theresa may is to tell mps another brexit referendum risks breaking faith with voters. a senior minister says mps should vote on other options. a five—year—old boy becomes the third victim of a house fire in nottinghamshire. his mother and eight—year—old sister died yesterday. bad weather is blamed for a fall yesterday. bad weather is blamed for afall in yesterday. bad weather is blamed for a fall in the number of high street shoppers on one of the busiest days before christmas. tour de france winner geraint thomas wins bbc sports personality of the year 2018. at 11:30 p.m., we'll take a look at the papers with our reviewers, john sta pleton the papers with our reviewers, john stapleton and katie balls. good evening. theresa may will tell

mps tomorrow that another referendum on brexit would risk breaking faith with voters. she'll warn that it would damage integrity in politics and further divide the country. today a leading brexit supporter in the cabinet suggested parliament should have a say on all the options if the government's withdrawal plan is rejected by mps. here's political correspondent chris mason. it's not hard to find divisions over brexit outside parliament, protesters with different views fight for attention. and it's not much different inside. at least the prime minister's found someone willing to play ball today, and she still hopes she'll get her deal through parliament but many are now discussing what happens if she fails, with growing talk of another referendum.

the international trade secretary, liam fox, campaigned for brexit, and hates the idea. supposing we had another referendum, supposing the remain side won it by 52—48 but it ona remain side won it by 52—48 but it on a lower turnout, entirely possible. let me tell you that if there is another referendum, which i don't think there will be, people like me will be immediately demanding it is best—of—three. where does that end up? today, two of the prime minister's closest allies denied they were toying with another public vote, her chief of staff said he wasn't planning one and her effective deputy said he has long thought it was a bad idea and would be divisive. those hoping for another referendum say it might eventually be the only option. if parliament is gridlocked and there is no way of resolving the impasse and no consensus can be met in parliament, then how else do you resolve this other than referring it back to the people? but many senior labour figures are deeply uneasy about asking the people again, and don't know on which side

they would be if it happened. look, we're going to have to discuss tactics if and when we come to that. you don't know. you don't know whether you're in and out. andrew, policy is decided by our members in a democratic and open way. in the last month, the prime minister has spent more than 12 hours on herfeet in the commons defending her brexit plan, and there will be more of the same tomorrow. what we're now witnessing here is a noisy conversation on all sides exploring other possible options. or to put it another way — working out what on earth to do next. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. a mother and two children who died following a house fire in nottinghamshire have been named asjustine, isabella and harvey collison. gerry jackson reports. justine collar son and her

eight—year—old daughter, isabella, died in the fire at their home yesterday. today, five—year—old harvey died in hospital. husband and father, gavin, is fighting for his life. the flames broke out at breakfast time in this quiet village lane, leaving no time for most inside to escape. the child ren‘s grandmother was led to safety. close neighbours had battled to rescue the others. it's an adrenaline rush, to try and get in, to help them, because i saw my dad and his other bloke who are trying to get in so i thought, all efforts to get through the door and help them. but obviously we couldn't. it wasn't until we saw the fire brigade, you know, open the front door that we saw the inside wasjust thick with smoke. from learning that they were first in a serious condition to what's happened today, got more and more upsetting, as today has gone through, it's got more upsetting. police and fire officers have spent a second day here at the property trying to work out what caused this tragedy. meanwhile, members of this

close—knit community have been gathering to pay their tributes in the wake of the tragedy so close to christmas. justine collison was a much respected teaching assistant at a local school. today, a colleague was among those paying their respects. she was lovely, could not meet a nicer woman. she was always smiling, and adored her children and her husband. a special service was held at the village church, all saints, this morning. it will remain open every day between now and christmas. johnnie jackson, bbc news, collingham in nottinghamshire. prosecutors in france say a fifth person injured in tuesday's gun attack on a christmas market in strasbourg has died. several hundred people gathered in the city earlier to honour the victims. the attacker, cherif chekatt, was killed in a shootout with police on thursday. a group of mps has said the a type

