told her she wished she was a boy so she could be a firefighter, as the books she reads only include firemen. hello, i hello, lam hello, i am a firefighter. and i'm a girl. high as me. i am the mother, i ama girl. high as me. i am the mother, i am a girl, and we are all firefighters! hello azmi, we are firefighters, and we are girls. women crews from all over the world then posted a string of pictures and videos to prove they exist. later esme's mum put up another post saying esme "firmly believes she can be a firefighter". now, it's time for a look at the weather, with helen. hello. it was a bitter start for some parts of eastern england and scotland this morning, —6. it will stay cold for much of the week, and again today, but there is some sunshine on offer across england and wales. some showers in the far west.

this weather front has brought rain and mountain snow. it will slowly clear in scotland and come into northern england and north wales. it will peter out overnight, and will leave clear skies ahead of the next weather system. but much colder more widely overnight, and a widespread frost. but again a lot of cloud which becomes instrumental, this weather system, later in the day tomorrow when it brings snow to the hills across many northern areas and even further south. it is still cold air. let us look at tomorrow evening. a band of rain turning readily to snow particularly over the hills. behind it, more cold air and more wintry showers. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. prime minister theresa may will brief ministers on cross—party talks

as downing street warns mps not to block brexit. police speak to the duke of edinburgh after he was seen driving without a seatbelt, 48 hours after being involved in a crash near sandringham. president trump's latest offer to end the longest government shutdown in us history is rejected by democrats. lam here i am here today to break the logjam and provide congress with a path forward to end the government shutdown, and solve the crisis on the southern border. a bomb explodes in a car outside a courthouse in londonderry. police say no—one was injured in last night's blast. before the papers, sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's richard. we'll start with tennis. wimbledon champion angelique kerber is out of the australian open after suffering a stunning defeat in the fourth round.

she was beaten in straight sets, 6—0, 6—2 by the world number 35 danielle collins. the american, who's making her debut in melbourne this year, tookjust 56 minutes to defeat kerber. i think there is not too much to say, it was completely not my day, i was not playing the tennis that i can play. she played really well, i think she played one of her best matches, to be honest. she hit every ball in the court, she moved good. for me, it was not my day, not good tennis, but credit to her, she played a good match. home favourite ashleigh barty won nine games in a row to beat maria sharapova and book her place in the last eight. having lost the first set, barty broke twice in the second and went on to win 4—6, 6—1, 6—4. she will face eighth seed petra kvitova who beat amanda anisimova. rafael nadal is through to the quarterfinal after beating tomas berdych in three sets.

the number two seed won a third set tie break and has not dropped a set in the tournament so far. he'll face frances tiafoe who advanced with a win over grigor dimitrov. the reigning australian open champion roger federer is on court right now against 14th seed stefanos tsitsipas of greece. federer won the first set on a tie break. in the second, this is the current score. live commentary on radio five live sport's extra. you can also listen via the bbc sport website and app. liverpool managerjurgen klopp described his team's win against crystal palace yesterday as "massive". their 4—3 victory extended their lead at the top to seven points. but it was far from straightforward. palace, who beat champions manchester city earlier in the season, came very close to an upset at anfield. here's nick parrott with that and the best of yesterday's other action. relief forjurgen klopp could so easily have been disappointment at anfield.

this was liverpool back to how they used to be. slack at the back as andros townsend put crystal palace ahead against the run of play. but thrilling going forward as mo salah equalised. and roberto firmino put the reds ahead. ending their 29—year title drought is not going to be easy, though. defenders went missing as james tomkins drew palace level. and salah had to come to the rescue again with his 50th premier league goal although onlyjust. that wasn't the end of the chaos. james milner was sent off, making five minutes of injury time feel like an eternity. sadio mane secured the victory. but there was still time to palace to dent liverpool's goal difference, if not their pride. a massive relief, obviously, because we knew, for different reasons again, it will be difficult to resolve this massive firm. from 60 points sounds crazy. that is our bottom number. the battle for the final champions league place is also hotting up. arsenal roared back into contention by beating fourth—placed chelsea 2—0. the gunners are nowjust three

