this is bbc news — i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11:00: the cabinet activates plans to pump £2 billion into government departments to help them prepare in case the uk leaves the eu without a deal. letters are being sent to more than 100,000 businesses warning them to make contingency plans. too late, say many. when are we likely to find out a deal is on the table? i need to know tomorrow. i can't find out on the 28th of march that there is going to bea 28th of march that there is going to be a deal on the 29th of march. it's too late. donald trump agrees to shut down the trump foundation — his family charity — as new york's attorney general claims to have found "a shocking pattern of illegality". 0nce special, now unemployed. jose mourinho is permanently substituted, by man united. and waste not, want not. plans to overhaul england's waste systems are unveiled, to make it easier to recycle in the hope of helping the planet. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers

lance price and seb payne — stay with us for that. good evening. the cabinet has agreed to activate plans for a no—deal brexit. £2 billion is being given to government departments, including those dealing with trade, borders and security, to help them prepare for the united kingdom leaving the eu without a deal. 3,500 troops will be put on stand—by to help maintain essential services if needed. the move comes amid continuing uncertainty over the fate of theresa may's proposed exit deal. but some have accused the government of scare tactics to encourage more mps to back the prime minister's deal in a vote next month. here's our deputy political editorjon pienaar. they had no choice —

the country had to prepare for brexit with no deal if it came to it. some quite like the idea, though the eurosceptics are backing mrs may's brexit compromise — for now. are people, in a word, right to be afraid of no deal? no deal would not be optimal for our economy. we should work to get the prime minister's deal over the line. brexiteer ministers can enjoy their christmas. but there'll be trouble in the new year — others will fight a no—deal brexit if they have to. amber rudd told the cabinet buying a seat belt doesn't mean you should crash the car. there's no wish inside number ten to leave with no deal. the government's plan — keep a lookout for what might go wrong and hope for the best. the government's priority is to secure a deal, that hasn't changed, but alongside that, as part of our continuation

of preparing for no—deal, a responsible government needs to ensure that we are ready for that default option, which we don't want to happen, but we're ready in the event that it did happen. but time is running out fast before brexit day next march, so £2 billion was allocated for customs, security, finding trade deals. letters were going out to companies, tens of thousands, telling firms, "activate your no—deal plans." we even heard 3,500 troops would be ready to step in if the country needs them. what we are doing is putting contingency plans in place, and what we will do is have 3,500 service personnel held at readiness, including regulars and reserves, in order to support any government department on any contingencies they may need. inside parliament, labour was holding off from forcing a vote of confidence in the government it would likely lose, and instead attacking today's no—deal planning. it's about trying to blackmail the country, trying to say that the choice

is between theresa may's botched deal and a disastrous no—deal, and that's why they've kept on trying to kick the can down the road, so they can ratchet up the pressure on the public, really. most here believed theresa may's plan is doomed to defeat. some in her own cabinet want other ideas, like a brexit that stays close to the eu, say, or a referendum, or no—deal, put to mps after that happens. so, i'm told, theresa may wants to flush out those who are quietly waiting for her plan to fail. well—placed sources say she wants a moment of reckoning for brexit, with all the rival ideas put to mps and voted on at the same time, when her plan comes back to the house of commons injanuary. if everything is rejected — and everything may be rejected — she mightjust try to fight on for her brexit compromise. the prime minister bought time till after christmas when she postponed the big vote on brexit, but soon the decorations will be down and it'll be time to face the verdict of mps. john pienaar, bbc news.