of smart motorway where the hard shoulder is permanently turned into a full claim should be stopped. the all—party group backed campaigners who say having no hard shoulder puts motorists and recovery people at risk. there's 100 motorists and recovery people at risk. there's100 miles of all lane smart motorways in england with another 225 miles planned. —— fourth lane. bad weather and an increase in online buying are being blamed for shoppers staying away from the high street on what is usually the busiest weekend before christmas. retail experts say numbers were down almost 10% yesterday compared with the same time last year. earlier i spoke to diane wehrle from springboard, a retail analysis firm, about what had gone wrong. this year foot fall has been really hit. much poorer than we anticipated. we actually anticipated before december a drop of 4.2% and it looks like it will be in line

with that and possibly more than that. the first half of the month was very poor with drops of —6% and -5% in was very poor with drops of —6% and —5% in the first couple of weeks, so a really challenging time for retail. going back to october, the retail sales figures were not particularly impressive, that was put down to consumer confidence being poor with brexit approaching, nothing spectacular comeback friday, then we had storm deirdre. what's going on? i don't to use the word perfect storm, it's been used a lot, it's been a combination of awful circumstances this year. early in the year we had terrible weather in march and the easter of this year was in march and that's awful for retail because the weather isn't a lwa ys retail because the weather isn't always great, and that turned out to be the case. april was hit because easter was in march and then we had the hugely hot summer, which was good for retail, but then people stopped buying things and then did

other activities and that impacted retail. finally in the week leading up retail. finally in the week leading up to christmas, the peak trading week, we have this terrible weather again so it's been a real issue for retail. but underlying that our economic issues that are affecting how much consumers are willing to spend. consumer confidence is really low, wage inflation for a long time was outstripped by price inflation and consumers had to resort to savings or credit cards to fund their spending is, so consequently a lot of households are carrying an awful lot of debt and that's really railing back their spending, then you combine that with the thinking, continuing increase in online, considering that's a slower rate thanit considering that's a slower rate than it has been, even black friday didn't bring online spending more than 3%. it's not the fact online is robbing the high street, it's the fa ct robbing the high street, it's the fact people are reining back on spending. retail sales wake up for 20% of the total uk economy, how

make or break is this pre—christmas spending spree for our retailers? yes, christmas is a really critical time for retailers. for some retailers, toy retailers for example, could make up a quarter of their sales each year and in foot fall terms, it's hugely important, oui’ fall terms, it's hugely important, our stores account for 80% of all retail spend. in december, foot fall is around 11 or 12% of the year, that compares with an average of 7% in other months so it's much, much longer in december. if they're not spending... if we're not spending in december, it impacts severely on reta ile rs' december, it impacts severely on retailers' viability. analysts have described 2018 as a year of distress, we have another week of christmas shopping left. is there anything to look forward to? in some instances we might see some uplift this week. we've got a full trading week before christmas, and

that helps. but what we do know from oui’ that helps. but what we do know from our data at springboard is actually foot fall tends to peak on friday despite the fact we've got another full weekend. people tend to do their shopping before the weekend and do family and friends things and preplanned activities at the weekend. while some are still shopping, the peak days are behind us shopping, the peak days are behind us by friday. if shoppers decide to make the most of this week and the weather is supposed to be more mild, then hopefully we'll see a bit of an uplift. teresa made's to tell mps another brexit referendum risks breaking faith with voters. —— theresa may's. it comes as a senior minister says parliament should vote on other options. we'll examine where next

for brexit if mps reject mrs may's withdrawal deal. also tonight, on a mother and two children killed in a house fire are named. —— a mother. life in gaza, where the un warns of deepening poverty. high unemployment and a collapsing economy has been disastrous for families like this one struggling to make ends meet. inadequate and lacking urgency. campaigners and some countries criticise the un climate agreement. the 2018 sports personality of the year is geraint thomas! applause and the tour de france champion is named bbc sports personality of the year. good evening.

