hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2... signs that leading brexit supporters might be prepared to compromise on theresa may's deal — if she can get more assurances from brussels. there is good news for us to hope that a reformation of this deal could be achieved and made acceptable. hopes fade of finding missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala alive — as the search operation continues off the channel islands. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. this should not be a process that is not victim—friendly. it should be a process that compensates victims without traumatising them yet again. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — olly foster. it's a massive year for england's cricketers in their first test of

2019 which isjust cricketers in their first test of 2019 which is just about to get under way. we will get the latest from barbados as they bow first against the west indies. better to be in barbados right now with this weather! yes, winter has established itself over the next day. it will be telling a little less cold towards the weekend, but it will be short lived. more details later. also coming up, no longerforced to travel abroad for treatment — we will meet the teenager about a sick pioneering treatment at a specialist centre in manchester. are brexiteers warming to the prime minister's deal? following the worst commons defeat for any government over theresa may's brexit plans —

there are signs that some critics could be changing their minds. leading brexiteerjacob rees—mogg says he's encouraged by "outbreaks of realism" over the northern ireland backstop — the most controversial part of theresa may's proposal. it's fuelled speculation he and other brexiters could be persuaded to support it. but there are still huge obstacles for the prime minister — the opinion of the dup is obviously crucial. and there's the eu — and whether they would be prepared to soften on the issue of end—date to any backstop deal. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. does she have something up his sleeve? can you win round your party, prime minister? it definitely won't be easy, there are still huge splits in the conservatives over what brexit should look like, but are there signs that some might be trying to find a compromise? 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's precious little sign she's 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 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 minds being

closed, he asks about red lines. why doesn't he just come and talk about it? but arms are still being twisted, compromises 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's encouraged by outbreaks of realism if — and it's 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 with her own party is a rare 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, her vision might have a fighting chance. our chief political correspondent vicki young joins me from westminster. i was laughing at that sentence, brexit hasn't been easy! is there a sense that things mayjust be warming upfor sense that things mayjust be warming up for theresa may's plan? possibly. i have just warming up for theresa may's plan? possibly. i havejust been warming up for theresa may's plan? possibly. i have just been speaking to one minister who is on the brexit side of all of this, and he thinks that possibly, there is some kind of softening of the position. but he thinks it may be too late. you have this large group of brexiteer mps plus the dup. but actually, even with all of them coming on board behind theresa may's deal, that might not be enough because on the other wing of theresa may's party, you have those who want to stay in the eu or who want another referendum, and there is enough of them possibly to me that her deal still can't get through. so it's a very tricky position. everyone is

looking for a sign that those brexiteers are willing to compromise. we know they're big issue with the deal is about the so—called backstop, the idea that the uk would end up in a customs union and not able to get out of it and they are still calling for the opening of the withdrawal agreement. the eu are not happy about that, but leading jacob rees—mogg has been speaking about it this lunchtime. this was what he had to say. the truth is that everybody wants a deal. the prime minister wants a deal, the eu wants a deal, the irish wa nt deal, the eu wants a deal, the irish want a deal. and if the only way to get it is by reopening the text, thatis get it is by reopening the text, that is what they will have to do. this is realpolitik. and if they do do that, people like me will consider what is done. that is quite a big if, though. this has always been the problem. there are some who

say that the eu, when it gets to the crunch moment, they have said no all along but when it comes to it, they wa nt to along but when it comes to it, they want to avoid an ideal situation as well, so they will suddenly change their minds. but of course, there are other elements in this because you now have on the possibility of article 50 may be being extended. this comes down to those votes next week, where we know that yvette cooper has an amendment down which could mean that mps seize control of the parliamentary agenda and they might be able to introduce a bill forcing the prime minister to go for an extension of article 50. this lunchtime, a spokesman for the labour party says jeremy corbyn lunchtime, a spokesman for the labour party sasteremy corbyn is meeting senior members of his party including yvette cooper and rachel reeves, who also has an amendment down trying to make sure we don't leave the eu without a deal. he is going to be speaking to them about the way forward. one suggestion is that an extension of nine months as

may be too long, that the labour leadership couldn't swallow that. but they are trying to maybe come to some kind of compromise. we don't know how this is going to pan out, but with that threat, if you like, from those who are trying to either stay in the eu or trying to get another referendum or trying to delay brexit, with that threat that they could somehow manage to achieve that, that could be focusing the minds of people on the other side of the argument. but at the moment, it is not clear. thanks very much. britain's most senior counter—terrorism 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, mi5, 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's 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. 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, i just 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 1,000 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. german chancellor angela merkel is meeting the eu's michel barnier in berlin today. a german spokeswoman said that a postponement of brexit could be discussed only if britain signalled it wanted to delay its exit from the bloc. our correspondent adam fleming joins me from brussels. sounds as though they are getting us fed up with this as a lot of people

here are. michel barnier, the chief negotiator, has been giving a speech in brussels to politicians from the regions of europe. if you have followed michel barnier‘s work through the years, as we both have, it was familiar stuff, laying out what is in the withdrawal agreement and the importance of reaching a deal. he did have a bit of a message to british mps who are thinking about voting for that amendment tabled by labour's yvette cooper which would take no deal of the table and may be extended two year period which is available for the brexit negotiations. opposing no deal will not stop no deal from happening at the end of march. to stop no deal, a positive majority for another solution will need to emerge. this is the objective of the political consultations that theresa may has started, and we sincerely hope that this process will be successful. no overt signs of

frustration, but there must be a lot around. frustrated isn't the right word, actually. this stuff matters and they do want an answer from the uk about how it is going to proceed because then they can deal with that. it is not so much frustration, it is just watchful waiting. but there is michel barnier said what he did was for two reasons. first of all, the eu would be prepared for the article 50 brexit process to be extended beyond the two years, beyond the 29th march. but they don't want it to be for no reason. they want it to be because the uk has decided something, either it is going ina has decided something, either it is going in a different direction which is going to stick with this deal and it just needs is going to stick with this deal and itjust needs a bit more time to get everything in place. they don't want to just extend this so—called agony, as one foreign minister described it as one foreign minister described it a few days ago. the second reason he

made that point about the uk coming toa made that point about the uk coming to a conclusion about its future relationship is that michel barnier thinks that is how you solve the problem with the irish backstop. if the uk went for a more ambitious, close a relationship with the eu in future, you could write that into the political declaration which sketches out the shape of the future relationship, but that in a much more detail and precision so it would be more convincing that it was going to happen, which would then magically mean that the backstop which is in the withdrawal agreement, the divorce treaty, seems even less likely to come into force. and although statements from the eu saying, we don't want to use the backstop, would carry much more weight. logically, that makes sense but if you are a brexiteer like nadine dorries orjacob rees—mogg, thatis nadine dorries orjacob rees—mogg, that is not what you want to hear. they want to hear that the backstop is going altogether or being changed radically, notjust is going altogether or being changed radically, not just that psychologically, it would feel different. the only other reason the uk might ask for more time ifs if there is a decision to have another referendum. oh, yeah, that is the

other reason the eu would allow an extension of article 50, if something big was happening in the uk, either another referendum on in 01’ uk, either another referendum on in or out or on this deal or no deal, 01’ or out or on this deal or no deal, or if there was a general election 01’ or if there was a general election or if there was a general election or if there was a general election or if there was a clear signal that actually, the government and parliament wanted to think again about the direction it wanted to go in the future. those are the scenarios where they would grant an extension. interestingly, in article 50, the eu treaty itself, it doesn't say anything about whether terms and conditions can be applied to an extension. that would be a political decision by the other 27 leaders to say that these are the conditions we are applying. and the uk would have to request it and it is more than 100% not theresa may's policy to extend article 50 at the moment. thank you. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. signs that leading brexit supporters might be prepared to compromise on theresa may's deal — if she can get more assurances from brussels.

rescuers in the channel islands are spending a second day searching for a missing light aircraft, which was carrying the new cardiff city player — emiliano sala. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. and in sport, england's first test against the west indies is under way in barbados. joe rich lost the toss. they are feeling first. they have only won one series and the caribbean in 50 years. the windies are 12 without loss. serena williams has been knocked out of the austrian open quarterfinal. the seven time champion in melbourne west four match points before losing to carolyn pliskova in three sets. and the ireland fly—halfjohnny sexton will be fit for the start of the six nations. he has been out for a month with a knee problem. i will be back in the next 15 minutes. 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. four pins there, which i had to have all wired up... in 2014, 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 40% 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

the compensation they're entitled to and to move on with their lives. let's talk now to the director of criminal injury claims at hudgell‘s solicitors, paul cain who's in leeds. the accusation is that the people who are helping you are actually making things worse. actually, the piece you have shown is typical of what we find day in, day out. we currently have 500 to 700 applications at any one time with the cica and delays and frustration isa the cica and delays and frustration is a key element. so yeah, our day—to—day experience does mirror the findings in the report. there are issues with the way claims are dealt with and issues about the payment, because a lot of people are

having to wait for a full settlement before they see a penny. that's right. if you look at any other aspect of claims injury work, interim payments these days are very common. where liability has been accepted, commercial insurers are keen to make interim payments because they know it helps with rehabilitation, it helps the person who has been injured know that they are going to get compensation, whereas here, very rarely do we see interim payments being made by the criminal injury authority, even in cases which are really serious, cases which are really serious, cases which are really serious, cases which involve brain injuries, which have completely ruined somebody‘s life. it is not uncommon to find four or five years down the line, they haven't received a penny. so often, you as a solicitor will be sharing the frustration. we do. the criminal injury authority are keen to impose deadlines and timescales on victims, but they rarely give any

deadline with which they will comply themselves. so there is a feeling of frustration that we can't work to a proper deadline. and when an offer does come to pass, i often find that victims are so frustrated and so unclear as to how long it would take to challenge such an offer that they accept the first offer which has been made, which can often be an under settlement of the claim. again, it is almost making them a victim again of the system. if someone victim again of the system. if someone has just been through what will prove to be one of the most traumatic expenses of their life and they are trying to move on and forget it, yet there they are in your office and they have to go through the whole thing again. that's right. these are life—changing incidents. even fairly minor incidents like an assault on a friday evening, or it could be a major injury which has completely change the direction of your life.