so letters will be sent to tens of thousand of companies telling them to be ready in case of a no deal exit. but some businesses say a lack of clarity from the government on leaving the european union has meant they've already had to start making such contingency plans. here's our business editor simonjack. 0n the shop floor of british business, the no—deal warning lights have been flashing for months. this tool maker in swindon, whose customers are mainly in the eu, couldn't wait for politicians and has already set up a branch in germany. it's hard to believe, in business, how messy it is in politics. there's absolutely zero certainty in westminster, so when there's zero certainty there, you're going to find that companies like wilson tool are creating their own certainty. you know, they'rejust assuming the absolute worst and putting the plans in place for that. and i suspect some of those plans will be incredibly hard for companies to roll back on. they're not the only ones trying to take control of their own destiny, albeit reluctantly. a0 miles down the m4 in bristol, this sports clothing exporter has opened an office in romania

and is signing the paperwork on a german warehouse. at this late stage, that's whether there's a deal or no deal. when are we likely to find out that there's a deal on the table? i need to know tomorrow. i can't find out on the 28th of march that there's going to be a deal on the 29th of march — i need to act now. setting up offices, setting up warehouses, moving staff, employing staff, these things take months. this is the last chance. there is not going to be another chance. once we move, we've moved, we won't be coming back. the ramping up of government planning is coming a little late for some businesses. with just over 100 days to go, many — as we've seen — are taking matters into their own hands. but there are thousands of businesses, particularly smaller ones, who've done nothing, and it is those the government is urging to prepare. but what can the government do now for them? no—deal advice and customs information packs are on their way to businesses, while ministers

agreed today it was time for firms to activate contingency plans where appropriate. emma jones runs a support group for small companies and chairs one of the prime minister's business councils. in the situation of no—deal brexit, small businesses will be desperately looking around and wondering what to do. they will be thinking about where their european sales are coming from, what happens to the people they've hired, what about the technology implications, shipping, logistics et cetera. what they will be looking for and what would be excellent to introduce now is a brexit advice service to give those businesses the navigation and support they need to get through this situation. clearly not all businesses are anti—brexit, but most would like a deal, and all would like to know what to prepare for.

the message today is prepare for no deal. it's the outcome that business groups fear most, and it's expected they'll mount a coordinated campaign to prevent it. simon jack, bbc news. manchester united has sacked its managerjose mourinho after the club's worst ever start to a premier league season. mourinho has been at old trafford for just over two years. he's been criticised over his signings and the team's style of play. united say they will appoint a caretaker managerfor the rest of the season. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. driven out. jose mourinho here leaving town this afternoon, hours after learning he had been sacked as manchester united manager, the end of a turbulent reign. his fate had been sealed 48 hours earlier. their woeful defeat to liverpool marked a new low, this is their worst start to a league season for 28 years. and with the club's hierarchy watching on, patience had run out. you cannot just pin the blame on one person. yes, the manager takes the rap

and he has lost his job for that you cannot just pin the blame on one person. yes, the manager takes the rap and he has lost his job for that because ultimately he is the one that has to get the best out of the players. quite clearly, that has not been the case. but when you go back to the summer, he wanted to be back and bring other players into the football club and for whatever reason, he wasn't. with a salary of around £18 million a year, mourinho spent £400 million on 11 players. but despite such investment, the club finds itself 19 points behind the league leaders. once you start criticising players in public, then it starts to go pear shaped. it is dire, no attacking, no desire. it's as miserable as sin. so where did it all go wrong? despite winning two trophies in his first season, mourinho never adhered to the club's attacking traditions and over the summer, tensions rose. he was unhappy at a lack of transfers and clashed with star players, especially record signing paul pogba. and after a poor start

to the season, the strain began to show. i have won more premierships alone than the other 19 managers together. three for me, two for them. respect, respect. respect. the glory years of the sir alex ferguson era feel a long time ago now as united begin the search for a fourth manager in five years after the previous failures of david moyes and louis van gaal. its as a decision for the club at the moment because they have had 3 managers in and not1 has succeeded so managers in and not1 has succeeded so it's a difficult situation but i think the ras some top—class players there and i think any manager is worth his salt will be rubbing his hands together at the thought he might get the job. today, the favourite to take over next summer was giving little away. it's not my business what happens in another club. i only want to send my best wishes to jose. mourinho was football's special one, enjoying succes at the world's biggest clubs. but with him, things often turned

