nomination in is a first ever acting nomination in can you ever forgive me?! steve coogan gets a best actor nomination for playing comedian stan laurel but has strong competition from fellow brit chrisjim bail for has strong competition from fellow brit chrisjim bailfor his betrayal of former us vice president dick cheney in vice. it is mostly a symbolicjob. cheney in vice. it is mostly a symbolic job. it is cheney in vice. it is mostly a symbolicjob. it is not cheney in vice. it is mostly a symbolic job. it is notjust about the glory of winning one of these, though. voting started earlier this week for the academy awards in los angeles. and a good showing here could time for that the weather now, here is darren betts. the award for the cold est is darren betts. the award for the coldest day of the week goes to today. frost around and... frost living, a lot of sunshine across as

pa rt living, a lot of sunshine across as part of the uk. it has not been sunny everywhere mind you and much more cloud here in county durham. that has been bringing showers and the northerly wind has made it feel chilly as well. you can see the speckled shower clouds on that northerly wind. this cloud will bring a change in the weather overnight and into tomorrow. it is toppling into the uk and it is thick enough to bring a little bit of drizzle into scotland. showers beginning to fade, lots of sunshine gci’oss beginning to fade, lots of sunshine across the western side of england and into wales. a lovely afternoon, chilly out there, temperatures around 5 degrees and a few showers on the eastern side of england. even the risk of some towards london and the risk of some towards london and the home counties. they will not last long, the showers tend to fade away and the change coming down from the north—west the cloud topples westward bringing rain and drizzle. the frost is restricted to the

midlands and wales but towards the end of the night more towards the southern parts of england. in scotla nd southern parts of england. in scotland there should be a bit of sunshine, the cloud break—in in scotland, northern ireland and the north of england. cloudier skies moving down across the southern part of the uk so cloudier day than today. temperatures on the whole should be a little bit higher than today, a noticeable change for scotla nd today, a noticeable change for scotland and northern ireland. not as cold tomorrow night because all that cloud is around so we should hold temperatures a few degrees above freezing. friday, some sunshine around, the best on the eastern side of the uk. the north—westerly breeze coming in and a few showers on that breeze as well. temperatures continuing to rise across the southern half of the uk, up to seven or 8 degrees. the weekend we are almost back to square one with high—pressure sitting to the south—west of the uk. the weather fronts to the north—west but

they are weak. there will be some rain around this weekend it will not be very much, most likely to be in the north—west of the uk. spells of sunshine, best towards the south and east. what you will notice more this weekend is a stronger wind, that is around that area of high pressure, temperatures typically into double figures. the prime minister launches five days of debate in parliament as she tries to convince mps to back her deal. and this lunchtime there is a furious row about parliamentary procedure and what mps should be allowed to vote on. that is of abc news at one and only bbc news teams where you are. you're watching bbc news.

the time is almost 1:34pm. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. the chelsea manager maurizio sarri says english officials aren't able to use the video assistant referee system and spurs boss mauricio pochettino says they have a lot of work to do to be ready for it's introduction in the premier league next season. it actually helped tottenham win the first leg of their league cup semifinal at wembley last night, the assistant ruled that harry kane was offside before winning a penalty, but the referee michael oliver, who had correctly allowed play to continue, was given instructions by the video assistant that kane was just onside. sarri disputed that afterwards, showing the media another camera angle that seemd to show him offside. that penalty gives spurs the advantage ahead of the second leg in a fortnight but neither manager was happy with the use of technology. kane was offside, clearly offside. but it's not important. i think that it's more important

that the linesman stopped the run. he didn't follow the ball. so, for the players on the pitch, it's clearly offside. so, he had, ithink, a big influence on our defenders. so, i think that... ..they need to study better the system. lam not i am not happy, not too happy. i think it is important that the mistake of the referee but the decision we cannot stop. but how we can affect and help is agreeing with the referees on the players and between all, the football people,

how we're going to use it. that is the most important, the rules. wembley is going to be tottenham's temporary home for at least another six weeks. they have confirmed that their new 62,000 seater stadium, which is on the site of the old white hart lane, is still someway off being ready. they say that building tests need to be carried out and test events need to be organised. their next four home matches, including their champions league game against borussia dortmund next month, will take place at the national stadium. so would a potential fa cup fifth round tie, if spurs are drawn at home. the first tennis grand slam of the year starts next monday. the draw for the australian open takes place tomorrow in melbourne. andy murray is unseeded so could face a really tough first round opponent. perhaps, in anticipation of that, he's playing a practice match tomorrow against the world number 0ne novak djokovic. murray has lost four of his five australian open finals to the serb, he also lost to roger federer. the match will take place on the margaret court 0pen and will be open to the public.

