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. and there's no room at the inn for the homeless of hull. it cancels their christmas booking. and coming up on bbc news,

the champions league last 16 draw has been made. four english teams in the hat. which one faces the toughest test? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. 21—year—old janbaz tarin has admitted stabbing to death his wife and her mother this summer. raneem oudeh had repeatedly called the police to say the man she had married under islamic law was threatening her. she was calling them again when he attacked her and khaola saleem with a knife. an investigation has been launched into how west midlands police handled the case. sima kotecha is at birmingham crown court. the defendant was described as

controlling, violent and abusive in court this morning. we also heard that he had a wife and three other children in afghanistan and that was a point of tension between him and raneem oudeh, who he stabbed so brutally that day in august with her mother in solihull. thank you very much, sir. he'd been on the run for days but here's the moment when the killer 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, 22—year—old raneem oudeh, and her mother, khaola saleem, who was 49. in the early hours of a monday morning, the women were found stabbed to death outside their home in solihull. we are a small family here in the uk

but we meant a lot to each other. to lose them is like we have lost the happiest thing ever. it was like being in heaven with them, but now they've gone, it's like we've been brought down—to—earth. this cctv footage shows the night of the killings. raneem walking into a shisha bar in birmingham, tarin following behind. and then an altercation between them, with khaola, her mother, intervening. raneem had also made a number of 999 calls earlier in the evening, including from the shisha bar, but officers say they were unable to track her down. the murders happened a little while later, when the women got home. police say raneem was on the phone to them when she was attacked. we were trying to get to them but what we do 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. the court had granted an orderjust weeks before, forbidding tarin from going anywhere near his wife. a forensic postmortem examination concluded the two women had died from multiple stab wounds. i think prison is not enough. life to life. it's our lives that have been taken away, you know? two beautiful personalities, two beautiful persons in our lives, you know, in both our lives. you know, it'sjust darkness. whatjustice can there be then? tarin worked as a cashier at his father's convenience store in birmingham. the relatives of raneem and khaola say they were precious, warm and deeply loving, whose lives were cut short in the most brutal way.

as you heard, there, he worked as a cashier at his father's shop and some more detail that has come out of court this morning, he went to collect a knife from the shop on the day of the murders, picked it up, drove to the house in solihull and as thejudge said drove to the house in solihull and as the judge said a little while ago, the intent to kill was there. sema detector, reporting there from birmingham. theresa may will tell mps this afternoon that another brexit referendum would break faith with the british people. in a commons statement, she will warn that a fresh vote would do "irreparable damage" to politics and further divide the country. former prime ministersjohn major and tony blair are among those calling for another referendum. here's our political correspondent iain watson. the prime minister on her way to a meeting of key political allies in

downing street this morning, discussing how to get her deal through parliament. but some of her own cabinet are talking about what happens if the deal is defeated a. we need to find out where the will of parliament is, where the majority of parliament is, where the majority of mps will vote —— will vote in parliament and nothing should be off the table. we should consider all options stop when do you agree with collea g u es options stop when do you agree with colleagues parliament should have a greater say in the brexit deal? the business secretary, like amber rudd, supports the prime minister's deal but like her, recognises it can't currently get through parliament. so when it is finally voted on next month. if that was still the case, there is a responsibility on parliament, not just to say what it doesn't want, it is easy to be a critic but actually to take responsibility and to consider what parliament would vote for. what is striking is the number of cabinet ministers, people who sit around theresa may's top table in downing street, who are now openly talking about what should happen if the deal

is defeated. to use a gory old political phrase, some seem to be supporting her deal like a rope supports a hanged man. they would like mps to be able to vote on alternative options, notjust a plan b but alternative options, notjust a plan bbuta alternative options, notjust a plan b but a plan c and alternative options, notjust a plan b buta plan cand plan d as alternative options, notjust a plan b but a plan c and plan d as well. so what options could mps vote on? amongst them would be what is known as norway plus, outside the eu but inside the single market. that last bit means we would also be inside the customs union or something very like it. then there is what is called no deal with the eu but like many other countries, we would use world trade organisation rules and pay tariffs. then there's the option of having another referendum, but which question or questions would be askedis which question or questions would be asked is not yet clear. we want a peoples vote. it is this last option that the prime minister particularly wa nts to that the prime minister particularly wants to rule out. the people's vote campaign wanta wants to rule out. the people's vote campaign want a referendum to give us campaign want a referendum to give us the option of remaining in the eu. theresa may believes that would break faith with the british people.