points behind their london rivals, as are manchester united. their win over brighton saw ole gunnar solskjaer to become the first united manager to win its opening six league games, surpassing sir matt busby‘s record. we don't give up. it's a great team spirit. we can't win three, four, 5—0 every time and play fantasy football. at times, i think there was some fantastic football at times and i'm delighted with three points. diegojota's hat—trick gave wolves a 4—3 win over leicester, making the foxes' boss claude puel the bookies' favourite to be the next manager to leave his post. while the pressure eased on rafa benitez as his newcastle side moved out of the relegation zone, at the expense of fellow strugglers cardiff. andy carroll has yet to score in the league this season but the west ham striker was shown how it should be done by callum wilson. that helped bournemouth end a run of four games without a win. nick parrott, bbc news. it's the scottish cup fourth round weekend

and there was an extraordinary upset where the semi—professional team auchinleck talbot knocked out championship club ayr united. the only goal of the game was scored by law student craig mccracken and helped the junior club humiliate their local rivals to earn a first win over senior opposition. munster claimed a narrow win to eliminate exeter and confirm their place in the european champions cup quarterfinals. exeter had a point lead at half—time but the visitors couldn't open up the seven—point winning margin they needed to progress. instead, joey carbery‘s kicking ensured a 12th straight european home win for munster. ulster produced a second—half comeback, coming from 13—0 down, to defeat leicester 14—13 to book their place in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2014. robert baloucoune with the decisive try. leicester finish a disappointing european campaign with just one win. england captain owen farrell has had a minor procedure on a thumb injury, but his club

insist it's not serious. farrell missed saracens 38—19 win over glasgow yesterday which secured them a home champions cup quarterfinal. the club says he'll need a little over a week to recover, and he will be fit for england's opening six nations match against ireland on the 2nd of february. the when he talks, the referee listens." ronnie o'sullivan will play judd trump in the final of the masters snooker at alexandra palace today. o'sullivan was 4—0 up in his semifinal against ding jun—hui, before ding won the next three frames. but the seven—time masters champion recovered to win the match. that's all the sport for now.

now on bbc news, it's time for the papers. hello, and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. let's take a look at the front pages. the sunday times says theresa may's government is facing meltdown, as emails seen by the newspaper suggest a senior house of commons aide helped a plot to derail brexit. the sunday telegraph carries a warning from the international trade secretary liam fox. he says that mps trying to stop brexit could cause a political tsunami. john bercow is considering staying on as speaker of the commons beyond this summer, so says the observer. it follows ministers‘ threats

to deny him a peerage, due to his alleged "bias" over brexit. a senior minister is warning that a group of remain supporters in the cabinet will "do everything they can to stop brexit". that's according to the express. and the mail on sunday claims the duke of edinburgh was given an official warning by police, after being caught driving without a seatbelt, just 48 hours after his car accident. so, a varied set of front pages. but with brexit again dominating, let's see what our reviewers make of it all. theresa may in meltdown, that is a headline that could happen any time over the last few months. that is not really exclusive, the government is in trouble. i would suggest, it says the sunday times at the top, the sunday times

in meltdown could also work, last week, they claimed there would be a coup, but there wasn't. this week, there is a plot apparently, a commons aid helps in a plot to suspend article 50. there is not a plot. a clerk helped dominic grieve to d raft plot. a clerk helped dominic grieve to draft legislation to affect what happens. the bottom line is clerks are meant to do that, that is their job, this is not unusual. if dominic grieve's plan is not acceptable to the house of commons it will be voted down. this is not anti—democratic. this language is not helpful. robert, the same language in the sunday telegraph, mp plotters risking political turmoil, according to liam fox. a fascinating constitutional battle between

parliament and government that is emerging. it takes us back to the lead up to the civil war. this contest appeared to have been resolved at the end of the 17th century, we will talk about the 17th century, we will talk about the role of the speaker which becomes extremely important. throughout the story of the british constitution, we have to go back to the 17th century, it is unfinished business particularly with regard to things like the house of lords. taking james's points, we have two d dos frozen in the headlights not moving, theresa may and jeremy corbyn. two parties divided, sorry to be like a theologian, divided but not split. as the country is divided. if they were split, you would have factions doing different things. they are not doing that

