you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: a new long—term plan for the nhs — due to be revealed this hour — could save up to half a million lives over the next 10 years. that's according to nhs leaders. and what we are doing today is setting out of what that phrase improvement over what looked like over ten yea rs improvement over what looked like over ten years based on what we have done with patients groups, charities and front line staff to say what the practical changes are we can bring about. mps will vote on the prime minister's brexit deal a week tomorrow, it's confirmed — as more than 200 of them sign a letter, urging her to rule out leaving the eu with no deal. what a no—deal brexit might look like — the government tests plans for handling a lorry backlog at ports. adam lyth in kent where the government is looking at plans to use the airfield as a giant lorry

park and the effect that might have on the local area. a man appears in court, charged with murdering a stranger on a train. lee pomeroy was killed in front of his teenage son. and, british success at the golden globes — olivia colman wins best actress in a comedy film, while ben whishaw and richard madden pick—up awards for their roles in big bbc dramas. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. nhs leaders will this hour unveil a long—term plan for the health service in england which — they say — will save half a million lives over the next ten years. the government has promised to increase annual nhs funding by 20 and a half billion pounds within five years. the prime minister says the plan will "provide the best possible care for every major condition". it's hoped the plan will see more money for community care

and mental health services, while transforming survival rates from some of britain's biggest killers. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. the health service is treating more people than ever before, but it's struggling in the face of unprecedented demand. so, nhs managers in england, along with health charities, medical royal colleges and patient groups have been working on a plan for the next decade to try and improve services and to ease those pressures. i think it's a really important moment for the nhs, but to plan is to choose. what we need is a plan that's ruthlessly prioritised, that we know could be afforded and that we know we have enough staff to deliver. what we must avoid is a plan that has a very long wish list of overinflated expectations that the nhs can't deliver. the 10—year plan includes the promise of more money for community, gp and mental health services. every child with cancer will have their dna tested to identify the most effective treatments.

and more patients will be cared for closer to or at home, reducing the pressure on hospitals. lift up with me. and push me away. getting help at home has made all the difference to pauline hogarth. for two decades she's lived with multiple sclerosis. last year an illness meant she was admitted to hospitalfor a month, and it's not an experience she would care to repeat. being in hospital is not nice for anybody, and certainly for that length of time. you need to be in your surroundings, for your mental health i think, as much as anything. nhs leaders claim their plans could save nearly half a million lives over the next decade, and will future proof the health service as it copes with a growing and ageing population. many have welcomed the ambitions, but there are warnings that achieving them will be extremely tough, with labour saying the health service lacks the resources to see the plan through. dominic hughes, bbc news.

earlier, the chief executive of nhs england, simon stevens, spoke about the aims of the plan. we have obviously been marking the 70th anniversary of the nhs and people in this country are incredibly proud of it and that is mainly because of the brilliant work of our staff, nurses and doctors and therapists. but it is also a lot of pressure a cross therapists. but it is also a lot of pressure across the nhs, an ageing population and medical advantages the leg advances and others played on the possibility that services will continue to improve. we are setting out what that phrase improvement will look like over the next ten years based on what we have done with patients groups, charities and front line staff to say what

some of the practical changes can bring about. let's talk to our health correspondent sophie hutchinson, she's at chelsea and westminster hospital in london for us. year they have been using some of the new money to put in place some services that are transforming things, doing things in different ways. joining me is the clinical director of acute services gary davis. what is it you have set up here? what we have done on both sites is increase the size of amulet of the care footprint. can you explain what that is? it is to try and treat patients with them and their own home overnight and coming and to have their care year. a same—day service? and to have their care year. a same-day service? we are providing the same care we would have an

hospital but in an ambulatory setting so they can go home after their treatment. so instead of going into a&e, getting treated within the hospital you actually creating a service that is a day service for particular types of patients? yes, a number of patients who used to stay in hospital up to five days now will have their treatment over the same course of days but in here and going home and between. and that is something patients prefer? absolutely. and one prefers to sleep in their own bed. what kind of patients are you talking about? 0bviously some absolutely have to stay overnight, what are those patients that will come to his unit? because of their main, the patients need to be ambulatory, they'd be able to get in and out of hospital and home on their own steam. types

of conditions we look at infections, skin infections, kidneys, very bad year and attract infections. a bad year and attract infections. a bad year and attract infections. a bad yearand a year and attract infections. a bad year and a tract infection, somebody would have been staying overnight, what treatment with you have been provided with. typically would have stayed on for several days with antibiotics but now we have moving onto a antibiotic for the comment and have the antibiotics then go home on it any more complex antibiotics using a pump system so they can go home attached to a pump which will give them the antibiotics through the day. is that a new bit of technology? yes, it has been used in different ways in the past but the technology has now getting better, as is much easier to set up and they want easier for patients to use at all. as well as perhaps

allowing people to sleep in their own beds which may or may not be something but probably something they would like to do, how does it help the hospital? why did you decide to come up with this? last year on both sites we filled all beds through much of the winter, we have now seen an 8% increase in attendance as compared to last year so attendance as compared to last year soi attendance as compared to last year so i does not take a mathematician to work out if we were full last year we would not have anywhere to put them so this is our way of investing to try and what in a different way to get the same number of patients treated or more patients treated but in a different way. thank you. that is just one of the new types of services that are being created with this new money for the nhs. government sources say that mps will will vote

on the prime minister's withdrawal deal with the eu on tuesday next week. they say the vote won't be delayed again. let's cross straight to my colleaguejoanna gosling — who is at westminster for us. mps are back today and westminster after the festive break but it is all starting up again here. government sources have confirmed the vote on the prime minister's government the prime minister's withdrawal deal will take place a week tomorrow on the 15th of january. today mps return to westminster, with the brexit debate due to start again on wednesday. this morning theresa may's received a letterfrom more than 200 mps from different political parties calling for her to rule out a no—deal brexit. 0rganisers say doing so will protect jobs and manufacturing. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is with me now. it feels like a light has not changed but actually how much have things shifted? we're getting robbed of these various efforts carried out

to block a modal brexit. a lot is going on but in terms of the fundamentals, remarkably little has changed from when theresa may gould has fought a month ago. we still have the dup opposed, describing it as toxic and poison, we still have borisjohnson as toxic and poison, we still have boris johnson fulminating against the deal in his column and the daily telegraph. the eu still have not coughed up a concession and mrs may is still saying it is my deal or no deal. we are slightly and gridlock country. we help of number ten seems to bea country. we help of number ten seems to be a mixture of carrot and stick, the carrot is a chardonnay offensive, meetings with mps worried about the deal to win them over today and tomorrow and wednesday. and we are told more reassurance on the backstop. there will be

particular measures are not allowed sign to minimise any regulatory difference, a beefed up role for mps and maybe perhaps something from europe and the hope is that coupled with the looming threat of no deal could yet corral enough mps to get the deal through. at different points in the timetable has felt like a different logic could potentially apply as we get closer. the hope at number ten as it will focus minds with mps thinking we will do that and negotiate their laughter. 0ne will do that and negotiate their laughter. one of the —— thereafter. the vote is going to be on tuesday and it is all over then but the likelihood is even as mrs may is defeated she will not throw up our hands and give end, the likelihood is she will say ok i hear what you are saying, and will go back to brussels and see if i can get a

little nip and tuck, bring that back for another crack and maybe the numbers will come down a bit. as she loses again she will go back again and gradually try and whittle the numbers down at the same time as the clock as muscles are ticking down to no deal, further cracking up pressure on mps and the hope at the end of the on the third attempt mps crack and decide we better go with her deal because really we do not wa nt to her deal because really we do not want to leave without any sort of agreement. thank you. and a moment and will speak to the architects of the letter that has gone into theresa may, 209 cross—party mps have signed at and the message from them is that no deal would be terrible for the economy and would causejob terrible for the economy and would cause job losses. the two have come up cause job losses. the two have come up with thatjoin me know. with me now are dame caroline spelman — conservative mp for meriden — and jack dromey — labour mp for birmingham erdington — who organised a letter from mps,

urging theresa may to rule out a no—deal brexit. yvette cooper for labour is also pushing an amendment at stopping financial support in terms of no deal. thank you forjoining us. your message is no deal would be bad for britain, what is the alternative? message is no deal would be bad for britain, what is the alternative ?m isa britain, what is the alternative ?m is a very clear message because our constituencies and in the west midlands and we are already losing jobs as a result of the uncertainty caused by brexit so we have come together cross—party, 2ii signatures now and rising parts of the uk and this is because to go over a cliff edge on the 20th of march with no deal would definitely riskjobs and people's livelihoods and everyone when they are remained brexiteer is united in wanting to prevent that. so why not back the deal?|j

united in wanting to prevent that. so why not back the deal? i will vote against the deal because it is not good enough to guarantee the best interests of the future of our country in a particular manufacturing base. going back to caroline said, there may different views but that is a simple reality, we are 81 days away from the out of the eu without a deal. for that to happen the consequences would be utterly catastrophic for our country. we both represent constituencies with large numbers of car workers, these are companies, jaguar, land rover that transformed the lives of thousands of local people often in areas of high unemployment. the idea we would put at risk the future is unthinkable and the prime minister said yesterday at her deal with goes down which looks likely then we had an uncharted territory. we are in uncharted territory. we are in uncharted territory. we are in