the prime minister is to warn mps against another referendum on brexit, saying a vote would do irreparable damage to the integrity of british politics. her words in a statement to the commons tomorrow come as a leading brexit supporter in the cabinet, the international trade secretary, liam fox, suggested that parliament will have to look at other options, if the government's withdrawal plan is rejected by mps. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. postponing a vote she would have lost, facing a confidence vote to oust her, and then an eu summit — long on drama and confrontation but short on breakthroughs. at least the prime minister has found someone willing to play ball today. and yes, she still hopes she can get her brexit plan through parliament. but many are now publicly discussing what happens if she can't get it changed and it's defeated. parliament will have to decide on the alternatives.

liam fox voted the idea of a free vote, mps not being told how to vote by their parties and parliament voting on various models of brexit. then there's growing talk of another referendum. doctor fox, who campaigned for brexit, hates the idea. supposing we have another referendum, supposing the remain side won it by 52 to 48 but it was on a lower turnout. entirely possible. let me tell you that, if there is another referendum, which i don't think there will be, people like me will be immediately demanding it's best of three. where does that end up? today, two of the prime minister's closest allies denied they were toying with another public vote. her chief of staff said he wasn't planning one, and her affected deputy said he's long thought it was a bad idea and would be divisive. those hoping for another referendum say it might eventually be the only option. if parliament is gridlocked and there's no way of resolving the impasse and no consensus can be met in parliament,

then how else do you resolve this other than referring it back to the people? but many senior labour figures are deeply uneasy about asking the people again, and don't know on which side they would be if it happened. we are going to have to discuss tactics if and when we come to that. you don't know if you're in or out? andrew, policy is decided by our members in a democratic and open way. the stage is set, then, for the coming parliamentary drama. the prime minister returns here tomorrow to continue making her case. as chris just as chrisjust said... theresa may will be back speaking in the commons tomorrow. what is expected from her? well, it will be yet another appearance for theresa may. in the last months, she's been on herfeet in the commons defending her brexit plan for over 12 hours. she'll return tomorrow afternoon, faced

plenty more questions, but absolutely central to her argument will be taking on this sense that a second, another referendum should be something that is entertained. she said it would break faith with the british people, it would be irreparable damage to the integrity of our democracy and divisive. it tells you everything about the swirl of politics at the moment and the confidence within the people's vote campaign that they've already published a response to theresa may's words. dame margaret beckett, labour, former foreign secretary, support of another referendum says it would be wrong to ram through brexit without checking it still has the consent of the british people. all of these conversations are being noticed elsewhere. the irish foreign goal macro foreign minister saying today if britain wants to follow a different course on brexit then the whole process will have to be delayed —— irish foreign minister. what we're getting now in public are noisy discussions about the range of brexit options, or to put it another

way, parliament, this whole postcode if you like, trying to work out what on earth is going to happen next. 0k, chris. many thanks. 0ur correspondent chris mason there. police have named a mother and her two children who were killed in a fire at their home in the village of collingham in nottinghamshire. they were justine collison, her 8—year—old daughter, isabella, and her 5—year—old son, harvey. her husband remains in hospital in a serious condition. gerry jackson reports. the fire took hold at breakfast time in this quiet village lane, leaving no time for the family to escape. justine collison and her 8—year—old daughter isabella died. today came the news that 5—year—old harvey had died in hospital. husband and father gavin is fighting for his life. —— the children's grandmother was led to safety. close neighbours had battled to rescue the others. i saw my dad and his other bloke who are trying to get

in so i thought, all efforts to get through the door and help them. but obviously we couldn't. it wasn't until we saw the fire brigade, you know, open the front door, that we saw the inside was just thick with smoke. from learning that they were first in a serious condition to what's happened today, it's got more and more upsetting, as today has gone through, it's got more upsetting. police and fire officers have spent a second day here at the property, trying to work out what caused this tragedy. meanwhile, members of this close—knit community have been gathering to pay their tributes. justine collison was a much respected teaching assistant at a local school. today, a colleague was among those paying their respects. she was lovely, could not meet a nicer woman. she was always smiling, and adored her children and her husband. for a community coming to terms with losing this family, special prayers we re losing this family, special prayers were held during the day's sunday service. the number of people out