quite yet. and they have this question of the unfinished business of the constitution which is why readers are having this groundhog day. i feel very strongly having to deal with them in my regular business, i agree withjames about the civil servants. the blame game is really not on. as he rightly pointed out, this clerk working for the attorney general had to give three alternatives, brexit, remain, and no deal. he would have to start preparing. the other person in the spotlight over this is the speaker john bercow who is perceived by the city is to be biased in favour of remain, and allegedly will be

refused a peerage because of what he has been doing. this front page says he will stay as speaker. he was due to leave in summer. he was due to leave last summer. now with accusations over his behaviour, he has said he will stick around until after brexit, he has hinted. he has a pivotal role. he is the voice of parliament. brexited think he isa voice of parliament. brexited think he is a remain a is largely because they haven't got a majority in the house of commons for a hard brexit. so he has to represent what parliament wants, and parliament was a soft brexit. but there is no majority for anything. there could bea majority for anything. there could be a majority against a no—deal brexit which is what we might see, some sort of bill to stop is leaving

on march 29. we have two cuts to the chase, john be rcow we have two cuts to the chase, john bercow has been accused of tilting against the executive, the government, in favour of the legislature, by changing something known as standing order 14 which came in because the irish were breaking up the house of commons making it unworkable in the 19th century, talking things out. government legislation, government proposals lead. now, he is saying because the government is not leading, the parliamentarians must propose. they can only propose, they cannot draw up a new treaty, they cannot draw up a new treaty, they cannot act as a government. on brexit, the deal is between the government and the 27. this is part of this confusion, the accusation against john of this confusion, the accusation againstjohn bercow is he is the

referee now biased towards the anti—brexiteers. no, what he has done, he has tilted things in favour of mps. it is challenging government. brexit is the big story on the front pages. the duke of edinburgh and the crash if you days ago is also dominant. there is a good cartoon in the sunday times linking those stories. james. he says, it is a miracle theresa may has survived here. who is he driving with? some terrified person. it seems in all these stories he drives on his own which i find surprising, no heavily armed cover beside him. and in this headline, one of the ladies in one

of the other vehicles, saying prince philip hasn't said sorry. it is fantastic old—fashioned tabloid journalism. she has been having a bad time and today have been all right, this week had been all right until the crash. fair play to her. for the royalfamily, this isa pr to her. for the royalfamily, this is a pr disaster. they don't appear to have sent her flowers or chocolates. it is groundhog day again, bad pr. prince philip is off piste again, always speaking out of turn, the tabloid loved him. she has a message saying the queen and the duke of edinburgh would like to be remembered to you, which is not how

normal people speak. that was a message delivered by the police liaison. it suggests she was hoping the queen was going to give her a call, i don't know how likely that would be. that would have solved the problem. that would have been an amazing good piece of pr. instead, asi amazing good piece of pr. instead, as i say, there is something about it that appeals to old school royal stories, that they are out of touch. it goes back to the pre—diana days. they have been good in recent years putting out william and harry and meghan markle, portraying themselves as normal and in touch. here they are, driving around with no seat belt. there are a couple of issues. should he be driving at the age of 97? people would say there is no reason why not. some would say he shouldn't. the other issue is not wearing a seat belt which is against

the law, featured in the mail on sunday front page. he has been warned by norfolk police about that. iam not warned by norfolk police about that. i am not sure what point the cuffs are slipped on! it is very strange. in my household, at our age, we have two apply for a driving licence again. after the age of 70. and every three years. it is largely on your say—so. he made —— it will put that into the debate again. the authorities don't want this because it would be tremendously costly to have a mechanism of retesting. but, ivy have a mechanism of retesting. but, joy ofjoys, the great day for the

tabloids. my favourite quote, i hope the duke stops driving, he's not an old man who needs to get his groceries in the car. slightly less amusing is what is going on in zimbabwe, james. the sunday times featuring that. a lot of disturbing reports out of zimbabwe about behaviour similar to mugabe. here is a story that will run and run. this fellow is known as the crocodile, so we may be shouldn't be surprised about this unpleasant stuff whilst flying to davos in a private jet.

