you're watching bbc newsroom live, it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: theresa may will tell mps that holding another brexit referendum will "break faith with the british people". work and pensions secretary amber rudd says parliament should consider all options. we need to find out where the majority of mps will vote, nothing should be off the table. we should consider all options. the amount of money in student loans expected not to be repaid will now be recorded as public debt — adding 12 billion pounds to the uk's defecit online fashion retailer asos has issued a profit warning after what it says was "unprecedented" discounting and "the weakest growth in online clothing sales in recent years". a hotel in hull has cancelled a christmas day booking by a homeless charity for twenty eight people with nowhere else to stay.

and welsh cyclist geraint thomas says he takes "great pride" in winning this year's sport's personality of the year. the team sky rider became only the third briton ever to win good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. theresa may will set out her opposition to another brexit referendum today, warning mps that it would cause "irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics". several cabinet members have been publicly asking that she puts brexit back into the hands of the commons and look at a series of options to break the deadlock. the prime minister will say that another referendum on the eu would "break faith with the british people". but this morning work and pensions secretary amber rudd said that the government "should consider all options". at 3.30 today the prime minister will address the commons about the recent brussels summit and will come under pressure to name the date for a vote on the deal. our assistant political editor has

been following events and joins us now from westminster. norman, she's going to say what she thinks, what she wants or doesn't want, how much is she in control of events 7 it's striking. we are seeing cabinet ministers beginning to break cover and saying of course they support the prime minister, but we need to think of life after the deal goes down. in other words, start thinking about a plan b. and what seems to be gaining momentum is this idea of giving mpsa gaining momentum is this idea of giving mps a list of different options, of brexit outcomes, to try and assess if there is a majority in parliament for any particular option. so let's look at the plan b options that might be on the paper. option one is the so—called norway approach which would keep the uk in the european economic area, we would stay in the single market and

continue to pay money to brussels. we would have to accept freedom of movement but we would get unfettered access to the single market. option two would be a canada style deal, a free—trade agreement favoured by many brexiteers, we wouldn't get favoured access to the single market and we would have to pay eu tariffs. option three would be a second referendum, put it back to the people to decide what should happen next if parliament is gridlocked. other options, there is obviously no deal, leaving on march 29 wrote an agreement and going onto world trade organisation terms, or a managed no deal, whereby we would pay money to delay our departure on no deal for a couple of years also, to give us time to prepare for no deal. one of those pushing for a second referendum is the labour mp ian murray, technically, how would you manage a second referendum7 this

would require the government to pass legislation for a second referendum which theresa may has said there is no way. a delay in article 50 would be the first thing to do. if you go back to what the prime minister said today, she has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a press release before her statement ruling out a people's vote. given that she ruled out a general election in 2017 and said she wouldn't cancel a vote last week, and could not renegotiate something she has since renegotiated, saying point—blank they shouldn't be a people's wrote they shouldn't be a people's wrote the public should be asking when should we have one? we should put this back to the public and ask if this back to the public and ask if this is what they want from brexit. how would it, in terms of the mechanics, though about this, jeremy corbyn isn't saying yes, so who is the political leader who is going to make this happen? yet we are reaching out across the house of commons, this is what the prime minster should have done to get some

sort of minster should have done to get some sort of consensus. minster should have done to get some sort of consensus. the numbers of people backing a peebles road —— people's vote is growing every day. the only way to unlock the blockages to put this back to the people, it's a democratic thing to do, given the promises have all been broken by relief campaign the prime minister can't deliver, she's come back with a deal that has united everyone, it's the right thing to do now is that brexit is undeliverable, any deal that would be on the table is worse than what we currently enjoy, and let's put it back to the people and let's put it back to the people and get their direction. what would be on the ballot paper if there was a referendum. you heard me list the different options, you could have almost as many options on the ballot paper. if you look at the principle, but if you want to leave the eu and deliver brexit as the levers wanted to deliver it, it creates a

significant amount of economic harm. if you want to reduce that calm you have to stay as close to the eu was possible. then you have to ask yourself what is the point of leaving in the first place. every single option, when you compare it to what we currently enjoy, makes us economically weaker, and makes people economically poorer. as a veteran of the scottish independence referendum i think that what should be on the ballot paper are too measurable propositions, not these things where you can deliver anything you wish as the leave campaign did in 2016, those promises have been blown out of the water. we need the prime minister's agreement which she won't get through the house, and what we currently enjoy asa memberof house, and what we currently enjoy as a member of the eu, to measurable propositions that the public can have a judgment on. should there be a threshold? have a judgment on. should there be a threshold 7 there have a judgment on. should there be a threshold? there could be a hypothetical situation where you get 5296 in hypothetical situation where you get 52% in favour of staying in and 48 against, would that be significant

to reverse it, or should we have a threshold of 60% or more to carry out such a major decision? we would have to run this on the same rules as previously to make it fair and equitable. there is an argument to suggest that we should have a map that states at a glance of the topic, here are the rules of the game. perhaps that significant change should require some kind of threshold to be met because of the impact on the country. the way all the opinion poll shows that could be up the opinion poll shows that could be up to 56% in terms of remaining now, that's a 68% swing, any government would take that, because it could choose the colour of the government. there are significant shifts as the public about what's on the table and decide it's not in their economic interests and demand a say to break the deadlock in parliament. how seriously do you take the warnings that another referendum would cause amongst those who voted to leave,

and feel they are being ignored and asked to change their mind? they haven't been ignored. the instruction was to look at leaving the european union. the government have tried to leave the european union. its clear roads impassable about making people poorer, it's clear that all the promises made about frictionless trade, the easiest radio will ever do, the country being more prosperous, have prove n country being more prosperous, have proven not to be the case, so it's quite right to go back and say we understand you will did leave, but here are the measurable propositions. one makes you significantly poorer, 1000, which would unite to take? if we don't ask the people now, the divisions in the country will be much, much larger than those of trying to get over another referendum on the european union. if people are poor and start to lose theirjobs, we've seen businesses disinvest in and analysis shows that people would be poorer,

they would rightly bend the angry that they weren't asked to try and break the deadlock to prevent a no deal all the worst of all worlds dallat is on the table at the moment. juana, one other tip the, one thing about the prime minister is being told now is that david cameron is hoping to get the deal through. the man who launched the referendum in the first place. do you know anything else about i don't, they dispute the idea that he is an adviser at number ten, they suggest he isjust is an adviser at number ten, they suggest he is just one of many offering some sort of advice. interestingly, the guy who started the whole ball rolling now seems to be someone at the prime minister is listening to in terms of how to resolve this that's very interesting. if you want to find out more on this, and there is plenty online including a really simple guide to brexit on the bbc news website. it might answer some of your

questions. theresa may will be speaking in the house of commons at 3:30pm and we have live coverage of that. student loans will add £12 billion to the country's national deficit because they are to be reclassified as public spending. the office of national statistics made the ruling this morning and revealed that almost half the value of student loans will be lost as many graduates will never reach the income level required to repay their debts. let's speak now to our correspondent navjej johal. why are they changing it? it sounds a bit technical but the impact of this could be big on the government, it's all about how the government presents the money it spends on student loans on its balance sheet. the process is a little bit odd. this year alone in england it spent £16 billion, it's given 16 billion to universities and students in loa ns. to universities and students in loans. and the current system not

counted as government spending, the theory being that it will eventually be paid back, many criticised the system and described it as a fiscal illusion, because in practice 45% of those loans aren't to be repaid. dude and start paying them off when they earn about £25,000. any amount they earn about £25,000. any amount they haven't repaid in 30 years' time is written off and paid by the taxpayer instead. the decision today from the office of national statistics means that from september next year the amount of uk student loa ns next year the amount of uk student loans that the government will pay off in 30 years' time will be counted as current capital spending, pushing up the deficit by £12 billion. the deficit is the difference between what the government spends, and receives in taxation. that will be a big headache for philip hammond. it's going to lead to greater scrutiny of what is going on, is it likely to mean any change? doesn't change the

cost of funding higher education, but could provide incentive for the government to cash did cut tuition fees. universities will want to ensure that the fact the case then income isn't affected. the university and college union has come out and said that this should not reduce the overall level of funding for universities, or lead to fewer students being able to access higher education. a review of the current student loan system commissioned by the prime minister, is due to report back its findings to the government and a couple of months. it's something that would make sense, don't give the money to be written off there, streamline it, but how competent it wouldn't be to restructure that7 but how competent it wouldn't be to restructure that? you don't know at the beginning was going to end up making a salary that will mean they can pay the loan back in the end. of the system at the moment means that if you win under £25,000, technically, if you continue to earn less tha n

technically, if you continue to earn less than £25,000, you won't have to pay back your student loan. of course, there are people under a different system previously. at the moment, i think it's around 9% interest they are playing. there are a lot of figures flying around in terms of what the new system would be like. we should have clarity by september because that's when the new system september because that's when the new syste m co m es september because that's when the new system comes into force. online clothing company asos has issued a profit warning after "unprecedented" fashion discounting hit its trading in november. asos said low consumer confidence and economic uncertainty had led to "the weakest growth in online clothing sales in recent years". today, asos shares fell 35 % in early trading. elsewhere, the fashion and home furnishings retailer, laura ashley,is to close around 40 of its uk stores, as it plans to expand in china. we can now get the thoughts of samantha dover, senior retail analyst with the market research company mintel, whojoins me now from the london stock exchange. tell us what you think is going on with a sauce worst of all. —— asos.

