then lturu w—fl for friday and then briefly and some mild air. her temperature is returned to average values for the end of the week, but make the most of that, cold again from the weekend. hello. you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: fears for premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft which is missing over the channel islands. it is possible that the aircraft has diverted somewhere else, but we are continuing a search if in the unfortunate event it has actually ditched into the sea. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put forward their rival plans for brexit. the duke of cambridge interviews the award—winning broadcaster and naturalist sir david attenborough. tell everyone here, how urgent is that crisis now? it is difficult to overstate it. and 75 years after witnessing a world war two plane crash —

the pensioner whose dream for a flypast to remember the victims has come true. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. thank you very much. huddersfield town's new manager follows the same path as his predecessor david wagner. the new man insists he is his own man. thanks, reshmin — and susan powell has all the weather. we will be taking a look at what all of the weather watchers have been doing. thanks, susan. also coming up — british hopes ride high at the oscars, with nominations for olivia colman and richard e grant — and the favourite isjointly leading the race for best picture.

hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. french authorities have said that the argentinian footballer emiliano sala, who's just been signed by cardiff city, was on board a light aircraft that has disappeared off the channel islands. a search is on for the plane, which had two people on board. it disappeared from radar yesterday evening on its way from france to cardiff. here'sjoe wilson. emiliano sala at cardiff city, the club's record signing. he'd already travelled to wales at the weekend to sign and to publicise his transfer to the club, the start of something new, the big move of his career. translation: i am very happy, very happy to be here with you. it gives me enormous pleasure, and i'm going to start my training and get to work. born in argentina, emiliano sala started

his football career france, especially at nantes, where he developed a strong reputation as a goal—scorer in the french league. he travelled back to france to say goodbye to his team—mate. this photo, posted yesterday afternoon on his twitter account, is captioned: the last goodbye. at 7:15pm last night, a light aircraft left nantes bound for britain. it never arrived. the french aviation authorities say emiliano sala was on board. searches began near the channel islands. at 8:20pm last night, we had a message from jersey air—traffic control saying that a light aircraft was missing up to the north—west of alderney. we commenced an air search involving two coast guard helicopters from the uk, the channel islands air search fixed wing aircraft and the lifeboats from both guernsey and alderney. these pictures give an indication of emiliano sala's reputation in french football. nantes, his former club have postponed their next game, scheduled to be played tomorrow.

at fc nantes today, people gathered, waiting for news, fearing the worst. at cardiff city, too, just waiting. the link between these clubs, a young man at the peak of his football career, trying to live his dream. joe wilson, bbc news. a little earlier — our correspondent on guernseyjohn fernandez updated us on the search for the missing plane. we had an update from the harbour master who is leading the search. he said that the search operation will need to be reconsidered at sunset today. at the moment, there are a number of assets out searching what they say is around 1000, sorry 100 square miles so far. there have been assets including the channel islands lifeboat, the channel islands are searched, a helicopter has even been involved. at the moment, they are scouring the area at the north of alderney, a very rough area of tide

where to current meat, lots of shipwrecks in that area, is all over the last few hours, whilst the conditions have been better than last night for searching, where the waves we re last night for searching, where the waves were reaching around one and a half metres in swell, it is a much better time to search now, but at the moment, according to the harbour master, there have been no signs of any activity from the aircraft which lost co nta ct any activity from the aircraft which lost contact with radar at around 8:20pm last night. in other news, mps opposed to theresa may's withdrawal deal with the eu have been putting forward their own brexit proposals. 7 they include a labour party motion saying mps should be able to vote on whether there should be a second referendum, and another proposal allowing a delay to brexit. the cabinet met in downing st this morning. it's understood that some senior ministers have been pressing for a no deal brexit to be ruled out. mps are to vote again on theresa may's plans in a week's time. here's our political

correspondent iain watson. do you think your colleagues should be permitted the chance to vote on a no—deal brexit? most members of the cabinet remained tight—lipped when asked what their colleagues would be willing to do to avoid leaving the eu without a deal. do you think there will be resignations? privately, some ministers are prepared to leave office unless at some stage the prime minister rules out no deal. this minister, though, is staying in office, and coming forward with advice for her fellow conservatives in the commons. anyone in that house who wants to avoid no deal as passionately as i do, wants to deliver brexit as much as i do, and wants to avoid a people's referendum, which i think would be another extension of all of these tough conversations, needs to come together to support the deal. but behind the scenes, amber rudd is pressing theresa may to allow ministers to vote for a backbench bill that aims to avoid no deal. without them having to walk out of government. that bill has been put forward by labour's yvette cooper,

we are putting legislation to say that if the government can get an agreement with the commons by the end of february, they must ask the eu for an extension of our departure, we are suggesting until the end of 2019. the official opposition has set out its own plan. labour wants mps to vote on all options that would avoid no deal, including its preferred outcome of a permanent customs union with the eu. and the party wants mps to consider whether to hold a referendum on any brexit deal. this was welcomed by some of those campaigning for a new public vote. i think it is a welcome step in the right direction. it doesn't take us to exactly where i want to be, but i think it is part of the process that will get us to that point. should she be sounding quite positive? many of labour party grassroots

members want a new referendum if they can't get an early election. but the party's plans falls short of that and doesn't commit the leadership toa new public vote, only for pushing for parliamentary time to discuss it. leading labour figures say they are proceeding with caution. this is a divisive issue for all parties, particularly the conservatives and labour, where we have mps against people's vote for various reasons, and people in favour of it, so we would very carefully determine our position at the time. ourjob is to bring as many people together as we possibly can, and that really is one option of many, and our priority always has been to secure a deal. the search for a brexit deal continues, but it's been straining traditional party loyalties almost to destruction. our chief political

correspondent vicki young is at westminster. so many new amendments, and so little time. i think the point is we don't know how this will pan out, next week. we are talking next tuesday when this could be voted on, it is up to the speaker, john burkle, who has had a controversial role in this up until now. you will have two select the amendments. it is thought that more than one can be debated and that the government will have to lay down. —— john bercow. they will have to lay that there any business motion sometime between now and then. you can see from the amendments and the changes that mps are calling for already that there isa are calling for already that there is a big move to roll out leaving the eu without a deal. it is pretty conjugated to try and do that, but thatis conjugated to try and do that, but that is clearly where a lot of mps wa nt to that is clearly where a lot of mps want to go, and i think the question for them will be one of the amendments and these changes have been selected, which opposed to get behind, and crucially do they have the numbers to try and win that vote. it is also worth remembering,

this is not binding in legal terms, but of course if the house and its view and it expresses that few pretty strongly, it is quite difficult for the government to ignore it. now, the yvette cooper amendment there would only delay article 50. it would delay the departure date until the end of the year. but just in departure date until the end of the year. butjust in the last few minutes, another amendment has gone down from a senior conservative, caroline spelman, and the labour mp jack drew me, and they are saying that you cannot leave the eu unless we have a deal, so that is clearly the direction of travel. of course, what it does do is it of that allows theresa may to say to her brexiteers, you can see the way that parliament is living here. do you wa nt to parliament is living here. do you want to risk this or do you think you might want to get behind my deal? there isn't a huge signs at the moment that there are big numbers coming behind her plan, but that still may be two or three weeks away, another vote on that. so this might focus the minds of people who have been pretty sceptical about deal. it needs to be quite a focus,

given the scale of the defeat last time. yes, it does. ithink given the scale of the defeat last time. yes, it does. i think it all comes down to what people think the alternative is, so if you are one of those labour mps who was calling for another referendum, and if it looks unlikely you're going to get that, then what do you think is the next best option, and if you are a brexiteer in the conservative party, if you think that the option might bea if you think that the option might be a delayed brexit ordo brexit at all, then that might change your mind, but it is clear that theresa may will still have to get some kind of move from the eu on the idea of the backstop, the going into that arrangement and it's not been permanent, some kind of way of the uk getting out of that. she is clearly going to have to do something, and even then the numbers are going to be pretty close. all of this is still incredibly uncertain, but it is clear at the moment at least that theresa may is ploughing on with her plan until it becomes clear that mps have another one. thank you very much. more on our

main story now, the search for a light aircraft outside of the channel islands. there were two people on board, one of whom was emiliano sala, the french footballer who has recently signed for cardiff city. our reporter paul heaney is outside the cardiff city stadium, where they are waiting for news. the club have said that they think that their record signing was expected to be on that flight which has gone missing, as you say, on the english channel, just off the coast of alderney, near guernsey in the channel islands. one of two people on board. the club said they were seeking clarification as to what might have happened, butjust in the last few hours, the civil aviation authority of france has confirmed that he was indeed on board. what we know is that the small aircraft was

due to take off from nantes in france and arrive here in cardiff last night, but didn't arrive. we understand that around 8:30pm last evening it lost contact with air—traffic control. it disappeared from radar, and has yet to be found, despite a fairly large search by both the french authorities and those in the channel islands, assisted by the coastguard from the south coast of england. despite that huge search, nothing has yet been found. there is no sign, no trace according to guernsey police, of the aircraft yet, despite reports of a distress flare being made. at the moment, the reaction from fans from the club, really, has been of shock, clearly one of disappointment because clearly there was a huge amount of excitement that emiliano sala wasjoining the amount of excitement that emiliano sala was joining the club and helping it to stay in the premier league, but as one supporter‘s trust

member put it to me earlier, there are some things that are just bigger than football. this is one of them. and our thoughts are with the family of emiliano sala and of course the family of the other person on board that aircraft. thank you very much. prince william has been speaking to sir david attenborough at the meeting of world leaders and top ceo's in davos. the prince interviewed the veteran broadcaster about the urgent challenges facing the next generation of environmental leaders. during the conversation, prince william asked sir david about why he started creating films that focussed on the importance on conservation. the notion that humanity might exterminate a whole community of animals was quite foreign. i don't think many people thought that. and, of course, the naturalists were the exception, in a way. they were people with their eyes open, their sensitive tentacles peered to see

what was happening around them. but 110w what was happening around them. but now there are more people living in towns and conurbations than are living in the wild. so it means that the majority of the human race are out of touch to some degree with the richness of the natural world. and so richness of the natural world. and so what they see on television is new to them, but at the same time people who watch the natural world on television get a vision of the world that no human being has ever had 100 years ago. 100 years ago, people didn't know anything about the world. they knew about their immediate circumstances. and, of course, they read books and so on. but now television can take them to the bottom of the sea and can take them high in the sky and then take them high in the sky and then take them into the arctic and the coldest regions and on the top of the

himalayas, everywhere. and you can see the most remote things. and, david, recently you are in poland and you spoke very powerfully at the un climate change conference there. tell everyone here, how urgent is that crisis now? it's difficult to overstate it. we are now so numerous, so powerful, so all pervasive, the mechanisms that we have for destruction are so wholesale and so frightening that we can actually exterminate whole ecosystems without even noticing it. we have now to be really aware of the dangers of what we are doing, and we already know that of course the plastic problem in the seas is wreaking appalling damage. on marine life. the extent of which we don't yet fully know. and wide you think the world leaders and those in key

positions of leadership, why do you think they have taken so long and there have been quite a few faltering steps to act on environmental challenges? because the connection between the natural world and the urban world, the society of human society, has always since the industrial revolution has been remote and widening, and we didn't realise the effects of what we we re didn't realise the effects of what we were doing out there, but now we are seeing that almost everything we do has its echoes and has its duplications and invitations across the natural world, so we have now to be really careful what we do because we can exterminate things without even knowing. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. fears for premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft which is missing over the channel islands.

mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put their rival plans for brexit. the duke of cambridge interviews the award—winning and naturalist sir david attenborough. huddersfield town's new manager may be following the same sex as his predecessor but the new man says he is his own man. bautista agut has been beaten. kvitova was also beaten. she faces daniel collins next. i will have more later. the number of people in work is at its highest level since records began in 1971.

a further 141,000 found jobs between september to november — double the number economists were expecting. figures from the office of national statistics also show the unemployment rate was at its lowest since 1975. average earnings increased by 3.3% — that's the biggest rise in more than ten years. the employment minister, alok sharma, has given his reaction to the figures. we have another excellent set of numbers, a record rate of employment in the country. we have more people in work than ever before and interestingly of the jobs that have been created it has almost entirely been created it has almost entirely been full—time role. you're also seen wages outpace inflation for the tenth month in a row and wages growing at their fastest rate in a decade. all of this thanks to the responsible pro—business policies followed by the conservative government. there is to be investigation into the construction and design of a hospital in scotland after two people died from pigeon droppings.

