police step up their presence around westminster after m ps complain about abuse from protestors. ido i do object to being called a nazi, actually. chanting: "soubry is a nazi!" mps condemn the harassment and intimidation of conservative anna soubry, among others. in a democracy we want people to be able to speak to their politicians, and we want people to be able to protest. what's been happening has gone way beyond that. scotland yard say they are investigating to see if any crime has been committed. also tonight... in the last few minutes heathrow has stopped all planes taking off while police investigate a sighting of a drone. former scotland first minister alex salmond wins his legal battle against the government he used to lead. the day after eight migrants were picked up after crossing the channel, we hearfrom one who made the crossing months earlier. and the fatberg the size of six double decker buses found in a seaside town in devon. and coming up in sportsday later

in the hour on bbc news: we'll be live at wembley for the first of the league cup semi—finals — tottenham against chelsea. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the police are to increase their presence around parliament after calls from over 100 mps that more be done to stop abuse from protestors. the speaker of the house of commons has written to the head of the metropolitan police demanding that officers intervene to stop aggressive and intimidating behaviour. for weeks a small group of protestors outside westminster has been shouting abuse and interrupting live interviews with politicians. scotland yard says they are investigating to see if any crime has been committed.

june kelly has the latest. chanting: "soubry is a nazi!" westminster, a place synonymous with free speech. but on the green nearby, the protests degenerated into chanting personal abuse against the tory mp anna soubry during a live bbc interview. i do object to being called a nazi, actually. apologies to you if you are offended. i just apologies to you if you are offended. ijust think apologies to you if you are offended. i just think this is astonishing, this is what has happened to our country. anna soubry isa happened to our country. anna soubry is a prominent pro—eu backbencher. she was forced to walk back to the houses of parliament surrounded and barracked by a group who continued right up to an entrance of the palace of westminster. this is one of the most heavily policed parts of the capital but it was only at this

point that there was any intervention from officers. booing anna soubry says she was a let down by the police. the police have the right powers and they have the skills and most of them have a common sense to know how to police, keep people safe whilst supporting democracy, how to do it. yesterday they didn't do it. they did the wrong thing by completely refusing to intervene. today there appeared to intervene. today there appeared to bea to intervene. today there appeared to be a more high—profile police presence around parliament. and a senior scotland yard officer was offering reassurances. we have taken all the allegations from yesterday, we are looking into all of those and we are looking into all of those and we are looking into all of those and we are taking advice as to any any of the incidents from yesterday met a criminal threshold. of the incidents from yesterday met a criminalthreshold. in of the incidents from yesterday met a criminal threshold. in the of the incidents from yesterday met a criminalthreshold. in the house of commons, this from the speaker. it is frankly intolerable if members of parliament and journalists go about their business in fear. this

situation cannot stand. mps are being subjected to unprecedented levels of abuse and worse. these before the eu referendum, the labour mpjo cox before the eu referendum, the labour mp jo cox was before the eu referendum, the labour mpjo cox was murdered by a far right extremist. on social media female politicians have been threatened with violence and rape. and protesters turned up at the home of leading brexiteerjacob rees—mogg i'm focused on his children. lots of people don't like your daddy, do you know that? he's probably not told you about that. it cannot go on, we need to absolutely dial down the rhetoric when it comes to this overheated language around brexit. today at westminster a different chorus for anna soubry. for she is a jolly good fellow! this evening it has emerged that all mps have

received new security advice. a cabinet minister has said that leaving the eu without a deal "should not be contemplated". the government has so far refused to rule out a no deal brexit — and is continuing to make contingency plans. the business secretary greg clark has urged mps to back theresa may's brexit agreement and signalled he'd oppose leaving the eu without one. and right now mps from different parties are trying to limit the government's power to implement a no—deal brexit — to try to stop it happening. with more here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. you might have heard this on your radio ? what about documents for driving? i new government advert about brexit, specifically advice on what might happen if we leave without a deal. but in parliament an increasing number of voices are saying that cannot be allowed to happen, including ministers. saying that cannot be allowed to happen, including ministersm saying that cannot be allowed to happen, including ministers. it is