november was unseasonably warm, you have underlying issues like uncertainty, regarding brexit, and a number of factors into play, making people feel a little bit more cautious about the way they spend their money. asos cautious about the way they spend their money. a505 is an online retailer, when the high street is hit the online retailers are said to have an unfair advantage, so to see an online retailer in difficulty what does that indicate broadly about the market? it signals that whilst, for a long time the online retailers have outperformed the wider market, actually, when there is an underlying weakness in demand, actually, they are as susceptible to those challenges as any other retailer. do you see it as, i guess we just retailer. do you see it as, i guess wejust don't retailer. do you see it as, i guess we just don't know, but do you think

it's potentially a blip or something more fundamental? which could be a blip, december could be boosted by the fact that people are just more positive in general and more willing to spend and worry about costs later. actually, ithink to spend and worry about costs later. actually, i think the outlook for 2019 is challenging for retailers. on the high street, the boss of sports direct, mike ashley, said november was the worst november in living retail, and he suggested some retailers would be smashed to pieces. laura ashley this morning have announced they are closing shops you're looking to expand in china. that's inevitable, i think. retailers look to international markets to produce their reliance on their domestic markets, i don't think that surprising. we were probably see more of that in the future. i think the overlying headline is that it's not as bad as it seems. what they are doing is

responding to changes, people are shopping online, so store closures reflect the big changes in how people are shopping. is china increasingly going to be a market that companies not doing so well on the high street will be looking for the high street will be looking for the potential of china? how easy and obvious is it an environment into which these companies can expand? with a different market to the uk, they will be challenges there. i think for a lot of retailers it would be reducing the reliance they have on a particular market, the uk market might be more challenging, so they are looking at other areas for growth. just looking obviously into the factors that have caused the trouble particularly for asos, discounting, obviously, black friday, it just seems discounting, obviously, black friday, itjust seems to have segued into constant sales, now, all the way through the seasonal period. into jan woodley is going to be

difficult times for the foreseeable, isn't it? —— january. difficult times for the foreseeable, isn't it? -- january. lots of retailers have over to reliance on discounting for a long time now. what we are seeing is a lot of consumers waiting for discounts. two out of three you uk consumers say they don't feel the need to pay full price for the things in the run—up to christmas. that's pretty damning and has played into why november was so and has played into why november was so bad. people hold out for those promotions and discounts now. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may will say that holding a second brexit referendum will break faith with the british people and damage the inegrity of our politics. a change in how student loans are recorded in the public finances will add £12 billion to the deficit. online fashion retailer asos has issued a profit warning after what it says was "the weakest growth in online clothing sales in recent years". and in sport:

liverpool are back at the top of the premier legaue after beating manchester united at anfield. while rangers are back at the top of the scottish premiership after a win over hamilton. tour de france winner geraint thomas is the bbc‘s sports personality of the year for 2018, beating lewis hamilton and harry kane to the trophy. i'll be back with more on those stories just after half eleven. a five—year—old boy has become the third person to die following a house fire in nottinghamshire. the boy's mother and eight—year—old sister were also killed in the blaze in the village of collingham on saturday . the children's father remains in a serious condition. ben ando reports. the cause of the fire that tore through this family home in the village of collingham, near newark in nottinghamshire, remains under investigation.

justine collison, aged 34, her daughter isabella, who was eight, and her son harvey, aged five, were all killed, while gavin collison, on the right, is now fighting for his life in hospital. the only other survivor was mrs collison's mother, who was helped out uninjured. on social media, tributes were paid, including this one to mrs collison, here in an raf uniform, sitting on the left. while this woman worked with her at a nearby school. she was lovely, could not meet a nicer woman. she was always smiling and adored her children and her husband. over the weekend, prayers were said for those who died and for those who survived, and the local church will remain open during the day between now and christmas day for those wishing to pray or leave messages of condolence. ben ando, bbc news. for the first time in 52 years it won't cost you a penny to cross either

of the severn bridges as toll charges have been scrapped from this morning. it's thought that scrapping the toll will benefit communiters, businesses and the welsh economy by around £100 million. some drivers will save up to £1,400 a year. our wheels correspondent is there. many people crossing this morning regularly make this trip every day for work purposes. there was a huge queue of traffic for that influx of vehicles not paying at 6:30am. 1.5 million vehicles cross the bridge into wales every month, so it's a huge saving for all those people, as you mentioned, it's a huge boost for welsh business as well, not having to pay the £20 they would do every time they crossed over the border. theyis time they crossed over the border. they is one possible downside, some have shown that by getting rid of the tolls we will increase traffic

by 20 to 23%, some worry that will have a knock on effect and negate the queueing, and local areas, monmouthshire, will be hoping that this will create a boost to businesses there. there is an expectation that house prices in the vicinity will go up due to this, but in terms of business as well, it's hoped that people from the of england will be able to commute more and business integration will be bigger. this huge blockade, the financial barrier, has now gone. donations to chester zoo following a large fire over the weekend have now reached more than £120,000. the number of animals killed in saturday's blaze at the monsoon forest habitat still remains unknown. bosses at the site, which has now reopened, have praised the hard work of keepers and thanked the public for their support.

chester zoo has described it as one of the toughest days in its history and you can see why. the fire that ripped through the mmonsoon forest building has now been put out but the damage caused is still being keenly felt. monsoon forest at chester zoo is a complex environment with stick insects to snails to fish to frogs, some of the small animals have very sadly perished but what we're really happy with is that we managed to save all of the large mammals. zoo workers rescued animals including endangered sumatran apes by getting them into outdoor enclosures. they worked with the fire service whose investigations into the fire are progressing. we are confident we know where the fire started and we are confident it was accidental. we are trying to determine the exact cause of that. the building itself was built three years ago as part of the £40 million project. it's the largest indoor zoo exhibit in the uk.

the fire meant part of the zoo was closed off but that did not seem to put off visitors. we wanted to come even more to support everyone. ijust hope they can rebuild and carry on doing what they do. it's a really difficult situation but at least, you know, we can still come to the zoo. the fundraising page set up by the zoo reached £50,000 target within hours, the rebuild here will take some time. investigations into the cause of the fire are continuing. juliet phillips, bbc news. this week marks the busiest winter week for britain's aiports. on friday, heathrow will hit its peak, as the airport will see over 100,000 passengers flying out at a rate of a hundred per minute. our correspondent ben thompson is at heathrow now. he sent the lates update, along with some top tips from the independent‘s travel editor, simon calder. on friday alone 250,000 people will pass through here, as the great

getaway gets under way. they plan all year round to make this as smooth as possible. here are some top tips to make sure you get through the airport quickly and safely. the man with them is simon calder, the travel editor. it's that time of year, things get busy. heathrow is really busy this week, but also the rest of the country. yes, on friday they will be 100 people a minute passing through heathrow, the uk's busiest airport, it will also be the busiest day of the festive season in birmingham, manchester, glasgow,, stansted, gatwick and bristol will have their busiest day on the 23rd, and ben luton will have their biggest day on the 28th of december. that's the big new year getaway, people coming back after their holidays. we've got used to the rules on liquids and laptops, but you might be carrying different

things at christmas. yes, it's about making yourjourney smooth and speeding up the whole process for everyone. it's thinking about the stuff you take through as cabin baggage. you can forget about snow globes and brandy butter, they are liquids and will go straight in the bin. also, worry about christmas crackers, and don't try and take them, some airlines will let you ta ke them, some airlines will let you take them on board an aircraft, and some airports will let you take them through security, but there is no general rule. you will need to check with your airline and airport before you do that. i had no idea about christmas crackers! the duchess of sussex‘s father, thomas markle, appeared on itv‘s good morning britain to send a message of reconciliation to his estranged daughter. the former hollywood lightning director says he is hopeful for a resolution and insists the current situation ‘cannot go on forever‘. mr markle last spoke to his daughter on the eve of her wedding i would appreciate anything she can do. i would think she would want to resolve the family problems. all

families, royal or otherwise, are the same, they should all be together, certainly around the holidays. i'm hopeful that soon, something will be resolved, and we will be talking. this can't continue forever. and... people are saying i should be quiet about this, and not speak, but they will speak to me. that hasn't happened. i don't plan to be silent for the rest of my life. i love my daughter very much, and she has to know that. i would really appreciate it if she would just call me, reach out to meet, somehow, just send me a text, just let me know you are hearing. all i can say is that i'm here, she knows

it, and i've reached out to her, i need her to reach back to me. i love her very much. i love you, very much. you're my daughter and i'd like to hear from you. whatever differences we have, we should be able to work them out, where family. please reach out to me. i'm certainly hoping that everything goes well, and that they produce a beautiful baby, as i'll get to see a little megan or a little harry. that would be very nice. i look forward to that happening. i think she'll make a great mum. and maybe things will soften a little bit, and we'll connect again. she's always been a very controlling person, that's part of her nature. she's never been rude. now it's time for a look at the weather. hey, simon. highly, lots of sunshine

at the moment, much quieter compared to the wintry and nasty weather over the weekend. you can see from the satellites, that sunshine, but to the wards the west, an area of low pressure throwing some cloud across western areas of the uk. that brings an patchy rain across northern ireland, pushing its way into wales, most of us have a dry afternoon, sony with the best of the sunshine across eastern areas. temperatures up across eastern areas. temperatures up to around seven to 11 degrees. the wind will strengthen, through this evening we see some gales around the irish sea coast, and northern ireland, heavy rain starts to move into northern ireland during the early hours of tuesday, that could cause some localised flooding issues. clear skies in the east, definitely around to feel for celsius. staying miles, that rain eventually moves eastwards,

strengthening wind for all of us. goodbye. hello. this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines: theresa may will tell mps that holding another brexit referendum will "break faith with the british people". work and pensions secretary amber rudd says parliament should consider all options. we need to find out where the will of parliament is, where the majority of parliament is, where the majority of mps will vote in parliament. nothing should be off the table. we should consider all options. the amount of money in student loans expected not to be repaid by students will now be recorded as public debt, adding £12 billion to the uk's defecit. online fashion retailer asos has issued a profit warning after what it says was "unprecedented" discounting and "the weakest growth in online clothing sales in recent years". a hotel in hull has cancelled a christmas day booking by a homeless charity for 28 people with nowhere else to stay. and welsh cyclist geraint thomas

