hello, this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. the headlines at 8: the prime minister sets a date in the new year for mps to vote on her brexit deal, saying hers is the best on offer. i know this is not everyone‘s perfect deal — it is a compromise. but if we let the perfect be the enemy of the good, then we risk leaving the eu with no deal. but labour'sjeremy corbyn says the commons vote should be sooner, and calls for a no—confidence vote in the prime minister. lam about i am about to table a motion that says the following. that this house has no confidence in the prime minister, due to her failure to allow the house of commons to have a meaningful vote straightaway on the withdrawal agreement and framework for future relationships between the uk and the european union, and that will be tabled immediately, mr speaker. a man who murdered his estranged wife and her mother in solihull earlier this year is sentenced

to a minimum of 32 years. online retailers share the pain of the high street — fashion website asos warns of weak profits and its share price plummets. and no room at the inn for the homeless of hull — after a hotel cancels their christmas booking. organisers say it's discrimination. the hotel now says it's changed its mind and they can stay after all. and in football, liverpool will take on german giants bayern munich in the champions league last 16, while manchester united have been drawn against paris st—germain. and, coming up, we'll have the first of our special programmes looking back at 2018, as we examine a challenging 12 months for the british countryside in review 2018: the rural year. hello, good evening.

the prime minister has told mps that the meaningful vote on her brexit deal will happen in the third week of january. in a statement in the commons, theresa may said parliament will resume its debate on the deal in the week of january 7th, with a vote to take place sometime in the week of january 14th. she ruled out the case for another referendum, saying it would "break faith with the british people" and do "irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics." the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has told the commons he is tabling a motion of no confidence against the prime minister for her handling on the brexit deal vote. let's just cross now to westminster and speak to our correspondent ben wright, who's been following events in the commons. we can get the very latest reaction from him. ben, just bring us up—to—date with exactly where we are at so far. chris, another very rough

ride for the prime minister. she appears in the commons almost daily now to update mps on what is going on in this saga. she confirmed earlier on in her statement that the delayed vote, which of course was pulled last week, meant to be on december the 11th, will be happening in abouta december the 11th, will be happening in about a month's december the 11th, will be happening in about a months time, the week beginning january the 14th. that was an announcement met with incredulity really across the commons. many mps cannot understand why on earth it is not being done now before mps disappeared for christmas. this is what the prime minister said... we intend to return to the meaningful vote debate in the week commencing 7th of january, and held the vote the following week. mr speaker, when we have the vote... ..when we have the vote, members will need to reflect carefully on what is in the best interests of our country. i know that there are a range of very strongly held personal views on this issue across the house, and i respect all of them. but expressing our personal views is not what we are here to do.

we asked the british people to take this decision. now of course theresa may says she needs a bit more time to try and get some tweaks to the withdrawal agreement or accompanying political declaration to reassure mps on the backstop question, on which there is great concern across the house of commons. but it is clear many mps don't expect anything back from that attempt to persuade eu leaders to look again at this renegotiation, so they are left asking what the pointers of waiting. they fear she is just trying to run down the clock then present mps with the deal on then present mps with the deal on the table riske no deal at all —— what the point is of waiting. however, she is discussing some of the possibilities that could flow from a rejection of her deal next month, one of which of course is another referendum, and i think there are growing calls for that on both sides of the house of commons,

but theresa may was completely dismissive of that idea. this is what she said. let us not break faith with the british people by trying to stage another referendum, another vote that would do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics, because it would say to millions who trusted in democracy that our democracy does not deliver. another vote, which would likely leave us no further forward than the last. labour of course opposed the deal that theresa may has secured, plan to vote against it in the commons, and have said they should be a general election, and if that doesn't materialise then all other options would be considered, including a potential referendum. but labour, as you would expect opposition to do with the government on the ropes, ijust trying to cause daily trouble for the government and jeremy corbyn said he was going to table a no—confidence vote in the prime minister. so, mr speaker, as the only way i can think of ensuring a vote takes place this week, i'm about to table a motion which says the following.