world number one simona halep could do with some practice. she has just returned from a back injury and her first match in over three months ended in defeat. the romanian was beaten in straight sets by the world number 15, ashleigh barty. halep, who is the reigning french open champion and also the runner—up at last year's australian open and is currently without a coach. it was the biggest win of barty‘s career. it's a big year for england cricket, they tour the west indies in the next week or so but they'll host the world cup this summer before the ashes series that starts in august. the ecb's new director of cricket ashley giles, who has taken over from andrew strauss, believes england can win the world cup. this year creates probably the best opportunity for a long time. how we are playing our cricket, i think we have found ourselves in the past

running in two world cups with suddenly a bit of a meltdown going on and change. that is not the case this time around and if you talk about my role again, as much as anything, that train is moving quickly along the tracks for the world cup and i need to make sure that down the line it is clear and there is no interference to derail us. i'll have more for you in the next hour. and reds take you back to the house of commons where mps are starting the debate on to reason made's brexit deal but there has this lunchtime being a furious row about parliamentary procedure and about the tabling of amendments. i think we may be able to go to our assistant political editor norman smith. norman. extraordinary scenes

in the chamber with a whole succession of predominantly conservative mps getting up and directly challenging the speaker, ferociously challenging him over his decision to allow this crucial amendment, which has caused all this controversy and for all but which could be a brexit game changer which would force mrs major comeback to the commons within three days if a deal is voted down with a fresh plan. and allow mps to bring forward their own alternatives. in other words, everything would be back on the table and back on the table by the table and back on the table by the end of next week. we have heard tory mp after tory mp getting up and challenge in the speaker's ruling. the leader of the house even got to herfeet the leader of the house even got to her feet and demanded the speaker published the advice he had received from the clerk of the house of commons because there is a view among tory mps that mr burke is

ignoring the official advice he has been given. so this is a hugely big cool by the speaker, anger alarm and fury on the government benches but it isa fury on the government benches but it is a major move by the speaker because it would in effect allow parliament to get back in the game, to get back control of the brexit process and for mps to put forward their own ideas, whether it is not another referendum on ruling out a no deal. so it is a huge moment, real anger though over the speaker's decision. norman, ithink we real anger though over the speaker's decision. norman, i think we are going to listen in as some of that debate goes on. here is the speaker of the house of commons. so whilst i respect the honourable gentleman and his sincerity in his point of order, the short answer to him is no. the

point of order, angela smith. any of oui’ point of order, angela smith. any of our constituents watching this now will be deeply worried about the future of our country and will not be impressed by this spectacle. a number of the points of order that we have heard have articulated a series of finely detailed points but they amount to the same thing, a tedious repetition. is there anything in the rules of the house that prevent the abuse of the time made available to this house by making the same point over and over again. well, i don't think it is helpful when people just make the same point over and over again. it has to be said that... as i myself have often observed, it is not unprecedented, point has just have often observed, it is not unprecedented, point hasjust been made elegantly and eloquently by the honourable member for brent north. continued repetition is not entirely

a novel phenomenon. sol continued repetition is not entirely a novel phenomenon. so i will deal with it but i do say to the house, there is a ten minute rule motion with which to deal and the honourable gentleman the member for aldershot is waiting to prevent that ten minute rule motion and we do then have important business to dispatch. and unless people really feel they have got something new by way of a point of order that has to be raised, iwould way of a point of order that has to be raised, i would ask them in all courtesy to consider not doing so at this time. the point of order, andrew percy. can i ask you firstly to confirm that members have an absolute right to raise points of order with you and to challenge you in what i think an excellentjob you doa in what i think an excellentjob you do a servant of the house. this afternoon we have been told we are represent bury reprehensible by some members. i'm part of no coordination