it isa change the direction of your life. it is a good thing that there is a route to compensation, but if you're dealing with an organisation which refuses to set out deadlines to comply with, it's very frustrating for victims in this sort of case. there are several issues, but if there was one that you can change overnight, waving that magic one, which one would it be? we need to have a timetable for claims, and they must be complied with, in much they must be complied with, in much the same way as commercial claims. these days, you can have an admission of liability within14 working days. here, it can take months before we get any indication of whether the claimant is eligible for compensation. there needs to be specific timescales and milestones by which the cica need to comply with so that everyone knows where the claim is going and when it is going to be resolved. good to talk

to you. a former tesco director has been acquitted over a £250 million fraud and false accounting scandal. carl rogberg, the company's former finance director, was charged along with two other directors who were cleared at a previous trial. the serious fraud office offered no evidence against mr rogberg at southwark crown court. today carl rogberg, tesco's former uk finance boss, was formally cleared, the sfo saying they wouldn't be offering evidence against him. two other defendants we re against him. two other defendants were acquitted last month after the judge halted their trial saying the evidence was so weak that it couldn't even be put before a jury. mr rogberg wasn't part of that trial because he had suffered a heart attack that led to the first trial being abandoned. the upshot is that four years on, the sfo has failed to secure any convictions in this

high—profile case. 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. those details were made public today and the three defendants were named in this document as being part of that fraudulent activity. but yet in a criminal court, they were acquitted. carl rogberg has been speaking today with damning words. he said, i should never have been charged and there was a rush to judgment to do this deal with the sfo. time for a look at the weather... where is that? this is niagara falls. we think it is cold here, but in eastern canada as they have been seeing one of the coldest winters they have seen in three years. this is niagara falls, partially frozen. it looks amazing, very picturesque, bitterly cold. these were taken

yesterday. the day began with temperatures at —14 celsius. temperatures rose to a maximum of just minus five celsius. and over in nearby quebec, when you factor in the wind chill, —30 celsius was the temperature. that is going to give you more than just a red temperature. that is going to give you more thanjust a red nose, that is bitterly cold. we have done a bit of research in the weather department and we think it is only com pletely department and we think it is only completely frozen over once before in 1848, completely frozen over once before in1848, and completely frozen over once before in 18a8, and that was because there was a blockage further upstream. so that reduced the amount of water that reduced the amount of water that was coming down. but then it did completely freeze over. stunning. anybody driving home last night in the south—east would have seen night in the south—east would have seen not quite that level, but it was white. we have had for the wintry showers through parts of kent today. they are continuing this afternoon, but it is one of those days where there is lots of crisp

winter sunshine on offer. you can see snow on the hills. away from those showers in the far south—east, we have a lot of sunshine. some fog through northern england and we are starting to see less cold air worked its way through parts of northern ireland. we have got snow showers through parts of scotland and the northern islands. through parts of scotla nd northern islands. through parts of scotland and northern england, we are going to see those temperatures barely reach freezing as we head through the afternoon. so cold by day and as we head into the overnight period, those temperatures are going to be dropping. we will see an area of showery rain work through parts of scotland into northern england and the midlands, mainly falling as snow over higher levels, but not exclusively. there will be rain and sleet mixed in as well and it is going to be really cold. there is the chance that we could have some icy patches and freezing fog first thing tomorrow morning. a cold start the day, but here is our one front, introducing

the less cold air. they will continue its journey eastwards as we head through the day on thursday. more cloud and patchy rain in the cloud will be working its way into western england. we also have a showery feature we mentioned towards the far south and east, but some good spells of sunshine, mainly through the eastern half of the uk. here, temperatures remain in lower figures. here is our one front. it will continue working eastwards overnight, but hot on its heels is a cold front, which will undo all the work that the less cold air has done and replace it with much colder air as we head towards the weekend. before then, through friday we will all notice it being a little less cold. temperatures recover a bit. there will be quite a bit of cloud around. some brightness as well. across parts of scotland, we will

start to see the effects of the cold air working into scotland with some rain, heavy and persistent at times. but notice the difference in the temperatures. looking ahead to the weekend, the rain will make further inroads, clearing towards the south as we head through friday night and into saturday. we could see snow on the back edge of that rain as it clears through on saturday. behind it, much colder conditions. there will be some brightness around, but we will notice the difference in those temperatures as we head through sunday. much colder. we will have a brisk north wind as well and on that wind we will see further wintry showers. so we are seeing winter establish itself at the moment. and while it will be turning a little less cold as we head towards the weekend, it is going to be short lived. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. there are signs that leading brexit supporters might be prepared to compromise on theresa may's deal

— if she can get more assurances from brussels. i think there is good news for us, the hope that a reformation of this deal could be achieved that could make it acceptable. the head of counter—terrorism policing warns that the atmosphere and divisions over brexit could lead to a rise in far—right extremism. hopes fade of finding missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala alive — as the search operation conitinues off the channel islands. "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. and coming up, the social media stars who've agreed to be more open about receiving payments to endorse brands. sport now on afternoon live with olly foster. we talk about what is happening in barbados, a big year ahead for england. a big year of cricket coming up, they are hosting the

one—day world cup in the summer, england, they have the ashes in august, and you look at the window, they are not stupid, these cricketers, where do you go in january and february? you go to the caribbean. this is the last test series before the ashes. it is under way in the last half an hour it all got under way. they are in bridgetown barbados, the first three tests in the caribbean, antigua and st lucia. my heart bleeds for them. that's to come. they have changed that e—mail at labit, england. they are going for two spinners, they think it will do a little bit, the pitch. stuart broad has been dropped. add all rashid khan sin. is this the beginning of the enforced abroad, he will be hoping to get it going in the caribbean, especially with one eye on the ashes. england have won eight of their last nine tests ——. they have only won one series and the caribbean in the last 50 yea rs, series and the caribbean in the last 50 years, that was 15 years ago or so.

50 years, that was 15 years ago or so. joe root lost the toss as well. jason holder, the windies captain, has chosen to bat first. they are going along very nicely as well. john campbell and kraigg brathwaite. they are unbeaten, you can see. pushed up into the 20s, the west indies, without loss. you can follow this on the bbc sport website, or on your app this on the bbc sport website, or on yourapp on your this on the bbc sport website, or on your app on your smartphone. it is all worth a look as well following the cricket social, with the tms tea m the cricket social, with the tms team as well. at the start of that test series is under way. let's talk tennis, but things are not going away of serena williams. if you were away of serena williams. if you were a bookie you would have closed the book on a williams win in the early hours of this morning against karolina pliskova. she was 5—1 up in the third, williams but turned her ankle on her first match the third, williams but turned her ankle on herfirst match point the third, williams but turned her ankle on her first match point and then went on to waste—free more match points. it was really odd, one of the great comebacks, though, the

czech republican, she will face naomi a sucker in the semifinals. williams had been targeting a record equalling —— naomi osako. but it is pliskova who advances to the last four. other tennis news in the main turn minstrel, novak djokovic for a grand slam of men's titles, made it through to the semifinals with relative ease. a set up against kano shaqiri. world number one will face the french outsider lucas pouille in the french outsider lucas pouille in the semis. with the quality of the tennis he possesses the deserves to be maybe top 15, top ten of the world. he has that quality and potential, note question about it. it is funny we will play the first time against each other. we have

known each other a long time obviously but here we go. we will see. it is the semifinals and i'm sure we both want to get to the finals and hopefully we can both be fresh and fit and put on a great show. a bed david jamie murray, knocked out of the quarterfinals of both the men's and the mixed doubles —— a bad way. he and his partner bruno soares —— a bad way. he and his partner bruno soa res lost —— a bad way. he and his partner bruno soares lost to the 2016 champions performance macro linked up champions performance macro linked up with bethanie mattek—sands, and they lost their quarterfinal. britain has machan skips ski is still in the mixed doubles with his partner into the semifinals. football news, gonzalo higuain expected to complete his loan mow expected to complete his loan move ! the expected to complete his loan move ! forward the expected to complete his loan move ! forward ii? loan expected to complete his loan move ! forward 532; loan at juventus forward has been on loan at ac milan this season, scored eight goals but the club failed to register him by midday, which would have made him eligible to face spurs

in the league cup semifinal tomorrow. what a shame. that is all the sport for now, much more in the next hour. 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. fig: 255—53 j'izileej iféiiii? 5 iii-i m .. .. w. he's, comelemandjestel 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. i'm going to try and be good in school again, science, like, i always love. and i'm going to try and go to university, and try and become a doctor. i will be proud of whatever he wants to be. but i'm sure whatever it is, it will be fantastic. there is hope here of a better future. graham satchell, bbc news, manchester. 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 influencers, 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. consumer campaigner, martin lewis, has dropped a defamation lawsuit against social media company

facebook over a series of ads that ran on its platform, falsely claiming he backed several investment schemes. the moneysavingexpert website founder claimed fake endorsements had caused him reputational damage. he has agreed to drop the case, after facebook promised to introduce a scam ads reporting button. in addition, facebook will donate £3 million to a new citizens advice project. he spoke to my colleague joanna gosling a little earlier. there have been over a thousand ads ina year there have been over a thousand ads in a year with my name and face on for things like bitcoin code and bitcoin trader, nothing to do with bitcoins, just pure scams. the majority then were on facebook, which is why i launched this action, and of course i don't do ads, so any ad with my name and face in is a liar and ad with my name and face in is a liarand a scam, ad with my name and face in is a liar and a scam, which is why it was so liar and a scam, which is why it was so frustrating that they kept being republished, when pretty much if it has got me in it, it is a scam. that

is why i took the case, and i set out three things, i promise from the start if i won anything it would go to charity in the lawsuit. number one, i wanted to see real, tangible change to the processes about how scam ads are policed, and we now have the new scam ad reporting button, unique to the uk, it won't be anywhere else in the world. the press that button, anyone can do it, it goes to a new direct dedicated tea m it goes to a new direct dedicated team in facebook, again only the one in the world, in the uk, on the back of this case. number two, i wanted to see some form of help to the victims of scams, which is why we are setting up citizens advice gam action, facebook are donating £3 million as a result of this lawsuit, way more than i ever would have won in court as a result of defamation, in fact way more than the biggest court pay—out ever that there is. that will be starting in may and it will help to give one—on—one help to victims, one—on—one help to victims

who are worried about if this is a scam, and! who are worried about if this is a scam, and i also wanted my costs too, which i got. so i'm pretty pleased today, this is far better than i could have done going to court and i think this will be a real sea change in the scam advertising landscape. it should mean the final of adverts from those people who often aren't based in the uk, we are closing it down, shutting them down one by one. next stop, google. i was going to ask you, you have described it as a sea change, this scam scam ad reporting button, able go direct if someone triggers it to able go direct if someone triggers ittoa able go direct if someone triggers it to a dedicated team at facebook. what would then happen, do you think you will be a swift response to get things pulled? well, i hope so, that would be launching until three months' time poster what happens at the moment with scam ads is loads of people on my scam ads report them to

me, ican't people on my scam ads report them to me, i can't take them down, and they write in the comments that it is a scam ad. what will happen in the future is you will report directly on the other. of course one scam ad report will not trigger it being taken down report will not trigger it being ta ken down because report will not trigger it being taken down because it could be vexatious, but certainly the massive reports we get you imagine those going through to a specific dedicated team at facebook was only job is to deal with scam ads, and we hope the process will be swift and smoother. facebook are proactively blocking those ads, i have seen them do it, but i had to sign a confidentiality agreement. worth noting, there are loads of these adverts on google, and google served websites and applications with me at the moment, and they told me they it was reason they haven't done it was because the i was a cyrillic, a russian i, so they hadn't noticed

