the search continues for the missing plane carrying footballer emiliano sala, but hopes for a rescue are fading. sala, who had recently signed for cardiff city, was travelling with a pilot in a light aircraft when it disappeared on monday night off guernsey. as air—accident investigators release more details of the aircraft, we'll bring you the latest. also this lunchtime: signs that leading brexit supporters might be prepared to compromise on theresa may's deal — if she can get more assurances from brussels. a third former director of tesco is acquitted of fraud at the supermarket chain. the social—media stars who've agreed to be more open about receiving payments to endorse brands. and the teenager with brain cancer who's about to receive pioneering treatment at a new specialist centre in manchester. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, a shock at the australian open as serena williams wastes four match points before getting knocked out in the quarterfinals. good afternoon and welcome

to the bbc news at one. hope is fading in the search for the plane carrying the cardiff city footballer emiliano sala, which went missing on monday night. the player was one of two people travelling back to wales from france when the light aircraft disappeared from radar screens near guernsey. it's believed he sent a message to family members, saying the plane looked like it was going to fall apart and he was "really scared". our wales correspondent tomos morgan reports. 36 hours on, it's still unclear what has happened to cardiff city's new striker, emiliano sala, the plane and his pilot. on monday evening, the footballer was flying from nantes to wales. during the flight, an emergency call was made to air—traffic control

requesting to land, but soon after they lost contact, around the islands of guernsey and alderney. argentinian media have reported that the 28—year—old sent a whatsapp voice message in which he said, "hey, brothers, how are you all?" "guys, i'm so tired, i was here in nantes doing thing after thing after thing, it was nonstop." "i'm here on the plane which seems like it's going to fall to pieces, and i'm going to cardiff, i'm so scared." his father in argentina said he was worried for his son's safety. translation: the hours go by, and it makes me think of the worst, ijust wa nt makes me think of the worst, ijust want them to find him. the last thing they said is that the communication ended when they crossed the channel. rescue services have searched over 1000 square miles of water already and have resumed their work at first light again this morning. if they're in the water,

i would have said the chances of survival now have diminished to almost zero, because it's very cold in the water out there, it has been rough overnight as well. if they're safely in a liferaft, then their chances of survival are much greater. as one of the top goal—scorers in french football's top flight over the past few seasons, the £15 million signing of emiliano sala was seen as a huge coup for cardiff city football club. now, as time passes, hope and optimism amongst the fans is diminishing. really devastating, as you can see, people are trying to show their best respects towards him. we're, yeah, really struggling to come to terms with what's happened, really. we were so excited to see him, and he's obviously not here, so we are very sad. cardiff city officials say the flight was not arranged or paid for by the club, but an investigation has begun into emiliano sala's

travel on monday evening. tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. our transport correspondent tom burridge is here. tom, news of a new development. yes, the air accidents investigation branch, a team of x? aviation experts, have said they are investing the disappearance of the plane, and when a plane disappeared in international waters like this, international protocols kick in. the french authorities are also involved, and because the plane, we are told, was us registered, us authorities are involved, as are the argentinian authorities, because emiliano sala was argentinian, and thatis emiliano sala was argentinian, and that is quite standard in this type of investigation, any country with a big vested interest will take part. all the evidence we are getting points towards the fact that the

plane was uk owned, although we have not confirmed that fact yet. what i am told is that we should not read too much into the fact that the investigation has been launched, because the search and rescue operation is ongoing, but investigators in farnborough, in the meantime, are able to look at radar records, the maintenance records, the pilot's records, we don't know the pilot's records, we don't know the identity of the pilot, and in theory a flight plan would have been filed before take—off, but i am told by officials that we should manage expectations, the search and rescue operation is looking at a vast area of sea, and until the actual wreckage of the plane was found, possibly, the investigation‘s ambitions is limited. tom, many thanks. the leading brexit supporter jacob rees—mogg is expected this afternoon to say there's been an "outbreak of realism" over the most controversial part of theresa may's brexit deal, the irish border. it's fuelled speculation he and other brexiters could be persuaded to support it. mr rees—mogg was among those

