this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8: police in guernsey have suspended their search for a missing plane. onboard were the pilot and 28—year—old argentinian footballer emiliano sala. the aircraft disappeared over the channel yesterday evening. hundreds of fans gathered in the french city this evening in tribute to the missing footballer and his pilot. the irish prime minister says the uk and ireland will need a separate agreement to avoid a hard border in the event of a no deal brexit. british company dyson has announced that it is moving its headquarters from the uk to singapore. also on the programme... david attenborough calls on world leaders to do more to protect the natural world, in an interview with the duke of cambridge at davos. now we are seeing that almost everything we do has its echoes and has its duplications and implications, across the natural world. and the favourite leads this year's oscars race,

with ten nominations. british actors olivia colman and rachel weisz are both up for a gold stauette. good evening. the search in the english channel for a light aircraft which had been carrying cardiff city's new signing emiliano sala has been called off for the night. guernsey police say there is so far "no trace" of the plane. the 28—year—old argentinian striker was being flown to cardiff after saying goodbye to his team—mates in france. but all contact was lost with the plane just off the coast of guernsey. the pilot is also missing. a lifeboat and two planes have been searching the channel and a number of floating objects have been spotted, but the authorities have

been unable to confirm whether they are from the missing plane. the search is expected to resume tomorrow morning. from cardiff, jon kay reports. he only signed for cardiff city at the weekend, and was due to meet his new team—mates today, but tonight emiliano sala is missing. he was so happy tojoin cardiff city. we have a lot of fans and supporters who are very concerned. we can understand their concern, and we are too. emiliano sala had played for the french club nantes for the last four years. last night, he was the only passenger on a light aircraft flying from there to cardiff, but the plane lost contact off alderney in the channel islands. the pilot has not been named. we've now searched over 1,000 square miles of sea, by day and night. the search continues, using assets from the uk and france, alongside our own channel islands search assets. some items have been spotted floating in the sea,

but rescue teams don't know yet if they're from the missing plane. in argentina, the striker‘s father told a tv channel he was desperate for news. our thoughts are with his family, the pilot's family... in cardiff, they had hoped their record signing would bring much—needed luck. he looked the type of player and the type of person that the fans would have taken to. they'd already started making up songs for him, to sing about him on the terrace, so, you know, it's heartbreaking, really, really heartbreaking. emiliano sala had posed with cardiff fans at the weekend, and last night before boarding the plane, he tweeted this message to his french club — it means "the last goodbye". jon kay reporting there. and this evening fans of emiliano sala's former club fc nantes have gathered in the french city to lay flowers as a tribute to their former player and to the pilot who was onboard the flight. the irish prime minister, leo vardakar, has suggested that

if the uk leaves the eu without a formal deal, they would have to work out a separate arrangement to protect trade and the peace process. the controversial backstop, the guarantee against a return to a hard border in ireland if there's no long—term trade deal, is the main reason that so many mps rejected theresa may's eu deal in parliament last week. today mps have been putting forward their own ideas on how to break the deadlock. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. good morning, mr gove. another cabinet get—together today. none of them know how brexit will end up and, despite last week's crushing defeat in the commons, all of them say they're behind theresa may's search for a deal parliament might support. they're still backing her, for now. 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 avoid a people's referendum, which i think would be another extension of all these really tough conversations, needs to come together and support the deal. but the deadlock goes on. and today, a blunt warning

from brussels that britain leaving with no eu deal would end freedom from checks on the eu's irish border. if you like push me and speculate on what might happen in a no—deal scenario, in ireland, i think it's pretty obvious. you will have a hard boarder. the border‘s has been a big obstacle to a deal. the so—called backstop plan says the uk could stay inside eu customs rules — and northern ireland closer — to avoid stops and checks, avoiding a hard boarder if no final trade deal is ready by the end of 2021 and maybe longer. brexiteers fear being stuck under eu rules for years. the democratic unionists demand the same treatment for the whole the uk. today in dublin, ireland's leader insisted, deal or no deal, britain staying under eu rules was the only way to avoid a hard boarder. we would have to negotiate an agreement on customs regulations that meant full alignment, so there would be no hard boarder. the warning to westminster was clear.

if the brexit deadlock isn't broken, it's notjust a threat to britain and the british economy, it threatens the border—free relationship that's helped underpin peace on the island of ireland. should the prime minister rule out no—deal? a no—deal brexit is already a chilling thought to some, and ministers are split. thejustice secretary wants mrs may to rule out leaving with no—deal, amber rudd wants tory ministers to be free to vote to stop no—deal happening. and rumours inside government suggest other ministers want the same. now, there are moves by mps in both main parties to stop the uk business needs certainty. it needs the no—deal taken off the table and it needs that now. the point of our amendment is to demonstrate the strength of support in parliament for ruling out a no—deal brexit. will you have the labour leadership behind you? i'm confident across parliament, across all parties,