shopping this weekend — usually the busiest weekend before christmas — has slumped. retail experts say numbers across the uk yesterday were down almost 10% compared with the same time last year. joe miller is here with me. joe, do we know why? well, the biggest factor was the bad weather. there was heavy rain across the uk on saturday and many shoppers perhaps understandably decided to avoid the wet high street, but even better conditions today failed to really boost sales and footfall across shopping centres, retail parks and the high street fell by more than 4% this weekend, compared with the same period last year. and as you can see, that it is a pattern of declined over the past few years and has put retailers on course for the worst december since the height of natural crisis, it is very bad news for chains that are struggling, many of which make up to a quarter

of their annual revenues in these few weeks. but what is even more concerning is that there does not seem to be a bumpy and online sales either, which points to the fact that perhaps households are struggling with debt that they are stimulated in the years before wages started to rise our spending less altogether. —— bump in. started to rise our spending less altogether. -- bump in. 0k, thank you. more than £100,000 has been raised to support chester zoo, after a large fire in its tropical enclosure yesterday. a number ofanimals, including frogs and small birds, were killed. the zoo said it was one of the "toughest days" in its history, but it had been "overwhelmed" by the public response. the ink has onlyjust dried on the deal to implement the paris climate accord, but already some countries and environmental groups are criticising it for lacking the ambition needed to prevent dangerous levels of global warming. delegates from nearly 200 countries reached agreement late last night on how to implement the 2015 agreement, and they outlined plans for collective rules on cutting carbon emissions. but the commitments are not legally binding.

here's our science editor, david shukman. for years, we have known how each cluster of smoke adds more carbon dioxide to the air and raises the global temperature. but only now has the world inched towards a deal to try to tackle this. the talks in poland ended with scenes of excitement and relief. the polish minister in charge had overcome difficult arguments. so, where does this leave us? most significant is a new set of rules for how countries cut the gases warming the planet. that was sorted. but the deal is voluntary, so we will now have to see what individual governments actually do. 0n finance for developing countries, to help them go green and prepare for the impact of climate change, there was some progress but they say not enough. and on promises of much deeper cuts in emissions in future,

which scientists say are needed very rapidly, that'll have to wait for another time. but many of the most vunerable nations say the deal doesn't go far enough. this is bangladesh. faced with rising sea levels and the threat of devastating floods, they say bolder steps are needed. we've got 12 years. the situation here today doesn't really solve anything. i think we've got to do practical things. we've got to cut down the emissions drastically, in terms of emissions. the real test now is whether the deal eventually leads to fewer warming gases entering the atmosphere. and so far, all the talk over the past 25 years has failed to achieve that. david shukman, bbc news. let's take a look now at more of today's news stories.

a fifth person has died of his wounds following the gun attack on the christmas market in strasbourg in northern france. the prosecutor's office in paris said the victim was a 36 year—old polish national. the suspect in last tuesday's attack, cherif chekatt, was shot dead by police on thursday. injapan, more than a0 people have been injured in a huge explosion and fire at a restaurant in the city of sapporo. at least one person is believed to be in a critical condition. the cause isn't yet known, though some reports suggest a gas explosion. belgian police have detained nearly 100 people ata right—wing, anti—migrant protest in brussels. police used tear gas and water cannon to control the 5000 people at the march, close to the headquarters of european institutions. the demonstration was called by far—right groups protesting against the un agreement which sets out an international approach to migration. 2 million people in gaza are poised to slip deeper

into poverty and increasingly deplorable living conditions — according to the united nations — it warns that basic services are at risk of collapse. gaza's economy has been badly hit by a blockade by israel and egypt — needed, they say — for security reasons. the blockade was tightened after hamas took full control of gaza more than a decade ago. hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by israel and other countries, including the united states and britain. inside gaza, 54% of the labour force is unemployed. and 97% of tap water is unfit for human consumption. my colleague mishal husain has been looking at life in gaza with one family. it's a densely populated strip of land, a place that the united nations has warned could be unliveable by 2020. one of the most acute problems