says he takes "great pride" in winning this year's sport's personality of the year. the team sky rider became only the third britain ever to win the tour de france. sport now. here's katherine downes. hello, joanna, good morning to you. we start with breaking news. the draw for the last 16 of the champions league hasjust taken place in switzerland. all four english sides were in the hat. and manchester united might be wincing a little bit after seeing that they'll play french league leaders paris st—germain, manchester city have drawn fc shalke, tottenham hotspur will face borussia dortmund whilst for liverpool it's two—time winners bayern munich. the full list of fixtures is on the bbc sport website. liverpool are back at the top of the premier league after their 3—1 win over manchester united at anfield. xherdan shaqiri came off the bench

and scored twice to consign jose mourinho's side to another defeat. it's been the worst start manchester united have ever had to a premier league season — former united captain roy keane said afterwards they're just an average side, a decent cup team. but mourinho prefered to focus on the strengths of the opposition. every one of their players is fast, is aggressive. the transitions are phenomenal. we had some difficulties to cope with it, but then with our qualities we managed to balance the game after the 1—1, and the second half was when the game was progressively dying, was one i think probably a huge percentage of the ones in the stadium would feel that this is going to end with a 1—1. fantastic game, the whole 93 or 95

minutes, we were in charge of the game, dominated it, we came a bit up, we had to stay in the game, that is what we did, and then second half just do it and do it, be kind of annoying, do it, and then shaq came on and score the goals, and it was just brilliant. arsenal's 22 match unbeaten run came to a dramatic end on the south coast. they were beaten 3—2 by southampton, in ralph hassenhutl‘s first home match in charge. the match looked destined for a draw until substitute charlie austin scored the winner in the 85th minute. the victory takes southampton out of the relegation zone and up to 17th. meanwhile chelsea manger maurizio sarri says there's still more to come from eden hazard. that's after the belgium international masterminded their win at brighton. he set up their first goal and scored the winner to keep chelsea fourth. so it is liverpool top of the

league, manchester city, tottenham, and chelsea in fourth. rangers have gone back to the top of the table in the scottish premiership, after a narrow 1—0 win over hamilton at ibrox. daniel candeias scored the only goal of the game early in the first half and managed to hold on. the three points were enough to move them above kilmarnock on goal difference. celtic‘s busy schedule looks like it might be taking its toll. the champions are down in third after their shock 2—0 defeat at hibernian. florian kamberi sealed the win for 8th placed hibs. tour de france winner geraint thomas was voted bbc sports personality of the year last night. the first welshman to win cycling's greatest prize — he beat harry kane who came third, and lewis hamilton in second. his surprise at the announcement was obvious — but he later said it was a huge honour. you dream of races and the

aftermath, and you don't think about what is going to happen to you, but then obviously to win things like this for sure is probably the biggest thing i could win outside of a bike race, you know? it is a public vote and everything, and that is humbling, and i'm really grateful to everyone. to rugby union. leicester's hopes of reaching the champions cup knockout stages are all but over after they were beaten by racing 92. leicester's disappointing season continues. the tigers have now lost eight successive games for the first time since 1975. racing remain unbeaten after a bonus—point win. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much, katherine. the pharmaceutical industry says the prospect of a no—deal brexit is causing patients to stockpile drugs which is putting pressure on supplies and the prices of key generic drugs. in response, the department of health has told us that the vast

majority of medicines are not subject to supply problems and every day over 2 million prescription items are successfully dispensed in england. let's get more on this. i'm joined by our health editor, hugh pym. how much is this driving people to stockpile7 how much is this driving people to stockpile? the pharmaceutical market is complicated, and there are a lot of things happening here, a lot of moving parts. it isn't really about the big branded drugs, it is generic drugs where they have gone off patents, and any number of different companies or wholesalers may be holding the rights to them, and something is going on in that bit of the market which is pushing up prices paid by pharmacists, so they say they will eventually claim the money back from the nhs, but it is getting difficult of the prices are high, they are finding it difficult getting some of these drugs. nobody is quite sure what is happening other than they could be some unofficial stockpiling going on

somewhere, or the distributors of these drugs are anticipating no—deal isa these drugs are anticipating no—deal is a possibility and are pushing up prices expecting these medicines to be harder to get if there is a no—deal at the end of march. be harder to get if there is a no-deal at the end of march. so what is the government doing to provide reassuring measures to practical problems7 reassuring measures to practical problems? the government has been making it clear sense august that stockpiling is essential, they need to build up six weeks of supplies so that if there is a no—deal, then there is continuity. but nobody knows about unofficial stockpiling, possibly by patients, possibly by some bit of the supply chain, that has been frowned on by the government, they have put the message out that people should not an officially stockpile. but what has emerged today as well as these higher prices for these drugs which are having to be paid by pharmacists, which comes back to the nhs, they are worried that six

weeks' supplies is not going to be enough, that the government needs to look a bit harder than this, and matt hancock, the health secretary, has talked about opening an different ferry routes other than dover with fasttrack arrangements for lorries and chartering aircraft if needed to bring in essential drugs. it is one of those things where the government or anyone in authority says, don't panic, and you are reliant on something that they are reliant on something that they are telling you you don't need to worry about, it is human nature to make sure that you are ok and your supplies are protected. absolutely, and matt hancock is aware of that, and matt hancock is aware of that, and he is trying to get the message to doctors and patients and hospitals that stockpiling is self—defeating. if you stockpile, that creates shortages which make things worse, that is the official message. but it is hard for people to ta ke message. but it is hard for people to take that on board, and some patients have been in touch with us in the last couple of weeks who are concerned about continuity. the message from government is if eve ryo ne message from government is if everyone in the industry does the right thing, there will be

continuity of supply in the event of no deal, but some people are a little sceptical about that right now. thank you very much, hugh. more than half of teachers in england say children in their schools will go hungry this christmas. that's according to a survey by the national education union. nearly two thirds reported that more and more families will be unable to afford proper shoes and clothes. john maguire has been talking to teachers and parents at one south london school to see how they are coping. it's christmas time, and so much going on. very busy time of year, but... hopianne platt provides a lifeline. she works for the charity school home support. as the name suggests, it helps families ensure their children are in school and learning even if they're struggling to make ends meet. some of the parents here at this south london primary school prefer not to be identified. the stigma of the financial struggle especially acute at christmas. i haven't even started, you know, buying any presents for the children. i haven't got the money yet,

but i'll try and work it out how much i'll get. i've done all of these hours, all of this work... tanya has been through tough times and believes the more people talk, the more they share, the better chance they have. it got to the point where i was able to buy food, but then i got myself into a financial situation with the council. it took me a lot of months. i made sure i had the bare essentials, like the food. the national education union surveyed its members and found child poverty is having an increasing impact on schools. 53% of the teachers and said there are children in their school who'll go hungry over christmas. 63% said the past three years has seen an increase in families unable to afford adequate winter clothing or shoes, and 46% believe there's been a rise in the number of problems with housing. we find many children are homeless, to a certain extent, sharing accommodation,

three—bedroom flat will be shared by four families so each family's living in one of the rooms. so accommodation is a huge issue. sometimes it's feeding the children, bathing them, because there's such a rush for the bathroom and toilets and stuff like that. the government says teachers shouldn't have to step in to tackle these issues and it's already taking action to make sure it, they don't have to. since 2010, there's 300,000 fewer children living in absolute poverty and it spends £90 billion a year on welfare for people most in need. meanwhile, charities work to fill in the gaps. sometimes it's more busy, like the christmas period now more definitely, because the needs are greater as we discussed with the challenges around poverty with christmas. there's never a dull moment, there's always a child, a family, to support, someone to look out for. and that support, the bridge between families and school,

for many people is vital. john maguire, bbc news, london. some sad news to bring you know about the death of a climb on ben nevis. we are hearing a climber has died after a fall on ben nevis, a 21—year—old man who was airlifted to hospital, but medical staff were unable to save him. it happened yesterday in the tower gully area of great britain's highest mountain. a second man was rescued and has been treated for his injuries. from today, the directors of firms which make unsolicited phone calls can be fined as much as half a million pounds, under new rules. previously, only the business making the calls was liable , and some directors escaped penalties by declaring bankruptcy and setting up a new firm.

joe miller reports. have you been injured at work, or been involved in a car accident? these kinds of questions have become the bane of many people's lives. according to new research, three quarters of us get at least once a nuisance call per month, many of which are scams claiming to be from bt, hmrc and talk talk. after some delay, the government is strengthening the law to tackle this menace. until now, only businesses could be fined for nuisance calls and texts and many bosses evaded the penalty by just declaring bankruptcy and opening under a different name. now they can be held personally responsible to the tune of up to half a billion pounds. last year, just a couple dozen companies were fined, but the data watchdog hopes these new measures will lead to more convictions. complaints about nuisance marketing have fallen recently, but with almost 4 billion calls and texts still being made each year, the government will hope the people behind them know they too are on the line. joe miller, bbc news. lets just bring you up—to—date on

the latest on brexit. we are hearing that downing street is saying there are no plans to allow parliament to vote on a series of different outcomes to brexit. you may have heard amber rudd saying earlier that thatis heard amber rudd saying earlier that that is what should happen to ascertain what the will is of parliament, putting what are called in ticket devotes before parliament, laying out the various options ranging from no—deal brexit through toa ranging from no—deal brexit through to a norway type of agreement, obviously also a vote on the prime minister's deal. that is something that various members of the cabinet have been suggesting is the way forward , have been suggesting is the way forward, and have been openly saying that. well, downing street saying there are no plans to allow that to happen. the prime minister's official spokesman had said that theresa may is focused on getting the assurances required to get her