the prime minister is absolutely right to rule out a second referendum. we asked the people to decide. they decided, they have put their faith decide. they decided, they have put theirfaith in us and we decide. they decided, they have put their faith in us and we mustn't let them down. we have to deliver on brexit. but the peoples vote campaign argues that parliament simply can't deliver. it has not been undeliverable by this prime ministerand been undeliverable by this prime minister and this government, any deal now on the table would be worse than what they currently enjoy as a memberof the than what they currently enjoy as a member of the european union so let's put it back to the people and get the direction. mps should not be allowed to reflect alternatives to theresa may's deal, says downing street and she is focused on getting it through parliament. but with three months to go until brexit, we still don't know really if it is her deal, no deal or a still don't know really if it is her deal, no deal ora new still don't know really if it is her deal, no deal or a new deal. still don't know really if it is her deal, no deal ora new deal. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. so the prime minister really tried to kill off growing calls for another referendum ? to kill off growing calls for another referendum? in part, because i think she is aware that may be the momentum is beginning to build

behind the idea of another referendum, given the parliamentary gridlock, at a time when mrs may just seems determined to plough on with her plan a, which as we know, is trying to get concessions from the eu, so she can put a deal in front of mps which they might vote for. but as we found out at the back end of last week, it seems the eu are in no mood to offer anything up to her. so we are beginning to see growing voices, including in the cabinet, mooting possible plan bs, and the plan b which seems to be getting quite a bit of traction now is this idea of having a series of votes on different brexit options in an effort to find out something that mps are in favour of, so you could have a vote of no deal, you could have a vote of no deal, you could have a vote on the norway and canada models. but the danger in doing that is the last prime minister who tried to sort out a thorny issue was tony

blair, when he went for such a scheme to resolve the problem of how to reform the house of lords and he had a whole range of options and the outcome of frankly, was confusion. mps couldn't decide on anything. the danger is precisely the same happens again with brexit. meanwhile, it has emerged that david cameron is now putting his tuppence worth in, offering some advice to the prime minister on how she can get a deal through parliament. so the man who launched the referendum, plunged parliament into gridlock and is now advising mrs may on how to get out of it. thank you very much. norman smith at westminster. a man is still being treated in hospital after a house fire in nottinghamshire which claimed the lives of his wife and two children. justine collison, eight—year—old isabella and five—year—old harvey all died following the blaze in collingham on saturday morning. the children's father, 34—year—old gavin collison, is said to be in a serious condition. the rise in shopping on the internet is often blamed for the decline of the high street, but now there's evidence online

retailers too are suffering. shares in the online fashion store asos have fallen sharply after the company issued a sales and profits warning. asos says there's been a significant deterioration in trading in the run—up to christmas. our business editor simon jack is here. simon, is this evidence that the woes of the high street are speeding online? yes, we have been used to horror stories from the high street, we had mike ashley saying november had been the worst in living memory for the high street. we had the clothing retailer bon marche, predominately bricks and mortar, saying its share price halved but the significant thing today is asos, the significant thing today is asos, the darling of internet retailer, has had a huge run—up in recent yea rs, has had a huge run—up in recent years, today saw its share price fall by 42%. that's hundreds of millions of pounds knocked off and there are two things, although their

sales are still growing, they say to keep them up, they had to gauge —— meadow engage in unprecedented discounting which started around black friday, and they are saying they've never seen discounting like it and they expect it to continue for the next few weeks. there is a lot of anecdotal evidence that what was once a boom for retailers, the idea of black friday, has become a bit of a and shoppers have almost been trained, saying, "unless it is 40%, 50% off, i'm been trained, saying, "unless it is a0%, 50% off, i'm not interested", so a0%, 50% off, i'm not interested", so that is what people are up against. there's also a question over consumer confidence, some grisly warnings about the economy next year, brexit related, which is feeding through to the housing market which has been weak and that affects consumer confidence. we may be in affects consumer confidence. we may beina affects consumer confidence. we may be in a situation where i'm talking to you in two weeks and saying people left it so late there was a massive late rush but at the moment, it looks like this dreadful year for retailers so far is not ending well. thank you forjoining us. simon jack, our business editor. the government is promising better protection for workers in the so—called "gig economy", people like delivery drivers who are hired informally.