the patients at glasgow's queen elizabeth university hospital contracted a rare infection linked to the pigeons which became fatal. last year, a number of children with cancer were treated, after a bacterial infection was identified in the drains of the hospital. the scottish health secretary ordered the inquiry and says the findings will be made public. a court in moscow has denied a bail application by a joint british—american citizen, who's been detained in russia on suspicion of spying. paul whelan, who's a former us marine, was arrested by the russian security service in december. his family say he was in moscow for a friend's wedding. online abuse of people with disabilities should be made a criminal offence, according to a new report by mps. it says that perpetrators are currently not being "appropriately punished". their report follows a petition started by the reality tv star, katie price, who has a disabled son. our correspondent jon donnison reports. katie price, whose16—year—old son

harvey has a disability, says he has suffered a shocking level of abuse on social media. people have crossed the line, and something needs to be done. i can't say on here what has been said. if someone said it live, like us now, you would get in trouble. because it is online and written down, people don't seem to take it seriously. her petition, submitted in 2017, attracted more than 220,000 signatures from people calling for such abuse to be made a specific criminal offence. that led to a parliamentary committee of cross—party mps being set up, to which katie price gave evidence. you can have your point of view about things, but there is a point, and that the next discussion it will hopefully get through, where you sit down and draw a line about when it becomes a criminal offence. the committee is backing the reality tv star's called for the law to be changed. we found that disabled people

were often let down by the system when they tried to report abuse, and we recommend that future, targeting someone because of their disability should be put on a par with targeting someone because of their race. the parliamentary committee also called for a register of offenders to be set up, after hearing evidence from google, twitter and facebook. it concluded that self—regulation had failed disabled people, and to many had been driven off social media while their abusers remained unchecked. today, under the hashtag harvey's law, katie price said that she was very pleased that parliament was taking the issue so seriously, but she said she wouldn't stop until such abuse was made a crime. now, an update to a story we brought you earlier this month. tony foulds, who's 82 year old, has for years tended a memorial to 10 us airmen,

whose bomber crashed in a park in sheffield during the second world war. he witnessed the crash and remembers the stricken crew gesturing to him to run away. for the 75th anniversary he wanted something special — a flypast to mark the occassion — and now he's got it. good morning, tony. under half of my team—mates, it gives me great pleasure to say, look to these guys on 22 february for a very special flyby. you got your flyby, tony! cheering i know it's properly hard for you to speak now but can you put into words what that means to you, tony. that's everything, isn't it? and earlier, bbc brea kfast‘s dan walker,

who first spoke to tony — gave his reaction to how the story has taken off. it is one of those stories that has really ta ke n it is one of those stories that has really ta ken off. it is one of those stories that has really taken off. i knew when i first spoke to him about three weeks ago, but i had no many idea how many people it would impact on and it really did snowball so quickly. because of the power of his tail, really, within 2a hours of speaking to the us embassy and then within 48 hours is bidding to high—ranking officials at the us air force and so many people have been desperate to help with the story. from all over the world, we have had 2000 messages, more than that, from people who can help, offering planes, flagpoles, fla pjacks, everything you could possibly think of. it really has been incredible to see people coming together. it has been a lot of work to get the fly— past been a lot of work to get the fly—past sorted, as you can probably imagine, and the us ambassador who joined as a breakfast this morning was really keen to help and all throughout this from tony's perspective, it has been about those ten men who lost their lives, and the great news now is that on the

22nd of february 2019, exactly 75 yea rs 22nd of february 2019, exactly 75 years after 22nd of february 2019, exactly 75 yea rs after tony 22nd of february 2019, exactly 75 years after tony was an eight—year—old playing in the park, there will be planes from both the us air force and the raf going over that same park in sheffield next month, and what i find so endearing about this man, tony, is that he has never made it about him. it has a lwa ys never made it about him. it has always been about the memorial, a lwa ys always been about the memorial, always about him and bring those ten men. i know it probably sounds a bit trite, but it really has been a personal reminder to me to distort people and to listen to the stories, and so many others have said that it isa and so many others have said that it is a real reminder that if you're willing to look, there are amazing people quietly doing amazing things, and tony is one of those. now some astonishing pictures from merseyside where police are appealing for information after a builder drover a mini digger throught the doors of a brand new travelodge in liverpool yesterday evening. onlookers shouted at the driver to stop as the machine mounted the hotel steps, sending debris flying as it crashed through the doors. it's been reported that the driver

was involved in a pay after about 20 minutes, the diggerfinally drove out of the building, before the driver was seen leaving the cab. one man was treated for eye irritation from exposure to diesel, but none else was injured. there were 125 road accidents across scotland in the space ofjust three and a half hours this morning, after parts of the country experienced snow showers and ice. police scotland says the usual number of accidents during the morning rush—hour isjust 31, and has advised drivers to both slow down and drive to the conditions around them. time for the weather. hello. is that it? i thought we would have liked interlude before we talk about the cold. he is not having the best day.

our weather watchers are sending in some lovely pictures. people still getting out and about. a little covering of snow in huddersfield. i see there. i think the caption that came with this was, walked slowly. even the ducks are skidding around. we will take a look at some others. slightly more chipper. the geese of the south—east. there is a theme. not going anywhere dangerous. you've got a look on your face. who else have i got to bring you? hang on. he's having quite a good day. i'd be quite happy to be out playing in that. i mean, the thing is, ithink dogs actually in the snow... i love watching dogs in the snow because they really enjoyed it. it sends their sense of smell bunkers and they just go their sense of smell bunkers and theyjust go crazy. they are like puppies, reborn. cold toes. do you think they were socks in canada, the dogs? special socks. it

think they were socks in canada, the dogs? specialsocks. it is think they were socks in canada, the dogs? special socks. it is —30 in parts of canada at the moment, —50 in the winter chill. their pads stick to the concrete when they take them out for a walk. right. anyway. here we go. there is a seagull down there. he looks a bit like simon. he's not sure either. best to move on. thank you for your picture. we couldn't get the caption over the top of the seagull. just as well because the whole thing has led off the bottom anyway. onto tomorrow, it is still cold an showery. there will be some sunshine. it is pretty much what we have got today. we stay with the wintry theme throughout the rest of this week. don't do that in the corner. i can see of this week. don't do that in the corner. i can see you, of this week. don't do that in the corner. i can see you, simon. more showers this afternoon pushing into northern england and the midlands and later on this afternoon we will get more showers and means the chance of snow settling and it could get tricky across the south—east of england which is pretty sensitive to

wintry weather for the evening rush hour. at that in the back of your mind. overnight, a widespread frost. further wintry showers for north wales and parts of the midland and northern ireland and west of scotland. the coldest night potentially of our winter so far. in some spots, we could be down to —8, -9 some spots, we could be down to —8, —9 in scotland. wednesday morning, cold. a light breeze. and there will bea cold. a light breeze. and there will be a lot of sunshine around, but we need to keep a close eye i these need to keep a close eye on these showers coming into the far south—east. kent can get caught out by those showers. that could cause some problems tomorrow morning. the rest of the day to the uk, some showers for north wales and west of scotland. overall, lots of sunshine. a cold day. temperatures in single figures and if we get any lingering fog across central scotland, temperatures probably struggling to get anywhere above freezing. only to those, it is changing a little bit. you can see there is some blue coming into the west. a call they basically on thursday. the best of the sunshine in the east. this is

one front coming into the west. later on in the day, the temperatures start to rise across northern ireland and western scotland. this is the little blip in our weather for the end of the week. this warm front that will come across for friday and then move us briefly into some atlantic. friday, the butcher ‘s return back to close for average. highs in double figures in some spots. quite a cloudy day. it will also linger into the start of the weekend. that's slightly milder air. but make the most of that because to the cause of the weekend we are set to pick up chilly north—westerly winds once again. there will be some sunshine and also some wintry showers and basically we're back to square one. it is to be cold. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. fears for premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft which is missing over the channel islands. it is possible that the aircraft has diverted somewhere else, but we are continuing a search if in the unfortunate event it has actually ditched into the sea. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put

forward their rival plans for brexit. the duke of cambridge interviews the award—winning broadcaster and naturalist sir david attenborough about the urgent issue of tackling climate change. tell everybody here, how urgent is that crisis now? it is difficult to overstate it. the number of people in work in the uk has reached a record high. and coming up... a good day for brits at the oscars as olivia coleman, richard e grant and christian bale all receive nominations. sport now on afternoon live with reshmin chowdhury. the cardiff city chief executive say they are very shocked that the plane

has gone missing and said that they are all distressed about the situation. at the moment we just do not know what has happened. situation. at the moment we just do not know what has happenedm situation. at the moment we just do not know what has happened. it is a desperately sad story and certainly a developing story. wejust desperately sad story and certainly a developing story. we just had that recent press release and there are various reports emerging from different sources but what has been confirmed is that emiliano sala was on board a light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands. the 28—year—old argentine had signed for a record fee of £15 million. from ligue1 side, nantes on saturday and had been due to begin training with his new teammates today. he went to france to say goodbye to his former teammates. according to guernsey police, the aircraft left nantes in the north west of france — bound for cardiff — at 7.15pm last night and had been flying at 5,000 feet when it contacted jersey air traffic control requesting descent. however the plane seemed to have lost contact shortly after, near the channel island of alderney.

searches are ongoing but so far have found no trace of the aircraft. sala had been third on the list of top scorers in france with a total of 13 goals so far. really a bright spark and a great prospect for cardiff city. nantes were due to play a cup game away at entente tomorrow evening which has been postponed. cardiff also cancelled today's training as a mark of respect. understandably, of course. we are keeping an eye on what is going on and if there is any news, we will bring it to you. let's change tack a bit. like cardiff and other team in the relegation dogfight. presented to the media this morning. he moved from borussia dortmund's second team to tread exactly the same route as the outgoing manager and fellow

german, david wagner, but the new man says he is his own man . i have to do it my way and david did it his way. we should not compare us because it is not possible. the most important thing now is the club makes me proud and it is one of the reasons i signed here. notan not an easy task at all and we wish him well. tennis as well in the name we are going to get used to as well, isn't there? andy murray announced his imminent retirement just over a week ago, tennis seemed to by crying out for a new hero — someone new and exciting to take on the big guns. it looks like we have it. his name is greece's stefanos tsitsipas. the 21—year—old followed up his win over roger federer by beating spain's roberto bautista agoot in four sets at the australian open, to reach his first grand slam semi—final. tsitsipas is the youngest player to reach the last four in a grand slam since novak djokovic

12 years ago. i knew that the win against federer was important and played a huge role in my image and who i am. but i knew the biggest challenge was the match today, i can prove myself once again. there is another challenge coming for him. it's former champion rafa nadal next for tsitsipas — the number two seed is also in fine form , and thrashed american francis tiafoe in straight sets. and in the women's singles, two—times wimbledon champion petra kvitova beat the last remaining australian singles player, ashleigh barty to reach the semi—finals where she'll face the unseeded american danielle collins, it was not easy for me to kind of see myself being in the semifinal after everything and i always wanted

to come back and play at the highest level that i can and compete with the best and play in the grand slams and this is happening and, yeah, it took me to tears, but they are happy tea rs took me to tears, but they are happy tears that i show. just a bit of background, she was attacked in her home two years ago, a knife attack on her hand and there were fears she could never play tennis again but here she is in the semifinal of another grand slam, so great news for her. thank you very much. talk to you later on. this year's oscar nominations have been announced in los angeles. the films "the favourite" and "roma" outperformed their rivals with ten nominations each. among the british actors nominated are olivia colman and rachel weisz for their roles in "the favourite", and richard e. grant in "can you ever forgive me?" he will never forgive me, he will neverforgive me, but with me now is the film criticjason solomons. can we talk about the announcement

and presentation of it because it looked a bit odd? it's better than it's been in the last few years because they have had adverts and had actors come on talking about the time they were nominated and at least they dialled it back. he was oscar—nominated last year and she is the daughter of diana ross, you have heard of. she is the singer. thank you very much. let's talk best film. roma, and the favourite is the one everyone will talk about, but what does your gut tell you? i'm impressed everything got ten nominations. alfonso c, he got nominations, and he got nominated for the actress who plays the lead made and she has never acted before and was a schoolteacher and she

thought she was about to become a schoolteacher and he asked her to be in the movie and here she is on the cover of mexican vogue, the first indigenous mexican to be nominated for best actress and an extraordinary journey for for best actress and an extraordinaryjourney for her for best actress and an extraordinary journey for her and the film which i have to say is an old—fashioned cinematic the film which i have to say is an old —fashioned cinematic masterpiece which you can see on netflix. it's a strange world we are living in with cinema are fighting back. it's called the future, jason. people say cinema is dead but it's alive and well because popular films are nominated like the favourite —— favourite, with ten nominations including for olivia colman. it looks splendid. sandy powell got nominated for the costumes and the production design has been nominated and two for the supporting actresses, emma stone and rachel weisz who vie for the position of the favourite of olivia colman. will she win it? she might well win it and she will win the bafta, but can

she do it in hollywood? she's not as well—known over there but i think she can do it. it's an amazing performance. the script is hilarious and it's a great film. it's bawdy, rude, cruel, but it is a comedy. great sense of humour. our correspondent dan johnson is in los angeles for us now. what is the reaction they are to these nominations? i think there is interest. there is no real one film that everybody might win everything although a star is born was talked about it is not performed as well as people thought it might so we see roma and the favourite and also vice and like panther, along with films like black and —— market m3. there is diversity and there are more strong female characters and female

characters making it to the screen and the best director list is internationally diverse with a mexican, polish director, greek director at the one thing people will single out is that there are no women nominated for best director, something hollywood has struggled with and said it will do better on and that more women will get more power, but it doesn't look like it is happening yet. not unheard of for politics to get involved, and you are not1 million miles from the border with mexico, and is this a negative or positive out there at the moment, having mexican involvement? it feels like alfonso cuaron can do no wrong because roma seems to be taking it away from nowhere, a film made by netflix that hasn't really shown in cinema and this is the new modern age of cinema bringing things straight to peoples home. if you're english you have to read the subtitles and it is in