deal through the house of commons, and the spokesman also has ruled out another referendum, saying the pm has been very clear we will not be holding a second referendum. the public have had their say. it is never politicians to deliver on that verdict. we will have more for you at the top of hour. up to 28 homeless people in hull — who were due to stay in a hotel over christmas — now have nowhere to sleep after the hotel suddenly cancelled the booking. the man who booked the rooms and founder of the raise the roof homeless project posted on facebook that he was "absolutely gutted and very angry", arguing it was discrimination and they now need a "miracle". the royal hotel in hull has told us they don't want to comment. the founder of that homeless programme, carl simpson told the victoria derbyshire programme earlier today that the hotel originally had no problem with the booking. we made the booking and told them up front that we were a homeless project, and we were making a booking for homeless people. they

we re booking for homeless people. they were fine with that they even gave us were fine with that they even gave usa were fine with that they even gave us a discount. and all of a sudden they have just changed their mind after we played. we have people who become homeless just because they have had a family break—up, people have had a family break—up, people have to leave the family home, become homeless. we have had ex—service men on the streets after serving for their country. there are lots of reasons people become homeless, not just the lots of reasons people become homeless, notjust the ones they seem homeless, notjust the ones they seem to be labelled with. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. theresa may will say that holding a second brexit referendum will break faith with the british people and damage the inegrity of our politics. a change in how student loans are recorded in the public finances will add £12 billion to the deficit. and companies whose firms make nuisance calls could now be directly liable, and be liable for large

fines. i'm maryam moshiri in the business news. the retail sector is in the news for all the wrong reasons pre—christmas as online retailer asos warns that cutting prices to match rivals had not shifted more clothes. it says economic uncertainty plus weaker consumer confidence have led to "the weakest growth in online clothing sales in recent years". the news has shaken the retail sector on the stock markets— more in a moment. the news comes as figures reveal a 24% rise in restaurant closures in the year to september, compared with the previous 12 months. the restaruant industry is suffering as it battles with overcapacity as consumer spending slows. and fashion and home furnishings retailer laura ashley will close about 40 stores in the uk as it plans to expand its presence in china. workers on zero—hour contracts, agency employees or "gig economy"

workers are to be better protected by a package of workplace reforms, the government says. under new legislation, staff would have to be told details of their rights from their first day in a job, including eligibility for paid and sick leave. workers would also be given the right to request more predictable hours. joining us now is paul nowak, deputy general secretary, tuc. what is your reaction? this package is too little, too late, and it won't do anything to fundamentally shift the balance of power. there are some welcome point in this package, but overall we are not going to see anything that will tackle the epidemic of insecure employment that we have seen take hold of people's workplaces in recent yea rs. hold of people's workplaces in recent years. it says it will ensure firms will have to provide a statement of rights on the first day of the person's employment, they will close the loophole that allows agency staff to be paid less than permanent employees. this all sounds it is heading in the right direction, surely7

it is heading in the right direction, surely? the loophole closing an agency work is something that we have campaigned for the seven yea rs, so that we have campaigned for the seven years, so it is a step in the right direction. let's take zero—hours contracts. we called on the government to hand, instead of which they have said people have the right to request regular hours. in some workplaces, that will effectively be no right at all. if you are a low—paid worker in an insecure job working you are a low—paid worker in an insecurejob working for you are a low—paid worker in an insecure job working for an employment agency, the idea that you will front of your boss and ask them for regular hours doesn't reflect the reality, so a real missed opportunity. they could have taken some bold action that would have made a difference to workers up and down the country, and in particular tackled some of the issues that we see in the gig economy, but as i said, this isjust too see in the gig economy, but as i said, this is just too little, see in the gig economy, but as i said, this isjust too little, too late. there are some that argued that flexible working in this way does benefit some employees, some of them want to work this way and it suits them in suits their lifestyle. it is important that if there is flexibility, there is two—way flexibility, there is two—way flexibility, and we have seen across huge swathes of the economy, that

has always been in the favour of the employer. the government had an opportunity here and has missed the opportunity. they have could have said that they would help the unions to support workers in the gig economy, we have one landmark cases in the cases of employers like uber and like hermes, but these packages don't live up to the hype that the government have put around it. you work with a lot of employees who haveissues work with a lot of employees who have issues with these kind of contracts. what are the big problems that are caused by them? we have one in nine workers in some form of insecure employment, whether it is zero—hours contracts, working for an agency or on a casual contract, and one of the biggest issues is that people don't know from week to week how much they will earn or what will be on their pay packets, which means it is hard to plan their lives, and we have this phenomenon where two out of three children living in poverty in this country have a pa rent poverty in this country have a parent who goes out to work, but

they are in insecure, low—paid employment, and it has a direct impact on them, and it also means we have an economy where people don't have an economy where people don't have money in their pocket, can't plan, can't spend, that is not good enough individual workers or for the uk economy as a whole. i would have liked to see the government be much more ambitious than they have been today. some small steps forward, but not enough to really tackle the issues at the sharp end of the gig economy. paul nowak for the tuc, it is good to get you one, thank you very much. other news for you now: energy firm sse has scrapped its plan to merge its retail business with rival npower, blaming "very challenging market conditions". the deal would have created the uk's second—biggest energy supplier. the two said last month they would have to renegotiate the deal, which had been cleared by the regulator, because of the government's new price cap. an early cost estimate mps had when they were approving the hs2 high—speed rail project was "enormously wrong", a former hs2 boss has told bbc panorama. doug thornton said the costing underestimated the value of many

properties hs2 needed to purchase along the proposed route and thousands more had not been budgeted for. mr thornton said the figure mps saw was hundreds of millions of pounds too low. he was later dismissed. hs2 rejects claims mps were misled. malaysia has filed criminal charges against goldman sachs and two former employees in connection with a corruption and money laundering probe at the country's investment fund, imdb. the us bank has been under scrutiny for its role in helping to raise funds for the imalaysia development bank. it is being investigated in at least six countries. goldman sachs called the charges "misdirected" and said it would "vigorously defend them". a 1,000mph race car project has been saved after an entrepreneur stepped in to buy the business. the bloodhound supersonic vehicle, built with a jet engine bolted to a rocket, is all but finished. its future was in jeopardy amid a failure to secure investment

which forced the firm financing it into administration. a very brief look at the markets now before i go. this is how they are looking. i wanted to show you some of the big—name retailers. these are all traded on the ftse100. asos is traded on a smaller stock market, and we don't have those figures, but the share prices down pretty heavy, and the reverberations are being felt across the board as retailers tell investors that life is getting increasingly tough. not only now it seems for the high street names but also in asos‘s case, for online retailers, too. more business throughout the afternoon here on the bbc news channel from my colleagues. but now it is back tojoanna. thank you very much. vladimir putin has called for his government to take charge of rap music — after a series of concerts

were cancelled across russia. the president admits it would be impossible to ban the music outright — so says the state should play a greater role in controlling it. tim allman has more. this is husky, one of russia's most popular rappers. in his songs he has mocked and criticised the authorities. he recently spent time in jail after staging an impromptu performance when one of his concerts was cancelled. unlikely to be a fan, vladimir putin, who it seems has a beef with the entire rap industry. speaking at a meeting of his council for culture and art he said rap rested upon three pillars. but he admitted it is impossible to stop it and it should be ta ken over and navigated in a particular way. of course the russian state has a contentious

relationship with popular music. the protest group, pussy riot, is among those who have fallen foul of the authorities. this is probably the sort of thing you have in mind when you think of russian music. a military band accompanying a marshalled parade. it's not clear how the russian government might take control of rap music. but if this police choir is anything to go by, the possibilities are endless. that is so weird. tackling a bit of diy can often be cause for tension in some households — but surely not when you've got two time lords on the case. this picture shows david tennant who played the tenth doctor, and peter davison who was the fifth doctor, changing a lightbulb.

it was shared by davison's daughter and david tennant‘s wife, georgia — who captioned it "how many doctors does it take to change a lightbulb"7 that's quite weird, too. let's see what's happening with the weather! simon has the details. nothing weird happening with the weather. it was a chilly start, a touch of frost here and there, and the sunshine will continue for most into the afternoon. lots of blue sky at hampton court, and that is the scene at hampton court, and that is the scene replicated across many areas. but i towards the west, behind me here we have this swirl of cloud, this area of low pressure which will move its way eastward over the next 24 hours, and today it will throw in some cloud across western areas, patchy rain this afternoon across northern ireland into wales in the south—west of england, but for most of us it stays dry and sunny, and the maximum temperature today getting up to around about seven or

8 degrees in the east, ten or 11 further west. but the wind will continue to strengthen this afternoon, and by this evening and overnight, we are looking gales around the irish sea coast, and across northern ireland by the early hours of tuesday morning. heavy rain moving its through, causing some localised problems. we keep the milder weather the further west you are. that rain could be quite heavy in places, particularly northern ireland, and toward south—west wales and south—west england, low cloud flooding that. the rain will head further eastward, eventually heading further eastward, eventually heading further west, a windy day for all of us further west, a windy day for all of us during tuesday, although the wind will ease out in the west later on, and highs of ten to 12 degrees. that rain will move its way eastwards, that weather front will move out into the north sea, then this area of low pressure still with us during

wednesday, and that will throw in some showers during the day, most likely across southern coastal counties and around the irish sea coast towards scotland, some sunny spells in between the showers, and certainly in central and eastern parts it is looking mostly dry on wednesday. quite blustery conditions, and temperatures about seven to 11 celsius. still with us into thursday, so it will be staying quite unsettled, with a mixture of some sunny spells and some showers. again, fairly blustery conditions. by again, fairly blustery conditions. by friday perhaps a little more significant rain starting to move its way in, but for most of the time on thursday and friday it is looking dry. the temperatures staying up at about six to about ten or 11 degrees. that is all from me. have a good afternoon. goodbye. you're watching bbc newsroom live, these are today's main stories: a man pleads guilty to murdering a mother and daughter in solihull theresa may will tell mps later

today that holding another brexit referendum will "break faith with the british people" . work and pensions secretary amber rudd says parliament should consider all options. we need to find out where the will of parliament is. where the majority of parliament is. where the majority of mps will vote, nothing should be off the table. almost half of student loans are to be counted as public spending from next year — adding 12 billion pounds to the deficit. online fashion retailer asos has issued a profit warning after what it says was "unprecedented" discounting and "the weakest growth in online clothing sales in recent years". workplace reforms set to be introduced by the government will give better protection to agency workers and those on zero—hours contracts. and welsh cyclist geraint thomas says he takes "great pride" in winning this year's sport's personality of the year.