under new plans, they'll be told their rights from their first day, including eligibility for paid leave and sick leave. but labour and the unions say the proposed reforms don't go far enough. here's our economics correspondent andy verity. it has been billed by the government as the biggest boost to rights in the workplace in a generation. the result of an official review after an outcry over workers on zero—hours contracts or gig economyjobs who can't know how much money is coming in from one week to the next and often don't get benefits like paid holiday or maternity leave. so what exactly is changing? people who for example are not on a fixed contract, in terms of number of hours, we'll have the right to request that and their employers will have to give proper consideration to that. as well is that right to request guaranteed hours, the government's

legislating to close a loophole to ensure agency workers are not paid less tha n ensure agency workers are not paid less than full—time staff, and employees will get a statement of rights when they start work setting out their right to benefits like maternity pay. while employers welcomed the reforms, the government's disappointed many by refusing to go further, for example by scrapping zero—hours contracts. i've been on a few myself over the years and i think they are very negative. i think employees don't have the stability they need, especially in this time, when nothing is secure. a little bit of security in yourjob is i think very important. if anything goes wrong and you do get sick, there's nothing you can do about it. you are com pletely you can do about it. you are completely stuck. these big companies can afford to pay people a proper wage and afford to pay holiday and sick pay. i mean, i think it is fair. unions say the right to ask for guaranteed hours isn't enough if employers who have designed their business around flexible working constantly reviews. the unions have spent seven years

campaigning for the closing of the loopholes around agency working so government taking action on that is welcome. but taken as a package, this set of reforms just isn't good enough, it is too little, too late. we should have seen a ban on zero—hours contracts and government taking positive action to support unions to go out and organising the gig economy. we've seen none of that and this is a damp squib set of proposals. the government has notably avoided a key recommendation of its own review that gig economy workers who work for one company should be classed as dependent contractors and given greater protection. if insecurity is the price of flexible working, some workers will go on paying it. andy verity, bbc news. billions of pounds of student loans are to be reclassified as government spending, in a ruling which could have a major impact on funding for higher education in england. the decision by the office for national statistics will add £12 billion to the government deficit. our correspondent navtej johal is here. what is the significance of this?

this is a technical change, but one with major implications. under the current system, the government, the money given out in student loans is not recorded as public spending. the theory being that is it is a loan, it will eventually get the money back. this is being criticised as a fiscal allusion. in practice, around 45% of those loans are not expected to be repaid. students are now only paying them off when they earn about £25,000 a year. any amount that they haven't paid back in 30 years is then written off and the bill is therefore picked up by the taxpayer instead. today's decision from the office of national statistics means that from next year the amount of student loans that the government will pay off in 30 years' time will be counted as current capital spending, pushing up the deficit by about £12 billion. that is expected to continue rising. this could provide an incentive to cut tuition fees, or at the very least reduce funding to improve the deficit. but

universities or wants to ensure that if that is the case that their stu d e nts if that is the case that their students and their income is protected. the universities uk has come out and said any cuts to fees could reduce progress on social mobility. at the government marco has tried to reassure them, saying that he does not affect students. a review of the current student loan system, commissioned by the prime minister, is due to report back to the government in a couple of months. thank you very much. our top story this lunchtime... a man admits stabbing to death his wife and her mother in solihull this summer — an investigation has been launched into how police handled the case. and coming up — making history across the severn. the first motorists make toll—free journeys on the bridges between england and wales. coming up on bbc news, just an average side. the worst start to a premier league season for manchester united. their performance against liverpool yesterday is panned by former players. for more than 50 years

you've had to pay to drive across the severn estuary from england to south wales. but now the the toll fee on the severn crossing bridges has been abolished, so from today the journey is free. it's hoped that scrapping the toll will benefit commuters, businesses and the welsh economy. our wales correspondent tomos morgan is at the m4 crossing for us now. no longer will commuters have to stop here, queueing up, rummaging in their pockets for cash and paying a fee. it will be straight on from now on. since 6.30 this morning, traffic has been flowing freely. at a reduced speed for now, as the rest of the structure is dismantled in the new year. by now, almost 25