there is a strong view we cannot crash out on the 29th of march without a deal. the labour leadership could swing behind the latest moves to force mrs may's hand. various mps putting down proposals to stop a no—deal brexit, could the leadership back that now? yeah, labour wants to stop a no—deal because of the damage it will do. if a resolution comes forward, in principle, yes, we can back it. theresa may's been under constant pressure from brexiteers on one side and pro—european tories on the other. now she's been warned that the no—deal brexit she's consistently refused to rule out could deliver the hard irish border all sides say they want to avoid. there's no clear way to reconcile these competing demands. time's running out fast. something has to give. and, so far, no—one‘s is giving an inch. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. and we'll find out how this story — and all the others — are covered

in tomorrow's front pages at 10.40 and 11.30 tonight. my guests on the papers will be the talkradio presenter daisy mcandrew, and the victims' commissioner and conservative peer, baroness helen newlove. an and us —— stay with us for that. new figures show that a record number of people are in work in the uk. figures from the office for national statistics put the total at 32.5 million — the highest since records began in 1971. meanwhile the unemployment rate is at its lowest since 1975 — it stands at 4%. the technology firm dyson says it's planning to move its corporate headquarters from the uk to singapore. the headquarter switch from malmesbury, wiltshire, is likely to prove controversial given that sirjames dyson — the company's billionaire chairman, founder and owner — has been a vocal supporter of britain leaving the eu. sirjames insisted that the decision to move the firm's headquarters from malmesbury in wiltshire had

nothing to do with brexit, which he said would have no practical impact on the business. the bakery and cafe chain patisserie valerie has collapsed into administration, putting more than 3,000 jobs at risk. the company said attempted rescue talks with banks had failed. in october patisserie valerie said it had uncovered "significa nt, and potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities". administrators kpmg said 121 sites would continue trading, but 70 cafes and concessions will close in the coming days. prince william has questioned why world leaders have taken so long to take action on environmental challenges. he was speaking during an interview with sir david attenborough at a gathering of international leaders and businessspeople in the swiss resort of davos. sir david told the prince that it was difficult to overstate the urgency needed to tackle climate change. from davos, our diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report davos — playground for the rich and conference hall for the powerful. but look who's also here — a first—time visitor come to discuss climate change.

a future monarch interviewing a man seen by many as broadcasting royalty. normally, i have to endure people asking me questions, so it's quite nice to turn the tables for once. and his subject — the global threat to the environment. how urgent is that crisis now? it's difficult to overstate it. the mechanisms that we have for destruction are so wholesale and so frightening that we can actually exterminate whole ecosystems without even noticing it. but know this — sir david wasn't the only one with a point to make. prince william is no longerjust talking about protecting wild animals. why do you think the world leaders and those in key positions of leadership, why do you think they've taken so long, and there have been quite a few faltering steps to act on environmental challenges? what advice do you have for my generation?

every breath of air we take, every mouthful of food that we take, comes from the natural world, and that if we damage the natural world, we damage ourselves. turning specifically to the people in this room, what is your message to them? care for the natural world. treat it with a degree of respect and reverence. the future of the natural world is in our hands. we have never been more powerful — we can wreck it with ease. the question, of course, is whether this call to arms falls on deaf ears, because not everyone here is as concerned about climate change, and one of them just happens to be speaking here next, in exactly the same conference hall. the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, is sceptical about global warming and argued that growing his economy was as important as protecting the environment. many business leaders here say they do understand

the threat of climate change, but now their words have james landale, bbc news, davos. the issues raised in davos today may well affect the young of today more than most. ashley john—ba ptiste visited great marlow school in buckinghamshire to watch today's discussion between the duke of cambridge and sir david attenborough. he spoke with some of the sixth formers there, to get their views on their future. if i could speak to world leaders and ncos i would encourage them to truly realise the impact they have on the younger generation, use their influence in a positive way to make that younger generation think about the future of the world. if i could speak to world leaders, i would tell them they could make the greatest change out of anybody, and to use their influence to make a difference.

if i could speak to world leaders and ceos, i would suggest they use social media so that younger generations have a better idea on how to change. you've just seen a talk. what did you make of it? i thinkl have definitely learn something. i think i need to stop taking things for granted. i feel i need to stop taking things for granted. ifeel guilty i need to stop taking things for granted. i feel guilty watching i need to stop taking things for granted. ifeel guilty watching it because i know i am a part of that happening and it will lead to further consequences. i would like to implement some more eco—friendly actions in my life. do you guys think young people are out of touch when it comes to the natural world? i think we are, because us as teenagers, we don't get enough input oi'i teenagers, we don't get enough input on what is going on, we don't get to see how our natural world is changing enough. i think more likely, the older generations have seen how the natural world has changed over time, but as teenagers we are onlyjust seeing it falling into decline, where everybody else has been able to see that, has seen

the blow from full to nothing, where we are literally seeing it at the nothing stage. ijust think david attenborough is interesting. i quite liked what he was saying about pollution and basically the whole sort of globalisation aspect of it, where he was saying is everybody comes together this isn't actually that big of an issue. it is an easily solvable issue, but itjust requires a lot of combined effort. easily solvable issue, but itjust requires a lot of combined effortlj was going to say that the clip, seeing all of the ice fall, i think it was quite powerful, because you never really understand to what extent our actions, like, what they are doing and how dangerous there. are doing and how dangerous they are. that was some sixth—form students at great marlow school in buckinghamshire — talking to ashley john—ba ptiste. the headlines on bbc news...