the team sky rider became only the third briton ever to win the tour de france... good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. some breaking news now. a 21—year—old man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a his wife and mother in—law to death in solihull. janbaz tarin killed raneem oudeh and her mother khoala saleem in late august following a row earlier in the day. tarin was on the run after their murders and was caught by police after a manhunt. sima kotecha reports from birmingham crown court. he'd been on the run for days, but year is the moment when the killer

of two was caught. police used pepper spray of two was caught. police used pepper spray to control him. it was late august and 21—year—old janbaz tarin was wanted for the murder of his wife and her mother. she was 49. in the early hours of a monday morning the women were found stabbed to death outside their home in solihull. we area solihull. we are a small family here in the uk but we meant a lot to each other. to lose them is like we've lost the happiest thing ever. it's like being in heaven with them, but now they are gone it's like we've crashed down to earth. this cctv footage shows the night of the killings. there was an altercation between them. the mother

intervened. a number of 999 calls we re intervened. a number of 999 calls were made earlier in the evening including from the bar, but officers say they were unable to track the woman down. the murders happened a little while later when the women got home. police say that the man's wife was on the phone when she was attacked. we try to get with them, but while in touch with us the attempt took place, this was a brutal murder by a man who spent the day hunting them down. just weeks before the pope debugger court granted an order forbidding janbaz tarin from going anywhere near raneem oudeh. a postmortem revealed that the two women had died from multiple stab wounds. prison is not enough. our lives have been taken

away, you know. two beautiful personalities, two beautiful people, our lives, our whole family hasjust been... it'sjust our lives, our whole family hasjust been... it's just darkness. our lives, our whole family hasjust been... it'sjust darkness. what justice can maybe now? raneem oudeh worked as a cashier at his father's store in birmingham. relatives say the pair would precious and deeply loving, their lives were cut short in the most brutal way. we will be live at birmingham crown court with our correspondent covering that a little bit later. theresa may will set out her opposition to another brexit referendum today, warning mps that it would cause "irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics". several cabinet members have been publicly asking that she puts brexit back into the hands of the commons and look at a series of options to break the deadlock. but this morning downing street has said there are ‘no plans' to do that the prime minister will say that another referendum

on the eu would ‘break faith with the british people' but this morning work and pensions secretary amber rudd said that the government "should consider all options". at 3.30 today the prime minister will address the commons about the recent brussels summit and will come under pressure to name the date for a vote on the deal. our assistant political editor norman smith has been following events and joins us now from westminster. theresa may is saying that what she doesn't want, is she in control of events doesn't want, is she in control of eve nts now 7 events seem to be moving around him in terms of the cabinet. senior figures are now beginning to canvass possible plan b. the plan b which seems to be gaining a degree of traction is this idea of having a

multi—option series of votes on different outcomes, we heard greg clark suggesting that this morning, and amber rudd yesterday, liam fox says he is open—minded, they would bea says he is open—minded, they would be a whole list of different options. the norway option which would keep us in the single market, and the customs union, but we would have to abide by the rules of freedom of movement and continue paying money into the eu. there is the canada option, a straightforward free—trade agreement with the eu. that wouldn't guarantee preferential access to the single market, but we could strike our own treaty with other countries and parts of the world. there is obviously a second referendum, which supporters say is now gaining momentum. orthere referendum, which supporters say is now gaining momentum. or there is the no deal, simply leaving as we are on course to do on march 29.

another option beginning to be talked about, is a managed no deal, whereby we would pay for a bit more time so we could get our act together and leave on a no deal basis. that would be under world trade organisation terms. i'm nowjoined by the leading brexiteers, and the bridges. it would at least provide some clarity, an where opinion now rests in parliament7 that's the problem, norman. we've had a vote, the people had a referendum in 2016 and voted to leave. they have voted to leave the jurisdiction of the european court dance take back control of money, laws and borders. the problem is that in the building behind a 70% of mps campaign for remain, a large proportion of those mps have never accepted the result of the referendum, and people find it tremendously frustrating. if they aren't careful it will be parliament versus the people and that can't end

well for parliament. i urge all colleagues to take a long look in the mirror and colleagues to take a long look in the mirrorand rememberwe colleagues to take a long look in the mirror and remember we are the servants of the people, not their masters. they voted to leave the eu would if we don't deliver it would be devastating for democracy moving forward. but you have to get some legislation through parliament, at the moment it looks like theresa may's do want to get through. there is going to have to be a plan b. i come back to the point that the best way to assess what might be a viable plan is to say to mps look at this option, tennis which when you think will fly. i think you are absolutely right. the withdrawal agreement, the planned withdrawal agreement, is dead. it won't get through parliament if it ever comes back to parliament. i am worried that collea g u es parliament. i am worried that colleagues in the house of commons will not vote in the way that the public have advised them at the referendum, anything other than a managed no deal, no deal or super canada is not leaving the european

union. it is staying under european control, it would be a travesty of democracy. we would see the rise of extreme parties that make nigel farage look like a sunday school teacher. are you reassured that the prime minister will very firmly rule out the idea of a second referendum7 iam7. out the idea of a second referendum7 iam7 . the prime out the idea of a second referendum7 i am? . the prime minister went behind the back of successive brexit secretary to negotiate with the eu. today we've got the prime minister's chief political adviser and hoodie fa cto chief political adviser and hoodie facto deputy going behind the prime minister's back to talk to whether mps about a second referendum. then we wonder why no people have confidence in politics. if theresa may's deal does go down, and these different options are rejected as they may well be, is its length that they may well be, is its length that the only remaining option is to put it back to the people, because parliament will have shown itself to

be gridlocked. with nothing as happens we are leaving on the 29th of march with no deal, be that managed or not. the thought of a second referendum would undermine democracy and the trust of the electors, it would destroy the confidence and supply agreement with the dup and open the doorfor scottish nationalists to ask for a second independence referendum, that isa second independence referendum, that is a disaster. what about the idea of saying, ok, let's put party tribal loyalties to one side and have a free vote, so mps can be open regardless of party position. would you like that? i'd be happy to have a free vote on the withdrawal agreement, it's not going to go through anyway so why force conservative mps to break the web. doesn't that send a strong message to the european union? unless they wa nt to the european union? unless they want no deal they've got to come back with major concessions. thank you very much indeed. as i was

saying earlier, david cameron is now offering the prime minister advice on how to manage the brexit process, although we are told you he is not an official adviser but is putting his tuppence in. let's get more now from the birmingham crown court where a 21 year old man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a mother and daughter to death in solihull. we now have the latest from our correspondent who was in birmingham. so, janbaz tarin killed raneem oudeh and khaola saleem and has recently pleaded guilty in court. in the last few moments? that's right. he stood in the dock to plead guilty to both cou nts in the dock to plead guilty to both counts of murder today. he killed his former wife, raneem oudeh, and her mother, khaola saleem, on august

bank holiday weekend in the early hours of bank holiday monday. they had been trouble in the relationship, they had split briefly weeks previously, and raneem oudeh had taken out a court order and injunction against him. she made several calls on that bank holiday to west midlands police, saying that she had been worried for her safety. we know there had been a confrontation earlier on on that sunday at a local bar. she had been there with her mother, they had been a confrontation and later on they had left to go back to their home in solihull. that is where janbaz tarin was waiting for them and he carried out this brutal attack, stabbing both of them. whilst the stabbing was taking place, raneem oudeh was ona was taking place, raneem oudeh was on a call to west midlands police. we know that the events of that night are now being investigated, how west midlands police handled the

case, is being investigated. sentencing is under way at the moment, two counts of guilty on those two murders. thejudge moment, two counts of guilty on those two murders. the judge will now decide the sentencing. thank you, catherine. a climber has died after a fall on ben nevis. the man, aged 21, was airlifted to hospital but medical staff were unable to save him. it happened yesterday in the tower gully area of britain's highest mountain. the family of the man, who has not been named, have been informed of his death. a second man was rescued and is being treated for his injuries. more on today's main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. later on the news channel we have coverage of theresa may's statement to the house of commons at 3:30pm. student loans will add £12 billion to the country's national debt because they are to be

reclassified as public spending. the office of national statistics made the ruling this morning and revealed that almost half the value of student loans will be lost as many graduates will never reach the income level required to repay their debts. let's speak now to our correspondent navtej johal. tell us more about how it's being done and why the changes coming about. this is about how the government record student loans on its balance sheet. it's a technical change with major implications. and at the current system the money given out in student loans isn't recorded as public spending, the theory is that as it is a loan it will get paid back. many criticise this system, describing it as a fiscal illusion. in practice, around 45% of loans are not expected to be repaid. students only start paying them are when they

earn £25,000 a year and above. any amount they haven't repaid in 30 yea rs amount they haven't repaid in 30 years is written off, and the bill is picked up by the taxpayer. today the decision from the national statistics office means that next year the amount of loans the government will pay off in 30 years' time will be counted as current capital spending, time will be counted as current capitalspending, pushing time will be counted as current capital spending, pushing up the deficit by £12 billion. that's the difference between what the government ‘s bands and what it receives in taxes and income. that's a big headache for philip hammond. is it likely to lead to change? a big headache for philip hammond. is it likely to lead to change7m doesn't change the cost of providing funding for higher education, but it could mean an incentive to cut tuition fees, or at the least provide less funding. the deficit doesn't look so good, all of a sudden. universities want to ensure that if that's the case students and their income are protected. the university college union has already said this shouldn't reduce the overall level of funding for

universities or lead to fewer stu d e nts universities or lead to fewer students accessing higher education. this may reverse progress on social mobility if, suddenly, cuts are introduced to fees. labour's shadow education secretary says the current system is creating a ballooning mass of unsustainable debt. there are lots of potential issues there. it revealed the current system commissioned by the prime minister, considering whether to cut tuition fees, is expected to report back to the government and a couple of months. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. a man pleads guilty to murdering his wife and her mother in solihull. janbaz tarin killed the two women after a row. theresa may will tell mps that a second brexit referendum would break faith with the public can damage the integrity of british politics. and this change in how student loans are recorded without £12 billion of government's deficit. would add.