sour and having been sacked by chelsea and now united, the sense is the game may have moved on without him. earlier this evening i spoke to the sports writer and broadcaster mihir bose and asked whether the board's decision came as any surprise. 0bviously obviously the defeat against liverpool at the weekend was a very damning 1, depressing 1, the wait was down but nevertheless, the feeling was you wouldn't go just yet, this wouldn't be a christmas break to yet, this wouldn't be a christmas breakto him, yet, this wouldn't be a christmas break to him, they would probably wait until february. i think what has happened is a combination of factors. 1st of all, manchester united up. 19 points behind liverpool. secondly, clearly there are problems in the dressing room. there is dissent in the dressing

room. thirdly, the feeling is that he is not taking them in the right direction. just staying with the picture with manchester united, this is the worst start to any season since 1990. the 3rd manager since alex ferguson. it's just since 1990. the 3rd manager since alex ferguson. it'sjust a really ha rd to alex ferguson. it'sjust a really hard to fill a space like this when you have the club in an image like this. we saw that with matt busby. manchester united got relegated and it took a long time and shall ferguson came to things back. the fa ns were ferguson came to things back. the fans were baying for ferguson. he com pletely fans were baying for ferguson. he completely reshape the club. i said is cautiously from manchester united fans. it gives them the freedom over

a period of time to establish their way of working. i think the expectations are great. after ferguson certainly to match up, the expectations are certainly great. but the management of the club is unique. 0h but the management of the club is unique. oh and by americans, they have given the management to edward woodward, the chief executive, the vice—chairman and as long as they are making money, they are happy. they expect him to find a coach and so they expect him to find a coach and so far, he has not got that selection right. jose mourinho was supposed to be the special 1. he was quite close to ferguson. do you 3

younger manager who is not won anything. do you go through an established name like xena dean saddam? it's interesting isn't it. before i said, is a football club. that must be a constant in the back of people's minds. what about jose mourinho himself. is it over to him now? relegated to someone club. the best is yet to come. i don't think mourinho is a figure who will walk into the sunset. the headlines on bbc news: the cabinet activates plans to pump £2 billion into government departments to help them prepare in case the uk leaves the eu without a deal.

letters are being sent to more than 100,000 businesses warning them to make contingency plans — too late, say many. jose mourinho is sacked as manager of manchester united and collects an £18 million pay—off. president trump has reached a deal with new york prosecutors to shut down his family charity, the trump foundation, after they accused the foundation of having a "shocking pattern of illegality" and said mr trump had used it as a personal checkbook for his business and political interests. but a lawyer for the trump foundation defended it saying they'd been trying to distribute its remaining assets to worthwhile charitable causes since his victory in the presidential election. jon sopel has the latest from washington election night 2016 and donald trump is soaking up the applause surrounded by his children. but they are also part of the business and also trustees of his charity, the

donaldj also trustees of his charity, the donald j trump foundation. also trustees of his charity, the donaldj trump foundation. but far from this being a vehicle of giving and philanthropy, the new york attorney general has described, in the most scathing terms, how the trumps were using this for their own purposes. trumpedposmac attorney said those accusations were inaccurate and politicised. and here in washington the presidentposmac former national security adviser michael flynn has been appearing in court over conversations he had with the russian ambassador at around the time of the election. he lied to the fbi about it. the sentencing should have been routine. it was anything but. michael flynn arrived in court this morning, hoping he would be given an non—custodial sentence but a judge very quickly made clear he

took michael flynnposmac offence is far more seriously. —— offences. thejudge also mused the judge also mused whether michael flynn should have been charged with treason. in light of this, his lawyers argued the sentencing to be delayed. the threat of incarceration has not gone away. got help us! ironic, really, as the general was the man during the election who led the man during the election who led the charts about lock her up about jay trumpposmac rival hillary clinton. —— macdonaldj to. despite lying to the —— fbi, the president is standing by him. —— donaldj trump. he tweeted today. a theme that picked up at the briefing with the white house accusing the fbi of behaving improperly over this. the fbi broke protocol in the way that