mexican spanish so it's difficult to access it at first and you might find it unwatchable because it is a steady film that takes time to build but it is a strong story and personal story, something that people have engaged with so perhaps there is an appetite to recognise international films and close to the mexican border recognition that there is strong film—making and acting coming from just a few miles away. there will be some good lunch is going on where you are today, aren't there? you bet. i know you've got to go. dan, thank you very much. celebrations for the brits as we a lwa ys celebrations for the brits as we always talk about them, but richard e. grant, you spoke to him earlier. withnail and i and everybody remembers that, but he's never been nominated for anything and talking of good lunches, he was having lunch

with his daughter when i interrupted him alive as the oscar nominations came through and i asked him to tell us about the character he plays in the film. i'm in a restaurant with my daughter and we are solidly overwhelmed, and it's beyond anything i could dreamt of or imagined. in my 62nd year, being in showbiz for four decades, i never thought anything like this would happen, so i'm literally levitating. you could certainly order the finest wine known to humanity to celebrate. it's a fantastic performance. tell usa it's a fantastic performance. tell us a bit about the got nominated for. i play an hiv-positive man who is also a coke dealer and petty thief who worked in collusion with a literary forger, melissa mccarthy

plays her, and she has been nominated as well and i am thrilled for herand nominated as well and i am thrilled for her and it's a story of friendship in new york in the early 90s between these two people. anyone who thinks that a nomination is just casually looked over by people needs to hear his voice. it really got to him today. he was struggling with the emotion of it. i can't believe it's not happened and his world has been turned around by this part, reallyjuicy part, he is a mischievous guy, and there's a lot of withnail in that part and there isa of withnail in that part and there is a lot of love for that seminal role and in hollywood they know it very well now and they cannot believe he was not awarded best actor. but the part of withnail is about being looked over and the frustration of being an actor and never playing hamlet. this is his dame. let's talk about best actress because olivia colman, again, she is up because olivia colman, again, she is up there but she's up against glenn

close who is hollywood royalty now. five times a nominee and a serial loser. she puts on a brilliant performance in a film called the wife, opposite jonathan performance in a film called the wife, oppositejonathan pryce, who wins the nobel prize for literature in the film but an investigative journalist finds out that perhaps is not written all his own work and there's a lot of work from the wife, played by glenn close. she's very popular in hollywood, 71 years times previously and it , , times previously and it would , , a e— ' of a 77 of from be a hell of a performance from to ta ke be a hell of a performance from to take it away olivia colman to take it away from her but m there olivia colman to take it away from her but then there is olivia colman to take it away from her but m there is the lead her but then there is the lead actress from roma, yalitza aparicio, and lady gaga, a burst of a first—ever performance and she is nominated for original song. christian bale is there as well. not in this category but it does suggest he could get into the best actress category from the make up in vice.|j

bet against nothing. great to talk to you. when is it? february the 24th. they still haven't got a host for the ceremony. if i was then i wouldn't use the ones i used —— they used this morning, but what do i know? what do they know? jason, thank you very much. jason solomon with a look at the oscar nominations. after a week of turmoil in zimbabwe, the country's president emmerson mnangagwa has cut short a foreign trip and returned home there've been several days of violence in the capital, harare, and the south—western city of bulawayo. security forces have been accused of carrying out a brutal crackdown on opposition mps and their supporters. it follows a sharp rise in petrol prices, which ministers say have been used by opponents of the government to cause unrest. our correspondent pumza fihlani has been monitoring the story from south africa. the reasons for that in the most basic ways is that he needs to assure the international community that he is the man in charge but

that's a relationship that he needs to navigate carefully. these are the people who created his rise to power and he has been crisscrossing the world, talking to people about wanting to bring in investment to zimbabwe and how the country has changed and is open for business but the violence we saw in the last week has done a lot to discredit the message, so with him back in the country he needs to work hard to reassure people in zimbabwe that he is running the show and also to show that he has a firm handle on the security forces who might have an appetite to use the violence they are used to use over the years to clamp—down on dissent. are used to use over the years to clamp-down on dissent. the business news in a moment, but first the headlines. fears for new premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put forward their rival plans for brexit. prince william

interviews the award—winning broadcaster and naturalist sir david attenborough about the issue of tackling climate change. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the drone chaos at gatwick airport before christmas cost easyjet around £15m. it paid out £10 million in "customer welfare costs" and said it had lost £5 million of revenues due to flight cancellations. the incident affected around 82,000 customers and led to more than 400 flights being cancelled. the unemployment rate fell to 4%, between september and november, according to the latest official figures. they also show the number of people in work reached a record high of 32.5 million. there was a fall in mobile phone sales at dixons carphone

over christmas as fewer people signed up for two—year contracts. the company said sales of mobiles were down 7% in the three months to january. some very good news on jobs. very good news. employment, the number of people in work, has reached an all—time high since records started in 1971 of 32.5 million people. if you look at the fact that we have low unemployment, a 40 year low, you can see things are looking pretty rosy. a couple of factors at play here. the increase in people in work is coming from those who are termed economically inactive, students, people coming back from long—term illness and from looking after children, perhaps. but we are having a tightjob children, perhaps. but we are having a tight job market children, perhaps. but we are having a tightjob market with people finding it hard to recruit staff.

wages going up as a result. exactly right. wages are going up by 3.3% and if you consider the fact that inflation is at 2.3%, you can see the we should be feeling arise and in buying power. but there is this thing called brexit, i don't know if you've heard of it. we have been trying to avoid it. but the thing we are asking is, how come all of these figures look so rosy despite all of the chaos and uncertainty caused by brexit? that is a question we put to an analyst earlier. brexit uncertainty means that companies have held back investment over the la st two have held back investment over the last two years so instead they have had to retain or add—on workers so that supports the job situation in the uk, and secondly, despite slower growth there is a lag between the slower growth and the impact on the

job market. a lot of eyes on what is going on between china and the us and we are getting reports they will push ahead with the executive from huawei. easy for you to say, i won't try it. huawei, huge company, wrapped up, the two biggest economies in china. the chief financial officer was arrested in vancouver at the request of the us who accused her of violating sanctions against iran. this is all pa rt sanctions against iran. this is all part of the bigger drama playing out between china and the us, so let's cross over to new york. what do we know so far, some era? we know the chinese officials really want to solve this issue as quickly as

possible. as you rightly pointed out the executive, the cfo of huawei was arrested in vancouver where she owns arrested in vancouver where she owns a home and it was at the request of the americans. the americans have said that there are reports suggesting that the americans will make a request for her to be extradited to the us where she can face charges that she was going against the rules with regards to doing business with iran. against the rules with regards to doing business with iranm against the rules with regards to doing business with iran. if the americans are going to extradite her and these reports —— these are reports only so far, how long have they got to do that? the next step will be the 6th of february when we will be the 6th of february when we will see her next court appearance in canada and i think we will get a little bit more detail in terms of what will happen. don't forget, because canada has made this arrest,

it has really soured relationships between china and canada as well and you can see there have been two canadians arrested in china and the chinese officials say those two things are unrelated but many people believe there is some relation as a result of the arrest of the cfo. so presumably if she does get extradited back to the us, that would sour relations still further? absolutely and from the chinese perspective, or for the executives of huawei, they were just speaking in davos and said, if people are going to retaliate against our executives, we willjust try and ta ke executives, we willjust try and take our business elsewhere. that is it. they've tried to make a lot of inroads in the us but the company is banned from bidding for any government contracts because the us still believes that they are involved in some nefarious activity with regards to countries on the no business list of the us and also in

terms of stealing technology and using it for spying purposes. the plot thickens. thank you so much. huawei a look at the markets. producing the magic of the markets. a slight fall on the ftse, may be because we have seen the pound go up in response to the good news on jobs. bhp, this huge mining group, has warned about production problems at some of its plants in australia and that it's why those shares are down. ok. we will get more from you in an hour. it's now a month since a partial government shutdown started in the united states — the longest in the country's history. it's left up to 800 thousand federal employees unpaid, and some of them are still expected to work. it's been caused by a stand—off over government spending between president trump and congress.

with no end in sight to the prolonged dispute, our correspondent aleem maqbool went to boston to speak to some of those affected. from an airport in boston, they're trying to tell washington they're suffering. right now, our nation is being held hostage by our president. air—traffic controllers and airport security officers are among hundreds of thousands who gone unpaid. it started when donald trump demanded approvalfor billions of dollars for his border wall and the democrats refused. no one is budging. today, we are here to send a very simple message to washington: open our government and pay our people for the work they do. not far to the west is one of the many federal prisons where officers are working without pay. some of them voted for donald trump, but the shutdown doesn't discriminate. we might have some folks that see the border security issue exactly like the president. we have folks that don't.

but what we all see together is that we are pawns in this game is, that our livelihood is being used in a political game of chicken. who's going to cave first? we all feel like that. and the effects are being felt far beyond just workers not getting their salaries. other business has come to a halt because of the shutdown, too. it's kind of scary. molly's worried the government assisted rent won't be paid, and that she could soon be evicted because of the political deadlock. i'm very upset with all of them, on all political spectrums of it. it'sjust tit—for—tat, and it's just, you know, enough is enough. you guys have a home, you guys have security. you have, you know, you're worth millions and millions of dollars. we have hard—working americans here that, you know, are doing the right thing, and you guys are doing tit—for—tat. and it's like people's lives are in jeopardy. and molly is worried it all means her 86—year—old father, who lives here, will also become a victim ofan

increasingly far reaching crisis. headlines and a couple of minutes, but now a look at the weather with susan powell. the cold continues in many of us have enjoyed decent sunshine today but many spots have seen wintry showers and the weather watchers have sent us in some beautiful images and here is one from north yorkshire earlier in the day. wintry showers will come tonight and again into tomorrow and no surprises that the story remains a chilly one. here we are on the latest satellite picture with light specs you can see as we go in closer to the uk, marking out the showers that are getting fed across us on the north—westerly wind. more across eastern england through the evening and overnight some will feed into wales, maybe the midlands and a few

more for northern ireland and the north and west of scotland. a cold night across the board, perhaps down to —6 or —7 and once again like this morning widespread ice is a consideration first thing on wednesday, but there will be a lot of sunshine through the day and we keep the north—westerly wind, but quite a light wind and that means there will be grazing into western regions and western scotland, later in the day we might see some showers running in from the north sea coast to east anglia and kent. but overall a lot of sunshine for wednesday and some areas could get stuck with freezing fog, for example central scotla nd freezing fog, for example central scotland and here temperatures could get stuck at freezing and get no higher. another cold night takes us into thursday, a lot of sunshine for the majority but notice a change here towards the north—west by the end of the day with thick cloud,

snow, but also rain and some slightly higher temperatures. that marks the change for the end of the week, albeit a brief one, and a warm front will sweep across the uk and ta ke front will sweep across the uk and take us into this area which is known as a warm sector. it will bring us some milder conditions for friday and it could be quite a gloomy day with patchy rain but temperatures will return closer to average values. just a brief glimpse of something milder and the cold will return through the weekend and i think we will notice it particularly as there will be strong north—westerly winds for a while. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy.

today at 3: fears for premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft which is missing over the channel islands. it is possible that the aircraft has diverted somewhere else, but we are continuing a search if in the unfortunate event it has actually ditched into the sea. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put forward their rival plans for brexit. the duke of cambridge interviews the award—winning broadcaster and naturalist sir david attenborough about the urgent issue of tackling climate change. tell everyone here, how urgent is that crisis now? it is difficult to overstate it. the number of people in work in the uk has reached a record high. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. huddersfield town have appointed a

new manager. he follows the same path as his predecessor, david wagner, but this new man says he is very much his own man. thanks, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. it's set to remain cold. most of us will see some glorious pearls of sunshine at some stage, but will you see any snow? a more detailed forecast coming up in half an hour. also coming up... a good day for brits at the oscars as olivia coleman, set-leer; : geeee eee fee'ee'ee. eeée all receive nominations... hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. it's now been confirmed that an argentinian footballer, who'd just been signed by premier league team cardiff city, was on board a light aircraft that

has vanished off the channel islands. emiliano sala finalised his £15 million move to cardiff from french club nantes at the weekend. the plane he was on disappeared from radar yesterday evening on its way from france to cardiff. two people, including the player, were on board. a search is underway but so far no trace has been found. in the past half hour, the cardiff city executive director ken choo has released this statement... our correspondentjoe wilson has this report. emiliano sala at cardiff city, the club's record signing. he'd already travelled to wales at the weekend to sign and to publicise his transfer to the club, the start of something new, the big move of his career.

translation: i am very happy, very happy to be here with you. it gives me enormous pleasure, and i'm going to start my training and get to work. born in argentina, emiliano sala started his football career france, especially at nantes, where he developed a strong reputation as a goal—scorer in the french league. he travelled back to france to say goodbye to his team—mate. this photo, posted yesterday afternoon on his twitter account, is captioned: the last goodbye. at 7:15pm last night, a light aircraft left nantes bound for britain. it never arrived. the french aviation authorities say emiliano sala was on board. searches began near the channel islands. these pictures give an indication of emiliano sala's reputation in french football.