them. i want to see every site do proactive reporting, allow social policing where you have missed it, don't make people fill out complicated forms, as they do right now on google, saying have they breached your intellectual property rights. i also want to see other firms put their hands in their pocket, because i am fed up with these scam ads and i am not ruling out suing someone else can i don't wa nt to out suing someone else can i don't want to do it, i prefer them to say, 0k, want to do it, i prefer them to say, ok, we are going to take this as a lesson for all of us. ssuanna is here — in a moment, she will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. signs that leading brexit supporters might be prepared to compromise on thetesamay‘sdeall assurances from brussels. rescuers in the channel islands are spending a second day searching for a missing light aircraft, which was carrying the new cardiff city player — emiliano sala. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing

them to repeat traumatic details. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. sony has become the latest japanese electronics firm to say it will move its european headquarters from the uk due to brexit. the company said it would help avoid customs issues tied to britain's exit from the eu. rival panasonic moved its headquarters last year to avoid potential tax complications from brexit. banking giant santander says its to close 140 branches, after a review of how customers carry out their banking. the bank says it will try to find alternative jobs for the 1,270 staff affected by the closures. shares in metro bank have fallen by nearly a quarter, after it released its full year results for 2018. it reported a jump in pre—tax profits for the year, but said growth slowed in the final quarter. its shares are down by more than 30% today. lots of updates in the world of

retail today. yes. we all know its been tough on the high street for lots of chains. we've some numbers and news today — reinforcing that wh smith's high street sales have continued to fall, but the bookseller and stationer has had another rise in sales at its travel outlets — but sales were flat overall. 0f of course, they run lots of travel outlets, in train stations and bus stations and airports, and it is the growth in this travel division that has really offset a bit of a decline in the traditional high street shops, so that is where it is making most of its money. john lewis is to close its first store since 2006 — the knight and lee branch. we heard that partners might not

receive their bonus in march, it would be the first time in 53 years. john lewis is insisting there are no more store closures plan. what is happening with patisserie valerie? test today they announced they went into administration. 70 stores are closing immediately, administrators have been appointed. there is hope of finding have been appointed. there is hope offinding a have been appointed. there is hope of finding a buyer, but kpmg said there would be significant redundancies and the bbc understands around 900 of the 3000 staff maker. catherine shuttleworth, chief executive of savvy, what do you think the chances are of patisserie valerie funding i buyer?” think the chances are of patisserie valerie funding i buyer? i think it is unlikely they will find a single buyer that they have some great sites and some great businesses. the issues that have this set patisserie valerie have been around accounting and finance, so i think other competitors will be circling that

business, looking at them and trying to buy chunks of that business. but unfortunately i think there will be redundancies from members of staff who really have been completely not at fault of the problem with this business and it is a real shame, and itjust shows business and it is a real shame, and it just shows how so many of these jobs in the high street are at risk. we also heard today aboutjohn lewis closing at store, knight and lee in southsea. it will be a disappointment for many shoppers there. why is it closing this, there is one other in thejohn lewis train the macro chain to retain an individual name? that's right, some people remember that shops used to have their own individual names. the one in southsea is quite an old store and it will be very expensive to modernise and change and bring up—to—date, in line with what we as shoppers want. i think it will be with a heavy heart that john lewis is closing that store but more and more people are shopping withjohn lewis online. while it is definitely sad for the partners involved in

that, it is a good example of how every retailer in the uk at the moment is looking at their store space on the high street and deciding where is the right place to trade and what kind of shape their stores need to look like in the future. very quickly, iceland, its claims about palm oil have not materialised, have they, despite that quite controversial advert that ram? i think they are on a journey with palm oil, but it would transpire today that there are some products that have traces of palm oil. it is unbelievable for most people how much it is in lots of different kinds of products i think they have stated they will try to change that round. having made the statement, they will have to be absolutely clean on palm oil, and make sure that as they move forward no product contains it. catherine shuttleworth, thank you. a couple of warnings about brexit, we had about sony, what is going on? moving its headquarters out of

london. they say it is because of potential customs issues tied to woods britain's exit from the eu. of course, it comes off the back of panasonic moving its headquarters out of the uk last year, due to potential tax invitations, but we have also had a warning from burberry. they have warned of the dire consequences of the uk exiting the eu. its finance chiefjulie brown said it would find a no—deal brexit very costly and conflicts to manage with tens of millions of pounds in extra tariff costs.l quick look at the markets. metro bankers than the one to watch, even though profits rose over all over the year, actually in the last quarter they fell. metro bank currently down 36%, so really disappointing the city with those numbers. a barrel of brent crude up very slightly, following a decline earlier this week because of fears about a slow down in china. the pound at its highest rate since november. susanna, see you later,

thank you very much. excuse me. learning to program computers — or coding as it's known — is becoming an essential skill, and one that children are being taught in primary schools. it presents particular challenges for visually impaired children, but there is help on hand in the form of a new teaching aid, as our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports. i think we need six... theo, who's blind, and his sighted friend ollie have a common passion — computer programming, or coding, and now there is a way they can do it together. a system where theyjoin up these pods to build a programme. music plays. ok, and then we need to loop all of that. at the moment, many children start learning coding with a simple visual programme called scratch, but that doesn't really work if you're visually impaired. well, sadly i wasn't able to do any coding before this came along, because what was happening was the class were doing scratch and i wasn't able tojoin in. how interested are you in computer coding generally? very interested! on a scale of one to ten, it's definitely ten.

this physical computer coding language will now be available to schools around the world. it's taken four years to develop, and the microsoft researcher in charge of the project had a very personal reason the getting involved. plays piano. cecily morrison's son ronan was born blind, and that got her thinking about how visually—impaired children could be included in coding lessons. so we need one play statement, and we put it in a loop... working with her microsoft colleagues, she decided that what was needed was something that combined music with a physical coding language. each of these is a single line of code. it's one statement in your programme, and children connect these pods together to create multiple lines of code, and then they can run their code and to understand how their code is working. dozens of children have been testing what's now called codejumper.

i hope to products more accessible and develop apps for them. soa so a blind person can get the most out of them. i think it's an excellent invention. it really helps visually—impaired people to code. and it helps the two of you kind of cement your friendship? yeah. yes. now codejumper is coming out of testing and into the real world, the hope is that it make learning to code easier and more fun for everyone. ant and dec were named as best tv presenters for the 18th time at the national television awards last night — despite ant mcpartlin taking a break from a number of tv shows, after his arrest for drink driving last year. the biggest winners of the night were bodyguard and emmerdale, both taking home two awards. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was there. cheering and applause. it's the biggest night of celebration for tv‘s most popular shows and stars.

up until this year, ant and dec had won best presenter 17 times in a row, but after ant‘s drink—driving conviction, many wondered whether the public would vote them winners again. they did... ant and dec! ..for a record—breaking 18th time. the one reason we've won the award this year is because of this guy. ma'am. kim. ma'am, this is ps budd, the new ppi. pleasure to meet you, ma'am. tense drama bodyguard was a double winner. its star, richard madden, winning best drama performance and the show, which had a record—breaking viewing figures, winning best new drama. which is great, thrilling. it was exciting to kind of, to see that and for the amount of people that enjoyed that week to week, and managed to kind of go through all these theories in our head and do it together was something different and new. for the fourth year in a row, the prize for best talent show went to... strictly come dancing! cheering and applause. where are you going?!

peter kay's car share won best comedy. get back in the car! best serial drama performance went to eastenders' danny dyer. lizo mzimba, bbc news, at the national television awards. time for a look at the weather... let's go to mel coles. winter has established itself over the last day or so come it has been a cold day through north scotland where temperatures have barely reached freezing. also some wintry showers in the far south—east of kent. across northern ireland, less cold air working its way in, here more clout and patchy showery rain. overnight, another feature, an more clout and patchy showery rain. overnight, anotherfeature, an area of showers will work their way out of showers will work their way out of scotla nd of showers will work their way out of scotland into northern england and the midlands. we could see some snow mainly over higher ground but even to some lower levels possibly. there is the risk of some icy

stretches further tomorrow morning and some freezing fog. it will be a cold start today but our warm front will continue to edge its way eastwards, introducing more cloud out of it. through the day on thursday, we receive are showers that work their way through the midlands gradually clear their way down to the far south—east, the best of any brightness to the east, more clout with patchy rain out of the west but it is there that temperatures will do that bit better. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3... jacob rees—mogg says he could back theresa may's deal if there are legally binding changes to the northern irish backstop. i think there is good news for us to hope that a reformation deal could be achieved and could make it acceptable. hopes fade of finding missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala alive — as the search operation conitinues off the channel islands. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused

of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. this should not be a process that's not victim—friendly. it should be a process that compensates victims without traumatising them yet again. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — ollie foster. they have been playing for about an hourin they have been playing for about an hour in barbados, england bowling first in the first test. they have yet to make a breakthrough against the west indies. thanks ollie, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. mel has all the weather. yes, winter has set up camp over the last day or so. we're still seeing some wintry showers in parts of kent and something a little less cold on the cards as we head to the end of the week, but it's not going to last long. i will have all the details later on in the programme. thanks, mel. also coming up — no longerforced to travel abroad for treatment — we meet the teenager with brain cancer who's about to receive pioneering treatment at a new specialist centre

in manchester. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. are brexiteers warming to the prime minister's deal? following the worst commons defeat for any government over theresa may's brexit plans, there are signs that some critics could be changing their minds. leading brexiteerjacob rees—mogg says he's encouraged by "outbreaks of realism" over the northern ireland backstop — the most controversial part of theresa may's proposal. it's fuelled speculation that he and other brexiters could be persuaded to support it. but there are still huge obstacles for the prime minister — the opinion of the dup is obviously crucial.. and there's the eu — and whther they would be prepared to soften on the issue of end—date to any backstop deal. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. could theresa may's hardest cricket

to be won over? we are opening the withdrawal agreement with europe. the only way to get it is by reopening the text. that is what they will have to do. this is realpolitik. and if they do do that, people like may well consider what is done. but what they are likely not saying is that here is a blank cheque to get a few warm words and then suddenly we will change our minds. others to think a solution is possible. i think that there is every chance that if the uk now negotiates with conviction and if we really m ea n negotiates with conviction and if we really mean it this time, we can secure the changes that we need. thanks a look. the number of mps theresa may has to win know it 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? removing the controversial irish backstop remains the key issue, but it's far from clear that that can be delivered. europe says it must stay. translation: the question of the backstop goes far beyond that of trade in goods. this question has to do with men and women, who need certainty. order. questions to the prime minister. and back at home, there is precious little sign that opposition parties are being won over. 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 wants the pm to consider a closer relationship through a permanent customs union. that would infuriate some in her party, though, and she didn't quite give a definitive answer. he makes

claims about minds being closed. he asks about red lines. why doesn't he just come and talk about it? 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, a vision might have a fighting chance. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins me from westminster. how realistic is it that people may be warming up to what the prime minister is offering? well, the chat among some tory mps and a few ministers i have spoken to is that they believe that people like jacob rees—mogg, the erg, the brexiteers who voted against this deal in huge numbers last week, may be softening a touch and may be amenable to compromise. that is howjacob rees—mogg's speech this afternoon was built. but i am not sure the

