dry, eastern parts. most places dry, clouding ever more generally and patchy rain and drizzle back into the west of scotland and northern ireland. hello, this is bbc news with carol walker. the headlines: 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. 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. before the papers, a full round—up of sport from the bbc sport centre. good morning.

liverpool are seven points clear again at the the top of the premier league. it wasn't pretty at brighton, as mo salah scored the only goal. manchester city will have to wait until tomorrow night against wolves to try and close the gap. arsenal have lost ground on the top four after they lost and chelsea won. and there have also been changes in the relegation zone. adam wild reports. in the march towards the title, it's often as important not to stumble as it is to always sparkle. understanding that takes maturity. something liverpool, it seems, found at brighton. mo salah hauled down in the box, his penalty the only goal of the game. little sparkle, but most crucially, perhaps, no stumble. i would say that was the most mature performance we have played so far. it was just brilliant. because we were not brilliant today.

we are a much better side. we can improve, that is good, but we were the deserved winner. and that in an away game in the premier league is all you want. so, praise for liverpool's maturity, but it was the west ham youth that was getting everybody excited. declan rice is still a teenager. this, his first goal for his new club. it turned out to be the winner against arsenal. commentator: that means a lot! that means so much to the 19—year—old. defeat for arsenal was good news for chelsea, tightening their hold on fourth place. willian with a brilliant decisive goal in a 2—1 defeat of newcastle. they are now in the relegation places. burnley, though, have moved clear, having gone behind against fellow strugglers fulham, with two own goals in three bizarre minutes, turning things around. it's another own goal! lightning striking twice in the lancashire gloom. fortunes can change quickly when your luck is out. huddersfield are eight points off

saftey at the bottom, after a goaless draw against cardiff in 17th. watford came from a goal down to beat crystal palace, and southampton also won 2—1 at leicester, despite playing the entire second half with 10 men. there are two matches in the premier league today. everton face bournemouth, before tottenham play manchester united at wembley. it promises to be the biggest test so far for ole gunnar solskjaer, united's caretaker manager, against notjust an in—form spurs side, but also the manager who is one of those in the frame to take over at old trafford in the summer. not that mauricio pochettino is getting distracted by all the speculation. we know that we need the three points to be in that race for the premier league and the race for the top four, to finish at the end of the season. all of that happening around all the rumours, all the things that, you know, that is going to happen

because that is football. you do yourjob, i need to do myjob, and we accept the business, of course. but my focus is to try to find a way to win the game. you get tested every single game in the premier league. no doubt about it. but of course this is against a top, top side. and of course if we wa nt top, top side. and of course if we want to get closer to them and get past them we need a good performance and a good result. it's the penultimate round of matches in rugby union's european champions cup. edinburgh are closing in on a quarterfinal place, after becoming the first scottish side to win at toulon in the competition. ulster are also hopeful of reaching the knockout stage after beating racing 92. patrick gearey reports. they used to call this the ravenhill roar, but now ulster stadium is officially known as the kingspan.

whatever you name it, you can definitely hear it, especially when robert baloucoune of enniskillen went over on his european debut against racing 92 — one of the mightiest around. that try came from fermanagh. the next hailed from tyrone. jacob stockdale's smile summing up ulster‘s start. their dreamlike state lasted for the first 20 minutes, before this brutal wake up call from virimi va katawa. still, ulster responded, sending a kick into the path of stockdale, a try, surely, but fate and physics abandoned them. the smile remained. racing reduced the gap to six points at the break, but perhaps stockdale knew something, because this time the ball bounced for him. were the celebrations too early? racing came back, of course. once this brilliant try was converted, they were one behind. belfast breath was baited but this kick sealed a famous victory on a day when these ulstermen well and truly stood up. to the south of france for some

winter sun. strictly a business trip newcastle falcons who needed victory. there was no negotiating with montpellier, who scored seven tries. just 3000 miles home for newcastle. edinburgh came even further for that welcome to toulon. it isa further for that welcome to toulon. it is a call for a local warriors from the mountains to the sea prefera bly from the mountains to the sea preferably via the try line. toulon obliged and lead at the break. that makes what edinburgh did afterwards all the more remarkable. their performance epitomised by this incredible try. james johnstone performance epitomised by this incredible try. jamesjohnstone made toulon peya. this time tomorrow, the australian 0pen will be underway, and andy murray should have finished his first match. since that emotional admission that he's playing in constant pain following hip surgery, and retirement is inevitable sooner rather than later, fellow players have paid tribute to his career. today we heard from the greatest on the men's tour. it hits us top guys hard, you know,

