we have a small group of concept. we have a small group of people who are worried about the implications and have picked up news stories about running out of important drugs, and a small group of people drawn to the idea of no deal because of its simplicity. but they also have no understanding of they also have no understanding of the indications and what they might be. they think it seems like a simple way out. what does no deal actually mean? a no—deal brexit would mean the uk leaving the european union and cutting ties immediately. if mps do not approve theresa may's deal or another plan, there will be a no—deal brexit on there will be a no—deal brexit on the 29th of march. the uk would initially follow world trade organisation rules to trade with the eu and other countries. the blunt truth is there as an endless assortment of jargon truth is there as an endless assortment ofjargon and bucketfuls of bafflement. quite probably, plenty more to come. if you find yourself something of a loose end this afternoon, let me heartily recommend the online brexit

jargon tools on the bbc website. plenty more coverage on tv and radio throughout the day. thank you. no jargon in the weather forecast. not at all. it is going from something cold to something miles. a cold start from any today. snow in places. things will turn milder. this is a warm front. behind it, milder air. it is making its presence felt across northern ireland, west and wales, south—west england. you can see these yellow colours starting to develop. over the next 24—hour as the temperatures will be on the rise. wintry showers this afternoon on the m4 corridor towards kent, parts of suffolk. further north, more cloud, patchy rain. mistand further north, more cloud, patchy rain. mist and fog slowed here in places. —— slow to clear. through

this evening, clear skies in the east. a frost. snow and ice for northern scotland. as the night wears on, patchy light rain and drizzle. by the time we get to 5am in the morning, temperatures in the west will be up to nine to 10 celsius. still struggling to get above freezing for east anglia and south east england. a chilly start. tomorrow the milder air will work its way across the uk. it will bring a lot of cloud. patchy light rain and drizzle across scotland, northern ireland and northern ireland. further south east, drier. a breezy if not windy day. the strongest winds for northern and western coasts. look at the temperatures. nine to 12 celsius. much higher than we have been seen recently. we stay in the mild airdrie saturday. in between fronts. behind this frontal system, back in the colder air. first saturday for much of england and wales it is mainly dry. the best of the sun—ju

ahn the further east you are. persistent rain in northern ireland, western scotland and snow for the highlands. rain settling into west and wales in the afternoon. for most again, fairly mild. the colder air returning to northern scotland. we will all be back in the colder air by the time we get to sunday. the front slides its way through. a squeeze in the isobars. a northerly wind. a strong wind as well. sunday isa wind. a strong wind as well. sunday is a messy day. a fair amount of cloud, bright or sunny spells but also showers and longer spells of rain. these could be wintry over the high ground of scotland and northern england. strong winds for northern and western coasts. it will feel quite cold. thank you. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me and, on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon.

it's 1.34pm and here's your latest sports news. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. rafael nadal is through to his fifth australian open final. it's ten years since he won his only title in melbourne. he might have expected a tougher match against the talented greek stefanos tsitsipas but he raced through 6—2, 6—4, 6—0. nadal is looking to become the first player in the open era to win each grand slam at least twice. he'll face either novak djokovic, the world number one, or lucas pouille, who play each other tomorrow. the women's final on saturday will be between the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova and the us open champion naomi osaka. kvitova beat the unseeded american danielle collins in straight sets. it's just over two years since she was the victim of a knife attack in her home, she sustained tendon damage in her playing hand and doctors feared that she wouldn't be able to play again at the top level. to be honest i am still not really

believing i am in the final. it is kind of weird to be honest. i did not even know if i would play tennis again. it was a really nice time to be dealing with everything... it was not only physically but mentally it was very tough as well. it took me a while to believe through people around me again. so it's naomi osaka next for kvitova in saturday's final. it's notjust the title on the line but also the world number one ranking. osaka, who is looking for back to back grand slam victories after her us open win last year, beat karolina pliskova in three sets the second day's play at the first test in barbados starts in the next 25 minutes. the west indies will resume on 264—8. england havejimmy anderson to thank for keeping the hosts' score down. you can follow the test through the cricket social on the bbc sport website or app. andy zaltzman is on the panel today.

welcome, andy. jimmy anderson with the four wickets and the second new ball, he looks as fresh as a daisy at the age of 36. i don't know what magic elixir he has concocted with eternal youth. it is extraordinary the range of skills he had, he bowled tight and co nsta ntly he had, he bowled tight and constantly probing and then finally after 55 overs without a wicket, with the sri lanka series, for him in the space of seven overs. mesmerisingly good and the west indies could not work out how to play him. our early in the career you could always take wickets but spread around, like jackson pollock to more of a michelangelo. brilliant precision. sam curran was less successful but ben stokes got three.