nantes, his former club have postponed their next game, scheduled to be played tomorrow. the link between these clubs, a young man at the peak of his football career, trying to live his dream. joe wilson, bbc news. in the past hour the capt david barker — harbour master in guernsey has given this update. we have now surged over 1000 square miles of sea, by day and night. the search continues, using assets from the uk and from france, alongside our own channel islands surge assets. so far, nothing has been seen, but we carry on now expanding the search area out. and what at the moment are your thoughts on a successful outcome? it is difficult to say. we have to assume that if they are in the water, they are alive and well. my best hope is that we get a report that the two people on board the aircraft are safe and well somewhere a sure, but we will

continue searching and looking for them in the meantime. tell me about how you have had to search this 1000 square miles. the area of sea is very rough around there. what would their chances be if they have been in there since last night? it is difficult to say. surging by night is very hard. it was very dark last night, it was heavy rain, squalls going through and it was quite windy with ec state —— with the state of the sea eventually up to number six. which is why we had to eventually call off the condition this morning are much better. it is better to search a daylight. the sea is quite calm now and we are saturating the area and widening the search out as we speak. what vessels are involved with research? we have heard about crafts. so far, spirit of guernsey and the alderney lifeboat have been involved. a civilian helicopter volunteered its services and we are very grateful for that and they covered a large area today. we also

have military wing assets from the uk from the coast guard in the uk. the french coastguard helicopter. and a fixed wing aircraft from the uk coastguard is on its way as we speak. ok, and how long do you expect this urge to go on? because you just mentioned before, i think towards night it becomes far less likely that there will be a successful outcome. that's true, but we're not giving up. we will continue searching is certainly up until sunset this evening, and then we will review the situation at that point. a little earlier, our correspondent on guernsey, john fernandez, updated us on the search for the missing plane. there have been assets including the channel islands lifeboat, the channel islands air search, a helicopter has even been involved. at the moment, they are scouring the area at the north of alderney, a very rough area of tide where two currents meet, lots of

shipwrecks in that area, so over the last few hours, whilst the conditions have been better than last night for searching, where the waves were reaching around one and a half metres in swell, it is a much better time to search now, but at the moment, according to the harbour master, there have been no signs of any activity from the aircraft which lost contact with radar at around 8:20pm last night. mps opposed to theresa may's withdrawal deal with the eu have been putting forward their own brexit proposals. ? they include a labour party motion saying mps should be able to vote on whether there should be a second referendum, and another proposal allowing a delay to brexit. the cabinet met in downing st this morning. it's understood that some senior ministers have been pressing for a no deal brexit to be ruled out. mps are to vote again on theresa may's plans in a week's time. here's our political correspondent iain watson. do you think your colleagues should be permitted the chance to vote on a no—deal brexit?

most members of the cabinet remained tight—lipped when asked what their colleagues would be willing to do to avoid leaving the eu without a deal. do you think there will be resignations? this minister, though, is staying in office, and coming forward with advice for her fellow conservatives in the commons. anyone in that house who wants to avoid no deal as passionately as i do, wants to deliver brexit as much as i do, and wants to avoid a people's referendum, which i think would be another extension of all of these tough conversations, needs to come together to support the deal. but behind the scenes, amber rudd is pressing theresa may to allow ministers to vote for a backbench bill that aims to avoid no deal. without them having to walk out of government. that bill has been put forward by labour's yvette cooper, backed by former conservative cabinet ministers, too.

we are putting legislation to say that if the government can get an agreement with the commons by the end of february, they must ask the eu for an extension of our departure, we are suggesting until the end of 2019. the official opposition has set out its own plan. labour wants mps to vote on all options that would avoid no deal, including its preferred outcome of a permanent customs union with the eu. and the party wants mps to consider whether to hold a referendum on any brexit deal. this was welcomed by some of those campaigning for a new public vote. i think it is a welcome step in the right direction. it doesn't take us to exactly where i want to be, but i think it is part of the process that will get us to that point. should she be sounding quite positive? many of labour party grassroots members want a new referendum if they can't get an early election. but the party's plan falls short of that and doesn't

commit the leadership toa new public vote, only for pushing for parliamentary time to discuss it. leading labour figures say they are proceeding with caution. this is a divisive issue for all parties, particularly the conservatives and labour, where we have mps against people's vote for various reasons, and people in favour of it, so we would very carefully determine our position at the time. ourjob is to bring as many people together as we possibly can, and that really is one option of many, and our priority always has been to secure a deal. the search for a brexit deal continues, but it's been straining traditional party loyalties almost to destruction. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. a lot of attention now on these amendments which are being tabled by

mps and all parties, to be voted on, some of them at least, next tuesday, and so far you can see a bit of a pattern. it's a lot of people, a lot of mps trying to rule out a no—deal brexit. let's be down to the former conservative attorney general, dominic grieve, who is with me. just to be clear, next tuesday's votes are actually legally binding of a government, so why should we care what the results are? i think next tuesday's what the results are? i think next tu esday‘s votes what the results are? i think next tuesday's votes will be very important if some of the amendments go through then parliament will have asserted its desire to take control of the order paper in order to do things which the government has been trying to prevent parliament from doing, and in particularfrom expressing its view on what should happen next in the unfolding crisis that we have over brexit. if my amendment were to be accepted, it would mean debate spread over now

and the 29th of march in which those expressions of you could take place. obviously, hilary benn and oliver n's amendment, which is different, is crafted to try to push through a piece of specific legislation that could the prime minister, as a matter of law, to go and delay article 50, and i am supporting that, just as they are supporting mine. do you think that there is a possibility that these amendments and the suggestion that they could well be filtered through good change the minds of some of your own party, the minds of some of your own party, the brexiteers in your own party, who might not think it is time to get behind theresa may's deal. who might not think it is time to get behind theresa may's deallj can't answer that. i think there's a lwa ys can't answer that. i think there's always a slight risk with all this of trying to game and plot and plan ahead, which i've really given up doing. we are facing a really serious national, political crisis. and i think that from my point of view, what i'm fine to do is to try to do the right thing at the right

time, andi to do the right thing at the right time, and i think we have come to a point where the government having had its deal rejected massively in the house of commons, it is now necessary if we're going to get out of this, for the government to start having a dialogue with the house of commons about what the house of commons about what the house of commons might be prepared to pass accept, and as the government shows, i'm afraid, very little sign of initiating that it self, then it seems to me the only way forward is for us to have that opportunity and by changing our standing orders, the votes next week, to enable us to do that. and that i think is the general gist behind most of the amendments that have been tabled. i find other amendments as well, some saying that under no circumstances should we have in all deal brexit, for example, which i absolutely sure because the vast majority of members of parliament believed that in all deal brexit is a bad idea. what my collea g u es deal brexit is a bad idea. what my colleagues who want a hard brexit make all this, you'll have to ask them. iam make all this, you'll have to ask them. i am doing this because i think it's the right thing to do.“

it right, first of all, and is it really feasible for a group of backbench mps, which is what we would be talking about, to take control and actually managed to get through bills, acting almost as the government? is that likely, keeping the discipline and trying to broker bills, both things through over a period of time? that seems extraordinary and very unlikely to succeed. it is unusual. it may be that it would succeed. i had to bear in mind that it has to go to the house of lords, which are to be absolutely clear, the house of commons has absolutely no control of its proceedings. that is one of the reasons why, although i have supported oliver letter on and hilary benn and yvette cooper's bill, because i think it is necessary , bill, because i think it is necessary, i have also been promoting my own amendments, which don't seem quite as drastic but will still provide for a forum for debate, and they are not mutually explicit in any way. they are totally, mentoring and they can work together. thank you very much

indeed. so we will have to wait until next tuesday to find out which of those amendments are selected and then voted on. it could be all of them. we will have to see. but that could be quite an evening. thank you very much. prince william has been speaking to sir david attenborough at the meeting of world leaders and top business people in davos. the prince interviewed the veteran broadcaster about the urgent challenges facing the next generation of environmental leaders. during the conversation, prince william asked sir david about why he started creating films that focussed on the importance on conservation. the notion that humanity might exterminate a whole community of animals was quite foreign. i don't think many people thought that. and, of course, the naturalists were the exception, in a way. they were people with their eyes open, their sensitive tentacles pared to see what was happening around them. but now there are more people living in

towns and conurbations than are living in the wild. so it means that the majority of the human race are out of touch to some degree with the richness of the natural world. and so what they see on television is new to them, but at the same time, people who watch the natural world on television get a vision of the world that no human being has ever had 100 years ago. 100 years ago, people didn't know anything about the world. they knew about their immediate circumstances. and, of course, they read books and so on. but now television can take them to the bottom of the sea and can take them high in the sky and then ta ke them into the arctic and the coldest regions and on the top of the himalayas, everywhere. and you can see the most remote things. and, david, recently you were in poland

and you spoke very powerfully at the un climate change conference there. tell everyone here, how urgent is that crisis now? it's difficult to overstate it. we are now so numerous, so powerful, so all pervasive, the mechanisms that we have for destruction are so wholesale and so frightening that we can actually exterminate whole ecosystems without even noticing it. we have now to be really aware of the dangers of what we are doing, and we already know that, of course, the plastic problem in the seas is wreaking appalling damage upon marine life, the extent of which we don't yet fully know. and why do you think the world leaders and those in key positions of leadership, why do you think they have taken so long and there have been quite a few

faltering steps to act on environmental challenges? because the connection between the natural world and the urban world, the society of human society, has always, since the industrial revolution has been remote and widening, and we didn't realise the effects of what we were doing out there, but now we are seeing that almost everything we do has its echoes and has its duplications and implications across the natural world, so we have now to be really careful what we do because we can exterminate things without even knowing. david attenborough there talking to prince william. you're watching afternoon live.

the headlines: fears for new premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands. prince william interviews david attenborough about tackling climate change. huddersfield town's new manager may be following the same path as his predecessor, david wagner, but the new man insists he'll do it his own way. the greek sensation dazzling at the australian open. and the two—time wimbledon champion kvitova has broken hearts. she will be facing the american danielle collins next. online abuse of people with disabilities should be made a criminal offence, according to a new report by mps. it says that perpetrators are currently not being "appropriately punished". their report follows a petition started by the reality tv star, katie price, who has a disabled son. our correspondent

jon donnison reports. katie price, whose16—year—old son harvey has a disability, says he has suffered a shocking level of abuse on social media. people have crossed the line, and something needs to be done. i can't say on here what has been said. if someone said it live, like us now, you would get in trouble. because it is online and written down, people don't seem to take it seriously. her petition, submitted in 2017, attracted more than 220,000 signatures from people calling for such abuse to be made a specific criminal offence. that led to a parliamentary committee of cross—party mps being set up, to which katie price gave evidence. you can have your point of view about things, but there is a point, and that the next discussion it will hopefully get through,

where you sit down and draw a line about when it becomes a criminal offence. the committee is backing the reality tv star's call for the law to be changed. we found that disabled people were often let down by the system when they tried to report abuse, and we recommend that future, targeting someone because of their disability should be put on a par with targeting someone because of their race. the parliamentary committee also called for a register of offenders to be set up, after hearing evidence from google, twitter and facebook. it concluded that self—regulation had failed disabled people, and too many had been driven off social media while their abusers remained unchecked. today, under the hashtag harvey's law, katie price said that she was very pleased that parliament was taking the issue so seriously, but she said she wouldn't stop until such abuse was made a crime. britain's last surviving dambuster,

george "johnny" johnson, has hit out at vandals who threw white paint over the bomber command memorial in central london. the statue, honouring the lives of raf crew members who lost their lives in the second world war, has been targeted four times in six years. a court in moscow has denied a bail application by a joint british—american citizen, who's been detained in russia on suspicion of spying. paul whelan, who's a former us marine, was arrested by the russian security service in december. his family say he was in moscow for a friend's wedding. an investigation has been ordered into the construction and design of a hospital in scotland after two people died from pigeon droppings. the patients at glasgow's queen elizabeth university hospital contracted a rare infection linked to the pigeons which became fatal. last year a number of children with cancer were treated, after a bacterial infection was identified in the drains of the hospital. the scottish health secretary

ordered the inquiry and says the findings will be made public. let's find out more from our news correspondent james shaw. what has happened here? well, we have got new information about those two patients who died. first of all, we knew that they had this rear cryptococcal fungal infection, but now we know that one of them was an elderly patient who died in december, but her death was not connected with the infection. however, much more seriously, the other patient was a child, and the scottish health secretaryjeanne freeman has now revealed in the scottish parliament that that child's death was connected with the infection, so in other words this rare infection was a contributor factor to that child's death, and perhaps the seriousness of that situation is one of the reasons why she has decided to launch an enquiry into the commissioning of the

hospital, the design of the hospital, the design of the hospital, and also ongoing maintenance, because the evidence that they have gathered so far, there is a suggestion that there may be some connection between infections and the way that the hospital was designed and the waiters maintained. that is the question that they are seeking to a nswer question that they are seeking to answer because, as you said, last year there were four children who suffered infections and it's thought that there was a connection to bacteria. there may have been a connection to bacteria that were found in the water supply. this is the children's hospital which is adjacent to the queen elizabeth university hospital on the south side of glasgow, for a serious infection to limerick situation that the authorities are having to deal with it -- the authorities are having to deal with it —— however they do stress that this latest fungal infection connected with the pigeon droppings, they say that that has been effective than the message that they are putting out to the public is that the hospital is safe and safe for people to attend the hospital

and safe for inpatients to be in this hospital. this is a huge hospital. 750,000 patients treated there every year. but nevertheless, they do want to get to the bottom of how these infections happen and to make sure they don't happen again. the number of people in work is at its highest level since records began in 1971. a further one hundred and forty one thousand found jobs between september to november — double the number economists were expecting. figures from the office of national statistics also show the unemployment rate was at its lowest since 1975. average earnings increased by 3.3% — iéiziifiarésfi‘séfiésgéésf: : 5 reaction to the figures. i think it got another excellent set of numbers, record—breaking employment in the country. we got more people in work than ever before and interesting way of the jobs that have been treated in the last 12

months, almost entirely they have been full—time roles. you are also seeing wages outpacing inflation for the tenth month in a row and which is growing at their fastest rate in a decade will stop all of this thanks to the responsible pro—business policies followed by the conservative government. it's now a month since a partial government shutdown started in the united states — the longest in the country's history. it's left up to 800 thousand federal employees unpaid, and some of them are still expected to work. it's been caused by a stand—off over government spending between president trump and congress. the president won't sign off on the spending unless it includes five billion dollars for his pet project — a border wall between the us and mexico. with no end in sight to the prolonged dispute, our correspondent aleem maqbool went to boston to speak to some of those affected. from an airport in boston, they're trying to tell washington they're suffering. right now, our nation is being held hostage by our president. air—traffic controllers and airport eecoritf'a‘fficere are’amananana’reae- of thousands who gone unpaid.