uncharted territory if we have to establish no deal now brexit. so what do you want to happen? a second referendum? i'll let units remain as a brexiteers and an effort to rule out a no—deal brexit. a brexiteers and an effort to rule out a no-deal brexit. you have to perform more than that. a step at a time. the prime minister is invited all the signatories to meet the downing street so let's see what comes out of that meeting. what do you want to come out of it? i'd take a different view from some people, i think if you rule out a no—deal brexit to the prime minister and the other 27 countries of the eu this is a piece of good news, means we're not going to crash out harming our economy and there is and i think as a result of that she may well get the extra concessions that would make the agreement more acceptable. you think that, there is no guaranteed and visited he have his

negotiating position to see if you do not give us what he wanted be no deal. she has been using that negotiating card and she has got the baton agreement which i would support businesses would say it is good enough for them but we need more than to support this agreement and for that used to get some more concessions. fud wrote in deal brexit that is a piece of really good news, an important thing to bring to the negotiating table and i believe she would get more concessions. it would be good news for britain and british industry and british workers, the stakes could not be higher, this is the most important decision this country has taken in 40 years and that is why it is absolutely essential and should not be a rush to disaster. forgive me ifi not be a rush to disaster. forgive me if i say it again to go over the cliff and 81 days on the 29th of march without a deal would harm our country and economy for generations to come. jeremy corbyn's position is

to come. jeremy corbyn's position is to support customs union and the close single market. what is they are at odds with that position and voting for her deal and the negotiating that relationship going forward ? negotiating that relationship going forward? the negotiating that relationship going forward ? the only negotiating that relationship going forward? the only thing the agreement mitigates against as a further relationship, close up is fine. coming back to your central point is absolutely we must have on a continuing basis and intelligent relationship with the customs union and single market, vital to our economy. my view is that the deal does not go far enough, that is why i will vote against it but in terms of any negotiation that then takes place specifically the prime minister does the sensible thing and losses to parliament and says no deal now brexit. she saying parliament will have a greater say

negotiating going forward. the best way to give parliament a greater say right now is to say we agree that what parliamentarians are saying we should not regard the path of no deal now brexit. it is then about ready go from there. it is important to bring this point across because they want people watching a programme may not have manufacturing workers and their locality. the significance of no deal as you insta ntly ma ke significance of no deal as you instantly make the products that they make less competitive because insta ntly you they make less competitive because instantly you have to pay taxes on your products when you export them to the eu. that is why bosses of companies like rolls—royce and a bus support the approach, that is why our letter is supported by businesses. if you does not give you that guarantee of no deal, what will you do? keep on working for it. there's not a majority in parliament for crashing without a deal signed

one way or another it is an objective we are absolutely determined to achieve. thank you. a major exercise involving more than one hundred lorries is being carried out to test how to manage traffic queues near the channel ports in the event of a no—deal brexit. 0ur correspondent simonjones is at manston airport in kent just as you join us a second trial is getting under way quote, the final few lorries are taking part. this is to test the idea of using the airport sightseeing in kent as a lorry park if that is a no—deal brexit. the theory is that increased checks take place in dover and other places that could lead to 30 mile queues so the government is looking at ways of taking some of the rise of the road. they are also testing the idea of how long and difficult it would be to get lorries from the

site back down to the port of dover. this is eight seconds trial, before swann started at 830 am, that is said to have gone well, releasing lorries in batches and on this one they are setting off all 101 go. this is being supported by kent cou nty this is being supported by kent county council and the department for transport. how do you think it is going? it seems to be going very well, well organised by the department for transport and the road haulage association but so far it is going well, we have not had any problems, we are building a lot from it about the time taken to get from it about the time taken to get from here to dover. getting a lorries taking part in this trial, but on a busy day the port of dover deals with 10,000, is this just on far too small a scale? what we are learning is not based on 1000 lorries, what we want to know is how quickly they can get out of the

airport behind us and how quickly they will get to the various points on the stage. whether it is ten or 2100 lorries, that'll give us enough information to learn from there. 2100 lorries, that'll give us enough information to learn from therem isa information to learn from therem is a mass of different scenario dealing with less than 100 as opposed to thousands. totally, but the point of the test is to work out how long it'll to get from here to the holding point at whitfield and from there to the port. so that the port does get that flow of lorries as required if there are any problems. kent county council and a brexit report talked about the possibility of gridlock on our roads, people not being able to get to school or hospital, even bodies piling up because they cannot get too much of his. as an airfield like this really going to alleviate issues like that? what the department for transport is looking ata summit department for transport is looking

at a summit every have that quantity of lorries on the roads rather than causing congestion on the motorway at least this is somewhere that is convenient and ready and available be needed. thank you. the second trial is under way, looking at the timings on that compared with the first one. safari think it is going well but facing the criticism it is too little too late on a too small a scale. the government insisting in these eggplant for all contingencies and it is right that it does so. let's speak to dr ruth fox who is the director and head of research at the hansard society, a charity which promotes parliamentary democracy. 0n the ground now brexit planning is under way, something that is too little too late. any building behind us little too late. any building behind us there are efforts to try and stop a no—deal brexit. what do you think

is going to happen? no one actually knows the answer. and nor do i but i think tomorrow we will see some of us think tomorrow we will see some of us flushed out and the finance bill. yvette cooper is going to have an amendment to try and insure that in the event of a no—deal brexit the provisions in the bill cannot go ahead without further explicit parliamentary approval. that has attracted cross—party support from common lane prominent backbenchers, so there is a good chance that will go through. is that an effective way of guaranteeing there will be a no—deal brexit? of guaranteeing there will be a no-deal brexit? absolutely not because of you look at the clause in the building government can do one or two things, it is politically embarrassing, they have lost amendments previously and government

does not need the finance act and after the 29th of march so it could avoid using the powers and i think in terms of what the actually want to do with the tax powers there are provisions and other legislation they could use. what i think it does is much of the pressure on the government because to ignore the will of parliament of the will of the house of commons would extract a high political price. what about an amendment that is expected in the lords which went involved trade and basically saying there should be a customs union? is that something that could become binding? that could but i would have to go back to the commons and that is potentially support for that but that watt would come after the meaningful vote next week so i think a lot of depend on the and synchronisation of the votes in terms of what affect amendments to other pieces of legislation have.

ultimately to stop no deal, we know thatis ultimately to stop no deal, we know that is not support across the house for no deal but members have voted and the article 50 bill in 2016, the voted in the eu withdrawal act effectively to trigger this process and mps have to decide on something else. it is not enough to be against no deal, they have to be in favour of some alternative. ultimately it is the meaningful vote process to elicit what that alternative is. ultimately theresa may would say how withdrawal agreement potentially provides that because she is saying she would allow parliaments to have a greater say in negotiating the relationship going forward. that is the only deal on offer as an alternative at the moment unless mps for something else through this process. as that anyway with the timeframe that anything else meaningful could come in? timeframe that anything else meaningful could come mm timeframe that anything else meaningful could come in? it is difficult without having to seek an extension of article process which

is why everybody is saying the options are the steel, no deal on now brexit which does meal now brexit and in the end but possibly not brexit on the 29th of march. thank you. plenty more coverage from westminster throughout the day. stay with us but for now back to the studio. later today assess volley send then your questions using the hashtag. a man accused of murdering a fellow passenger on a train in surrey has appeared at staines magistrates' court. darren shane pencille, who's 35 and from farnham, is accused of stabbing 51—year—old

lee pomeroy last friday afternoon. mr pomeroy was travelling with his 14—year—old son to london for a day out. angus crawford is outside the court in staines today within the last 25 minutes darren shane pencille appeared in court behind me winning a grey tracksuit, black glasses and he had a small bandage on one hand. if you meant to the dock and immediately crouched on the floor with only his head visible to those in the presidential stop the then gestured towards the press bench and said those people are making me feel paranoid. he stood briefly to answer questions from the bench and said he confirmed his name and date of birth and he was then led away by dock officers and he will appear again in

court at guildford crown court at 2pm this afternoon. thank you. a dinghy with six life jackets on board has been found on dungeness beach. it's the first sighting of a migrant craft on the kent coast in a week and comes after the home office sent in a naval vessel, hms mersey, to patrol the english channel. there was no sign of the migrants on the beach this morning. a team of border force officers has been inspecting the boat which also contained personal possessions and a milk carton cut to be used to bail out water. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king we have got a lot of cloud at the moment across the uk, outbreaks of rain as well moving south and east ofb rain as well moving south and east of b have seen that a while. especially for england and wales, it has been quite dry so far but the rain as light and patchy, moving south and east with brighter skies

developing across northern ireland and eastern scotland by continuing with the rain and the far north and west of scotland. these are the afternoon tethers temperature, to 11 but strong gusty winds for all, but particularly the far north gales could reach severe through the afternoon with disruption possible. the ceiling and tonight, varying cloud, the rain clearing and a few showers will see that they are but a strong westerly wind and bulky junctures up strong westerly wind and bulky junctu res up above strong westerly wind and bulky junctures up above freezing between three and six but introduced a good spells of sunshine, a dry day for all of us, some show was in the east and perhaps west as well but temperatures down on today, between seven and ten. hello this is bbc newsroom. the headlines: a new long—term plan for the nhs, due to be revealed shortly,

could save up to half a million lives over the next ten years. that's according to nhs leaders. what we're doing today is setting out what that phased improvement will look like over the next ten years, based on work we've done with a lot of the patients groups, the charities, our front line staff, to say what are the practical changes we can bring about. mps will vote on the prime minister's brexit deal a week tomorrow, it's confirmed — as more than 200 of them sign a letter urging her to rule out leaving the eu with no deal. what a no—deal brexit might look like — the government has been testing plans for handling heavy lorry traffic at ports. a man appears in court, charged with murdering a stranger on a train in front of his teenage son. darren pencille is accused of stabbing lee pomeroy to death on friday. british success at the golden globes — 0livia colman wins best actress in a comedy film. ben whishaw and richard madden pick up awards for their roles in big bbc dramas. sport now, here's catherine downes.