is a shortage of clean water. something that maher bolbol needs not only at home but for his business. it's a coffee stall, where he makes the equivalent ofjust £2 a day. gaza's economy is at a standstill, badly affected by years of a blockade by israel and egypt, they say for security reasons. translation: this blockade is like a cancer in the whole gaza strip. it spreads and affects everyone. and of course, it's incurable unless the blockade is lifted. today, the world bank says half of gaza's population is living in poverty. this is the busy home of a big family. the grandparents, their sons and daughters, their sons and daughters—in—law, and all of the grandchildren. but, of course, in a place like this, that means many

mouths to feed. it's not easy to provide for such a large family in gaza. the household is 21 people in all, living here since 2014 when their old home was destroyed in an israeli air strike. there are three generations under this roof. but maher is the only one who has any work at all. translation: no clothes, no furniture. it's barely enough for food and water. and sometimes we can't even find that. this is the only existence the children know. but for the generation in the middle, their parents, dreams ofjobs and livelihoods have been shattered. translation: it is sad to have to drop out of university. i thought i was going to make something of myself, that people would call me ali the accountant.

now i feel unable to pull myself out of the hole i fell into. he has a wife and child but no means of supporting them. his unpaid debts meant he had to go to prison. now maher has a new worry. another son went to the weekly demonstrations near gaza's boundary with israel and was hit by a rubber bullet. translation: all young adults go and take part. i went there just like the rest of them, like anyone else. god willing the blockade will be lifted, then we will find jobs, live our lives and secure futures for our children. translation: after the injury, of course i'm upset. this is my son, i raised him. i'm scared for him. i also know this will be an added burden to us as a family. tonight, there is fresh bread, even if scrap paper is the only available fuel.

and few believe the blockade can end while hamas, whose founding charter denies israel's right to exist, is in power here. when i've talked to israeli officials and to ordinary people, they have said that gaza is in this position because of hamas. what do you think of that? translation: no. 0ur internal palestinian governments cannot be held responsible. the siege that was imposed is really strangling us. but as well as the blockade, incomes here have been affected in the last year by palestinian divisions, sanctions imposed on hamas by the palestinian authority in the west bank. maher‘s family, like many others here, say they have little real hope of a better future. mishal husain, bbc news, gaza. and mishal will be presenting part

of radio 4's today programme from gaza tomorrow. with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. hello. thanks very much, rita. good evening. geraint thomas has been crowned the bbc sports personality of the year. the tour de france winner beat lewis hamilton and harry kane into second and third place. 0ur correspondent, joe wilson, reports from birmingham. let's reveal the content so bbc sports personality of the year. let's reveal the content so bbc sports personality of the yeahm let's reveal the content so bbc sports personality of the year. in a contender so bbc sports personality of the year. you know how hard it is at this time of year to get everyone together same time, same place, well, they did it. six stars all here, dc‘s only revealed once the show had started. all on the same stage, waiting for your votes. billiejean stage, waiting for your votes. billie jean king announced stage, waiting for your votes. billiejean king announced who had won. geraint thomas. geraint thomas

won. geraint thomas. geraint thomas won the tour de france but he sees cycling inspiring everyone. you see so many kids out on their bikes, not just kids, people of all ages or abilities, and just enjoying riding the bike, having a healthy lifestyle, and that is just as, it can take just as much pride from that as winning something like this. the big winner not the only one tonight. another innovation this year, the walkers for the moment of the year. some big names nominated here as well. tyson fury was on the shortlist for his fight, is full all as we nominated for their shootout, but this was voted the moment of the year. commonwealth games goal for england's net all is. and the triumph of human spirit, first crash left this athlete with these injuries but this year, he resumed his career as a racing driver and he was in birmingham for his award. and

then there was billiejean king, the collector lifetime achievement award. after all, what she fought for in tennis open the door for all professional sportswoman. joe wilson, bbc news, birmingham. liverpool are back on top of the premier league after beating manchester united today, and southampton are out of the relegation zone, clinging on for a memorable win over arsenal. joe lynskey reports. there's more than just distance to this great football rivalry, but right now, these sides are moving further apart. liverpool went into this game 16 points clear of united, so on form and recent quality, and opening goal was no surprise. what's less expected here now our goalkeeping errors. liverpool have spent millions to stop slipups like this. lingard made the most of the mistake. to get