this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 10... theresa may accuses the former prime minister tony blair of ‘insulting the office‘ he once held by supporting another eu referendum. celebrations in poland as negotiators finalise a deal on how to implement the paris climate accord by 2020. chester zoo launches afundraising campaign after being severely damaged by fire yesterday. and the winner of this year's strictly come dancing is announced... dave and kevin! —— stacey and kevin! documentary maker stacey dooley and dance partner kevin clifton triumph in the sixteenth series and take the coveted glitterball trophy. and coming up — a special

programme looking back at the commemorations throughout the year of the armistice centenary. that's in half an hour's time, here on bbc news. theresa may has attacked tony blair, her predecessor as prime minister, after he backed calls for another referendum on brexit. it's being seen as an unusually angry response from the prime minister. in a statement, mrs may said... 0ur political correspondent nick eardley says increasing numbers of people are talking about the prospect of a second referendum.

six months ago if we'd have been speaking about it it would have seemed like quite an unlikely prospect but more and more at westminster people are talking about it as westminster people are talking about itasa westminster people are talking about it as a potential way to enter some of the impasse we've seen in recent weeks. the problem for theresa may is that tony blair certainly isn't the only one who is advocating another referendum, another former prime minister, john major, a conservative minister at that, is pa rt conservative minister at that, is part of that camp as well and so are an increasing number of mps, including some in theresa may's own party. i think what she's trying to do this morning in some ways is almost lands the boil of conversation, saying to take some of her courts, some are seeking to subvert the process for their own political interest, not acting in

the national interest, accusing mr blair of undermined the national interest, accusing mr blairof undermined in the national interest, accusing mr blair of undermined in negotiations by seeking to have talks in brussels about potential ways to prepare for another referendum. but as i said, theresa may cannot simply say this is my political opponents from yesteryear who are saying this because there are many in parliament to believe the same thing. i'm joined now by ben bradshaw — he is one of a group of labour mps that met with cabinet minister david lidington on earlier this week — to discuss the possibility of a second referendum. is that right, that you have been talking to david liddington about the prospect for a second referendum? i am not going to talk about the specifics, there are some reports are today which are not strictly accurate. people understand

the depth and severity of this crisis, they get on with bringing the deal back to parliament next week and get it voted on so we can move to the next stage, we also wa nted move to the next stage, we also wanted to make sure the government did not think there were enough votes on the labour benches to get through this sort of norway type halfway house brexit and bad it really did need to move quickly to end the uncertainty that is doing some watched damage to the economy. you think there are enough mps he would support the idea of another referendum, do you? i'm confident once this deal is out of the way, once this deal is out of the way, once the idea of a general election, i would like to see but it is unlikely because of the fixed term parliament act, once that is up the agenda as well, i think yes, when we are facing the choice which it will be between the disaster of crushing out over the cliff was no deal and another referendum, i think that will be the only option solution that will command a commons majority. what would you say to all

the people who may be screaming at the people who may be screaming at the television now saying we have already had a referendum, a people's boat and the answer was lead, get out of europe, get on with that?” would ask them what their answer is to getting us out of the gridlock andi to getting us out of the gridlock and i think it's three important people focus on what crushing out over a cliff without a deal would mean. there are some people who seem to think it means the status quo, it's really important that people focus on the detail of what that would mean, it would be absolutely catastrophic for our economy and i think there would be many other serious repercussions as well. you see it would be catastrophic, a lot of league campaigners say that this project we are, you are absolutely exaggerating the difficulties of the node the brexit. it is the government's own assessment of what would happen in those circumstances and anyway, there's no way parliament would ever allow it to happen, 80—90% of mps understand how