in this place and never will be. secondly, my second point, mr speaker, is with the greatest respect to you. diagnostic decision you have made and believe you have the absolute right to make. 0ur you have made and believe you have the absolute right to make. our low would say is that when we talk about the public, out there there are a lot of people who believe there is a conspiracy and a stitch up, as procedural stitch up taking place by house of commons that on the substantive issue of leaving or remain in the european union is grossly out of touch with the referendum result. and with that in mind, while accepting your decision and man more than happy to support you in that, can i ask you again that any advice that has been proffered on this should also be put in the public domain so the public can make their own decision about break well, as you can see a heated debate going on about procedure and how the commons is going to proceed,

how the commons is going to proceed, how it is going to debate the issues and this all before the issues are even debated. let's go straight back to norman smith, our assistant political editor, who is with some of the mps in the lobby of the house of the mps in the lobby of the house of commons. norman, makes sense of it for us. we just got a flavour of the anger on the tory benches amongst brexiteers. andrew percy that accusing the speaker there have been a party to a stitch up. the reason being the amendment that he is now going to allow to be voted on is now going to allow to be voted on isa is now going to allow to be voted on is a critical amendment that could bea is a critical amendment that could be a pivotal moment in the whole brexit process because it would massively increased the pressure on theresa may to come up with a plan b if her agreement goes down, as many expect next tuesday. and crucially it would allow mps away into the brexit process to put forward their own amendments. but real anger that the speaker has ignored the advice of his clerks, overreached himself

and as we heard that his party to a stitch up. i am joined by maria caulfield, you are brexiteer. a stitch up, surely he's just doing what he thinks is right and proper? think the concern is he doesn't appear to have taken the advice of the court clerks —— but we heard in the court clerks —— but we heard in the various points of order that there were various backbenchers who wa nted there were various backbenchers who wanted to amend the motion when they went to see the table office and got advice from the clerks they were told that it was and an amendable motion and did not put amendments down themselves. it doesn't seem fair that one group of mps are allowed but down an amendment and others have been denied that opportunity. but what is the problem here because surely you were all about taking back control. surely this is a move to ensure mps have more control of the brexit. i'm

absolutely about taking back control but under the rules and it seems the rules have not been followed. the clerks seem to have given the advice that the wording forthwith made it is not amendable and there is no debate. he accepts that there is no debate. he accepts that there is no debate to this but he does not accept that it is an amendable. that is not sticking within the rules. there is no point taking back control if you do not then stick to the rules. pelle this is a big cool by the speaker. is he bending the rules ? by the speaker. is he bending the rules? no, he's doing hisjob, making rules from... we have seen fa ke making rules from... we have seen fake anger, storming the teacup over what is common sense. if the prime minister's deal is voted down next week i would not expect her to keep the country in limbo for 2! days. it makes sense to have a three day deadline and i think it is good for eve ryo ne deadline and i think it is good for everyone then to know where we stand on what the government's plan is big ca i’s on what the government's plan is big cars they have the whip hand in determining what happens next. let's just take a step back from the speaker row. why is this, in your view, such a moment? because we have

a situation where we have 80 days until brexit day. the brahmin sustained there is no way we're going to revoke article 50 or tried to extend it. she needs to come back and say what she's going to do and all of this would have been avoided if she had the voting december which she said you're going to have. we would not be having this row at all. what you say to those who suspect that this amendment is all part and parcel of a that this amendment is all part and parcel ofa campaign that this amendment is all part and parcel of a campaign to thwart brexit? i'm quite happy with the campaign to throw brexit. it suits the people of scotland personally because we did not vote for brexit. so we will use whatever tactics we can to ensure this goes back to the people we have people's vote. can to ensure this goes back to the people we have people's votelj think this is parliament doing is properjob. the government is clearly losing control, we saw it lose control and the first vote last

night. if it goes down to defeat next week that is a huge setback on the government's central purpose. so in those circumstances it is quite right that parliament tried to put in place the provision for parliament itself to take control of the brexit process because clearly the brexit process because clearly the government does not have that control. this is all about stopping brexit, it is not about parliament get in the best deal for the country. to stop the prime minister, which i'm sure she will lose the vote next week, to stop then having the time to go back to brussels to renegotiate, seve we can do something about the backstop, i think is very irresponsible. number one... . this is about stopping britain crashing out with no node in place. if we had come back to the same debate of the same foe of the same debate of the same foe of the same motion, which we are about to start again this afternoon, then there may have been a case that we have some time but now the clock is ticking, she is running it down. it