because we know andy very well. we like him. he doesn't have many enemies, to be quite honest. he is a good guy and a hall of famer legend, everything you want, everything he wanted to win, everybody would substitute their career with his. and he is a great guy. so, yeah, it is a tough one, but one down the road, he can look back on that and be incredibly proud of everything he has achieved. japan's mikuru suzuki is the new women's world darts champion. she beat england's lorraine winstanley by 3—0 at lakeside to take the title and £12,000 in winnings. she was unseeded and becomes the first asian player to win a world title in either the men's or women's game. i will be back with more sport after ten. now it is time for the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday

morning paper review. with me are ben chu, economics editor at the independent. and sian griffiths, education editor for the sunday times. lets take a look at the front pages. unsurprisingly, they all lead with brexit. the sunday times leads with what it calls ‘a very british coup‘. it claims senior mps plan to seize control following the brexit vote on tuesday evening. a final warning from theresa may to back her deal — or face catastrophe — is the headline in the express. the observer is also looking ahead to tuesday's brexit vote. it says labour mps have been told to prepare forjeremy corbyn to table a vote of no confidence in theresa may's government as early as tuesday evening, if she suffers a heavy defeat. the mail on sunday leads with last week's brexit developments, which saw the speaker of the house allow an amendment forcing

the prime minister to come up with a plan b within three days, if she loses tuesday's brexit vote. and the telegraph says the tories are on the brink of "imploding" over brexit. so, an interesting set of front pages. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. brexit everywhere ahead of this crucial vote on tuesday. let's kick off with the sunday times which has this interesting story, a very british coup is how it describes it. it talks about how parliament could actually describe what happens next instead of the government. yes, that is right. a fantastic headline, of course. it takes the whole thing into the realm of thriller. it is a very clever way of getting people to read what is a very complex story. we are shaping up to have this

hugely significant week in political history, theresa may taking her deal on tuesday to the house of commons. if we know anything we know that it is almost certainly going to be defeated. we don't know by how many votes. the interesting thing is what happens next. this story from the sunday times is suggesting there is a plot by a sunday times is suggesting there is a group sunday times is suggesting there is a plot by a group of cross—party mps to seize control of the brexit negotiations and sideline theresa may. that would mean that if her deal is voted down this week they could suspend article 50, could possibly try to have a second referendum and essentially seize back control from theresa may and stop the government running us down toa stop the government running us down to a no—deal brexit macro. —— no—deal brexit. to a no—deal brexit macro. —— no-deal brexit. lots of political manoeuvrings. it looks as if the majority is moving towards trying to avoid a no—deal brexit sumac there

is no majority for any of the other options, whether that is a prominent customs union, even a general election. that is the problem. parliament is deadlocked. they had to have a deal to avoid no deal? they do. you have to replace nothing with something. they talk about a constitutional crisis in the editorial of the sunday times, which you can understand because this would be a big constitutional shift, taking power from the legislative, parliament taking back control. is that a constitutional crisis? is that a constitutional crisis? is that a constitutional crisis? is that a coup? 0r that a constitutional crisis? is that a coup? or is that mps doing what we want them to do, it is to drive what happens in the country? that is an important debate we need to have. also in the sunday times we have gotjohn major writing an article. this brings home why it is so article. this brings home why it is so important that mps do theirjob.

as he says, if we do slip into a no—deal brexit, the language is quite apocalyptic. catastrophe. he says the benefit is close to zero. every household would be worse off for many years to come. jumping off a cliff never has a happy ending. it is all still theoretical. the consequences can be severe for people. in the sunday express theresa may, a last—ditch plea, using more apocalyptic language to try to win over mps. it is what you would expect on the week of her biggest vote of her career and one of the biggest votes in many decades in parliament. she is saying this is the reason why i have got this proposal on brexit. these are the reasons why you should back it. the billy kee line that comes at the end is that not doing so, failing to back the deal, would be unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy.

there was a referendum in 2016, a decision made by the british people and now it is up to you mps to action it. if you fail to do that, you breaching the trust of the british electorate. whether it will work on mp5, the numbers suggest it will fall very flat. there is a lot of concern about the public mood. there are some really intense divisions, a lot of emotion on both sides? people are pretty angry and very worried. i think tories have been warned that if they force a defeat it could lead to two scenarios. 0ne defeat it could lead to two scenarios. one is the idea that jeremy corbyn will force a vote of no confidence in the government and that could lead to a general election and many of them could lose their seats. we will talk about that ina their seats. we will talk about that in a moment. in the meantime the telegraph saying the tories are on the brink of imploding of brexit.

