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. police in new zealand say a missing british backpacker was last seen with "a male companion": grace millane‘s father appeals for help in finding her. we last had contact with her on saturday 1st december.

and as a family, we have been extremely concerned for her welfare. british yachtswoman susie goodall is rescued after being stranded in the southern pacific for two days — her boat had capsized during the golden globe race. the american actor and comedian kevin hart steps down as host of next year's oscars, over homophobic tweets he sent a decade ago. and robert redford's swansong and all the other new releases in the film review with mark kermode. it's five o'clock.

our main story: the government has warned of six months of disruption at channel ports if there is a no—deal brexit. meanwhile, 30 government ministers have been sent out around the uk to try to sell theresa may's brexit deal. they've been visiting businesses, schools and hospitals in a push to win over critics of the agreement before mps vote on it next tuesday. 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'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 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's 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. 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 may relies on for 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. let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley, he's at westminster for us. ministers are going to try to persuade members of the public and businesses around the country, but really, it is mps in parliament

behind you that the prime minister really needs to convince. absolutely. part of the strategy from the government all along has been, if we can show some sort of sign that this has public support, it might put pressure on wavering mps to get on board and put some of their reservations aside and in some cases hold their nose and vote for the deal next tuesday. there is almost no sign at the moment that thatis almost no sign at the moment that that is happening in enough numbers to put the prime minister in any sort of comfortable position. you have heard numerous ministers selling the deal today, but many of them say they have their own reservations, and that is perhaps not the most exciting message for wave re i’s not the most exciting message for waverers to be hearing the three or four days before parliament finally votes on this. the biggest problem the prime ministerfaces is that when she offers reassurance to her opponents, they are not buying it. they are not getting on board. they

are not saying, we get that you are trying to give us an olive branch, we will work with it. we have seen that over the irish backstop issue in the last 24—hour is. because of that, some people are putting pressure on prime minister to postpone the vote on tuesday. they think she has so little chance of winning that they might as well scrap it for now, come back a few days later and see if they can do something in the meantime. 0n the other hand, there are others saying, we have tried it all already. we have had months, years even, is to try and unite the party behind a position. it has not happened yet, so we position. it has not happened yet, so we might as well get on with it. thank you very much. whitehall departments are asking areas like the nhs to look again at their contingency plans. the health secretary matt hancock says preparations are being made to ensure the smooth import and supply of medicines, even if ports become gridlocked. well, our health editor hugh pym is here. the health secretary has been

talking about how medicines and drugs could come into the country quickly in the event of a no—deal brexit? that's right. matt hancock has been trying to allay fears that if there is no—deal brexit and severe disruption, there will be continuity of supply of medicines. 90% of medicines from the eu come from dover and there are concerns about that. mr hancock has been saying the pharmaceutical industry was asked to stockpile six weeks worth of supplies in the uk. that is largely complete now. he is saying the government is ready to charter airfreight to the government is ready to charter air freight to get the aircraft to bring in those supplies which can't be kept for six weeks and he is talking about prioritisation of the supply of medicines through ports. the association of british pharmaceutical industry is saying thatis pharmaceutical industry is saying that is fine, but they want to hear more detail. the government are also talking about how long there might

be chaos in the event of a no—deal brexit. yes, mr hancock sent out a letter today to the nhs and the pharmaceutical industry saying there could be six months of disruption at dover and folkestone. some might be a bit suspicious about the timing, but we are told this is technical analysis, which mr hancock fell had to be got out there. and similarly with other bits of the public sector saying that should accelerate any contingency plans they are making. hugh pym, our health editor. and in about half an hour we'll talking to the leader of kent council about predictions of chaos in the county if there is a no—deal brexit. stay with us for that. 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—cohan, who's i9 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. it was the sheer scale of the hoaxing that sets this case apart. george duke—cohan sent literally thousands of hoax e—mails to schools here in the united kingdom, and some to the united states as well. that meant hundreds of schools here in the uk had to be evacuated because of his actions. 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.