is quite right that we demand of the government, if your deal goes down donatella soon, immediately, —— tell us donatella soon, immediately, —— tell us soon, because it then allows parliament to make some decisions about how we protect britain from this attentional catastrophe of crashing out with no deal in place. there is a majority in the house against no bill. this is an additional protection for parliament have more of a side against no deal. she has got to come back more quickly protect is a little bit more against that no deal scenario and it puts a little bit more pressure on her to say puts a little bit more pressure on herto say i'm puts a little bit more pressure on her to say i'm going to revoke or inventive extend article 50 and we are not going to crash out with no deal. talk in some your colleagues there is a view that this will not change what is already the default position of no deal. in other words, mps may put down motions if theresa may loses the deal but the default position still remains no deal. do you think that is right that still we are on course for no deal even if

this amendment is passed? yes, because one of the points of order as the speakerjust that because one of the points of order as the speaker just that and because one of the points of order as the speakerjust that and he made it clear that only legislation can overturn legislation that has already been laid that we are leaving on the 29th of march. if there is no deal in place we leave with no deal. that is why it is so irresponsible that of the prime minister loses that vote next week she's not given at 2! days to go back to brussels and say look, i can't get it through parliament, let's see what we can do to change the withdrawal agreement. to give us just three days makes no deal more likely to happen. she has three days under the legislation it is amendment comes back to say what she plans to do as a result of losing the vote next week. what is irresponsible and reckless is to have a british government contemplating and members of the british government and the government party advocating the briton leads europe without any

agreement in place, aircraft flying and people'sjobs agreement in place, aircraft flying and people's jobs and agreement in place, aircraft flying and people'sjobs and livelihoods in place. we voted against that. parliament as a whole, it voted that we leave on the 20th of march. if there is no agreement in place will eat without a deal. and the actions of those today than opposite, it will deliver as no—deal brexit. and don't have to let these people go because i think we will be moving to that vote pretty soon, probably in the next ten minutes or so. i suspect it is then to be very close because the cross—party alliance of mps who defeated theresa may last night are pretty much the same group behind this amendment. they only defeated theresa may by seven votes last night. it is going to be awfully close and we should get the vote pretty soon i should think. and we will bring it to you as soon as we will bring it to you as soon as we get it. many thanks to norman smith. ina we get it. many thanks to norman smith. in a moment we will have all the businesses but first the headlines here on bbc news. to reason may say is the only way to avoid a no—deal brexit is to vote for her deal but angry opponents

tell she's waiting time. and in the past hour there have been tense exchanges between conservative mps on the speaker over his handling of the debate. police are treating the fray. in the 14—year—old boy who was knocked off his mopeds in east london as a targeted attack. he has been named locally as jade and moody. i'm susannah streeter in the business news. sainsbury‘s has seen sales fall over christmas after non—food trading was hit by consumer caution. like—for—like retail sales, which exclude new stores, fell by 1.1% across the christmas period. car sales in china, the world's biggest vehicle market, have seen their first annual fall in 20 years. sales fell 6% to 22.7 million units in 2018, according to the china passenger car association. japan has announced that it will lift the ban on british beef that has been in place since 1996. the decision has been announced before a visit to the uk by japan's prime minister shinzo abe this week.

the first few weeks of the new year is when we find out if it was a trading turkey or a christmas cracker for the big retailers. today, sainsbury‘s — which also owns argos — has reported that despite a drop in total sales, like for—like—sales were down i.i%. like the other big grocery retailers it's facing tough competition from the discounters. grocery sales were up 0.4%. earlier, we spoke to russ mould, investment director at aj bell. the boss of sainsbury said that his target is to hold market sharing groceries so there will be a little bit disappointed that they have lost the percentage point of market. there will aware morrison's announced discounts over 995 products. they will be aware of the challenge by aldi and little and