it started when donald tra‘rnp'der'namieol oor government and pay oar peoplej not far totbeweslisbne prisons where officers are working without pay. some of them voted for donald trump, but the shutdown doesn't discriminate. we might have some folks that see the border security issue exactly like the president. we have folks that don't. but what we all see together is that we are pawns in this game, that our livelihood is being used in a political game of chicken. who's going to cave first? we all feel like that. and the effects are being felt far beyond just workers not getting their salaries.

other business has come to a halt because of the shutdown, too. it's kind of scary. molly's worried her government assisted rent won't be paid, and that she could soon be evicted because of the political deadlock. i'm very upset with all of them, on all political spectrums of it. it'sjust tit—for—tat, and it's just, you know, enough is enough. you guys have a home, you guys have security. you have, you know, you're worth millions and millions of dollars. we have hard—working americans here that, you know, are doing the right thing, and you guys are doing tit—for—tat. and it's like people's lives are in jeopardy. and molly is worried it all means her 86—year—old father, who lives here, will also become a victim ofan increasingly far reaching crisis. time for a look at the weather with susan powell.

hello. the cold continues. a day that will bring sunshine but also further wintry showers. through this evening, showers across eastern england and then overnight across the west of scotland, northern ireland, parts of north—west england, feeding into north wales and maybe the midlands as well. temperatures tumbling. ice could be a risk anywhere. in some rural spots, temperatures could get down as low as minus six celsius. potentially one of our coldest nights of this winter so far. and i see start to wednesday, but a sunny one for the majority. we're looking atafairday, one for the majority. we're looking at a fair day, all in all. sunspots, particularly the central belt of scotland, could get longer with some patches of freezing fog. obviously, the visibility will be a hazard but it will also cap the temperatures to the course of the day. at best, figures of this is bbc news —

our latest headlines. fears for premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft which is missing over the channel islands. the search continues using assets from the uk and from france and from the channel islands. so far nothing has been saying that we carry on expanding the search area. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put forward their rival plans for brexit. the duke of cambridge interviews the award—winning broadcaster and naturalist sir david attenborough about the urgent issue of tackling climate change. how urgent is that crisis now?m how urgent is that crisis now? it is difficult to overstate. and coming up... a good day for brits

at the oscars as olivia coleman, richard e grant and christian bale all receive nominations. sport now on afternoon live. our main story is fears over the argentinian football star. it is so tragic. it is a developing story. what we do know is that emiliano sala was on board that light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands. he is 28 yea rs over the channel islands. he is 28 years old. he is an argentinian international. he had signed for cardiff city and was set to begin training with his new team. he had been going to say goodbye to his former team—mates. according to police the aircraft left the north west of france bound for cardiff

last night, flying at around 5000 feet when it's contacted jersey air—traffic control requesting dissent. the aircraft lost contact shortly after. search is ongoing, so far there is no trace of the far 515? ii “a?! efstee'q!‘ the" ” " we can see some images of aircraft. we can see some images of re here. he was third top scorer in him here. he was third top scorer in france last season. cardiff executive director has said the club as in shock. we are expecting an imminent press conference from cardiff any moment. huddersfield have appointed the new manager, jan siewert. he has been presented to the media this morning. he has moved from borussia dortmund's second—team and is

following in the footsteps of the outgoing manager david wagner. following in the footsteps of the outgoing manager david wagnerlj following in the footsteps of the outgoing manager david wagner. i am jan siewert. we should not compare. the most important thing is... the most important thing is... the fa have expressed concerns about the quality of stewarding at west ham after the club were fined £100,000 for pitch invasions following their defeat against burnley last march. one of the fans approached their captain, other supporters threw coins and objects at the directors box. west ham united gave several bands following- . | there i this | there this of te-e-eie the—e is. this. fee-tee {tee eeee' . ~ . .. — . .. rafael andy rafael mme" andy murray, mme"

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and in the women's singles, two—times wimbledon champion petra kvitova beat the last remaining australian singles player, ashleigh barty to reach the semi—finals where she'll face the unseeded american danielle collins, it was not easy for me to kind of see myself being in the semifinal after everything and i always wanted to come back and play at the highest level that i can and compete with the best and play in the grand slams and this is happening and, yeah, it took me to tears, but they are happy tears that i show. this year's oscar

nominations have been announced in los angeles, with recognition for british acting talent. leading the nominations are the favourite and black and white mexican drama, roma, which outperformed their rivals with ten nominations each. british actress olivia colman gets her first oscar nomination for her portrayal of queen anne in the favourite — while christian bale is up for leading actor for his depiction of dick cheney in vice. richard e grant and rachel weisz are both nominated for their supporting roles. with me now is the film criticjason solomons. last year the issue was the metoo issue. films like black panther, well nominated and well represented. but there is no asian film—making, nor

indian film there is no asian film—making, nor indianfilm making. more there is no asian film—making, nor indian film making. more crucially, most vocally, there are no female directors nominated for best picture or best director. there is female directing talent that you have to look for it in that foreign language category, documentary category. there is female activity happening, just not top line, but it takes a time to filter down in the oscars. there are nearly 9000 photos now, they come from younger voters. we are seeing a shift in the sorts of films that get nominated. and a take on the british period

romp, gives it a different kind of hilarious take. looking at the best directing category what caught your eye? there is anger that christian bale has not been nominated for best director. who has not been? here it says he should have got more mentions. christian bale can do many things, not yet a film—maker, and adam mckay the film—maker, and

perhaps a polish film maker who cut his teeth here at the bbc a number of years ago, his film is spectacular. two films in black and white there. both in best directing category. spike lee, who has never been nominated before, one of the great film makers, has never been nominated before, it is time that ceiling was broken. the same for female film makers. the director for

the directorfor can the director for can you ever forgive me. do not go away. our correspondent dan johnson is in los angeles for us now. they have got a show but no one to host it at that moment. indeed. it is still open if you are available. no one is willing to take on thejob, it is available. no one is willing to take on the job, it is a available. no one is willing to take on thejob, it is a high—pressure role, something that needs a lot of work. it is a politicaljob, a tricky choice, a tough gig. we do not know who is going to host it. it is bizarre. maybe they will rattle through the awards quicker than usual. it will not feel as long as the nomination sure did. unconventional. interesting. interesting, but there's a good word. i will talk to you soon.

you have blown your chats of hosting it now. they're favourite. yes, a british film, directed by a director who's been living in the uk for the past eight years, it stars olivia colman, almost a national treasure in waiting. she is playing queen elizabeth in another movie, filming that as we speak. shot in great british locations. ironically written by a british writer then expanded on by an australian writer. i asked him australian writer. iasked him how australian writer.

i asked him how he took on british costume drama. that was from the start he wanted three copper treated women. that is what we set out to do. they had to be not perfect. sometimes good and sometimes bad. that is who we looked at rating those characters. we are lucky that we got three such amazing actors. one of the more controversial aspects of the nomination, the film nominated for live action short. it looks at the events surrounding the killing of james pilger. —— killing ofjames bulger. his mother has said...

there has been a petition. asking for the movie nomination to be removed. i can only think that has not happened. i have not seen the film. it is based on transcripts from the interviews with the two boys who killed james bulger. it does look harrowing. those events we re does look harrowing. those events were extremely dramatic. whether it understands those events through film, i do not know. but a mistake not involving the family and getting permission before making the film. thank you. after a week of turmoil in zimbabwe,

the country's president emmerson mnangagwa has cut short a foreign trip and returned home. there've been several days of violence in the capital, harare, and the south—western city of bulawayo. security forces have been accused of carrying out a brutal crackdown on opposition mps and their supporters. it follows a sharp rise in petrol prices, which ministers say have been used by opponents of the government to cause unrest. our correspondent pumza fihlani has been monitoring the story from south africa. the reasons for that, he needs to assure the international community that he is the man in charge but that he is the man in charge but thatis that he is the man in charge but that is a relationship with the community —— with the security forces that he needs to navigate. and president mnangagwa has been crisscrossing the world is talking to people who want to bring investment to zimbabwe, talking about how the country has changed and is open for business but that violence we have seen has done a lot

to discredit that message. with him backin to discredit that message. with him back in the country he needs to work ha rd to reassure back in the country he needs to work hard to reassure people in zimbabwe that he is running the country and also sure that he has a firm handle on the security forces who may still have an appetite to use the violence that they are used to using over they used to clamp down on dissent. fears for new premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put forward their rival plans for brexit. prince william interviews the award—winning broadcaster and naturalist sir david attenborough — about the issue of tackling climate change. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the drone chaos at gatwick airport before christmas cost easyjet around £15 million. it paid out £10 million in "customer welfare costs" and said it had

lost £5 million of revenues due to flight cancellations. the unemployment rate fell to 4%, between september and november, according to the latest official figures. they also show the number of people in work reached a record high of 32.5 million. there was a fall in mobile phone sales at dixons carphone over christmas as fewer people signed up for two—year contracts. the company said sales of mobiles were down 7% in the three months to january. we remember the drone scare at gatwick last month having an impact on easyjet. they had to cancel flights affecting

82,000 passengers, but cost them £15 million. they had to pay to compensate people. the boss is not pleased. he says he is disappointed that it took government so long to rectify the situation even though he says he realises it was not a criminal act. let us get more from our travel editor. the numbers are horrible. easyjet is the biggest customer at gatwick airport and also gatwick is the biggest base for easyjet. it was always going to be horrible. but £15 million, of which £10 million is for

welfare and care of the passengers, extrapolate, total cost to the airlines, 35—40,000,000. costs to airport, anything up to £60 million. you are talking about £100 million for 33 hours of closure of the world's busiest runway. that is extraordinary. you can understand the boss of easyjet is furious. what are other airlines the boss of easyjet is furious. what are otherairlines are the boss of easyjet is furious. what are other airlines are saying. they are other airlines are saying. they are not so badly hit. british airways, my estimate, neitherthe £10 million mark. i spoke to easyjet chief executive this morning, he was angry about the length of the closure and about the passenger rights rules which cost easyjet so much money. he told me that easyjet

and the other airlines are having to cover costs which are completely beyond their control and were not the sorts of things that the passenger rights rules were ever designed for. they are very keen for the government to take another look at those rules and reduce the impact on airlines. cases like this but it is so far beyond their control. may 2017, british airways had an issue that cost them roughly £82 million, you could see it was of their meeting, but drones, volcanic ash, the rb on to the control of the airlines. a look at the markets. more pressure on the ftse as the pound continues to rise.

bhp see they have got to production problems. bp, the imf has said it is worried about the prospects for global growth. if big global economy slows down less oil is used. shears are up for easyjet? cheers are up, they say they are still on track to make big profits expected. thank you. mps on parental leave will be able to nominate another mp to vote on their behalf if new plans announced by the government are agreed.

proxy voting in parliament has long been discussed for pregnant mps and new parents, but despite widespread agreement, it has not come into force. joining me now isjo swinson, deputy leader of the liberal democrats who asked the government an urgent question on the issue of proxy voting in the house of commons. were you pleased with the answer. i was delighted that in answer to my question which had been prompted by reports in the papers yesterday that it was the chief whip of the government that was blocking this reform, the house of commons agreed to nearly one year ago, that rather than trying to defend the indefensible they said they would bring forward the motions and get the chance to try to make that happen next week. that was a good outcome even though the government we re outcome even though the government were forced into doing it. pop that will mean is that we should not have a repeat of the offal scenes last week that i am sure viewers will recall when a labour mp who was said to have her baby by caesarean section delayed the birth of her

baby because she would not have been able to vote on brexit and the traditional mechanism that was used to make sure that people could be accommodated in those circumstances was so discredited because last summer, when i was at home looking after my two—week—old baby, the person who was supposed to be paired with me and not vote, ended up picking up paving and cheating my constituents act of their voice. and next day that end he had to appear for a conference called just before she gave birth. absolutely and this is not a sensible way for a modern democracy to operate. it is very important for people who are pregnant, who are new mothers, indeed, new dads, have that time and that space. that is why we have important laws protecting that in the workplace. it is a separate issue about the fact i do not think the government is doing enough to protect maternity rights more broadly across the entire economy.