the nca takes offending of this nature particularly seriously. that's been demonstrated by the sentence handed out by the courts today. 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. in the past few

moments, thejudge has said that cohan was seeking notoriety and knew exactly what he was doing. hejailed him for three years and said that duke—cohan wanted to create havoc and publicity for his own perverted sense of fun. let's have a look at some of the other stories making the news today. 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. a sailor from bromsgrove whose yacht was badly damaged in the southern pacific ocean during a solo round—the—world race has been rescued. susie goodall is now on a cargo ship, which had been sent out to save her — she had been stranded for several days. a man who was a suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence has been jailed for nine years for heading a £3 million

drugs plot. jamie acourt, from eltham in south—east london, pleaded guilty earlier this week at kingston crown court. 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 ist 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 mother, 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 go to southampton now and talk to tim blackman, whose daughter lucie was killed while abroad injapan in 2000. he founded the lucie blackman trust to support british nationals who are in crisis overseas. we saw grace's father in that report. i suppose it's impossible to imagine what would go through the mind ofa imagine what would go through the mind of a parent of a child to whom something dreadful has happened, but you have been in that situation. it must be desperately difficult, especially those first few days. it's a massive shock. the most

difficult thing is to hold onto reality, because it's such an awful shock to deal with. i think her father is doing very well. it's important that the media internationally and over here as well as in new zealand, are kept alert, because that does help bring information forward in the event that somebody has a sighting. so he is doing well. i have just been waiting for an update from our offices which has just come through. but it says there has been no further sighting yet. so we just need to keep pressing on with keeping the profile hi. your trust are in touch with grace's family, as you are with the families of so many who go missing? yes, the lucie blackman trust, for the last 12 yea rs, blackman trust, for the last 12 years, was set up while we were

still in the court case of lucy's trial in japan. it still in the court case of lucy's trial injapan. it is a unique organisation in that it helps families who have a crisis abroad. we are the only organisation that does that and we have gained a lot of experience both from lucie's case as well as a decade of helping people with these cases abroad. so for a family, it's like having somebody who is really knowledgeable, clear—headed and understands how they are feeling, because we do know that and they can pick up the phone to us at any time, 24 pick up the phone to us at any time, 2a hours a day. pick up the phone to us at any time, 24 hours a day. so that is the help he would give to the families. what advice would you give to young people who are travelling abroad, sometimes alone in places like new zealand or anywhere around the world 7 zealand or anywhere around the world? well, there is work to do around this. grace is 22, so she was just two years old when lucie went

missing. we have had a generation go past and we probably need to put aside the fact that we are able to feel like we are in contact with everybody around the world through social media and understand that actually, when we leave these shores and we travel abroad, we are by ourselves and we need to take care of how we go about things. do you feel the foreign office and people in authority do enough to help people in these desperate situations around the world 7 people in these desperate situations around the world? the foreign office are excellent. they have tentacles spread throughout the globe, as we know, and they have contact with everybody they need to have contact with the foreign countries and embassies. but there are to what they can do. our office can spend a lot of time hunting through social media, looking for clues and traces of information. that is something the foreign office can't do. so we

worked alongside them and we give as much assistance to the family as we can which the foreign office is not really tilled up to do. thank you for your time. some breaking news now. ted baker founder and chief executive ray kelvin is to take a temporary leave of absence after allegations of harassment were made against him. the company said it had been made aware of "further serious allegations" concerning mr kelvin‘s conduct. the board has appointed a committee to investigate the allegations. last week, you may remember an online petition lodged by employees accused 62—year—old mr calvin of inappropriate comments and behaviour, including force hugging.

more on that as it comes in. a bbc investigation has revealed that academics from black and arab backgrounds at britain's top universities are being paid a quarter less on average than their white colleagues. and for women from those backgrounds, the pay gap almost doubles. rianna croxford reports. the 24 universities in the russell group represent the best in academia that britain has to offer. they have a global reputation for cutting—edge research and top class teaching. if you are an academic, this is where you want to be. but the bbc has found that academics from ethnic backgrounds are paid less. 22 universities responded to our freedom of information requests for salary details. they reveal that academics from black or arab backgrounds can expect to earn on average £15,000 less than white colleagues. this gap is smaller for asian and mixed heritage academics,

ataround £6,000. but it's a lot bigger for women from ethnic minorities. our research shows that on average, the gap ranged from £13,000 up to £21,000 when compared to white men. we spoke with a professor ofeducation at birmingham university, she says these women are affected by what is called a double pay penalty. it's about time that we looked at racial inequality in higher hall education and the labour market, because gender has taken precedence within higher education policy making and white women have been the main beneficiaries, actually, of policy—making. so if you are, for instance, a woman of colour, not only do you experience an ethnic penalty, you also experience a gender penalty. we found that many female academics were too afraid to speak to us publicly for fear of losing theirjobs. they felt frustrated, ignored, that they were overqualified but underpaid. 0ne lecturer told me that she felt like