catastrophic it would be so if the government itself has not take no deal of table i think parliament will. democracy doesn't not stand still at one point in time and i think the brexit that we have now be for us and theresa may's deal is very different from the brexit that was sold to voters to and a half yea rs was sold to voters to and a half years ago, including too many of those voters who voted leave who do not like her deal. are delisted, we have to find some way of moving forward as a country. do you sense parliament is trying to take control in this issue of where we move forward in brexit and that labour mps are going to talk to tory mps and other mps from other parties to try and get some sort of consensus? i think it's the responsibility of all members of parliament to show that responsibility at this moment of unprecedented crisis. this is the worst crisis this country has ever experienced in peace time, the government is incomplete meltdown, i

mean, look at what different cabinet ministers are saying today, some wa nt ministers are saying today, some want another referendum, some want a norway type solution, some want a no deal a crush out brexit. there is no majority at the moment or any of those things so somehow, parliament which is our sovereign decision—making body in our democracy, has to find a way through this for the sake of the country and oui’ this for the sake of the country and our people. the prime minister has made it very, very clear she hates the idea of another referendum, she's been very angry with tony blair today, saying he is insulting the office of prime minister going round even talking about another referendum. she is not going to make it happen, is she? the prime minister has said many things and then done something different, you may remember last year's election, she was going to have the vote last week until the last minute. i did find her outburst against tony blair slightly extraordinaire, i think it shows a sign of desperation, your own correspondent a moment or two ago points to the fact all surviving

by ministers of the united kingdom think another referendum is the only way out of the mess including the former conservative prime minister, john major, so i think to single out tony blair was uncharacteristic of the prime minister. look, we need to find a way out of this, everyone dolls, everyone who cares about the country and is responsible for the repercussions of what would happen if we do not find a way out and i think that responsibility lies very heavily on every single mp and they should step up to it. ben bradshaw, labour in, thank you very much for joining us. negotiators at the un climate conference in poland have finally agreed a deal on measues to tackle climate change. nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions, to set out how they should implement the promises they've made in the paris agreement of three years ago to cut greenhouse gas emissions and minimise global warming. here's our science editor, david shukman. this is what it's all about. gases released into the air that heats the planet.

and after some long, difficult arguments, the world has inched towards a deal for how to reduce them, to try to avoid the risks of dangerous levels of warming in future. the talks at katowice in poland saw delegates from nearly 200 countries haggling over rules on how to tackle climate change — a slow process, but eventually a deal was done. it will move us one major step towards realising the agreement, an ambition that will ensure our children and their children... look back at their legacy and recognise that their parents and grandparents took the right decisions. cheering he was urged to take a bow. but there are questions about what's actually been achieved. the big challenge is that many countries, including poland,

rely on polluting fuels like coal. thousands ofjobs depend on them. some campaigners say a few governments dragged their feet but others are pleased to have got this far. we have seen countries come together. they have responded to the science. they haven't done enough but they have done what's possible here. they have leant in, they have agreed some rules and they have set themselves a job to go home and do more and work out what they're going to do — engaging with their citizens, their businesses, their investors, to say, how can we take more climate action? the hope is for a transition to cleaner forms of energy like solar power. the deal in poland may encourage that. the world is responding to the threat of global warming, but not nearly with the speed that scientists say is needed. david shukman, bbc news. 0ur correspondent matt mcgrath was at the conference in poland — he gave us his assessment of the talks. negotiators went down to the wire,

really, on getting the operational rule book for the paris agreement agreed here amongst the countries, there were some last—minute hitches, about carbon markets, brazil picked about carbon markets, brazil picked a big fight about that but eventually come from is language was found, much to the relief of many of the people in here, the text was agreed and accepted by all parties. a key element of this rule book is the idea of transparency, all countries will be operating with one set of rules in the future, the way they report and measure carbon cb on they report and measure carbon cb on the same sort of set of documents from every country, that's a key element building trust within countries, so everyone knows what eve ryo ne countries, so everyone knows what everyone else is doing and they can see it as well. it's a key element of bad, also the idea every country should increase their ambitions to cut carbon by 2020, but might not be as hard or top as people want here, some are critical of the at the dealers to soft but i think the practical people here, the negotiators, feel we came here to

