brexit at all. that could meana out, no brexit at all. that could mean a new government if there was an act break election to be held in an act break election to be held in a new prime minister or a lot of campaigners are asking for some sort of thing that would amount to another referendum when people would decide whether to go ahead with theresa may's deal, leave with no deal or possibly having no brexit at all. the path to a neither referendum is not straightforward and it would need to extend the article 50 period which would need the approval of all the other 27 eu countries as well. in summary, none of these are easy options and patted ecological mess we are in at the moment. explained very well, though. chris morris, thank you. stainless brexit... —— chris morris, thank you. stainless brexit. .. —— staying chris morris, thank you. stainless brexit... —— staying with brexit. new analysis by officials shows

that dover and other channel ports face six months of disruption if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. let's speak now to david foley who is the chief executive of the dover chamber of commerce whojoins me via webcam from dover. thank you forjoining us. is the government right? we looking at six months of chaos? thank you. that is the worst—case scenario but of course there is used to this on the front line. it is not the first time that it has been. we welcome the attention in many ways. we have done for the past 38 years. we have to remember that 17% of goods by value that come to the uk come through dover as indeed dojust over 7000 lorries a day so it is important what happened in dover notjust fall to that but for the whole of the uk economy. nonetheless, the government would not presell these warnings

about chaos at ports, emergency plans to fly in medicines, if there we re plans to fly in medicines, if there were not concerns. what are you doing to ensure things can operate as smoothly as possible? we can. every last —— we are doing the best we can. over the last two weeks, we had many people involved at the port, for a very positive meeting. it is not that long ago when we had five ports covering the eu coastline. we had ramsgate, she da rtford coastline. we had ramsgate, she dartford and folkestone. now dover is the only one. one option is to open the port of ramsgate. it's certainly possible to have ships in there, particularly if it was a passenger port and that would address the significant elements and scenarios in our economy. and it has the highest youth unemployment in south—east england. —— thanet has

the highest youth unemployment in south—east england. we can see some opportunities. kent county council has been warning of roads being gridlocked saying that children might miss exams because of traffic chaos. how can you... what can be done? what more needs to be done to ensure that people in ports get through smoothly and exports get out? —— that imports get through smoothly. it was a terrible problem for us down here. suppliers could not get to their businesses. this is the problem that is upon us. we have known about this for a while. one of the things you're looking at is extra warehousing space but in this pa rt extra warehousing space but in this part of the year, we remember the effects of the rating empty properties act of 2007, we warned about that a little over ten years ago, resettlement came into operation on the 1st of april 20

2008, many commercial buildings would be demolished and we thought it would be a good idea to have a lorry park. the governor decided in its wisdom not go ahead with absolute nothing new about this. what the have to do is do the best of it, create opportunities for businesses in this area, east kent, and we think we can do that. we need more time perhaps but we can certainly look deposit back there all this as well. —— look at the positive aspect of that as well. data from talking to us. jamie loeb the year without any moment. jamie is here — in a moment he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live the government warns a no deal brexit would mean six months of chaos at our ports: there are emergency plans to fly in medicines. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools

being evacuated and an aiport security security scare. police in new zealand continue to search for missing british backpacker grace millane who was last seen six days ago at an auckland hotel. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the markets in asia and europe have bounced back after big falls on thursday. but the american market has missed out after some disappointing numbers on jobs over the last month. the oil price has bounced back as opec and russia agreed to cut back production. house prices are rising at tehir slowest rate for six years. the average proeperty is worth only fractionally mroe than it was a year ago. the halifax, part of lloyds banking group — the uk's biggest mortgage lender — said prices rose by 0.3% in november compared with a year earlier. the boss of motability operations is to step down by 2020 after a scathing review of his pay by the government's spending watchdog. the report from the national audit office revealed mike betts was in line for an extra £1.86m bonus this year on top of his £1.7m salary.

so, you've been speaking to business about brexit across the uk today? it's very interesting when you come to the opinions of brexit around the country, particularly what happens after march 29. we are not so certain the moment but people are putting different views across about what parliament will be speaking about the next few days. we've been to northern ireland, wales and you're going to the west country because dave harvey, the bbc west business correspondence, is in bristol. you think you've heard every brexit conversation. let's see of bristol can give you something different. we are at the home of organic tampons, sanitary ware, baby wipes. years before blue planet and you're worried about classic in oceans,

this company made plastic free sanitary ware for women and also wipes for babies. this talent here comes from sweden, this is going to france. they export across europe and around the world. so what happens to cross—channel trade and international trade? a real issue for this very real, everyday, important product. this is your dream, you've built this all your life. you read about what might happen? i extraordinarily about it. —— are you worried? —— extraordinary worried. what are you feeling? ta riffs worried. what are you feeling? tariffs are an important thing. we come under the textile tariffs funnily enough and that category is the one that is most subject to subsidy controls. you might have ta riffs subsidy controls. you might have tariffs coming in when you bring

manufacturing goods in and then out? yes, we're looking at 5—10% said we would pay tariffs coming in from the european union, can willie consolidated year —— consolidating here and then there will be tariffs on someone put an order in three days later. moving on the kit is that it days later. moving on the kit is thatitis days later. moving on the kit is that it is quite familiar but to sell around the world, is it not good to get out to new markets? we are in 84 countries, 50 operate under european union trading regulations so we have free trade deals with 50 out of 84. eureka free fall out of those eu trade deals, you will have tariffs with singapore and mexico. —— you worry that. you will have tariffs with singapore and mexico. -- you worry that. we well. it is not a luxury product, it is everyday and that is what he would have. the man next year is not worried. we export to around 40 countries worldwide with software to

help their lines be regulated and safe, and all those things. you are modest but without your software, they cannot take off. we provide mission—critical solutions. they cannot take off. we provide mission—critical solutionslj they cannot take off. we provide mission-critical solutions. i love that, they cannot fly planes about your kit. the lack we are relied upon. you are under the bdo rules already. we supply a service, not a product so we do not have the same requirements. —— wto rules. we have to fill in certain bits of paperwork and stamps. what countries? saudi arabia, kazakhstan and even australia require heavy paperwork. your get on with it and leave properly, fully, whatever that means. do you think all these ta riffs means. do you think all these tariffs that susie is talking about will make a massive disruption on this one business park?|j will make a massive disruption on this one business park? i understand susie's point of view very much and ina susie's point of view very much and in a situation where the wrist no

deal, she is correct but my view is that we will not end up with no deal because the eu will want to have a deal with ours so on day one of a world trade organisation situation, we will be able to negotiate trade arrangements with the eu and at that time... susie, you've got to hold on earth, britain needs a stronger deal. we've done risk assessments and risk analysis for a long time and risk analysis for a long time andl and risk analysis for a long time and i think a no deal is very real. the prognosis is this deal will not get through and the norway plus deal... norway does not want it. that is not a no deal situation, we would go into a negotiation with the eu. a no deal does not exist, it is a wto deal and under that we would have no tariffs situation said she'd bea have no tariffs situation said she'd be a transitional phase which is what we've agreed to do. this is the debate happening on business park up and down the land but you've probably never heard it in quite such a context of this. back to you. very interesting. let's

have a look at the markets because they have bounced about all over the place. the ftse100 taking back all it has gone through yesterday. the dow is up from its bizarre behaviour. a recovery team yesterday but we have some job pick ups from the united states, job creation over the united states, job creation over the last month which is disappointing but the market would then to —— the market is meant to fall from that but if the economy is slowing down a little bit, if are created, we will not get interest rate rises so it is one of those diverse interpretations of figures but it was that does happen that way sometimes. oil, that is art $3. well above $60 a barrel and that is because opec and russia have agreed to cut production. that is why the prices are going up because there is

particular worry about falling price. for pound against dollar, pretty sta ble price. for pound against dollar, pretty stable and that is the markets. see you in one hour. thank you. the american actor and comedian kevin hart has stepped down from hosting the 2019 oscars after past anti—gay tweets were revealed. the announcement that he would host the ceremony was made only on tuesday. however after three days of controversy over the historical tweets, he apologised to the lgbt community and said he would withdraw because he didn't want to be a distraction. time for a look at the weather. fellow, wet and windy weather in the forecast. northern ireland and scotland, wales and severe gales with the potential for some disruption to transport. if you're heading out, stay aware of your local weather forecast. the wet and windy weather, courtesy of low pressure in the north, gradually

edging east. see the cold front that brought the rain ever towards these in the bars serve the pack across the uk but strongest in the law. —— the uk but strongest in the law. —— the isobars. a deep and what they saw this morning temperature wise, showers north and west, heavy bursts. with the wind gusts. northern ireland and scotland could see ghosts of 70—80 mph and a fuse box and that does mean the western and coastal areas, there is the potential of big waves. disruption to travel, they are your local weather forecast. as you go through tonight, the area of low pressure ended by keith wood, still further showers, largely in the north and west, drive with clear spells in the east. temperatures cool in the south and they have been of late and we will see winds in the north easing slightly. that being said, still looking windy as we head into the weekend. saturday brings further showers, turning drier but also

chillier as we move into sunday. we ta ke chillier as we move into sunday. we take a look at saturday, starting off with some sunny spells but also some for western areas as well. shall recount breaks of rain with winds pushing in with temperatures ata winds pushing in with temperatures at a massive bleakness maximum of 13 celsius in the south—east. as he moved from saturday night into sunday, further showers as we move through the night, picking up a north—westerly breeze. you can see a squeeze in the isobars here, south—west of england, south of wales they could see gusty winds with 65 mph possible as we move into the early hours on sunday. sunday brings a the early hours on sunday. sunday bringsafairamount the early hours on sunday. sunday brings a fair amount of dry weather. there will still be a due shall as particularly from northern and western areas. temperatures at around 11 celsius. staying windy for the weekends, drier but cooler on sunday. hello, you're watching

afternoon live — i'm rebecca jones. today at 3. dover and other channel ports face six months of discuption if the uk leaves the eu without a deal, ministers warn. 30 government ministers, including the brexit secretary, are touring the country to sell theresa may's brexit deal ahead of next week's vote. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools being evacuated, and an airport security security scare. a british backpacker missing in new zealand —

her familyjoin the search and appeal for help to find her. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with catherine downes. 14 sports will share a £3 million funding pot from uk sport. is it enough to make a difference in the run—up to the tokyo 2020 olympics? we'll find out more at half past. lucy has all the weather. strong wind in the north, the potential for disruption today. fairly windy with further showers before turning cooler on sunday. i'll be here with the detail. also this hour, the bbc presenter fiona bruce is confirmed as the new host of question time, taking over in the new year. hello, everyone.