the draw for the last 16 of the champions league has taken place in switzerland. four english sides were in the hat... manchester united face a tough tie against french league leaders paris st germain. while its german opposition for the other three — manchester city have drawn fc shalke, tottenham hotspur will face borussia dortmund whilst for liverpool its 2 time winners bayern munich. the full list of fixtures is on the bbc sport website. the eu will believe draw is just taking place. we will keep you updated on that. we will keep you updated on that. liverpool are back at the top of the premier league after their 3—1 win over manchester united at anfield. its the worst start united have ever had to a premier league season — butjose mourinho preferred to focus on the strengths of the opposition: every one of their players is fast, is aggressive. the transitions are phenomenal.

we had some difficulties to cope with it, but then with our qualities we managed to balance the game after the 1—1, and the second half was when the game was progressively dying, was one i think probably a huge percentage of the ones in the stadium would feel that this is going to end with a 1—1. fantastic game, the whole 93 or 95 minutes, we were in charge of the game, dominated it, we came a bit up, we had to stay in the game, that is what we did, and then second half just do it and do it, be kind of annoying, do it, and then shaq came on and score the goals, and it wasjust brilliant. tour de france winner geraint thomas was voted bbc sports personality of the year last night. the first welshman to win cyclings greatest prize — he beat harry kane who came third, and lewis hamilton in second. his surprise at the announcement was obvious — but he later said

it was a huge honour: you dream of races and the aftermath, and you don't think about what is going to happen to you, but then obviously to win things like this for sure is probably the biggest thing i could win outside of a bike race, you know? it is a public vote and everything, and that is humbling, and i'm really grateful to everyone. he had obviously had time to gather his thoughts after the initial shock. a five—year—old boy has become the third person to die following a house fire in nottinghamshire. the boy's mother and eight—year—old sister were also killed in the blaze in the village of collingham yesterday. the children's father remains in a serious condition. ben ando reports. the cause of the fire that tore through this family home

in the village of collingham, near newark in nottinghamshire, remains under investigation. justine collison, aged 34, her daughter isabella, who was eight, and her son harvey, aged five, were all killed, while gavin collison, on the right, is now fighting for his life in hospital. the only other survivor was mrs collison's mother, who was helped out uninjured. on social media, tributes were paid, including this one to mrs collison, here in an raf uniform, sitting on the left. while this woman worked with her at a nearby school. she was lovely, could not meet a nicer woman. she was always smiling and adored her children and her husband. over the weekend, prayers were said for those who died and for those who survived, and the local church will remain open during the day between now and christmas day for those wishing to pray or leave messages of condolence. ben ando, bbc news. shares in many retailers have fallen

sharply following the latest in a series of disappointing announcements from the sector. the online fashion store, asos, issued a profits warning — saying it had experienced what it called a "significa nt deterioration" in trading in the run up to christmas. asos said low consumer confidence and economic uncertainty had led to "the weakest growth in online clothing sales in recent years". elsewhere, the fashion and home furnishings retailer — laura ashley — is to close around 40 of its uk stores, as it plans to expand in china. a little earlier i spoke to samantha dover, senior retail analyst with the market research company mintel, and i began by asking her to give her assessment of the current challenges facing asos. i think there is a combination of factors, obviously, november was unseasonably warm, that always impacts fashion, and you have those

underlying issues, and certainty, regarding brexit, and a number of factors coming into play there making people feel more cautious about the way they spend money. asos is an online retailer, when the high street is hate the online retailers seem street is hate the online retailers seem to have an unfair advantage, to seem to have an unfair advantage, to see an online retailer getting into difficulty, what does that indicate about the market? it signals you know, for a long time the online retailers have outperformed the wider market, but when there is an underlying weakness in demand, actually, they are as susceptible to those challenges as any other retailer. do you see it as, i guess we don't know how it will play out, but is this potentially a blip or something more fundamental7 potentially a blip or something more fundamental? which could be a blip, december could be boosted by the fa ct december could be boosted by the fact that people are more cautious dirigible positive in general, they are more willing to spend. they

could be a slight boost in december, but the outlook for 2019 is challenging for retailers. on the high street, the boss of sports direct, mike ashley, said november was the worst november in living retail, he predicted some retailers would be smashed to pieces. specifically, laura ashley this morning, closing shops were looking to expand in china? that sort of inevitable. retailers look to the international market to reduce their reliance on their domestic markets. that's not surprising. i think we'll see a little bit more of that in the future. i think the overlying headline is that it's not as bad as it seems. they are just responding to changes. people are shopping online, so the closures reflect how people are shopping. is china, i mean, is it increasingly going to be a market that companies not doing so

well here will be looking to? how easyis well here will be looking to? how easy is it, how obvious is it an environment in which these companies can expand? with a very different market of the uk. they will be challenges, but i think for a lot of retailers it will be reducing the reliance they have on one particular market, the uk market might be more challenging, so they will look to other areas for growth. looking at this factors of november, what's been causing the troubles for asos obviously there was black friday, it just seems to have segued into co nsta nt just seems to have segued into constant sales, now, all the way through the seasonal period. then into january it's going to be difficult times for the foreseeable, isn't it? for retailers7 difficult times for the foreseeable, isn't it? for retailers? a lot of retailers have had an over reliance on discounted for a long time now. what we are seeing are a lot of

consumers actively waiting for discounts. two out of three uk consumers say they don't think they need to pay full price for items in the run—up to christmas. they don't wa nt to the run—up to christmas. they don't want to pay full price, that's pretty damning and has played into why november was so bad. people hold out for promotions and discounts now. thank you. for the first time in 52 years it won't cost you a penny to cross either of the severn bridges as toll charges have been scrapped from this morning. it's thought that scrapping the toll will benefit commuters , businesses and the welsh economy by around 100 million pounds a year. some drivers will save up to 1,000 and 400 pounds a year. many people crossing this morning regularly make this trip, every day for work purposes, there was a huge queue of traffic for the influx of vehicles not playing at 6:30am. 1.5

million vehicles cross over the bridges into wales, a month, so that's a huge saving for people doing so. it a boost for business as well, not having to pay the £20 fee they would do every time cross into wales. there is one possible downside, it has been shown that by getting rid of the told it will increase traffic by about 20 or 23%, some people are worried that it may have a knock on effect negating the fa ct have a knock on effect negating the fact that they won't have to pay for the tolls. local areas, monmouthshire, will be hoping that this will create a boost for businesses there. there is an expectation that house prices in the vicinity here may rise due to this, but in terms of business it is hoped that people, from the south—west of england and the south—west of wales will be able to commute to law and business integration will be bigger because their financial barrier,

this huge blockade, has now gone. chester zoo says 125—thousand pounds donated by the public in response to a fire at the weekend will be spent on what it describes as conservation projects. the fire destroyed much of the roof of one of its enclosures on saturday. but the zoo says the cost of repairs will be covered by insurance. bosses at the site, which has now reopened, have praised the hard work of keepers and thanked the public for their support. juliette phillips reports. chester zoo has described it as one of the toughest days in its history and you can see why. the fire that ripped through the mmonsoon forest building has now been put out but the damage caused is still being keenly felt. monsoon forest at chester zoo is a complex environment with stick insects to snails to fish to frogs, some of the small animals have very sadly perished but what we're really happy with is that we managed to save all of the large mammals. zoo workers rescued animals including endangered sumatran apes by getting them

into outdoor enclosures. they worked with the fire service whose investigations into the fire are progressing. we are confident we know where the fire started and we are confident it was accidental. we are trying to determine the exact cause of that. the building itself was built three years ago as part of the £40 million project. it's the largest indoor zoo exhibit in the uk. the fire meant part of the zoo was closed off but that did not seem to put off visitors. we wanted to come even more to support everyone. ijust hope they can rebuild and carry on doing what they do. it's a really difficult situation but at least, you know, we can still come to the zoo. the fundraising page set up by the zoo reached £50,000 target within hours, the rebuild here will take some time. investigations into the cause of the fire are continuing. juliet phillips, bbc news. now it's time for a look

at the weather — here's matt taylor. we will have more reaction to the latest brexit developments we will speak to the campaign for the pressure group, people speak. join us pressure group, people speak. join us for that. but first the weather. matt has the latest. good afternoon. it's quite a pleasant stay for many after a turbulent weekend, i wish i could say it will stay that way, but there is wet and windy weather we have an increasing amount of cloud, if you have the show was drifting off the western parts. a strengthening breeze with temperatures in double figures. single figure temperatures take us through this afternoon. into tonight the wind picks up on the west, gailes, maybe 50 mph gusts before the night is through. she was

initially, most of these stays dry, the frost hits before temperatures pick up later. persistent rain across ireland, cornwall, south—west wales and west of scotland. into tomorrow morning's rush—hour in milder start, wet and windy. deals possible anywhere tomorrow was the rain pushes its way eastwards. east anglia and the south—east stayed dry until the evening, they brighten up across the west later on. all in all across the west later on. all in all a blustery and wet day with temperatures higher than they have been over the past few weeks. seaward half an hour. matt waiting patiently. hello. this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines: a man pleads guilty to murdering his estranged wife and mother in law after a row.