a third class citizen, another used the term "cheap labour". we spoke with a teaching fellow at leeds university, who has nearly two decades of global business experience. she says the university did not take that into account when setting her salary. i know people who have come from non—academic backgrounds and they have come and they have got better pay and higher grade jobs, which makes me sometimes question, did i make the right choice to come to this country? in response, leeds university say they pay academics from both ethnic minorities and white backgrounds at comparable levels for the same level of work. the russell group said it was unable to comment on the recruitment practices of affiliated universities, and the government says it does not interfere in how universities set their pay. the bbc findings come as the government is consulting on ethnicity pay reporting.

germany's christian demopcrat party has elected a new leader to succeed angela merkal as party leader. her preferred choice, annegret kramp karenbauer, defeated the millionaire lawyer friedrich merz. despite quitting as cdu leader, ms merkel plans to remain german chancellor until her term ends in 2021. a big security operation is getting under way in france ahead of a fourth weekend of anti—government protests. 90,000 police officers are being deployed across the country, and armoured vehicles will be on the streets of paris. many shops and museums are beginning to close and will not open on saturday. the french interior minister says the authorities will show no tolerance towards what he called violent radicals who want to topple the republic. and he said the so—called yellow vest protest movement had created a monster. we can speak now to the writer and historianjane weston vauclair,

who joins us from paris. said the government have shelved those fuel tax rises which were part of the cause of these protests and demonstrations, and yet we are going to get more protests this weekend? yes. those protests were certainly in the pipeline well before the announcement that the fuel taxes we re announcement that the fuel taxes were to be perhaps permanently suspended stop at the moment in paris, businesses are boarding up around various points in the city. classic demonstration sites such as the bastille and around the champs—elysees where there were so many problems last week, people are indeed writing for protests. what is not so clear at this point is the nature that these protests will have this time. as you have mentioned,

they have radically reinforced the number of police who will be on the ground. there will be checks at the stations. people will be searched thoroughly for weapons. they are removing building materials from building sites around paris, so they are doing all they can to ensure that it are doing all they can to ensure thatitis are doing all they can to ensure that it is as classic a demonstration as possible. but people are preparing for potentially similar violence to last weekend. what does it all mean for president macron? he came to power saying he would bring in reforms even if there we re would bring in reforms even if there were demonstrations on the streets. he would take on the street, as it were, but he seems to have been cowed by these protests and has backed down. yes. i believe he is now trying to draw a line between future reforms that were in the pipeline and reforms that he has already managed to push through. his line is going to be that there is

scope for discussion about future reforms that have yet to materialise. the government has heard loud and clear that people are angry, that they have felt neglected and almost disrespected and that there needs to be dialogue on that. but i think his line will be that the reforms he has already put in place will hold, and that will perhaps be the line that they take. they will want to look forward from this point onwards and really show that they are open to constructive, democratic, non—violent dialogue with any protesters who believe that is the appropriate way to express their dissatisfaction. but some of these protests have been violent. we have seen statues are smashed, lots of graffiti, people injured or even killed. do you think that protests have popular support amongst the wider french public? as far as the issues are concerned, there is

widespread support. i would say that that support has held up, despite the violence to date. people are capable of drawing a distinction between the violent, but highly visible extremists who some would argue have hijacked the process, and the underlying dissatisfactions that predate macron‘s presidency but which have flared up so dramatically in recent times. there is fierce opposition and dismay about the degree of violence which has been spending this week, for example among the high school students, who have been setting fire to schools and engaging in violent protests themselves. as far as i can tell, there is not widespread support for that. but there is certainly a

acknowledgement of the deep dissatisfaction with the lack of consultation over the needs of a lot of people in france. thank you for being with us. 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. 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 h w bush. he succeedsjeff sessions, who was fired by the president in the wake of the midterm elections. 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 in the country,

highly respected lawyer, former attorney general under the bush administration, respected by republicans and respected by democrats, he will be nominated for the united states attorney general. i also want to inform you that heather nauert, somebody that we know very well has done a greatjob as... working with mike pompeo and others over at the state department, heather nauert will be nominated. she is going to work with nikki haley to replace nikki at the united nations. she will be ambassador to the united nations. she's very talented, very smart, very quick, and i think she's going to be respected by all. time for a look at the weather with lucy. some of us saw a beautiful sunset to

