david ornstein, bbc news, birmingham. finally before the weather take a look at a rare natural phenomenon taking shape in the american state of maine which is mesmerising people around the world. a giant slow—turning 300 foot wide disc of ice has been evolving — and revolving — on a river in the city of westbrook. if you're wondering how it was formed, well it's all down to the swirling river currents. it's stunning, isn't it? time for a look at the weather. here's lucy martin. it's very cold, isn't it? yes, it is, we've even got snow in the forecast. plenty of snow in north yorkshire, send him earlier, —— this earlier from aberdeenshire. the snow has been largely in the north and east. we did see some

early snow passing further south this morning. as we move through this morning. as we move through this afternoon there is further wintry showers in the forecast. there will be a good deal of dry, bright weather to come as well, and it's feeling noticeably colder than it's feeling noticeably colder than it has done of late. so looking at the map, it's fairly blustery for eastern areas. the wind taking the edge off the temperatures. one two showers persisting and they could be wintry for the north and east. elsewhere a good deal of sunshine, turning hazier in the west thanks to high level cloud. deysel 4—8. through the evening and overnight one or two showers persisting for the same areas, the north and east, but they'll tend to fade. one or two patches of ice developing but plenty of clear sky and it's looking like a cold night, a widespread frost developing. you can see where we have the blue colours and temperatures, —50 minus six celsius in the coldest spots. not quite as cold in the west thanks to a bit more ina cold in the west thanks to a bit more in a way of cloud. that's

thanks to his weather front you can see that's going to start pushing eastwards as we move through tomorrow. it will bring cloudier skies for western areas, some outbreaks of rain, sleet and also some snow, mostly over high ground. drier and brighter for northern and eastern areas, with some sunny spells. again, feeling quite chilly. these are the highs, between three and eight celsius. as we move into the weekend it remains chilly. we will see more in the way of cloud as we move into saturday. saturday brings fairly grey skies, plenty of cloud. there will be some outbreaks of patchy rain, perhaps falling as snow, mostly to higher levels. the best of any brightness in the north and west of scotland. here, the greatest chance of seeing some sunshine. again, it's feeling fairly cold. perhaps the mildest temperatures to be found locally in south—west england. a greater chance of seeing some sunshine for central and eastern areas on sunday. cloudier skies pushing into the

north and west. some rain again m as snow as high fillfiiffiéé ski??? 711535 ffifrigfiié ' ofa fillfiiffiéé ski??? 711535 ffifrigfiié ' of awegfl‘és front and courtesy of a weather front and temperatures are still feeling fairly chilly. we have highs of five, six and seven celsius. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. more cross—party talks to try to break the brexit deadlock as its announced mps will vote on the 29th of january on a announced mps will vote on the 29th ofjanuary on a new plan from theresa may. that's all from the bbc news at one. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a lovely afternoon, goodbye. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... it'll be the latest ever start to an australian open match, when british number one johanna

konta steps on court to play her second round. it is past midnight in melbourne, and konta is yet to get going against two time grand slam champion garbine muguruza. there was a rain delay earlier, and other matches have run long. one of those involved world number one simona halep — who survived a scare to go through to the third round. halep was trailing 4—2 it was a tough one but i am not going to run to much. she is a great player, champion, and it is always a great challenge for me to face the sisters. i will see how i will play and be on court. i will be confident because i've played against her, i know how she pleased. i will have to be strong. already a breakdown.

maybe the weight has not done much for higher concentration levels. co—captain dylan hartley has been left out of england's training squad for their six nations opener against ireland on february 2. hartley has not played since late december because of a knee injury and eddiejones revealed he has been ruled out of the trip to dublin. he says they're in good shape though and has brought four uncapped players in the squad, with forwards ben earl and jack singleton and backs dan robson and ollie thorley all named. i think we are in a really good position. we are excited about the opportunity. it is a world cup year. that is always at the back of your mind. the focus is on eating ireland. it is the first game of the two ina ireland. it is the first game of the two in a mint. we want to make sure we put our best foot forward. be strong we have is very strong and very capable of beating ireland. ——

