of the country, but for the rest, the view was spectacular. this from south wales. here's one from eastbourne. and the blood moon through the trees from normington in west yorkshire. astronomy is a science everyone can be involved with. you don't need much to go out and look at a lunar eclipse. it's fair to say this is something that unites us across the whole history and prehistory of humanity. if you've got enough to eat, adequate shelter, you can take a bit of time to look at the night sky. something like a lunar eclipse must have given you pause for thought. a beautiful event that won't be seen so well in the uk until 2023. time for a look at the weather — here's susan powell. the cloud continues to tumble into

the west of the uk. the east will remaina the west of the uk. the east will remain a place to be to get the best of the sunny spells this afternoon. lovely images coming in from our weather watchers. the satellite gives an indication of what's going on, the weather system rolling in from the atlantic. still plenty of cold air around as the system makes its way across tonight. they can be complications first thing tomorrow. this afternoon a fine story for england and wales. more cloud across scotland, best of the sunshine in the moray firth. rain arriving into northern ireland courtesy of this weather front. it will be accompanied by squally winds through the evening. some snow across higher ground of scotland. and across the pennines. quite heavy rain as this weather system moves across england and wales through the small hours. and the temperatures will come down

behind the front, wet surfaces, the perfect recipe for wide stretches of ice on tuesday. that could make for a difficult rush hour. the other lows down to —3 in some areas. the front should be out of the way pretty pompey on tuesday —— pretty prom ptly pretty pompey on tuesday —— pretty promptly on tuesday. some good sunshine in shelter but plenty of showers which will be winter even lower levels. we see those spread across northern england, north wales and then heading further east into the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. more of a mixture of rain, sleet and snow as they arrive in the south—east. another cold day tomorrow. it will be followed by a cold night and that basically sets the tone for this week, with one blip which is a slightly milder story for friday. then turning colder again for the coming weekend. on wednesday, offering up a lot of

sunshine but it will be a cold start and the temperatures will struggle to recover. they will sit at the lower end of double figures. for thursday, perhaps a little milder towards the west but some cloud arriving and that cloud is tied in with the weather system that will bring some milder weather in briefly for friday but making for a grey day. it will be a somewhat gloomy day. it will be a somewhat gloomy day because we'll be back into the chilly regime again for next weekend. that's all from us — now we join the bbc‘s news good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. serena williams is through to the quarter finals at the australian open but it wasn't a straightforward start against simona halep. the announcer introduced the world number one — serena's title for so long — and she, headphones on, mind on other matters,

took to the court. but she had to go back because it was her opponent, simona halep, who is actually world number one! marageret court's record of 2a grand karolina pliskova in the quarters. who beat her in that infamous us open final. the fourth seed came from a set down to make it through and must now beat elina svitolina to keep the prospect of the pair meeting in the last four alive. world number one novak djokovic is on court against daniil medvedev — and he's back on track afer losing the second set on a tie break. he leads by 2 sets to i and he's a break up in the fourth. alex zverev had been tipped to win his first slam in melbourne, but that wait goes on as he

lost his cool and then the match to milos raonic. his racquet got the blame for his poorform — he only won one game in the first set and smashed his racquet to pieces during the second set, which he also lost 6—1. the third went to a tie—break, raonic won that to wrap it up in straight sets. yeah, made me feel better. i was very angry, so i let my anger out. have you smashed your racquets in the past? have you never watched my matches? you should watch my matches. we're expecting a major protest at bolton tonight, ahead of their game against west bromwich albion. fans are unhappy with the way the club is being run. bolton have struggled with financial problems this season and they're second from bottom in the championship. england's cricketers are preparing for the first test against west indies which starts

on wednesday — but their selectors will have had half an eye on the big bash league in australia. jofra archer, who will qualify for england this year, took two wickets for hobart hurricanes as they beat adelaide strikers. quarterback tom brady has lived up to his reputation as the greatest player in nfl history, making it to an unprecedented ninth super bowl. he threw a crucial touchdown pass for the new england patriots in their 37—31 victory over kansas city chiefs, with rex burkhead scoring the winning touchdown in overtime. the patriots are through to the super bowl for it's a great feeling. we have ove i’co m e it's a great feeling. we have overcome a lot this year, you now, down and out, and we found a way to

play our best last four games. we had to play hard, played really well today, and we will need one more great game, so, that was great way to end it. i was properly excited as i have been in a long time. and a lot of things, one play here, one player there, it could change everything. but that is football. and the patriots will face the los angeles rams, who also needed overtime to beat new orleans saints — that 57—yard field goal from greg zer—line giving them a 26—23 victory. it's the first time in the super bowl era that both play—offs have gone to overtime. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. that is all from me for now. thank you, john. some customers are being