that this house has no confidence in the prime minister, due to her failure to allow the house of commons to have a meaningful vote straight away on the withdrawal agreement and framework for future relationships between the uk and the european union, and that will be tabled immediately, mr speaker. thank you. soa so a big cheerfrom labour mps at that, they have tabled this no—confidence vote in the prime minister and is no—confidence vote in the prime ministerand is up no—confidence vote in the prime minister and is up to the government to decide when and if it wants to provide time for that motion to be discussed and voted upon. i should say this is symbolic, really. this is not calling for a vote of confidence in the government. there is an act of parliament that specifies how that should happen in the precise wording that should be laid, and only if the government lost that motion could there potentially be a general election at the end of the process. that would be the big move for labour to make. they are not doing it this time.

this is a symbolic vote on the confidence of the house in the prime minister and as i said it is not clear when or if this is going to ta ke clear when or if this is going to take place. but it is pretty certain that i don't think any tory mp will vote for it, because itjust looks like labour party gameplaying, even theresa may's fiercest critics, the ones who voted against her in the tory pa rty‘s own ones who voted against her in the tory party's own vote of confidence in her, they have made it clear they will notjoin in her, they have made it clear they will not join labour in her, they have made it clear they will notjoin labour in voting against her on this particular motion. ben, thank you for talking us motion. ben, thank you for talking us through that, and if you want to know what another referendum might look like we will be speaking to the labourmp look like we will be speaking to the labour mp alison mcgovern a little bit later. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages, at 10.40 and 11.30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the former pensions minister, baroness ros altmann, and the journalist and broadcaster, mihir bose. on to other news now. a man has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum

of 32 years for stabbing to death his wife and her mother in august. janbaz tarin had admitted the murders. there's to be an investigation into how police handled warnings about him prior to the killings. sima kotecha reports. he'd been on the run for days, but here is 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 0udeh, 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're 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, and it's like being in heaven with them, but now they have gone it's like we have been

brought down to earth. the court heard how raneem 0udeh and janbaz tarin split up after she discovered that he had a secret wife and children in afghanistan. the defendant was described as controlling and violent, and after the couple had separated, we were told that he slept in his carfor 12 nights outside her home. the court had granted an orderjust days before, forbidding tarin from going anywhere near his former partner, but this cctv shows the night of the killing. raneem walking into a shisha bar and tarin following behind. then a row. her mother khaola intervened. raneem had made a number of calls to the police that day, 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. raneem was on the phone to police when she was attacked. we were trying to get

to them, but what we then know is, tragically, whilst in contact with us, the offence took place. and this was a brutal murder of two defenceless ladies by a man who had spent the day hunting them down. the independent office for police conduct is now investigating how west midlands police responded to her calls for help. today, tarin showed no emotion as he was sentenced, as the victims‘ family wept in court. in a statement they said the list of broken hearts goes on and on, and that he destroyed an entire family. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham crown court. well, we're joined now by katie ghose, chief executive of the charity women's aid, working to prevent domestic violence. thank you forjoining us, katie. you have a report actually coming out tomorrow looking into the more widespread problem of domestic abuse. what other headlines from

that report? yes, so tomorrow women's aid in partnership are publishing this, telling us 139 women were killed by men last year. some of those, they were family relationships, a current orformer partner, some were strangers, somewhere other family members. it isa minimum somewhere other family members. it is a minimum of 139 women, and that tells us something of the scale of theissue tells us something of the scale of the issue and what we need to do to prevent it. is this across all kinds of backgrounds and communities? women from all walks of life can experience and do experience violence and abuse. it is so important that we get these issues out of the shadows and into the spotlight where we can do something about them. so what is the problem? is it the fact that someone in our and reporting it, perhaps are too scared? they are not going to the right people, the right system isn't in place? —— is it that someone in aren't reporting it? there are all

kinds of reasons. —— some women aren't reporting it. we need the right response from police to evict the first time around. too often, we see a woman coming forward, sometimes after a relationship has come to an end, which this shows can bea come to an end, which this shows can be a dangerous time, nine in ten women killed by a former partner we re women killed by a former partner were killed within the first year after the relationship had ended. women may be coming forward and sometimes they are dismissed, even brushed off, by the police, and their concerns are not taken seriously. we have more of a chance of preventing it. there is the suggestion the police maybe could have done more in this particular case in solihull and there is an investigation into that and we have to await those findings. certainly, she reached out for help and it didn't come quick enough because she lost her life, and so did her mother. but is it fair to point the finger of blame directly at the police? do they have enough support? sometimes we see the police get it absolutely right. i spoke recently