the two women were found stabbed to death outside their home in solihull in august. theresa may will tell mps that holding another brexit referendum will "break faith with the british people" . work and pensions secretary amber rudd says parliament should consider all options. we need to find out where the will of parliament is, where the majority of mps will vote in parliament. nothing should be off the table. we should consider all options. the amount of money in student loans expected not to be repaid by students will now be recorded as public debt. it will add £12 billion to the uk's defecit. online fashion retailer asos has issued a profit warning after what it says was "unprecedented" discounting and "the weakest growth in online clothing sales in recent years". and welsh cyclist geraint thomas says he takes "great pride" in winning this year's sport's personality of the year. the team sky rider became only the third briton ever to win the tour de france. back now to brexit, and theresa may has dismissed speculation about the possibility of another brexit referendum, warning mps that it would cause

"irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics". several cabinet members have been publicly asking that she puts brexit back into the hands of the commons and look at a series of options to break the deadlock. but this morning downing street has said there are ‘no plans' to do that. joining me now is roland rudd, chairman of the people's vote, a campaigning group who want a second referendum on leaving europe. we know what she wants, she wants her deal, and she will keep on working on that. is she a prime minister who is in control of events right now? you would expect her to come out against the most viable option, which would be to push her deal which still hasn't come to parliament, so i understand where she is coming from. but equally i fully expect her to do a u—turn and

fully expect her to do a u—turn and fully support the case for putting it to the public, because there is clearly no agreement in parliament on how you do get out of this particular mess. to that end, amber rudd has said there should be a series of instructive votes in the commons so all options are looked at, the mps can vote on norway, the possibility of a norway deal, a canada possibility of a norway deal, a ca na da style possibility of a norway deal, a canada style deal, no deal, referendum, in order to get a sense of exactly what the commons will back. indeed, and i think it will become very clear that there is no majority in parliament for any of these forms. the real problem about this is two and a half years ago we had this is two and a half years ago we ha d fa ntasy this is two and a half years ago we had fantasy brexit on the ballot paper with remain, and fantasy brexit doesn't work, so if it could work, it would have been put forward to parliament and voted in favour of. the problem with this particular deal is not that theresa may hasn't

negotiated well or try particularly hard. she has. and i think she has done as well as she could possibly done as well as she could possibly do if we are to leave the eu. the problem is that realistic brexit as opposed to fantasy brexit doesn't look so attractive, which is why the obvious solution is to ask the people what they think. in response that, the answer is always for those who are against a second referendum, there was a and anything that isn't no—deal, a managed no—deal or a canada no—deal, a managed no—deal or a ca na da style no—deal, a managed no—deal or a canada style deal is not delivering on what people said they wanted in our first on what people said they wanted in ourfirst referendum. on what people said they wanted in our first referendum. theresa on what people said they wanted in ourfirst referendum. theresa may said it would break faith with the british people if there were to be a second referendum. i don't see how it breaks faith with the british people when you ask them their view again. the reason is it is because parliament is not delivering on what was effectively asked for by the british people. but what was it that

the people asked for? to leave europe. a lot of them who said they voted to leave are saying that they don't want theresa may's deal. a lot of people who voted leave say that they don't want norway. a lot of people say they don't want canada and anything else that goes with this canada type dream deal, so it is difficult to know what it is exactly that they voted for. there we re exactly that they voted for. there were many different promises that they made, and the problem for the government, and i understand this problem, is that they haven't been able to square this particular circle, because it is impossible to have the same benefits of the eu and leave at the same time, and that is what we have found. what exactly would you want on the referendum paper7 there are some that say that it shouldn't be a no—deal option. what do you think? i think the most important thing is to have something thatis important thing is to have something that is realistic. so we know that there is remain, and we have to reform and renewal, but that is a realistic option. there has to be a

realistic option. there has to be a realistic former brexit, and whether it is theresa may's deal, her twea ked it is theresa may's deal, her tweaked deal, eea or whatever, it is up tweaked deal, eea or whatever, it is up to the brexiteers, and parliament decides that. but you have to be absolutely explicit on what would be put forward if you want a referendum. i don't think we have to be specific about what former brexit has to be put forward, because that is up to parliament. parliament has to decide what form of brexit commands the majority in parliament. we know there are all these divisions, we have gone through them. but what about putting forward a no—deal brexit, because some people will want that? if there is a majority in parliament for that... you are talking about going back to the people now, and we know what parliament want. we could find that out with a series of votes. this is about ascertaining the views of the public, and if you want to do that again, isn't the only fair thing not to put forward what the majority in

parliament want, but put again and say, did you actually want a no—deal brexit7 now that all the arguments have been gone through?|j brexit7 now that all the arguments have been gone through? i don't understand how you extrapolate from the vote to do half years ago that people wanted a no—deal brexit, that is not what they were promised two and half years ago. you don't get all the benefits of the eu with a no—deal brexit, quite the reverse. why are you sure that is not what people understood to be the case and we re people understood to be the case and were in support of? those politicians who are saying that no—deal brexit is not such a bad option, what people wanted was to leave the single market, to leave the customs union, to leave the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, and the way to achieve that potentially is no—deal brexit. i spent a long time debating and going around the country during the referendum campaign, and i can honestly say i never came across a single brexiteer who said the best way to deal with this is to leave with no deal. not a single one. in fa ct, with no deal. not a single one. in fact, quite the opposite. but all of these arguments were had during the

campaign. the projections on what it would mean for the economy. and still people voted leave. and there wasn't a caveat in that vote. they voted leave, but what they were told at the time was we are going to get all the benefits and, and, and, and that turned out to be fantasy brexit, so theresa may has negotiated in good faith, and she has negotiated hard and come up with the best possible deal. so just to go back again to the no—deal, if you are so sure people don't want it, why not known at this time with clear options7 no—deal brexit, remain and the deal that is currently on the table? a possible three that you are suggesting is not com pletely three that you are suggesting is not completely impossible. ultimately that will have to be up to the electoral commission. and whether that actually works. a lot of people have said who are experts in this, and better experts than i am, that it is much better to have a binary

choice. so what would the binary... 7 choice. so what would the binary... ? you have to leave that to the experts to decide, because it is not for us... fair enough, but what i'm trying to ascertain is, if you do go to the people which is what you say you want, and you put forward what people would regard as potentially the fair spectrum of questions to be put to them, you run the risk of the country voting for a no—deal brexit. is that something that you're prepared to face in championing the idea of a people's referendum7 prepared to face in championing the idea of a people's referendum? as you know, i don't want any form of brexit, but the key thing is you have to allow the parliamentarians who are the elected representatives, let's not forget that. they do actually have an important role to play. they have been elected. those brexiteers in the house of commons, they have to decide which is the form of brexit that commands the majority support amongst brexiteers. i don't know any other way of doing it. but do you acknowledge that

ultimately going to the country would run the risk potentially of there being a no—deal brexit, which is the exact opposite of what you want7 is the exact opposite of what you want? i doubt the majority of parliamentarians in favour of brexit would want a no—deal brexit because of the catastrophic no economic problems it brings, but they will have to decide what goes on the ballot paper. the key thing is we can't have what we had two one half yea rs can't have what we had two one half years ago with some form of fantasy brexit that we all know is not deliverable. you have to have a form of brexit that is deliverable, and then you have a fair, honest, open debate which is democratic, and you put it to the people. thank you very much. the pharmaceutical industry says the prospect of a no—deal brexit is causing patients to stockpile drugs which is putting pressure on supplies and the prices of key generic drugs. in response, the department of health has told us that the vast majority of medicines are not subject to supply problems and every day over 2 million prescription items are successfully dispensed in england."

i've been getting more from our health editor, hugh pym. the pharmaceutical market is complicated, and there are a lot of things happening here, a lot of moving parts. it isn't really about the big branded drugs, it is generic drugs where they have gone off patent, and any number of different companies or wholesalers may be holding the rights to them, and something is going on in that bit of the market which is pushing up prices paid by pharmacists. so they say they will eventually claim the money back from the nhs, but it is getting difficult of the prices are high, they are finding it difficult getting some of these drugs. nobody is quite sure what is happening other than they could be some unofficial stockpiling going on somewhere, or the distributors of these drugs are anticipating no—deal is a possibility and are pushing up prices expecting these medicines to be harder to get if there is a no—deal at the end of march. so what is the government doing to provide reassuring measures

to practical problems? the government has been making it clear sense august that stockpiling is essential, they need to build up six weeks of supplies so that if there is a no—deal, then there is continuity. but nobody knows about unofficial stockpiling, possibly by patients, possibly by some bit of the supply chain, that has been frowned on by the government, they have put the message out that people should not an officially stockpile. but what has emerged today as well as these higher prices for these drugs which are having to be paid by pharmacists, which comes back to the nhs, they are worried that six weeks' supplies is not going to be enough, that the government needs to look a bit harder than this. and matt hancock, the health secretary, has talked about opening an different ferry routes other than dover with fast—track

arrangements for lorries and chartering aircraft if needed to bring in essential drugs. it is one of those things where the government or anyone in authority says, don't panic, and you are reliant on something that they are telling you you don't need to worry about, it is human nature to make sure that you are ok and your supplies are protected. absolutely, and matt hancock is aware of that, and he is trying to get the message to doctors and patients and hospitals that stockpiling is self—defeating. if you stockpile, that creates shortages which make things worse, that is the official message. but it is hard for people to take that on board, and some patients have been in touch with us in the last couple of weeks who are concerned about continuity. the message from government is if everyone in the industry does the right thing, there will be continuity of supply in the event of no deal, but some people are a little sceptical about that right now. hugh pym talking to me earlier.

