this is bbc news. the headlines at nine. theresa may warns mps — a failure to deliver brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy." a bbc investigation reveals gambling addicts were able to sign back into existing online accounts by just making minor changes to their personal details. emergency services continue to battle the snow in europe — with a number of ski resorts and mountain villages having to be evacuated. if the weather is changing and is now get heavier, the big problem is that the roof will crash down. a new system that allows people to donate to the homeless via a contactless payment in the street is being piloted — to try and deter beggers. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9:35 — this mornings

reviewers are ben chu, economics editor at the independent, and sian griffiths, education editor for the sunday times. good morning. the prime minister has said a failure to deliver brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy." writing in the sunday express, the prime minister has urged mps to back her brexit deal in tuesday's crucial commons vote. many of the other sunday papers are dominated by reports of plots and splits around brexit, with the sunday times, for example, saying that downing street has uncovered a plan by back—bench mps to take control of the brexit process if mrs may loses the vote on her deal. with me is our political correspondent susana mendonca.

thank you grew much forjoining us. just two days to go. all the papers today. and stories about the plot and divisions, saw very little sign theresa may is going to get to deal through but he has issued this last—minute plea. through but he has issued this last-minute plea. this is a desperate plea by a prime minister who knows she is facing a massive defeat potentially, more than 100 throwing emptys likely to vote against it on tuesday so she knows she has two swing as many as you can and she is talking in this article about how we could end up not leaving the eu at all tory could end up leaving the eu at all tory could end up leaving with no deal so she says if parliament does not come together and back on this deal in national interest, we risk leaving with no deal. he said in doing so would be a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy, so she

gives a clear message to mps. she says... they have the prime minister, really, that last ditch attempt, we realise that she thinks she is going to lose the vote and it is just how she is going to lose the vote and it isjust how much she is going to lose the vote and it is just how much she can reduce those numbers on the tory benches that would be beneficial to her. still no clear sign of water plan b would be if and when she is defeated. —— what her plan b would be. what the different factions in parliament manoeuvring. strong indications that parliament could dictate to the government what happens next. we saw parliament asserting itself this week and the speaker of the house coming out and basically giving emptys the opportunity to change the timetable of brexit which means the prime minister has less time after she potentially loses that vote, three days to come back instead of 21 days

which is something that was... has made the government fearful about what happens next. and the parliamentary process. willie steve garvey house give more of a say to backbench mps and was talk... —— will be speaker of the housing give more of a say to backbench mps? it is not whether that will happen but we hear about to understand there was a lot of talk in the papers about whether dominic grieve met with the speaker had of the decision to give mps that opportunity. dominic grieve is a key backbench rebel on this. he wants to remain close to the eu. before they inflicted this defeat on the prime minister, he had actually got together with the speaker, we have heard. we understand they did because the slightly dominic grieve buddies at the was no plotting and they did not discuss this issue over

whether the speaker would allow em ptys whether the speaker would allow e m ptys to whether the speaker would allow emptys to have a say on the timetable so all of this, you get a sense there is a real free trial at this year at the moment. —— a mercurial atmosphere. there are people who want your name in the european union, do not like the deal because it takes is to lay the back far away from being close to the european union by jack far away from being close to the european union byjack brexiteers in a different agenda, they are going to be voting against it because there was to be no deal in the end. you have all these different factions with different motivations for what they will be doing and all the while, theresa may has to decide what to do next because if he loses that vote, which is what we are expecting, she has a shorter period of time in which she has to come back to parliament, will she can back to parliament, will she can back with a plan b? there are rumours there is not a plan b so it

will be interesting to see what happens next. labour are poised to call a vote of no—confidence and try to bring down the government. weasel before christmas they spoke about having a vote of no—confidence in theresa may herself but they did not get that table so the only way they would get this process started is if they go for a vote of no—confidence in the government itself but the problem for them is will they get the support? is the dup signs of the government, which is what we think will happen, they would not get enough support to get a vote of u nless enough support to get a vote of unless conservative mps themselves at the vote which would be unlikely but not impossible given the current climate. they want a general election, the idea of another referendum, a lot of labour members wa nt referendum, a lot of labour members want that, they see that is being further down the road, what they wa nt further down the road, what they want is another general election so we would expect you to be a vote of no—confidence. it is not clear as to