amazon is gym or in fast—moving consumer goods but isn't lack. this maybe one of the reason sainsbury‘s is looking to merge with asda and we're waiting for the regulator to see what happens there. government cuts are forcing people into funeral poverty, according to a report by insurer royal london. it claims local authorities are raising burial and cremation fees after a reduction of funding from central government. that's led to an increase in the number of public health funerals local councils are carrying out, as an increasing number of bereaved families are now unable to pay for the ceremonies. just under 4,000 public health funerals were carried out last year and nearly a third were because relatives could not afford the cost of a funeral. increasing funeral costs are a cause for concern for competition regulators, who launched a review of the market injune. joining us now is louise eaton—terry, funeral cost expert, at royal london. to what extent have funeral costs

risen and wind you attribute this to cuts in government funding? the local authorities submitted a freedom of information request to 390 local authorities and found that the councils spend on public health funerals have risen by 3.5% between the last two financial years. and the last two financial years. and the total cost to local authorities across the uk is almost £5.5 million. in part this is as you say due to the high cost of funerals. 0n average they are about £3800 now. and we have seen one in ten people arranging funerals fall into funeral poverty and actually have to take on debt in order to cover the costs of those funerals. there is this option though available to them these public funerals, which used to be cold paupers funerals. what are the

drawbacks as far as families are concerned in some local authorities? will be able to attend in the same way? i think this is not a choice, i think it is the last resort for people who are grieving, facing incredible distress and then unable to find the money to give their loved ones the funeral that they would like. in terms of the type of funeral, they are very different. different policies across the uk according to local authorities but they're very basic what we would cool no—frills funerals. there is unlikely to be a service, arranged ata time unlikely to be a service, arranged at a time and location according to the council rather than the loved one's families. it really does depend. but it is not i would imagine what people had hoped they would have as a funeral for the loved one. let's check in with the financial markets now — the ftse 100 is now 70.8 points or i% ahead to 6,932.33, led by house builder taylor wimpey, which has climbed 6.5% to 149.5p

following a positive trading update. that's all from me. time frederick of the with darren bent. —— time for a look at the weather. it was quite a frosty start in the west country this morning, this is where we have the lowest temperatures but here in bristol we have had lots of sunshine today. not sunny everywhere, cold looking sky here in county durham. showers as well earlier on even a bit of in the showers too. speckle cloud coming in of the north sea, cloud in the north west will bring significant change through this evening and evening and overnight and into tomorrow as well. cloudy skies into the north west of scotland, the cloud thick enough to give rain and drizzle. the best of the remaining sunshine in the south and east of scotland. clouding over

from northern ireland, plenty of sunshine for wales and western parts of england but further east there is a bit of clouds bring in one or two light showers in on that chilly northerly wind. that will ease down a bit overnight, the showers tend to fade away, skies clearing for awhile but the cloud coming down from the north—west and with it a little bit of rain and drizzle. limiting the frost more towards the midlands and south. not as cold in scotland tonight but by the morning the cloud will break up. we will see a sunny spells across scotland and northern ireland and eventually across northern england. light showers come to the north—west of the uk but further south week increase the cloud. not a sunny for southern areas as today, still chilly, not quite as cold as today and double figures possible for scotland and northern ireland. 0vernight and into early friday not much blue on the chart. it should be milder because there is more cloud around. some

sunshine on friday, more for the eastern side of the uk. the west to north—westerly breeze coming our way thatis north—westerly breeze coming our way that is bringing in some showers in the north west but bringing milder airand the north west but bringing milder air and temperatures up to eight to 10 degrees. the milder air arriving on friday if not sooner. the weekend, weather fronts toppling on friday if not sooner. the weekend, weatherfronts toppling in from the atlantic. it is coming in again around another area of a high pressure. back to square one by the end of the week. rain on those weather fronts but not a lot, most in scotland. the best of the sunshine in the south and east of the england. the north—westerly wind and temperatures likely to be in double figures. see you later. hello, you're watching afternoon live

live from westminster. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2:00pm. reporter: can you win, prime minister? theresa may says the only way to avoid a no—deal brexit is to vote for her deal, but angry opponents tell her she's wasting her time. the prime minister has been recklessly wasting time, holding the country to ransom with a threat of no deal in a desperate attempt to blackmail mps to vote for her hopelessly unpopular deal. the right honourable gentleman can say what he likes about no deal, but he opposes any deal that the government has negotiated with the european union. he opposes the deal... he opposes the deal that the eu say is the only deal. and that leaves him with no deal. and in the past hour, there have been tense exchanges