charged hundreds of pounds in illegal card fees, a year after surcharges were banned. shops, taxi firms, letting agents and even a university were found breaking the law as part of an undercover investigation by the bbc‘s inside out programme. traders are being warned they could end up in court and customers are entitled to a refund. jonathan gibson reports. it's now over a year since traders had to call time on card fees. £30.50. what's the 50 for? card machine. but this mobile drinks company in blackpool is still adding them to the price. i thought those fees had been banned, mate. no, it's all on the website, mate. but it's now stopped trading. £6.40, please. at this chinese takeaway near exeter, paying with a card can also mean paying extra. under12, there is under 12, there is a under12, there is a charge. it's now scrapped the fees. sylvia is a trading standards officer. if you have to pay more because you are paying by credit card, then you would have to pay if you are paying by cash, then it breaches the rules.

there are some exceptions. corporate credit cards aren't included in the band, but it's clear some traders don't know what is. this london chain of letting agents believes it can charge a card fee on some payments, because they are exempt. it's only on rent and bits and pieces like that. but they are not. it's now suspended the charges. david cox, who represents letting agents admits there is confusion. every few months, there is a new law coming out. agents are missing some, they are just not getting to grips fast enough with the speed of legislative change. concern shared by the wider business community. i think it's understandable that there are going to be some small businesses that just aren't fully across the details on this. there are a lot of different rules in their that haven't been particularly well explained. but it's costing consumers dear. at this second—hand car dealer near birmingham... what did you say the surcharge was? 396. the dealer's card surcharge adds more than £140 to the price. hi, mate, i'm wondering if you can help me...

and at the university of hull, some students who paid for their tuition fees with a credit card have been charged £185 more than everyone else. the university says it was a genuine mistake and has refunded thousands of pounds. as for the other businesses features, well their customers, too, could be entitled to a refund. as is anyone who's paid a card fees since the law changed a year ago. whether that's 50p or hundreds of pounds. you can see this story in full on bbc inside out west midlands at 7.30pm tonight on bbc one and on iplayer after that. the greek capital, athens, has witnessed some of the worst violence at a demonstration in years. riot police and right—wing activists were involved in clashes outside the greek parliament for several hours, leaving twenty—five police officers and an unknown number of demonstrators injured. they were protesting at plans to recognise greece's northern neighbour as the republic of north

macedonia. nick thorpe has more. feelings run high in greece about the name macedonia. a clear majority of greeks feel the name belongs to them and them alone. while today's protest was largely peaceful or radical towards tbeparliament ; of the riot police. ::!*:=7§ 52:5 nerf}? i ffifg': ' .. ~ 252525; 9-52 52-222 flee—as -—- this is the reason for their desperation. the prime minister and his party narrowly winning a vote of confidence in parliament last

week provoked by the departure of his coalition partner over the macedonian name issue. the parliament has already ratified the agreement. if the greek parliament does so as well it will enter into force and become legally irreversible. its champions say it will benefit not only northern macedonia but the whole of the balkans and will also be good for greece. this protest may be the last chance of opponents of the deal to vent their anger and frustration. nick thorpe, bbc news, athens. the invictus champion and paralympic hopeful cornelia oosthuizen was faced with the difficult decision of amputation, after a constant debilitating pain in her leg. cornelia developed complex regional pain syndrome after a tennis injury — causing severe pain in her right foot and lower limb. lee madan reports. cornelia oosthuizen won gold at the invictus games in 2017.

since then, the pain that cost her her military career has continued to get worse. my experience of complex regional pain syndrome is a really, really deep, achy sort of burning pain. it's chronic, it's nonstop and, i suppose, if i have to sum it up, it's wearing, because you can't get away from it. cornelia now faces the biggest dilemma of her life — whether to amputate part of her right leg in the hope it will free her from the agony she endures each day. there have been days where i would classify the pain i've been in as a ten. cornelia has friends with the same condition, who've chosen to amputate their limbs to remove pain. for some, it's worked. there are many others, though, which this drastic action hasn't helped. paralympic champion rachel morris is one of them.