this is afternoon live. the government has warned there could be up to six months of disruption at channel ports if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. the warning follows the release of technical analysis, examining the effect on traffic flows if customs checks are delayed under a no—deal scenario. the health ecretary matt hancock has confirmed that lorries carrying medicines could be given priority at ports, and planes chartered to fly in drugs. meanwhile, 30 government ministers have been touring the uk in a last ditch attempt to sell theresa may's brexit deal ahead of tuesday's vote in the house of commons. this report from our political correspondent jonathan blake does contain some flash photography.

on a factory floor in peterborough, a long way from westminster, the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, one of 30 or so government ministers and sent out today with a sales pitch for the prime minister's brexit deal. what is really coming through in constituencies like this in peterborough is the strong view of business that they want the certainty of the deal and they don't want the uncertainty of no deal or no brexit and that's why we are making the case to colleagues across parliament, this is a way of honouring the referendum result. the message is clear — the deal might not be perfect but it is the best you're going to get and the man who is effectively the prime minister's deputy says people want the government to get on with it. the business voice and the voice of ordinary people is to say, let's get on and get this done. they know that in real—life, agreements, deals, involve compromises and pragmatism and they see the prime minister's deal is a sensible, constructive way forward that will enable us to have a good trading

partnership with the eu in the future and deliver on the referendum in 2016. but it is here that the next big decision will be made, after five days of debate, on tuesday parliament will decide whether to back the deal just this is the latest attempt to win over wavering mps, an amendment backed by the government offering parliament more of a say over the controversial backstop, to avoid a hard border in northern ireland if a trade deal can't be done. the dup leader, arlene foster, whose party to may relies on four votes, dismissed it as tinkering. conservative brexiteers are also not convinced. the idea that this is the irish backstop which is the only problem with this deal, there's virtually nothing that's right with it. giving away £39 billion and getting absolutely nothing in return, a political declaration that is not binding, which could be interpreted in 100 different ways, no end to the free movement

of people, and the fact is, our laws will still be made in europe and will still be judged by a european court. christmas may have arrived in downing street last night, but with four days to go until parliament votes, there's not much sense of seasonal goodwill. and our political correspondent iain watson is at westminster this afternoon. let's talk about these 30 mps crisscrossing the country. what difference, if any, crisscrossing the country. what difference, ifany, is crisscrossing the country. what difference, if any, is that initiative going to make to how mps vote on tuesday? probably very little. ministers in different parts of the country making their case. most of them are on message. some of them not enthusiastically talking about the deal, the fact that it may be imperfect but it is the best deal available. others emphasising that

business wants some certainty but certainty is something the prime minister cannot deliver. she's still got to convince a lot of mps, around 100 at the last count, saying they we re 100 at the last count, saying they were willing to vote against or at least not support her deal if she goes ahead with the vote on tuesday. the dup have said they aren't happy either with an attempted compromise which would have given parliament a say over when all if the northern irish backstop should be implemented. there doesn't seem to be very much movement from people who previously opposed theresa may's deal as a result of that initiative. the hope from the downing street point of view is that these ministers go out and explain about the deal, there will be more coverage in different parts of the country. they will hope that their constituents and grassroots conservative party members will put pressure on their mps just to get the brexit thing over with, to go

back to parliament, sign any kind of deal to make some kind of progress, not to worry too much about what happens further down the line. even if that pressure is applied there doesn't seem to be much evidence here that it's succeeding and winning over people in sufficient numbers because the scale of the challenge is so great for theresa may. interesting, isn't it, because when you talk to people, so many of them just seem fed up. in some ways that puts mps in a difficult position. they want it done and dusted but many mps say this isn't the right deal. it is a bit more than speculation, there have been moves to see if tuesday's so—called meaningful vote on the deal could be delayed. one mp told the bbc it was common—sense because any solution required to get a majority can't be donein required to get a majority can't be done in the time available. another

source i spoke to suggested that a final decision on whether the vote goes ahead would be taken on monday even though downing street insisted it will go ahead. there is still a bit of flexibility. people going back, having spoken to constituents and conservative associations. then they will take stock in westminster as to whether it's worthwhile going ahead to a near certain defeat. the trouble is, vote or no vote, there has to be a solution to get a consensus in parliament. even if you're looking at a range of different options that people are putting forward, like norway and the european economic area, or that we should have another referendum or a changed version of the deal—making they irish backstop more palatable, for each of those options there isn't a majority in parliament. it's going to be a difficult road to negotiate. there seems to be a majority against no deal but what the deal should be, no consensus.

thanks. some breaking news just some breaking newsjust coming in. pilots and virgin atlantic are to strike from december the 22nd until christmas day, in a dispute over union recognition. the announcement has been made by the ppp union which represents one third of pilots at the airline. pilots at virgin atla ntic the airline. pilots at virgin atlantic are to strike from december the 22nd until christmas day in a dispute over union recognition. we'll bring you more as we get it. president trump has made two key appointments, naming william barr as the new us attorney general and heather nauert as the ambassador to the united nations. the presidents nomination for the position of us ambassador to the united nations — heather nauert — is a former fox news anchor and current state department spokesperson.

his pick for attorney general — william barr — previously held he succeedsjeff sessions, who was fired by the president in the wake of the midterm elections. president trump had criticised mr sessions for recursing himself from the mueller investigation into the him. president trump told reporters gathered on the white house lawn about the new appointments earlier this afternoon. i want to confirm that bill barr, one of the most respected jurist, former attorney general in the bush administration, respected by republicans and democrats, he will be nominated for the united states attorney general. i also want to inform you that heather nauert,

somebody we know very well, who has done a greatjob working with mike pompeo over at the state department, heather nauert will be nominated. she is going to work with nikki haley, to replace her at the united nations. she'll be ambassador to the united nations. she's very talented and smart. very quick. i think she is going to be respected by all. donald trump earlier. gary o'donoghue is live in washington for us. let's talk about the appointment of william barr as the attorney general. in light of the investigations into russian collusion in the general election in 2016, this is of key importance, isn't it? yes, but bear in mind the process of nomination and confirmation can take a while. depending on the timescale for robert mueller to deliver his final

report, and we don't know what that is, although things seem to be warming upfairly is, although things seem to be warming up fairly significantly over the last week or so, william barr may not even be confirmed by the time that has happened. but potentially he could be there when that comes to light. it's a pretty clever pick by the president in the sense that william barr has been attorney general before, in the last two years of george hw bush's administration. we saw his funeral earlier this week. in terms of democrats opposing him, they will have to come up with some new arguments because he's already done thejob and arguments because he's already done the job and he's arguments because he's already done thejob and he's not arguments because he's already done the job and he's not particularly associated with donald trump's presidency. from the president's point of view, william barr has made some comments over the last year that would show that he is perhaps more on donald trump's wavelength thanjeff more on donald trump's wavelength than jeff sessions was, more on donald trump's wavelength thanjeff sessions was, who was fired after the midterms, in that he

has been supportive of the decision to get rid ofjames comey, fbi director, last year, and he's raised questions about whether the clintons should be investigated more fully than they have been. i think donald trump will be happy with him and there's a sense in which he's a clever pick in terms of getting it through the senate. is it clever to appoint heather nauert as the ambassador to the united nations? it's been widely reported ever since nikki haley, the current ambassador, said she was leaving. in fact it has been a long and strange gap until the formal nomination was announced when her name, heather nauert, has been out there for so long. she's been out there for so long. she's been a very assured performer at the state department, talking on behalf of the secretary of state. a p pa re ntly of the secretary of state. apparently donald trump has been impressed with her performance there and of course he has the background from fox news, which the president

will like. the question being raised is whether or not it will be quite a senior a role as nikki haley enjoyed. in the sense, will it be a cabinet role or a sub cabinet role appointment, given the administration's attitude towards the un, which has sometimes been dismissive, it wouldn't be surprising if he made it a non—cabinet role, to send a message to the un. . thanks forjoining us. a teenager has been jailed for three years after making bogus bomb threats to hundreds of uk schools, and sparking an airport security scare. george duke—cohen, who is 19 and from hertfordshire, sent the hoaxes in emails to more than 1,700 schools claiming he would set off a device if money wasn't paid. he's been sentenced at luton crown court and duncan kennedy was there. this was the moment george duke—cohan was arrested at his home in hertfordshire.

the 19—year—old was calm when officers from the national crime agency finally brought an end to his months—long campaign of hoaxes, where he had sent e—mails to more than 2,000 schools. some of the schools were for children with learning difficulties, and duke—cohan's actions were said to have caused panic among some pupils. the schools also included marlborough college in wiltshire, where he claimed he would set off a device if he wasn't paid money. duke—cohan also targeted a united airlines flight en route from london to san francisco, carrying 295 passengers. he posed as the father of a daughter on board. duke—cohan, who pleaded guilty, was described as immature

and someone who craved the attention he got from his followers on social media. the prosecution said he created thousands of victims for his sustained campaign of hoax communications. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. the government warns a no deal brexit would mean six months of chaos at our ports. there are emergency plans to fly in medicines. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools being evacuated and an aiport security security scare. police in new zealand continue to search for missing british backpacker grace millane, who was last seen six days ago at an auckland hotel. coming up — rescuers reach

the stranded british yachtswoman susie goodall after her boat was damaged in a ferocious storm during a round the world race. we hearfrom one of the event organisers. in sports, £3 million split between 14 sports, designed to help them in the run—up to the tokyo 2020 olympics. enough to make a difference? england beating ireland in the hockey world cup, sending england through from the group stage but ireland are out. and maro itoje will be out for a number of weeks with a knee injury. england's six nations opener against champions ireland is just eight weeks away. i'll be backjust after half past. the father of a young british backpacker missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help in finding her. david millane said his family is "extremely concerned" about his daughter grace, who was last seen in auckland on saturday.