essential we should be able to continue to trade, it's why i have a lwa ys continue to trade, it's why i have always been clear, representing very strongly the views of small business and large business that no deal should not be contemplated. this morning, when the cabinet met, the work and pensions secretary a p pa re ntly work and pensions secretary apparently told colleagues history would take a dim view if they pressed on with no deal. it is no deal is still an option? and the home secretary said we would be less safe as a country. part of the government strategy has to been too sure it's ready to walk away. initially to try to persuade the eu to give them a good deal. now to try to give them a good deal. now to try to convince in eyes that what is on offer is the best option. but as number ten steps up preparation for ano number ten steps up preparation for a no deal scenario, many in parliament have a different plan.|j think it is right that parliamentarians and mps on all sides of the house should rule out the most damaging option that could happen on march 29. today mps were expected to vote on whether to limit

the governance powers in the event of no deal come on attempt to show the numbers opposed to it too are prepared to use parliaments processes to try to stop it. there is only 80 days to go now and there's a real risk that these delays that drift, or brinkmanship could push us into no deal by accident, despite the real damage that could do to the manufacturing industry, policing and security. others are not so concerned and think the threat of no deal has been overplayed. some say those trying to block out our anti—brexit. overplayed. some say those trying to block out our anti-brexit. i'm not concerned about no deal because we trade with large economies around the world on world trade terms and we know that the government is getting going and preparing for that. when you hear these hysterical stories you have to ask why, why are we going to be so stupid as to stop drugs and food and car parts coming to us? there may be a few disruptions but i don't see it being a disaster at all. the government is adamant we are leaving in march. it

hopes with the prime minister's deal in place, but if ministers don't back that number ten has not ruled out leaving without an agreement. plenty in parliament are prepared to prevent that. when it comes to brexit there's not much in this place that people agree on but one thing most mps do think is they don't want to leave the eu without a deal in place, that is why we are seeing mps from different parties trying to come together to use parliamentary procedure to roll that out. theresa may is meeting some of those backbenchers tonight, still trying to convince them to get behind her deal. the debate on that resumes tomorrow but so far it does not seem the prime minister has enough support to get it through so in these next crucial days you can expect all the different parties, all the different visions of brexit to start positioning in the hope they can shape the course of things to come. heathrow airport has this evening stopped all planes taking off while they investigate the sighting

of a drone. they say they are working closely with the police to prevent any threat to safety and apologise to passengers for any inconvenience caused. it comes after drone sightings before christmas at gatwick which shut the airport down for 36 hours. our transport correspondent, tom burridge is here. people will be thinking not again. heathrow has just told me they had a possible sighting of a drone near to the northern runway so as a precaution they have suspended departures from the airport tonight. metropolitan police are involved, they say it's precautionary to prevent they say it's precautionary to p reve nt a ny they say it's precautionary to prevent any threat to operational safety. we can show you a live radar map of heathrow now and essentially as you can see those yellow icons are the aeroplanes essentially none are the aeroplanes essentially none are leaving. some are landing presumably on the southern runway. as you say this comes just a matter of weeks after the suspension of flights, all flights for 36 hours at gatwick because of drawn sightings.

they are still investigating but have arrested nobody for that. it's interesting because i came, after what happened at gatwick i spoke to heathrow and heathrow already had before the incident at gatwick anti drone technology, to prevent drones getting on to its site and to ca ptu re getting on to its site and to capture them if necessary and get to the vicinity of the airport. if this i guess escalates into something more serious it has the potential, the potential at least to be much more serious because heathrow is our biggest airport and its working much more at capacity than gatwick although it's not that pre—christmas period when the incident at gatwick happened. thank you. the former first minister alex salmond has won his legal action against the government he once used to lead. the scottish government has admitted it did not follow the correct procedures while investigating sexual harassment claims made a year ago against mr salmond. as a result, it's admitted defeat in its legal battle with him. a separate police inquiry into the allegations, which mr salmond denies, continues. our scotland editor,