police in guernsey have suspended their search for a missing plane. onboard were the pilot and 28—year—old argentinian footballer emiliano sala. the aircraft disappeared over the channel yesterday evening. the player had just signed for cardiff city from nantes. hundreds of fans have gathered in the french city to pay tribute. the irish prime minister says the uk and ireland will need a separate agreement to avoid a hard border in the event of a no deal brexit. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. thank you, clive. let's start with more on the news that cardiff city's new signing, emiliano sala, was on a light aircraft which went missing over the channel islands on monday night. the 28—year—old argentine had signed for the club for a record

fee of £15 million from ligue 1 side nantes on saturday — he had been due to begin training with his new team—mates today. he went to france to say goodbye to his former team—mates. nantes were due to play a cup game away tomorrow evening which has been postponed. fans held a rally this evening at place royale, dropping a yellow tulip at the foot of the fountain and have been using the hashtag #prayforsala. as for cardiff, their executive director and ceo ken choo says the club are in shock and they "continue to pray for positive news." we expected emiliano to arrive last night from cardiff, and for today to be his first day with the team. when we heard about the plane which had gone missing, we were very shocked, and it caught all of us off—guard. huddersfield town's new managerjan siewert has been

presented to the media today. 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, like david did it his way. it made me proud, it is one of the reasons i signed here. the world anti doping agency will not punish russia — the country responsible for one of sports greatest doping scandals — for missing an end of year deadline to pass over data from its moscow lab. inspectors eventually gained access to the site later than agreed, prompting calls for the country to be suspended again. wada say they are following their own process to be fair to all members. it's believed there could be more than 300 fresh cases to investigate. our sports editor dan roan asked wada's director general what he thought the number

was likely to be: i have to be prudent in my answer andi i have to be prudent in my answer and i will wait until we have all the identification, but i think the realistic number could be a few hundred cases yes. several hundred cases of russian cheating you can now pursue? that is very positive. it is, and i think that is how it should be seen around the world. because some of these athletes are probably still active today. positive news for england head coach eddie jones ahead of the six nations. the squad are heading to portugal tomorrow to prepare and it's been confirmed that centre jonathanjoseph will also travel. he hasn't played for england in almost a year. he returned for his club bath at the weekend after a long—term ankle injury. brad shields and joe launchbury have also both beenjudged fit to join up with the squad. england remain hopeful over the fitness of captain owen farrell, who is recovering from thumb surgery. england face the champions ireland in dublin on?the 2nd of february. an ulster rugby spectator has been handed a lifetime ban by the club over abuse directed at former ireland international simon zebo. it happened during a european fixture against racing 92, for whom zebo was playing

for at the kingspan stadium. in a statement, ulster thanked supporters who came forward after cctv footage proved inconclusive. following the match, zebo sent a tweet which was widely interpreted as saying the abuse was racist. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. sarah, thanks for that. now, 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. last week, labour mp tulip siddiq postponed an elective

caesarean section to vote on theresa may's brexit deal. proxy voting in parliament has long been discussed for pregnant mps and new parents, but the rules have never changed. let's talk to cat smith, the labour mp and shadow deputy leader of the house of commons. she's a mother of one, and has been calling for sometime for a proxy voting system, for heavily pregnant women. thank you for coming in. you gave birth to your baby boy last year. whether issues with you staying in lancashire, rather than coming down to westminster to vote? my little boy was born in lancaster, where i live, and certainly towards the end of the pregnancy i would have really appreciated a proxy to cast the vote on my behalf and on behalf of my constituents as well. when you come to the end of your pregnancy, not only can the journeys be uncomfortable, but the fear frankly of giving birth away from home and away from that support network was a real concern for me. now, i had just returned to the house of commons after taking six months away from

the house of commons but of course mps don't take any conventional maternity leave throughout that time. i was still doing advice surgeries for my constituencies, attending events. within hours of giving birth i was replying to e—mails from a hospital bed. what we are asking for is a little bit of change in the system in order to ensure our constituents' voices are heard. when you heard of what happened with tulip siddiq, what did you think? i saw tulip siddiq in the house of commons chamber last week and it was a shocking scene. my constituents also raised it with me, that they found it shocking as well. that a pregnant woman who should have been having a planned caesarean section that they would postpone it and have to be wheelchair into the house of commons. that is not reflecting a modern—day workplace. we would not allow this to happen in any other workplace so why is the house of commons so different? it