words he uttered matched up to that, and he makes it clear that while he would like there to be ideal, he is still adamant that there can only be, for between if a re '::~'~lf: -5 “z: z'if ‘zarur — f — ——— ~~— '::~'~5f: -5 5's: z'if ‘zarur — 5 — ——— ~~— changes made '::~'~5f: -5 “55 :-:5 [iatllt‘ 5 5 5 —5— 5555 changes made to 5:55555: -5 5'55 :-5 55:5555 5 5 5 —5— 555 changes made to it. so 5:5'555: 55 5'55 :-55 55:5555 5 5 5 55— 555 changes made to it. so while binding changes made to it. so while he says he would be willing to see those happen and would like them to, that requires a colossal amount of work by the government and the eu to get there because the european union has said there is no way they are opening the withdrawal agreement again. so! opening the withdrawal agreement again. so i am not sure we have learned much about where some of her fiercest critics are going to be won overin fiercest critics are going to be won over in the next few days. it wasn't just a loss in the house of commons when this was voted on, it was a huge loss. it would require quite a turnaround. the biggest parliamentary defeat in history. there would need to be 116 votes to be turned around for it to go

through another time. jacob rees—mogg was interesting when he came out of this event and said that if the attempts that are being made to try, both symbolically, but also meaningfully in law, to close down a no deal or at least give a firm instruction from parliament to the government that an extension to article 50 should happen if a deal hasn't been passed in the commons by the end of february, jacob rees—mogg said if those efforts are successful, he wants the government to progrowth parliament, because he said that would in effect mean allowing the opposition to brexit to win. that doesn't sound like a softening to me. thank you very much. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has warned that britain leaving without a deal is the "default scenario", and the fact that a majority of mps at westminster oppose it will not stop it happening. speaking in brussels, mr barnier said it was now more important than ever to prepare for a no—deal brexit. our correspondent adam fleming joins me from brussels. we know that is the default, that is

the whole point. he wasjust saying what the position in the uk is, that no deal is the default. but what he was getting at was the idea that the uk could ask for article 50 and the two—year period for the negotiation set out in that bit of the eu treaty to be extended and he says that he would consider that, but it would have to be for a good reason rather than just the mps felt like discussing this for a bit longer or theresa may felt like negotiating for a bit longer. here was how he put it. opposing no deal will not stop no deal from happening at the end of march. to stop no deal, a positive majority for another solution will need to emerge. this is the objective of the political consultations that theresa may has started, and we sincerely hope that this process will be successful. adam, with the talk here that some

of her critics may be warming to theresa may's plan if there are slight changes, what is the reality of those changes ever happening? well, the changes that people like michel barnier talk about are not to the withdrawal agreement, the legally binding divorce treaty, but to the other document that sits alongside that, the political declaration which sketches out the shape of the future relationship. the eu is totally up for changing that, but the bad news for people like jacob rees—mogg and nadine dorries and other backbenchers is that the direction they are up for tending in is to make it more ambitious and closer. for example, if parliament were to vote for a permanent customs union, they would put that in the political declaration and then that would mean that the backstop was less likely to be used because customs is one of the things that is addressed in the backstop. so the changes that jacob rees—mogg is sniffing in the air are not the changes in the direction

that he would like. adam fleming in brussels. britain's most senior counter—terrorism 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, mi5, 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's 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. 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, i just 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 1,000 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. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. jacob rees—mogg says he could back theresa may's deal if there are legally binding changes to the northern irish backstop. rescuers in the channel islands are spending a second day searching for a missing light aircraft, which was carrying the new cardiff city player — emiliano sala. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. and still to come... travel agents report a surge in business compared to last year — as britons book their summer holidays. in sport, england's first test against the west indies is under way in barbados. joe root lost the toss. they are feeling first. they have only won one series and the caribbean in the past 50 years. the windies are going well on 48 without loss. serena williams has been knocked out

of the australian open quarterfinal. the seven time champion in melbourne west four match point before losing to karolina pliskova in three sets. gonzalo hoog wayne is expected to be confirmed as a chelsea player in the next few hours will not be able to play against spurs tomorrow. more in the next 15 minutes. 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. i'm going to try and be good in school again, science, like, i always love. and i'm going to try and go to university, and try and become a doctor. i will be proud of whatever he wants to be. but i'm sure whatever it is, it will be fantastic. there is hope here of a better future. graham satchell, bbc news, manchester. let's speak to hazel pennington. she's the lead operational radiographer for proton beam therapy at the christie hospital in manchester.

graham satchell was right in his report, it does looks like something out of star trek. how exciting is it to have that centre behind you in this country and up and running now? hello! it's really exciting. we are all proud here at the christie to have the first nhs high—energy proton centre. just explain how it works. what is different about this treatment? instead of using high—energy x—rays, we use a particle known as the proton. it still radiation therapy, but the difference is that it deposits its energy and dose into the target and then there is no dose beyond the target so potentially, you can minimise irradiating healthy tissue. and that is important when dealing with children, because they have sensitive tissues around the cancer?

that's right. with young children, the tissues are still developing, so they are sensitive to the radiation. if we irradiate them, we can cause long—term or late effects. if we irradiate them, we can cause long-term or late effects. this has been up and running where you are since december. we have been looking at the case of one particular lad now, but he is not the first to go through this treatment. how much of a game changer is it? it's a huge game changer. previously, patients had to travel overseas to the us or europe. now, patients can access proton beam therapy much closer to home. and that is important because it enables patients to have access to the support network, grandparents, siblings, and they are not away from home for months at a time. it looks the size of a big car and it weighs about 80 tonnes. if you are in that machine having the treatment, what does it feel like? with radiation therapy, you don't

feel anything. yes, you can hear the noises and the mechanical sounds of the gantry rotating around because it's a 360 degrees rotating gantry. and you can hear buzzing when the radiation is being delivered, but at the christie we have a fantastic team. we have got play specialists who can work with the children to get them used to the treatment. we have a great anaesthetic team for young children and we have a complementary therapy team for adults who might feel anxious. it is adults who might feel anxious. it is a great team to get patients through the treatment. and are there any challenges that come with a treatment like proton beam therapy? the challenges were in setting up the service, because it is a new service. although the foundations of delivering radiation therapy are the same irrespective of whether it is x—rays or protons, as a team we had to learn about proton therapy and how to plan and build the centre and

provide the correct support services. and for you on a personal level, all those years of training, you are lead radiographer. this is special, isn't it? it's very special and it is a privileged position to have led the first high—energy proton centre. it's quite unbelievable and a bit surreal.m is great to talk to you about it and i wish you all the luck in the world with the future use of it. that was hazel pennington at the proton beam therapy centre. 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. four pins there, which i had to have all wired up... in 2014, 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 40% 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 the compensation they're entitled to and to move on with their lives. the government of zimbabwe has defended the crackdown by its security forces, following viole nt protests over rising fuel prices. a spokesman told the bbc, "when things get out of hand,

a bit of firmness is needed". zimbabwe's human rights commission has accused the security forces of using systematic torture against protestors. carl. rggberg. the campany's ferm5v5 along with two other directors who were cleared at a previous trial. the serious fraud office offered no evidence against mr rogberg at southwark crown court. emma simpson was at court — she has more. today carl rogberg, tesco's former uk finance boss, was formally cleared, the sfo saying they wouldn't be offering any evidence against him. two other defendants were acquitted last month after the judge halted their trial, saying the evidence was so weak that it couldn't even be put before a jury. mr rogberg wasn't part of that trial because he had suffered a heart attack that led to the first trial being abandoned. the upshot is that four years on, the sfo has failed

to secure any convictions in this high—profile case. 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. those details were made public today and the three defendants were named in this document as being part of that fraudulent activity. but yet in a criminal court, they were acquitted. carl rogberg has been speaking today with damning words. he said, "i should never have been charged and there was a rush to judgment to do this deal with the sfo". 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 compared to the same period last year, with many in the industry busier than they'd expected to be. destinations outside the eu, including turkey, egypt and tunisia, are doing particularly well, as simon gompertz, reports.

door bell rings. 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're not prepared to give up at any cost is their main holiday of the year. and they're 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? yeah. 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. and we'll get more on this story later in this hour in business, when we'll hearfrom emma brennan, from the british travel agents association abta. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. winter has certainly established itself over the last day or so. it's been a cold day today, certainly through parts of north—east scotland, where temperatures have barely reach freezing. we've also had some wintry showers in the far south—east of kent. but across northern ireland, we're starting to see less cold air work its way in. here we've had more cloud and patchy, showery rain. overnight, an area of showers will work out of scotland into northern england and the midlands. we could see some snow, mainly over higher ground,

but even to lower levels, possibly. there's a risk of icy stretches first thing tomorrow and also some freezing fog. it will be a cold start to the day, but our warm front will continue to edge eastwards, introducing more cloud ahead of it. through thursday, we'll see those showers work through the midlands and gradually clear towards the far south—east. the best of any brightness is to the east. more cloud with patchy rain to the west, but it's there that temperatures will do better. if there are legally binding changes to the northern irish backstop. i think there is good news for us, the hope that a reformation of this deal could be achieved that could make it acceptable.

the head of counter—terrorism policing warns that the atmosphere and divisions over brexit could lead to a rise in far—right extremism. hopes fade of finding missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala alive — as the search operation conitinues off the channel islands. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. and coming up, the social media stars who've agreed to be more open about receiving payments to endorse brands. sport now on afternoon live with olly foster. england's big 2019 of cricket is under way in barbados. how are they getting on? they are doing ok —ish. they have just taken a wicked, it really is a big year because england are hosting the one—day world cup in the summer, the one—day world cup in the summer, the ashes is coming up in august. we a lwa ys the ashes is coming up in august. we always look forward to that against the australians. this is the last

test series before those ashes, under way in the caribbean, they are in barbados, then antigua and st lucia. the big team news is that adil rashid is the second spinner coming into the england team, stuart broad has been dropped. england have wonjust broad has been dropped. england have won just the broad has been dropped. england have wonjust the one broad has been dropped. england have won just the one series and the caribbean in the past 50 years, a lwa ys caribbean in the past 50 years, always a tough place to go. joe root lost the toss, windies choosing to bat first. kraigg brathwaite and john campbell, their openers, went along very nicely, especially campbell. but he was out 44. the other spinner in the england side moeen ali made the breakthrough. west indies now up to 70—1. you can follow all of this on the bbc sport website, the text commentary and the crooked social always worth a watch as well. just thought we'd show you this, in new zealand, india winning the first one—dayer

against the black caps but there was an unusaual stoppage, sun stopped play in napier it was low in the sky and batsmen were blinded at one end, so they all traipsed off for half an hour until it had dipped behind the stands. then they came back on for india to win. we thought we would give you a bit of a quiz. a 1980 test match between india and england in mumbai had to be rescheduled due to... a couple of spectators making love in the middle of the pitch?|j a couple of spectators making love in the middle of the pitch? i knew this was a bad idea. i did know what you are going to say. it was a solar eclipse. close. i'm only going to do one more of these! and a match in south africa in 1995 was delayed for ten minutes a batsmen hit a six. why was it delayed for ten minutes? they lost the ball? sort of. a six landed in a pan of fried