74,000 women per year lose their jobs because of pregnancy discrimination. the fact they were dragging theirfeet on discrimination. the fact they were dragging their feet on this within parliament sent out an appalling message to employers generally about what they might get away with. that is why it is important to get our own house in order because we are setting that was for everybody else and we ought to be setting an example. in 2019, yes. absolutely. i do think this does not quite bring parliament into the 21st—century but into the latter half of the 20th century. more needs to happen but todayis century. more needs to happen but today is positive. mps in all parties across the house of commons agreeing that this step should happen. i hope we can have it in place before the important vote next tuesday on brexit because obviously that mp has still had that battle has just had that mp has still had that battle hasjust had her that mp has still had that battle has just had her baby, that mp has still had that battle hasjust had her baby, and we have another for hasjust had her baby, and we have anotherfor piggott hasjust had her baby, and we have another for piggott members of parliament. it is important that we get this sorted that now. —— another

for pregnant embers. it does not matter where you live or whether or not you mp off —— another for pregnant members of parliament. all that work was done last year and a comprehensive report was produced last me and what the government suggested which i think people are all keyworth, see what works, if changes need to be made, that could happen ina changes need to be made, that could happen in a year's time, this is a modernising step that is their rates tipped to take in 2019. and he did not mention brexit once. thank you. now, an update to a story we brought you earlier this month. tony foulds, who's 82 year old,

has for years tended a memorial to 10 us airmen, whose bomber crashed in a park in sheffield during the second world war. he witnessed the crash and remembers the stricken crew gesturing to him to run away. for the 75th anniversary he wanted something special — a flypast — to mark the occassion — and now he's got it. if on behalf of my team—mates, it gives me great pleasure, we are doing a special flyby. you have got your flyby. i know it is probably ha rd your flyby. i know it is probably hard for you to speak. can you put into words what that means? hard for you to speak. can you put into words what that means7m hard for you to speak. can you put into words what that means? it is everything i wanted. here is their weather. the called continues. many

of us have enjoyed decent sunshine to the but also wintry showers in some places. further wintry showers tonight and tomorrow. the story remains a chilly one. our latest satellite picture, these specs marking out the showers. overnight, some feeding into the north of wheels, midlands, north—west scotland, northern ireland. a cold night. temperatures perhaps down to -6 night. temperatures perhaps down to —6 in some places. widespread ice will be a consideration first thing on wednesday. there will be a lots of sunshine through the day however.

north—westerly wind, quite liked wind, ice bars are well spaced, showers again into northern and western regions predominantly, western regions predominantly, western scotland, northern ireland, there may be some of the north sea coasts also. overall, sunshine for wednesday. some areas could get stuck with freezing fog, parts of central scotland, temperatures could get stuck at around freezing and get no higher through the day. thursday, a fine day, sunshine for the majority, just notice the change towards the north—west by the end of the day, some thicker cloud, some snow, haps some higher temperatures. a change for the end of the beef, a brief one. it warm front will take us into this area of atmosphere. it will bring us some milder conditions. could be patchy rain.

just a brief glimpse of something milder. the calls will return through the weekend. strong north—westerly winds for a time. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 4... the search continues for the premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft which is missing over the channel islands. the search continues, using assets from the uk and from france alongside our own channel islands search assets. so far, nothing has been seen, but we carry on now expanding the search area out. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put forward their rival plans for brexit. the british technology company dyson has announced it's moving its headquarters to singapore. an infection linked to pigeon droppings was a contributing factor in the death of a child at a glasgow hospital. coming up on afternoon

live, all the sport. huddersfield's new manager follows the same procedure as his predecessor, david wagner. the new man says, please don't compare, i am doing this my own way. as we all do! and susan powell with the weather. the cult continues. some of us are seeing wintry showers at the moment. we have great images coming from our winter watchers. also potentially a tricky situation in the next couple of hours as we see heavier showers pushing across the south—east of england. that may affect the rush hour. i will have the latest in half an hour. also coming up... a good day for brits at the oscars as olivia coleman, richard e grant and christian bale all receive nominations... hello, everyone — this is afternoon live.

it's now been confirmed that an argentinian footballer who'd just been signed by premier league team cardiff city, was on board a light aircraft that has vanished off the channel islands. emiliano sala finalised his £15 million move to cardiff from french club nantes at the weekend. the plane he was on disappeared from radar yesterday evening on its way from france to cardiff. two people, including the player, were on board. a search is under way, but so far no trace has been found. our sports news correspondent joe wilson reports. emiliano sala at cardiff city, the club's record signing. he'd already travelled to wales at the weekend to sign and publicise his transfer to the club, the start of something new, the big move of his career. born in argentina, sala

built his football career in france, especially at nantes, where he built a strong reputation as a goal—scorer in the french league. he'd travelled back to france to say goodbye to his team—mates. this photo posted yesterday afternoon on sala's twitter account is captioned "the last goodbye". at 7.15 last night, a light aircraft left nantes, bound for britain. it never arrived. the french aviation authorities say sala was on board. searches began near the channel islands. these pictures give an indication of emiliano sala's reputation in french football. nantes, his former club, have postponed their next game, scheduled to be played tomorrow. a young man at the peak of his football career, trying to live his dream. joe wilson, bbc news. cardiff city's chief executive ken choo expressed his sadness

about the disappearance. we walked him around the grounds and he was absolutely ready to give it a go and... and... we knew him then. and we really feel sad to hear of this news, because we had met such a great person. there have been assets including the channel islands as such. they are scouring the area at the north of alderney, a very rough area of tide where two currents meet, lots of shipwrecks in that area. over the

last few hours, whilst the conditions have been better than last night for searching, where the waves we re last night for searching, where the waves were reaching around 1.5 metres in swail, it is a much better time to search now. but at the moment, according to the harbour master, there have been no signs of any activity from the aircraft, which lost contact with radar at around 8.20 last night. we are expecting a news conference from cardiff shortly. we will bring you that as soon as it gets under way. dyson, the uk—based company best known for its vacuum cleaners, is relocating its head office to singapore. all its manufacturing is already based there — along with the company's chief executive jim rowan. and about 1100 people already work in singapore and malaysia for the company — compared to about 4,000 in the uk. dyson paid just 1.9 million in tax last year, despite uk profits of 177 million. our business correspondent theo leggett is here to tell us more. we should make the point that the

boss, mr dyson, was one of the most prominent pro—brexiteers. absolutely, and he has railed against some of the uk regulations. he suggested that the uk makes it too hard for engineers and the big thinkers, the entrepreneurs to work from outside the european union as well. this move, however, will not make a huge impact in terms ofjobs. it will not make a huge impact in terms of tax paid. dyson paid about £98 million worth of tax last year. what it will do is have a symbolic effect. dyson insists it is no longer a british company anyway, it's a global technology company. that is how they see themselves, and they are painting this as a logical move. most of their operations in

terms of manufacturing are in southeast asia. executives are increasingly having to be in southeast asia because that is where they need to be to run the business effectively. so it is turning something that is happening anyway into an official move. it will not have much effect in terms ofjobs. but in pr terms, this big. very big, because of the high sirjames dyson has an because he has been one of the most visible supporters of brexit in this country. opponents will no doubt say, hang on, you're moving out of britain when you were supporting brexit. however, in his defence, dyson still does have a great deal of operations in britain. it still employs about 4000 people here. it is still investing money both in its headquarters in malmesbury and harlington, where it has set up a research centre to develop electric cars. those cars will be built in singapore, but the research will be done in the uk. when it is a british company not a british company? that will come under the spotlight. yes. dyson has 12,000 employees around the world. a

third of them are working in the uk, and that is not going to change. what is changing is where the centre of gravity of the company is. the chief executive will be in singapore. his chief financial officer will be in singapore. the chief legal officer will be in singapore. so the company will be run from there. it will no longer be able to describe itself as a british—based company, even if it wa nted british—based company, even if it wanted to. was there any mention of brexit when this announcement was made? there was a mention in as the company denied it had anything to do with brexit! they are playing this move down. they are saying this was the fact of the matter anyway, so we arejust making the fact of the matter anyway, so we are just making that official, changing the company registration and moving a couple of his executives to singapore. but given the wider connotations and feedback political atmosphere in this country and a way that businesses are being asked what their plans are and how they are affected by brexit, a move

where you are saying, we are going to move to singapore and effectively become a singaporean company, that will make headlines if nothing else. thank you. online abuse of people with disabilities should be made a criminal offence, according to a new report by mps. it says that perpetrators are currently not being "appropriately punished". their report follows a petition started by the reality tv star, katie price, who has a disabled son. our correspondent jon donnison reports. katie price, whose16—year—old son harvey has a disability, says he's suffered a shocking level of abuse on social media. people know when you have crossed the line and something needs to be done. i can't say on here what has been said about harvey. if someone said it live, like us now, you would get in trouble. because it is online and written down, people don't seem to take it seriously. her petition, submitted in 2017, attracted more than 220,000 signatures from people calling for such abuse to be made

a specific criminal offence. that led to a parliamentary committee of cross—party mps being set up, to which katie price gave evidence. you can have your point of view about things, but there is a point, and at the next discussion it will hopefully get through, where you sit down and draw a line about when it becomes a criminal offence. now the committee is backing the reality tv star's call for the law to be changed. we found that disabled people were often let down by the system when they tried to report abuse, and we recommend that in future, targeting someone because of their disability should be put on a par with targeting someone because of their race. the parliamentary committee also called for a register of offenders to be set up, after hearing evidence from google, twitter and facebook. it concluded that self—regulation

had failed disabled people, and too many had been driven off social media while their abusers remained unchecked. today, under the hashtag #harvey‘slaw, katie price said that she was very pleased that parliament was taking the issue so seriously, but she said she wouldn't stop until such abuse was made a crime. let's talk to simon green, a disability campaigner who has been the victim of abuse. a lot of people will be shocked that this isn't a crime already, and also shocked that this happens. you have first—hand experience of this sort of crime? unfortunately, i do. i applaud katie for taking it to westminster and the members of westminster and the membeeeef fortaking it, ,, a . westminster and the membeeeef for taking it seriously. parliament for taking it seriously. i have 3555? parliament for taking it seriously. i have 55; a parliament for taking it seriously. i have 9 a cripple and i have been called a cripple and static and other stuff i can't repeat on tv, many times, both

outside and also online. and if it happens online, there is often nothing you can do about it. hopefully, through katie price's fantastic work, there will be something you can do. a lot of disabled people, especially with those with learning disabilities, don't go online or use facebook etc because of the abuse they suffered. it has to stop and the police must ta ke it has to stop and the police must take it more seriously. the crown prosecution service must take it more seriously and i hope through katie price's excellent work, it does become a criminal offence. to call me me a couple online as it would be with racist abuse or to homophobic the abuse somebody. you have been in a wheelchair for 12 yea rs have been in a wheelchair for 12 years and you have suffered physically? i have been a wheelchair userfor 15 physically? i have been a wheelchair user for 15 years and people have

physically assaulted me on nights out or have thrown me out of my wheelchair. obviously, you can go to the police for these incidents. people have been prosecuted. simon, ican hear people have been prosecuted. simon, i can hear people gasping in my ear just at the thought of what you are describing. what happened? are we talking about a group of people? basically, if i'm out with a female, it could be a girlfriend or a friend at the time, they will often get asked what they are doing out with a past—it and may be checksum swear words into it in order to maybe feel more manly, they physically assault me. i have been thrown out of my wheelchair in the past more times than i care to remember. i don't go out in my hometown any more because it happens so and very often, the police will take it seriously, but sometimes they didn't because it often depends who you speak to. but the majority of the time, they did ta ke the majority of the time, they did take it seriously and people were jailed for physical assaults on

myself. but if somebody takes that further and goes online or goes on facebook or twitter and verbally abuses me and other people, there's not much you can do about it other than report it to facebook. and u nfortu nately, than report it to facebook. and unfortunately, people have used derogatory words about me on facebook and twitter and when you report it, you get a message that says, this goes against our terms and conditions. whereas if somebody racially abused me on facebook, they would be immediately banned and it would be immediately banned and it would be immediately banned and it would be taken off. but if someone calls me a past—it or a cripple, nothing is done about it. i am quite thick—skinned, but somebody with not such thick—skinned, i know people who have tried to take their own lives. i know people with learning disabilities who have suffered worse than me through social media. we have got the law change that if some the attacks me in the street, they can be prosecuted. what katie price has done online is brilliant and i hope it is taken forward. has done online is brilliant and i hope it is taken forwardlj has done online is brilliant and i hope it is taken forward. i am still getting over that line where you say you don't go out in your hometown any more. i don't, because u nfortu nately, we any more. i don't, because unfortunately, we have done a lot of campaigning in my hometown to stop people parking on pavements and dropped curbs, to get better access to shops and businesses. 99% of