hywel griffith reports. she came to new zealand to look for adventure. but grace millane is now at the centre of a major police search. today, herfather david landed in auckland, desperate to find his daughter. we last had contact with her on saturday 1st december. and as a family we've been extremely concerned for her welfare. grace is a lovely, outgoing, fun—loving family—orientated daughter. grace has never been out of contact for this amount of time. she's usually in daily contact with either her mum and myself, her two brothers, members of the family on social media. grace was last seen on saturday night, just hours before her 22nd birthday. the police have trawled hours of cctv footage

through auckland's city streets and have found footage of her being accompanied into a hotel. it has now been six days since grace was last seen. at this point, we hold great fears for her safety. we've now had the last known sighting of grace at 9.41pm on saturday ist december at the city life hotel with a male companion. police have identified this man and he has been spoken to. grace's family say she had been bombarding them with photos of her adventures. until she disappeared, she was travelling with british bank cards, which has made it harder for the police in new zealand to trace any spending. as they appeal for more information, officers say there is no evidence of foul play, but that they hold grave fears for grace's safety. hywel griffith, bbc news. new figures show that oxford and cambridge universities take more

students from a handful of private schools than almost 3000 state schools put together. the social mobility charity, the sutton trust, says the universities must do much more to attract students from a wide range of backgrounds, and from different parts of the country. fiona bruce is the new presenter of question time, starting the role injanuary. i've been speaking to our media and arts correspondent david silitto about the announcement. not a surprise, we knew that an offer had been made but they have signed the deal on the dotted line. january the 10th, she will be appearing on thursday as the new presenter of question time. of course replacing david dimbleby who is going to be saying farewell on december the 13th. a remarkable run on the chair

of question time of 25 years. part of the broadcasting furniture. not often we get a new presenter. the last time was 1993, when peter sissons said goodbye. before him, going back to 1979, we had robin day. and therefore she is the first woman to present the programme. absolutely, all of the batting, if there was any, was that there was going to be a female presenter. it was said that her authority, warmth and ability to connect with the audience were what swung it. we don't know that there had been some pilots with different people trying it out, having a go. it seems to be that she's the one who, i think in many ways, it is a matter of politics, it is live programming, and also dealing with the public in a way that they feel as if they are heard and listened to and given a right to speak to politicians,

and holding it all altogether. it's a much more complicated job it looks. absolutely. women have stood in in the past and presented but she's been the most... she is the first permanent female. the first female presenter was sue lawley, quite a few years ago. all sorts of stand—ins, bernard levin, evenjohn humpherys. quite a lot of one off stand—ins. she will carry on doing her otherjobs? we are told she will be there on the six and ten o'clock news as she has for the last 19 years. rescuers have reached yachtswoman susie goodall who was stranded 2,000 miles from cape horn in the southern pacific ocean after her boat was destroyed in bad weather. but so far the rescue hasn't gone to plan. it had been hoped she would be able to manouvere her boat to meet the rescuers‘ cargo ship,

but that now looks unlikely due to engine failure. the 29—year—old was competing in a 30,000—mile round—the—world race when she lost her mast during a storm. goodall was lying in fourth place in the golden globe race when 60—knot winds and massive seas damaged her yacht on wednesday. she is the youngest competitor and the only female taking part in the non—stop yacht race, which sees competitors sail single—handedly without modern technology or satellite navigation equipment. barry pickthall is the media co—ordinator for the golden globe race. he gave us an update on how susie is doing. she is a very tough cookie.

she's a very good experienced sailor. the adrenaline will be running now and she'll see this through. she's not scared. she'll come through it, i'm sure. but she'll probably be exhausted at the end. the accident happened on wednesday at 11am our time, so it's been quite some time and she's been wet, very cold, without any food, living in the dark, waiting for the ship to come. she had 12 hours of sleep last night, so that's been a great help. she'll have the strength to get alongside somehow. i read somewhere that she was desperate for a cup of tea! i hope she gets one soon. can you explain, part of the point of the race is that you are sailing without modern technology, so how have you been communicating with her? we have a satellite phone on each boat, which is used for safety purposes only. they can only ring race control.

we can get text messages. they have to communicate once a week by phone and every few hours by text, just so we know where they are. we know where they are because we have tracking on each yacht. the difference is that they don't know what the tracking is telling them. there's been a big rise in the number of robberies of cash machines. they've almost doubled in the last four years, according to one of the biggest atm operators, cardtronics. it says there were around 720 attempts to steal cash last year, though less than half of them was successful. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has more. two thieves, their faces covered, getting ready to blow up a cash machine using gas. this is the explosion from the inside. the number of raids has been accelerating. there were 400 attacks in 2014.

by last year, the annual total was 722 — nearly double. in almost half the cases, theives don't get the cash, but that doesn't stop them trying. atm crime is not a victimless crime. it is an attack on a local community, it means that people can't get money out of a cash machine. often you will find the shop is damaged, which damages that business as well. in this raid, in a cotswolds village, a stolen digger was used to smash the local bank's machine. tougher policing in cities has pushed the ramraiding gangs into the country. for the mational police chiefs' council, deputy stephenjupp said, yet, last month, another machine ripped out in a south lanarkshire village, and this at a time when plenty of machines are being taken out of service anyway. we used to have over

70,000 in the uk. the latest figures i saw say that we have now got 65,000. part of that is atms being attacked, but part of that of course is bank branches closing and the atms that are in those branches being taken away, so this is a very serious issue. we can't afford to lose any atms through crime because we're losing enough through bank closures and atms being removed from those branches. the machines can contain tens of thousands of pounds. that's the attraction. defences have been built up, they can spray smart water on the thieves which can be detected later, and squirt ink on the banknotes. there is still an expectation, though, that the number of these attacks will carry on going up. it's from the spate of cash machines being blown up using gas, like this one in clydebank, and from ram raids. operators are calling for better surveillance and even harsher prison sentences, because we now have more attacks than any other country in europe.

simon gompertz, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. some wet and windy weather in the forecast today courtesy of an area of low pressure to the north of the uk gradually pushing its way east. some tightly packed isobars especially over scotland and northern ireland. windy across—the—board with showers in the north and west, some of them a bit more persistent in northern scotland. temperatures taking a dip on what we saw this morning. at rush—hour, still windy, 70, 80 mph wind ina rush—hour, still windy, 70, 80 mph wind in a few spots in northern ireland and scotland. we may see some big waves. the potentialfor some big waves. the potentialfor some travel disruption. tonight the low pressure moves east. further showers. wind easing in the north. temperatures in the south cooler than they have been. around 5—8

overnight. windy into the weekend. showers on saturday but drier and cooler as we move into sunday. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... dover and other channel ports face six months of discuption if the uk leaves the eu without a deal — ministers warn. 30 government ministers — including the brexit secretary — are touring the country to sell theresa may's brexit deal ahead of next week's vote. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools being evacuated — and an airport security scare. i don'tjust i don't just called i don'tjust called me... a british backpacker missing in new zealand — her familyjoin the search and appeal for help to find her. sport now on afternoon live with katherine,

i cannot believe we're looking ahead to the tokyo olympics but good news if you are a server. yes, good news if you are a server. yes, good news if you are a server. yes, good news if you are a surfer or some of the other sports that did not do as well as expected like wheelchair rugby at the paramedics. these sports have been selected to get a share of a £3 million funding report from uk sport. where there was no funding before, £3 million to go around 14 sports and the criticism as it will not be enough to make a loss of a difference particularly when you consider some sports like growing at £32 millionjust for them. consider some sports like growing at £32 million just for them. let's have a listen to the chief executive of uk sport, liz nicholl, and see

why she thinks it will make a difference. this is about pacific athletes on a specificjourney to tokyo so it is not about developing the system of support in each of these sports, so our core investment in many sports where millions of pounds are being investment is a long—term, sustainable pathway for athletes to be supported to be the very best they can be notjust that the next games. future games as well. welcomed by some applicable not getting funding at all, having to crowdfunds to get themselves the conditions but the bigger picture is, is it going to be enough to kind of seal success at t2020 olympics in to geo—? —— at the 2020 olympics in tokyo ? to geo—? —— at the 2020 olympics in tokyo? is being spread too thinly? we shall see. hockey was always done really well at the olympics in. the

women are olympic champions, the men have not had such a good few years, have not had such a good few years, have a? england beat ireland at the hockey world cup — it sends england through from the group stage, but ireland are out. england winning 4—2. ireland kept themselves in the match knowing a draw with the not keep roadsides in and through the group stages but the wind means england go through while ireland are unfortunately out of the tournament. not even christmas yet but there could be some problems for eddiejones but there could be some problems for eddie jones ahead of but there could be some problems for eddiejones ahead of the start of the six nations. maro itoje will be out for a number of weeks with a knee injury. england's six nations opener against champions ireland is just eight weeks away. not long at all. better news for england, two stars back in action by the end of the month. a huge blow

for england for the football because jordan nobbs will miss the next match england, she had surgery on monday to repair a damaged knee ligaments and phil neville said they are disappointed to lose a player of jordan's ability and influence. joe isa jordan's ability and influence. joe is a mourinho is staying at manchester united. his agent has spoken this afternoon to say rumours that we will leave old trafford are untrue and that united contacting totte n ha m to untrue and that united contacting tottenham to line up ratio pocket ennio are also unfounded. —— to line up ennio are also unfounded. —— to line upa ennio are also unfounded. —— to line up a move for pocchetino. jose mourinho said there will be no bad performances against fulham. the speaking about the december month, i said no defeats, that is a reality. good fights, good spirit. butjust

one victory against young boys and three draws and we need points. for them is the same, they need points. everyone needs point, that is the whole point of the premier league. that is all the water now. —— that is all the sport for now. wise words. next tuesday mps will have to decide whether to approve theresa may's deal with the eu ahead of the uk's departure on the 29th march 2019 or reject it — which could open up a number of possibilities. mps have been debating in the parliament all week and will resume the debate on monday. to discuss some of the premutations of the vote and its aftermath — bbc reality check‘s chris morris joined me earlier and told me what could happen next. first of all, we're assuming the virtual not be postponed because thatis virtual not be postponed because that is what the government is saying officially though there are some whispers behind the scenes but