sarah smith, reports. looking sombre, not triumphant, alex salmond does believe he has inflicted an abject evaluation on the scottish government. as he forced it to admit breaching its own procedures while investigating complaints of sexual misconduct against him. i'm not putting out the bunting today. yes i am glad to have won, iam really, really sad bunting today. yes i am glad to have won, i am really, really sad to have been forced to take this action against a government i lead for almost eight years. alex salmond clearly considers this to be a significant victory even though what was decided today was about process, it was not about the substance of the allegations against him, allegations he continues to vigorously deny. in court his legal tea m vigorously deny. in court his legal team argued the government's investigation was flawed and unfair. the decision is unlawful in respect that it was taken in circumstances

which were procedurally unfair and in respect that it was tainted by apparent bias. the judge heard lawyers from the scottish government admit they had breached their own procedures because the investigating officer had significant contact with the complainants before the investigation began. the scottish government now accepts that in relation to one specific aspect of the procedure there was a failure which initiates the investigation and hence the decision under challenge. the most senior civil servant at the scottish government said today it has become clear that in one respect only, albeit an important one, the investigation was procedurally flawed. it is accordingly open to the scottish government to reinvestigate the complaints and subject to the views of the complainants, it would be our intention to consider this. however this will only be once ongoing police enquiries have concluded.

nicola sturgeon says her regret is that the women who brought complaints against alex salmond have been failed by investigative mistakes. my particular regret is for those who brought forward complaints because they had a right to expect that the process notjust in the main but in every respect would have been repressed. it is also important to say that today's proceedings have no implications one way or anotherfor proceedings have no implications one way or another for the substance or the credibility of the complainers. alex salmond won a procedural legal victory today, the details of the allegations of sexual misconduct have not been tested in court and he is still facing an ongoing police enquiry. he denies all the allegations against him. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. police step up their presence around westminster after mps complain about abuse and harrassment from protestors.

we hear from the people getting to grips with getting to grips with the fatberg in devon. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news. europe has a new captain for the defence of the ryder cup. padraig harrington says he's putting his legacy on the line. last year was one of the worst for knife crime, with violent offences in england and wales at their highest since 2011. most people caught carrying a knife are adults. but the latest figures show one in five was under the age of 18. one mother we've spoken to says she's living in fear of her 14—year—old son soon becoming a target. the family have been speaking exclusively to our correspondent, adina campbell. we've disguised their identities and their words are spoken by actors. i have had to scale back on work in order to ensure i know where my son is.

because, i believe, these risks are very real. this single mother is terrified her son could soon be killed by gangs. i am fearful, i am scared. i do wonder whether this is going to be the last time that my son is going to come back. and it's not long before things get heated between mother and son. there's people that want to target you. what people? a whole area, due to where you live. i didn't grow up at 11! and see anyone murdered or stabbed on the floor. you said this was normal, what you are seeing. what do you mean by normal? if i heard tomorrow that someone got stabbed to death, i mean, you'd feel sorry, but at the same time, like, people get stabbed every day. do you ever worry? you worry all the time where your children are. we are living in times where children are meant to bury their parents, not parents burying their children. how many friends have you lost?

two. do you ever worry about you being hurt? you can't always stop it. i don't really think about it. i'd ratherjust live my life than be worried 24/7, if i'm going to die. the 14—year—old boy is no longer at school after being excluded, but his mother says he was unfairly treated. the bbc has seen documents showing her efforts to get him back in school, but as time goes on, she fears the worst. children are dying for the most silliest reasons, because somebody doesn't like someone, because of where somebody lives. we have now allowed them to be in environments where they are getting hold of marijuana. i smoke because i'm stressed, because my friend's dead. we've also seen evidence from police

confirming he's been the victim of several unprovoked attacks, including being chased by boys with masks, armed with knives. you can get stabbed at any time. you can't stop it. like, you don't know when you're going to die. what's it like hearing him say this? we are failing these children. do you feel like you are losing your son? yes. i'm losing him to the streets. to the failings in our system. adina campbell reporting there, and you can read more about the extent and causes of knife crime on the bbc news website at bbc.co.uk/news. the north korean leader kimjong—un is in beijing for an unannounced visit. it's his fourth summit with his closest ally, president xijinping. it comes amid reports that preparations are underway for another meeting with president trump,