who helped defeat the agreement in the commons last week by an unprecedented 230 votes. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. does she have something up his sleeve? can you win round your party, prime minister? why is it definitely won't be easy, there are still huge splits in the conservatives of what brexit should look like, but are there signs that some might be trying to find a compromise. i think there is every chance that if the uk now negotiates with conviction, and if we really mean it this time, that we can secure mean it this time, that we can secure the changes that we need. thanks a lot! others see a change of mood might be in the westminster air. i do sense a softening in terms of the alternatives to the backstop, but if she can deliver that, i think she will get a majority. yet what that looks like and whether the pm

can deliver is still far from clear. order, questions to be prime minister... so far, there is precious little sign she is winning over opposition parties. if the prime minister is serious about finding a solution, which of her red lines is she prepared to abandon? could she name a single one? he wa nts could she name a single one? he wants the pm to consider a closer relationship to a permanent customs union. that would infuriate some in her party, though, but she didn't quite give a definitive answer. he makes claims about mines being closed, he asks about red lights. why doesn't he just come and talk about it? but arms are still being twisted, compromise is considered, to try and salvage a plan. the number of mps theresa may has to win over is huge. remember, she spent months trying to win over her conservative critics and the dup, but maybe, just maybe are some of those who have been most outspoken

on the deal opening the door to being won over? jacob rees—mogg, the figurehead for many tory brexiteers, says he is encouraged by outbreaks of realism if — and it is a big if — the backstop goes, he thinks a feasible deal can be done. that doesn't mean a majority would be guaranteed, and europe says the backstop remains of fundamental importance, but a thawing of relations in her own party is a wry glimmer of hope for the pm. brexit hasn't been easy, months of toing and froing, confusion over where we will eventually end up, but if the pm can welcome some back into the fold, provision might have a fighting chance. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. in a moment, we'll speak to our business correspondentjoe miller, who's at the world economic forum in davos. but first, our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. so is this a sign that mrs may's brexit critics are warming to her deal? well, narrator:, we know that brexit critics of theresa may like to give

her deal both barrels, decrying it as tantamount to raising the white flag or making us a colony of the eu, oras flag or making us a colony of the eu, or as bad as staying in the eu. now we are getting a markedly different tone, much more emollient and conciliatory, and crucially from some of the big players, figures like jacob rees—mogg this afternoon, expected to say that with a bit of common—sense and practicality, in other words we are all reasonable about this, it should be possible to get a reasonable deal. similarly, borisjohnson, arriving for talks with the chief whip in downing street, saying that if mrs may negotiates with conviction, it could be possible to get an agreement. what is going on? first off, mrs may's plea to the brexiteers to bear with her as she tried to get fresh reassu ra nces with her as she tried to get fresh reassurances from the eu on the backstop, perhaps have won her a bit

of breathing space from the brexiteers. secondly, now, there is a suspicion that the brexiteers have got the jitters, the collie wobbles, that with the remainers beginning to get their act together and tabling a whole load of amendments potentially to delay or derail brexit, that leaving the eu might not happen, and therefore perhaps they ought to throw in their lot with the pm. what does it mean? it doesn't mean mrs may's definitely going to get a deal through, she lost by 230 votes. it might suggest, though, that the tide could be about to turn. and joe, at the world economic forum, the international trade secretary, liam fox, who is in davos, has had strong words of criticism about mps wanting to delay brexit. he has indeed, reeta, the expectation among business leaders here in davos is that there will be a delay to brexit, that britain want to leave the european union without

a deal on the 29th of march, and we have seen the pound rise against the dollar as a result of that belief, but dr fox is here in davos with a very explicit message to those executives, and to his counterparts in other eu countries. he is saying — prepare for the possibility of a no—deal, and he is also saying, also warning that extending article 50 or delaying the brexit process would be worse than crashing out with no deal. now, that warning, that message may help liam fox with his main task here this week, and that is to convince up to a0 other non—eu countries, like south korea and canada, whom the uk currently trades with under eu free trade agreements, to roll over those agreements to uk bilateral agreements in time for the 29th of march, that is a very big task, and what he is saying to those