one possibility, it is looking unlikely at the moment, as parliament approves the deal. what women happen is it would have to get written, the withdrawal agreement, into uk law, it would then have to be ratified on the eu side and the european parliament. if all that goes ahead, britain leads the eu next year on the 29th of march. that is one scenario. the deal goes through, not looking likely at the moment, but certainly a possibility. if it fails, can the uk go back to brussels and renegotiate the deal? there is an eu summit already scheduled two days later, on thursday and friday next week. it is a possibility. theresa may can try to go back and say you've seen what has happened in parliament, you need to give me help. i think that is unlikely that the actual withdrawal agreement, the legally binding part of the treaty, would be reopened. they use very reluctant to do that. there could be some tweaks made to the political declaration, the

non—binding, short document, the copying bits of our future relationship. the could be another declaration on top of that which would have eu leaders queueing up to say we never want to use the backstop said it would be reassuring is, best endeavours not to do it but no legal guarantee. if she did back with a slightly tweaked package, it could be put to a second vote. if the second vote goes through, we're back to the scenario outlined in the first question. if not, there was still a problem. if is no renegotiation of let's watch down that path, what are the other options? the default position is no deal. if nothing happens because of the article 50 process the uk is leaving the eu on the 29th of march next year with no deal. it may not entirely be coincidence that we have just had this news today about additional warnings of a no deal scenario issued by the government. six months of delay and chaos port,

having to fly in medicines and so forth. there is also the suggestion that parliament would not let it happen, the government would have to tell parliament what it intends to do next but if parliament did say we're not going to let no deal happen, it's kind of begs the question then what? the possibility, if you look at other possibilities, there would be, the prime minister has set out, no brexit at all. that convene a new government, if there was an election to be held there could be a new prime minister or what a lot of campaigners, as you know, are asking for, some sort of past another referendum in which the people to decide whether to go ahead with mrs may's deal will leave with no deal, or possibly have no brexit at all. the past another referendum, though, is not great forward and it would almost certainly mean we would have to extend the article 50 period and that would need the approval of all the other 27 eu countries as well. in summary, none of these are

easy options. that is the political mess we are in at the moment. as government ministers criss cross the country trying to boost support for the prime minister's brexit deal, our correspondent nina warhurst has been getting the views of people in eccles in greater manchester. eccles, where 53% voted remain. in almost one in five households, there's nobody in paid employment. but the income gap has been closing. transport links to central manchester, a media investment in nearby salford, have helped increase property prices. for those who have lived there all their lives, this town is changing before their eyes. my name's simon, i'm a delivery driver and i voted leave. does it get on your nerves when people say, "they didn't know what they were voting for, they'd probably change their mind now"? yeah, it really does. it does my head in. does it? oh, yeah. reading the papers, watching

the news, question time and stuff like that. i fully understood what i was voting for. both eccles mps firmly reject the prime minister's deal, they're close to the labour leader and say workers' rights have been overlooked. this is what was posted on the day of the referendum. shocking. where the factories once pumped out produce, now, digital designers feed the wider economy. my name'sjoe, i run a brand design company and i voted to remain. i've already noticed, in fact, i had a phone call the other day where somebody said, "we want to work with you on this project..." it's a vegan juice drink, but they're actually french, they're based in the uk at the moment and they said, "but we're not sure we're going to be able to because i may well not be able to work in the uk anymore, i'll be back in france." another vote, then? i think it's the only possible way to get out of this scenario. one that feels precarious for the large and well—integrated polish community. they share the same fears as british nationals over duties and visas, but it hurts to feel left out

of the political process. my name's monica, i'm polish, i couldn't vote. we work really hard, we try to build our family home here. but we are too small, we are just people, they make decisions what will happen after. so you feel powerless? a little bit, yeah. in many ways, eccles is on the up — but will that be built on by a brexit they never asked for? nina warhurst, bbc news, eccles. the american comedian kevin hart has stepped down as host of next year's oscars ceremony, after criticism tweets he posted years ago were homophobic. hart said he did not want to be a distraction on oscars night and that he was sorry he had hurt people. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. it was only a few days ago that the academy

announced that kevin hart, once an invited guest at the oscars, was to be the next host of the show watched by millions but that was before it emerged the comedian turned actor had a decade earlier made homophobic comments in his stand—up show and on social media. his response did not help, it actually made things worse. i was told that the world is upset about a tweet i did years ago. i am almost 40 years old. if you don't believe that people change, grow, evolve, as they get older, then i don't know what to tell you. the academy asked him to apologise, but he refused. that is the past. the reason why i passed, i have addressed it several times, this is not the first time it has come up, i have addressed it, i have spoken on it, i have said where the rights and

wrongs were, i have said who i am now and that is who i was then, i have done this. within hours he changed his mind and stood down from hosting, finally apologising to the lgbtq community. over the last few years, kevin hart has been seen as one of the most exciting new talents in entertainment, appearing on screen in some of the biggest films, including jumanji. in his next role, he appears alongside bryan cranston, but many believe that he should have handled this weeks events far better. if he is on the mainstream stage, he has got to adjust his act, he should have been faster to apologise. very mealy mouth, i am sorry, i'm not sorry, i am better... the whole thing is a mess. that includes the oscars themselves, with the ceremony now fewer than three months away, they now search for a new host, someone they are sure won't end up being surrounded by controversy in the same way that kevin hart has. and want to take you back to the

rescue of the yachtswoman susie goodall. you remember that rescuers got to her as she was stranded 200 miles in the southern pacific ocean after the damage the bag boat was damaged. they seem to now have got there. we are understanding as you can see eight week there's that susie is on the ship, let mejust... perhaps your eyesight is better than mine. she is on the ship, there have been problems earlier because so far the rescue originally had not gone to plan, it has been hoped she would be able to manoeuvre her boat to meet the cargo ship that was made very difficult because of engine failure. susie is now on the ship. that is a

post on the facebook page of the golden globe racing who are organising this race. thanks to all involved. and the master and the clue crew. that is the cargo ship. susie goodall has been at sea since the accident on wednesday competing in that 30,000 mile round the world race, she lost a mast during a storm on wednesday. she looks now to have been rescued. jamie is here — in a moment he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the government warns a no deal brexit would mean six months of chaos at our ports. there are emergency plans to fly in medicines. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools being evacuated and an aiport security security scare. police in new zealand continue to search for missing british backpacker grace millane who was last seen six days ago at an auckland hotel.

here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the markets in asia and europe have bounced back after big falls on thursday. but the american market has also come back after some disappointing numbers on jobs over the last month. the oil price has bounced back as opec and russia agreed to cut back production. house prices are rising at tehir slowest rate for six years. the average proeperty is worth only fractionally mroe than it was a year ago. the halifax, part of lloyds banking group — the uk's biggest mortgage lender, said prices rose by 0.3% in november compared with a year earlier. 02 customers are to get compensation from the mobile provider after losing their service yesterday. pay monthly customers will be credited with two days worth of airtime subscription.

pay as you go customers will get 10% credit. pay as you go mobile broadband users will get 10% off a bolt on purchase. so, you've been speaking to business about brexit across the uk today. we've done northern ireland, we've done the west country, we've got a lots of very different attitudes. it is quite interesting. after the withdrawal agreement was published, the cbi came out saying this is good, let's go with it. since then, we've had a lot of contradictory reactions from business. some saying it's a great idea, others say not so. not all going one way. one of the things i think is interesting is to do with companies which are really balanced into business with europe. bound by regulations with europe. bound by regulations with europe. what happens to them after we leave the european union? let's

go to jane shankly, the founder of a company called... —— jane shandley, founder of iq chocolate joins from edinburgh. tell us about how you do business with europe. we are able to export at the management, we are a relatively small company, to smaller organisations, small retailers in europe without any difficulty and if we go ahead with this particular deal all be have no deal at all, thenit deal all be have no deal at all, then it is going to make it very difficult for our customers in europe to purchase from oz. i think they other thing that is a real concern is the european food standard is already has very rigorous criteria in terms of making health claims. —— the european food standard authority. excuse me. our

usp is health claims and we have had to partner close with universities to partner close with universities to really establish our credibility in making those claims and that is an ongoing partnership that we have and we also know that universities are very and we also know that universities are very dependent on european funding so i'm quite uncomfortable about the position that could leave us in going forward in continuing to develop and reinforce our credentials as creating a very healthy chocolate. you have those credentials. you are allowed now to sell into europe labelling yourself asa sell into europe labelling yourself as a healthy chocolate. something we all want. yes, indeed. the point is, after brexit, whatever nature that is, you have that box ticked so relationship we have with europe, welcome additions —— you are well positioned and well set to get back into that market whatever the

conditions. yes, the difficulty would be the very dependent on partnering with our universities to conduct research and with the question mark over european funding, that could well be an issue and it would make it more complicated and more difficult for us, our retailers on the continent, to be able to purchase directly from ours, so as a couple of real concerns we have going forward and of course in terms of the food standards, european food standards authority regulations, we assume they will just standards authority regulations, we assume they willjust be brought across and there's still be in place so obviously we will still be able to protect our usp in of 20 plus health claims we have which are very ha rd health claims we have which are very hard one. you sell them in the us as well, isn't your opportunity... if europe proves to be tricky, you got

other opportunities. yes, well, we have exported in a small way particularly for example the middle east market is very lucrative or potentially very lucrative for us because they have recognisable of diabetes, obesity, etc and they like their chocolate. we have a chocolate thatis their chocolate. we have a chocolate that is suitable for diabetics because it has no refined cane sugar in it, and we are currently stalked ina in it, and we are currently stalked in a store in qatar which is the biggest in the world, so it is a huge opportunity for us but i have to say ploughing through all the regulations and requirements to supply the middle east, and we had similar problems in china, i would hate to think that it would... we would have similar difficulties in terms of supplying the european union. the european union is obviously a much more obvious market for us. thank you so much for that.

the joys of healthy chocolate. chocolate and brexit, two very contrasting things. i managed it. and the markets? dow has gone into reverse. we thought bouncing up with other global markets after the falls from yesterday but it has turned down, now down about 1%. it has moved for 5.0 the last hour, up 150 earlier. the reason is the worry aboutjob figures from japan which are slower than usual. at first they thought moderate growth, may be interest rates. now looking at it again and thinking maybe a slowdown is not quite what we want. interesting. are you back in an hour? i can. you will have business in an hour. maybe not with you. thank you, jamie.