this is 50—50. it might work, but it also might very well not work. yeah, i have massive concerns about it, because, for me, it has put me in a worse position. yeah. because i have the crps pain, plus the nerve pain. being left still in pain and without her leg is a real possibility. most medical experts advise against taking this gamble. unfortunately, in my experience, amputation commonly makes the problem worse. and what happens is that the crps, and all the pain associated with it, moves into the remaining part of the limb. the patient commonly experiences quite severe phantom sensations, so still feels the pain that they had before in that amputated area. and, indeed, we can sometimes find the crps moves to the unaffected side, as well. that was a really fascinating conversation, with some sobering thoughts. there are, of course, other considerations too. i'm currently on the highest

dose that i'm allowed to take of this medication. i can't tolerate the pain. despite the warnings, cornelia decides to go ahead and have the amputation. around sort of the midcalf area. i think i am doing the right thing, for me. let's just get this done now. it's about seven hours or so after the operation. i'm in a fair bit of post—operational pain, which is not necessarily a surprise. the amputation takes place over two days. the first day to remove the limb, the second operation is to sew up the wound. it's ten to one in the morning, i could really do with a few prayers because i'm in a lot of pain. obviously there's been a big artery severed... after two weeks in hospital, cornelia returned home and has begun adapting to her new life. lee madan, bbc news. in a moment, we'll have

all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister will tell mp‘s shortly how she hopes to break the brexit deadlock. millions of eu citizens living in the uk can apply for ‘settled status‘ from today — allowing them to continue living and working here after brexit. the government is planning to change the law to give domestic abuse victims more protection. now for a look at your business news. china has announced it slowest growth since 1990 — it's significant becasue remember it's the world's second largest economy so it's sparked worries about a wider global slowdown. it grew by 6.6% in 2018. the official figures were released today. sports direct founder mike ashley has placed a bid to buy music chain hmv. the music retailer collapsed last month, the second time it's gone into administration in six years,

putting over 2,000 jobs at risk in 125 stores. if you're shopping around for energy — gas, electricity — you'll get better value for money and service from a small energy supplier according to the consumer charity which? they surveyed 8,000 energy users. the top five favourites were small suppliers. the big six — british gas, edf energy, eon, npower, scottish power and sse — in the bottom third. let's stick with energy because it turns out that the citizen's advice has come up with some similar findings — it says a large number of households are dropping the big six — 41.6% of all switches last year were away from big six suppliers to other suppliers. it's running a big energy saving week this week to help people cut their energy bills and get all the financial support they are entitled to.

it turns out that people in yorkshire and humberside switch their energy supplier more than anyone anywhere else. and chorley has been named the uk capital of switching for 2018. dhara vyas is the head of the future energy service at citizens advice. does that mean people in chorley are getting cheaper energy than anywhere else in the country? i think it means that the people in chorley are engaging more with their energy, that could be for a number of reasons. we know that our local citizens advice in chorley works closely with the local authority and they run a lot are public activities and workshops to get people engaging in their energy usage. they talk about energy efficiency, benefit that people could be accessing to pay for energy. also, helping them switch and save money. people in london are a bit slow. 1696 of people in greater london switched to save,

that could be for a commendation of reasons. one of the main ones is a lot more people in the private rental sector in london, there are some groups who don't really switch, there are people in the private rental sector, elderly people, people on low incomes. what about the difference between the small suppliers and big ones? isjust that the big ones are more expensive and this morons are cheaper?” the big ones are more expensive and this morons are cheaper? i think... —— the smaller ones are cheaper. there are lots of differences. one of the things we do on our comparison website is we don'tjust look at price, we also look at customer service, call waiting times, things like that. we encourage people to switch supplier based on the things that matter to them. for a lot of people, prices in them. for a lot of people, prices in the end point, it is about them knowing they can pick up the phone and be spoken to really quickly. some smaller companies have failed, iam thinking some smaller companies have failed, i am thinking of companies like economy energy. another one has been banned from taking on new customers,

and many others have failed. how do you know they will be reliable in that sense? ui —— they will not tell you if there is a problem. our ranking looks at suppliers in terms of how they are doing with complaints handling, on runs in complaint, citizens advice consumer service. we comply a ranking table, and there suppliers who have gone out of business, more often than not, they have been at the bottom of our ranking table. often, when they get into difficulty, the areas that slip our customer service. switching isa slip our customer service. switching is a lot easier than it used to be, but what direction is it going in? i have heard stories about automated switching, you might switch supplier once a month, if you get it all automated, right through a smart meter. how far is this going to go? i think that is the future. what we need to be asking for from industry

isa need to be asking for from industry is a good customer service experience for customers, we want to know that energy usage data will be handled properly, that customers get what they sign up for and can change their minds if they need to, and can access the advice and support that they need, when they are interacting with their energy usage. i think smart meters will change the way we interact with energy, because we will know what we are using. thank you forjoining us. in other business news: the uk coffee shop and cake chain patisserie valerie is facing a crucial few days if it is to survive. it's been struggling since october when it uncovered "significa nt, and potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities". the company is hoping to extend a deal with its bank that expired on friday and has allowed it to continue trading. changes at the top of two companies — glaxo and just eat. the chair of glaxosmithkline — philip hampton is stepping down after three and a half years