first game of the two and tottenham hotspur have announced they've reached an agreement with chinese super league side guangzhou r&f for the transfer of mousa dembele, subject to international clearance. the belgium midfielder moved to white hart lane from fulham in 2012, and scored on his debut three days later against norwich city. no figure has been dislcosed for the deal but it's thought to be in the region of £11 million. the first quarter—final of this year's masters snooker is underway at alexandra palace with england's ronnie o'sullivan taking on welshman ryan day. we can go live to the action on bbc two. currently one frame all between the players. you can see all sullivan at the table there. in the evening session luca brecel, who knocked out defending champion mark allen in the opening round, plays china's ding junhui. you can watch that live on bbc two from 7 o'clock and on the bbc sport website. britain'sjo pavey has said she's targetting a record—equalling sixth olympics — at the age of 46. she was the oldest woman to win a european championship gold

medal when she won the 10,000 metres in 2014 — she was a0 and had given birth less than a year earlier. meg; she ”hf ghe'g 939951553 . ~ ~ — . . ~ . ~ ,, , ts‘fif .i1§ szaiiifs’ 15” t ' ' §g£j=531§12§5752£631 =: .; 2:3:11' : f’,’, .... .. . that's all the sparkfmenew you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will be back from two o'clock. thank you very much. theresa may has been holding more cross party talks as she tries to find a way forward for brexit. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has refused to join talks unless a no—deal brexit is ruled out. meanwhile, mps will get a chance to vote on theresa may's plan b brexit deal on the 29th january. lets go straight back to westminster and annita mcveigh is there for us. yes, that vote on the 29th of

january, that isn't a meaningful vote, as the vote earlier this week was called, that would have to be a separate vote. there will be a vote on the 29th of january, tuesday week, on the motion that the prime minister will bring to the house of commons this coming monday. of course, those meetings have been going on between the prime minister and various parties. not labour because as we know the labour leader will not talk to the prime minister until he reels out no deal as an option. that was something he repeated in a speech in hastings earlier today. with me now is the shadow housing minister. very good to have you with us. to get to the position of ruling out no deal, that will take a lot ofjumping through hoops, wouldn't it? i think if the

prime minister would ask her own cabinet, almost half would want to rule out no deal. we know that the treasurer has said privately that no deal will be rolled out and the customs agreement will be written in. actually, the important thing for us is no deal is so potentially devastating. the consequence of a no—deal brexit, a return to a hard border, the possibility of the trips that the government is now topping about using on the back of that would be as thinkable. ruling out no deal is in the national interest. when this comes to parliament, i can guarantee the biggest majority, other than the one earlier this week, will be to rule out no deal. sensibly, if she wants to generate trust, she should rule out no deal now. she is not going to do that

because that would provoke the anger of some of her own mps. because that would provoke the anger of some of her own mpslj because that would provoke the anger of some of her own mps. i understand this is that her stubbornness and higher need to get a conservative brexit overrides the national interest. she will not get a deal that involves a hard brexit through the house of commons. we thought that this week. even her deal did not get through. in the end, she is going to have to recognise if we as a nation is going to come up with a deal that works and get through parliament, she needs to start talking to those who want something that rules out no deal. that is just sensible, common—sense politics. stubbornness has got to go. we saw a clear indication from your party leader that he is in the first

insta nce leader that he is in the first instance once a deal of some sort. he is also talking of a secondary option as a general collection. he has talked about more confidence votes as well. he seemed lukewarm about the idea of a second referendum on this brexit question. would you stand? you made the point to your viewers a feud minutes ago, next week the prime minister will table the response to the crushing defeat she had this week. labour will put down amendments and i can be certain that our amendment will include, firstly, trying to look at the customs agreement, single markets that protects environmental rights, those kind of things. that, i think, has a chance of getting a majority in the house of commons. we have never ruled out that we will return to that second referendum. we are not going to lock ourselves in, as the prime minister has done, to