good morning. it was a sunday of shocks in the fa cup with two premier league sides beaten by league two opposition and a non league side putting out sheffield united too. newport county, who have only been a football league side forfive years, stunned leicester city at rodney parade. 2—1 the final score, sending fans into meltdown in wales. ijust i just told them, ijust told them, i'm so frustrated with them, i thought they would be doing cartwheels! stevenage have ten men for an hour, and wejust beat the premier league champions two seasons ago and it's an unbelievable result. how about this for a story for old ham athletic‘s caretaker manager pete wild, who had already sorted tickets and booked his train to watch them take on fulham. he was in the dugout at craven cottage and oversaw

a memorable upset. it was a dramatic finale too, with fulham having a late penalty saved. just moments later, 0ldham went up the other end and scored. it's the first time in six years 0ldham have reached the fourth round. the character in that dressing room is phenomenal. we have a mixture of french and english lads and they have really bonded together. the character they have been showing in the last three games i've been in charge has been fantastic. you are going to be in amongst the fans cheering on fulham today, instead you were receiving their acclaimed. i was the most proud man in 0ldham. the only non—league team in the bag for tonight's draw will be barnet. they beat sheffield united, whose manager, chris wilder, said his players deserved to be booed at the final whistle. former tottenham player shaquile coulthirst scored a first half penalty and that was enough for national league barnet. at times we showed today when we did

get the ball down and we created chances, and gave them a run for their money. they are third in the championship and we have beaten them at their ground! so i'm so happy, so happy! no chance of an upset at the etihad. the second 7—0 thrashing of the weekend. manchester city were ruthless against rotherham united. seven different scorers too. and you can see if the likes of barnet, 0ldham and gillingham get one of the big guns on bbc one tonight — the draw will take place during live coverage of wolves against liverpool. also details of the women's fa cup fourth round draw are on the bbc sport website. record 14—time winners arsenal face a trip to fourth—tier crawley wasps, while holders chelsea go to everton. the winter break is over in the women's super league, and arsenal have extended their lead at the top. they had to come from behind to beat west ham 4—2. second placed man city could only draw at bristol city. tottenham ladies defender renee hector says she received

racist abuse from a sheffield united player during their game yesterday. sheffield united women said they've begun an investigation. johanna konta pulled out of the sydney international for the second time in two days. she withdrew from qualifying yesterday with a neck injury, but was given a lucky loser place in the main draw. she was due to play kiki bertens in the first round — she hasn't given a reason this time. the australian open is just a week away. meanwhile, heather watson lost in the first round of the hobart international. the british number two was beaten 6—1, 6—4 by romania's irina—camelia begu. in the rugby premiership, wasps ended a run of five straight defeats by beating northampton 27—16. they ran in three tries in total to move up to sixth. the table is tightly congested with just seven points

separating harlequins in third and northampton in ninth. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's get more now on the nhs health plan for england — billions of pounds to save half a million lives is being promised, and the full details will be unveiled within the next half hour. well, earlier our health correspondent dominic hughes told us more about the challenges which the plan hopes to address. there are a lot of different elements to this whole package. the ten—year plan for the future of the nhs in england, from better prevention and detection of diseases like cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, to the genetic testing of children who suffer from cancer, to try and work out what the best medicines they can take are, or those who suffer from rare genetic disorders. and more money for community services, mental health services, gp services, to try and help patients be treated closer to home or actually in their home,

and in fact free up hospital beds in places like this for those who really need them. but i think, if you boil it down, what this 10—year plan really comes down to is how is the nhs in england going to spend the extra money it was given last summer? the £20.5 billion extra that it will have by 2023. and also how will it future proof itself in order to cope better with the growing and ageing population, which is having such an impact on nhs services? underlying so many of the issues the nhs faces at the moment with very busy a&es, with hospitals struggling to find enough beds for patients. so it's those two elements. of course many people have welcomed the ambitions laid out in this 10—year plan, but they point out that meeting those ambitions is going to be extremely challenging as so many hospitals are struggling to balance the books, a&es are already very busy, the nhs is struggling to cope

with the demand right now. and also there's this big unanswered question about the future of social care, so many questions still to be answered and the ambitions have been welcomed but many people say meeting them will be extremely tough. i'm joined now by helen buckingham, director of strategy at nuffield trust, a think tank focused on health policy. we are waiting for the launch of this big plan, but a lot of the details or some of the details have been trailed this morning so we know a certain amount of what to expect. what's your reaction to what we do now? from what we have seen already, we think there's some positive goals being set out here. the trails we have seen already looked like the nhs will be focusing on the needs of children and young people which is

an area which is really important and has perhaps been underplayed the past. it's looking at how we can address some of the killer diseases like cancer and coronary heart disease better, and mental health services for adults as well as children. so it's looking at all the areas we think it should be looking out. but, as your colleaguejust said, it's in the context of an nhs facing big challenges at the moment with its workforce and the financial position. the nhs is such a huge organisation with so many different problems. i suppose inevitably the money and the strategy had to be targeted in a certain way, so the issue seems to be... the key theme seems to be prevention, doesn't it? and that's why partly the money is going to gps and community services. prevention isa and community services. prevention is a big issue but the other big issue the nhs faces is simply the needs of the population which is growing, the needs of the older

population, means we cannot prevent everything in the short term so the nhs has the balancing act of doing everything it can, working in partnership with local authorities and others to prevent people getting ill in that first place while treating people who have needs now perhaps because of things that were not done in the past. one of the issues that been raised about what we do know is that proportionately hospitals will get a lower increase than other areas, and hospital representatives have been throwing up representatives have been throwing up theirarms in representatives have been throwing up their arms in horror saying they are struggling as it is. why should they not be looked at? why should they not be looked at? why should they not be getting more of this part? it is a real challenge. the nhs has had many plans in the past and many have said similar things, about focusing care in the community, and that is a good thing, but very often the money has not

followed that so the statement has been made but the money has carried on being spent in the hospitals. if we are seeing something now that is consciously saying we need to put our money where our mouth is and say if you want to improve community services outside hospital, have got to fund that, it is a good thing but it leaves challenges from hospital services. as we understand it, it is that a smaller proportion of the total will go to hospitals so they will still get funding they need to meet needs but it is more of a challenge. another issue that is about the workforce. i was speaking to somebody earlier about the fact there are 100,000 vacancies within there are 100,000 vacancies within the nhs and how can these and improvements be carried out with so many vacancies? the work we have done together with other think tanks

suggest if nothing different happens it could grow to 250000 by 2030 so thatis it could grow to 250000 by 2030 so that is a big issue for the nhs. just because there's 100,000 vacancies, it doesn't mean there is no one in those posts. the nhs uses agency staff and what they call bank staff, their own stuff, to fill those posts. so there is into full—time permanent staff member. yes, so the nhs needs to address that in the short term. perhaps by continuing to recruit people from overseas, whether that is the european union or beyond. the nhs recruits people from around the world and we don't see that that will change in the next few years. also by looking to see if we can bring people who have been in the nhs workforce back, so drives to ta ke nhs workforce back, so drives to take nurses for example or doctors who have moved overseas to say will you come back to the nhs. things the

nhs can do in the short—term. but there's also things they can do over there's also things they can do over the long term so we don't tip to that 250,000 vacancies figure i mentioned. strategies like keeping people in the workforce who are already here, training and apprenticeships, ways in which we can develop the workforce, it needs to look at ways in which we can use the existing workforce differently. if you think about things nurses do now compared to what they did 30 yea rs now compared to what they did 30 years ago it's a very differentjob. there are things pharmacists are well trained to do and can do to support the nhs so it's a whole mix of increasing the number of people with got doing the jobs they are currently doing, training more people to do them, and thinking about how the jobs will evolve and change over the next few years. very interesting. do stay there because we are waiting for the launch to happen. let me take you to the scene where people are waiting for the nhs

leaders and also the prime minister. so this is a scene in the north—west of england where people are waiting for the announcement to be made. it looks as if speeches are imminent but we are not quite there so as soon as the speeches start, we will ta ke soon as the speeches start, we will take you there. human rights activists have urged thailand to allow a young saudi woman fleeing her home country to continue her journey to australia. rahaf mohammed al qunun is trapped in transit in bangkok and says her passport has been taken from her. she fears that if she's forced to go home, she will be in danger. in the last hour, a thai immigration official said she would not be forcibly deported. kim gittleson reports. 18—year—old rahaf al-qunun saw her opening two days ago during a family vacation to the town. that's when she fled to australia

in search of asylum. but it went awry during what was supposed to be a short stop in bangkok. when i come, someone said to me that, we will have the visa. then he took my passport. and then he came to me with five or six people, i think they are police. and they told me my father wants me to go back to saudi arabia. and he is so angry... now she says she is trapped in an airport hotel with thai officials guarding her room, waiting to put her on a return flight to kuwait. so she has taken to social media to beg for help, asking for asylum and begging for intervention. saudi arabia's government said that she was held because she didn't have a return ticket and said that she is due to be deported today to kuwait, where most of her family lives. however, human rights watch has said she should be allowed to continue on to australia.