emissaries from various governments around the world is, you are running out of time, you may be assuming that there will be a deal and we don't need to get these contracts rolled over, these agreements rolled over, but we really do because you face the prospect of not being able to trade with the uk, and in order to trade with the uk, and in order to boost that argument, he is talking up british industry, talking up talking up british industry, talking up british exports, and it is not helped by the fact that sony, a japanese company, has announced it is moving its british headquarters to netherlands because of brexit. gel, thank you, joe miller, and also thank you to norman smith, of course. a former tesco director has been cleared of fraud and false accounting at the supermarket chain. carl rogberg is the last of three former directors to be acquitted, in a blow to the serious fraud office. let's talk now to our correspondent emma simpson at southwark crown court. tell us what happened. base has been a long running saga, reeta, remember it was back in

september 201a that tesco was plunged into crisis with a £250 million accounting scandal which wiped more than £i million accounting scandal which wiped more than £1 billion off the value of the company, sending shock waves through the city, so today carl rogberg, the former uk finance boss of tesco, was formally cleared. the sfo said they wouldn't be offering any evidence against him. now, two other defendants were acquitted last month after the judge halted their trials, saying the evidence was so weak it couldn't even be put before a jury. mr rogberg was not part of that trial because he had suffered a heart attack that led to the first trial being abandoned, so the upshot is that, four years on, the sfo have failed to secure any convictions in this high profile case. but here is the twist, reeta, tesco has already paid £129 million when it entered into what is known as a deferred prosecution agreement with the sfo, a deal to avoid prosecution. now,

those details were made public today, and the three defendants were named in this document as being part of that fraudulent activity, but yet ina criminal court of that fraudulent activity, but yet in a criminal court they were acquitted. now, carl rogberg has been speaking today, some damning words, he said, i should been speaking today, some damning words, he said, ishould never been speaking today, some damning words, he said, i should never have been charged and there was a rush to judgment to do this deal with the sfo. a high court judge who actually heard the evidence, supported by three appeal court judges, found no evidence of guilt on behalf of those named in it. it is a worthless and dishonest piece of paper with no credibility. and yet it is still vigorously defended by tesco and by the sfo, who stand alone in refusing to accept the truth. now, all the solicitors involved in defending the accused men, who are 110w defending the accused men, who are now free, they are saying that the use of dpas needs to be thought

about again, given what these three men have been put through. emma simpson, many thanks. britain's most senior counterterrorism officer has warned that right—wing extremists could exploit what he described as the "febrile" atmosphere around brexit. assistant commissioner neil basu said he was concerned about the "creeping threat" posed by far—right groups. here's our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. march 2017 — the murderous attack by khalid masood outside the houses of parliament was the first of five terror attacks in six months. since that day, police and the security service, m15, have foiled 18 other plots, most of them islamist inspired. four plots involved right wing extremists. they make up a growing amount of work for counterterrorism detectives, and now there are concerns the heated debate over brexit could stir things up further. we saw a spike in hate crime after the referendum. that's never really receded. so there's always a possibility that people are being radicalised

by the kind of febrile atmosphere we've got at the moment and we want people to report anything that we think is going to lead to violent confrontation and people need to calm down. to thwart terrorism, police need the public‘s help. that's why a new campaign is being launched, to encourage people to report suspicious activity. the new counter terrorism film will be shown at 120 cinemas across the country, reaching a potential audience of 5 million people. it comes at a time when the terror threat level remains at severe, with police carrying out a record number of investigations. there are currently over 700 counterterror operations across the uk, according to police. last year they received more than 13,000 calls and messages from the public about terrorism. one in five contained significant pieces of information or tip—offs. an added concern now for police is what happens if britain leaves the european union without a deal.

counterterrorism officers say a no—deal brexit would be a very bad thing. but the home office says it is working intensively to put no deal contingency plans in place. these are unpredictable times, but the message from police is to stay calm and let them know if anything's not right. danny shaw, bbc news. the first criminal trial of senior uk banking executives, in the wake of the financial crisis, has begun in south london. the case against the four former barclays executives has been brought by the serious fraud office. our business correspondent, andy verity, is at southwark crown court. just tell us what happened today in court. we hope the opening remarks from the prosecutor in this very significant trial, the only time they have been criminal prosecutions of seeing your banking executives

since the financial crisis 11 years ago. to understand that case you have to go back there, barclays had over lent and had to spend billions to prop up those scribbled finances. try to do that privately and avoid taking money from the government and it raised £a.a billion and then £6.8 billion from investors including the gas which gulf state of qatar. it did not disclose to investors the fa ct did not disclose to investors the fact that unbeknownst to the public it had paid separately some extra fees in order to invest about £a2 million in june and fees in order to invest about £a2 million injune and another £280 million injune and another £280 million later on. it says that executives did not tell the public how much the bank was really paying. they pretended it was the same commission rate that it was paying to other investors. the prosecutor said it was not true and the conspirators or new to be alive. the