situations we cannot maintain. we have to make sure we come out of this by march 29 with a viable alternative to a no deal or the prime minister's bad deal. finely and briefly, if there is enough of a ground swell from labour mps, and we know a substantial number of them do know a substantial numberuaf themda! know a substantial numberuaf themes?! a knaw a substantial numberuaf themes?! a safaris! referendum, ' " knaw a substantial numberuaf themes?! a m referendum, do = knaw a substantial numberuaf themes?! a gag referendum, do you = want a second referendum, do you think they can persuadejeremy corbyn to changes mind on that? it was tabled at the party conference. when i say to change his mind, to actually seem more enthusiastic. he does not seem very enthusiastic right now. it is part of the sequencing of things. it must be tested out in parliament. when we have direct are at the situation where nothing else works, we will say over to you and jeremy corbyn and the labour party should be in the same lobby for that particular

|this i the same lobby for that particular very much. indeed. this marrying. as! w . ,, mentioned, the very much. indeed. this marrying. as! w . w mentioned, the i—,; minister had mentioned, the prime minister had talks with senior cabinet members and leading mps from across the and leading mstram acrass the. , s. find , and leading mstram acrass the. , s. a, find that , and leading mstram acrass the. , s. find that way 7 and leading mstram acrass the. , s. % find that way forward spectrum to find that way forward for her brexit deal. one of those in attendance was nigel evans, one of the members of the 1922 committee and earlier he told me that the prime minister is trying her best to come up with a workable solution. the prime minister is listening. she wa nts to the prime minister is listening. she wants to get brexit over the line. she is going to use all of her best endeavours to come up with some fort of the deal that parliament will be able to support and get into the spirit of what people voted for in 2016. it is clear to me, jeremy corbyn refusing to go into downing street and discuss what he would be prepared to accept is incredible, to

be honest. if the situation was reversed, you could see the leader of the conservative party would be saying the same. it would look terrible. if there was a red line and the red line forjeremy corbyn is the no deal scenario that theresa may is still holding out as a possibility. 6196 of labour constituencies voted to leave the european union. he has got to accept that. i think the obligation is an jeremy corbyn to go into downing street to discuss with the prime minister what is going to be at all possible for him to get him to start to support... he wants to take note trade deal off of the table, yet he is not able to take the customs union off of the table. if we go down that route, we cannot take our

borders back and do trade deals around the world. would you like to see a no deal off of the table? no, i prefer to see a deal. in any negotiation, the possibility that you are going to wok away strip in your hands. i would like to see the prime minister listening to all the views, apart from the people who wa nt to views, apart from the people who want to stop brexit like the people over my shoulder, the fanatics for brussels. i am over my shoulder, the fanatics for brussels. iam more over my shoulder, the fanatics for brussels. i am more optimistic, over my shoulder, the fanatics for brussels. iam more optimistic, i think she could get a new deal through as long as we get the dup onside. do you think that a deal that has been rejected earlier this week, a couple of days ago, it seems like a long time ago, do you think that sort of deal is going to be satisfactory for the uk if it is

pushed through purely on the basis that it pushed through purely on the basis thatitis pushed through purely on the basis that it is better than no deal? no, iam that it is better than no deal? no, i am still with the prime minister that no deal is better than a bad deal. lots of people think this is a bad deal. i thought it was a bad deal and i voted against it on tuesday. it is not going to bbc in thing. she lost by a large margin. -- it is thing. she lost by a large margin. —— it is not going to be the same deal. nigel evans talking to me earlier today. i guess now the focus moves to monday when the prime minister comes back with her second plan. we expect amendments to be added to that plan. then there will bea added to that plan. then there will be a vote on what ever emerges from that on tuesday of the following week, the 29th of january. but taking opinions today, you can see there are still huge gulf between there are still huge gulf between

the positions of many mps, not only across parties but within parties. it is going to be interesting to see what theresa may comes up with for monday. and how substantially, or not, that differs from the motion that was voted on earlier this week and was defeated heavily. my colleague ben brown will be here to ta ke colleague ben brown will be here to take you through the rest of the afternoon from westminster. but from me, goodbye to you for an out and back to the studio. thank you very much. the uk's most common genetic disorder is causing serious health problems in far more patients than previously thought — according to scientists at the university of exeter. haemochromatosis affects around 1 in 250 people with northern european ancestry and causes iron build up in the body. it was thought to be a minor condition that only caused health issues in around 1 in 100 patients but scientists say it's actually far

higher and are calling for the nhs to include screening for the condition so people can be diagnosed earlier. jenny walrond has been to meet one woman who lost her son to the disorder. next) you don't believe that you are going to actually lose a child before your death. jason was a2. he had cirrhosis liver. he had chronic diabetes. he then picked up hepatitis food carriers and they couldn't give him the antibiotics that he needed. jenny sonjason had died from a damage to his organs caused by a genetic disorder haemochromatosis. whichjenny now believes also killed her mother and sister. she also has the condition, but like many patients, she had put the symptoms down to her age. i had a hip replacement.