wouldn't have ta ken house of commons so different? it wouldn't have taken much to bring in these changes now. i hope these changes are adopted on monday, but it will just take one changes are adopted on monday, but it willjust take one mp to shout it down and then those rules will not come into force. these proposals have been long discussed and there has been widespread agreement is something that should happen. but is there a fear that if there is a proxy system it could be abused? i'm not quite sure how anyone could argue it could be abused. it's fairly obvious, shall we say, if a member of parliament is pregnant, and has had a baby, it is not something that could necessarily be abused. it is very obvious that when someone's become a mother or a father, there is usually very tangible evidence, and under the proposals new fathers would have two weeks for this proxy voting, and new mothers would get six months. i

think this would be a step in the right direction and actually show that parliament, it can be modern and move into, well, the mid—20th century. i was going to say, does that finally suggest in your eyes that finally suggest in your eyes that parliament is getting a little bit more aware of the issues that women mps have to deal with, and also bringing the chamber into the 21st—century? also bringing the chamber into the 21st-century? well, i'd argue it doesn't quite bring us into the 21st—century. i think we still have a very long way to get that far, but it certainly brings with the maternity rates into the 20th century. there are certainly a lot more we can do to make parliament more we can do to make parliament more family friendly, and encouraging people to stand for parliament from lots of different backgrounds, because at the moment it is not very appealing for anyone with a young family, and this might be something you want to do, and that concerns me because i want our mps to come from a diverse range of

backgrounds. 0k, cat smith, thank you forjoining us. thank you. the family of a young woman, who died in a speedboat crash on the river thames, has urged the home secretary to step up efforts to bring her killer tojustice. jack shepherd went on the run before he was convicted lastjuly — in his absence — of the manslaughter of charlotte brown. helena lee reports. this is the last picture of charlotte brown, on the left, with her sister. three days later, she was killed by her date in a speedboat crash. this footage recovered from charlotte's phone shows jack shepherd speeding along the thames. oh my god, you're going so fast! "you're going so fast", charlotte says. soon after, they crashed and the boat capsized. he survived, but charlotte died in hospital. jack shepherd had been speeding and drinking. his boat was also defective. he went on trial for charlotte's manslaughter last summer but didn't attend, and went on the run before his conviction.

despite being in hiding, shepherd has won the right to appeal against his conviction. today charlotte's family met with the home secretary sajid javid. they demanded to know from him what was being done to find her killer. the home secretary has underlined his personal commitment to see that shepherd is arrested, and that the current manhunt is given the necessary resources and priority it requires. our message is clear. there can be no hiding place forjack shepherd. the bbc has been told there are records of jack shepherd entering the former soviet state of georgia, with no sign of him having left. charlotte's family say theyjust want him caught so he can face justice. helena lee, bbc news, westminster. the home office has announced an independent review into the anti—terror programme called prevent. the policy, which aims

to stop vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism, has been criticised in some quarters as unfairly targetting and alienating some communities. the security minister ben wallace announced the review and called for critics to produce solid evidence of their allegations. beefeaters at the tower of london are striking in a row over pensions. workers at the tower and at hampton court palace will not return until six tomorrow morning, after talks with historic royal palaces broke down. there were picket lines outside both sites throughout the day. historic royal palaces insisted the new penison was "generous". police say they've traced a builder who destroyed a brand new hotel lobby in liverpool he'd been working on with a digger, and are due to interview him tomorrow. he claimed he was owed hundreds of pounds in unpaid wages. some colleagues have supported him, and there's even a charity page dedicated to raise funds for him. others are not so happy, claiming his actions have cost them work and left them out of pocket. mark edwardson reports.

a furious builder ploughing through the doors of the brand—new hotel in edge lane in liverpool. in the video, the driver claims he's owed £600. the main contractor at the site is the warrington—based triton construction. they say the driver, a ground worker, was directly employed by mf construction, a triton subcontractor. other emglegees ef mf censtructier‘. ~ — — say they‘re facingsimilarpreblems in the building trade. it is indicative of the frustrations within the industry that workers have to put up with day in, day out. one worker on the site said that because of the damage, around 50 men would be unable to work, and because it's an old building it has to be checked for any asbestos that might have been released. some of the contractors have tools and equipment still inside the building and say they can't retrieve them. the workers said, "he isn't some

sort of hero "he's cause merseyside police say that fortunately no one was seriously injured during the incident here at the hotel on liverpool innovation park. north west ambulance service did treat one man at the scene for the effects of breezing in diesel fumes. in a statement, triton construction said... stockport—based mf construction have not responded to requests for comment. i'm getting lots and lots of queries, from all manners of construction workers, who are coming to us and saying, "look, i put in a week's work, i've gone to get paid, they've laid me off, and they only a week's money," or more. yeah, it is happening a lot. police say a man has been detained

in connection with the incident and he's being interviewed. mark edwardson, bbc north west tonight, liverpool. still to come, we'll be going through this year's oscar nominations, announced in los angeles, with plenty of recognition, for british talent. leading the way are the favourite and the black—and—white mexican drama roma, with ten nominations each. and we'll also take a look at what the oscars mean to one brit... i'm absolutely overwhelmed. 36 years ago i rented this bedsit here which was one room in notting hill gate, for £30 a week, $50, and i can't believe 36 years later i am standing here has an almost 62—year—old man with an oscar nomination! richard e grant isa with an oscar nomination! richard e grant is a happy man. we will be talking with them a little later on.

