down of her allegiances have broken down of her brexit. yes, this came yesterday with our story in the mirror. by theresa may pitching labour mps. those mps she had them over in christmas, to chat, one of them it said today was complaining that she had to wait five months, sitting by her phone, waiting for the call to find a comfortable stop after she made it clear she was prepared to do business with the government, and she could even support theresa may at's deal. it's astonishing, when i think of last summer, and they were ready at that point putting that union approaching labour mps, but it presumably for political reasons decided to hold back. now it appears desperate. she has in a matter of days to go before the vote next week. and certainly the labour mps that i've spoken to suggested those that i've spoken to suggested those that leave packing seeds that potentially feel they might want to deliver brexit, or help deliver brexit, because that's what their

constituents expect, they feel that even these offer, on workers' rights and environmental protections much of which they want, if it's a sort of which they want, if it's a sort of permanent guarantee therefore it, it doesn't go far enough. and they've made clear that actually, if they're going to back the deal, which could still happen down the road to quiz her we get to it becomes a much darker choice. they would not do it on tuesday, because why would they extend the political capital at this point in their own party by backing something that theresa may is going to absolutely, that's going to be a crushing defeat. potentially couple hundred, and whether they extend their political capital to do that now? henry talk about the extraordinary spectacle, the idea of teresa made ringing red, if i can put it that way, it may well be that she may have had some influence, certainly looking times. absolutely, the call is

constructive, and unite, didn't deny that, the times quotes a source saying, lynn is a deal maker, he would have approached the call with an open mind. and it's worth noting that he's been one of the most influential people pushing labour away from backing a second referendum. he's very aware of backing the most influential people pushing labour away from backing a second referendum. he's very aware of backing a second referendum because a lot of the people he represents, are quite wary of the second referendum, they want to feel that the voice that they expressed onjune that the voice that they expressed on june 2016 is that the voice that they expressed onjune 2016 is being heard, all that way away in westminster. i think the point that she made about this not necessarily being about the vote on tuesday, but perhaps a vote for the future is quite important. theresa may knows that she can't limited, she's going to lose the vote for deal on tuesday. so any sensible prime minister would be doing is mapping out, where do i need to move after tuesday? what is the potential for compromise, and that's why this is really interesting. let's move to the front page of the independent. it has the same story on its front page, slightly different take though, and focusing as much on the gmb is tim

roche, so he got a phone call from theresa may as well. yes, so he was less positive, but the it sounds like you didn't reject the overture outright. but, he, apparently made the point that his members would prefer a second referendum. so i might let mccloskey, and many members on the second referendum. there is pressure on the leadership over that. but, mr there is pressure on the leadership overthat. but, mr roach there is pressure on the leadership over that. but, mr roach feels obviously that he can come out and say it much more openly that that's what they would want. and you know, it's something which is an ongoing problem for labour. in its relationship with the unions, but more widely, because of course it's membership is so in the favour of a second referendum, it's predominantly remained, many of them represent seats which vote in constituencies, lots of those are one that labour wasp in election and

we nt one that labour wasp in election and went backwards. potentially in the future could be ones where the conservatives can make gains. at the same time it having to have this constructive ambiguity. it's the same time having to have an eye on his membership he's also got to have andi his membership he's also got to have and i politically on the impact of what backing a second referendum. it was striking, i was in wake up today for his speech on brexit, and i was striking to me is if you could read the speech you could listen to the speech, from either perspective, and something in there for everyone. see you could brexiteers thing he's talking to me, saying that he's going to stick to our brexit position, or you can and, there is a second referendum is one option right be the remainder saying actually, it's up to the membership to decide what a manifesto is in the next election, and therefore... opposite direction. 0k, next election, and therefore... opposite direction. ok, let's move on. front page of the daily telegraph from a henry, men get access to women's nhs wards.

it certainly feels in recent years that the issue of trans rights has become more... and this is probably an example of that. the daily telegraph has put in freedom of information requests to nhs trusts, and found that in the context of the move to eliminate mixed words, there is nevertheless the case that transgender women share words with what some call sister underwent imminent two women. this will play into around that artie exists here to talk about whether it's for properfor trans women to talk about whether it's for proper for trans women to have access to women's bathroom changing rooms and questions about trans women and their role in sporting competitions. this issue is not going to go away, and is clearly going to go away, and is clearly going to go away, and is clearly going to become a question more and more for politicians and four opinion formers to come up with a nswe i’s , opinion formers to come up with answers, because clearly they are spitting the country about how they

should be treated. interestingly, the telegraph puts this story in the context of the official advice being to move, for the nhs to move away from mixed sex wards, and how this potentially conflicts with that, and also this is about people who self identify as women, even if they may not actually gone under a transgender process. not actually gone under a tra nsgender process. but not actually gone under a transgender process. but mac yet, people have to live legally to be recognised, to be able to self identify be the opposite sex for two years. recently, carried out a large conversation which came back re ce ntly conversation which came back recently which had asked whether people felt that that length of time is sufficient, or should be shortened, or indeed, whether doctors appointments were still, you still had an appointment with a doctor, and have them basically sign you off if you are self identifying. and the result of that was that people felt that with a two time

your period is sufficient. at the heart of this is about balancing rights. it's absolutely right. it's very difficult, as the really extreme views, very deep felt views oi'i extreme views, very deep felt views on both sides of the argument. there are those that feel that, you know, if you believe that you are trans, you are a woman, and therefore you should be entitled to absolutely the same access as a woman who are born women. and that anything else is discriminatory, and let's face it trans women are properly more at risk of discrimination than some other groups. so needless... to make sure they have access to services that are treated fairly. and then on the other hand you have women who feel that they have a security risks, that their own rights are at risk, and that setting examples of things that domestic violence refuge, who feel very strongly that actually, that while it is absolutely right to protect the rights of transgender women they shouldn't infringe on our own. this debate is almost, it's very partly