with christmas just around the corner what kind of tree should you buy — a real fir or a plastic fake? millions of us buy christmas trees each year but what impact does this have on the environment in long run? and should you go real or reusable? the bbc‘s lora jones explores. it's the ultimate christmas decoration and british people buying millions of them every year. but what impact does the christmas tree have on the environment? should you go fake or third? we're putting the christmas tree to the test. first, the natural tree. 7 million christmas trees are brought in the uk every year with three quarters being grown here. it takes up to 12 yea rs being grown here. it takes up to 12 years to grow a typical christmas tree. during this time, it has a positive impact on the environment because it absorbs carbon from the atmosphere and nitrogen from the soil, but once the tree is chopped down, slowly start releasing emissions back into the atmosphere.

transporting a treatment you may contribute to its overall carbon footprint of buying one locally grown can help keep its part to kill a mockingbird carbon footprint down but the biggest potential environmental impact free natural christmas tree comes from its disposal. if you tree ends up in landfill, its carbon footprint will bea landfill, its carbon footprint will be a lot higher. that's because organic matter, which decomposes away from oxygen, produces methane, away from oxygen, produces methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. it's better if you tree get incinerated, bird or compost that which reduces its carbon footprint by up to 80% convertible and sell. you can find out if your —— from your local council, what happens if your christmas tree burns out. if you have a space, by a positivist mystery which you can keep and use again next christmas. what about a plastic was mystery? here the biggest impact on the environment comes from production. artificial trees are usually made out of a

combination of metal and plastic. the production and processing of which can significantly increase the tree's carbon footprint and most artificial trees are made in china which means they have to be packaged and shipped to the uk. the news is that you can reuse the plastic seats so how many years the japanese unit so how many years the japanese unit so that it has a lower environmental impact than buying a natural tree? experts think it about ten years but thatis experts think it about ten years but that is a rough estimate that depends on a number of different factors such as the size of the tree. if you do decide to strike a plastic tree, it's most likely to end up in landfill as it is not currently recyclable. overall, the i°ys currently recyclable. overall, the joys of christmas tree at a relatively small impact on your annual carbon footprint so to give you a better idea, driving 12 miles in an average sized petrol car produces as much greenhouse gas emissions as buying a natural tree. 54 miles is actually end up in landfill. if you get an artificial tree, that is roughly equivalent to driving 135 miles. of course, there

are other factors to consider when you buy a christmas tree. but in terms of environmental impact, reduce artificial trees and disposal for natural trees are just two factors you might want to keep in mind. time for a look at the weather. hello. some wet and windy weather any forecast. the winds are strongest in the north side of northern ireland and scotland, gales bring the severe threat of disruption to transport. stay up with your local weather forecast. there is low pressure in the north gradually edging its way east. a cold front that brought this morning's raynaud's disease than the isobars fairly tightly packed across the uk. like you mentioned, strongest in the north. here we are through rush hour. the templates ta ke through rush hour. the templates take a bit of a dip in what we saw

this morning, scattering of showers, largely in the north and west of the very best as well but look at wind gusts. the northern ireland and scotland, 70—80 miles balor in a fuse box and it does mean for western, coastal areas of scotland, the essential for big waves to the eventual fall disruption to travel but they crush a local weather forecasts. as we go through tonight, the area low—pressure edges its way east winds full stop still further showers largely in the northern and west. the rest of any driver michael is built in the east. temperatures cooler any saponin have been of late and they will see the winds any north easing slightly. that being said, it still look windy as we head into the weekend. saturday brings further showers turning in a dryer but also chillier as we move into sunday. we take a look at saturday, sta rts sunday. we take a look at saturday, starts off with some sunny spells but ulcers and showers for northern and western areas. we will seek salad and charlie alp rates of rain putting in from the south and another windy day to come with

temperatures at a maximum of around 13 celsius in the south east as we move saturday night into sunday, there will be further showers. as he moves through the night, we will start to pick up more of a north—westerly breeze. you can see a squeeze any isobars here any south—west of england as a southern wales we could see some fairly gusty winds, cost 65 miles balor possible as we move into the early of sunday. sunday brings a fair amount of dry weather. there will still be if you shall as a few showers will open the particularly for northern and western areas. temperatures cooler than saturday. highland celsius so staying windy through the weekend, showers on saturday, drier but cooler on sunday. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm rebecca jones. today at 4. dover and other channel ports could face six months of disruption if the uk leaves the eu

without a deal, ministers warn. 30 government ministers, including the brexit secretary, are touring the country to sell theresa may's brexit deal ahead of next week's vote. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools being evacuated and an airport security scare. in the last half hour british yachtswoman, susie goodall, has been rescued in the south pacific ocean after her boat was damaged in a storm during a round the world race. coming up, the sport. we expect a decision very soon on whether english cricketers ben stokes and alex hales brought cricket into disrepute by getting into a fight outside a bristol

nightclub last year. we'll bring you the news when it comes in. see you at half past four. lucy has all the weather. strong wind in the north, the potential for some disruption to travel today. through the weekend, fairly windy with further showers before turning call on sunday. look forward to that. also coming up — an outbreak of avian malaria leads to the permanent closure of a penguin enclosure at a south—west safari park. we'll bring you the details on news nationwide. this is afternoon live. i'm rebecca jones. the government has warned there could be up to six months

of disruption at channel ports if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. the warning follows the release of technical analysis, examining the effect on traffic flows if customs checks are delayed under a no—deal scenario. the health secretary matt hancock has confirmed that lorries carrying medicines could be given priority at ports and planes chartered to fly in drugs. meanwhile 30 government ministers have been touring the uk in a last ditch attempt to sell theresa may's brexit deal ahead of tuesday's vote in the house of commons. this report from our political correspondent jonathan blake does contain some flash photography. on a factory floor in peterborough, a long way from westminster, the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, one of 30 or so government ministers sent out today with a sales pitch for the prime minister's brexit deal. what is really coming through in constituencies like this in peterborough is the strong view of business that they want the certainty of the deal and they don't want the uncertainty

of no deal or no brexit and that's why we are making the case to colleagues across parliament, this is a way of honouring the referendum result. the message is clear — the deal might not be perfect but it is the best you're going to get and the man who is effectively the prime minister's deputy says people want the government to get on with it. the business voice and the voice of ordinary people is to say, let's get on and get this done. they know that in real—life, agreements, deals, involve compromises and pragmatism and they see the prime minister's deal is a sensible, constructive way forward that will enable us to have a good trading partnership with the eu in the future and deliver on the referendum in 2016. but it is here that the next big decision will be made, after five days of debate, on tuesday parliament will decide whether to back the deal. just this is the latest attempt to win over wavering mps, an amendment backed

by the government offering parliament more of a say over the controversial backstop, to avoid a hard border in northern ireland if a trade deal can't be done. the dup leader, arlene foster, whose party theresa may relies on four votes, dismissed it as tinkering. conservative brexiteers are also not convinced. the idea that this is the irish backstop which is the only problem with this deal, there's virtually nothing that's right with it. giving away £39 billion and getting absolutely nothing in return, a political declaration that is not binding, which could be interpreted in 100 different ways, no end to the free movement of people, and the fact is, our laws will still be made in europe and will still be judged by a european court. christmas may have arrived in downing street last night, but with four days to go until parliament votes, there's not much sense of seasonal goodwill. as we've heard, the government has been

outlining its plans for the health service in the event of a no deal brexit. planes could be used to fly in drugs, and medicines could be given priority access through gridlocked ports if necessary. our health editor hugh pym says the health secretary has been trying to reassure the public that the government will be prepared should there be a no deal brexit. the health secretary matt hancock has been out this morning trying to reassure people that there are contingency plans for a no—deal brexit, assuming that happens. and any disruption that may follow in terms of getting medicines into the uk. he says the pharmaceutical industry have been told to build up stockpiles, six weeks worth of supply. that has happened. he's talking about chartering planes. that is under way as well. in types of supplies that can't be kept six weeks. and he's talking more

generally about opening up ports other than dover. this is what he had to say earlier today. we need to ensure that in all eventualities, there is a unhindered flow of medicines for people who need them. that work is ongoing. there is further details that we are releasing today. including how we will prioritise medicines if there is a blockage at the border. that was the health secretary matt hancock. but an update at lunchtime today? yes, more information a short while ago in the form of an assessment by government officials of what may happen if there is no deal and ports are disrupted. what would happen to traffic flows. that is being disseminated to government departments. matt hancock has sent a letter to nhs and pharmaceutical leaders saying that there may be six months of restricted access

to dover and folkestone, in a worst—case scenario. if there were new customs checks in france and lorries have difficulties getting across and can't come back with imports, he says the plans over stockpiling are to be left at six weeks. that won't change but he has given more clarity on chartering extra freight capacity and giving a fast track procedure for lorries with medicines through ports. the pharmaceutical industry welcomes the recognition that more must be done but they feel they need more detail. this sounds very drastic. should people be worried? matt hancock says that if everyone does what they've been asked to do medicines will get through. they've been stockpiled. but this advice i think may raise more questions, the prospect of quite a few months of disruption if there no deal. yachtswoman susie goodall who was stranded in the southern pacific ocean after her boat was badly damaged in bad weather,

has been rescued. the 29—year—old from cornwall was competing in a 30,000—mile round—the—world race when she lost her mast during a storm. now we can go back and talk to barry pickthall, media co—ordinator of the golden globe race. we spoke to you earlier and the rescue effort wasn't going to plan. bring us up—to—date. rescue effort wasn't going to plan. bring us up-to-date. it's a bit sketchy, we got a text message from susie one hour ago saying, i'm on the ship. how she got there, we don't know. maybe she got her engine to go at the end. that's the most likely scenario because then you could easily get alongside the ship and be hoisted off. she will have been taken off by crane. it will have been quite a jerk to start with and she would have been brought up