to survivor of domestic abuse and she said the police understood insta ntly she said the police understood instantly when she spoke about the coercive and controlling relationship, they put her in touch with the local domestic abuse service, and they all worked together as a team. multi agency. yes, working with the women and listening, but the police response is patchy and we are still not in a situation where we can honestly say the police are giving the right response first time around. we want compulsory training on domestic abuse for all police so they can be supported to do the right thing and work with all the other agencies out there. it is one thing reporting it and getting it out there, it is another thing staying safe as well. what kind of support as there? i would imagine a lot of women don't report this because they are too scared of the comeback to doing that? even if their husband or boyfriend or whatever gets a visit from the police, are they still in danger, or even more danger? yes, and safety is of paramount importance. there is an incredible

local network of local violence against women services. they do life—saving work on a shoestring, and that is why when the government comes forward with its domestic abuse bill we want to see the law there in proving but we also need there in proving but we also need the resources there are four of those vital life—saving agencies doing the work on the ground. just briefly before you go, if someone is watching in an abusive relationship, what is the first thing you would advise them to do? you like the national domestic violence helpline, run by women's aid in partnership with refuge is always there for you. katie, many thanks, thank you. —— call the national domestic violence helpline. let's return to westminster now on a day when the prime minister told mps that the meaningful vote on her brexit deal will happen in the third week of january. and the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn has said he is tabling a motion of no confidence

against the prime minister for her handling on the brexit deal vote. let's speak now to the labour mp, alison mcgovern — who is a supporter of the people's vote campaign for another referendum. she's in our westminster studio. thank you forjoining us, alison. firstly, before we speak about the referendum, the vote of no—confidence, launched by the labour leader today, i presume that something you support, but it's not going to come to anything, it's not to throw theresa may out of government or overthrow the government. what is the point? surely you and your colleagues have much more important things to get on with, like trying to find a way out of the eu successfully? u nfortu nately i of the eu successfully? unfortunately i don't think anyone really has confidence in theresa may or the government any more. last week, we had the tory mps demonstrating that are 100 of them don't have confidence in their own leader. this week we have theresa may coming back to the house of commons, really giving us the same speech she has given, you know, every monday, as if it is groundhog

day. theresa may is they are, saying basically "it is my deal or no other options." the house of commons is quite clear there is not a majority for radial, and that is why the vote was pulled. what we need now is plan b. we need to recognise the house of commons is pretty much in deadlock and we need to find another way forward. she can keep coming to the house of commons, keep telling us the same old things, but it won't get her anywhere. part of that plan bas faras get her anywhere. part of that plan b as far as you are concerned could be another referendum, and i emphasise the word is another because it wouldn't necessarily be a referendum on whether we stay or whether we go. but what other questions you would like to see on that? firstly, theresa may could try and get cross—party agreement, she could always have at the labour party for support. what would it ta ke party for support. what would it take for the labour party to vote for a deal? she could have asked for that cross—party support, and she never has. if the house of commons is in deadlock, then probably asking

the public to vote on her deal is probably the only option. now we know what the deal really means, i think... but what would the questions be? it has to be a yes or no answer. how do you put it back to the people, as politicians like yourself have been unable to agree on anything. firstly, the electoral commission will have to look at it, but my personal opinion is that we know what the deal involves now, we know what the deal involves now, we know what the deal involves now, we know what staying in the eu will mean, and if other people think there should be other options on the ballot paper then that is for them to argue for. what i would simply say this. there are a limited range of options now. the clock is ticking. even cabinet ministers have said we need to extend or revoke article 50. i'm sorry, alison, you said this in number of times. what with the questions be on a referendum ballot paper? what questions would you like to go to the public? you are calling for a referendum. what you wanted to be about? the prime minister can't get her deal to the house of commons so

thatis her deal to the house of commons so that is what should be put to the public. another option, to retain our eu membership, the deal we currently have, and if other people wa nt to currently have, and if other people want to put further options on the ballot paper, that would be for them to argue for. but with respect isn't that yourjob, for £75,000 a year of taxpayer's money, are the politicians meant to sort this out, not the people? the people have said what they wanted and you now have to deliver it, that's yourjob. that's why i think it would always have been better for us to find cross— party been better for us to find cross—party agreement and my personal opinion is it is not too late. it is still the case that theresa may could try to seek cross— party theresa may could try to seek cross—party support for what she's trying to do and, you know, i would be open to those conversations and the labour front bench have given that message many times. if that doesn't happen, and the house of commons is in deadlock, what do we then do? we either need to have a general election or theresa may has the option of putting her deal to