felt, as at its very early stages. it's going to run and run and run, and it will be something that will be talked about from years from now. until the country, society comes to a comfortable accommodation with where that balance between it should live. ok, let's go to the front page of the financial times, which has the story that has been on all day, about the loss ofjobs in the car industry. yeah, it still does not car manufacturers are announcing job cuts in the uk and europe more generally. 0bviously, that is very concerning for the workers involved, jaguar land rover is britain's largest car—maker, and they are announcing that they are... on top of the 1500 factory jobs that announcing that they are... on top of the 1500 factoryjobs that it shed last year. one way of looking at this though is that it's a sort of natural response to policy change which we are going to have to get used to. there's an interesting

paragraph here that says both ford and jaguar land rover are now planning to shift investment into producing electric and hybrid cars, and that consumers are becoming much more nervous about buying cars, because of buying diesel cars and gas cards, because of possible future bands in big cities. the real question going forward is not necessarily how do we stop these workers losing theirjobs producing traditional cars, but more how can we replace these jobs or how can a car manufacturers not to lose jobs, and not impact on communities, perhaps where this might be a key employer as they shift to much more renewable much more sustainable motor transport. inevitably this is been seen through brexitjust like everything at the moment. and both the companies obviously have gone to great lengths to explain it's in pa rt great lengths to explain it's in part because of diesel, they produce diesel cars, they are not popular any more, but the uncertainty about these all the market in china, the downturn in sales in china. but it's

also about brexit, and actually, the uk chief executive forjl are has made it clear that brexit and the uncertainty surrounding and has definitely been a factor. i remember writing a story at the guardian in september, which we splashed on, which was a government run car manufacturer, conference, and he surprised everyone theresa may was standing in 0wings backstage and you surprised at running came out and give a powerful speech about brexit and the impact it might have on the car industry. so, you know, there's no surprise really that that is again to become an issue here. just again to become an issue here. just a very quick one, back to the front page of the times. eating wholemeal bread cuts the risk of killer diseases by one third. eat peaches confided he got a bread maker for christmas. your neck of the bread—making. .. it's maker for christmas. your neck of the bread—making... it's a sourdough baker. i'm notan baker. i'm not an expert. i'm so on trend.

lots of people are eating fewer bread and cereals, because of concerns about carbohydrate intake. but what scientists in the times hearsay that wholemeal bread in particular offers the fibre that you need for a healthy diet. wholemeal bread, i have to admit i like it when i run out of bread and he has to buy a packet of sliced white. that's your excuse. thank you very much. that's it for the papers this hour. thank you henry and pippa. you'll both be back at 11:30 for another look at the papers. goodbye. good evening. thursday brought us yet another largely dry, settled day, but there was a lot of cloud around and it's been quite chilly too. this picture was taken by one of our weather watchers in rutland, and you can see the extent of the cloud there. we did have a few breaks in that cloud during the course of the afternoon.

tomorrow, another mostly dry day. getting quite cloudy but there will be more sunny spells than we have seen recently. high pressure still very much in charge of the next few days. on friday things will start to turn milder with some reasonably mild air rotating around the area of high pressure. so for the remainder of the night, a few clear spells around. perhaps one or two showers in the far southeast that should clear away. a drier night ahead, not cold as it has been over recent nights. a bit more of a breeze and a milder air mass too. we had temperatures well below freezing last night. temperatures up there holding up around about four or five degrees, first thing friday for most places. after that reasonably mild start today, going to be some mist and fog patches that should clear away. variable amounts of cloud. i think the best of any sunshine will be for eastern scotland, eastern parts of england too. a little cloud in the far northwest, with two showers in the likes of the western isles for instance. sunny spells during the afternoon and temperatures not as chilly as they have been. highs generally about 7—10d on friday. looking ahead towards the weekend, things are going to turn

increasingly breezy. particularly windy by sunday. much milder than it has been with a mix of sunshine and showers. changing weather type looking ahead towards the weekend. it will be turning quite breezy. the winds coming in from the northwest. this is saturday. initially a bit of patchy ran across southern parts of england which should clear away. then much of the uk stays dry. there will be more rain working into northern and western on that brisk northwesterly wind. but elsewhere, in the dry weather with some highs around about 9—11d. moving into the second half of the weekend, we have still got high pressure sitting to the south west. weather fronts moving their way in from the northwest. there will be a spell of a little bit more wet weather on that weather system during the course of sunday. actually it is going to be a story of sunshine and showers. showers generally clear the way from southern england for the morning. more showers hacking into northern and western scotland. but elsewhere, a blustery but mostly dry day. and in the sunshine, it is turning during mild. highs up to around 12

degrees by sunday. bye— bye. this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 11:00pm: the car makerjaguar land rover confirms it is cutting 11,500 jobs worldwide, most of them in the uk. a slump in demand for diesel cars and a sales slowdown in china are blamed. at the very moment, the automotive industry, but also jaguar land rover, are facing unprecedented disruption on the geopolitical area, but also in the regulatory area. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, holds talks with theresa may about trade opportunities after brexit, and says his country supports her eu withdrawal agreement. it was the worst christmas in a decade on britain's high streets, confirmed by the latest retail sales figures. president trump visits a town on the us border with mexico as he tries to win support for his plans to build a wall.