whether or not labour would trigger straightaway after theresa may loses the vote on tuesday, that perhaps would be something they would hold on, waitand would be something they would hold on, wait and see if they could get that through. thank you bringing us up that through. thank you bringing us up to date. concerns about britain's post—brexit agreements with switzerland and up to 70 other non—eu countries have been raised by the chairman of the commons international trade committee. last month, the international trade secretary, dr liam fox, announced that the uk had approved an interim trade deal with the swiss but the snp mp, angus macneil, said greater clarity was needed. our business correspondent joe miller, reports. being in the eu doesn'tjust allow you to trade freely with 27 other member states. because over the years, brussels has negotiated agreements with dozens of countries around the world, including south korea and mexico, and those agreements bring down tariffs, they reduce regulation, and effectively make it easier to move goods and services across borders. last year the international trade

secretary, dr liam fox, told the bbc he hopes all a0 of those agreements will be rolled over after brexit, and that 70 countries had already agreed to do so in principle. last december, he told parliament of his first triumph. of course, we have now actually initialled the first of those major trade agreements, which is with switzerland. which is responsible for almost one fifth of the total trade within those agreements. others will follow. but the snp mp angus macneil, who chairs the international trade committee which oversees dr fox's department, has written a letter to the secretary of state, in which he expresses concern about details of this accord. he says there has not been sufficient information about it and even raises the prospect that the freedom of movement of people, which is currently a condition of the deal between the eu and switzerland, would have to be accepted by the uk.

the government spokesperson said the arrangement with switzerland replicates the existing one as far as possible, and we know that more details will be forthcoming. but if these 39 odd agreements are to pass through parliament in time for a possible no—deal brexit, that just leaves 11 weeks to avoid disruption with many trade partners. a man has been released on bail after being arrested in connection with incidents in westminster earlier this week. james goddard was detained by officers yesterday morning near st james's park tube station in westminster, on suspicion of a public order offence. last week a number of mps raised concerns about safety in westminster. a man has been arrested following the death

of an 11—year—old boy in a hit—and—run collision in greater manchester last night. a car was found abandoned a short distance from the scene in beswick. the 31—year—old suspect remains in police custody. the gambling commission has told the bbc it plans to close a loophole that allows problem gamblers to continue betting online — even after they've signed up to a self—exclusion scheme. five live investigates has seen evidence that those who self—exclude can easily sign back in to accounts. gamstop says it has helped more than 50,000 people self—exclude but now the gambling commssion says it plans to ask betting firms to build in enhanced identity verification to prevent customers gambling using incorrect details to access their accounts. earlier my colleagues louise minchin and rogerjohnson spoke to david bradford and his son adam, david is a former gambler who racked up debts of £500,000.

i saw my son with a problem. in retrospect, i did not know along the way that i had a problem other than financial pressures. as it turned out, those financial pressures were my energy to carry on gambling because i needed to solve those financial pressures and it was a cycle that was growing in numbers. when online game, it was so much easier and faster to gain and lose up easier and faster to gain and lose up untili easier and faster to gain and lose up until i reached a point break could not borrow any more and ended up could not borrow any more and ended up breaking the law which in a sense was a turning point for me and my family all around me. to find that this person, which was me, i was

almost outside of myself looking in, saying, who is that there is an? the person to make those values had gone out the window. thankfully my family stayed by my side but i am on a journey that continues. adam, explained that impact on your family. your dad took money from his employer and served time in prison. explain the impact on the family. we only found out about the story when it came out on the front page of the local newspaper. get the court case and his addiction, all the financial problems secret for 30 odd years that it has been going on in the background. and 21, had begun yet in the house, pay bills, keep the family together, deal with the grief and shame around gambling addiction. people do not see this like alcohol or drug addiction but it is a very similar psychological thing to point

i almost took own life. it was really devastating. thank you both for coming in to talk about this because it is inspiring that you are both able to speak about this. i know you have been part of this investigation. it is meant to be the people who opt out of online site is as far as people who opt out of online site is as farasi people who opt out of online site is as far as i understand then cannot get backing but you found a loophole. it is important to say the scheme is not fully launched yet, it is nine months old a lot to me it is shambolic that you can go onto a scheme like this that is supposed to help people who are vulnerable but it is not doing itsjob. it is like a drug, gambling, that affects your brain. if you say stop, you should be able to what i got around and there are many other people. i'm joined by adrian goldberg, a presenter at five live, who can tell us more about the investigation. thank you for talking to us. when

you hear those stories, itjust makes it really apparent fallacy weaves these problems can get. and there is a real concern now that the problem may become worse in coming months. you'll be aware of fixed odds betting terminals that are in many high street betting shops in the government has been persuaded to reduce the stake on their lives, the maximum stay down from the current £100 down tojust maximum stay down from the current £100 down to just £2. the government's only search says when that happens, people who are gambling addicts, thrill seekers but also hoping to win a lot of my gambling probably will not stop gambling, many of them will go online and the real fear here is that the self exclusion schemes which problem gamblers might sign up to in which problem gamblers might sign up toina which problem gamblers might sign up to in a moment of strange in the hope they can beat their gambling