with the uk's biggest drugmaker. it comes after the firm's new chief executive announced plans to split the company into two businesses — one for prescription drugs and another for over the counter consumer products. it's the chief executive peter plumb who is stepping down atjust eat. he's been therejust16 months after he joined the british takeaway ordering website and launched an investment drive — but that made a big dent in earnings. a bbc investigation has found retailers, letting agents and even a university all breaking rules on credit and debit card surcharges. the legislation introduced a year ago means customers cannot be charged more for paying by card, but the bbc found customers are being forced to pay hundreds of pounds in extra fees. quick look at the markets, though,

we can't have them. technology does work sometimes! not a huge amount of change, nothing very exciting. everyone is sitting on the sidelines at the moment. you can also see the pound against the euro, not much change, waiting to see what theresa may comes up with later for her brexit plan. you can see a small fall in glaxo. just eat losing its chief executive, usually when a chief executive, usually when a chief executive, usually when a chief executive changes at the company, ucd shares moving up, it is usually because people feel there will be a change, probably for the better. there is a bit more optimism usually, but shares are actually falling, not by a huge amount, but they are not going anywhere particularly very fast at the moment. that's all the business news for now. the grandson of a world war ii fighter pilot has journeyed to the wreckage of the plane in which his grandfather died. royal navy commander phil richardson found the plane in norway after footage of the site

was posted on youtube. this is his story. we saw parts of the fusillade still riddled with bullet holes. and the tail was very clearly still intact, in one piece. the ability for my grandmother to tell a good story was amazing. i must have been four or five years old and she sat me on her knee and told me about what my grandfather did. he was in the navy, he was a fighter pilot in world war ii, and did incredibly brave things. the inspiration that it gave me made me want to join the navy and try to emulate him. so i found the person who posted it, i emailed him and i said, would you be willing to

share the coordinates of where you found this aircraft? because i am the grandson and i would like to try and find closure. radio: ...in a series of damaging attacks. i plotted it on a map, so how remote it was, but then have to go visit this and see it for ourselves. i compare it to my own flying career in the navy, and know how close to dangerous situations i've been in, but fortunately, i've always come at the other side of them. here, it is clear that he onlyjust clipped the very top of this mountaintop here, and he was very

close to getting away with it and surviving. and you can watch the full programme tonight at 7.30pm on bbc one in the south of england, or on the bbc iplayer. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. the chill is set to continue this week, and some gloomy skies across

the uk first thing on monday. one or two areas got stuck with thick fog, too. not everywhere, in the far south east, there was some decent sunshine. if anything, tomorrow, south east, there was some decent sunshine. ifanything, tomorrow, it will be the sunshine that winds out. we will have a chilly start again, like today. the biggest risk tomorrow morning will be stretches of ice. how is this all going to come about? at the moment, we have a weather system trying to push in from the west, that is causing the cloud to thicken and eventually, it will sweep through a weather front that will bring rain and wind this evening, and some snow across scotla nd evening, and some snow across scotland and perhaps the pennines, too. as the weather front pushes its way eastwards, we could see some heavy rain, it will end the night across the south—east of england, henceit across the south—east of england, hence it looks a tiny bit milder here. behind the front, the temperature is tumble, wet ground is the perfect recipe for some widespread icy stretches first thing on tuesday. difficult mixture of rain, sleet and snow in the far

south—east first thing in the morning, and behind a weatherfront, in the cold air, it is snow showers for tuesday. these will push into scotland, northern ireland, especially the north—west of england and north wales, but, as the day goes on, the wind could push some of them further eastwards. come the afternoon, the midlands could see some wintry flurries, east anglia, maybe the south—east. most likely to be wet snow here. further north, a covering possible just about anywhere. we see showers and another cold day, highs of four or 5 degrees or stop a cold night will follow into a cold day on wednesday. plenty of frost this week. the one change will come on friday, and when we will come on friday, and when we will see something a little milder arriving from the west. it will be temporary, we will have the cold regime for the weekend. here is wednesday, a lot of sunshine on offer. maybe someone tree showers in the east, someone tree showers again on the cards for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures

struggling at three were for degrees. the outlook for thursday is similar, but something a little milder into the west with more cloud and a milder day on friday. brace yourself for more cold come the weekend. was m s? g the prime minister will tell mps this afternoon how she intends you are a you without one likely is no deal. the second most likely is a read on a deal. third is a long way behind is not leaving at all. from today, millions of eu citizens in the uk can apply for settled status, allowing them to live and work here after brexit. i'm reeta chakrabarti — the other main headlines this hour: a teenager has appeared in court charged with the murder of 14—year—old jaden moodie in east london. landmark legislation

for victims of domestic abuse — long—awaited laws will ban alleged abusers from cross—examining