million journeys the new year. by now, almost 25 millionjourneys are the new year. by now, almost 25 million journeys are made each year over these two bridges. it is projected that number could rise significantly. the first morning rush—hour to have ever crossed the severn bridge is free of charge. for 52 years, vehicles have had to pay to cross westbound into wales, but not anymore. it is a change that may benefit commuters by up to £1500 per year. yet the move has had a mixed response from the first influx of drivers over the river today. good idea. we live near bristol and always avoided it, much of the time, but now, straight over the bridge. it's great. well, i think maybe they could use the money by keeping it up, use it for other services and whatnot, rather than getting rid of it completely. i think it is only one way we were paying, isn't it. for me personally, i did not have to pay to cross personally, so i obviously come for work so for my perspective, it is beneficial to the business. scrapping the severn toll has been welcomed by businesses who claim

the fee was a barrier to trade. at one stage, prices were as high as £20 per lorry, and almost £7 per car, a financial implication for any trading between england and wales. it's predicted the shift will boost the welsh economy by £100 million but in doing so, 100 toll collectors and administrative staff have been made redundant. ask most people who cross the severn estuary regularly if scrapping the toll is a good thing and you will get a positive response. but predictions show that this change will lead to a rise in traffic on what is already a very congested motorway stretch. if you think with every new economic opportunity, it becomes a challenge and this is a challenge now for both governments, the uk government and the welsh government, to work even more closely together to resolve those issues. governments in westminster and wales don't agree on many things these days but both ends of the m4 supported abolishing the tolls. where things get a bit more tricky

for those in cardiff bay is how they intend to cope with the expected rise in traffic. since it was announced that the toll will be scrapped, house prices in towns in the local area have risen faster than in any other area across the uk. for now, the only things that shows a sign of slowing down is the traffic going through the tolls, as the rest of the structure continues being demolished in the new year. thank you very much. thomas morgan reporting. a former executive at hs2 has said he believes the company misled mps about how much it would cost to purchase land along the route of the new high speed rail line. doug thornton told the bbc‘s panorama programme that the estimate was hundreds of millions of pounds too low. hs2 has denied misleading mps, and says it followed the correct process. justin rowlatt reports. hs2‘s promise is a superfast train network linking the great cities of

the north with birmingham and london. the £56 billion project involves the largest land purchase programme since the second world war. doug thornton was head of hs2‘s land and property department. he says the estimate mps had of how much land would cost was hundreds of millions of pounds lower than more detailed predictions. i've never seen anything like it. i was absolutely appalled, absolutely appalled that numbers could be advanced in such a loose and slapdash fashion. there was a gap of almost 100% in terms of the numbers, the raw numbers of properties that the organisation had not budgeted for. hs2 rejects claims that mps were misled. it says it consistently followed the correct process. it's perfectly normal in a scheme as vast and complex as hsz that, over time, we have a greater understanding of the alignment of the route, how many land parcels and land areas

it affects and what the full extent of that acquisition programme needs to be. the spending watchdog, the national audit office, investigated the land and property programme earlier this year and found that estimated costs did increase significantly but concluded that hs2 was not required to provide its updated estimate to mps. hs2 says it manages to agree a price with most of the people who will have to make way for the railway but a small minority insist the company is trying to get their properties on the cheap. ron is one of them. his elizabethan home is threatened with demolition. if i want to buy something that i can't afford, i don't buy it and i'm not getting like for like, i'm just getting a silly offer that i could buy something, you know, in the street or what have you. work has already started on the new high—speed station in birmingham. big, ambitious infrastructure projects always bring some disruption, but the costs and benefits of hs2 are already

quite finely balanced. mps have yet to approve the full project. justin rowlatt, bbc news. and you watch justin's full report in panorama, hs2: going off the rails? tonight at 7.30 on bbc one. meghan markle's father has appealed to the queen to help reunite him with his daughter. thomas markle says he's been texting his daughter, the duchess of sussex, every day, but hasn't spoken to her since she married prince harry in may. in an interview with itv‘s good morning britain, mr markle said he hoped an intervention from the queen would be effective i would appreciate anything she can do. i would think that she would want to resolve family problems. all families, royal or otherwise, are the same. and they should all be together. certainly around the holidays.