defendants all deny the charges. — all knew it to be alive. our top story this lunchtime. hope is fading in the search for the plane carrying the cardiff city footballer, emiliano sala, which went missing on monday night. and still to come. travel agents report a surge in business — as britons book their summer holidays. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, we'll have the lastest from the cricket in barbados, england's first test against the west indies is due to start in the next hour. travel agents and tour operators are reporting a rise in bookings for summer holidays. figures show sales are up by 5% so far this january, with many in the industry busier than they'd expected to be. destinations outside the eu, including turkey, egypt and tunisia, travel agents and tour operators are reporting a rise in bookings destinations outside the eu, including turkey, egypt and tunisia,

are doing particularly well, as our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz, reports. no, it's not a window cleaner or someone selling dusters. hello. hi, are you all right? yes, good thanks. are you? michelle from rothley near leicester is a personal travel agent. one of a growing band who'll come to you to arrange your holiday. are you still thinking of turkey? definitely. turkey is definitely something that we should look at. you get more for your money. there are now thousands of home—based agents like michelle keen to get us to book months ahead. what are you finding this year, how is it going? really well. really, really well. people are booking early. i think they want to escape the doom and gloom and everything that's all around. and obviously wanting to look for some sunnier climes and something to look forward to. it's cold, it's early in the year, but by booking now, people feel they can get the holiday they want at the price they can afford. and that's despite worries about brexit. and that's what the latest figures show. with bookings for the summer 5% higher and the crucial january period up so far.

and maybe a brexit effect, non—eu destinations like turkey, tunisia and egypt 19% ahead of last year. 38% of people are spending the same on their holidays this year and 27% will spend more, in spite of financial pressures and worries about leaving the eu. i think if anything, people are just so tired of brexit. they're used to the fact that the pound is worth less. what they are not prepared to give up at any cost is their main holiday of the year. and they are prepared to invest in it. also popular are malta, bulgaria, florida, along with plenty of old favourites. we booked one yesterday. where did you book? we're going to lanzarote. texas? yes. have you booked it already? we've yet to book it, we're going to book it next week. phone rings hello, michelle, personal travel agents. the more early bookers, the better for michelle,

working from her kitchen. though some holiday—makers will still bide their time and hold out for a bargain later on. simon gompertz, bbc news, leicestershire. the victims‘ commissioner has warned that survivors of violent and sexual crime who apply for government compensation are being needlessly forced to relive details of the crimes against them. baroness newlove said people who claimed financial support, to help with their recovery were being "retraumatised." here's clive coleman. the four pins there, which i had to have all wired up... in 201a, daniel murphy was the subject of a vicious unprovoked attack. his face was stamped on, snapping his jaw. he needed three metal plates and pins to be surgically implanted. under my chin was just completely black. but getting compensation from the criminal injuries compensation authority has proved a nightmare for daniel and his fiancee, holly. i think over a two—week period, you must have rang them over 50 times.

yeah, they lost photos of dan after his attack, which were very sensitive photos that we didn't want people to see. where we are now, them saying that you didn't have surgery, when he's got three metal plates in his mouth. nearly four years into the process, daniel's still fighting for compensation. lady newlove's review of the scheme is damning. this should not be a process that's not victim—friendly. it should be a process that compensates victims without traumatising them yet again. the review finds the system's beset by delays, uncertainty and poor communication. nearly a0% feel they need a third party to negotiate the complexity of the process, and local victim support services are patchy and sometimes nonexistent. receiving compensation for a violent crime should be an end point for a victim. lady newlove wants radical changes to de—traumatise and simplify the process, including having a named

caseworker for each victim, greater transparency, and free advice and support for the most vulnerable. the ministry ofjustice says it announced a review of the compensation scheme last year to ensure better support for victims and will consider today's findings. daniel and holly simply want their compensation and to move on with their lives. clive coleman, bbc news. ellie goulding and rita ora are among 16 public figures who've agreed to be more open on social media about when they're paid to endorse products. the celebrities are said to have a combined social media following of more than 7a million people, giving them the power to boost brands. chris fox reports. is this a casual holiday photo, or an advertisement for a watch? injuly, the advertising standards authority ruled reality tv star louise thompson was not clear she had been paid to promote the accessory.