safely with some of her equipment, including her satellite phone, it seems, which is great news. including her satellite phone, it seems, which is great newsm including her satellite phone, it seems, which is great news. it is. remind us how the rescue operation was planning to work. well, the ideal scenario was, it was too rough to launch the ship, the man overboard lifeboat, so we had to get susie's boat alongside the ship. earlier we got her to run the engine foran earlier we got her to run the engine for an hour. after 20 minutes it conked out. and that was a major problem. the ship would be very difficult to get alongside her. it's 190 metres long, 40,000 tonnes. very difficult. so i suspect she managed to get the engine going and made the most of it and was actually hoisted

up most of it and was actually hoisted up onto the ship, very quickly. her boat was damaged on wednesday and we know at one point she was knocked unconscious in the storm. how do you think she will have coped over these last couple of days? oh, she's very strong, a strong—willed lady. she's coped. we've been speaking to her every few hours. she's also been speaking to her family. every few hours. she's also been speaking to herfamily. that every few hours. she's also been speaking to her family. that will have buoyed her up enormously and giving her —— given her confidence. we've spoken about the best way to evacuate the boat, what to do and what to take. so she's had her time filled, getting prepared for this liftoff. so the adrenaline will have been running and she'll be elated now. and my right in saying that water has been coming on board, so she's had to pump it out? she's had no electricity. has she eaten? she

had a little city because the boat had a little city because the boat had solar panels. the water has been coming in through holes in the deck, where the rig was pulled away. it has electric bilge pumps, which can cope quite happily. that wasn't a major issue for her. she hasn't been eating. she got very seasick yesterday, the motion of the boat is horrible when there no mast. it's vicious, it whips around because it has a heavy keel underneath. there's nothing to counter it, like the mast. and that's made her ill, plus the fact that she's had to try and work on her engine to get her going again. the smell of diesel in a boat going up and down would make anybody feel sick. she hasn't eaten but she's got some water and she had 12 hours of sleep last night, which was

really good and will have strengthened her for today. well, it sounds like good news. i know she said she was looking forward to a cup of tea, so i hope she gets one soon. good to talk to you, thanks. germany's ruling cdu party has chosen annegret kramp—karrenbauer as new party leader. she replaces angela merkel, who has led the party since 2000 and led the country since 2005. she will stay on as as chancellor for now. let's speak to our correspondent, jenny hill, who's at the cdu conference in hamburg. and annegret kramp—karrenbauer, jenny, was angela merkel‘s preferred candidate, wasn't she? tell us more about her. yeah, that's right. the name isa about her. yeah, that's right. the name is a bit of a mouthful, annegret kramp—karrenbauer. she is known to many germans as simply akk.

she was angela merkel‘s favoured candidate because she says a great deal of angela merkel‘s politics, her style is similar and her approach to dealing with other politicians is relatively similar. she's said to be rather calm and analytical in her approach to political problems. in a way, the party has opted to choose for more of the same. this, though, is a profoundly historic moment, notjust for the party but for the country itself and perhaps for europe. because annegret kramp—karrenbauer hasn't only been voted in as party leader. she's also now widely seen as someone who might in the future become germanynext chancellor. should that happen, germany and europe i think can expect a degree of continuation from what angela merkel has already been doing. annegret kramp—karrenbauer‘s approach to foreign affairs is

rather similar. domestic policy as well. you wouldn't expect many differences but this all raises the question, when is mrs merkel going to stand down as chancellor? she's on the stage watching proceedings very closely. she has said she wants to stay in the job as german chancellor until the end of her time in 2021. very few people in this room or out there in the country think that's going to be possible, for all sorts of reasons. she heads up for all sorts of reasons. she heads upa for all sorts of reasons. she heads up a rather fractious coalition government which is always threatening to fall apart, taking her with it. the appointment of annegret kramp—karrenbauer as party leader represents mrs merkel giving a little bit of her power away. that may change the dynamics within the coalition government but it may also introduce a degree of threat to mrs merkel from within. this is her preferred choice. annegret kramp—karrenbauer. they already work well together. we know that because

she's the general secretary of the party but annegret kramp—karrenbauer has admitted she has pretty sharp political elbows and she may decide to have a shot at the job and pressure mrs merkel from within. all of these are unknown but they are worth thinking about. get used to the name, annegret kramp—karrenbauer! get used to saying it out loud because i suspect we are going to be hearing a great deal more of it in future. many thanks. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines the government warns a no deal brexit would mean six months of chaos at our ports: there are emergency plans to fly in medicines. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools being evacuated and an aiport security security scare. police in new zealand continue to search for missing british british yachtswoman susie goodall has been rescued from the south pacific ocean after her ship was damaged in a storm during a solo round the world race. and in sport, a decision is expected

imminently on whether england cricketers ben stokes and alex hales brought the game into disrepute when they got into a fight outside a bristol nightclub last year. £3 million split between 14 sports to help them in the run—up to the tokyo 2020 olympics. enough to make a difference? england beating ireland in the hockey world cup, sending england through from the group stage but ireland are out. that was maro itoje in the headlines, who will be out for a number of weeks. will he be back in time for the england six nations campaign in eight weeks? i'll be backjust after 4:30pm. a teenager has been jailed for three years after making bogus bomb threats to hundreds of uk schools and sparking an airport security scare. george duke—cohen, who is 19 and from hertfordshire, sent the hoaxes in emails to more than 1,700 schools, claiming

he would set off a device if money wasn't paid. he's been sentenced at luton crown court and duncan kennedy was there. this was the moment george duke—cohan was arrested at his home in hertfordshire. the 19—year—old was calm when officers from the national crime agency finally brought an end to his months—long campaign of hoaxes, where he had sent e—mails to more than 2,000 schools. some of the schools were for children with learning difficulties, and duke—cohan's actions were said to have caused panic among some pupils. the schools also included marlborough college in wiltshire, where he claimed he would set off a device if he wasn't paid money. duke—cohan also targeted a united airlines flight en route from london to san francisco, carrying 295 passengers. he posed as the father of a daughter on board. duke—cohan, who pleaded guilty,

was described as immature and someone who craved the attention he got from his followers on social media. the prosecution said he created thousands of victims for his sustained campaign of hoax communications. president trump has made two key appointments, naming william barr as the new us attorney general and heather nauert as ambassador to the united nations. the presidents nomination

for the position of us ambassador to the united nations — heather nauert — is a former fox news anchor and current state department spokesperson. his pick for attorney general — william barr — previously held the post in the administration of george hw bush. he succeedsjeff sessions, who was fired by the president in the wake of the midterm elections. president trump had criticised sessions for recursing himself from the mueller investigation into him. president trump told reporters gathered on the white house lawn about the new appointments earlier this afternoon. i want to confirm that bill barr, one of the most respected jurists, respected lawyer, former attorney general in the bush administration, respected by republicans and democrats, he will be nominated for the united states attorney general. i also want to inform you that heather nauert, somebody we know very well, who has done a greatjob working with mike pompeo over

at the state department, heather nauert will be nominated. she is going to work with nikki haley, to replace her at the united nations. she'll be ambassador to the united nations. she's very talented and smart. very quick. i think she is going to be respected by all. president trump. the father of a young british backpacker missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help in finding her. david millane said his family is "extremely concerned" about his daughter grace, who was last seen in auckland on saturday. hywel griffith reports. she came to new zealand to look for adventure. but grace millane is now at the centre of a major police search. today, herfather david landed in auckland, desperate

to find his daughter. we last had contact with her on saturday 1st december. and as a family we've been extremely concerned for her welfare. grace is a lovely, outgoing, fun—loving family—orientated daughter. grace has never been out of contact for this amount of time. she's usually in daily contact with either her mum and myself, her two brothers, members of the family on social media. grace was last seen on saturday night, just hours before her 22nd birthday. the police have trawled hours of cctv footage through auckland's city streets and have found footage of her being accompanied into a hotel. it has now been six days since grace was last seen. at this point, we hold great fears for her safety. we've now had the last known sighting of grace at 9.41pm on saturday ist december at the city life hotel with a male companion.

police have identified this man and he has been spoken to. grace's family say she had been bombarding them with photos of her adventures until she disappeared. she was travelling with british bank cards, which has made it harder for the police in new zealand to trace any spending. as they appeal for more information, officers say there is no evidence of foul play, but that they hold grave fears for grace's safety. hywel griffith, bbc news. let's return now to brexit — with fresh warnings from the government of possible disruption if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. let's speak now to the conservative mp and member of the brexit supporting european research group andrew bridgen, who's in leicester. . thanks forjoining us. six months

of disruption at channel ports, planes going to be chartered to fly in medicine in the event of a no—deal brexit. the government is worried, the conservative county council is worried. people watching this are worried. our you? no, this is project fear on steroids. if we analyse what the government is saying, they can't make their withdrawal agreement any better so what they are doing is trying to make the other options appear far, far worse. what the government are saying is there is going to be major disruption at all ports for six months. well, the only port that will face disruption is dover, which needs to change its model from turn up needs to change its model from turn up and go, to preregistered. if there's going to be disruption for six months and then it will be better, that mean something must have changed. why don't we accelerate what changes must be made

so we don't have six months of disruption? i'd ask your viewers to recall 2015, when we had genuine disruption in kent. 23, 26 days consecutively lorry drivers strikes. we had operation stacked on a regular basis, disruption at the ports but you won't recall any food shortages or medicine shortages. project fear on steroids. the county council has warned that children may miss exams because the roads are gridlocked, for example. dead bodies may not be removed. that's not project fear. of course it is, of course that's project fear! we saw that two years ago, when the roads we re that two years ago, when the roads were gridlocked, didn't we? no, that was in 2015. i beg your pardon. that

was in 2015. i beg your pardon. that was 26, 23 days of consecutive french lorry drivers strikes but we didn't have any shortages of food, no shortages of medicine. that was consecutive strikes, not disruption on the border. that is worse. it is project fear on steroids. the last four of the dice from the prime minister who is desperate to get mps to vote for her deeply flawed withdrawal agreement. the vote on tuesday, the indications are that she will not win it. if she loses it, what will you be doing on wednesday? well i think if she loses it, i think it raises questions about the policy put forward by the prime minister. quite honestly i would expect that there will be more letters of no confidence in here. i can't put one income i did mine in july. i know you did. what will you be doing on wednesday, that's what