calamari, forcing the players to wait for the ball to cool down. let's talk tennis. this has taken a very bizarre twist! not going as planned for serena. williams lost the first set but forced a decider and was 5—1 up in the third. this was against karolina pliskova. but she turned her ankle on her first match point and went on to waste three more, as we saw one of the great comebacks, the czech seventh seed storming back to win the third set 7—5 and make it into the semi—finals. williams had been targetting a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title, but it's pliskova who advances. next up for pliskova will be naomi osaka, who is chasing back to back grand slam titles. the us open champion had it very easy against elina svitolina, 6—4, 6—1. she is the firstjapanese woman to reach the melbourne semis for 25 years. the world number one novak djokovic is also through to the semis,

k nishikori retired on his match. he'll play frenchman lucas pouille, bbc sport website has all the results. gonzalo higuain is expected to complete his loan move to chelsea today. the 31—year—old juventus forward has been on loan at ac milan and has scored eight goals this season. the club failed to register him by midday though so he can't play against spurs in the league cup tomorrow. david beckham is set tojoin phil and gary neville, nicky butt, ryan giggs and paul scholes as co—owners of non league side salford city. the "class of 92" bought the club in 2014 and have overseen three promotions in four seasons. they are going well in the national league, looking to make it into league, looking to make it into league 2. subject to approval from the fa,

beckham will take a 10% stake. singapore businessman peter lim is the largest shareholder with 40% of the club. beckham already owns american club inter miami. that's all the sport for now. west indies still one down, 74—1 hour, i will have an update of the next hour. i think! hour, i will have an update of the next hour. i think i threw you a bit, didn't i? yes! chuckling talk to you later. 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 74 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 influencers, 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 your 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 family of 24—year—old charlotte brown, who was killed in a speedboat accident on the river thames while on a date, have made a direct appeal for the man convicted of her death to give himself up. jack shepherd's on the run, and was convicted of charlotte's manslaughter in his absence.

although shepherd's solicitors say they don't know where he is, charlotte's father, graham brown says that he believes that they do. yesterday, charlotte brown's family met the home secretary sajid javid and the national crime agency to get reassurances everything was being done to find shepherd, and whether someone fleeing justice should be allowed to claim legal aid. charlotte's father graham and sister katie have been speaking exclusively to victoria debryshire about what sort of person she was. she was just looking for love, and she had so much ahead of her. she was learning to drive, she'd just got herfirst car. was learning to drive, she'd just got her first car. just got promotion. she had a promotion at work, her career was on its way. and she'sjust going to be missed, every single day, i think. she'sjust going to be missed, every single day, ithink. iwant she'sjust going to be missed, every single day, i think. i want to ask you about the fact that the ministry ofjustice say they have launched

what they call an urgent review into the fact that jack sheppard is able to claim legal aid to pay for his appeal against his conviction and sentence. what do you think of that? for me, if they organised a review, it tells me that people in the ministry ofjustice also think it's wrong, and they're also reacting probably to public outrage, that somebody who has been able to basically stick two fingers up at the justice system, and be a fugitive, and then be able to use the legal system in this manner, is not right. should legal aid be denied to him? i think whatever safeguards can be put in place need to be put in place to stop the abuse of legal aid, because it to be put in place to stop the abuse of legalaid, because it is to be put in place to stop the abuse of legal aid, because it is a privilege to get legal aid, it shouldn't be able to be abused in this manner. i wonder if you want to ta ke this manner. i wonder if you want to take this opportunity, as charlie's

dad, to talk directly to jack sheppard and appealed to him directly? i would say to jack sheppard, you've caused our family a lot of harm and devastation, but really you need to look at what you've done, and come back and atone for the damage that you've done. you need to come back and serve your sentence, not only because that's the right thing to do, but you will need to do that so that you can eventually move on yourself. it can't be any fun being a fugitive, doesn't sound any fun to me, but please, if you're watching this, and yourself in. there's an awful lot of resources from the police, the home office, national crime agency, they're looking for you, and i'm personally never going to rest. until you are personally never going to rest. untilyou are in personally never going to rest. until you are in custody. is there anything you would want to add, katie? i mean, to add to that i would say, if you had a shred of humanity, then you would come back

and hand yourself in and serve your sentence. graham and katie brown talking to victoria derbyshire. learning to program computers — or coding, as it's known — is becoming an essential skill, and one that children are being taught in primary schools. it presents particular challenges for visually—impaired children, but there is help on hand in the form of a new teaching aid, as our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports. i think we need six... theo, who's blind, and his sighted friend ollie have a common passion — computer programming, or coding, and now there is a way they can do it together. a system where theyjoin up these pods to build a program. music plays. ok, and then we need to loop all of that. at the moment, many children start learning coding with a simple visual programme, called scratch, but that doesn't really work if you're visually impaired. well, sadly i wasn't able to do any coding before this came along, because what was happening was the class were doing scratch, and i wasn't able tojoin in. how interested are you in computer coding generally? very interested!

on a scale of one to ten, it's definitely ten. this physical computer coding language will now be available to schools around the world. it's taken four years to develop, and the microsoft researcher in charge of the project had a very personal reason the getting involved. plays piano. cecily morrison's son ronan was born blind, and that got her thinking about how visually—impaired children could be included in coding lessons. so we need one play statement, and we put it in a loop... working with her microsoft colleagues, she decided that what was needed was something that combined music with a physical coding language. each of these is a single line of code. it's one statement in your program, and children connect these pods together to create multiple lines of code, and then they can run their code and to understand how their code is working.

dozens of children have been testing what's now called codejumper. i hope to be a person who is making products to ensure that things such as the iphone are more accessible and develop apps for them so a blind person can get the most out of them. i think it's an excellent invention. it really helps visually—impaired people to code. and it helps the two of you kind of cement your friendship? yeah. yes. now codejumper is coming out of testing and into the real world, the hope is that it make learning to code easier and more fun for everyone. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, cambridge. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live jacob rees—mogg says he could back theresa may's deal if there are legally binding changes to the northern irish backstop. rescuers in the channel islands are spending a second day searching for a missing light aircraft, which was carrying the new cardiff city player — emiliano sala.

survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. sony has become the latest japanese electronics firm to say it will move its european headquarters from the uk due to brexit. the company said it would help avoid customs issues tied to britain's exit from the eu. rival panasonic moved its headquarters last year to avoid potential tax complications from brexit. banking giant santander says it's to close 140 branches, after a review of how customers carry out their banking. the bank says it will try to find alternative jobs for the 1,270 staff affected by the closures. shares in metro bank have fallen by nearly a quarter, after it released its full year results for 2018. it reported a jump in pre—tax profits for the year, but said growth slowed in the final quarter. its shares are down by more than 35% today.

so, susannah — a dramatic fall for metrobank shares today — why? the high street end has said the profits would be as much as they originally thought they would do. metro bank has a very distinctive red and blue branding, and it has locations in prime spot and a real open all hours approach, with welcome open all hours approach, with welco m e staff open all hours approach, with welcome staff on hand to answer customer queries, and it really prided itself on that approach, hoping it would get a lot more business. now it thinks profits will come out at £15 million rather than the £59 million it had previously expected, but also it did come out that it did not assess the risk on some of its mortgage book, which

didn't impress investors, that might be why the share price has fallen but its profits still represent a really healthy rise on the year. earlier, their boss was being really bullish, saying we are still growing, still expanding, we have opened new stores, seven last year, toa opened new stores, seven last year, to a total of 66. what is happening here is the way in which we pay for things is changing. we are looking —— using contactless cards more and atms less. what we know is that still large knobs are people who either need to or want to use atms, and that is why it is really important we project —— protect atms we have today, that is why we are introducing fees premiums. they will introduce a level of financial support available to the less used atms, to make sure that as usage falls they continue to be commercially viable and are not at risk of closure or changing to become surcharging atms. that was

actually adrian roberts from link, not to do with metro bank at all, thatis not to do with metro bank at all, that is about the fact that link, which is essentially the uk's network of cash machines, is going to be paying operators who still operate these machines that at risk isolated areas in the uk to pound 75p per withdrawal to make sure they maintain those cash machines and don't close them, because there is real concern about the number of —— £2 75 withdrawal. so metro bank, with its opening stores, but also santander which is closing stores. so you pay money, take your choice can maintenance of banking at the moment! holidays, more the blood looking holidays injanuary this time. have you? i have put all of

mine. i have to be extremely organised, though, and it seems i'm not alone, because apparently there has been a little spike in the number of holidays we have booked, and the association of british travel agents reckons we will spend more on our holidays this year. i'm not, but perhaps other people are. joinings us now is emma brennan, spokesperson, for the travel association — abta. we know that holidays are a real spending priority for a lot of people across the uk. we have seen a 596 people across the uk. we have seen a 5% increase in bookings for this summer, and as 5% increase in bookings for this summer, and as you were 5% increase in bookings for this summer, and as you were saying, a lot of people have told us, 27% of people have said they are actually going to spend more mayor holidays this year. why do you think that is, because we are seeing pay increases, perhaps? it is not filtering through that much to the high street yet, is it? why do you think they will spend more on their holidays instead? even though there are some uncertain

economic times, people are really prioritising their holiday, and for many people they are classing it as an essential spending item. 38% of people said they would spend about the same is the majority of us, and like yourself, will be spending the same on holidays this year. some people will decide to spend more and may even take more trips. it seems that the sun israeli shining on travel agents. but we have another report out that suggests hundreds of smaller agents are in danger of going out of business. what are you make of that research? i'm not sure we would necessarily agree. we are currently at an historic low where it comes to consultancies for travel agents. when you look at what has happened over the last few years, only 1% of abta members have gone out of business. we don't necessarily see a trigger that could affect a huge number of businesses, as you have just described. also,

where are people making those holiday bookings, in the european union, despite the fears and impact of brexit? where geographically most of brexit? where geographically most of the bookings being made? across—the—board, spain, portugal, they are always going to be big favourites among the uk holiday— maker, but we also seeing places like bulgaria, they don't have the euro there, so people can get a bit of a better exchange rate. similarly turkey, tunisia, egypt, other non—eu and non—euro countries are really drawing in the numbers this year. so so far you haven't seen any this year. so so far you haven't seen any brexit effect yet? not yet, people have been dealing with the weak pound the quite a year now and travellers have adapted to that and change their travel plans as a result. emma brennan from abta, thank you for looking at us. let's look at the markets. the metro bank

price is down 37% after warning that profits would not meet expectations. expectation was 59 and it made 50. quite a drop. it is to do with the mis assessment of risk on the mortgage book which i don't think investors were very impressed with. a barrel of brent crude falling, and the ftse 100 a barrel of brent crude falling, and the ftse100 is down because the pound has risen. we have this inverse relationship between sterling and the ftse100 because the ftse100 is stuffed full of multinational companies and money put their profits overseas and exchange them, it has an effect. so there we are. thank you very much. ant and dec were named as best tv presenters for the 18th time at the national television awards last night — despite ant mcpartlin taking a breakfrom a number of tv shows, after his arrest for drink—driving last year. the biggest winners of the night were bodyguard and emmerdale, both taking home two awards. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was there. cheering and applause. it's the biggest night of celebration for tv‘s most popular shows and stars.