but, first, time for all the weather news, with ben roach. , ben rich. —— ben rich. not all of us got to see some snow but some dead. likely showers continuing through the night in parts of east anglia'. a few centimetres for some. showers speckled across western parts of the uk. many other places seem clear skies and it will turn very cold, —1 to —5 quite widely in some spots in scotla nd to —5 quite widely in some spots in scotland down to —12 degrees. some freezing patches here and beer remains some icy patches as well. they should ease later in the day. one or two showers elsewhere, many spots try tomorrow but still on the cold side. more cloud into northern ireland with some patchy rain and that will make further progress across northern ireland on thursday and will bring us all a slightly

milder day on friday. hello this is bbc news. the headlines.. police in guernsey have suspended their search for a missing plane. on board were the pilot and 28—year—old argentinian footballer emiliano sala. the aircraft disappeared over the channel yesterday evening. the player had just signed for cardiff city from nantes, hundreds of fans have gathered in the french city to pay tribute. the irish prime minister says the uk and ireland will need a separate agreement to avoid a hard border in the event of a no deal brexit. british company dyson has announced that it is moving its headquarters from the uk to singapore. david attenborough calls on world leaders to do more to protect the natural world, in an interview with the duke of cambridge, at the world economic forum, in davos. the leaders of germany and france, angela merkel and emmanuel macron,

have signed a treaty aimed at strengthening co—operation between their countries. the document was signed on the 56th anniversary of the historic elysee treaty, which sealed the reconciliation between the two former enemies. at a ceremony in the german border city of aachen, mrs merkel said the european union faced threats including the imminent departure of britain, as well as the rise of populism and nationalism. jenny hill has the story. europe's power couple, renowing their vows. inside, the aachen treaty promises to share, work translation: populism and nationalism are getting stronger. for the first time a member state is leaving. 7a years, a human life after world war ii, that which was taken for granted is being questioned again.

newsreel: at the elysee palace was signed the treaty of franco—german cooperation. history is behind them. it's 56 years to the day since their predecessors pledged an end to centuries of enmity and the beginning of an alliance at the heart of the eu. but this is also the face of europe. "merkel must go" she shouts. closer union enough to drive many away. translation: the future our political leaders want is to establish national sovereignty and that makes no sense. i think france and germany always have been going up front, and collaboration, but also, think of europe. for all the pomp, the ceremony,

these are leaders under pressure. they want to secure the feature of the eu. not everyone shares that vision. it is why aachen‘s conservative mep is preparing her battle plan. european elections are looming, eurosceptic populism growing. the biggest challenge we have at the moment is to show the people why the european union is good for them, it is important to not just to work on a national level but to work together with others, and that enriches the life of people, but they don't see it because it's normalfor them. aachen one of the capital of charlemagne's vast medieval european empire, powerful symbolism for a fragmenting union. jenny hill, bbc news, aachen. 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 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 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'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. a prisoner has been found catching and killing rats in his cell, during an inspection at an infested jail. inspectors said bedford prison had continued to suffer an "inexorable decline" in standards, despite two years of efforts to improve it. the chief inspector of prisons, peter clarke, said "the collapse in standards is as sad, as it is inexcusable". the government insists "significant progress" has made in the last two years. here's mo bakshi. in the middle of bedford towncenter, stands its prison. a victorian red brick, which has been dragged into the 21st century, with little success. a 144 page report documenting its slide into squalor, with living conditions that even

the victorians would blush at. filthy cells and crumbling cielings, the result of years of neglect that began over a decade ago with austerity. that inevitably had an affect on how the prison could run, said there was fear his staff, and that declining number of staff continued, and it looks to me as if it has carried on declining. but the crisis at bedford prison runs deeper than staff shortages. inspectors found prison cells infested with vermin, where the use of batons on prisoners was exceptionally high, a place where drugs field death and violence. and those flashes of violence, no surprise to one former prisoner. there has been days where prisoners have gone without toilet roll. something as simple as toilet roll. that you take for granted on a daily basis, could you imagine being without that? and that can lead to anger. absolutely, frustrations, you know, and they're going to be vented, aren't they?