end the day, but that was not the case for all of us. we have also had some wet and windy weather in the forecast, the strongest winds in the north closest to this area of low pressure that is gradually edging east. here we are through rush hour this evening. we have a scattering of showers across northern ireland and scotland, with still quite gusty winds. we could see 50 to 60 mph. and with heavy showers, there is the potential that we could see disruption. if you are travelling this evening, take extra care. this evening, that area of low pressure edges east. the strongest winds slip south into northern ireland and parts of northern england. still a scattering of heavy showers and temperatures overnight are a little cooler than they have been in the south. during the weekend, it stays windy, with showers on saturday. it turns a bit more dry and chilly on sunday as we pick up a north—westerly wind, but it will be

windy to start in the morning. this is bbc news. the headlines: warnings that channel ports could face six months of disruption if britain leaves the eu without a deal, come as ministers try to sell the deal to the public in visits across the uk. a teenager who sent hundreds of hoax bomb threats to schools is jailed for three years. george duke—cohan also triggered a security scare on board a us aircraft when he pretended to be the father of a girl on a flight that had been taken over by hijackers. police in new zealand reveal missing british backpacker, grace millane, was last seen at a hotel with a male companion. detectives say they "hold grave fears for her safety." and — france braces for further protests tomorrow, with key tourist sites in the capital, including the eiffel tower, closed and some 89,000 policeman on duty across the nation. sport with azi.

cricketers ben stones are free to play for england following a child logging into dispute. the suspension on the appear that they've already served. states was found not guilty of ushering in court la this year after a fight outside any club in 2017. both players have been fined, they've to pay £17,500, 10,000 of which has been suspended. states has released a statement, saying cricket and family are my life. this has been a huge burden for the last 15 months. i'm relieved to get back to the game without this hanging over me. 14 sports had been given a share

ofa £3 me. 14 sports had been given a share of a £3 million funding pot from uk sport in the run—up to the 2020 to kill 0lympics sport in the run—up to the 2020 to kill olympics and paralympics. which listing, skateboarding, and robbie are among those that will get the money. is it enough to make a difference? the olympics has never quite like this before. with skateboarding new forfilm, today saw a much—needed injection of cash for them. not all be sports have medal prospects but at least now some athletes have a fighting chance of qualifying. it is going to help you delay in a lot of different ways. trouble is expensive, this means it will be coming out of my money which i will struggle to find. it will take the stress of that. sports like wheelchair rugby, badminton, fencing and archery when only 14 sports handicap today after having millions of following the real antics. new sports for the 2020

games like ski boarding and surfing also got money, but these figures are you got an auction bed to the kind of cash handed out to powerhouse is, like rolling. this is about specific athletes on a specific journey to tokyo. about specific athletes on a specificjourney to tokyo. 0ur about specific athletes on a specificjourney to tokyo. our core investment in medal success in the other sports where millions of pounds are invested is about long—term sustainable pathway for our fleece to be supported the very best light can be. notjust at the next games, but in future games as well. so, it's not much cash but it isa well. so, it's not much cash but it is a bit to those who have dayjobs, for example. they will have to travel too far from places around the globe. , birkett is on britain's karate team, or also a new sport for tokyo. before today, she had to crowdfu nd tokyo. before today, she had to crowdfund to pay the way. people here are fully funded athletes, and

are full—time. we work, so it is a struggle. not only to find the money to compete at this level, but also finding the time to get annual leave. sport you bid for this bit tatty prove that they can compete, but also that they can inspire. britain's softball team, they can change things. it would be cool if it it was more of a house name. mike, i played softball, oh, that's so cool. much longer until we find out. england beat ireland 4—2 to eliminate their opponents as the hockey world cup in india. it would have sent ireland through, they came from behind twice to restore. england held on in the final quarter which means they will finish second in the grip and will play new zealand for the chance to face

argentina in the quarterfinals. you can find more of the stories on the bbc sport website. back to brexit — and kent county council has issued an appeal to government for extra money and support to help prevent "chaos" at its ports and roads if there's a no deal withdrawal from the eu. the council warns doctors may not be able to get to work, school children could miss exams and there could be problems transporting bodies to mortuaries. with me now is the conservative leader of kent county council, paul carter. he joins us from maidstone. pretty apocalyptic warnings. learning from what has occurred in kent were now has been serious and significant destruction out of the box. plans are that we set out in our work paper are trying to avoid