stokes in sri lanka made something happen when nothing much else was going for england's bowlers, i did it again yesterday when the west indies were cruising at 130 odd — one. a fantastic ability to some extent to turn a game and get the pa kula extent to turn a game and get the pakula statistics that ian botham had. —— spectacular statistics. numerous crucial interventions. two wickets to get and he will hope to knock those off cheaply. jimmy anderson hopes to get another five wicket haul. interesting to see how the england batsman do, particularly with the top order not particularly settled yet. jennings and burns opening the batting well and stronger but faced almost no fast bowling and the big weakness, in fact he has the worst average at any opening batsmen this millennium in test cricket but it is a challenge and an opportunity for him to start showing he has the skills beyond playing spin. thank you, andy zaltzman. you can

listen and watch andy on the cricket social and the bugle. in the next ten minutes. i'll be back on afternoon live after 2pm. thank you for the sports news. the family of a woman who died in a speedboat crash on the thames have said justice is close after the fugitive convicted of her manslaughter handed himself in to police. jack shepherd turned up at a police station in georgia yesterday, six months after he was sentenced over the death of charlotte brown. earlier, charlotte's sister and father — katie and graham brown — spoke tojoanna gosling on the victoria derbyshire programme. they first told her their reaction when they saw him appearing on georgian tv last night. quite a shock to see him smiling, waving, just strolling in still as if he has done no wrong, and still claiming innocence and making excuses, saying that he wants justice. what about justice for charlie?

it's just unbelievable. i don't think he has shown any remorse, and just seems to not accept or have no knowledge of the devastation, hurt and pain he has caused us. he's in denial of what his actions have done, and he'sjust thinking about himself at this stage, or he has done from the start. you were both on the programme yesterday. yesterday, graham, you put out an appeal to him to give himself up. yes. let's just see what you said yesterday. i'd say to jack shepherd, 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 need to do that so that you can

eventually move on yourself. it can't be any fun being a fugitive. it doesn't sound any fun to me. but, please, if you're watching this, hand yourself in. there's an awful lot of resources from the police, the home office, the national crime agency, they are looking for you, and i'm personally never going to rest or stop until you are in custody. do you think that may have somehow made a difference? yeah, well, we had the home secretary's visit and i came out of that and you just felt that the momentum and the resources and the priority, if they weren't there before, were now there, and i think that possibly gave it the shove and momentum that it needed. i think possibly... i don't know whyjack shepherd chose to hand himself in. can i add to that? so i think he's done it for selfish reasons.

i don't think he's seen that and felt remorse and any ownership of what has happened. the first thing he did was do a tv interview and claim innocence. if he wanted to defend himself, he should have turned up at trial and given his statement under oath. he made a no—comment statement in a cautioned interview with police, so how can we believe what he is saying now? i can tell obviously you're both really angry, understandably so, about how things have unfolded and how long this has taken. did you feel emotion yesterday that this moment you have been waiting forfor so long had happened? it was a very emotional moment. the three years has been quite draining. and we've lived through... apart from the devastation of losing charlotte, you know, we've had delay after delay.

we eventually get to the court and the trial and shepherd wasn't there, and that robbed us of, i don't know, seeing him on the stand, and his version of what happened, so we've only ever heard his statements from afar — this time it's from georgia — and yesterday was like a release. it was just a release and it's the only way i could describe it. how about you ? yeah, the same. it's shock and relief, butjust now, i'm increasingly angry at the fact that he is still fighting against... you know, he has been found guilty, and he's still saying that he wants to carry on with his appeal, and that he wants to fight his extradition. when will he have some dignity and have some respect for the back that he has cost charlie her life,

and what he's put us through? that was katie and graham brown, sister and father of charlotte, speaking to my colleague. the uk's trade union movement chief has told theresa may to "stop playing to the bad boys at the back of the class" over brexit and "start listening". frances o'grady said she did not get the workers' rights guarantees she wanted in a meeting with the pm. the general secretary of unite the union len mccluskey also met with the prime—minister. he has been speaking outside number ten. it was long and it was ok. i am not full of optimism but it gave me an opportunity tojust

full of optimism but it gave me an opportunity to just re—emphasise what many people have told her, that obviously a no—deal would be disastrous and speaking on behalf of my members and the manufacturing, we need to make certain we can avoid this at all costs. what i was saying really to the prime minister, look, is this just really to the prime minister, look, is thisjust a really to the prime minister, look, is this just a pr stunt for the media and for you to say that you've consulted with trade union officials? or is this a genuine attempt to see if we can talk about issues that matter to us and not just workers' rights and the protection of those workers' rights going forward but also how we can protect investment and particular jobs? and you know warm words are one thing but action is what is needed, so we will wait and see. what did she say to you when you asked when it was genuine? wouldn't it be better at jeremy asked when it was genuine? wouldn't it be better atjeremy corbyn was here as well and when this labour have to, rise of the situation is