but how are you positively going to vent your frustration, your anger, if you're kept caged up for 23 hours a day and then you're right back out onto a land and then a wing where it's hostile, and it'sjust a pressure cooker waiting to go off? and that pressure cooker environment has led to three years of on and off rising. an overcrowded prison that inspectors say is effectively run by the inmates. the prison minister last year pledging to offer his resignation, if britain's prisons don't improve. i will quit if i haven't succeeded in 12 months and reducing the level of drugs and violence in this prisons. i want to make a measurable difference. that's what this investment is around. the chair of the local monitoring for it says change has already begun. more staff have been recruited, with 70 prisoners transferred in order to ease the cramped conditions. i hope, i really do hope, and i have no reason to doubt it, that it was a five,

and actually, it was one of the leading ones in the country. the ministry ofjustice admits there is more to do, but with the new governor in place, a turnaround is expected. but after four critical inspections since 2009, how sure is that success? mo bakshi reporting. a pensioner who spent much of his life looking after a war memorial to ten airmen who died in a plane crash, has broken down in tears after being told of a special commemoration, for the 75th anniversary. tony foulds, who's 82, has for years tended a memorial to the us airmen, whose bomber crashed in a park in sheffield during the second world war. he was playing in the park when he saw the plane come down, and said he felt responsible, because the plane was trying to avoid crashing into him. this morning on bbc breakfast, he was told there would be a fly—past to mark the occasion. good morning, tony, on behalf of my team mates at the raf, the the 352nd special operations wing,

the 100th air refuelling wing and here at the 48th fighter wing, it gives me great pleasure to say — look to the flies on 22nd february for a very special flyby! you got your fly by, tony! i know it's probably hard for you to speak now. can you put into words what that means to you, tony? that's everything, isn't it? that's everything i wanted. tony foulds on bbc breakfast this morning. two films have dominated this year's oscar nominations — the comedy drama the favourite and the netflix movie roma. olivia colman is among the british acting nominees for her role in the favourite alongside her co—star rachel weisz. success too for christian bale who starred in vice and richard e grant received his first ever oscar nomination. here's our arts editor will gompertz. did you just look at me? did you? look at me! how dare you! close your eyes!

olivia colman giving what might well turn out to be an oscar—winning performance as a potty mouthed queen anne in the favourite. alongside fellow british actress rachel weisz, who is shortlisted in the supporting actress category with co—star emma stone. i'm a servant. where would i get a horse? many of the scenes in the favourite were filmed here in the cartoon gallery at hampton court palace, which is now full of the costumes that featured in the film, including the one worn by olivia colman playing queen anne in her nightdress. now, queen anne also lived here in the early part of the 18th century when she was monarch, using this very space for her privy council meetings. the favourite has ten nominations, as does alfonso cuaron‘s roma, a memoir of his childhood growing up in mexico city. it gives streaming service netflix its first—ever best film nomination and, should cuaron win best director, a very public platform from which to give his opinion about president trump's proposed wall. diversity is a theme amongst this year's nominations. black panther, a film

celebrating black culture, is the first superhero movie to be shortlisted for best picture. along with two films exploring racism in america, spike lee's blachklansman, for which the director gets his first nomination in decades and green book, an interracial road movie whose stars mahershala ali and viggo mortensen are both nominated. you never win with violence, tony. you only win when you maintain your dignity. dignity always prevails. almost every single person has told me they like the way i sounded but they didn't like the way i look. i think you're beautiful. lady gaga gets a best actress nod for her starring role in the eight—times nominated a star is born. she's got stiff competition not only from olivia colman, but also glenn close who is on top form in the wife. there is less diversity behind the camera, where there are no women recognised in either the best director or cinematography categories. will gompertz, bbc news. the entertainmentjournalist caroline frost, and the telegraph film critic tim robey, are with me. good to see you both, an exciting

day for british talent. very much so, spearheaded by the great olivia: of course. wonderful performance on the film last week and that 90 and superb, but three amazing female leads, and then men as well. 90 and weird fora leads, and then men as well. 90 and weird for a film that got ten nominations what an odd film. you think it's not that type of thing the academy would have gone for?“ because the director is famously oddball, he is not your regular kind of television high, he makes serious art and! of television high, he makes serious art and i think that's what i love about that film, it's done so well. let's watch a clip. i'm ready for the russian ambassador. who did your makeup? you look like a badger. of.

are you going to cry? really? what do you think you look like? badger. if you think you can meet them like that? now. i will manage it. if you think you can meet them like that? now. iwill manage it. get back to you rooms. thank you. did just look did me,tlook did c,’ me, looked did c,’ me, looked me! )id of me, looked me! howzz? you! at me, looked at me! how dare you! close your eyes! very funny and dark, but what i like is the complicated nature of the personalities of the three female leads, adapt and be dimensional

characters. the only sticking point of grace as we had three oscar nominations, olivia kallman for best actress but also anna stone and rachel weisz had been nominated for best supporting actress which could best supporting actress which could bea best supporting actress which could be a split vote, so hopefully somebody goes home with something. but they had both one and oscar before balian never nominated said this is her first as well richard e grant. brilliant we'll get there later, but on the best actress category, olivia coleman is up against glenn close, they could be tricky. always a bridesmaid until now six times nominated, he could be her time i believe we collect in the trade, so yes she won a golden glove as well as political and then, i think now it'll be narrow pickings between the two of them. close call there. so, politics, can't leave it out, a host has already been taken off the stage as it where they don't have a host as we speak at the