they came in and ambushed general flynn and in the way that he was questioned and the way that they encouraged him not to have white house counsel of those present. as michael flynn left court to charts of lock him up. the trumps were doing nothing to quell that the president was on —— on his side. let's take a look at some of today's other news. banks are to be banned from charging higher fees for unarranged bank overd rafts, under proposed reforms. such charges can be up to 10 times as high as those for payday loans, according to regulators. debt charities have welcomed the move. a football fan who threw a banana skin at a black player has been fined and banned from matches for four years. averof panteli admitted to throwing the fruit at the arsenal striker, pierre—emerick aubameyang, but denied any racist intent. but magistrates called it a targeted gesture with a racial element. a number of lorries toppled over during a stormy ferry crossing

between northern ireland and scotland this morning after what one witness said was a big dip in rough seas. no—one was badly injured but several people were trapped in their cars. the government has set out plans to recycle more household waste in england and to make the system less confusing. under the plans, companies will have to pay the costs of disposing or recycling the packaging they use. and every home in england will have weekly food waste collections. jeremy cooke reports. the throwaway society, in full effect. mountains of waste, millions of tonnes of household rubbish, sent to landfill every year in england. now the government's launching a new plan to tackle a festering national problem. planning how to extend the lives of electrical items like dishwashers, recycle plastics like bottles, deal with methane producing food waste, and old batteries. part of the picture is about

managing our own household waste. in ipswich, jess allen is determined to do her bit. but for so many of us, recycling can be too complicated. it has the bottle is and the cap is but the label isn't, so i have to take that off before it goes in the bin. jess welcomes the idea of collection being the same across england, and clear labels on which been for which waste. the supermarket labelling, it tells you it's recyclable, but you often think, is that in my local area or is itjust generically recyclable if it was to go to the right place? the reassurance that you're doing the right thing as much as you can would be helpful. the government once every council in england to collect waste in exactly the same way, to eliminate our confusion. there are also plans for every householder to be given food caddies to minimise the release of greenhouse gases. some environmentalists, though,

are worried that the proposals could be watered down in the consultation process. some of these proposed changes are going to require new funding for people like the environment agencies and local authorities which have obviously been quite hard—hit with austerity measures. they have a lot on their plate with brexit so there is the issue of capacity and whether or not they are going to be able to follow through with their great ambitions. in england, recycling rates have stalled in the last couple of years at around 45%. so ministers say they wa nt to at around 45%. so ministers say they want to tackle producers and make them pay the full cost of disposal. it is hoped that that will force a rethink on how difficult to recycle products are designed. this plant alone recycles 116,000 tons of plastic per year. the company hopes the new strategy will increase capacity across the country. to

build a plant like this 1 will cost around £40,000,000. we're not investing this government, the next government or even the1 investing this government, the next government or even the 1 after that. we are investing for 20 or 30 years and we need to know that that is going to be a good business for the future. wales, northern ireland and scotla nd future. wales, northern ireland and scotland already have their own plans to tackle waste. and in england, there is still plenty of detail to thrash out. but environmental groups hope that todayposmac plans at live up to their promises and could be a game changer in the fight against waste. jeremy cook, bbc news. and if you want to find out more about what you can recycle in your area — just go to the bbc news website — where you can find information and links to recycling websites. that's all at bbc.co.uk/news a russian cargo ship, weighing 16,000 tons, ran aground this morning off the coast of cornwall after getting caught on rocks. hundreds of people gathered on the beach to watch as efforts began to free it and its 18 strong crew. jon kay was watching.