addiction, if they are too easy to get around when that problem gambler then has a moment of weakness, obviously that will cause real problems for the individual gambler and society as a whole. this is about people who recognise they have about people who recognise they have a gambling problem and try to self exclude themselves, prevent themselves from going on to these websites but they face after a lapse and really want to get back on, it is all too easy for them to do so. that was adam's case, he signed up for the self exclusion scheme and created new accounts and if the system is working properly, if you create the account of an gambling firms, he should have been prevented from gambling but his new accounts on some occasions, use a different e—mail address, a different version of his name but it was all rooted to the same debit card yet the system

did not pick up the fact that it was all money coming out of the same ca rd all money coming out of the same card and all the same individual at the root of this so even though he was on this register for self exclusion, they could get around his own self exclusion and continue gambling. what are the gambling company said that this? rally prepared to try close the loophole? the organisation that runs the self exclusion scheme online points out, as he said, something like 50,000 people have signed up to gamstop and they would argue there are many people who have been helped already buys self exclusion scheme and it is already an experimental period the start of last april but now the regulator, the gambling commission has told us they are aware of this problem and will be seeking additional enhanced identity verification for these online self exclusion schemes with a warning that any online gambling operator who fails to sign up to the scheme

and fruit in the improved identity verification measures eventually will be denied a licence to operate. adrian goldberg, thank you much for talking to us. you can hear more on 5 live investigates at 11 o'clock on bbc radio 5 live and on the bbc sounds app. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may has warned mps, preparing to vote on her eu withdrawal deal, that a failure to deliver brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy." the head of a scheme designed to help problem gamblers says she is "deeply concerned" after an investigation found people were able to cheat the system. parts of germany, austria and sweden are suffering exceptional amounts of snow, with a number of ski resorts and mountain villages having to be evacuated. let's get some more on that story...

parts of germany, austria and sweden are suffering exceptional amounts of snow. a number of ski resorts and mountain villages have been evacuated in austria. bethany bell reports from the alps. this little town is blanketed in white. like many mountain regions in germany and austria, it is experiencing unusually heavy falls of snow. these offences are there to protect ourselves from avalanches. the authorities are struggling to remove the snow. these volunteer firefighters are working to clear the roof of the primary school. this man is from the austrian fire brigade and says they need to make sure the building is safe enough for children to enter. the big problem is that the snow is very heavy sound

we have about 3.5 metres on the roofs and that is the big problem because if the weather is changing and the snow gets heavier, the big problem is that the roofs will crash down so it is very dangerous for the people living year. castling buried under several metres of snow and it isa under several metres of snow and it is a constant struggle to keep paths and roads clear. in neighbouring germany, the army is helping clear the snow. several areas have been declared disaster zones. there was more snow on the way. the risk of avalanches remains very high. at least five people have died in heavy snowstorms, in the midwest of the united states. the storm hit kansas and missouri on friday and pummeled those states again on saturday as it

extended into several other states, including iowa, illinois, indiana and ohio. in the state of missouri, a foot—and—a—half of snow fell, and more than eight—hundred road accidents were reported. dozens of flights were also cancelled. more snow is expected today, with the storm now moving east towards washington dc. the french government says about 84—thousand people took part in the lastest yellow vest protests on saturday, sharply up on last week's estimate of 50,000. but the interior minister said the demonstrations across the country had been largely peaceful. richard forrest has more. from paris... to use nantes, two to all, what it was a protest about in oui’ scrap

all, what it was a protest about in our scrap fuel tax continues to draw thousands of french people on the streets to protest the rising cost of living. translation: and a civil servant and i do not have enough at the end of the month to take care of my son. is that normal after 25 yea rs of my son. is that normal after 25 years of service? at the end of the month and i'm reduced to eating pasta and i'm not the most u nfortu nate pasta and i'm not the most unfortunate person year. in lille as well as other cities, much of the yellow vest anger was directed at french president manuel macron. macron tells you how to make an effort that i work all week. if i do not make the effort to feed my children, who will? not him, he eats cake. president macron is due to open a debate on tuesday on how to quell the grievance raised by the protesters. with a number of protesters. with a number of protesters swelling once more, the

question is whether a listening to all the a lot prove this highly visible movement to rest. the us secretary of state mike pompeo says he is optimistic that washington and turkey can agree on a way to protect america's kurdish allies in syria after its troops leave the country. mr pompeo was speaking in the united arab emirates during a middle east tour aimed at reassuring allies after president trump abruptly announced his decision to withdraw us troops. our correspondent, barbara plett usher is monitoring his middle east trip from riyadh. this dispute with turkey over america's kurdish allies has took precedent over this trip. he told reporters he had spoken with his turkish counterpart over a deal that could they turkish allies defend their... while help fight alongside