who said at the weekend that a location would be announced shortly. at least seven people have died in the alps over a weekend of heavy snow, with skiers continuing to face a high avalanche risk in austria, germany and italy. schools, ski resorts, and roads have been closed across much of the tyrol region in austria, and in the bavarian alps. forecasters are warning of further heavy snowfall this week. a former youth football coach accused of the sexual abuse of boys has died on the day he was due to stand trial. peterborough crown court heard that michael "kit" carson was killed when his car came off the road and hit a tree yesterday. our sports news correspondent richard conway is in peterborough. what more can you tell us? michael carson, or kit, as he was more commonly known, was well—known in the football industry and was a coach at norwich city, peterborough united and cambridge united and some of the players under his care went on to play for their national teams

and in the premier league. his trial on 12 charges of indecent assault and one of inciting a child to in sexual activity was due to begin at peterborough county —— crown court, but the court heard this morning that his car was involved in a collision with a tree some seven miles east of his home in cambridge yesterday morning. he died at the scene and no other vehicles or persons were said to have been involved in that collision. the range of dates for the alleged offences stretches from 1978 up to 2009, 11 alleged victims, all boys under the age of 16. however, given the circumstances, the judge presiding over the matter ruled this morning that the case filed against kit carson is now closed. thank you. an iranian man who crossed the channel to the uk in a small boat has warned others against taking the same journey. the largest group seeking asylum in the uk last year was from iran, which is where many migrants found crossing the channel in recent months are reported to have come from. just yesterday, eight more were found , following a search

when an empty dinghy was found on a beach near kent. our special correspondent lucy manning has been to liverpool to find out more about his story. greece, germany, france. mohammed is one of the faces behind what the home secretary has called a major incident. the iranians, who claims to have been imprisoned by the regime forfour years, is one of more than 500 people who made the dangerous journey in small boats across the sea to britain from france last year. icame in i came in an inflatable boat. we we re i came in an inflatable boat. we were in one boat and the traffickers we re were in one boat and the traffickers were in one boat and the traffickers were in another, escorting us. i paid 3000 euros. the channel is very dangerous and some people in our boat fainted. the police saw and helped us. our lives were at great

risk. he arrived in october and has now applied for asylum in britain, but did apply in france before and was rejected. the home secretary, sajid javid, told the commons last night that the home office should try to limit the claims of those who travel from safe countries like france. there are people in britain who would say that it's not right for you to come to britain if you already been in france, that france isa already been in france, that france is a safe country. if they understood our situation they would know that there are many political activists that have been trying to claim asylum in france for three or four years but all of them were rejected. if the french government accepted me, iwould have rejected. if the french government accepted me, i would have stayed there, but they always reject political cases. just yesterday,

another eight migrants were found near the beach and dungeness. hundreds have come in the last few months but it is still dwarfed by the hundreds of thousands of migrants who have travelled to mainland europe. with still more hoping to cross the channel, this man has this morning. hoping to cross the channel, this man has this morninglj hoping to cross the channel, this man has this morning. i tell anyone thinking of coming this way to be aware it is not easy. it is really dangerous. there were big waves coming from every side, throwing us around. we say on facebook and instagram, do not choose this way. instagram, do not choose this way. in terms of nationalities, iranians we re in terms of nationalities, iranians were the largest group to claim asylu m were the largest group to claim asylum in the uk last year. more than 2500 of them. nearly 50% had their asylum claims accepted, and after appeals are included, three quarters of iranians who claimed asylu m quarters of iranians who claimed asylum were allowed to stay.