different factions and different groups even within the cabinet are already saying what they think should happen. you could argue that help only have imploded. —— they already have imploded. it underscores what we have known for a long time, basically theresa may can't win. if this vote fails, loads of cabinet ministers will resign, the most sensible ones who don't think no deal is good. also, if she goes for a compromise which tries to bring labour votes onto her side through a prominent customs union is one of the ideas being floated by some members, that would result in a huge number of some members, that would result in a huge numberof her some members, that would result in a huge number of her pro brexit mps breaking off from the cabinet or the party. some people quoted as saying this will be like the corn laws in the 18405, the last time there was a huge 5plit the 18405, the last time there was a huge split in the conservative

party, and historic realignment, thati5 party, and historic realignment, that is what people are talking about. i like this quote from one tory mp. he says, we are heading toward5 tory mp. he says, we are heading towards a brick wall at 100 mph and we are going to be 5ma5hed to 5mithereen5. that 5um5 we are going to be 5ma5hed to 5mithereen5. that sums up where we feel we are. there is a sense that these deep divisions that have been there for so long road in the open now? absolutely. the next paragraph in this story talks the prospect of a vote of no confidence. john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, says we could have a socialist prime minister before too long. the stakes are very high. let's pick up on that. the observer is saying that labour is set to trigger a vote to topple the government. we have a lwa ys topple the government. we have always known they would try to bring down the government. absolutely. this is whatjeremy corbyn would like to do if she loses on tuesday. there is a suggestion that he could table a no—confidence vote as early

as wednesday. 0r table a no—confidence vote as early as wednesday. or even tuesday evening. a lot depends, i think, on the size of the vote and how much she's defeated by. if she's defeated by less tha n she's defeated by. if she's defeated by less than 100 is not too bad. some people say she could be defeated by two 200 mps. —— up to. extraordinary that you are talking about the defeat of the prime minister, 100 votes on a major plank of her policy, what is that?! labour wa nts to of her policy, what is that?! labour wants to force a general election. it is much less keen moving towards a general referendum —— second referendum because it has its own divisions. are labour likely to succeed? apparently not. the dup have said that they will continue propping up the government. without their support in this no—confidence motion, labour can't win.

their support in this no—confidence motion, labourcan't win. in their support in this no—confidence motion, labour can't win. in that 5en5eit motion, labour can't win. in that sense it looks like it would be a symbolic victory. the scale of the defeat probably is quite important. if it isa defeat probably is quite important. if it is a huge wipe—out, a rejection of theresa may's plan, of her government and her brexit plan, maybe tory mp5, as concerned as they are about the possibility of corbyn as prime minister, maybe they will say, we cannot go on like this, this is the moment where we actually do need to bring this issue to a head through a general election. that is a possibility. otherwise it will feel like a symbolic thing from labour. get that out of the way in the spotlight will turn towards your plan. what is your plan for brexit? they are saying they will go back and renegotiate a better deal the eu. it is not really very tenable given everything that brussels has been saying. they will not reopen it. and all the pressure on the leadership to call for a second referendum? exactly. sadiq khan says

he will step up his campaign for a second referendum if an election is not cold. the speaker, john bercow, has a crucial role to play in the midst of this. after last week when he apparently broke precedent to side with some of the critics of the government, the mail on sunday has a headline that says he has a secret to kill the brexit plot. would this be progress? taking power of wholesale from the government to set the agenda in parliament, giving it to mp5? he will be a crucial player in this if that plot, that coup attempt is real rather thanjust a thing to scare mp5 into backing theresa may's deal. lots of questions about his own conduct, not just of this brexit bill but in

general as speaker. talk about constitutional crisis is not hysterical in this context given the character of the key people involved. it seems he had a meeting with one of the key rebels, dominic grieve, the former minister, who has been behind some of these amendments which have caused so much trouble for the government? that is what the sunday times is reporting, that they had a secret meeting before that troublesome amendment last week. the former attorney general very —— very well versed in legal matters and how the house of commons works. it is not pinned down. nobody is admitting there was a secret state job. nobody denying it. —— stitch up. it is his job at the end of the day to decide which with the rules are interpreted. great drama ahead. there are a few other stories in the papers. let's go back to the sunday

telegraph. extra meals for the elderly. this is the idea that you need to feed the elderly a bit more while they are in hospital.|j need to feed the elderly a bit more while they are in hospital. i think this is a lovely story, and such a sensible story. and quite often changes are just common sense. this isa changes are just common sense. this is a story that giving elderly patients and extra meal a day halves their chances of dying in hospital, according to an nhs pilot scheme. death rates among those admitted with hip fractures have plummeted. make sure they eat an extra meal a day. but somehow helps their recovery. of day. but somehow helps their recovery. of course day. but somehow helps their recovery. of course it helps the recovery. of course it helps the recovery. it is common sense. how can your body recover if it hasn't got what it needs to rebuild? it is a huge problem in hospitals that the food sometimes is not very palatable and sometimes it is just brought on and sometimes it is just brought on a tray, nobody checks that an elderly person has eaten it and it is taken away again. that is often the problem with hard—pressed staff