much disruption which has happened in the past. to do that, the government has invested in a scheme which keeps the m20, the main link road done for the port of dover to the folkestone. this is a good move. we also need a government to help us with additional investment to other signage and the development of some additional holding areas. one of them being at the former airport. most importantly, to make sure that we've the powers to direct straight movements with the drivers of the hgvs to direct them. to stop them going down the highways and byways of kent. many of those robes are unsuitable, and has caused chaos in the past. many did allude to the

holding arrears, to whatever the rate is going on at the tunnel and reports. you put out this check list of dreadful thing that could happen if there is a no—deal brexit, including bodies not been taken to mortuaries. brexiteers will say this isa mortuaries. brexiteers will say this is a talk, it wouldn't be that bad. actually, you're just try to get a bit more money from the government. well, matthew hancock said today but the comment has a duty to plan for all scenarios. we've lend from the past but that learned from the past. this afternoon, i had the help consult event at a hospital in my office, who remembers the disruption to hospital services in 2015. pa rents to hospital services in 2015. pa re nts get to hospital services in 2015. parents get their two children to school. teachers get to school. we

need to avoid that disruption by implementing well—developed plans which have interdependency with government in making sure that they help and support in the way that i've described. thank you 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. 0r, 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. so what could happen? let's start with theresa may's plan a. if the verdict is ahead next tuesday, which the comment says it will. that is the possibility that

parliament will approve the deal. the number. the good at the moment. happens, the book argument is written into law and would be ratified by the eu parliament. that is, if you like, option one. the simplest route forward. 0ption two, of the commentators see if you much more likely option, which is that theresa may loses the vote. if she does, what do she give ben? she has a summer later in the week. one possibility is some sort of renegotiation. what else can the eu offer? may be a tweak to the original agreement, may be additional promises that nobody wa nts to additional promises that nobody wants to use? the internal irish backstop, never you want it to come into effect. 0r, backstop, never you want it to come into effect. or, you could have mps to keep the deal itself which could lead to a second vote in parliament. possibly another route to begin with

a deal but there is no guarantee of that. what after that? that could be a second food, and then what?m renegotiation fails. the default option is leaving with no deal. the way article 50 works, it runs out on the 29th of march next year. there is nothing to replace it sooner do would be the option. we've heard from councils who think that would bea from councils who think that would be a disaster. we could have a new prime minister at theresa may lost the vote badly. another election, what some people are campaigning for, another referendum. the road to thatis for, another referendum. the road to that is not easy. it would almost certainly involve an extension of the article 50 pages which would have to be agreed by the uk and the 27 other countries. it has to be asked by a government that wanted it. the current government is saying that another referendum is out of the question. some people are saying

that that could be it majority of mps and parliament supporting what is called the normally option. tell us more is called the normally option. tell us more about that. that would involve parliament taking control of the process rather than government. what would be the only option? that is one of the big battles. executive or parliament. norway has a very close relationship with the eu. it has make a big unions into the eu budget. to what with the uk might they would have to be norway plus. the main part of the plus is that the uk would have to stay in a customs union to keep the irish border open. we're talking about staying in a single market, and a customs union, and allowing the free movement of people. i don't think

this by mice that would swallow that as it would break so many of her red wines. as you say, there are a lot of mps from all parties think this is an option we should explore. there are also a lot of critics saying, it's much more complicated as you're making out. thank you think it was only a few days ago that the academy announced that kevin hart, once an invited guest at the oscars, the american comedian, kevin hart, has stepped down as host of next year's 0scars ceremony, after criticism tweets he posted years ago were homophobic. hart said he did not want to be a distraction on 0scars night and that he was "sorry he had hurt people." 0ur 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. i was told that the world is upset about a tweet i did years ago. 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. that is the past. 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. in his next role, he appears alongside bryan cranston,

but many believe that he should have handled this week's events far, far better. if he is on that mainstream stage, he has got to adjust his act, he should have been faster to apologise. it was very mealy mouthed, i am sorry, i'm not sorry, lam 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. is hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's

cinema releases is mark kermode. so, mark — what do we have this week? very good week. we've the old man and the gun, which may and may not be robert redford's performance