i'm interested in. i believe we'll be debating the trade bill coming back from the house of lords. we might be debating that. you're saying, though, that there may be more letters sent to the 1922 committee. a number of letters are needed to trigger a leadership bid. would that be seen as early as wednesday or thursday? i've done all ican do. wednesday or thursday? i've done all i can do. i put my letter in. i saw how the trackers proposals, the —— chequers proposals, the precursor for this, were no basis for a cce pta ble for this, were no basis for acceptable agreement for leaving the eu, not fulfilling the brexit we we re eu, not fulfilling the brexit we were promised. that has turned into the withdrawal agreement, exactly as i feared. there have the withdrawal agreement, exactly as ifeared. there have been further concessions to the eu, making chequers even worse. unpalatable. breaking up the uk as a union. it's

never going to allow us to have free trade deals because the eu will never let us out. at least in the article 50 process, we can actually leave. if we sign up to the prime minister's withdrawal agreement, we have lost the ability to leave. as for the money, i was told we had to pay £39 billion, which the house of lords say is a payment of goodwill. we don't have to pay it. it's to get a future relationship. and now we find that this is actually to be able to talk about having a future relationship sometime in the future. it's just not the best deal we can get. we can get better and the prime minister must take responsibility. if the prime minister loses the vote on tuesday and she is toppled, what is to be gained from that at a time of national crisis? it will only be a national crisis if you declare it

that in the media. we'll have transition to a new prime minister who will have a different agenda for dealing with the european union. at the end of the day, the european union may have bullied into accepting the deal but we still have some semblance of a parliamentary democracy. i'm not intimidated by it. i won't be voting for it and many of my colleagues won't either. it won't get through parliament because it's a bad deal. how we leave the eu is a huge deal, it is a true treaty, superseding our law. it is an arrangement that will probably be in place for a long time and will affect our grandchildren and potentially their grandchildren. we've got to get it right and if that means we take some extra time to do so, that is the case but the pressure is on the european union. they sell twice as much to us as we sell to them so i think they will wa nt sell to them so i think they will want a deal. they want our £39

billion, which we are not paying until we've got a deal. there is 27 of them and only one for us. what is your evidence that they will renegotiate the deal? you haven't got any, have you? in which case we have to be ready to leave with no deal. unless the eu believe we are ready to leave with no deal, we will never get a good deal. that is one of the failings of the prime minister, she hasn't persuaded the eu that she is ready to leave without a deal. as we've said in parliament, that's the only way you're going to get a good deal. we must leave it there.. thanks for joining us. the bbc has confirmed that fiona bruce will become the new presenter of question time next month. she will be the first permanent female host when she takes over from david dimbleby, who's stepping down after 25 years. the antiques roadshow presenter said she was thrilled and not a little daunted to be taking up the role. time for a look at the weather. i've been saying it all afternoon, i

have to come up with a better phrase and wet and windy. that does little, though, gusts of wind of 75 mph, and you can see it on the satellite, courtesy of this area of low—pressure swirling up towards the north of the uk and that is where we're seeing is stronger of wind. will that carry on? it will. carrying on through his evening with the potential for further disruption with those strong winds and tightly packed isobars in the north. as we move into the weekend, staying firmly windy. there is the potential for some disruption with severe gales and further rain... there could be some coastal flooding. we

got high tides and those strong winds, potential for some flooding so transport disruption. we have to remember it is december. easy to forget that. as we go through... i should also say, forgot i wanted to tell you about the sunsets, not eve ryo ne tell you about the sunsets, not everyone is seeing a wet and windy end to the day. this one set in from york. you can see a slight pink to the cloud there, but there have been further showers and you can see further showers and you can see further showers and you can see further showers coming in for largely northern and western areas with the shower is heavy and up for some hail, thunder and lightning. here are through rush—hour this evening. the northern ireland, scotland, further gusty winds would cost around 70 mph locally headed higher than that. the potentialfor further disruption for a time this evening. as you go through tonight, that every of low—pressure annual continues to good play on words on

the role and a further shower, some of those potentially quite heavy. the winds tending to ease slightly in north but a fairly windy night to come the temperatures in the south cooler than be seen of late. overnight lows around 4—9dc as we move into the weekend, it does stay afamily move into the weekend, it does stay a family windy. —— does stay firmly windy. charity, on saturday that trying willie turning dry and chillier on sunday. as we look at saturday, saturday starts off with some sunny spells, ulcers and showers. the showers largely in northern areas. turning cloudy from the rest of shari outbreaks of rain and we are looking at another breezy day. take a look at the temperatures in the north. 9—13dc further south. moving to sunday, the isobars squeezing a further to the south and

west. the potential for squeezing a further to the south and west. the potentialfor some gusty winds here to start off the day on sunday. we can see cast of around 65 miles palette is that of the day. shari outbreaks of rain clearing first things. —— showery outbreak of rain. cooler as we see those temperatures. cooler, sorry, as they see that northerly winds. temperatures roundabout 6—11dc so, as we move into weekend, starting to turn a bit cooler for sunday. windy as well with further showers to come on saturday and then sunday returns fresher from the north with some showers to begin with and turning dry and writer into the late afternoon. that's how it's looking. —— drierand afternoon. that's how it's looking. —— drier and writer. this is bbc news.

our latest headlines... dover and other channel ports could face six months of disruption if the uk leaves the eu without a deal — ministers warn. it comes as 30 government ministers — including the brexit secretary — are touring the country to sell theresa may's brexit deal ahead of next week's vote. the governing christian democrats in germany elect a new leader to take over from angela merkel. annegret kramp—karrenbauer is a protege of the chancellor. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools being evacuated — and an airport security security scare. british yachtswoman

susie goodall has been rescued in the south pacific ocean after her boat was damaged in a storm during a round the world race. also coming up — an outbreak of avian malaria leads to the permanent closure of a penguin enclosure at a south—west safari park. we'll bring you the details on news nationwide. sport now on afternoon live with katherine. who is backing an announcement shortly on ben stoke and alex tells bringing cricket into disrepute. this goes back to november when

stokes is found not guilty of affray earlier this year that both cricketers have spent the past few daysin cricketers have spent the past few days in front of a disciplinary panel. that is alex hales and then stokes. a decision is expected on that later this afternoon. we were hoping to bring it to you this half—hour. 14 sports having given a share of £3 million funding pot and uk sport in the run—up to the 2020 tokyo olympics and paralympics. weightlifting, wheelchair rugby and skateboarding are among those getting money but is it enough to make a difference? this is about specific athletes on a specific journey to tokyo. it is not about developing the system of support in each of these sports. our core investment in success in other sports are millions of pounds is invested is about long—term, sustainable pathways for athletes who will be devoted to the very best they can be, notjust the next games. future games as well. england

beat ireland 4—2 to eliminate their opponents from the hockey world cup in india. ireland kept themselves in the match knowing a draw was enough to keep both sides in the competition but england finished second now with the chance to play new zealand to face argentina in the quarterfinal. not even christmas yet but problems for eddiejones ahead of the start of the six nations. saracens and england lock maro itoje will be out for an indefinite period, certainly for a number of weeks with a knee injury. england's six nations opener against champions ireland in dublin is only eight weeks away. in better news, both about polar brothers are accepted to be lacking action by the end of the month. and midfielderjordan nobbs will miss the women's world cup england after having surgery on monday to replace the! repair a damaged knee ligand. phil neville sat there are disappointed to lose a player ofjordan's sat there are disappointed to lose a player of jordan's ability. that

sat there are disappointed to lose a player ofjordan's ability. that is all the sport from me. have a very good friday afternoon. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to nikki mitchell is southampton where south today has been speaking to the first syrian refugee family housed in the city, three years after the resettlment program began, and examining how well authorities across the south have performed in finding homes for syrians fleeing that conflict. alex lovell is in bristol for us, where points west have paid a visit to lonleet safari park, where staff have been forced to close the park's penguin enclosure after an outbreak of malaria has cost the lives of a number of birds. we will talk to you about that in a

moment. first, back to southampton. the uk has so far given sa ntuary to around 12,800 syrian refugees, what's the picture like across the south? very varied. there is a shortage of affordable housing editors causing big problems for councils trying to help refugees. it's interesting though that, despite very high housing costs in oxford, the city has taken in more vulnerable syrian refugees than any other part of the south — 30 families — hitting its target more quickly than expected. alaa haswa arrived on the resettlement programme in oxford 8 months ago with his wife, children and his mum. he's still trying to learn english and is making and selling syrian sweets and pastries at the market. he's trying to learn to speak english. five of his brothers were killed in the war. but he says he can't look back now, only forward.

he says he feels very welcome here and already has a lot of british friends. are there any lessons to be learned in terms of how well families settle in here? certainly. the council is recognising now that they really need to provide more help to help the families integrate into the local community more quickly, help them find work as well. i met... i met the first syrian family to settle in southampton 3 years ago in the early days of the programme. bombs had wiped out the family's house and shoe shop and put the dad — ahmed — in hospitalfor six months. they waited for ages to get on the programme. it was a huge relief to get a place on the resettlement scheme. but when they first arrived it was really tough for them. the first year here, very hard,

because they didn't have friends, we did not understand anything, we did not talk with people, just stayed at home. my children, they go to school, he didn't understand and have no friends but now he has friends. very good english. knee, sometimes, i don't understand my children. i found school do to me because then i could learn english. i made new friends and learned more and they all helped me. it is very good. i have friends, i know english, i understand arriving. it is now a feeling that i'm very happy. many refugees had good careers in syria. and they have skills they can bring with them. ahmed had a shoe shop — others were teachers, social workers and so on — they have skills that can help them provide for their families and become independent. all of that of course depends on how

good their english is and how they can improve that quickly. really interesting. thank you so much for now. now to bristol... i have do confess, i had not heard of avian malaria. what's happening at longleat? it is such a shame. avian malaria has struck for the second time which is very upsetting. the first strike meant they lost 25 of their birds and this year they have lost 14 of the 20 that were still remaining so there are only six left. at longleat, when you go down there, it's one of those attractions that is so popular, you can get really close to them and they are all in love with penguins anyway because they are so completely awkward on they are so completely awkward on the land and then they show their dexterity when a jump and they are brilliant underwater. they have been struck really ha rd brilliant underwater. they have been struck really hard by this. they