the option of putting her deal to the public. you're running out of time. is there enough time for another referendum ? time. is there enough time for another referendum? well, that's why asi another referendum? well, that's why as i said before even cabinet ministers are saying now it looks like article 51 have to be extended or revoked until we can come to a decision —— article 50 will have to be. the most urgent thing actually is that the prime minister comes to the house with a plan b. she says she will put her deal to the house in january. that she will put her deal to the house injanuary. that is already too late, in my view. if by some miracle she does win it, that is one thing, but if as everybody expects she doesn't, what will we do then? alison, thank you for your time this evening. let's bring you up—to—date with the sport, shall be? for a full round—up from the bbc sports centre, we canjoin sarah. thank you, chris. a tough 2a hours for manchester united boss jose mourinho, didn't get any easier

today, with his side drawing paris saint germain in the last 16 of the champions league. this following their poor performance in the 3—1 loss to liverpool at anfield yesterday. united, who are three—time european champions, have never met psg in a competitive game — and for the other sides, it's very much a case of england against germany. manchester city should be pretty happy with their draw, up against schalke, lowly 13th in the bundesliga, so city should be pretty confident. tottenham have a rather tougher task, up against the bundesliga leaders borussia dortmund, who remember the england internationaljadon sancho in their squad, could be interesting for him. the most mouthwatering clash has to beat liverpool against bayern munich, five—time european champions. they are not having a great season in the bundesliga, third place at the moment, but so much experience in the champions league. it should be very special indeed. that

was andy swiss, our sports correspondent, speaking to us a little earlier. here's the draw in full... holders real madrid have got ajax — europa league winners atletico madrid will facejuventus. the first legs will take place over two weeks in february, with the return fixtures over two weeks in march. group winners will be away from home in the first legs. meanwhile, celtic have been drawn to face spanish side valencia in the last 32 of the europa league. valencia finished third in their champions league group, behind juventus and manchester united. arsenal will play bate borisov of belarus, while 2013 champions chelsea take on swedish side malmo. the full list of fixtures is on the bbc sport website. there is a big game in the championship tonight — the east midlands derby. derby county are in with the chance of going third if they beat nottingham forest at home. with over half an hour gone, the score is 0—0. there is also action in the fa cup.

the winner of tonight's second—round replay between southport and tranmere rovers has the exciting prospect of meeting spurs next. it isi-o it is 1—0 currently two tranmere rovers. it is 1—0 currently to tranmere rovers. ireland will be without forward iain henderson when they begin their six nations title defence in february. henderson, who scored twice for ulster in their champions cup win over scarlets on friday, is expected to miss the next 10—12 weeks after having surgery on his thumb today. there was plenty of spice and confrontation in the second test between australia and india, with both captains, tim paine and virat kohli, clashing in perth. the two squared up to each other with paine overheard saying to kohli's team mate murali vijay, "i know he's your captain, "but you can't seriously like him as a bloke." australia's conduct is in the spotlight with this being the first home test series since the ball—tampering scandal. the hosts need five more wickets to level the series. another heavyweight match—up

in the boxing ring this weekend — dillian whyte takes on dereck chisora at the 02 in london. victory could earn whyte a shot at a world title fight against anthonyjoshua — but he says he's expecting to be overlooked. it's a fight that i want but one i don't think they want because talking of a fight mainly in america, madison square garden is. let's see what happens, man. you know, they want to fight me, then they are not really up for doing it. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. we will see you then, sarah! that bring you up—to—date with a bit of business news. the online fashion retailer asos has warned of lower profits this financial year

after unprecedented discounting hit its trading in november. despite sales growth of 14% from september to november, it had seen "a significant deterioration" in profits last month. the warning comes amid reports of weak high street activity for the time of year, and indicates that online shopping has also slowed. there's been an outcry after a group of homeless people had their booking over christmas at a hotel in hull suddenly cancelled without reason. a local charity, which had organised the accommodation, said the group had been discriminated against by the hotel. danny savage has more. christmas last year at a hotel in hull. people here summed up the season of good will to all by paying for a load of rooms for the homeless to stay in, on christmas eve and christmas day. it was for two nights. but it felt like a lifetime, you know what i mean? mark was one of those who benefitted. when we got to the hotel it was a godsend —