this is saudi arabia and thailand playing games to send an 18—year—old into harm's way. it's outrageous, she deserves to be allowed to see the un refugee agency and ask for asylum. now, the clock is ticking down, and having renounced islam, rahaf says she fears for her life. i don't have rights in saudi arabia and my family trick me so bad, they will kill me. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... a new long—term plan for the nhs — due to be revealed shortly — could save up to half a million lives over the next ten years. that's according to nhs leaders. mps will vote on the prime

minister's brexit deal a week tomorrow, it's confirmed, as more than 200 of them sign a letter urging her to rule out leaving the eu with no deal. a man appears in court, charged with murdering a stranger on a train. lee pomeroy was stabbed to death on friday, in front of his teenage son. i'm ben thompson. in the business news... uk car sales last year saw the biggest annual fall since the financial crisis, according to the industry trade body. the society of motor manufacturers and traders said cars registered in 2018 were down almost 7% on the previous year, the biggest drop since an 11% fall in 2008. more on that shortly. household debt in the uk has hit a fresh high, totalling £428 billion, according to analysis by the tuc. excluding mortgages, average debt per household rose sharply in 2018 to a new peak of more than £15,000 up £886 pounds in a year.

the german discount supermarket chain aldi had its best ever christmas in the uk. the company, which recorded sales of almost £1 billion during december, sold more than 17 million bottles of wine, champagne and prosecco along with 50 million mince pies and 100 million sprouts. that's quite a party! car sales in the uk have seen its biggest fall since 2008 falling by 7% last year. the uk trade body, the society of motor manufacturers and traders, predicted a further 2% drop in demand this year. chief executive of the smmt told us why the car industry faces a perfect storm of risks in the year ahead. what we have been seeing though over the past two years really is a gradual decline in business and consumer confidence, especially if you're going to purchase big—ticket item like a new car. added to that some uncertainty over diesel, and indeed some regulatory changes which meant the supply of some vehicles was in shortage in the second half of the year.

that's the main reasons behind that drop in the overall performance of the market. the growth of battery plug—in hybrids and so forth, it's about 20%, not growing as quickly as we need. you've seen the market decline in terms of diesel by about 30%. a lot of that was due to uncertainty about what was likely to happen in terms of future legislation and changes. it's important to say there are no bans on diesel, and indeed the latest vehicles won't face any sort of restrictions at all. but what we want to see though is greater take—up notjust of those technologies but of new technologies like pure electric, battery technologies like plug—in, because those can help notjust the industry but the government society meet its climate change goals, which is significant because the danger is those c02 emissions will go the wrong way. the consumer electronic show is is kicking off in las vegas where loads of new gadgets are on display, inclusing

are on display, including a bendy phone. techonology reporter dan simmons has been finding out more. i got the chance to use the world's first flexible smartphone. it folds out into a tablet, as well, and that's the secret of it. it's called the flexpai and it's been five years in production from a company called royole. so what's it like to handle? well, it's quite heavy, if i'm being honest with you. and it feels a little bit bulky, putting it in your pocket, putting it anywhere basically is a little bit more bulkier than perhaps a normal, regular phone would be. butjust like something new in your hand that's shiny and slick, you want to play with it all the time, flip it over. that's ok because the 0s that runs on top of the android system it uses — they call it water — automatically changes the screen. so you can have it one way and then flip it round and use it the other way. the screen flips with you.

it takes a little bit of time to resolve when those changing of screens happens between the tablet and the phone when you fold it. i wonder how many times you can actually fold that screen before it breaks. they say they've done the resilience testing, and we're talking about tens of thousands of times you can do it — that's what they say. we'll have to see if that works in practice. and some other business stories today: us and chinese officials will begin talks on monday aimed at resolving their damaging trade dispute. last year, both countries imposed billions of dollars of tariffs on one another‘s goods. the meeting comes amid rising concern about the impact of trade tensions on the global economy. more than three quarters of british manufacturers say delays at the border after brexit would be a risk for their business, according to a survey from the industry body the eef. britain is due to leave the european union on the 29th of march, but what will

actually happen on that day remains far from clear — a problem for businesses which routinely import and export goods and materials. shares in dunelm, the homewares chain, soared by more than 10% in early trading after it said like—for—like sales at its stores rose by 5.7% in the second quarter to the 29th of december. as a result, dunelm said it expects stronger pre—tax profits for the first half of its financial year of around £70 million. lost to show you on the markets. the ftse100 in lost to show you on the markets. the ftse 100 in the red. it lost to show you on the markets. the ftse100 in the red. it started the week off in the green. there was a lot of speculation about the central reserve on friday, then we got help from the central bank in china overnight trying to prop up its economy by reducing the amount chinese banks have to hold in reserve. you can see it tipping back into the red, because we are expecting a load of retail results

this week. a big week to find out how they did in the christmas period. we will get marks and spencer, sainsbury‘s and tesco so keep an eye on them, but dunelm, as we discussed, up more than 10%. that's all the business news. let's go over now to hear more about the nhs long—term plan, with simon stevens. high-quality care for eve ryo ne stevens. high-quality care for everyone under service the whole country unites behind, but also how do we believe some of the immense pressure on front—line staff, going the extra mile every day for! million patients per day. and at the same time how do we capitalise on the amazing medical advances that we know are in prospect? we reached the hundred thousand gene sequence on

the nhs, the first child in europe gotan nhs the nhs, the first child in europe got an nhs funded breakthrough cancer ca re got an nhs funded breakthrough cancer care therapy. that is the challenge facing most industrialised countries' health services, how do you future proof? and that is what the long—term plan is all about. we are able to do it for three big reasons. first because, thanks to the leadership of the prime minister, we have secured funding for the nhs over the next five yea rs, for the nhs over the next five years, and secondly because there's a big consensus across the country and the health service about how it needs to change. sincejuly we have been working with patients groups, with front line staff, senior doctors and nurses and other professionals to answer the question what these changes should look like. i particularly want to thank the patients groups representing 3.5 million people who worked with us on

this including the british heart foundation, mcmillan, mind and many others. we have consensus about what needs to change, and the third big reason is because actually many of the changes this plan sets out our already happening somewhere in the nhs and now they need to happen everywhere a cross nhs and now they need to happen everywhere across the nhs. so together we think this is a plan thatis together we think this is a plan that is realistic and practical and costed and detailed, and phased, and yes ambitious. some of the improvements patients will see will happen quite quickly. new genetic tests for children with cancer this year, new options to see your gp online, radical reforms to avoid 30 million outpatient visits, guaranteed support for older people at home in the community. some of these changes will take a bit longer, having maternity related

deaths by 2025, and some will require staged action over the next ten years. as extra staff come online, we seriously begin to tackle health inequalities in some of our most deprived communities and for example we are able to increase the proportion of people getting an early cancer diagnosis where their survival prospects are greatest from a half now to three quarters in a decade's time. this could save up to half a million lives as we see further gains in the big killers and disable as of the people of england. heart attacks and strokes, many other conditions. but it's also about addressing unmet need, particularly in learning disability services and daughters, mental health services, services which for too long have been squeezed from the national debate and not supported by the nhs. all of this will be

possible thanks to the brilliant nhs staff. the fact is we are the largest employer of skilled professionals in the world. we have 1.3 million people who are every day looking after friends, families and neighbours. we are going to need to better support them and we will need more of them, so that's why it's right that the majority of the extra 20.5 billion in real terms we will be getting is going to be used to fund current and future staff. nhs improvement will be leading the detailed implementation work to make sure that happens. so patients will benefit, staff will be supported, and for taxpayers, the public, we are determined to ensure every penny is wisely spent. fortunately we have a lot going for us, we have arguably the best value health service in the world already. the german health system costs one third more per

person than the nhs, the french spend twice as much as we do on administration and nhs productivity has been rising faster than that of the rest of the uk economy. but we do to have opportunity for further efficiency, not only to ensure the nhs gets good value out of the procurement deals and medicines bill, cutting administration costs by another £700 million, but also an nhs that contributes to the economic success of the country, helping people stay healthy and get back to work, a vibrant life sciences sector creating jobs and growth, and not loading onto the costs of our exporting businesses through a tax onjobs the cost exporting businesses through a tax on jobs the cost of running the nhs. prime minister, in making the important commitment you did, you set last summer six tests for the long—term plan which today we deliver on and you also gave us the opportunity to identify potential

legislative changes for consideration by government and parliament, and again today we do that. having published the plan today, today the work begins to implement it. we will be setting out the funding increases that every pa rt the funding increases that every part of the country will see in the next few days and then working with local clinicians and patients groups across the nhs on what this will mean in every part of the country. as we do that, we believe that this will help put the nhs on track fit for the future for the next decade. an nhs that works for my parents' generation with more than 1 million retirees over the next five years, and an nhs that works for our children's generation, recognising that one in three girls today born in the nhs are likely to live to more than 100 so there are big changes here, practical changes, changes here, practical changes, changes that will be widely supported across the nhs and today we get on with them. thank you. it's