moment, but politics is part of that ceremony, set up with last year it was a few years ago, it was two white and then spike lee, finally gets a nomination. it's amazing he's never been nominated for a they do the right thing and it wasn't an incredible movie so he stands a chance for the script taping for that one, blackkklansman, six nominations, curiously item driver is the only one who is nominated from that film. true, but a film that looks at the kkk and the racial tensions in america, an important subject and one that the academy had a recognised. yes spike lee has been a recognised. yes spike lee has been a recipient of the honourary one in the past but this is a cause closer to his heart i think he winds for this it'll be a much more satisfying reward for him, and they say infiltration of the kkk, this is a ripe time in america would so much division could not have a better

timing. let's watch a clip. i'm not risking my life for this. it's the job what's your problem? that's my problem for me at the crusade for —— for you to me at the job. why are you not buying into this you're jewish, a so—called chosen people, you've been passing as a wasp white anglo—saxon protestant. it's what light skin black folks do, they pass for white. diversity tackle, black panther doing well in the box office very good field movie, that has eight nominations at least seven. very good field movie, that has eight nominations at least sevenm the first marvel superhero movie to get into the best picture which is something people thought would never happen, it has managed to, and had the critical support as well, people really came into its side and took it seriously and some of them. so,

yeah, they did really well at that one. interesting though it's up against green belt and the best picture race, where there has been backlash of the skewed racial politics and that film, it's funny to have the bees are jostling together at the same time. to have the bees are jostling together at the same timem to have the bees are jostling together at the same time. it is very interesting, so they are recognising diversity, at least when it comes to colour and so on and so forth but female directors, and producers little less. noticeable absence, still catherine below becoming that solitary winter and know nominations this year, there is a way to go you have high—profile actresses like nicole kidman pledging to work with female directors, once every two years or something, which to me, that's a sign clearly her intentions are good, but at the sign of how few there are out there for her to choose from, so hopefully we go on the right direction and they are baby the right direction and they are ba by ste ps. the right direction and they are baby steps. the other film that has the most nominations is aroma, the

child did at the director in mexico. it's in black—and—white, and crucially a netflix them. edited position here because a favourite was what got it was, roma did better, even they had ten each, with the best supporting actress nominations no one called it, so the academy really clearly like it be netflix's moment to prove they can go all the way to winning best picture, he looks very strong for director as well. he has one before that, but it'll come away with quite a few and yeah, probably in position with beating a star is born which was the early favourite and the race, slightly falling behind even though it has eight nominations, bradley cooper was not nominated for director. feels like the wind has changed a bit. lady gaga, she has her first nod and her foray into acting. i think she won an emmy before for a td roll, but this is

the big screen moment for her, i think she was helping a fairy tale book on—screen and off, it's a shoo—in for best song let's make no boats, she will go home, they will bea boats, she will go home, they will be a picture i believe that lady gaga carrying that famous statuette however i don't think the best actress will come her way and as you say, that famous statuette however i don't think the best actress will come her way and as you say, no winds has. it may be a sympathy vote and it is i cooper gets best actress ofi and it is i cooper gets best actress of i think it's between the two, but thena rainy of i think it's between the two, but then a rainy malic is in the wind for freddie mercury, he really stormed up we the golden glove and so stormed up we the golden glove and so on, stormed up we the golden glove and so on, even stormed up we the golden glove and so on, even though critically it's the least popular films, surprisingly it did well though a really dead, yeah. i think kristen bell will lose. did well in the box office, and it did well in the golden gloves to. that was a surprise, i think about like a star is born was pushed away, and

bohemian rep bap —— rhapsody was embraced, it can be reversed with the golden gloves do, maybe there's a twist. why do you think that happens, the sort of taking over from the other film ? happens, the sort of taking over from the other film? that's a foreign press association to people not calling that filing into the us ra ptors not calling that filing into the us raptors of a star is born which has two american stars, so suddenly gets a bit ata two american stars, so suddenly gets a bit at a european flavour, and you only need to win a big one in the beginning of the season, that's the same as the oscar nominations being decided in advance of voting, it's 5000 members opposed to that 93 of the golden gloves boating, so it's different. if you can get an early win as they did, suddenly you're staring into the rest. the wind in your sales, not richard e grant, can your sales, not richard e grant, can you ever forgive your sales, not richard e grant, can you everforgive me, first nomination hard to believe i remember when i use it in the cinema

let's hear what he has to say. i'm absolutely overwhelmed right now, 36 years ago i rented this here which was one room, for £30 a week about $50 and i cannot believe 36 years later i'm sitting here at the 62—year—old man having an oscar nomination. i have to say, he would have trouble renting a place like that now. never mind 32 years ago, it's such wonderful news. that now. never mind 32 years ago, it's such wonderful newslj that now. never mind 32 years ago, it's such wonderful news. i sayjust give it to him now, he was fantastic in the film no one has looked more delighted to be nominated or more deserving, i mean, he'sjust great, and he has a shot there i think, it's him against green belt i think, i'm richard grant all the way because he has already won an oscar for new blood. i mean the last thing he was even nominated bar was a