their... while help fight alongside the group and said they are not terrorists. the turks sent they are and have rolled back military operations against them. mike pompeo wa nts to operations against them. mike pompeo wants to change the attention to iran, calling for a united front against a geek out that the magnate —— the idolising activity. outrage over the recent saudi murder over jamal hash g has obligated the relationship. they want a more credible explanation of what happened and mike pompeo will press them on both points. more than 20 people have been killed and two are missing following the collapse of a roof at a coal mine in northern china. 87 people were working underground in the shaanxi province mine at the time of the accident on saturday. the search for the two trapped miners continues while 66 others have been airlifted to safety. an investigation is underway to establish the cause of the accident. in the us, a third democrat has launched a bid

to become president in 2020. julian castro, the former mayor of san antonio in texas, is the grandson of mexican immigrants and was former housing secretary in the obama administration. hejoins tulsi gabbard — who was the first hindu to be elected to congress and former maryland congressman, john delaney in the race for the democratic nomination. here almost a fifth of councils in england have introduced a ban on begging, yet only ten of 244 fines issued have been paid. a new system that allows people to donate to the homeless via a contactless payment in the street is being piloted in peterborough to try and deter beggers. jo taylor reports. 28—year—old max says he has been homeless for two years, and has no choice but to beg. he is standing metres away from a sign saying he is not allowed to beg. the amount of money he makes varies from day to day. how much?

£7.90. it's notjust money people donate. while filming, a passer—by gave him a jumper and food. that looks warm. yeah, a big woollyjumper. around the corner i meet andy, not his real name, who says he is homeless. due to his circumstances, we have protected his identity. i got sacked injanuary because of the pressure of the job. my mental health went downhill. across england, 5a out of 302 councils told the bbc they have introduced a public spaces protection order prohibiting begging. but only 244 fines have been issued over four years, and only ten of those have been paid. some spare change, please, ma'am? home office advice is to only use the power against genuine anti—social behaviour, and not target the vulnerable. peterborough council banned begging last year,

but have not issued a single fine, as they want to give those that beg the opportunity to get off the street first. now they are trying something new. a contactless donation point. you just put your card up to the screen and it will immediately take £3, which goes into a charitable donation. right. we want to make sure the money goes to the right place so we can provide support to get them off the streets, so they don't have to beg in the first place. the money goes into this and it will fund a number of different initiatives. is it actually going to work in stopping people holding their hand out? this is about making inroads. begging will go on, but it's about to what extent. over three months, almost £1000 has been donated through the contactless point. that is helping to fund a new day centre which offers homeless people services. the main aim is to get people off the streets for good. the nominations for this year's brit awards

have been announced. out in front with four is anne marie, who first made her name by singing on clean bandit‘s number one single rockabye. the 27 year old from essex is nominated for best female, best album, best single and best video — and there's a strong showing for women across the board. here's our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. # and it went like this... 2019 is turning into quite a yearfor the singer behind 2002. anne—marie leads the way with four nominations at the brit awards. the 27—year—old from essex is up for best single, best video, best female, as well as the big one, album of the year, for her debut, speak your mind. it's an especially strong year across the board for females. dua lipa has double nominations for both best single and video, but is not eligible to defend the best female title she won last year, as her album was released too long ago. and two years agojorja smith was a barista. now she has three brit award nominations. # i'll be riding shotgun,

underneath the hot sun... as for the men, george ezra is recognised in three categories and will be unlucky not to win a couple, as his album was the best selling by a british act last year. and at the age of 66, there is a first ever brit nominations for nile rodgers. his band, chic, are up for best international group. we'll find out if he disco dances away with the award on february 20. now it's time for a look at the weather. however, a much fresherfeel this

afternoon concurred with the morning. the more ghastly conditions continue. still some patchy conditions as well. sunny spell developed elsewhere, the odd isolated shower. north and west scotla nd isolated shower. north and west scotland have the most frequent showers. two celsius in lerwick. starting the day at 11—12dc in scotla nd starting the day at 11—12dc in scotland turns to six celsius in the afternoon. if you coastal showers. further west, things will be drier and for many, clearer for a further west, things will be drier and for many, clearerfor a kind not quite as chilly with a widespread frost in orkney and shetland as they go through tomorrow. showers in even districts clear through, the best in the sunshine will be in central and eastern parts. most places dry, clouding ever more generally and patchy rain and drizzle back into the west of scotland and northern

ireland.