you felt ill because you were so tired. i put it down to my age and what i was doing. people with haemochromatosis have two faulty genes that cause them to absorb too much iron from their diet. it is the most common gene disorder in the uk. affecting around 250,000 people and causes iron to build up in the body. here at the university of exeter medical school, scientists have discovered that those faulty genes are causing serious health problems, such as diabetes, liver damage and severe arthritis in far more people than previously thought. it was thought to be fewer than one in 100 people with the faulty genes. but the research suggests it is one in five men and one in ten women. it is very difficult to spot. the arthritis looks very like osteoarthritis and the diabetes is the same as other diabetes. so it tends to be only diagnosed quite late on when a lot of damage is done and treatment is only partially successful. so what we really are hoping that the nhs looks at ways of

routinely testing for it. geese ' levels are ~ 7 should have been. ifound out they should have been. ifound out by accident. what i think would be goodis by accident. what i think would be good is there are more things tested for when you have a routine blood test. it is something that has been there for some time and could have gone undetected. the research has been welcomed by public health england under is good news for those who are diagnosed early, it can't be brought down to normal levels by giving blood regularly. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... the government announces that the next brexit vote will take place in parliament onjanuary 29th. meanwhile, the prime minister

to try to reach a consensus on brexit — butjeremy corbyn refuses to meet unless a no—deal scenario is ruled—out. isfia}€swae§i;ezf eefl—reflzwwe ...... .. .. the business news... the outlook for the housing market is the worst for 20 years. that's the headline from surveyors today. 28% of royal institution of chartered surveyors members expect sales to fall in the period. the pessimism is blamed on the lack of clarity around brexit — as well as a lack of housing supply and low affordability. cut—price fashion chain primark cashes in on christmas. the positive update comes despite the retailer bemoaning tough trading in november — when a raft of retailers complained about falling shopper numbers. no—deal, no way out of the uk for drivers. if britain leaves the eu

without a brexit deal agreed, drivers would need a proof of insurance. european insurance authorities have agreed to waive as the prime minister meets with mps to try to find a way forward for brexit, france has announced a 50 million euro contingency plan for its ports and airports to cope with a possible sudden departure of the uk from the eu. meanwhile, a german industry federation has warned that a disorderly brexit would hit economic growth in europe's strongest economy and leave businesses, it says, staring into the abyss. so as the brexit saga continues to play out, what do businesses up and down the uk make of what has been happening? and the clock ticks ever closer to march 29th, how have they been able to prepare for the uk leaving the eu? and nowhere is the uncertainty being felt more than in northern ireland. tina mckenzie is from

the northern ireland federation of small businesses. first of all, your reaction to what has been going on over the last 26 hours. i think it is quite disappointing for the country at large that we are in a situation that we have seen coming yet 3 that we have seen caming'yet'the play eelitisf ’ " that we have seen caming'yet'the play eelitiee with e politicians play politics with the biggest the politicians play politics with the biggest - the country has faced biggest crisis the country has faced since the second wotld war. if we - since the second world war. if we are to go off on a no brexit, no plan, then the small businesses and etees eeee eee ee'etz eee'eeeeee eeee elees eeee eee ee'etz eee'eeeeee eeee businesses, e!ee eeee eee ee'etz eee'eeeeee eeee businesses, the whole economy, feel the pain of that. which the people on the ground are "see-e; the eeaeg a"! the fray—“z!“ e”; h . eeieei "eee'ee the eeeete eh the erez'hf‘ e’e " . eeieg to — "eee'ee the eeeete eh the erez'hf‘ eae " . geieg to — it aeeehe the eeeete aa. the erez'hf‘ eae " . geieg to — it is not going to suffer. it is not acceptable. it is time to stand up together and get a plan together. the difference is quite stark between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. the economy in northern ireland is smaller but issues run deeper, don't they, and