now my great pleasure to introduce the prime minister. applause rami malek am delighted to be seen on this exciting occasion because it marks a historic moment for patients across the nation and i am pleased that plot plan is being lodged at a hospital recognised for world—class care. it is over 100 years since ordered the first opened its doors to treat and improve the lives of our children and much has changed since then. advances in health care from vaccination through to drug treatments have dramatically improved young people's health. but what has not changed is the extraordinary care and compassion of the hospital staff, something i have seen for myself on the paediatric

ward where children are treated with kindness and dedication and first—class medical care. today is the launch the long—term plan here at alder hey we take a big step to secure the future of an nhs for our children and their children. i have a lwa ys children and their children. i have always felt incredibly proud to live ina always felt incredibly proud to live in a country with a health service thatis in a country with a health service that is there for all of us when we need it most. free at the point of use based on clinical need and not the ability to pay. they are for us at every stage of our lives. at the very heart of our health service and its staff, time and again our doctors and nurses and other health professionals have illustrated by the nhs stands shoulder to shoulder with the best in the world. they are the reason why the nhs is one of this country's greatest institutions. an institution that is consistently what makes the people of this country most proud to be british. as a government we have a lwa ys british. as a government we have always recognised this unique

importance of the nhs and that is why in 2010 when we took office and had to deal with the record peacetime deficit we inherited to be prioritised the nhs with real terms increases in spending every year. that money has to have a real improvement for patients but demand for richard ali services grows and the health service faces increasing challenges from an ageing population with complex health needs. it also needs to exploit opportunities to minute acknowledges. readers have told us that making the changes in technology workforce and infrastructure will take time and careful planning. that as well as here in the 70th year i committed to an ambitious funding proposal to help make the nhs fit for the future. not a one—off injection of cash or money to plug a gap shall not a problem but funding to protect the long—term future of the nhs. 0ver the long—term future of the nhs.

over the next five years the nhs england budget will increase by £20.5 billion in real terms compared to today. this commitment is possible because of our strong public finances and because as we leave the eu and take back control over money we will no longer be sending vast and your sums to brussels. crucially we have funded this commitment with no increase to people's taxes. the nhs is the public priority and so i have made it my number one spending priority. in return for this funding because this is not just in return for this funding because this is notjust about money and i asked the nhs to draw up a long—term plan, one that was clinically led and locally supported with an absolute focus on cutting waste and ensuring every penny is well spent. as we have just heard from simon this is a plan that will set the vision for the nhs over the coming decade so together the five—year funding settlement along with the ten year plan will provide both the

certainty and long—term direction needed to transform patient care and secure the future of our nhs. as simon hasjust secure the future of our nhs. as simon has just referenced last secure the future of our nhs. as simon hasjust referenced lastjune i set out six priorities i wanted to see central to the plan. and which i am pleased to see reflected today. a more integrated health system that views health holistically, organising care and only physical and mental and social needs of patients and centring on what matters most to them. a health service that focuses much more on prevention and early diagnosis in order to address the needs of an ageing population. an emphasis on reducing variation between organisations across the nhs so that the world—class care available to some reaches all parts of the country. a service where the workforce are country. a service where the workforce a re better country. a service where the workforce are better supported and recognised as the lifeblood of an nhs. and they wanted to see the nhs make greater use of technology not only to make health care safer and more effective but to make the most

exciting new possibilities and give greater control over your own care. that means everything from being able to monitor conditions from the comfort of your home to accessing yourgp your comfort of your home to accessing your gp your smartphone. finally i wa nted your gp your smartphone. finally i wanted to see the nhs for further than ever before to ensure mental health gets a proper attention it deserves, putting it on a par with physical health. we are reshaping the nhs around the changing needs of patients today. the long—term plan delivers against each of the six priorities and much more with actions racked up by record investment. and precisely because the plan is over ten years we can go much further on integrating care and embedding technology than we otherwise would have been able to. a plan is only as good as its delivery and ensuring its benefits are felt by patients will require strong leadership and front—line support. adlington polling the nhs workforce

to deliver, encouraging readers in each organisation to learn from the best and for the best to help others. and whilst many hundreds of people have contributed to the plan's development, over the coming months a broad range of local nhs leaders and front—line staff will need to shape how it is implemented across the country. i want to thank the leaders of the workforce aspect of this. not everything can be done at this summer is always there will be some careful choices to make but not effectively a long—term plan for the nhs will secure our health service for generations to come. finally i want to say a huge thank you to simon stevens, ian dalton, nhs staff, charities and voluntary groups and patients and all those who have worked so hard and contributed to this plan as well as to matt hancock and his predecessor jeremy hunt. this is a historic

moment, our vision is clear. 0ur commitment is assured so let's deliver the nhs of the future. thank you. applause i would just take a few questions from the media. thank you, prime minister. you are here to read the nhs and clearly this is a historic financial commitment the government is making but some of the people protesting outside here this morning worrying that the health service will be one of the things which suffers if you do not get brexit right. before christmas you realised you plan to not have the support to get through parliament, what evidence can you give us today that anything has really changed and f!

made repeated claim that sum is going to the eu will go to the nhs instead budget on government economy will be smarter as a misleading to keep making that claim? on the climate is very simple, we can only setting of the money to the eu every year and setting of the money to the eu every yearand in setting of the money to the eu every year and in future that will be available for us to expend on priorities and as i have set out the nhs is our key spending priority. but in terms of where we are on the brexit issue, we delayed the vote before christmas, then. this week and parliament as i'm sure you know and parliament as i'm sure you know and over the intervening period there was december european council immediately afterward have been the vote and there were some further movement from the eu but what we are i have been speaking to you being leaders and there will be continuing

with that, talking to colleagues and listening to them and speaking to european leaders and in the coming days what he will set out is not just about the eu but also what we can do domestic and so will be setting out measures which are well be specific to northern ireland, proposals for a greater role for parliament as you move into the next age of the 0ssetians. we're continuing to work on further undertakings from the european union and relation to the concern expressed by parliamentarians. emily? this plan appears to be all about prevention and better community care but how can you possibly deliver on that when local authority budgets have been slashed so authority budgets have been slashed so much? will you guarantee the local authorities will get more money for social care and public health services? of course we are already putting more money and for social care to local authorities but

this plan is an overall plan for the nhs over the next ten years. you indicated you thought it was just focused on certain areas, yet it is about prevention but also about better diagnosis and detection, treatment and recovery so that we can ensure better outcomes for people from conditions from which they are suffering. it is also about making sure that every stage of life, the nhs is doubling that world —class life, the nhs is doubling that world—class care for individuals. we wa nt to world—class care for individuals. we want to make sure the best maternity ca re want to make sure the best maternity care in the world, giving every baby the best possible start in life. i have seen here today a seven—year—old, seven—week—old baby has had a fantastic year here at alder hey but you want to make sure as things go for what we can continue to provide absolutely the best care at every stage in life and make sure that ageing population and

able to live healthier lives, more independent for longer. yes that is about the nhs and how it works with local authorities and other organisations but it is also at the heart of this ensuring this is an nhs that with this long—term plan is showing it can develop new services and facilities and capabilities that we need to ensure we continue to be that great health service up there with the best in the world. sophie? by with the best in the world. sophie? by ministers, what areas of waste would you like the nhs to tackle? let me give you a couple of examples in this area, first of all it is estimated that any one point in time something like 20 to 30% of people in hospital do not need to be there and everywhere are not, they and being looked after and a more appropriate setting on getting one

appropriate setting on getting one appropriate treatment for them then that would actually be better for them and also releasing that what is quite expensive end of the nhs treatment, giving people in hospital. that is just one example on my visit today i have another example of what hospitals are doing themselves of how they can provide better services and save money and the reference the fact that there now a chef on everyone and alder hey, meaning the children get meals when they want to eat, they get the food they want to eat, it is freshly prepared for them matters much better for them and it saves money. there are many ways in which the health service can look at these issues. and i think the last question is from chris from the times. for all the fascinating

things here, one thing that is conspicuously not that any commitment to meet because attritional waiting time targets for a&e and routine care. can you reassure patients that the review is notjust a way reassure patients that the review is not just a way of watering down those targets and making them wait longer? are you saying one of the choices than it needs to be made as not prioritise a hospital which? what has happened in relation to target in the nhs, we are seeing a treat more people, deliver services and care to more people but the demand even as more people has been treated, demand has outstripped that of having something against targets and we need to see efforts in terms of performance and improving performance but for the long—term plan is about what have the right sort of targets that should be set for the future? we the nhs leaders have agreed can look at that question but everything needs to be

based... question but everything needs to be based. . . the question but everything needs to be based... the payment is that taking questions on the nhs, we will stay with this coverage on the bbc news channel but we now say goodbye to viewers who have been watching us on bbc two. applause and factor by minister then just finishing taking questions on that ten year plan, quite a long statement and questions she took and used bold language saying this was a historic moment in terms of the nhs that this was a ambitious plan in which 810 years of funding strategy was agreed with five years of funding. let's go to a health corresponded sophie hutchinson who is at chelsea and westminster hospital in london and you were

listening to what the prime minister was saying, what stood out for you? this is meant to be a step change in terms of the way the nhs services will be provided in the future, the prime minister theresa may saying she was keen to reshape the nhs to secure it for future generations and the focus she is putting today will be on mental health, she says and also prevention. as trying to keep people out of hospital. she said up to 30% of patients actually she believed in need to be in hospital, can be treated closer to home. here they have a brand—new project which has been linked to the a&e department to try and take the pressure off a&e is to explain some more as the medical directors here, what is the unit we have at the moment? we are in the acute