few have been more successful than ant and dec, who until this year had won best presenters of ten times in a row. many wondered after and's drink—driving conviction whether the public would put them winners and 18th time. ant and dec! we wa nt we want to say thank you to everybody. i mean, i really don't feel like i can accept this award this year. the one reason we have won the award this year is because of the sky. ma'am. kim. ma'am, this is ps budd, the new ppi. pleasure to meet you, ma'am. bodyguard, tv‘s most popular drama for years, was a double winner. its star, richard madden, winning best drama performance and the show, won best new drama. viewers watched in their millions,

culminating in a record—breaking audience of 17 million for its finale. which is great, thrilling. it was exciting to kind of, to see that and for the amount of people that enjoyed that week to week, and managed to kind of go through all these theories in our head and do it together was something different and new. for the fourth year in a row, the prize for best talent show went to... strictly come dancing! cheering and applause. thank you so much to everybody at home. none of us would be here, we would not have a show without you, so would not have a show without you, so thank you. where are you going?! peter kay's car share won best comedy. get back in the car! the star who cancelled a tour last yearforfamily the star who cancelled a tour last year for family reasons was not at the ceremony. his co—star sian gibson collected the award on behalf of them both. i'm sure he'll be chuffed to bits, yeah. it's mad how everybody keeps saying about the chemistry between us and everything because we are all friends, so it's

just really natural and normal for us. best serial drama performance went to eastenders' danny dyer. i'm very grateful for the job, it's a brilliant place to work, and when we get it right, i don't think there's a better show on tv, a more important, iconic show. we've had a rough couple of years, you know, and i think it comes round in cycles, and we are coming out of that now. and there was a standing ovation for presenter david dimbleby, who received the special recognition award for his arcades of work and political broadcasting for the bbc. time for a look at the weather 3 mel coles. time for a look at the weather with mel coles. normal winter service continues, and while it may be turning a little less called by the weekend, it will be short lived. large parts of the country today have seen some crisp winter sunshine

but we have had some wintry showers around, mainly focused it has to be says down to the far south and east. it has been a cold day, some places have barely reached freezing, but we are starting to see that warm front introducing this less cold air, making inroads across parts of northern ireland when we see more cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain, and that will continue eastwards, as we head into the overnight period. there will be clear skies, temperatures will drop away, it will be cold. a showery future as well will make its way out of southern scotla nd will make its way out of southern scotland into north—west england and down into the midlands. that could create some icy patches and we also have the potential to season freezing fog in those areas. it will bea freezing fog in those areas. it will be a cold start to thursday. here's our warm front still journey eastwards as we have through the day so eastwards as we have through the day so it will 5?” 5 ” more cloud so it will be introducing more cloud from the west and outbreaks of patchy rain too. the best of any brightness will be out towards the east, and here temperatures will remain in low single figures. there

will be a slightly different story out of the west, that less cold air sta rts out of the west, that less cold air starts to make inroads. temperatures between seven and nine celsius. that theme will continue as we had through thursday night into friday, as that warm front continues its journey. but look what's behind it. a cold front. any inroads that slightly less cold air makes will be squashed out of the way as the cold front begins to work its way down the country, as we head towards the weekend. so any milder conditions will be short lived. this is friday, a bit more in the way of cloud, with some outbreaks of patchy rain. some brightness around from time to time but the big difference will be the temperatures. for many places, they will be back up into double figures. but that cold front already starting to show its hand through parts of scotland, with rain turning more persistent as the day goes on. that rain will continue its journey down towards the far south—east, as we had through saturday, introducing

much colder air behind it, and we will certainly noticed that as we had through sunday. someone tree showers on the cards. —— some wintry showers on the hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 4... jacob rees—mogg says he hopes legally binding changes to the northern ireland backstop could make theresa may's deal acceptable. i think there is good news for us to hope that a reformation of this deal could be achieved and could make it acceptable. hopes fade of finding missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala alive — as the search operation conitinues off the channel islands. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. this should not be a process that's not victim—friendly. it should be a process that compensates victims without traumatising them yet again.

coming up on afternoon live all the sport — with olly. england's cricketers are in barbados. they have taken a wicket in the first test, but the windies are going along nicely. all the details later. and mel coles has the weather. yes, there is nothing unusual about our weather at the moment but it does feel wintry. we have had snow showers in the far east, some lingering fog and in some spots, temperatures have not even made freezing today. there is something a little less cold on the horizon. all the details are coming later in the programme. also coming up — no longerforced to travel abroad for treatment — we meet the teenager with brain cancer who's about to receive pioneering treatment at a new specialist centre in manchester. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live.

i'm simon mccoy. are brexiteers warming to the prime minister's deal? following the worst commons defeat for government over theresa may's brexit plans — there are signs that some critics could be softening their opposition. leading brexiteerjacob rees—mogg has said he hopes legally binding changes to the backstop could make the deal acceptable — the most controversial part of may's proposal. but there are still huge obstacles for the prime minister — the opinion of the dup is obviously crucial. and there's the eu and whether they would be prepared to soften on the issue of an end—date to any bckstop deal. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. could theresa may's hardest critics be won over? for months, they rallied against her brexit plan a hint at what could win over brexiteers — reopening the withdrawal agreement with europe. the only way to get it is by reopening the text. that is what they will have to do.

this is realpolitik. and if they do do that, people like me will consider what is done. cheque to get a few warm words and then suddenly we'll change our minds". others too think a solution is possible. i think that there is every chance that if the uk now negotiates with conviction and if we really mean it this time, we can secure the changes that we need. thanks a lot. 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? removing the controversial irish backstop remains the key issue, but it's far from clear that that can be delivered. europe says it must stay. translation: the question of the backstop goes far beyond that of trade in goods.

beyond that of trade and goods. this question has to do with men and women, who need certainty. order. questions to the prime minister. and back at home, there's precious little sign that opposition parties are being won over. 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 wants the pm to consider a closer relationship through a permanent customs union. that would infuriate some in her party, though, and she didn't quite give a definitive answer. he makes claims about minds being closed. he asks about red lines. why doesn't he just come and talk about it? 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, a vision might have a fighting chance. vicki young is in westminster. how

significant could this softening be? well, theresa may needs more than a few conservatives to come over. she suffered the heaviest defeat ever in parliament. so she needs the dup, of course, who she is with an arrangement with, and all of these brexiteers. so although arrangement with, and all of these brexiteers. so althouthacob rees—mogg maybe wasn't softening his vision as much as some had expected him to, given the advance copy of what he was likely to say, it's clear that the mood music, if you like, is looking more positive. if you look at an article he wrote for the mail on sunday where he talked about wanting a deal, saying that he wasn't one of these people who has a lwa ys wasn't one of these people who has always been wedded to the idea of no

deal, and saying that no deal, or her deal was better than staying in. so there has been some softening, but movement on the issue of the backstop still needs to happen. eu listening and are they willing to do something which is legally watertight? that is still what the brexiteers want. on the other side of this, they will be looking with some concern at what is going on with these amendments to be voted on next week, some from labour mps like yvette cooper, where mps could even ta ke yvette cooper, where mps could even take control of what happens in the house of commons and push through their own bill. one that yvette cooper is suggesting is to extend article 50 for nine months. others say we should take no deal of the table. so there is all of that going on and between those two competing aims, you have theresa may and her deal. and it is very clear that she is still pushing it. she is going to meet eu leaders tomorrow and talk

about employment and environmental protections. so she is still working towards that, partly because of course, her opponents don't have anything to replace her deal with. and ina anything to replace her deal with. and in a sense, that has always been the plan. she ploughs on with that and then those who either don't want and then those who either don't want a brexit or those who are terrified that it a brexit or those who are terrified thatitis a brexit or those who are terrified that it is going to be a no deal will see this as the better option. yeah, because they don't have the numbers on their own to get through their preferred option. crucial to all of this is of coursejeremy corbyn and the labour front bench. they have said they want no deal taken off the table. that is pretty ha rd to taken off the table. that is pretty hard to do. jeremy corbyn is meeting with senior labour mps like yvette cooper and rachel reeves, who have these amendments down for next week, talking to them about it. that is interesting because the language from their man from john mcdonnell last night was that they are looking towards supporting yvette cooper, but there might be some anxiety about extending article 50 for nine

months. they don't want to be accused of blocking brexit, because as we know, labour have difficulties of their own in this. they are split over the alternative options, some wanting a second referendum, some wanting a second referendum, some wanting a second referendum, some wanting a norway star michael arrangement. jeremy corbyn himself is pushing for a permanent customs union. so they have issues and they have to be careful about the red they go down. it will be intriguing to see what decision they come to about these amendments. anything else going on that i should ask you about? not that i know about! thank you very much! the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has warned that britain leaving without a deal is the "default scenario" , and the fact that a majority of mps at westminster oppose it will not stop it happening. speaking in brussels, mr barnier said it was now more important than ever to prepare for a no—deal brexit. earlier i spoke to our brussels correspondent adam fleming about the chief negotiator‘s comments.

he was just saying what the position in the uk is, that no deal is the default. but what he was getting at was the idea that the uk could ask for article 50 and the two—year period for the negotiation set out in that bit of the eu treaty to be extended and he says the eu would consider that, but it would have to be for a good reason rather thanjust the mps felt like discussing this for a bit longer or theresa may felt like negotiating for a bit longer. here was how he put it. opposing no deal will not stop no deal from happening at the end of march. to stop no deal, a positive majority for another solution will need to emerge. this is the objective of the political consultations that theresa may has started, and we sincerely hope that this process will be successful. adam, with the talk here that some of her critics may be warming to theresa may's plan if there are slight changes, what is the reality of those changes ever happening?

well, the changes that people like michel barnier talk about are not to the withdrawal agreement, the legally binding divorce treaty, but to the other document that sits alongside that, the political declaration which sketches out the shape of the future relationship. the eu is totally up for changing that, but the bad news for people like jacob rees—mogg and nadine dorries and other backbenchers is that the direction they are up for changing it in is to make it more ambitious and closer. for example, if parliament were to vote for a permanent customs union, they would put that in the political declaration and then that would mean that the backstop was less likely to be used because customs is one of the things that is addressed in the backstop. so the changes that jacob rees—mogg is sniffing in the air are not the changes in the direction that he would like. adam fleming in brussels. britain's most senior counter—terrorism 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's 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. 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 this 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, i just 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 1,000 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. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... jacob rees—mogg says he could back theresa may's deal

if there are legally binding changes to the northern irish backstop. hopes fade of finding missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and his pilot alive — as the search for their missing plane continues off the channel islands. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. and still to come... travel agents report a surge in business compared to last year, as britons book their summer holidays. in sport, the first test between west indies and england is under way in barbados. joe root lost the toss. they are bowling first. moeen ali made the only breakthrough so far, the west indies 89 for one at lunch. gonzalo he gwen is expected to be confirmed as the next chelsea player in the next few hours but will not be able to play in the league cup against spurs tomorrow.