people might upload that and i think it is good. unfortunately, you get that 1% or 2% who just think you are moaning and being stroppy and should just stay at home and accept the disability and get on with life. i ama disability and get on with life. i am a wheelchair user, i enjoy life andi am a wheelchair user, i enjoy life and i want to go out and party. i wa nt to and i want to go out and party. i want to have a drink like my friends. i enjoy going to big sporting events and concerts like eve ryo ne sporting events and concerts like everyone else. unfortunately, my life has been altered, notjust because i am in a wheelchair, but because i am in a wheelchair, but because of these idiots, these thugs that find it fun to verbally abuse somebody and not just that find it fun to verbally abuse somebody and notjust one—to—one, but online. as katie said, if somebody verbally abuses me and there are witnesses, the police can do something. but if somebody has a go at me on facebook, they are often just told off. hopefully, these new laws will mean people can be properly prosecuted and can be on a register if they are serial offenders. what would be the

appropriate punishment for this sort of thing? certainly a heavy fine, andi of thing? certainly a heavy fine, and i would say a jail sentence. if i was to racially abuse someone or use the n word or if i was to verbally abused two men holding hands, i might go to prison. i would certainly face a heavy fine. if i did that online, i would face a heavy fine. so if somebody was to call anybody out there an abusive name because of their disability, because of a speech impediment or a hearing or visual impediment, they should be fined and they should have the book thrown at them. this impacts lives. everybody says sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me, but names hurt me more. there have been occasions, be online or off—line, where i wished people would punch me. i wish they —— i wish i could say i have a black eye or a cut lip, because then i could prove that people are doing things to hurt me and it does hurt. people will cry

themselves to sleep at night because they have been verbally abused so much, or they don't go out of their house. i don't go out and drink in my hometown. there are others i know who don't leave their homes because of the abuse they suffer. i spoke to one gentleman who has been a wheelchair user for two or three yea rs wheelchair user for two or three years and he no longer goes to his local pub because they refer to him as the past—it and they make fun of him. so he chooses not to go to the pub any more. i find that really sad because he should be allowed to go to his local pub. but for that to happen, others must stand by and do nothing. unfortunately, people do stand by and do nothing. it's like if you are on public transport and somebody sees a verbal abuse or assault, let's pretend they are not there. people are afraid of being hit these days. so if somebody has a go at me because of my disability,

that person could have a knife or could swing a punch, so a lot of people are afraid to speak up. even loa n people are afraid to speak up. even loan online, people don't speak up because they are afraid the online abuse might turn on them. the things we have campaigned for, for better access etc, there are a lot of people who might campaign for it, but they don't put their names to it on mine because they are afraid of the abuse they might suffer. recently, we campaigned because there were a few cars parked on dropped curbs in my hometown. and i was verbally abused. i was called a gimp and was told to just go around the car, when you physically can't, or you should stay at home and accept your disability. i am not going to be quiet. we will carry on campaigning for days rights, but a lot of people don't do that because they are afraid of the abuse they might get. hats off to katie price. whether you love her or dislike her, for the work she has done. certainly don't abuse her and don't abuse the fa ct don't abuse her and don't abuse the fact that he has a disabled son and make derogatory comments about him, because it is not nice and it affects his and her life. simon, i wish you well with your campaign and thank you for talking to us about it. you're watching afternoon live,

these are our headlines. fears for new premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands. the british technology company dyson has announced its headquarters to singapore. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put forward their rival plans for brexit. in sport, huddersfield town has ‘s new manager may be following the same path as his predecessor, but the new man insists he is doing it his own way. england rugby welcome centre does is a fact of the squad as they head to portugal tomorrow for their six nations preparations. and the greek sensation dazzling at the australian open has beaten roger federer in spain's roberto bautista aghade reaches his first australian open semifinal. next for the rising star is rafael nadal. more on all of those stories just after 4.30. back to our main story,

that footballer emiliano sala — league — was on board a light aircraft when it went missing near the channel islands. our reporter paul heaney is outside the cardiff city stadium. this is one of those stories where with every hour that passes, hope fades? that seems to be the case. the club this morning said they were concerned that emiliano sala may have been one of two people on board this aircraft which has gone missing. that was confirmed to be the case by the french civil aviation authoritylater that morning. we know that the plane took off from france last night and didn't reach its destination here in cardiff, but did lose contact with air traffic controllers around 8.30 that evening. a search and rescue but had to be called up around two

o'clock this morning because of deteriorating weather conditions. that set started again at eight o'clock this morning and we are due to hear in the next couple of hours whether that will last overnight or will be called off until tomorrow. but the club, in the last few hours, have said their thoughts are with emiliano sala's family and of course the family of the pilot, who was also on board. they say they are distressed by the news, but that they pray for positive news. as everybody does. but it is getting dark and we are talking about january temperatures. it is not going to be easy. not much above zero here in cardiff today. i can't imagine it being much different english channel either. as you say, hopes are perhaps fading. the club

say they are praying for positive news. even fans, who were eagerly anticipating mr sala joining up with the club properly this week, say there are things which are bigger than football and this is one of those days. guernsey police have told us that around 100 square miles has been searched so far today. there have been reports that an emergency flare was spotted, but so far the police who are helping to coordinate the various search and rescue teams, of which there are several, have said there is no trace of this aircraft as things stand. there have also been checked to see if it may have been diverted to other airports on the south coast of england, but that hasn't turned up anything either. thank you. mps opposed to theresa may's withdrawal deal with the eu have been putting forward their own brexit proposals. ? they include a labour party motion saying mps should be able to vote on whether there should be a second referendum,

and another proposal allowing a delay to brexit. the cabinet met in downing street this morning. it's understood that some senior ministers have been pressing for a no—deal brexit to be ruled out. mps are to vote again on theresa may's plans in a week's time. here's our political correspondent iain watson. do you think your colleagues should be permitted the chance to vote on a no—deal brexit? most members of theresa may's cabinet remained tight—lipped when asked what their colleagues would be willing to do to avoid leaving the eu without a deal. do you think there will be resignations? privately, some ministers are prepared to leave office unless at some stage, the prime minister rules out no deal. this minister, though, is staying in office, and coming forward with advice for her fellow conservatives in the commons. anyone in that house who wants to avoid no deal as passionately as i do, wants to deliver brexit as much as i do, and wants to avoid a people's referendum, which i think would be another extension of all of these tough conversations, needs to come together to support the deal.

but behind the scenes, work and pensions secretary amber rudd is pressing theresa may to allow ministers to vote for a backbench bill that aims to avoid no deal without them having to walk out of government. that bill has been put forward by labour's yvette cooper, backed by former conservative cabinet ministers, too. we are working on legislation to say that if the government can't get an agreement with the commons by the end of february, they must ask the eu for an extension of our departure, we are suggesting until the end of 2019. the official opposition has set out its own plan. labour wants mps to vote on all options that would avoid no deal, including its preferred outcome of a permanent customs union with the eu. and the party wants mps to consider whether to hold a referendum on any brexit deal. this was welcomed by some of those campaigning for a new public vote. i think it's a welcome step

in the right direction. it doesn't take us to exactly where i want to be, but i think it's part of the process that will get us to that point. but should she be sounding quite so positive? many of labour's grassroots members want a new referendum if they can't get an early election. but the party's plan falls short of that and doesn't commit the leadership to a new public vote, only for pushing for parliamentary time to discuss it. leading labour figures say they are proceeding with caution. this is a divisive issue for all parties, particularly the conservatives and labour, where we have mps who are against a people's vote for various reasons, and we have people in favour of it, so we would very carefully determine our position at the time. ourjob is to bring as many people together as we possibly can, and that really is one option of many, and our priority always has been to secure a deal.

the search for a brexit deal continues, but it's been straining traditional party loyalties almost to destruction. our chief political correspondent vicki young sent us this update from westminster. next week, mps will have a chance to have a say on what they think should happen next when it comes to brexit. it's not just happen next when it comes to brexit. it's notjust the main political parties who will be putting down amendments or changes. there are some cross—party groups who are working together to try and achieve certain ends. i am joined now by jackjeremy from the labour party and karen spelman from the conservatives. explain what you are trying to do with your amendment? we have come together across parties, supported by the voices of british industry, to send an unmistakable message that we cannot crash out of the eu on the 29th march without a deal. that would be to put at risk hundreds of thousands ofjobs. deal. that would be to put at risk hundreds of thousands of jobs. but that isn't easy to achieve, given it

is the legal default position that we leave at the end of march without a deal unless you replace it with another day or you revoke article 50 altogether. well, the point of our amendment is to show the size of the majority, the number of mps who want to avoid us crashing out without a deal. it doesn't mean we are not leaving, but it does mean we are not going without a deal. it's so important for business. business needs the certainty of knowing that now. they are having to make difficult decisions pretty much as we difficult decisions pretty much as we speak about whether to mothball factory capacity. we have already seenjob losses factory capacity. we have already seen job losses in factory capacity. we have already seenjob losses in our region and other parts of the uk. our amendment is to give foster that strength of feeling. jack dromey, are you confident that the labour leadership will get behind this move? yes, i am. the strength of what we are doing is the cross—party traditions. caroline is a tory and i am a labour

member, but we have come together because it would betray the british national interest if we stood back and allowed to be catastrophic to happen, which is crashing out on the 29th without a deal. some say you should back theresa may's deal. that deal does not go far enough. for example, she did not move yesterday on this crucial issue of the customs union. we hope therefore that sending that unmistakable message, the government will listen, learn and move. how confident are you that you have the support in the house of commons, including from people on your own side in the conservative party? well, we had 225 people across six parties signed a letter before christmas and after christmas unknow to no deal. that strength of feeling that is being demonstrated in the house of commons could be used to good effect. if i was mrs may, i would use the prospect of the uk ruling out a no deal disorderly brexit to help me get those extra concessions, may be something on the

backstop. the thing that will get her deal over the line, i support her deal over the line, i support her deal. businesses locally have told me it's good enough for them, but we need enough support in the house of commons to achieve that. caroline spelman and jack dromey, thank you. all this talk of trying to rule out no deal mightjust focus the mind is notjust of the eu, but may be of the brexiteers in theresa may's party as well. merseyside police have identified a man who is to be questioned after a builder drove a digger into a hotel. the astonishing video shows the machine mounting the hotel steps and crashing through the doors of a brand new travelodge. the incident happened at the hotel in liverpool yesterday evening. onlookers shouted at the driver to stop and about 20 minutes later the digger finally drove out of the building, before the driver was seen leaving the cab. it's been reported that the driver was involved in a pay dispute with contractors. one man was treated for eye irritation, but no—one else was injured. time for a look at the weather... susan powell is here and you have

got some pictures of hills. i have got some pictures of hills. i have got some pictures of hills. i have got some lovely pictures. you asked me if it was ayres rock, but it is not it is kinross. the sun is setting now and there are some gorgeous images again, courtesy of our weather watchers. for many people, the son has been the dominant thing today. some of our hills look like... here we go. some of our hills look more like this. we have seen quite a bit of snow across parts of scotland, northern ireland, but not just across parts of scotland, northern ireland, but notjust across the higher ground. closer to home for those in the south—east, this is the picture at the moment. some of the showers we have been seeing through the afternoon have been getting heavier. it is so borderline with the cold airwhen it is so borderline with the cold air when you get showers. if they get heavier, it can flip over into snow. so the forecast is tricky. and

it is settling. yes. we have had images of small children smiling with glee because of the prospect. is that what you do? we message each other, we chat. it's like family, isn't it? anyway, for some it is a good thing. there are some children wanting a snow day. i am not sure how much will stick around if you are heading onto the roads were about to take on the rush hour, it isa about to take on the rush hour, it is a bit hairy. we had the story about the accidents in scotland and things are pretty slick. the gritters can't keep up when it comes down quickly. i am sure they will now start to catch up but for the next couple of hours, it could be a bit hairy across the south—east. we could have problems in the far south—east tomorrow morning. shall i show you? do you want to see? here is what it looks like. this is the satellite picture. this line of clouds giving us more of a headache at the moment. we call it a trough.

it isa at the moment. we call it a trough. it is a line of organised showers. they have been tracking across the midlands. then there was this difficult mixture of rain, sleet and snow pushing into the south—east of england and targeting kent through the evening rush—hour. it is a problem because of the intensity of the transportation network at this time of day. there are more showers to come across the midlands, northern ireland and parts of scotland. and just about anywhere tomorrow morning, yourjourney could be treacherous because widespread ice will be an issue. we are talking about one of the coldest nights of the winter so far. on wednesday morning, there is that line of showers that is causing us the headache at the moment. it has shifted offshore, but we are not done with it. first thing on wednesday, it could arc back into east anglia and the south—east. kent often east anglia and the south—east. kent ofte n gets east anglia and the south—east. kent often gets caught by these features and wednesday morning could be tricky in terms of getting to work

or school because of that falling snow. more showers across wales and the midlands and some for western scotla nd the midlands and some for western scotland and some for northern ireland. but for wednesday, a lot of sunshine after a cold start. freezing fog could complicate matters, particularly through the central lowlands of scotland. thursday, another cold day, but some slight changes for the end of the week. more cloud piling into the west on thursday afternoon. some snow in scotland and eventually some rain. temperatures will be nudging up rain. temperatures will be nudging upa bit rain. temperatures will be nudging up a bit here. this is a warm weather front and that will slide across as overnight on thursday, taking us into milder air to end the week. probably quite cloudy, but temperatures will be closer to january averages. in some spots, we are talking about double figures. but it is just a brief taste of something milder. to start the weekend, we may cling on to the

milderair weekend, we may cling on to the milder air across the southern half of the uk, but the north—westerly will quickly set in. the skies were clear and the wintry showers will return as the temperature is once again plunge. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the search continues for the premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft which went missing over the channel islands. in the search continues, so far nothing has been seen, but we carry on expanding the search area. the british technology company dyson has announced it is moving its headquarters to singapore. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put forward their rival plans for brexit. sport now on afternoon live. waiting for news on emiliano sala. two things have been confirmed. the

french civil aviation authority has said that emiliano sala was on board that light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands, and extensive searches have rendered nothing so far. the 28—year—old had signed for cardiff city for a record fee of £15 million from nantes. he was set to say goodbye to his former team—mates, the aircraft left from north—west france last night, contact north—west france last night, co nta ct was north—west france last night, contact was lost. he had been third on the list of top scorers in france so far this season. nantes were set to play a cup game, that has been a, ate... a a. § fans will be holding a cardiff, the executive

rally. cardiff, the executive director says the club are in shock, today's training has been cancelled and they continue to play for positive news. a club in the relegation fight, huddersfield town, their new manager jan siewert has been presented to the media this morning. he is following the same route as the outgoing manager david wagner. but the new manager says he is his own man. i will do it my way, david did it his way, we should not compare, it his way, we should not compare, it is not possible, the most important thing now, the club should be proud. the fa has expressed concerns about the quality of stewarding following a pitch invasion at west ham last march. supporters threw coins and objects. some lifetime bans were