ambulatory unit which covers an opportunity to take people out of the front end and busyness of medicine department. for those who thatis medicine department. for those who that is appropriate me can plan in the diagnosis and treatment and a different kind of environment and then hopefully turn them around with a good diagnosis and treatment plan all matter of hours or the most a day. so this is taking out of a&e people who are needing series treatment but who are walking wounded to unable to get home in the evening. that's right, they need treatment but probably not in patient admitted so we can decipher the best treatment is for them but they do not need to commit to a bed in hospital, they can get home and a timely way. as this would have you had the a&e target? the rest of england has been missing that target

and you have onlyjust been missing it but do you think that will speed things up so patients can be seen within the four hours? definitely, wa nt within the four hours? definitely, want to focus on people in the emergency department, those with trauma or acute conditions and get a focus on them right but equally well there are plenty of people who need our care there are plenty of people who need ourcare and there are plenty of people who need our care and attention who could be dealt with a different kind of environment and around quickly and sent home. what kinds of things might patients who come in to this unit be requiring, what kind of treatments can you give them? intravenous antibiotics and that would be something very often we would be something very often we would have needed to have kept them in hospital to receive that kind of treatment but they can come up here and get during the day. we can also do rapid diagnostic tests that were previously had to have come into hospital to receive so it is a different way of delivering care across the board, blood tests,

radiology, x—rays and also some treatment without committing them to hospital. how necessary hasn't been for you to change the way that you work here to find a different route? how much pressure have you been under? enormous pressure and i do not think anybody in the country would have missed that. that is a double burden of saying we have a population that is ageing very fast, who will need more medical care but we also have troubles with our health service workforce and needing to use them in a much more efficient way. partly to make theirjobs easier but also to give better and more acute care to patients and a more acute care to patients and a more timely way. what about core services? a lot of money is going into transforming sermons, do you have enough for the core servers? this is part of body changes and about what it is also about transformation hinges and the clinical model of care, we need to

do things notjust quicker and faster but smarter. that means innovation and digitisation and really bringing the health service to the forefront of the most modern in the world. thank you. you have a little there about the brand—new unit here at chelsea and westminster, some of the additional money for the nhs has been used to find that service but there are questions from some people about whether there are still enough money for those core nhs services. thank you. a man accused of murdering a fellow passenger on a train in surrey has appeared at staines magistrates court. darren shane pencille, who's 35 and from farnham, is accused of stabbing 51—year—old lee pomeroy last friday afternoon. mr pomeroy was travelling with his 14 year old son to london for a day out. 0ur correspondent angus crawford is outside the court in staines, and he sent this report a little earlier. today within the last 25 minutes

darren shane pencille appeared in court behind me winning a grey tracksuit, black glasses and he had a small bandage on one hand. if you meant to the dock and immediately crouched on the floor with only his head visible to those in the presidential stop the then gestured towards the press bench and said those people are making me feel paranoid. he stood briefly to answer questions from the bench and said he confirmed his name and date of birth and he was then led away by dock officers and he will appearagain in court at guildford crown court at 2pm this afternoon. a dinghy with six life jackets on board has been found on dungeness beach. it's the first sighting of a migrant craft on the kent coast in a week and comes after the home office sent in a naval vessel, hms mersey, to patrol the english channel. there was no sign of the migrants on the beach this morning.

a team of border force officers has been inspecting the boat which also contained personal possessions and a milk carton cut to be used to bail out water. government sources say that mps will will vote on the prime minister's withdrawal deal with the eu on tuesday next week. they say the vote won't be delayed again. let's cross straight to my colleaguejoanna gosling — who is at westminster for us. good morning from westminster. government sources have confirmed the vote on the prime minister's withdrawal deal will take place a week tomorrow on the 15th of january. they say the vote won't be delayed again. today mps return to westminster, with the brexit debate due to start again on wednesday. this morning theresa may's received a letterfrom more than 200 mps from different political parties calling for her to rule

out a no—deal brexit. 0rganisers say doing so will protect jobs and manufacturing. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith has the latest. the two mrs makes a we're unveiling further reassurances on the northern ireland backs up later this week in an effort to try and win over unhappy mps. that was a charm offensive, invitations going to tory mps and others to come along to downing street to the prime minister can take on board their concerns. but all that be enough to get the numbers down opposed to her anger for a chance of getting the deal through? iam for a chance of getting the deal through? i am joined for a chance of getting the deal through? iamjoined by for a chance of getting the deal through? i am joined by the former leader iain duncan smith, do you think she has a chance of getting this book? not unless they do what is asked which is to reopen the withdrawal agreement and change all the elements to the backstop so they are legally binding. at the moment what you get as protocols and suggestions but the court ofjustice in europe will dismiss those and two seconds flat as it has done on the

charter of fundamental rights protocol, we are now bound into it. it has to be bound to the text of the withdrawal agreement, that is the withdrawal agreement, that is the sticking point and i do not think the european union is granted any other in this particular point. ido any other in this particular point. i do not say they want, i say they know until we have been this fonte i think about very much. has anything actually changed in the past month since mrs may pulled the original vote ? since mrs may pulled the original vote? i don't think anything has religions because she still talking to the european union. am led to believe she has not had much back to them over the christmas period. she is talking to them again this week but at the moment nobody can detect anything new that is coming out. as she is planning on pulling a rabbit out of the hat, the prime minister, good luck to help, let's put is not a dead rabbit and means something. the dup will certainly not back

anything that leaves them in a separate state for the uk which is read at the moment. they will not accept that in any shape or form and that opens the door to confidence motions, should she get facing a cover this motion, with a supporter, thatis cover this motion, with a supporter, that is the real issue. it is more fraught than people might imagine because you have to get something substantial. and the dup key in terms of getting more tory mps to back this? at the potential game changers if she can get their support? we have been very categoric, we have even have understands over christmas when they said categorically that would not accept anything with this backstop edits but they have also tilted at another arrangement which leaves us very undefended reges is the state aid provisions. the court ofjustice has used to go for tax rises in and it isa has used to go for tax rises in and it is a genuine fear that they the

two years we would be in that the uk government would be forced to harmonise its taxes much more with the eu which would stick because thatis the eu which would stick because that is management we have then after matter for the region ‘s remake. there are other issues which have to be sorted but the backstop and the separate page of northern ireland is an absolute no—no for them and for most of my colleagues. if the deal goes down next tuesday, is that the end of it? i don't think the end of it as until the 29th of march so i suspect what will happen is if it goes down and is voted down the prime minister will use that to say to the eu i told you so, you just have not realised how serious this is. we're going to have an arrangement when we don't make a deal with you, we believe our wto terms, you don't want that, we would rather have management and you better start seeing this as a

reality and therefore now we have to do some proper negotiation. i think using that to get them to come to the table properly as the best option has at the moment. thank you. clearly a fraught few days ahead with mrs may still seemingly facing a huge challenge in getting her deal through. the latest we have is that theresa may is going to be any comments later becausejeremy corbyn has been granted urgent question to put to the prime minister on whether there has been any legal change to there has been any legal change to the eu withdrawal agreement. wanting her to answer that question and also wanting her to sit out the timetable for the vote in the commons. we have confirmation will go ahead next tuesday the 15th, it is going to be discussed any comments at 3:30pm today when jeremy business questions today when jeremy business questions to theresa may. let's get some more from chris morris. we talk about the

backstop a lot, remind us what it is exactly. basically it focuses on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland which will after brexit be the only land border between the uk and the eu. its primary purpose is to avoid a hard border there, and other wants to keep the border as open as it is now for people and trade and everything, no checkpoints or anything. how was i going to be done? as the backstop is unfermented there will be what amounts to a temporary customs union between the whole of the uk and the eu with northern ireland more tightly interwoven with eu customs rules and with some of the rules of the single market. the big question as we know is how do you get out of this, currently temporary? that is built into the backstop a review mechanism makes it very clear that you have to get the agreement both sides, the uk and to bring the

arrangements to an end. the review mechanism says that there's no unilateral exit. why is that? because way back in december 2017 over a year ago the uk and the eu agreed that any backstop management would be in place unless and until a future agreement means no hard border would be in place. that is the complex nature of this border and that is what a lot of the arguments about this meaningful watt surround. —— meaningful vote max 0rrin. what is the latest? what is the eu given to the uk in terms of the assurance and look first at the withdrawal agreement which was agreed between the us and uk and eu.

the provisions of the protocol in which the backstop is contained and intended to apply only temporarily u nless intended to apply only temporarily unless and until they are superseded by another agreement. that is what was in the withdrawal agreement but as we know i can december that was not enough to persuade mps in the commons to accept a meaningful vote which is why it was postponed and then we had an eu summit in december at which theresa may sought for the clarification. we can have a look at what was dead and a former ‘s statement from the other 27 countries... that is the language that the eu has

come up with, lots of caveats and the assurances. at the moment it does not look like it'll be enough and fast watt to persuade a majority of the house of commons to support that and we are going to have an urgent question this afternoon for jeremy corbyn, has the government got anywhere with getting even more reassurance sand wedge we know the eu will have something else in his pocket, it is a question of when it pulls it out and that will be part of negotiations and what exactly can you say? maybe more illegal reassurance but not something probably that is going to essentially contradict what is already any withdrawal agreement.