well, as we've been reporting this hour, student loans will add around £12 billion to the country's national debt because they are to be reclassified as public spending. the office of national statistics made the ruling this morning and revealed that almost half the value of student loans will be lost as many graduates will never reach the income level required to repay their debts. joining me now isjonathan athow, who is the deputy national statistician for the office of national statistics. basically, explain it, actually, in simple terms for us. at the moment, all student loans are treated like any other loan. that means that when the loan is made on the money is paid out, it doesn't count towards the government's deficit. because it is going to come back? the idea is most loa ns is going to come back? the idea is most loans get paid back, so there is no impact on the government's deficit. the challenge with student loa ns deficit. the challenge with student loans in particular is that we know a large proportion of them, just under half, doesn't ever get repaid.

and at the moment, that doesn't show up and at the moment, that doesn't show up in the government's public finances. so the change we are making is to split student loans between the amount of money that the government will get back, and it is likely to be repaid, and we will treat that just like any all alone as it is at the moment, it doesn't affect the deficit. but that which isn't going to be repaid, we treat asa isn't going to be repaid, we treat as a transfer to students, a subsidy, and so that element, that will count towards the deficit. that is where you get the £12 billion figure from. is it likely to lead to any change? because it is kind of circular money if basically the government is giving money to stu d e nts government is giving money to students in the form of loans, they are giving it to the universities, the government is not getting it back. the middle part of it could be cut out, the money could go straight to the universities. this will pose some questions for government. our role in this is to set the way in which the public finances are

measured. but obviously it is then for government to think, if this is how student finances are measured, what should our response he? should we be thinking about making changes? alongside our work is a review looking at how student finances should be structured in the future, and our decision might well have some impact on which options are favoured in the future. is it a movable feast7 this 40%, is that pretty bankable7 movable feast7 this 40%, is that pretty bankable? part of the problem here is we don't always know exactly for every cohort of students how much they are going to repay, so we now need to do some work with the student loan company to see what the repayments are likely to be, and if the arrangements change in future, if there are changes to the way student loans are constructed, we might well have to change that percentage, so we will be developing a system that how we account for these that allows for a change in

policy but also allows for the fact that the world may change, what is today 40% might be 30% or 50% in the future. thank you very much, thank you. from today, the directors of firms which make unsolicited phone calls can be fined as much as half a million pounds, under new rules. previously, only the business making the calls was liable , and some directors had escaped penalties by declaring bankruptcy and setting up a new firm. it's estimated people were on the receiving end of almost four billion nuisance phone calls and texts last year, but only a small number of companies were fined. the headlines on bbc news: a man pleads guilty to murdering a mother and daughter in solihull. janbaz tarin killed his wife and her mother after a row. theresa may will tell mps that holding a second brexit referendum would break faith with the public and damage the integrity of british politics. a change in how student loans are recorded in the public finances will add £12 billion to the deficit. up to 28 homeless people in hull,

who were due to stay in a hotel over christmas, now have nowhere to sleep after the hotel suddenly cancelled the booking. the man who booked the rooms and founder of the raise the roof homeless project posted on facebook that he was "absolutely gutted and very angry", arguing it was discrimination and they now need a "miracle". the royal hotel in hull has told us they don't want to comment. the founder of that homeless programme, carl simpson told the victoria derbyshire programme earlier today that the hotel originally had no problem with the booking. we made the booking and told them up front that we were a homeless project, and we were making a booking for homeless people. they were fine with that they even gave us a discount. and all of a sudden they have just changed their mind after we played. we have people who become homeless just because they have had a family break—up, people have to leave the family

home, become homeless. we have had ex—service men on the streets after serving for their country. there are lots of reasons people become homeless, not just the ones they seem to be labelled with. the father of the duchess of sussex has revealed that he hasn't spoken to his daughter since her wedding to prince harry in may. thomas markle told itv‘s good morning britain that he has been texting meghan every day but without response. i would appreciate anything she can do. i would think she would want to resolve the family problems. all families, royal or otherwise, are the same, they should all be together, certainly around the holidays. i'm hopeful that soon, something will be resolved, and we will be talking. this can't continue forever. and... people are saying i should be quiet about this, and not speak, that they will speak to me.

but that hasn't happened. i don't plan to be silent for the rest of my life. i love my daughter very much, and she has to know that. i would really appreciate it if she would just call me, reach out to meet, somehow, just send me a text, just let me know you are hearing. all i can say is that i'm here, she knows it, and i've reached out to her, i need her to reach back to me. i love her very much. i love you, very much. you're my daughter and i'd like to hear from you. whatever differences we have, we should be able to work them out, where family. please reach out to me. i'm certainly hoping that everything goes well, and that they produce a beautiful baby, as i'll get to see a little meghan or a little harry. that would be very nice.

i look forward to that happening. i think she'll make a great mom. and maybe things will soften a little bit, and we'll connect again. she's always been a very controlling person, that's part of her nature. she's never been rude. meghan markle's dad, thomas markle. this week marks the busiest winter week for britain's aiports. on friday, heathrow will hit its peak, as the airport will see over 100,000 passengers flying out at a rate of a hundred per minute. our correspondent ben thompson is at heathrow now. he sent the latest update, along with some top tips from the independent‘s travel editor, simon calder. on friday alone 250,000 people will pass through here, as the great getaway gets under way. they plan all year round to make this as smooth as possible.

here are some top tips to make sure you get through the airport quickly and safely. the man with them is simon calder, the travel editor. it's that time of year, things get busy. heathrow is really busy this week, but also the rest of the country. yes, on friday there will be 100 people a minute passing through heathrow, the uk's busiest airport, it will also be the busiest day of the festive season in birmingham, manchester, glasgow, stansted, gatwick and bristol will have their busiest day on the 23rd, and ben luton will have their biggest day on the 28th of december. that's the big new year getaway, people coming back after their holidays. we've got used to the rules on liquids and laptops, but you might be carrying different things at christmas. yes, it's about making yourjourney smooth and speeding up the whole process for everyone.

it's thinking about the stuff you take through as cabin baggage. you can forget about snow globes and brandy butter, they are liquids and will go straight in the bin. also, worry about christmas crackers, and don't try and take them, some airlines will let you take them on board an aircraft, and some airports will let you take them through security, but there is no general rule. you will need to check with your airline and airport before you do that. simon calder with his travel tips. vladimir putin has called for his government to take charge of rap music — after a series of concerts were cancelled across russia. the president admits it would be impossible to ban the music outright — so says the state should play a greater role in controlling it. tim allman has more. this is husky, one of russia's most popular rappers.

in his songs he has mocked and criticised the authorities. he recently spent time in jail after staging an impromptu performance when one of his concerts was cancelled. unlikely to be a fan, vladimir putin, who it seems has a beef with the entire rap industry. speaking at a meeting of his council for culture and art he said rap rested upon three pillars. but he admitted it is impossible to stop it and it should be ta ken over and navigated in a particular way. of course the russian state has a contentious relationship with popular music. the protest group, pussy riot, is among those who have fallen foul of the authorities. this is probably the sort

of thing you have in mind when you think of russian music. a military band accompanying a marshalled parade. it's not clear how the russian government might take control of rap music. but if this police choir is anything to go by, the possibilities are endless. tackling a bit of diy can often be cause for tension in some households — but surely not when you've got two time lords on the case. this picture shows david tennant who played the tenth doctor, and peter davison who was the fifth doctor, changing a light bulb. it was shared by davison's daughter and david tenant's wife, georgia — who captioned it "how many doctors does it take to change a light bulb"?

in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news with ben brown. first, a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. lovely blue skies this morning, this is the scene skies this morning, this is the scene in kent earlier. but there are dark clouds on the horizon, somebody spotting them in northern ireland. it all links into this area cloud, wrapped around an area of low pressure, and linkedin to get more areas of low pressure on the other side of the atlantic, so at times it will be pretty disturbed. even in the west, cloud increases, producing the west, cloud increases, producing the odd shower, but in many places will stay predominantly drive. still staying on the cool side the further east you are, even with the sunshine. tonight, the wind does mmp sunshine. tonight, the wind does ramp up in the west, gale force

expected, splashes of rain and heavy or persistent rain into northern ireland and the far west of scotland later in the night, many central and eastern areas staying dry, amounts of cloud, and we could just see a touch of frost in the east, but temperatures will lift up into tomorrow morning. early morning commuters in the west, lots of rain around first thing, strong to gale force winds, the rain spreading erratically eastwards through the day. east anglia and the south—east may stay dry all day long, but these are some of the wind gusts to take us through tuesday. if you're not close to gale force, you could be close to gale force, you could be close to gale force, you could be close to severe gale force at times. especially in the west. temperatures fall lifting into double figures once more. evening rain across the east anglia and the south—east, and then that clears through, pushing us into clear spells and showers through into wednesday, so there will be sunshine and showers, showers most frequent around some southern and western coasts, still a

blustery day but many northern and eastern areas will avoid most of the showers, staying with sunny spells, and they could be heavy, the odd rumble of thunder, and we are back into slightly cooler air again, single figures, ten or 11 celsius in the south. for the end of the week, that low pressure is with us, and the next area of low pressure spread its way in for friday, so it will be a case of the best of the dry weather on thursday, but by friday after chilly start, we will see wind and rain pushing in from the south and rain pushing in from the south and west. a man pleads guilty to the murder of his wife and her mother. he killed raneem oudeh and khaola saleem in a savage knife attack in solihull this summer. cctv shows janbaz tarin arguing with the women hours before he killed them. his wife called the police but they couldn't track her down. we were trying to get to them but what we then know is that tragically, whilst in contact with us, the offence took place. this was a brutal murder of two defenceless ladies by a man who had

spent the day hunting them down. west midlands police face an investigation into the way they handled the case. also this lunchtime. theresa may is to tell mps today that another brexit referendum would break faith with the british people. it's notjust the high street that's suffering. now a profits warning from the online retailer asos.