a couple of nights in a bed, didn't want to get up for the day, you know what i mean? because it was that special? it was that comfortable, i didn't want to get up. this year 28 homeless people were booked into the royal, but over the weekend the hotel cancelled the booking. they say alleged trouble at last year's event is why they have pulled out. this, for me, is all about giving a bit back to the community. the man behind the effort to raise the cash to pay for the rooms denies there were problems, and is determined to find accommodation elsewhere. christmas is the saddest time of the year for homeless people, because they get to reflect on what they've lost and the family they're missing out on. suicides are at the highest at this time of the year, and if we can just prevent one suicide it is worth it. as we filmed at the royal hotel, two homeless men, who were hoping to be part of the christmas stay, emerged from a warm doorway. some people might be a bit

uncomfortable sharing a hotel with a whole load of homeless people, but what is the reality of it? well, last year i didn't think we got any bad looks from anyone. i didn't think anyone looked down their noses at us. i thought everyone took it in their stride and thought we were normal paying customers as well. it is everything, really. the best christmas present you could get. just, it is such a relief to be off the streets, even for that one night. the royal has now said it will accept the booking, but with conditions. carl, though, is now negotiating with other hotels, and believes he will get at least 28 homeless people rooms this christmas. danny savage, bbc news, hull. well, carl simpson, who you saw in that report, from the raise the roof homeless project, joins us now from hull. hello, carl. and we understand you

have an update, some news? yes, we have an update, some news? yes, we have been contacted by the doubletree held in in hull, who have come forward and offered to put up 28 people in the hotel for two nights including breakfast and a christmas dinner for the dybala turn—up —— doubletree hilton in hull. you must be over the moon. -- for the people who turn up. we have had so many offers of support, absolutely fantastic. for this to happen, it'sjust absolutely fantastic. for this to happen, it's just amazing. absolutely fantastic. for this to happen, it'sjust amazing. you put the news on facebook over the weekend, did you expect this kind of attention and response? no, it totally blew us away. we put it on facebook opening another hotel would offer accommodation but we weren't expecting anywhere near this, it has just been constant all day. fantastic support. you're probably aware that the royal hotel which you

had originally booked, said in a statement they were told by someone who used to work on your charity that last year there had been various problems, something we heard a little in that report about. what we re a little in that report about. what were they talking about? where there are problems? no, a couple of things. we don't have any staff, and there is nobody of that name that worked at the event last year. this is just worked at the event last year. this isjust a worked at the event last year. this is just a vindictive comment and i don't know where it has come from. we have confirmed there were no problems, scientific daily mail an e—mail saying it went smoothly and everything was a success. ijust don't know what the thinking is behind this. if they had contacted... we asked why the booking was cancelled. if the royal had told us, we could have resolved the matter by getting them to talk to us or to the ca hotel to prove it wasn't true, but in fact they have no reason and they have just pushed us no reason and they have just pushed us off. it might did offer to allow

the bookings with some conditions. you are not tempted? —— the bookings with some conditions. you are not tempted? -- they did offer to. no, the way we have been treated, to be fair, we were in talks with another hotel at the time anyway, the hilton, and what they have offered is just fantastic. we know they will treat them properly, and it is a respectable hotel chain which we are happy with. it is more than suitable accommodation. well, it is nice to report on some good news for a change, carl. we wish you are very many christmas, and all the people you're helping as well. thank you for your time. well done. i don't know if the weather is good news as well. stav has the details. hello there. the next spell of wet and windy weather is pushing into western parts of the uk this evening and overnight, gradually spreading eastwards as we head through tomorrow, but it'll be a dry and a fairly chilly start

to the night across eastern areas under clear skies. further west, we've got gales and outbreaks of pretty heavy and persistent rain. here it will be mild, 10—11d to start tuesday here, but further east a bit of a chilly start. it starts dry, maybe a little early sunshine across the east, but the clouds, wind and rain will increase. further west, though, a very wet morning. in fact, a pretty atrocious morning commute. through the afternoon, that wind and rain becomes confined to eastern scotland, much of england and wales, and further west it'll brighten up. maybe a few showers, but it will be a mild day with temperatures of 10—12d. that rain continues to move eastward, pushing on into the north sea for tuesday night, and behind that we will see some blustery showers. it stays pretty similar for wednesday and thursday, with the weather coming in off the atlantic. fairly mild at times in the south, with some showers and fairly strong winds.