get a deal, we had two tough weeks, we have a deal, it's an important step forward for the paris climate agreement. chester zoo has launched a fifty—thousand pound fundraising campaign after fire destroyed much of the vast roof covering its monsoon forest area yesterday. the area was quickly evacuated, but some animals are still missing. the zoo will reopen today. adam woods reports. the uk's largest zoo enclosure engulfed in flames. woman: oh, my god. oh, my god. inside, hundreds of rare and exotic creatures. firefighters were quick to arrive as the zoo was evacuated, staff went back into move animals to safety. what could you see? just loads of smoke over the new part of the zoo and it was really cloudy and there seemed to be a lot of panic, fire engines, police, even ambulance. 15 fire crews battled strong wind and rain to bring the flames under control.

one person had to be treated for the effects of smoke inhalation. no other injuries have been reported. all mammals living inside the enclosure, including endangered orangutans, gibbons and crocodiles, have been accounted for, but many tropical birds remain missing. an investigation into what caused the fire is now under way, with parts of the zoo expected to reopen later today. adam woods, bbc news. drivers in scotland are being advised to take extra care after a number of crashes on the m71; in dumfries and galloway. it's thought freezing rain may have covered parts of the motorway. meanwhile, storm deirdre has brought flooding and left thousands of homes and businesses without electricity in parts of ireland. the met office says the worst of the weather has now passed, but warned of continuing icy conditions. bad weather and an increasing trend

to buy things online are being blamed for shoppers staying away from the high street on what is usually the busiest weekend before christmas. retail experts say footfall across the uk yesterday was down almost 10% compared with the same time last year. it comes after a november which was described by some businesses as "unbelievably bad", as joe miller reports. it's been a year of profit warnings, branch closures and big brands going under. britain's retailers have had a torrid 2018. we've seen consumer confidence drop, we've seen costs increase and in general i think people are very nervous about spending. i don't imagine this is going to let up any time soon. amid the gloom, one man is styling himself as the saviour of the high street. mike ashley's sports direct, which rescued house of fraser, says it wants to lend a hand to a wounded competitor, debenhams. we put this offer in to invest another £40 million and it is kind of the electric shock to wake them up to what is probably

the last chance saloon. mike ashley has suggested debenhams has zero chance of survival without his cash, but the chain has rebuffed his proposal, and some suspect the billionaire, who is already debenhams largest shareholder, wants to get his hands on its assets if it collapses, a claim sports direct denies. for now, debenhams and other struggling chains mightjust be able to afford to keep mike ashley at bay, but neither they nor mike ashley's retail empire can afford a disappointing christmas. joe miller, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may accuses the former prime minister tony blair of insulting the office he once held by supporting another eu referendum. after two weeks of negotiations, delegates at the un climate conference in poland reach agreement on how to enforce promised cuts to carbon emissions. chester zoo launches a £50,000 fundraising campaign after fire destroyed much

of the vast roof covering one of its enclosures yesterday. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's kat. 0ne one of the biggest rivalries in english football, manchester united travelling to anfield later, united insects, 16 points behind their border rivals file jurgen insects, 16 points behind their border rivals filejurgen klopp's sides are looking to go back to the top of the table. we never thought, only because we had a few good results in the past that it would be easy. that's not the moment you can win games. we have to be angry on sunday and we will be. we fight for all points, it's not, we don't sort robin eames for others, we have our

own problems and targets. we know that we are going to play against the leader. we are going to play against a team in a hive. and even with the problems we have, we have doubts about everything because we don't know which players are available but we are going to arrive, we are going to have a team capable of going there and fight for the victory. in the early kick-offs today, london club is heading to the south coast, bright and hosting chelsea, arsenal travelling to southampton. celtic and rangers both hoping to finish the day at the top of the scottish premier league, 3— win over dundee yesterday but come amid a point clear of celtic. the scottish champions have three games in hand starting away at hibernian this lunchtime. should they lose, a whimper rangers over hamilton would see them go top. liverpool ladies hoping to make up for their league defeat to everton earlier this month