golden raspberry in the early 90 —— 90s, he has literally an empty mantelpiece despite being a national treasure on both sides of the atla ntic treasure on both sides of the atlantic so as you say this is perhaps is coming of richard e grant. also nominated we should say that them looking at the depth of james barger, the murder of use a —— ago, the family are critical about the film being made. there has been bad management, the director said he wa nted bad management, the director said he wanted to highlight the understanding of what went on during the tragic days and even reconstructed the actual scene of the abduction, and so all of this is highly sensitive material, he says he wants it to never be repeated so we have to understand what went on, but the mother has said no he has not been in touch with her or her consulting and now here we are she consulting and new herewe aresbe .. -—,,l,,j,j consulting and new herewe aresbe .. -._......._i_.......4....4 consulting and now herewe aresbe .. a petition for it cannot spearheaded a petition for it cannot shown in and here she is spearheaded a petition for it cannot show1 it| and here she is spearheaded a petition for it cannot show it now- and here she is spearheaded a petition for it cannot show it now take | and here she is spearheaded a petition for it cannot

show it now take its id here she is spearheaded a petition for it cannot show it now take its place 5 she is spearheaded a petition for it cannot show it now take its place on ie is watching it now take its place on the oscar nomination. it can't be easy, the film is called the treatment i have a statement from the murder, saying i cannot express how disgusted and upset i am that the so—called film is made and nominated for an oscar, it's one thing making a film like this without contacting or getting permission from james's family by another to have a child re—enact the vital areas of his life before he was brutally murdered and making myself and my family had to relive this all over again. that statement from denise ferguson. really and response from the news that fm detainment has got an oscar nomination, controversy there, but on the night, all that is on the night, all that is under nominees, hopefully looking for a good time and looking for an opportunity to wina and looking for an opportunity to win a statue that will put them on the road to riches. certainly in the case of the younger nominees, yes. but olivia kallman, just having the

whole of england standing up and cheering like she's the queen basically, what a great performance thatis basically, what a great performance that is and glenn close would be her seventh loss and i do feel a little sorry if she doesn't win. it's very tight because they are both exceptionally good, i would say to fight actresses in a category are just so strong it's one of the best and a long time. you think of those left out, like emily blunt, both actresses and mary screen of —— mary queen of scots have not gotten a recognition so it shows how strong it is, it's clearly another good yearfor it is, it's clearly another good year for women it is, it's clearly another good yearfor women in front it is, it's clearly another good year for women in front of the camera at least. all right, thank you good to see you think you joining us. ben has your weather. the sort of bay that feels like winter in places has looked like winter as well, we had a little bit of snow across parts of the uk, not only of a high ground even at lower levels, some of

us ground even at lower levels, some of us have seen a covering of snow and if temperatures continue to give away tonight, likely to be problems with ice tonight and tomorrow morning, further winter showers as well so travel disruption looking pretty likely, here is how things pan over the last few hours, you can see the wintry showers working east with a mix of rain and sleet and hailand with a mix of rain and sleet and hail and snow. as we go through what is left of tonight it'll continue to see wintry showers especially on the western pa rt of see wintry showers especially on the western part of the uk, but some will hang around across east anglia and the southeast all night long. temperature wise, heading one direction and that's downwards because mine is and some spots in scotla nd because mine is and some spots in scotland to get colder than that but tomorrow morning, wintry showers across if i southeast are a bit of because of concern because they could bring further sale to essex pacific and kent, also showers in merseyside and west midlands from many areas, and a dry sunny but cold and potentially icy started the day,

some showers in northern ireland in western scotland and east scotland will be dry look up at the —12 possible across some of the rural parts of scotland, called scott, feeding patches across northern england, some could lingerfor a pa rt england, some could lingerfor a part of the day, as he gutted today showers become fewer and farther between, some up northwest those in the southeast will go out, temperature struggling, and then we see things crowding over northern ireland later in the day with patchy rain in the process continues and get they say, cloudy and patchy rain living across northern ireland perhaps reaching into western areas later on, i'd wintry shower across the and pike but for many thursday a dry day with spells of sunshine, the temperature is between four and 8 degrees. there to friday, one friend moves its way and it'll bring patchy rain with that but as the name suggest a warm front will bring warmer at or at least milder and this way could not air with as for

friday, the temperature is quite a bit higher on friday, perhaps double digits and places i! bit higher on friday, perhaps double digits and places 11 degrees in the past but there will be part —— patchy rain however, milder weather does not last into the weekend, back into the cold and actually feel will ta ke into the cold and actually feel will take us through next week, but in the meantime watch out for wintry showers and some ice tonight. out for wintry showers and some ice tonight. hello, i'm ros atkins — welcome to outside source. first to washington. a month on, there is still no deal to end the us up its efforts to shape if and when it happens. we'll have the latest. zimba bwe's president's ended a trip to europe — as condemnation grows over a clampdown on the opposition. and hope is fading for the premier league striker emiliano sala. he was aboard a light aircraft that lost contact over the english channel.