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youngest to reach a grand slam semifinal since novak djokovic.|j knew that the victory against roger federer played a role in my image, who i am. i knew that the biggest challenge is today's match, i can prove myself once again. that is all the sport for now. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. a new report has revealed that bedford prison is squalid and dangerous with one of the highest rates of assaults on staff in the country. janine machin is in cambridge to tell us more about this. and peter levy is in hull where a council is facing

a £6 million bill to remove what's described as the uk's largest waste mountain. first to janine, let's talk we knew last week that standards we re we knew last week that standards were bad, now we know how bad. here are their headlines. inspectors found the prison was overrun with rats and cockroaches. staff were being assaulted every day. cells we re being assaulted every day. cells were overcrowded with nearly 40% of inmates locked up all day. the majority of prison staff had very little experience and could not assert authority. there was a lack of support and facilities for vulnerable prisoners, one amputee prisoner was only able to show five times in the entire last year. and other problems, how to keep drugs out, an officer cold inspectors that

of all the find was cannabis it was a good day. it is these things that lead to the chief inspector of prisons doing something he does not do very often. he issued what is known as an urgent notification protocol, the most severe course of action he has available. it makes the prison problem that government problem also, the letter goes to thejustice secretary giving him 28 days to publicly outline how he is going to help ensure improvements. this has not come out of the blue? not. betfred is a category b prison, it can hold 500 men, it used to be seen as a good prison but it has been on the decline in the past decade, in 2016 there was a major riot gear which caused damage of around £1 million. seu

self harm increased. in may last year the prison was put into special measures. it seems that nothing was making a difference, hence the steps taken by the chief inspector last year. i do not know until i speak to him at half past six tonight whether that action has worked but i can tell you that the prisons minister says he visited bedford prison last week and while he is clear there is more work to do there has been significant progress. extra training and support has been given to junior staff. they have also appointed a new governor who has experience of 30 years. that minister says he is confident the turnaround will continue. the prison service said it has not been ignoring previous reports and recommendations but with such pressure they have found it ha rd to such pressure they have found it hard to do anything about it. some campaigners today laid the blame at the door of the courts, saying they should not be sending so many people to prison in the first place. plenty more at half past six, we look forward to that. and now, talking rubbish.

not for the first time. this is a lot of rubbish as well. it is huge. it is the uk's largest waste mountain, deals and bales of household waste much spread over hundreds of yards in a field. it is not just being dumped. hundreds of yards in a field. it is notjust being dumped. it has been there for several years, about seven yea rs. locals there for several years, about seven years. locals say it smells. not surprisingly. and there are slice. and they desperately do not want it there for another summer, which you can understand. the environment agency see this site is contained and they are satisfied it is not causing contamination, but just look at it, it goes on forever. it is our household waste, all built up, it is estimated that norton could you cancel face a bill of £6 million to clear it up. and it cannot do much for house prices nearby. why is it fair? the company responsible for the police went into

liquidation and the council does not have that money to do the clean—up. it is going to be £6.3 million. the deputy leader of the council sees this as a massive amount of public money so we urge those companies who have handled this waste to accept the responsibility and assist with the responsibility and assist with the cost of the clean—up. the root of this story, this is interesting, this is in china, eat years ago the chinese government decided it was no longer going to import uk waste. this is not the only pile of rubbish like this around the uk. but this is certainly the biggest pile in the country. and i will see it before you do, people always say afternoon life is rubbish when i am on. tonight it is. can you hear that. it tumbleweed moment. i got in there before you did because i knew what was coming. know i did not. yes you did. great to see you.

more on that at half past six on the north. if you want to see more on any of those stories you can access them on iplayer. an investigation has been ordered into the construction and design of a hospital in scotland after it was confirmed that an infection linked to pigeon droppings did contribute to the death of a child. two patients at glasgow's queen elizabeth university hospital died after contracting a rare fungal infection linked to the pigeons. last year a number of children with cancer were treated, after a bacterial infection was identified in the drains of the hospital. the scottish health secretary ordered the inquiry and says the findings will be made public. earlier we spoke to our scotland correspondent james shaw who gave us an update on the nature of both deaths. we have got to new information, the

patients had this rare infection. one of them was an elderly patient that that death was not connected with the infection. much more seriously, the other patient was a child, and the scottish health secretary, has now revealed in the scottish parliament that that child's death was connected with the infection. in other words this infection. in other words this infection was a contributing factor to that child's death. perhaps the seriousness of that situation is one of the reasons why she has decided to launch an enquiry into the commissioning of the hospital, the design of the hospital, and also ongoing maintenance, because the evidence gathered so far suggests that there may be some connection

between infections and the way the hospital was designed and the way it is maintained. that is the question. last year there were four children who suffered infections and it is thought there was a connection to bacteria and we have been a connection to bacteria found in the water supply. this is in a hospital adjacent to that hospital. a very serious infection, a situation that the authorities are having to deal with. they do stress that infection control connected with the sweetest infection, fungal infection, connected with pigeon droppings, they say that has been effective and their message to the public is that their message to the public is that the hospital is safe. —— connected with the latest infection. it is a huge hospital, 750,000 patients treated there every year but

nevertheless they want to get to the bottom of how these infections happen and make sure they do not happen and make sure they do not happen again. the us supreme court has allowed president trump to enforce his policy of banning certain transgender people from serving in the military. supreme courtjudges voted five to four in favour of the government's request to lift injunctions issued against the ban while a legal challenge in lower courts continues. 31273551izzee: 7:1 eff; le, e he announced the ban what he called — tremenooos—medical lgbt activists have described the ban as cruel and irrational. a court in moscow has denied a bail application by a joint british—american citizen, who's been detained in russia on suspicion of spying. paul whelan, who's a former us marine, was arrested by the russian security service in december. his family say he was in moscow for a friend's wedding. this year's oscar nominations have been announced in los angeles —

and there's been plenty of recognition for british acting talent. leading the way are "the favourite" and black—and—white mexican drama "roma", with ten nominations each. olivia colman gets her first oscar nomination for her portrayal of queen anne in "the favourite" — while christian bale is up for leading actor for his depiction of dick cheney in "vice". and both richard e grant and rachel weisz are nominated for their supporting roles in "can you ever forgive me" and "the favourite". all that business news in a moment. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live fears for new premier league striker emiliano sala, who was on a light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands. the british technology company dyson has announced it is moving its headquarters to singapore. mps opposed to theresa may's eu withdrawal deal put forward their rival plans for brexit. here's your business

headlines on afternoon live. the drone chaos at gatwick airport before christmas cost easyjet around £15 million. it paid out £10 million in "customer welfare costs" and said it had lost £5 million of revenues due to flight cancellations. the incident affected around 82,000 customers and led to more than 400 flights being cancelled. the unemployment rate fell to 4%, between september and november, according to the latest official figures. they also show the number of people in work reached a record high of 32.5 million. there was a fall in mobile phone sales at dixons carphone over christmas — as fewer people signed up for two—year contracts. the company said sales of mobiles were down 7% in the three months to january. jobs, news.

jobs, - news. 2.5; figures show m5 jobs, - news. 2.5; figures show — the number jobs, - news. 2.5; figures show he; the number of people in work is that the number of people in work is ata that the number of people in work is at a record high. we have seen that figure increase over the last few months. when you consider the fact that the number of people out of work is at 840 year low, you can see how robust the markets are looking at the moment. one of the factors driving that is a quite tightjobs market in some parts of the country, thatis market in some parts of the country, that is leading to wages going up. that is something easing pressure on household budgets. for more on this... jasper lawler from london capital group. what is driving this boost in the jobs market? the uk has been benefiting from what has been a strong global economy. the uk has been very productive part of the

world for businesses to want to grow. obviously there has been growing uncertainty thanks to the uk leaving the eu, but businesses on the whole have managed to look past that uncertainty, and continue to hire. additional data i would mention, real wages are growing at their fastest in two years, that there is a benefit to consumers, not only are wejust there is a benefit to consumers, not only are we just growing but they are growing at a faster pace than inflation. not only our businesses hiring, but that should for the first time in a while, transmit to a bit more consumer confidence and spending and that will be a boost to the economy as well. that is good. let us move to dyson. moving its headquarters to singapore. how important is that? in terms of being a symbol for the uk economy, in 2014

dyson was held up as a symbol of british business on the international scene, from a nationalistic standpoint it is disappointing to see dyson move overseas, but nonetheless, these days when you get, when a company gets to a certain size, they become somewhat multinational and dyson is trying to move into the electronic car is market, they already have a big factory in singapore, and the natural move is to shift its headquarters over there as well. really quickly, drones, gatwick, and easyj et, really quickly, drones, gatwick, and easyjet, not a happy story. the drones, not a happy story. but what is happy is who easyjet managed to handle it. it kept costs relatively low given the disruption caused. overall, thanks to multiple things, lower fuel costs, good business

operation, easyjet is keeping their four year forecasts despite that difficulty with this drones. obviously the hope is this not happen again. pressure on the ftse as the pound gets higher because of that good news onjobs. bp gets higher because of that good news on jobs. bp feeling the chill winds of the prospect of a slowdown in the global economy. easyjet however, though worried about the problem with drones, still saying that its profits will be in line with market expectations, that has got its share price on the rise. thank you. now, an update to a story we brought you earlier this month. tony foulds, who's 82 year old, has for years tended

a memorial to 10 us airmen, whose bomber crashed in a park in sheffield during the second world war. he witnessed the crash and remembers the stricken crew gesturing to him to run away. for the 75th anniversary he wanted something special — a flypast — to mark the occassion — and now he's got it. on behalf of my team—mates, it gives me great pleasure to see, look to the skies on 22nd of february for a special fly by. you have got your fly by. i know it is probably hard for you to speak now. can you put into words what that means? that is everything. that is everything i wanted. that was on breakfast this

morning. february 22 is the day that the planes take to the skies for him. that's it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at five with clive myrie. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. the cold continues. many of us have enjoyed decent sunshine today but wintry showers. weather watchers have been sending in beautiful images. further wintry showers to come through tonight and tomorrow. no surprises, the story remains a chilly one. here we are on our latest satellite picture. these specs marking out the showers that are getting fed across as currently on the north—westerly wind. more across eastern england through this evening and overnight into wheels, perhaps towards the midlands,

northern ireland, north—west of scotland. the cold night across—the—board, scotland. the cold night across—the—boa rd, temperatures perhaps 20—6, —7 in some places. and widespread ice will be a consideration first thing on wednesday. there will be a lot of sunshine through the day however. north—westerly wind, quite light. isobars well spaced. showers could easing into northern and western regions predominantly, west of scotland, northern ireland, north wales, there may be a few on north sea coast as well. overall a lot of sunshine for wednesday. some areas, there could be freezing fog, in central scotland for example, temperatures could get stuck at freezing throughout the day. thursday, a fine day again with a lot of sunshine for the majority. a change towards the north—west by the end of the day. some thicker cloud,

some snow, also rain, slightly higher temperatures. that marks are changed for the end of the week, albeit a brief one, a warm front across the uk will take us into this area of atmosphere which is known as area of atmosphere which is known as a warm sector. it will bring as milder conditions on friday. could bea milder conditions on friday. could be a gloomy day with patchy rain but temperatures will return closer to average values. just a belief bumps of something milder. the calls will return through the weekend. strong north—westerly winds for a time. today at five, hopes are fading of finding the premier league footballer emiliano sala on board a plane which disappeared over the channel. the 28—year—old argentinian striker has been missing for nearly 20 hours. he was one of two people on board the light aircraft which lost radar contact off alderney. we knew... we knew him then, and we really feel sad to hear of this news,

because we have met such a great person. we'll have the latest on the search, and talk to football writer matt spiro, who's interviewed sala on several occasions. the other main stories on bbc news at five. mps opposed to theresa may's brexit deal put forward their alternatives. labour is calling for a vote on options, including another referendum. uk employment reaches a record high,