mohammed thinks more are coming by small boats across the channel because the people smugglers have realised that this is a route that works. a giant fatberg as big as a boeing 7117 — or six double decker buses — has been discovered blocking a sewer in a seaside town. made up of fat, wet wipes and grease, it was found near the sea in sidmouth in devon. south west water says it will take up to eight weeks to remove, as jon kay reports. sidmouth, a regency seaside resort, where queen victoria played as a child. but lurking beneath the town, a 21st century reality. this is the layer of fat down there. a sludgy mass of wet wipes and sanitary products, glued together with tonnes of kitchen grease and fat, discovered last month, it has grown

over christmas. it's the biggest one i've seen. it's probably about here. charlie found the fatberg when he was inspecting the sewers with his crew. you were saying it kept going on and on. yes, when does it ever end? we took a few lights down there and eventually saw the end of it. it's quite horrifying to see, actually. they are quite eerie to see, these two big lumpsjust sat there waiting. so far, they have only uncovered the tip of the fatberg. it will be weeks before they get to the bottom. it lies beneath sidmouth's esplanade, and is at least 64 metres. that is longer than the leaning tower of pisa laid flat and even longer than a boeing 747. we tend to think of these being under big cities, not somebody —— somewhere like sidmouth. we were surprised and thought it was more something you found in a bigger

urban environment, but the fact is, the things that make up these fat burghs and the fact that people put fat and oil and grease down their sinks, or flush wet wipes and other materials down the toilet, that goes on nationwide. the devon fatberg will be chopped up likely even bigger one found under east london two years ago. work starts next month i will take eight weeks. does it smell? it probably does smell but me being in the industry a few yea rs, me being in the industry a few years, i'm immune to that kind of smell, but as we break it up, we will smell it because it will give up will smell it because it will give up the vapourand will smell it because it will give up the vapour and gas. that is something to look forward to. up the vapour and gas. that is something to look forward tom up the vapour and gas. that is something to look forward to. it is, isn't it? but holiday-makers should not see or smell anything grim in the months ahead. let's get more from our transport correspondent tom burridge on the story about heathrow airport closing one runway while they investigated

a possible drone sighting. we now know that flights and departures have resumed and we haven't had confirmation from the airport, but we are getting it from airport, but we are getting it from a flight to raid we also know that ta ke — offs a flight to raid we also know that ta ke—offs were a flight to raid we also know that take—offs were suspended just after five so roughly for one hour. the airport described it as a precautionary measure and the metropolitan police are involved and say there was a sighting of a drone near the northern runway of heathrow and the transport secretary chris grayling has tweeted he is in contact with the apple concerning the sighting and says he spoken to the sighting and says he spoken to the home secretary, the defence secretary and the military are prepared to launch the equipment used at gatwick at heathrow if proved necessary. if this is a false alarm, it shows how unnerved the authorities and government are after the incident at gatwick and we also know that london heathrow does have technology to deal with drones and prevent them getting into the vicinity of the airport but also ca ptu re vicinity of the airport but also capture them if necessary, so it

does shine a light on what an issue this is for the aviation industry and the government. thanks for that. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. good evening. remember the low that brought the strong winds to scotland, here it is contributing to the wintry chaos across central europe. we sit on the western flank with a northerly breeze and that is what has brought us a chilly day moving into the arctic air. the wind will start to ease overnight and the skies will remain largely clear after a day that brought us lots of sunshine, then we set up perfectly, as you do at this time of year, for as you do at this time of year, for a widespread frost. nothing particularly severe, may be looking at —3 in the scottish glens and many towns and cities will stayjust above freezing. nonetheless, a chilly start to wednesday, but one with sunshine. the wind off the north sea feeding in a few isolated showers and some thick cloud toppling into the north—west will eventually bear some rain in the

north—west of scotland. a good—looking day, but temperatures have slid down into the mid range of single figures and that is before you factor in the northerly breeze. for many of us, it will feel closer to freezing. let's go back to that area of cloud and rain in the north—west because that is a little warm front, i'm not a dramatic one, and the rain that comes in behind it, not a good deal warmer —— warmer but it will make a difference on thursday as it topples into scotland and northern ireland. england and wales staying in the arctic air but atla ntic wales staying in the arctic air but atlantic air so temperatures up a little across northern ireland and scotland. a lot of cloud around on thursday, the best of the sunshine in the south—east, possibly some of the lowest temperatures, but cloudy skies further north across northern ireland and scotland but temperatures back into double figures for belfast and glasgow. that's all from the bbc news at six , so it's goodbye from me , and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.