i'm hopeful that soon something will be resolved, and we'll be talking. this can't continue forever. people are saying i should be quiet about this, and not speak. if i don't speak, that 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. she has to know that, and i would really appreciate it if she were just call me, reach out somehow to me, just send me a text. just say you're there, and you hear me, and you know i'm here. i'm certainly hoping that everything goes well and that they produce a beautiful baby. and i'll get to see a little megan or little harry. that would be very nice. i look forward to that happening. i think she'll make a great mom, and i think maybe things

will soften a little bit and we'll connect again. a group of homeless people in hull had been looking forward to a christmas treat — a stay at a hotel in the city, paid for by a charity. but now the royal hotel in hull, which had accepted the booking for 1h twin rooms, has suddenly cancelled it without any explanation. andy moore reports. in its advertising, britannia hotels welcomes guests to the royal hotel in hull. but these particular guests, it seems, were not welcome. last year, the raise the roof homeless charity successfully organised a similar event at another hotel. there were no complaints, and no reports of trouble. but that particular hotel didn't have enough rooms this year. so, last week, the charity bought 1a twin rooms at the royal hotel, at a cost of more than £1000. they were clear it was for homeless people,

there were even given a discount. on saturday, on facebook, the charity said it was angry and gutted to find that booking had been cancelled. they haven't given us any reason for cancelling. we've asked for a reason, but they've said they haven't got one. it's got to be discrimination, because the rooms are still for sale, and nobody else's rooms have been cancelled. it meant quite a lot to me, you know what i mean? it was a big help, you know, from carl and that, yeah? they didn't say that last year. everything went ok. this year, i don't know what's going on with them. so far, there's been no response from britannia hotels. but on behalf of the homeless people of hull, the local mp is taking up the case. i've already started writing the letter to the hotel, it's going to be sent out today. i'm going to be asking them, very reasonably asking them, to reconsider. i mean, this is christmas. these people are homeless and they're just asking for somewhere to stay for the night.

surely, at christmas time, this is exactly the time when we should be looking out, and reaching out to homeless people and offering them a place to stay? online, there's been a surge of donations for the homeless charity. it's now more than exceeded its target. other companies are coming forward to offer accommodation. there is hope, even at this late stage, that christmas can be rescued for the homeless of hull. andy moore, bbc news. geraint thomas, winner of the tour de france, says he's hopes being named bbc sports personality of the year will inspire even more youngsters to get into cycling. our correspondent sally nugent reports. this is it, folks. welcome to sports personality 2018. we're going to rub shoulders with some sporting royalty tonight. obviously the world cup itself was such a whirlwind. there were so many emotions flying about. # three lions on the shirt...# as you can hear, the excitement is building all around this arena. it's crazy.

i've actually never known the atmosphere be like this. i'm going to take my seat. # three lions on the shirt, jules rimet still gleaming...# gareth southgate, congratulations on an incredible evening — an incredible year? people were kind of denying they cared about international football because they didn't want to get hurt any more. but the most pleasing aspect of the summer, to me, was that we took everybody on a journey that really reconnected the team and brought pride back to our supporters. the 2018 team of the year is... england netball team! it's exciting for netball to get some recognition, and hopefully the sport keeps on growing. that memory of that moment, and the entire games, is something that will live with me and the rest of the squad forever. it's so special for it to be celebrated like this, for women's sport to be in the headlines. so please welcome the 2018 helen rollason award winner, the extraordinary billy monger. congratulations, billy.

yeah, thank you so much. you were so composed on the stage. did you have any clue about what you are going to say? i had an idea what i was going to say. unfortunately, i got cut off a little bit early. yeah, you got cut off. so, this is your moment, when they stopped you, what were you going to say about your mum and dad? i was going to say how strong they were for me at the right time. because my dad, he doesn't say it that often, but he blamed himself quite a bit for my accident, because he's the one that got me into racing. but no matter whether he wanted me to race or not, i was going to do it anyway. just basically thank him for being so influential in my life and getting me to where i am now. because without them, i'd be nothing. the 2018 sports personality of the year is geraint thomas!