think one of the reasons is penguins have not developed brilliantly any resista nce have not developed brilliantly any resistance against mosque egos. they lived constantly wet, they live in wet areas and when it comes... they have no immunity to mosquitos. when you are moulting, they scratched away those feathers and it makes a less attractive looking penguin but it means some of their skin is sharing and the mosquitoes can get in there so they can be susceptible to it. people are upset, keepers are broken by this body is that people who go down to longleat. i understand the reasons why. they have tried tremendously to give them a nice home. the longer they are here, it is devastating. we do not get opportunities to see animals like this so it is sad. we had before we came to god we had to come

and make sure they were here. mize you mention this has happened before. that raises questions. what steps did they take to try and avoid it? as soon as they saw the effects, it doesn't affect humans... as soon as they saw them, they put the bird is an anti—malaria tablets which they can take. they also put extra ventilation in, they sprayed things that you might associate with being anti—muskie to —— anti—mosquitos. they were testing the water. putting things in place but they still have this strike again so we spent to the head keeper about what he was really looking out for this time around. we are looking for signs of penguins not steady on their feet. breathing problems. with any drop in immune system, any fungal infection or disease that could get in. they are looking for if there are hundreds,

shivering, not eating as much, so we tend to feed them as a group that google will fancy them to make sure they get the proper daily amount as well so it a bird is not eating, out of character, not normal behaviour, we are looking for that as well. the dean uses six are fine and they will go off to new homes. —— the dude news. you can see them untiljanuary and then they will get a new home after that. thank you for your time. if you would like to see more on any of those stories coming you can access them via the bbc i player and access them via the bbc i player and a reminder that we go nationwide every afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon live. the man appointed by the government to carry out a review of britain's railways has told the bbc the system is flawed. the former chief executive

of british airways — keith williams — has refused to rule out nationalisation as a possible recommendation to government and says public trust had been lost, after periods of acute disruption. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. when problems hit, like in october on main roads between the west of england and london, the distruption can be huge. our rail system is at bursting point. pretty much everyone says fundamental reform is needed, so on a visit to manchester and preston, where overcrowding and punctuality are persistent problems, the man in charge of finding solutions told us the trust of passengers had been lost. keith williams, the former boss of british airways, is running a review on behalf of the government, but he insists he is begin open—minded. he is unlikely to want to

renationalise. i am independent, and all options are on the table for me. i think we should look at everything, and ourjob is to come up with a recommendation for the government to take forward. you will look at the balance between public and private? we should look at everything. i think we should look at the balance of it, yes. a report out today into the botched timetables says passengers need to be put first. keith williams says passengers will be at the heart of what he does. what i see in the rail system is a loss of public confidence and a loss of public trust. hence the need for review because, the end of the day, the rail network works for the consumer, the passenger and the passenger does not believe it is going well then there is something there needs to be looked at. mr williams also said investment should be prioritised to regions like the north of england,

saying the complexity of the system and a lack of accountability are two issues we will address. theo is here. he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the government warns a no deal brexit would mean six months of chaos at our ports: there are emergency plans to fly in medicines. a teenager is jailed for bomb hoaxes that led to schools being evacuated and an aiport security security scare. british yachtswoman susie goodall has been rescued from the south pacific ocean after her ship was damaged in a storm during a solo round the world race. here are your business headlines on afternoon live. the markets in asia and europe have bounced back after big falls on thursday. but wall street's rather gloomier — shares are down on some disappointing jobs numbers.

and the oil price has bounced back on news of production cuts from opec and russia. house prices are rising at their slowest rate for six years. the average property is worth only fractionally more than it was a year ago. the halifax, part of lloyds banking group — the uk's biggest mortgage lender said prices rose by 0.3% in november compared with a year earlier. the boss of motability operations is to step down by 2020 after a scathing review of his pay by the government's spending watchdog. the report from the national audit office revealed mike betts was in line for an extra £1.9 million pound bonus this year on top of his £1.7 million pound salary. so it's a friday, and that means we talk about markets at this time. theo, let's start with the oil price, because there've been some big developments today. there have indeed. the cost of a barrel of crude has risen more than 3 dollars today.

that means the opec cartel and russia will cut production meaningless oil on the market so prices will rise. that affect everybody because it is notjust what you pay for petrol at the pump by goods in—store and everything else. good. sorry. i did not know if you're telling me any more. you're keeping in brief because we have a lot to get to. the housing market, signs of struggle? yes — a new report from the halifax showed prices in november werejust 0.3 percent higher than in the same period a year ago — the slowest rate of increase in six years. on a monthly basis they actually fell. there has been a fall in profits as well. people are not as keen to buy because of brexit. and finally, what about the stock market — heading into the weekend

on a positive note for a change? the ftse100 is up. it has not had a great week but it does seem to be ending the week on a good note. for more on that, i'm joined by lawrence gosling. good afternoon. what is happening? at this time of year, we would expect a santa claus rally. yes, private investors normally see the market begin to rise in december two christmas. it's been a difficult and we have not seen the sustained rally. every pocket of the news like today today with the market up, people think it is about to start now, the santa rally, carry up to christmas but i think would get to monday and i would be of modernism and then we have this up and down market between now and the 24th of december. what about the oil price?

there has been a production cut. it is not a huge cart. no, it is not. opec seems to manage the production quite closely sad i would suggest they had a right today, they will be production relatives currently and be looking at it very closely but againi be looking at it very closely but again i would not be surprised if we see a change again any production levels in early january when they meet next. what about house prices? sentiment is not great out there at the moment. a bleak winter. bosses of berkely homes today making a strong plea to the government use brexit out. speaking of problems they may particularly have with house—builders in terms of raw materials so in that case, they get bricks from belgium, driving from asia and is group together on the continent and imported here. i don't think we are on europe for our basic house—building. it's duty quite a

tricky period for the house—builders. tricky period for the house-builders. thank you very much indeed. i think we are going to speak about markets now. ari? you don't need me. the ftse100 ended the week up. not regaining what it had earlier in the week but still doing better. the dow doing the opposite, that is due to a loss ofjob figures. brent crude was up to three —— up $3 a barrel and now i have breaking news. the chief executive of ted baker has said we will take a voluntary leave of absence. there has been scandal within the company and that this hugging culture that many women think is inappropriate working in the company now that pressure has taken its toll the company now that pressure has ta ken its toll and the company now that pressure has taken its toll and we will take a volu nta ry leave taken its toll and we will take a voluntary leave of absence, ray kelvin, and here's out for the moment. good to see you. thank you for the

business news. have a good weekend. always a pleasure. same to you. the american comedian kevin hart has stepped down as host of next year's oscars ceremony, after criticism tweets he posted years ago were homophobic. hart said he did not want to be a distraction on oscars night and that he was sorry he had hurt people. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. it was only a few days ago that the academy announced that kevin hart, once an invited guest at the oscars, was to be the next host of the show watched by millions but that was before it emerged the comedian turned actor had a decade earlier made homophobic comments in his stand—up show and on social media. his response didn't help, it actually made things worse. my teams calls me. i was told that the world is upset about a tweet i did years ago. oh, my god. guys, i'm almost 40 years old.

if you don't believe that people change, grow, evolve, as they get older, then i don't know what to tell you. the academy asked him to apologise, but he refused. i chose to pass. the reason why it is passed, i have addressed it several times, this is not the first time it has come up, i have addressed it, i have spoken on it, i have said where the rights and wrongs were, i have said who i am now and that is who i was then, i have done this. within hours he changed his mind and stood down from hosting, finally apologising to the lgbtq community. over the last few years, kevin hart has been seen as one of the most exciting new talents in entertainment, appearing on screen in some of the biggest films, including jumanji: welcome to the jungle. as well as more serious roles. in his next role, he cares for a quadriplegic millionaire played by

bryan cranston, but many believe that he should have handled this weeks events far better. if he is on the mainstream stage, he has got to adjust his act, he should have been faster to apologise. very mealy mouth, i am sorry, i'm not sorry, i am better... the whole thing is a mess. that includes the oscars themselves, with the ceremony now fewer than three months away, they now search for a new host, someone they are sure won't end up being surrounded by controversy in the same way that kevin hart has. that's it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at five with ben brown. time for a look at the weather. here's lucy martin. hello. some wet and windy weather any forecast. the winds are strongest in the north side of northern ireland and scotland, gales bring the severe threat of disruption to transport. stay across your local weather forecast. there is low pressure in the north gradually edging its way east.

a cold front that brought this morning's rain to the aast. isobars fairly tightly packed across the uk. like you mentioned, strongest in the north. here we are through rush hour. the templates take a bit of a dip in what we saw this morning, scattering of showers, largely in the north and west. heavy bursts. look at wind gusts. the northern ireland and scotland, 70—80 miles per hour in a few spots and it does mean for western, coastal areas of scotland, the essential for big waves to the eventual fall disruption to travel but they crush a local weather forecasts. as we go through tonight, the area low—pressure edges its way east winds full stop still further showers largely in the northern and west. the best of any dry, clear spells in the east. temperatures cooler. and they will see the winds any north easing slightly. that being said, it still look windy as we head

into the weekend. saturday brings further showers turning in a dryer but also chillier as we move into sunday. we take a look at saturday, starts off with some sunny spells but also showers for northern and western areas. we see cloud and outbreaks of rain putting in from the south and another windy day to come with temperatures at a maximum of around 13 celsius in the south east as we move saturday night into sunday, there will be further showers. as we move through saturday night, we will start to pick up more of a north—westerly breeze. you can see a squeeze in the isobars here in the south—west of england as a southern wales we could see some fairly gusty winds, 65 miles per hour possible as we move into the early of sunday. sunday brings a fair amount of dry weather. there will still be a few showers. temperatures cooler than saturday. so staying windy through the weekend, showers on saturday, drier but cooler on sunday. today at five — warnings that channel ports could face six months of disruption if britain leaves

the eu without a deal. the latest warning from the government comes as 30 ministers fan out around the country, trying to sell theresa may's brexit plan. what's really coming through in constituencies like this in peterborough is the strong view of business that they want the certainty of the deal, and they don't want the uncertainty of no deal or no brexit, and that's why we're making the case to colleagues across parliament. we'll have the latest on what could happen next on brexit from our reality check correspondent. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... three years in jail for a teenager who sent thousands of hoax bomb threats to schools and triggered an american airline security scare.