and serena williams has been knocked out of the australian open quarterfinal. she lost to karolina pliskova in three sets. more on all of those stories in the next 15 minutes. 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. i'm going to try and be good in school again, science, like, i always love. and i'm going to try and go to university, and try and become a doctor. i will be proud of whatever he wants to be. but i'm sure whatever it is, it will be fantastic. there is hope here of a better future. graham satchell, bbc news, manchester. the government of zimbabwe has defended the crackdown by its security forces, following viole nt protests over rising fuel prices. a spokesman told the bbc, "when things get out of hand, a bit of firmness is needed". zimbabwe's human rights commission has accused the security forces of using systematic

torture against protestors. 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. four pins there, which i had to have all wired up... in 2014, 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 40% 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 the compensation they're entitled to and to move on with their lives. the spanish—owned bank, santander, is slashing its branch network by almost a fifth, putting more than 1,200 jobs at risk. it blamed the closures on "changes in how customers are choosing to carry out their banking". the bank said branch transactions had fallen by nearly a quarter in the past three years, while digital transactions had almost doubled. a former tesco director has been acquitted over a £250 million fraud and false accounting scandal. carl rogberg, the company's former finance director, was charged — along with two other directors who were cleared at a previous trial. the serious fraud office offered no evidence against mr rogberg at southwark crown court.

emma simpson was at court — she has more. today carl rogberg, tesco's former uk finance boss, was formally cleared, the sfo saying they wouldn't be offering any evidence against him. two other defendants were acquitted last month after the judge halted their trial, saying the evidence was so weak that it couldn't even be put before a jury. mr rogberg wasn't part of that trial because he had suffered a heart attack that led to the first trial being abandoned. the upshot is that four years on, the sfo has failed to secure any convictions in this high—profile case. 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. those details were made public today and the three defendants were named in this document as being part of that fraudulent activity. but yet in a criminal court,

they were acquitted. carl rogberg has been speaking today with damning words. he said, "i should never have been charged and there was a rush to judgment to do this deal with the sfo". 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 compared to the same period last year, with many in the industry busier than they'd expected to be. destinations outside the eu, including turkey, egypt and tunisia, are doing particularly well, as 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 crucialjanuary 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're not prepared to give up at any cost is their main holiday of the year. and they're 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? yeah. 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. coming up — all the sport news and nationwide — and don't forget — you can let us know what you think. time for a look at the weather...

but don't complain to me about it! thanks for that! now, that is niagara, not here. yes. it has been told here, but nothing compared to what has been going on in eastern canada. niagara falls, partially frozen. you can almost breathe in the cold, dry air. this was taken yesterday. they are experiencing one of their coldest winters for three yea rs. of their coldest winters for three years. the day started off with temperatures of —14 celsius. they rose to a maximum of minus five celsius. so that is cold, but nothing compared to what was happening in quebec, where adding in

the wind chill factor, they had temperatures of —30 celsius yesterday. we love a fact or two in the weather centre, so we have done our research and we think it has only completely frozen over once, and that was in 1848. that was because there was a blockage further upstream, and ice blockage, and that reduced the flow of water. doesn't look far off it there. it is amazing. it almost doesn't look real. i had not seen snow for ages, but i saw some last night. yes, and we have had further snow showers across parts of kent today. we have also had some lingering fog through northern parts of britain, which has made it feel especially cold. but there have been spells of crisp winter sunshine as well. under the lingering fog, it has struggled to get above freezing. so it has been a cold end to the day. cold by day, and cold by night. under clear skies, temperatures will be plummeting. we have something a little less cold working into parts of northern ireland. more cloud here and outbreaks of patchy rain. then

we have a showery feature working from scotland down into northern england and the midlands. this could bea england and the midlands. this could be a bit wintry, mainly over higher ground, but we could have sleet and rain mixed in as well. and because it's going to be so cold, there is the chance of seeing some icy stretches first thing tomorrow morning and potentially some freezing fog. this is what is bringing the slightly milder conditions to parts of northern ireland, a warm front. on thursday, that will bring in more cloud to western areas. some outbreaks of patchy rain as well. that's showery feature clears towards the south and the east and there will be good spells of sunshine, mainly through the eastern half of the uk. here, temperatures will remain in low single figures. because we have some clout and we have a less cold air, temperatures will fare better out to the west. this is the warm front

working eastwards on thursday night into friday. hot on its heels, a cold front, wedded to undo the work that the less cold front brings in. through friday, it will be a bit better temperature—wise. there will better temperature—wise. there will bea better temperature—wise. there will be a lot of cloud around. some patchy outbreaks of rain as well, and there will be brighter spells. then we start to see the cold front edge into parts of scotland, beginning to show its hand with some rain heavy at times and turning persistent. but temperatures are back up into double figures. but that will be short lived because the rain will make further advances towards the south and east as we go from friday into saturday. we could see some snow on the back edge of it and we will notice the cold air work its way back in. on sunday, a brisk wind will make it feel bitterly cold and there could be some wintry

showers. so winter is establishing itself. there is a milder spell, but itself. there is a milder spell, but it will be short lived. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. jacob rees—mogg says he hopes legally binding changes to the northern ireland backstop could make theresa may's brexit deal acceptable. i think there is good news for us to hope that a rare formation of this deal —— reformation of this deal could be achieved to make it acceptable. the head of counter—terrorism policing warns that the atmosphere and divisions over brexit could lead to a rise in far—right extremism. hopes fade of finding missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and his pilot alive — as the search for their missing plane continues off the channel islands. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. and coming up, the social media stars who've agreed to be more open about receiving payments to endorse brands. sport now on afternoon

live with olly foster. in fact, it is not sports news, because all you are going to tell me as they are at lunch. yes, but they have had a bit of sport before that and they will be back out pretty soon and they will be back out pretty soon at the kensington oval, a big test for english cricketers. hosting the one—day world cup in the summer, england, and then the ashes comes up in august. england have won their last two test series, so this is the last two test series, so this is the last test series come out in the caribbean, before they actually face the australians, but they have a terrible record in the west indies. adil rashid comes into the side, stuart broad has been dropped. joe root, the captain, lost the toss, west indies choosing to bat, kraigg brathwaite and campbell going along nicely, campbell has gone to moeen

ali for 44. the windies, 89—1 at lunch. they are coming out very shortly. you can follow it on the bbc sport website, on your app, your smartphone, and the crooked social, also worth a watch with the entire tms team. what is this about an imminent arrival at chelsea ? tms team. what is this about an imminent arrival at chelsea? could bea imminent arrival at chelsea? could be a very good bit of business for the chelsea manager, maurizio sarri, pulling his former napoli connections. the race finishing in the top four hotting up. incoming, gonzalo higuain, the argentinian, one of the great strikers, he is expected to complete a loan move to sta mford expected to complete a loan move to stamford bridge. six seasons at real madrid, scored a hat for, had a couple of seasons at napoli —— a hat full. he has just couple of seasons at napoli —— a hat full. he hasjust been couple of seasons at napoli —— a hat full. he has just been forced out. he has been on loan at ac milan.

worth over £100 million in combined tra nsfer worth over £100 million in combined transfer fees. 31 years old now. chelsea obviously feel he can do a job for them until the end of the season but they have not registered him in time to play against spurs in the league cup semifinal tomorrow but sarri is sure he would you a job for them. in my first season in naples, you did very well, and he scored 36 goals in 36 matches in the survey are. “— scored 36 goals in 36 matches in the survey are. —— in serie a. he did very well. for sure he is one of the best strikers in my career. ahead of that second leg of the semifinal between chelsea and spurs the spurs boss has been talking about his compatriot, emiliano szalai, the

cardiff city striker —— emiliano sala. i want to send all my love and positive energy for his family, he is from argentina, from santa fe, and of course all of the clubs, nantes, and cardiff, all my wishes and my hopes to wait for some good news. to the australian open, serena williams the seven times champion is out, beaten by karolina pliskova, and it was quite a defeat. although she lost the first set, williams, she lost the first set, williams, she forced a decider and was 5—1 other than that, then she turned her ankle on her first batch other than that, then she turned her ankle on herfirst batch point, wasted three more before she went down 75. she says she did not choke but that pliskova plates and

outstanding shots, which she did. she had been targeting a record for the fourth grand slam title but pliskova goes through to face naomi osaka. a big boost for the ireland by osaka. a big boost for the ireland rugby union team, there are colours and johnny sexton should be fit for the start of the six nations, their defence against england, that is their first match a week on saturday. the leinster fly—half has not played for a month because of a knee injury that will train fully tomorrow. head coach joe knee injury that will train fully tomorrow. head coachjoe schmidt says he is confident sexton will be ready for their tournament opener in dublin. owen farrell is also expected to be fit for england. he has had surgery on his thumb. wales full—back leigh halfpenny is in their squad but the head coach warren gatland says he will miss the first couple of games of the tournament. he was concussed during the autumn series, and hasn't played since. that is all the sport for now, straight back to simon. some breaking news, we are hearing

from police into bc in georgia that jack sheppard, this is the man who was sentenced to six years in prison for the manslaughter of 24 terodde charlotte brown in a speedboat, incident, has been arrested. some reports he has given himself up to police into bc. no comment as yet from the metropolitan police. we are just hearing he had made his first appearance at the old bailey, you may remember, he entered a not guilty plea, and was released back then on unconditional bale by the judge but failed to show up for his trial. he was later convicted in his absence and an arrest warrant was issued. i understanding is the last few minutes that jack shepard is now in police custody into bc in georgia, much more on that as we get it. 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. let's go to charlotte wright in tunbridge wells who will be telling us about how london drug gangs are targeting vulnerable people in the south east of england. and rogerjohnson in manchester, who'll be talking us through a very special manchester united reunion and what it means for salford city football club. so charlotte — this is a story about county lines and london drug gangs... you've spoken to a victim of "cuckooing"? tell us about that? yes, an exclusive interview with a victim of what is known as cuckoo m, victim of what is known as cuckoo in, where drug dealers can hold over a vulnerable person and essentially ta ke a vulnerable person and essentially take over their home to use for their drug dealing activities, much like a cuckoo lays its eggs in another bird's nest. it is tied in with what is known as county lines,

a hot topic across the country of course, and here in the south—east it means london based gangs extending their drug —based activities into smaller areas across sussex and kent, and they often use violence, fleeing and intimidation for their activities as well, so it can be incredibly damaging for those who are caught up in it. sussex police have been telling us that hastings, eastbourne and brighton are all hotspots of activity, when it comes to county lines and cuckooing as well, children as young as 12 being caught up in this criminal activity. we have spoken on camera to one drug user who has been a victim of cuckooing, and she talked about being scared and bullied by london drug gangs. people we re bullied by london drug gangs. people were coming up to me, i had been telling them no, because we don't wa nt telling them no, because we don't want them around here, i'm scared that they might hit me, hit me or use a knife. charlotte, as you say, this is a story we have been