just economics? we are 20 years post the good friday agreement. we have only had 20 years of somewhat normal scenarios to build up businesses and the private sector. it has been coming along and a lot of hard work behind that. a lot of poverty and economic inactivity. we are still at the bottom of the pile in the united kingdom. any impact on our small economy will be felt across the board. never mind the fact that the political instability of rocking that good friday agreement. we do not want that for our children. for those that go to parties —— was it labour or conservative is that brought the good friday agreement to the table? failure has none. it is looking at it saying, you guys were

responsible for bringing peace to this island, i do not think any of these politicians want a label to set the brought us back. and really impacted the economy of northern ireland and brought our people backwards rather than foreign words. you have already seen vast numbers of migrants choosing the republic of ireland for when they come to work. we area ireland for when they come to work. we are a one island economy, i do not think anyone has thought about the impact. it is easy for people to go and work in the republic of ireland. a lot of those are blue—collar workers moving. the impact is, if you cannot get your blue—collar labourers, you will lose the white—collar jobs as blue—collar labourers, you will lose the white—collarjobs as well. i am not sure people are aware of the impact this will have. i do not think northern ireland has been really thought about the music at the implications. that is the job of the implications. that is the job of the politicians, to put the needs of

a small place at the heart of some of these negotiations. i understand the dup are putting forward their position. we have been coming up with pragmatic solutions. we have talked about it for the last four or five months looking at northern ireland as enhanced economic, that would help the dup with the worry as the cars choose chanel ‘s position. there are answers. “— the cars choose chanel ‘s position. there are answers. —— the constitutional position. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you. risk assets — like stocks — are showing signs of fatigue after a fairly strong start to 2019. that is all from me for now. let's catch up with the weather. there we re catch up with the weather. there were some flakes of snow in london earlier. bring us up to date. yes, there certainly was snow this

morning for a southern parts of the country. more in those photos sent in from country. more in those photos sent infrom a country. more in those photos sent in from a weather watcher in north yorkshire. snow in aberdeenshire. he snow showers are largely in the north and east. some wintry showers passing to the south—east first thing this morning. through the rest of this afternoon, a good deal of dry and bright weather. sunshine to come. wintry showers largely in the and this come. wintry showers largely in the and - this afternoon, ‘is ‘ is persisting. l the north east, persisting. l the north east, persisti bright he north are! eaet, dreaed bright tgeathe—,~ ~ — ., ~ , , for are! eaet, dreaed bright tgeathe—,~ ~ — ., ~ , , west. or ‘a! ' you add in wind. é will ease. - or showers will ease. one or two persisting. chants . eyes. with persisting. chants of eyes. with clear skies, a cold night. —— a

chance of eyes. more in the way of cloud. minus six celsius in the cold est cloud. minus six celsius in the coldest spots. not quite as cold in the west thanks to the way of cloud. this weather front is working its way in from the west and will push its wea kest way in from the west and will push its weakest words, bringing rain, sleet and snow to higher ground. something drier and brighter in the north—east. some sunshine at times. again, cold tomorrow. temperatures between three and eight celsius. into the weekend, it remains chilly. fear amounts of cloud to come on saturday. a great start to the date for most. outbreaks of patchy rain. the best of any brightness for northern and western parts of scotland. some sunshine for a time.

again, a chilly day. temperatures between three and seven celsius. 10 celsius in the south west. the best of the brightness to be found for central and southern parts on sunday. sunshine to come here. outbreaks of rain and snow in the north and west over high ground. we temperatures in the mid—to high single figures. goodbye. !'.—.—. e.—..—. eeeeee !!-..-.-. -..l te.’.—..—.l.—.—.!.—..»!—.e.e rejected the prime minister's deal on tuesday. butjeremy corbyn says that he won't meet the pm until she takes the prospect of a no deal off the table — repeating labour's call for a general election and a brexit deal on its terms.

take no deal off the table now, please, prime minister. the government announces that the next brexit vote will take place in parliament onjanuary 29th.