with a win in the women's continental cup today, the type is bone from earlier this month because ofa bone from earlier this month because of a waterlogged pitch. kick—off at 12 noon. justin rose needed to finish in the top 12 of the indonesian masters to finish the year as the world's number one golfer. but he had a bit of a nightmare final round... he started the day tied in fourth place. all came down to this final putt on the 18th. this was for eagle and the top spot in the rankings. worst score of the year. brooks koepka finishes 2018 as world number one. katie taylor produced a dominant display in new york to beat eva wahlstrom and successfully defend her ibf and wba world lightweight titles. meanwhile canelo alvarez can now say he's world champion in three weight divisions. that's after he beat liverpool's rocky fielding at madison square gardens earlier this morning. fielding was knocked down four times before the fight

was stopped in the third round. i never shied away from the challenge. the phone call i got was canelo wanted to fight, madison square garden. it's been a great week, met up with some great people. i dare to be great, i live the dream, but i will come again, i will come back. 0lympic bronze medallist bianca walkden successfully defended her title at the taekwondo world grand slam. the two—time world champion says she'll spend her prize money on buying another pizzeria, while lauren williams, who also won gold in her weight division earlier, will pay off her parents' mortgage. in just under an hour's time, england's hockey players will face australia for the bronze medal at the men's world cup. it's after they were soundly beaten 6—0 by belgium in yesterday's semi—final. the belgians go on to play the netherlands for gold. that's all the sport for now.

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. catherine, thank you very much indeed. now, strictly come dancing the final was last night. david sillito our entertainment correspondent has all the details. it's the final! four couples, three dances and from the very beginning, it was actually a former pussycat doll who set the standard. the big lift from dirty dancing was flawless. ten! the score, perfect tens. and those 40s kept coming. this athletic show dance on a raised and revolving platform.

i personally as a dancer feel that you stretched yourself beyond limits, you've learned techniques you are not familiar with ever before, you have brought to the show a life, a style, and i truly am gratefulfor you. of course, craig did try to find a fault. i had a slight problem with your right toe, darling, but then i decided to get over myself. ten! not a point was dropped all night. but matching those scores dance after dance was faye tozer. this hollywood glitz in high heels on a very high top hat... at the end of this routine to fever, it was perfect

tens across the board. what an end of a journey. wow. this is really high. but when it comes to a journey from being a non—dancer to doing this... ..youtuberjoe sugg was more than holding his own, ending with a charleston. you are the biggest surprise of this series. from a marathon night of dancers tonight, you have just got stronger and stronger and it's an extraordinary amount of work you have put in and it has paid off, you are a star. for tvjournalist stacey dooley, it began with a foxtrot.

then an explosive show dance. everything was thrown at it. the crowd loved it. bruno tried to describe it as her greatest hits. your greatest hits. but craig... i wasn't that keen on the dance. it was the lowest score of the night. and even at the end of a paso doble described as having power and passion, she was in fourth place. but this isn't up to the judges! all that matters is what the public thinks and they saw it rather differently. stacey and kevin! even more emotional was her professional dance partner kevin clifton. after five finals, his first victory. there it is, the winner of this year's glitterball trophy, stacey dooley. david sillito, bbc news. congratulations to stacey and kevin.

let's speak now to astrologer russell grant who took part in 2011's strictly. thank you forjoining us come off to did you make of stacey winning? i'm absolutely thrilled, i said to zoe ball a couple of weeks, i did not know who stacey was and joe was but 110w know who stacey was and joe was but now i know them both. it's opened up a new careerfor now i know them both. it's opened up a new career for me to spot young people who are doing so well in their genre and now they come into terrestrial television and they are just setting the screen on fire, i was so just setting the screen on fire, i was so thrilled to see stacey and joel and lauren with aj doing so well. some people have said that celebrities aren't famous enough, big enough stars. well, you've got to grow, haven't you, my background