people on the ground, christina lamb, talking to people suggesting hundreds of opposition activists are being at best locked up, at worst, killed, having dogs set on them by masked police and soldiers. and the government is closing down the internet enforcing a news blackout. there was always a fear this was a zanu—pf coup. maybe an economic but not political reformer. it is interesting christina is doing this, she is so good. here is somebody who is a name, they have their beat and follow it. it is excellent journalism. their beat and follow it. it is excellentjournalism. she their beat and follow it. it is excellent journalism. she has their beat and follow it. it is excellentjournalism. she has got bit at the right time. although while others may have this story later. she says, this man is going

to davos where he will be fated. this is what is going on with the economy. she is veryjudicious in reporting some people have said there are up to 200 deaths. she says, at least 50, from checking through. much endlessly good day for journalism. and exposing it might make a difference. timed it beautifully. let us put the spotlight finally on the toilet paper in the ministry of defence which apparently features a picture of wladimir putin, esteemed leader of wladimir putin, esteemed leader of russia. gavin williamson, the defence secretary, the man who said russia should shut up and go away. it comes back to the royals and talking like normal people, that is at least what normal people might say. but whether it is language

becoming of a defence secretary, i am not sure. apparently, this is in his private office. does that really matter? i don't know. it might be immersing a president putin ever came to visit the ministry of defence. the quote is, gavin has a good sense of humour. a lot of stories picking on gavin williamson, a figure of fun in westminster. he has leadership ambitions. is there a serious point underlined this? not at all. a few main political rivals. only half the story is developed —— devoted to this. then it goes on, he had a pet tarantula and was going to bring it in but a colleague had arachnophobia. it is very silly. it gets so silly when it comes to a

pompous editorial, there is nothing forces or grave than defence. casting doubts on his fitness to handle this dangerous portfolio. they don't like him. i think most quite like him, he is user—friendly, he has time, get out and about. talking about modern things like being involved socially went on a peace mission, dealing with serious issues. here's a warm character. i think most people think he actually really cares about defence. he says he wants to stay there for a long time. nota he wants to stay there for a long time. not a man planning to be prime minister ina time. not a man planning to be prime minister in a coup tomorrow. maybe he will be plotted out of the plot. that's it for the papers this morning. don't forget you can see the front

pages online on the bbc news website at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme, you can watch it on bbc iplayer. thank you, james millar and robert fox. hello, another cold day awaits. it was bitter this morning. the cold theme stays with us for much of the week. at times, colder still, particularly when the wind picks up. the biggest risk of snow is monday night. hopefully we will see more sunshine for the coming week. we have seen sunshine today across east anglia compared with yesterday, coming through behind the weather front. by the end of the day, it will come through more readily across scotland and northern ireland. we have showers for western areas

and a weakening weather front giving rain and hill snow. still cold air out and about. this evening, we keep clearer skies in the south and east. it will turn cold pretty quickly across scotland and northern ireland. behind the weather front, temperatures down to several degrees below freezing. we already have more cloud piling in ahead of our next weather front. that will obscure the view of the lunar eclipse. this is quite a main player in the weather story. how much snow it will give and at how low levels. starting quiet but cold on monday, mist and freezing fog. this looks more active as the winds bring rain into northern ireland and scotland in the afternoon,

turning to snow over the hills. through the evening, you can see a risk of snow far south, even the hills could see a smattering for a time. it will clear. more likely to settle on the hills further north with several centimetres. showers will follow. with the cold air behind, temperatures on tuesday evening in the sunshine just 5 degrees. with lots of sleet and snow showers following. staying cold. there remains the risk of further light snow. looking dry on wednesday, thursday, it is still pretty cold. as ever, there is more on the website. this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at 10.00: theresa may will brief ministers on talks with party leaders and senior mps as she tries to end the brexit deadlock. police speak to the duke of edinburgh who was seen driving without a seatbelt — 48 hours after being involved in a crash near sandringham. president trump's latest offer to end the longest government

shutdown in us history is rejected by democrats. i am here today to break the logjam and provide congress with a path forward to and the government shutdown, and solve the crisis on the southern border. police in northern ireland investigatie a bomb explosion in a car in londonderry. no one is thought to have been hurt in the blast.