there will be much more coverage from here later but now back to you in the studio. and later today — join us for a brexit bbc ask this where we'll attempt to answer your questions on what happens next. what do you want to know about the brexit process and specifically what options are open to mps? whatever you want to know, send in your questions using #bbcaskthis or you can text 61124 or email them askthis@bbc.co.uk. that's ask this on the bbc news channel at 2.30 this afternoon. let's get an update on that story about the dinghy with six life jackets on board being found on a beach on the south coast this morning — our correspondent duncan kennedy is there for us now. what do we know about what happened today? what happened is that this

very small black dinghy pitched up on this extremely bleak exposed beach at dungeness, at soon after eight o'clock this morning found it onshore and found it had six life jackets on board so they are working on the assumption six migrants have made it across the channel overnight. they don't know where they are now, they have scattered somewhere. they probably will surface because almost all of these migrants seek asylum, that's their aim of crossing the channel in the first place. the coastguards have surged around here to make sure nobody is in the water and they are satisfied with themselves nobody has ended up in the water here so they are ended up in the water here so they a re pretty ended up in the water here so they are pretty sure these migrants have made it to land, made it across the treacherous waters of the channel. but where they are at the moment they don't know. they are looking for them in order to take them into care, interview them, make sure they are medically 0k

care, interview them, make sure they are medically ok but at the moment the six migrants have not been found. wasn't itjust last week the six migrants have not been found. wasn't it just last week the government announced it was beefing up government announced it was beefing up its presence in the channel to stop this from happening? yes, sajid javid was along the coast from here last wednesday promising just that. he said two new vessels are on their way and in the meantime an interim measure was hms mersey, which we saw on the channel over the weekend, allowing up and down looking for migrant boats so to have one slipped through now is something of an embarrassment for the government, that its measures are not quite working yet. migrants are still getting through after what had been a lull. this is the first boat to land since last monday. 0ver a lull. this is the first boat to land since last monday. over the weekend it was pretty calm. this was the first one to land since then so something of an embarrassment for the government security measures and of the time sajid javid created some

controversy saying he didn't believe all the people who were coming across all the people who were coming a cross we re all the people who were coming across were genuine asylum seekers. that upset many people who said yes they are, and they have a right to see asylum when they get here. in terms of the security measures, they will be beefed up in the next week or so. it brings the total, if it was six people in the boat overnight, it brings the total to about 245 migrants who have made more than a dozen crossings ins november, so the numbers, whilst minuscule in comparison to those who are crossing the mediterranean, they are crossing the mediterranean, they are still coming after what had been are still coming after what had been a week when hardly any, if any, had made the landings at also a worrying trend again the landings have begun after what was seven days without any landings at all. duncan kennedy, thank you. time to take a look at

the weather now with simon king. we have some rain in the forecast today, moving south but at the moment across scotland and northern ireland. by lunchtime it will spread into northern england and across north wales. it is light and patchy. remaining cloudy for much of england and wales. for northern ireland some sunny spells developing but rain spreads into the north and west of scotland, which is where we will have some fairly strong winds up to 75 mph across the northern half of scotland. that could bring disruption and gusty winds elsewhere. elsewhere tonight there will be varying amounts of cloud, some fairly decent spells with a fairly strong northerly wind and quite chilly night temperatures getting down to four degrees celsius. 0n getting down to four degrees celsius. on tuesday it will be a chilly day but a brighter day. it will be dry and there will be sunshine with temperatures between seven and 9 degrees. goodbye.

hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: the government unveils its ten year strategy for the nhs in england. the prime minister says it aims to save half a million lives, with increased funds to detect cancer and prevent heart disease. this is an historic moment, our commitment is assured so let's deliver the nhs of the future. thank you. mps will vote on the prime minister's brexit deal a week tomorrow, it's confirmed, as more than 200 of them sign a letter urging her to rule out leaving the eu with no deal. a man appears in court, charged with murdering a stranger on a train. lee pomeroy was stabbed to death on friday, in front of his teenage son. well let's return to westminster now — joanna gosling is there for us.

yes, i'm here at westminster, where sources have confirmed that mps will vote on theresa may's brexit deal next tuesday. mps have returned to parliament today following the christmas break. has anything really changed though? she was forced to pull the vote before christmas because it was clear the scale of the opposition amongst mps to that vote meant there was no way of getting it through. let's speak to one of those mps now, chair of the brexit select committee hilary benn. hgppy happy new year. happy new year. so how much has changed? nothing has changed, it seems to me because as you were hearing at the council meeting before christmas, the eu had some warm words about best endeavours but fundamentally i don't

think the prime minister will have anything she can say to the house on the eu side about changes to the agreement. the eu has made it clear it will not change the withdrawal agreement and therefore we will be back to where we were before the vote was originally pulled. at the moment it is unlikely the prime minister will get her deal through. the groundswell is for mps to become involved with different mechanisms to try to stop and no deal brexit. there is the letter that was sent saying they want the prime minister to be explicit she won't be without a deal, an amendment to the finance bill to stop any money being allowed to be spent on no deal measures u nless to be spent on no deal measures unless mps explicitly back it and you will be putting forward an amendment? yes, to reject both the prime minister ‘s deal and leaving with no deal because i think there are two things, the first is to see

whether there is support for the prime minister's deal and we need to make it clear we are not prepared to see the uk and leave the eu with no deal because the consequences would be disastrous. 0nce those things become clear, we should indeed move on to what you were talking about, which is a series of indicative vote on what other options might be available. ultimately though with the timetable as it is, isn't if you really don't want any deal the only really don't want any deal the only real option to vote for the prime minister's deal? no, i don't accept that. throughout the whole ropes —— process she has tried to make it seem like those are the only options. there are alternatives. we could for example say that we want to remain in the eea and stay in the customs union which would solve the northern ireland border problem and

ensure the easyjust—in—time delivery could carry on. that is where i think we may end up eventually but the prime minister cannot bring herself to say that because it would reach her red lines which have been the single most disastrous decision she has taken in this process. her agreement does not stop that happening, it does not resolve the issue going forward, so why would labour vote against it? because it doesn't resolve the decision of the future relationship. you read the pages of that declaration and you are none the wiser as to what our future economic relationship will be. if you talk to businesses, yes, they like the idea ofa businesses, yes, they like the idea of a transition period. i have been arguing for that from the start, but ultimately if they say to parliamentarians, how was it going to work in five to ten years' time? what will our relationship be? the

honest answer is we haven't got a clue and that's because the prime minister has refused to face up to the hard choices that confront us is a country in order to ensure we have a country in order to ensure we have a strong economic relationship with the eu in the years ahead. the fundamentals are that the backstop is avoidable if there is a close relationship, if there is a close trading relationship between the uk and the eu and that is something that has parliamentary support so that has parliamentary support so thatis that has parliamentary support so that is completely possible under the negotiations going forward with her withdrawal agreement. the irony here is that the northern ireland border became a problem the moment the prime minister announced her red lines. she said we are leaving the customs union and single market which created the problem, it created the prospect of losing a friction free trade which is so important to many businesses. two

yea rs has important to many businesses. two years has been spent trying to square the circle and she's now impaled on her own policy. that's the first point but we are going to have to find a way forward. if parliament has a chance to vote on a range of alternative options, if parliament remains deadlocked, it may be that the only way to resolve this in the end is to go back to the british people and say here is the best deal the prime minister has said she can negotiate, here is what we know which is remaining in the european union, you need to make that choice. because what we have learnt over the last two and a half yea rs learnt over the last two and a half years is many promises of the leave campaigners, but we can have our ca ke campaigners, but we can have our cake and eat it, it wasn't true and we have much more information now about what the real choices are. it may be that we have to ask the people to decide if parliament cannot reach a decision itself. thank you. so, all eyes on westminster in the coming days and weeks as parliament prepares to vote

on theresa may's deal but could there yet be movement from the eu. 0ur brussels reporter adam fleming has been finding out. we have said many times the deal thatis we have said many times the deal that is on the table is the best and only deal possible, and the eu 27 leaders confirmed on the 13th of december in their conclusion is that it will not be renegotiated. although the eu has being prepared to help, a bit. the last eu summit in december will probably be remembered for a row between theresa may and jean—claude younger about whether he called her nebulous, but in theirsummit whether he called her nebulous, but

in their summit unigate eu leaders also clarified their intentions for the backstop. it would only ever be temporary and they would work speedily on an agreement to make sure it was never needed. that fell short of what the uk wanted. this is the region of belgium that rejected in 2016. the eu issued a legally binding interpretation of one of the most controversial parts of the deal. there are other options under international law. for example a country can sign a treaty and then say there are parts of it it doesn't agree with. or tweaks can be made to the separate document that sits alongside the withdrawal agreement, that's the political declaration which sketches out the shape of the future relationship. but privately some eu diplomats say we might only be prepared to act after theresa may loses a vote in the house of

commons. with me now is associate director at the institute of economic affairs — kate andrews. and the guardian columnist 0wen jones joins us from the studio. there are various cross—party effo rts there are various cross—party efforts to stop a no deal brexit, do you think that will be a successful way of ensuring there is not a no deal brexit? it looks like it is too late in the day ago for some of the unicorns in this. it suggests the uk can stay in the single market and customs union and yet pick and choose what it wants to do on immigration, itjust doesn't seem sensible. if the eu is being such a tough negotiator on this first phase, it seems extremely unlikely they will give these freebies to mps desperate to avoid no deal. so you still think no deal is a likely scenario? it is certainly a possibility. it is difficult to say