year "it's huge and it's close" — the words of a falmouth resident on twitter this morning, when he woke up to this. a 16,000 tonne russian cargo ship, listing and drifting just metres from the shore. in atrocious conditions, with lifeboats on standby, the coast guard declared a major incident, lowering a pilot onto the vessel to oversee the rescue operation, to try to free the kuzma minin from the sand, where she was stuck. any vessel of this size that comes into contact with the coastline is a real concern — not only for the crew of the vessel, those 18 people on board, but also, you know, the environment. the last thing we want is any oil spillage on our beautiful coastline. it's not clear why the ship came so close to gyllyngvase beach, but, suddenly, she was cornwall‘s

surprise tourist attraction. despite the weather, hundreds watched and waited. i've lived here all my life, for 60 odd years, and it's the first time something like this has happened. you've never seen anything this close? no, no, no — never. never. i hope it gets moved pretty quick. we don't want these beaches ruined. lunchtime, and a sudden gap in the weather. the winds had dropped, the tide was high, rescue vessels were on the scene. we see the line to the tug is taut. it's straining, desperately trying to get this massive vessel out to sea. the engines are running. you see the thick black smoke coming out the funnels? and it does look like it very slowly inching its way away from the beach. it took an hour to refloat the russian ship, with no sign of any pollution. she headed into falmouth bay, where she'll be checked and where questions will be asked. life on cornwall‘s coast

can return to normal. jon kay, bbc news, falmouth. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — the political commentator lance price and the ft‘s political leader writer seb payne — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with stav da naos. many people have been asking if this christmas is going to be a white 1. my christmas is going to be a white 1. my answer is, how often do we really get a white christmas and this christmas is looking to be no exception to the trend. the run—up is looking fairly mild, particularly across southern is looking fairly mild, particularly across southern areas. is looking fairly mild, particularly across southern areas. we will see spells of wet and windy weather throughout this week. nothing too severe which is good news for people who have travel plans. for

wednesday, it is looking much quieter than tuesday. we have lost the gales but it will be a blustery day. some of the storms could be heavy with hail and thunder. the best of the dry and bright weather across eastern scotland and eastern england. kula across—the—boa rd across eastern scotland and eastern england. kula across—the—board than tuesday. going into thursday. —— cooler. the north—west of the country. northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england, seemed the most of the showers. further south, a bit drier. good sunny spells. ten or 11 in the far south and a single figures further north which is actually pretty typical for this time of year. as we head into friday, we see this next feature moving in the atlantic which could bring a more widespread wet and windy spell to central and southern parts of the uk. northern ireland, much of england and wales could be

wet and windy through the morning. that will clear through to allow sunshine and showers and it could be milder in the south on friday. 12 and 13d. further north, as it quieter and a bit cooler. you can see the milder air affecting more southern porches —— portions of the country. saturday is not looking too bad. it looks like it could be fairly dry by many central and eastern areas with the most of any showers reserved for western areas. temperatures again on the mild side. further north, quieter with lighter winds and temperatures around 7— 9d. that is a saturdayposmac weather. into sunday, it could bring some more unsettled weather to southern portions of the uk. that could be the wettest day of the weekend. 0utbreaks the wettest day of the weekend. outbreaks of rain for much of the uk. a bit uncertain as to how far north it would get because scotland

looks like it will stay dry. further south, wet and windy. 10—13d. you can see from the pressure charts and the days up to christmas, it's looking very changeable with low pressure systems spread —— bringing wet and windy weather. for the christmas week, it looks like we're losing this weather and many of the computer models want to build in this big area of high pressure from the south—west but to its northern flank, they could be the chance of tightly packed isoba rs, flank, they could be the chance of tightly packed isobars, strong winds and further south it should be more settled. that is how we are thinking at the moment that chris —— christmas week is shaping up. it went be particularly called anywhere. a bit more unsettled further south close to the area of high pressure. there is a chance it could be more settled but stay tuned. hello.

this is bbc news with shaun ley. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. the cabinet activates plans to pump £2 billion pounds into government departments — to help them prepare in case the uk leaves the eu without a deal. letters are being sent to more than a hundred thousand businesses warning them to make contingency plans — too late say many. when are we likely to find out a deal is on the table? i need to know tomorrow. i can't find out on the 28th of march that there is going to be a deal on the 29th of march. it's too late.