in the age of social media, having a celebrity post about your product can be a more direct and personal way to promote it, but the cma is worried that the line between personal posts and promotion is becoming blurred. we've looked across a number of posts on social media platforms by a range of different celebrities and influences, and we've been really concerned that a number of them have not been flagging at all that they'd been paid to put up a post or received a gift or given a loan of the product. they need to do that. the 16 celebrities named by the cma have agreed to be clear about when they post ads. among them, singer rita ora, video bloggerjim chapman, actress michelle keegan and pop star ellie goulding. all 16 avoided court action by agreeing to follow the rules, but the cma says it will take action if they break the rules in the future. and it has written warning letters to many more influencers, urging them to change their ways. usually when celebrities post an advert online but haven't

been clear they've been paid to do so, it's the advertising standards authority that gives them a slap on the wrist. but the asa mainly takes action against specific ads and campaigns, whereas the competition and markets authority can take action against people with the threat of big fines, or even time injail. that's how i felt when i was younger... it's the first time the cma has named the celebrities it has been investigating. but because the cases were not taken to court, there's no official ruling that the stars broke the law. i'm just going to let you have a moment at the end... but the threat of fines and jail time is a big step up from the slap on the wrist typically given by the asa, and the cma is now turning its attention to the social networks, to see what changes could be made to make advertising online more transparent. chris fox, bbc news. the consumer campaigner, martin lewis, has dropped his threat to sue facebook. he was planning to take action against the company because of fake adverts using his image that were being used on the site.

our media editor, amol rajan, is here. just give us the background to this. martin lewis has spent a decade forging a considerable reputation as consumer champion taking on ranks and now he is taking on big tech. he was being contacted by followers of his saying they had been scammed because they had seen his face on advertisements. he does not do advertisements. he does not do advertisements and he felt that taking on facebook was his last option. i felt i'd got to the end of my tether, with over 1000 ads with my face on them on facebook alone, never mind the other platforms. so i had to do something and it had to be as tough as i could. the problem we've got is the law and the legal framework doesn't work. i mean, it is perverse that the only thing i could sue facebook for with fraudulent scam ads of me was defamation. that's not the right law. it's the only one i had though, so that's the one i took. so, damn right i will be aggressive.

there are real people out there who've lost their life savings, who have lost their dignity and their self—respect on the back of these scam ads. fascinating stuff. today three developments, he dropped his legal action and facebook are giving £3 million to citizens advice and they have launched an app so you can report anything dodgy. but frankly there's just so much stuff on these platforms that we have to get used to the fact that there will always be stuff on them that is slightly dodgy. a teenager with brain cancer is about to become one of the first british patients to have proton beam therapy at a new dedicated centre in manchester. 15—year—old mason kettley is being treated at christie hospital. the therapy targets cancer without damaging nearby tissues, and is only available in a handful of countries around the world. graham satchell has

been to meet him. it looks like something out of star trek and proton beam therapy using charged particles from a cyclotron sounds like science fiction. but this specialised form of radiotherapy, the first in the uk, is now up and running at the christie hospital in manchester. 15—year—old mason is one of the first patients to be treated here. he was diagnosed with a brain tumour last october. he's come to manchester from his home in west sussex with his little brother, his dad, and his mum. it's the worst news possible to get as a parent, to have a phone call that your child has a brain tumour. mason is being given a guided tour of the therapy room. so is the green beam where it's aiming at? proton therapy works by targeting cancers very precisely. it causes less damage to surrounding areas than normal radiotherapy and is particularly effective for younger people.

children have tissues which are still developing and are very, very sensitive to radiation. so anything you can do to spare those normal tissues from the effects of radiation treatment, the better it will be for them in the long term. how i feel about this is very, it's very nerve—racking. and i'm quite nervous about it. but if it makes me better, i'm happy about it. proton beam therapy first hit the headlines four years ago when the parents of ashya king took their child abroad to get treatment. ashya eventually had the therapy in the czech republic and his parents say he is now cancer—free. mason's treatment starts today. it will take six weeks. he's already looking forward to life after proton therapy.