what will happen over the next few weeks but it seems clear on all fronts the prime minister will struggle to get the withdrawal deal through parliament, some looking like we are still living on march the 29th, anything is possible. what do you think is the most unlikely outcome? many people are saying it is certain itjust won't get through the vote next tuesday but they will go back again maybe a third time and then probably get through. the question will be how many votes it fails by so if it falls by say 12 votes, 14 votes, that will be different than if it fails by 200 votes so that is something to look out for. it's also clear many mps don't want no deal scenarios are trying to avoid that will be something they keep in the game but asi something they keep in the game but as i said it seems difficult now with just weeks left to negotiate with just weeks left to negotiate with the eu what could possibly change and if there were going to be genuine negotiations with a totally different d raft genuine negotiations with a totally different draft agreement, it should

have happened before christmas. the backstop, the issue of the irish border, is the most controversial aspect of course. the guarantee is to avoid a hard border and so if it is to be a guarantee it is hard to see how it will be a time limit on something like that. so many mps are not looking for assurances, they are looking for a change to legal text. given the fact the eu has been very serious as has theresa may that there will be no negotiation on securing the safety of the irish border, it seems unlikely the change will be so substantial that mps will vote for the deal. thank you. let's bring in 0wen jones, vote for the deal. thank you. let's bring in 0wenjones, the way around the irish border issue is for there to be greater alignment, continued close alignment between the uk and

the eu, something that labour once so therefore why isn't labour backing the agreement theresa may has got, which doesn't block that? cani has got, which doesn't block that? can i answerthe has got, which doesn't block that? can i answer the no deal situation first because it needs to be rebutted. it is not going to happen and it's scandalous huge amounts of money are being spent on what is effectively psychological warfare. why are you so sure it won't happen? there's no way parliament would allow it to happen, they would even revoke article 50 probably. you would have mass resignations. there's not a majority for no deal and parliament can take control. the dominic grieve amendment which was passed allows parliament to take control if the government lose the vote. the reason i'm saying this is so important is it is scandalous theresa may spent so many months saying no deal is better than a bad deal and is now trying to whip up apocalyptic scenarios of us all

eating rats in two months, spending huge amounts of money on no deal preparations which won't happen at a time when public services are being decimated, when there's homeless people walking around westminster and escalating across the country, and escalating across the country, and the nhs, education, we could go on, budgets under strain. it's important to home because i don't think the media have adequately reflected on that. i want to come in on you being very sure there will be no deal. the path we are on is that parliament voted to trigger article 50, the deadline for that is the 29th of march. we are in a legal process so unless something is done to change that, that is where we ultimately end up. you can end up with an extension of article 50 in other scenarios such as a general election. but there is no unanimity for that either. if you have a

choice or parliament is presented with the choice of no deal which would be a self—inflicted catastrophe, the fact the conservative party is even toying with it should strip any claims they have to economic credibility. they won general election is saying if you vote labour the economy will go into chaos, then they are toying with no deal. if they are presenting mps, and they will be able to take control, then they will go for another option, norway option, second referendum. we have got to stop talking about this tick—tock towards no deal which is what government want because they are trying to coerce parliament and the public to back the no deal and it is irresponsible to be basically echoing the government line on this. 0wenjones, echoing the government line on this. 0wen jones, thank you. there will be plenty more coverage on what is happening today hear from westminster for the rest of the

afternoon and it will be a very busy week because on wednesday mps start to debate the withdrawal agreement and then the vote will happen next tuesday the 15th of january. and later today, join us for a brexit bbc ask this where we'll attempt to answer your questions on what happens next. what do you want to know about the brexit process and specifically what options are open to mps. whatever you want to know, send in your questions using #bbcaskthis or you can text 61124 or email them askthis@bbc.co.uk. i will hand you back to the studio. thank you. it's been a great night for british stars at the golden globes in los angeles — 0livia colman, christian bale, richard madden and ben whishaw have all picked up awards. the prestigious gala ceremony was hosted by the canadian actress sandra oh, who also picked up her own best actress award for her role in the hit bbc drama "killing eve". 0ur north america correspondent dan johnson sent this report from hollywood.

bohemian rhapsody... cheering. the story of queen's musical success was crowned best drama, and its lead actor, playing their lead singer, was rewarded, too. thank you to freddie mercury for giving me the joy of a lifetime. applause. and from queen the band to queen anne, 0livia colman won best comedy actress for the favourite, and gave a very british speech. chuckles. i'm not going to cry, because my entire table will point and laugh at me, because i've been crying all evening. right, 0k. hi. thank you for the sandwiches. the winner is, green book. green book won big in a year hollywood promised diversity. three prizes for its tale of 1960s racial segregation. fellow nominees, thank you. from tv, richard madden won best actor for bodyguard. sandra oh!

there was more british success for ben wishaw and this year's golden globes co—host was awarded best actress for killing eve. many of these awards are going to big blockbuster studio productions, and there are notable signs of a growing diversity in the characters, the stories, the lives that have been brought to the screen. but there was no real standout winner. so, what it all means for the oscars, we'll see it next month. with the twelfth night passing by, there's a good chance you've taken the christmas tree down over the weekend. an estimated seven million of them end up in landfill each year, but could there be more effective ways to use them after the festive period? tim muffet has been to find out. we are rapidly leaving christmas behind, but in this river in cumbria, old trees have a new role. we are attaching the christmas trees

to some logs that we have got at the base of the previous erosion here on the riverbank. in an area prone to flooding, this idea has worked well. as the water level rises, then all the energy is dissipated with the christmas tree and it just prevents erosion behind the christmas tree from going up the riverbank. it is thought around eight million natural christmas trees are bought in the uk every year, but when it comes to disposing of them, projects like this aren't typical. some councils do recycle them, turning them into compost or woodchips, but that requires special machinery. it's thought between 6 and 7 million trees just end up in landfill. compared to the leaves of other trees, pine needles take a long time to decompose. so, as christmas trees rot, they comparatively give off huge amounts of greenhouse gases such as methane. but at the university

of sheffield, cynthia has been experimenting with them. this process converts the pine needles into liquid product. so what you have done with this process has been taken those pine needles and managed to turn it into the soil in this product here, which can then be used to make other things? exactly. what significance could that have for christmas trees in the future? the significance of this is that we can convert the christmas trees, that normally would go to landfill, into this useful product. glucose is used as a sweetener in the food industry. ascetic acid is used for the manufacture of paint, adhesives and vinegar. the research is in its early stages. the team say recycling christmas trees on a large scale like this is still several years off. not that the animals at colchester zoo are bothered. forfeeding, foraging or playing, staff say these christmas leftovers are always gratefully received. tim muffet, bbc news. in a moment it's time for the one

o'clock news with ben brown but first it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. there's quite a lot of fine weather to come for the uk in the week ahead but it's not say there won't be some notable changes, more that you will feel perhaps rather than see. hopefully the payoff is we will see more sunshine. a cloudy start of the week, this area of low pressure feeding the cloud income also bringing in colderair feeding the cloud income also bringing in colder air behind the cold front and tightly packed isobars are making for a windy story for the remainer of today, particularly across scotland. gusty on north sea coasts too. most of the cloud in the south breaking up as we had through this evening and on into tonight. showers in northern scotla nd tonight. showers in northern scotland turning wintry across the

grampians, the odd one feeding into in the north york moors by the end of the night. temperatures will be above freezing and noticed the skies are above freezing and noticed the skies a re clear above freezing and noticed the skies are clear first above freezing and noticed the skies are clearfirst on above freezing and noticed the skies are clear first on and on tuesday so there should be sunny spells on the way. just a little bit more cloud towards the west and the wind is still a defining feature for scotla nd still a defining feature for scotland and right the way along the east coast. very gusty and continuing to feed in some showers. perhaps a little lighter than today across scotland come tuesday afternoon but we need to be quite cautious along the north sea coast. high spring tides and the northerly wind could cause coastal flooding. into the early hours of wednesday, some showers maybe even turning wintry and the grampians get considerably colder with a widespread frost at the end of tuesday night. for wednesday, a warm front towards the west, but it gets

stuck and it looks like it will be a chilly day. it looks like northern ireland may sneak into something slightly warmer on wednesday, elsewhere called a story and with a nagging wind to the east it will be a change to what we have been experiencing in the last few days. temperatures you see popping up behind me for wednesday afternoon are how it will read on the thermometer, how it will feel is considerably cooler but we are looking at the lower end of single figures as we go into the middle pa rt figures as we go into the middle part of this week. the government unveils its ten year strategy for the nhs in england. the prime minister says it aims to save half a million lives, with increased funds to detect cancer and prevent heart disease. this is an historic moment. our vision is clear. our commitment is assured. so let's deliver the nhs of the future. thank you.

labour says the plan fails to address acute staff shortages in the nhs. we'll have the latest from one leading hospital also this lunchtime... the man accused of murdering a fellow passenger on a train in surrey appears in court and says he's "innocent until proven guilty". back to work for parliament — it's confirmed mps will vote on the prime minister's brexit deal next tuesday. gearing up in case of a no—deal brexit —