who maybe haven't got the time to make sure their patients are getting the nutrition they need?” make sure their patients are getting the nutrition they need? i look at this from an economic perspective. we often say what will make the nhs more efficient, what will save money? this is a great example of how you can do that. when you are investing in nutritional advisors, people who will sit with elderly people who will sit with elderly people and make sure they eat these meals, really interesting results find that actually not only does the mortality rate go down, will they leave hospital quicker because the recovery is quicker. that is important for the nhs in its current state to increase the flow of patient and so people are notjust stuck in there using vb sources which could be used for other things. it is an interesting and important study about how the nhs can work better without spending a huge amount more money, just by doing things more efficiently. sometimes some of these simple solutions could help to take the pressure off at a time when we know

the nhs is desperately stretched? absolutely. this story will talk to so absolutely. this story will talk to so many families who have found that one of their parents is in hospital and they decided to bring their own home—cooked meals to supplement their diet because of this problem, which i think is very widespread about hospital food and did not been eaten by elderly patients. let's look at the observer, which has got an interview with andy murray. so many of us will have seen that news conference this week. andy murray hugely emotionalfacing conference this week. andy murray hugely emotional facing up to these ghastly injury problems. is kind of tragic ina ghastly injury problems. is kind of tragic in a way because he expects to lose in the first round match in the australian open tomorrow. it seems an awful way to go out in so many ways for such an amazing sportsman, great champion, to go out to defeat in the first round. but

maybe that speaks to the testimony of his commitment to it, that he is not prepared to say, i am not going to compete, he will go down fighting, giving his all. ithink thatis fighting, giving his all. ithink that is actually be right way to think about it. it is a testament to his quality as a person and a sportsman. he said he would have liked to have competed at wimbledon. but he is not sure if you can make it. that indicates how much pain he is in. it is a very revealing interview. he discloses he has been in painfora interview. he discloses he has been in pain for a long time. he took this position to have the surgery hoping it would resolve the hip problem. he had to wait it out for the results and obviously it hasn't. and so now, it is so sad it might be his last match. there is a very good bit at the end. i hope he's read this. he says if it is his last match, he really wants to enjoy it. he has been so focused on winning throughout his career, he says he

may well not win this match tomorrow, he probably will not win it but he will try to enjoy it. he says that is a first for him. that isa says that is a first for him. that is a great lesson for kids bring sport. you don't always have to win. you can enjoy sporting competition. what an inspiration he has been to so many young sportsmen and women. thank you both very much indeed. that is it for the papers. you can see the front pages online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. my my thanks to ben and ducharme. i am back at the top of the hour with the news. next, the weather. hello. a sunnier second—half to the day compared with this morning. a windy day across the board. those

winds growing more north—westerly. they will bring in the cooler air. or heavy snowfall across austria and switzerland today. we are clearing away the cloud. morning rain and drizzle in england and wales confined to the south for the afternoon. good sunny spells, showers in the north and west. it stays fairly cloudy this afternoon in southern counties and maybe damned. temperatures between 11 and 12 degrees. more sunshine around from the m4 northwards. maybe the odd shower in north—west england, north wales and northern ireland. showers frequent in the north and west of scotland. temperatures drop to2 west of scotland. temperatures drop to 2 degrees in the orkneys later on. the cooler air will push down to the eastern half of the country

tonight. we will see a widespread frost across parts of scotland in particular. elsewhere, just about frost free but chillier than recent nights. the mild air holding on towards the west. a bit on the chilly side on monday. overall the first half of the week is fairly mild. a spell of rain midweek with gusty winds will return us to something cooler. here we go for monday. a few showers in eastern scotla nd monday. a few showers in eastern scotland and england. in the west, bright breaks. more sunshine around them we have seen in the past few days. it will cloud overfor the west later. cooler than the weekend, with temperatures back to where they should be. as the mild air takes over on monday night, frost free on tuesday. outbreaks of rain in northern and western areas. persistent in the highlands and islands of scotland. just about all of us back into double—figure

temperatures. the rain in northern scotla nd temperatures. the rain in northern scotland will head south. we return to colder air. temperatures back to levels they should be. the return of widespread overnight frost. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10... 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 the snow gets heavier, the big problem is that the roofs 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