covering a lot but how widespread is this problem in sussex? the sheer volume of activity is quite alarming, police estimate some 65 active county lines in sussex, but that number fluctuates on a daily basis. they disrupt lines and others are setup, but the criminals are using more than 350 telephone numbers, known as deal lines, and they use them to take orders for drugs and to control the people that they have recruited to do dirty work for them. the police say they are making some impact. since august, 133 people have been arrested for cou nty 133 people have been arrested for county lines activity in sussex, so it clearly is a huge priority for the police in sussex. charlotte, plenty more today at 6:30pm on bbc one where you are. now roger johnson, you are in salford, and the local football club has rather a big—name investment?” local football club has rather a big-name investment? i suppose it is our local team, i hadn't thought of it that way, but you are quite

right. salford city, they have an investor by the name of david beckham, who has bought 10%. not exactly a massive surprise, given that his team—mates from the famous class of 92 already owned half of the club. a singapore —based businessman called peter lydon earned the other 50% custom —— peter lim. the six musketeers from the class of 92 are now reunited with a six to percent stake in salford city for the club, a club they are hoping they will take to the premier league. football league. getting a bit carried away. ultimately they hope to get to the premier league but the football league is the first up. the five of them took a stake in 2014. beckham at that stage was not ina 2014. beckham at that stage was not in a position to do so, today he is, and ryan giggs told everyone at a press co nfe re nce and ryan giggs told everyone at a press conference how it all happen. you're yeah, big news, obviously

exciting, exciting for ask a exciting, exciting for ask a exciting for david and ultimately exciting for david and ultimately exciting for david and ultimately exciting for salford city and the fa ns exciting for salford city and the fans as well. to have the six of us back together, you know, david with the different experiences he can bring to the table, yeah, really pleased to be announcing the news.” bet they are. david beckham was not there for the announcement but presumably at some point he will appear on the touchline. apparently he will be there for a game in the next couple of weeks. they all have a hand in it, infairness, they are not by any means hands—off in the running of this football club. they have had three promotions in the last four seasons, they are lying third in the panorama premier league at the moment. that's one tear down from the football league. —— panorama football league. —— vanarama panorama football league. —— va narama football league. people will love all the criticism because of the calibre of investors who are

buying the club, they are throwing money at it to achieve success, i guess that is self evident, they have done a lot to the ground and the team, but certainly for salford, where david beckham of course spent many early years as a professional. manchester united plc whack training ground used to be at a place called the cliff in pendleton in salford, so the cliff in pendleton in salford, so he knew salford very well for many years and he was learning his footballing trade at manchester united. so he will be obviously happy to be joining united. so he will be obviously happy to bejoining his united. so he will be obviously happy to be joining his fellow team—mates in taking a stake at the club. how many years i've known you, i don't know what team you support. stoke city. we don't talk about that, though, because they are not going through well at the moment. you have also upset most of your viewers. charlotte right in tamme 12, thank you both very much. if you

would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer, and a reminder that we go nationwide every afternoon. let's get more on those reports that jack shepperd has handed himself in to police in georgia. in two blue sea. —— two blue sea. well — earlier today, in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the father of charlotte brown made a direct powerful appeal to the man responsbile for her death to give himself up. i would say to jack sheppard, you've caused our family a lot of harm and devastation but you need to look at what you have done and come back and atone for the damage that you have done. you need to come back and serve your done. you need to come back and serve your sentence , done. you need to come back and serve your sentence, not only because that is the right thing to do but because you need to move on yourself. it can't be any fun being

a fugitive, doesn't sound any fun to me, but please if you're watching this and yourself in. there was an awful lot of resources, the home office, national crime agency, they are looking for you and i personally will never rest. until you are in custody. that was the father speaking on the victoria derbyshire programme this morning before the breaking news that jack sheppard has handed himself in to police in georgia. a rescue official in guernsey has said there is "no hope" of finding the missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala alive. the 28—year—old argentinian and a pilot were the only two people on board a light aircraft that disappeared from radar screens over the english channel on monday evening. the pilot of the plane has been identified as david ibbotson. search efforts are continuing after

an audio recording allegedly sent by salah abu dhabi salah macro we will bring you more on that story of the resilient element. susanna is here — in a moment she will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. jacob rees—mogg says he hopes legally binding changes to the northern ireland backstop could make theresa may's brexit deal acceptable. as we have been hearing... hopes fade of finding missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and his pilot alive — as the search for their missing plane continues off the channel islands. survivors of violent and sexual crime are being "re—traumatised" by the government's compensation body — it's accused of needlessly forcing them to repeat traumatic details. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. sony has become the latest japanese electronics firm to say it will move its european headquarters from the uk due to brexit. the company said it would help

avoid customs issues tied to britain's exit from the eu. rival panasonic moved its headquarters last year to avoid potential tax complications from brexit. banking giant santander says it is to close 140 branches, after a review of how customers carry out their banking. the bank says it will try to find alternative jobs for the 1,270 staff affected by the closures. shares in metro bank have fallen by more than a third after it released its full year results for 2018. it reported a jump in pre—tax profits for the year, but said growth slowed in the final quarter. susannah — what's been happening on the financial markets? rather busy. the pound is stronger again today — it's rebounded and is at its highest level in around ten weeks as traders assess that fears of a no—deal brexit have eased. also the prospect of a delayed to

brexit, with an extension of article 50, are much more likely now. that is their assessment of course, and it is reflected in where sterling is at the moment. also, burberry weighed in with warnings about a no—deal brexit today. it is britain's premier luxury brand, and it said it would cost tens of millions of pounds in ta riffs tens of millions of pounds in tariffs and severely disrupt the supply that it really needs of fabrics and finished products between suppliers and manufacturers overseas. and sony says it is moving its european headlines to the netherlands from london because of customs issues arising from brexit, following on from panasonic doing the same last year. joining us now is craig erlam, senior market analyst at oanda. let's talk about the pound and the

ftse100, because it has dipped as per pound has risen. the usual state of affairs, is itjust because of that? yes, it does seem so primarily so, the ftse100 is very much underperforming its peers. but often see when you see the pound rising the ftse100 see when you see the pound rising the ftse 100 falls. it is very much an outward looking index, and around three quarters of profits gained by its companies come from abroad. when these are converted back to pounds, it offsets as part of the games that we see here. also, let's talk about what is happening with regards to brexit. trade seems to be assessing that a no—deal brexit is becoming less likely, but do you think other figures, for example the data we had on pay this week, paying the uk, how it is rising, do you think that is feeding through as well?” it is rising, do you think that is feeding through as well? i think thatis feeding through as well? i think that is feeding through partially but it is very difficult to look

past the brexit situation right now. the bank of england, whether it raises or cuts interest rates, will defend far more on the brexit outcome than it will on employment data. employment data is extremely encouraging, and should we see a smooth brexit with a transitional period, then of course this becomes much more relevant. but then again, if we see a messere brexit, this becomes less relevant. right now the brexit element is having a much greater impact on the pound, and with every passing week it seems that the possibility of a no deal scenario becomes less and, and a softer brexit or a second referendum becomes increased. burberry has weighed in to all of this saying that a no—deal brexit would severely affect its business, because it is so affect its business, because it is so reliant on its overseas suppliers, i assume? absolutely, the supply chains that are deeply ingrained in british businesses is very difficult to undo. if we do see

a sudden build in customs, and in costs and difficulties really on the back of a no—deal brexit, this will create significant disruption and come at a significant cost to these companies. just very quickly, i want to ask you about sony saying it is moving its european headquarters, but of course it is just the headquarters, it is the legal entity, rather than operations, isn't it? yes, this is to do with customs regulation, i think it is just taking steps for the worse case scenario in brexit, it will allow more operations to be set up over there. numerous companies are doing this but they are saying at this moment in time they are not moving any operations away from the uk. thank you very much. a quick look at the markets. the share price of metro bank, it has really suffered today, down by almost 39%. even though it made £50 million profit last year, it missed profit expectations of £59 million, but it

certainly seems as though there have been some problems in assessing the risk of parts of its mortgage book as welcome which i don't think investors were too impressed with. that's partially why the share price has fallen so much today, but it did miss those profit expectations, it says it is going to come anyway. the ftse100 down, as the pound has risen, as craig was telling us, and a barrel of brent crude has fallen back slightly today. it is really concerns about global trade and the great slow down of china that is affecting the oil price. this demand perhaps that we need for oil at the moment. thank you very much. 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 74 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 influencers, 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 your 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. let's get more on those reports that

jack shepherd has handed himself in to police in georgia. not a lot of details at the moment but the georgian authorities are working with the british authorities firstly to identify what they believe is 31—year—old jack sheppard. there is an extradition treaty between the two countries. this was a very high—profile case. jack shepherd denied being responsible for the death of charlotte brown, after their speedboat hit a piece of wood, a fallen tree, not far from wandsworth bridge. he was sentenced in absentia

as he failed to turn up for the rest of his trial and has effectively been a fugitive on the run. we had a sighting of him in tblisi in georgia. this on the day that the victim's father and sister went on bbc television and to know if you heard about that? it looks like there is some degree of cooperation, obviously in a sensitive operation like this not too much being given away by the georgian authorities but there is an extradition treaty available to the two countries so i imagine the authorities here would be pushing to try to bring him back to the uk to bring further charges against him potentially. that is it for today.

huw edwards coming up with the next hour of output and the latest on jack shepherd, and reports that he has handed himself in to police into blue sea in georgia. now the weather with mel coles. it has done a cold day today through parts of north—east scotland where temperatures have barely reached freezing. across northern ireland, we are starting to see less cold air work its way, here we have had more clout and patchy showery rain. overnight, another feature, an clout and patchy showery rain. overnight, anotherfeature, an area of showers will work their way out of showers will work their way out of scotla nd of showers will work their way out of scotland into northern england and the midlands. we should do some snow mainly over higher ground but even to some lower levels, there is the risk of some icy stretches first thing tomorrow morning and also some freezing fog. it will be a cold

start of the day. our warm front will continue to urge its way eastwards, introducing more cloud ahead of it. through the day on thursday, we will see those showers work their way through the midlands cleared to the far south—east. the best of any brightness to be used, more cloud with patchy rain out of the west but it is there that temperatures will do that bit better. today at five — the man convicted of the death of charlotte brown — who was killed in a speedboat accident on the thames — has handed himself in to authorities in georgia. jack shepherd had been on the run since march and was convicted of charlotte's manslaughter in his absence. a postmortem examination found charlotte died after being thrown from the boat during a date with mr shepherd in december 2015. earlier speaking to the bbc, her father appealed directly to him to give himself up. please, if you're watching this, hand yourself in. there's an awful lot of resources from the police, the home office, national crime agency, they're looking for you. we'll have the latest

on this breaking news. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... theresa may tells mps that delaying brexit will not solve anything — as leading brexiteers insist on changes to the irish backstop.