of these ago pager fund i to grow, haven't you, my background of these ago pagerfund i did it tom i was 60 years old and 30 stone, i lost ten stone before i did strictly, people would only know me in the stargazing area, i think the whole point of strictly is to get to know people. and with lauren and joel and stacey, we have seen another side to them. they have evolved, they have grown in areas that probably they would never have thought that they would become famous for. and now the world is their oyster. there's been a little bit of chat about the fact that some of the contestants are obviously trained dancers, even though they are celebrities and others like stacey a re are celebrities and others like stacey are not and in a way, perhaps the public preferred those like yourself, really, no background at alton downs. well, the point is that thejudges are going alton downs. well, the point is that the judges are going to look at technique and confidence. they are going to look at the steps. ayes no

background at all in dance. surely summed it up, i was in musical theatre, i appeared summed it up, i was in musical theatre, iappeared in summed it up, i was in musical theatre, i appeared in the west end before astrology took over, at bbc brea kfast before astrology took over, at bbc breakfast time in the 1980s but i never did that kind of dance before, then i'll was a bit flabby i've certainly had never done the parser. play and then to appear in six weeks with vincent and flabby doing an argentine tango, who would have thought it? but in the end people —— the public kept people like myself then, he did the same last night, in then, he did the same last night, in the end, it's the joy that somebody like stacey road last night and kevin's wonderful storytelling, look at the charleston the week for, look at the charleston the week for, look at the charleston the week for, look at the show last night. in the end, what paid off for me, was the way of

bringing upa what paid off for me, was the way of bringing up a performance and rhythm, that flavia pennetta had with me and kevin did the same with stacey and she led up the screen, her showdowns was full of pizzazz and people want entertainment, that's why it's an entertainment show. going back to when you were on the show, you get the people entertainment, didn't you? we are going to look at some pictures of you on the show, that is you being fired from the canon, not exactly dancing but tell us, how did it change your life, being on strictly come dancing? it is entertainment, that's the thing, i had to do the jive, we became bafta nominated for tv highlight of the year, we got eaten by a royal wedding thatcher, would you believe it? there's been plenty of entertainment, a lot of people know a lot of people who aren't social media who have millions of followers and now they

have a whole new band, a whole new generation, perhaps 0pal —— people like myself, because of the show i have a lot of younger people following me. —— beaten by a royal wedding. for someone like yourself, it requires hard work in the practice room, doesn't it? goodness me, i live in snowdonia, flabby and i had to travel from london, and back down from snowdonia to london, we lost a day's rehearsal and every second chance when you are dancing, you have to have stamina, joy. 0ne of the important things is to have a partner that you joel with, i had fla bby partner that you joel with, i had flabby in the main show, joanne clifton, kevin's sister in the christmas show and if you joel with your partner you can fly to the

rockets of the moon, doesn't matter for you are, just not have to be wembley. a rocket to the moon, i love that, russell, great to talk to you, thank you. strictly contest and in 2011. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello. this is a picture taken through the early hours of the morning, the snow falling in scotland. store deirdre blowing away now. the gaels are baiting for the national league football finals, the shower is becoming more prevalent across wales, western england and southern scotland. ahead of the showers, some good spells of sunshine, 7—10dc. up on the tem ptress sunshine, 7—10dc. up on the temptress yesterday, without the wind, not so icy. rain pushing its way through the ceiling, clearing

overnight, becoming quite chilly, these are town and city temperatures. in the countryside there will be a frost, morning. 0ne 01’ there will be a frost, morning. 0ne or two icy patches, potentially some mist and fog as we go into the working week. a decent start to the weaker, more wind and rain on the way for some of us on tuesday. hello. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: theresa may accuses the former prime minister tony blair of insulting the office he once held by supporting another eu referendum. after two weeks of negotiations, delegates at the un climate conference in poland reach agreement on how to enforce promised cuts to carbon emissions. chester zoo launches a £50,000 fundraising campaign after fire destroyed much of the vast roof covering one of its enclosures yesterday.