urgent? i thinkjeremy corbyn did the correct thing and was vindicated by not coming to the meetings. the liberal democrats looked rather stupid by going in and... nicola sturgeon stepped in and saved face. i thinkjeremy corbyn was correct and he is the leader of a political party and i am the leader of the trade union, different issues. he has got a difficult task in the labour party, giving them together, andi labour party, giving them together, and i think he is doing a brilliant job. obviously in terms of laying down conditions, for me, it is really about the prime minister and she needs to take an initiative in order to pull people towards further discussion. i have also made it clear that in my opinion if she is serious about negotiating and trying to get a deal that has the support of parliament, then there has to be an extension of article 50. so we

have heard today about her bus, the company with 111,000 workers, most of them unite union members, deeply concerned. and jaguar land rover, one of the great successes of our nation over the past of years, making it clear that a no—deal could lead to them actually going bankrupt. —— and also airbus. i don't believe any british feminist would allow it to happen. it is about the prime minister basically taking the initiative and devastating she is serious and opening up proper discussions. —— i don't believe any british prime minister would allow it to happen. glen mccluskey leader of the unite union. —— len mccluskey. now the headlines... scotland's former first minister alex salmond has been arrested and charged by police. he's expected in court later today. the family of a woman, who died in a speedboat

crash on the thames, say they are outraged after the man convicted for her death appears on tv in georgia "as big a threat as climate change" — the health secretary is to unveil a five—year plan to tackle antibiotic resistance. now, in the business news... the french car—maker renault has confirmed the resignation of its chairman and chief executive carlos ghosn, who is currently in custody injapan awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct. thierry bollore, who has been running the company temporarily will now become chief executive. the michelin boss jean—dominique senard will become chairman and take charge of running the alliance, a global carmaking group comprised of renault, nissan and mitsubishi. a disgrace and madness — strong words from the boss of airbus over brexit, as tom enders warns that the company could move wing—building out of the uk in the future if there is a no—deal brexit. give us our people back —

that's the message from poland's prime minister says he wants to see more workers return from the uk to help its domestic economy grow. speaking at the world economic forum in davos, mateusz morawiecki said there was a low level of unemployment in poland and 5.5% growth in the economy. we talk a lot about how tough it is on the high street at the moment, and numbers are out today showing the effect on jobs. the number of employees?in britain's retail sector was down 2.2% in the three months to december. that is equivalent to 70,000 jobs. it's been seen as another sign of the problems experienced by brick—and—mortar stores as people increasingly do their shopping online. rachel lund, director of research at the british retail consoritium, is with us live. do we expect this decline to continue over this year? yes, we do. for the last few years

we have been seeing the number of jobs in retailfalling year—on—year. we expect this to continue for some time to come. the fact is retail is changing and we are doing more of oui’ changing and we are doing more of our shopping online. whilst at the same time, taxes and other cost pressures on retailers are forcing them to sit back and rethink the amount of people they employ. when you say taxes, what do you talk about? business rates can i assume. yes, specifically business rates which are a huge burden on physical retailers, 25% more business rates in the uk despite all the contributing 5% to gdp in the uk. what would you like to see done? obviously a reduction to some extent but on the other hand really don't retailers just have to adapt to the current climate? too many are keeping too many stores opened. retailers are adapting but the problem is with business rates so high it is difficult to find that money to reinvest in your business.

it is also difficult for high streets trying to reinvent themselves and attract new businesses to fill the gaps left by shops. it is not all bad news, is it? da number of new opportunities for employment in the changing sector. correct, retailers at the forefront of artificial intelligence for example and that brings a lot of new jobs around those, and people who write and manage algorithms to do digital marketing and analysed data as well. how should retailers quickly adapt to the new opportunities there are? are you advising them to actually think more carefully about the footprint of the number of stores right across the country and focus more along those lines? it is different for different businesses and some with retail store networks expanding and that is working but for a lot of retailers they must invest in the digital side

of their businesses. that is not just the website itself but all the whole experience around online shopping as well. thank you. now we check in with the financial rates... britain's top share index is lower as weaker oil prices have pulled down energy companies, but also vodafone and pest company rentokill have fallen due to weaker earnings. the ftse underperformed against its european peers, the cac and the dax — they rose after the european central bank said today it's sticking to its course and holding off on sudden policy moves due to concerns about the eurozone economy. the bank kept interest rates unchanged, saying they would stay at historic lows at least through the summer. that's all the business news. thank you and we will see you later on. all day, bbc news is breaking down the brexitjargon routinely used by politicians and by the media, but which is rarely explained. one of those terms is the backstop. here's our reality check correspondent chris morris to make sense of it. you may have heard about the backstop.

it's a baseball term, really, so what does it have to do with brexit? think in terms of a safety net and you get the general idea. the backstop is key to talks over the future of the irish border after brexit. why? because this line between the irish republic and northern ireland will be the only land border between the uk and the european union. and that matters for trade. because, in theory, there should be checks on stuff crossing the border after brexit. but no—one wants new inspections at the border — they'd bring back memories of 30 years of conflict in northern ireland. and checkpoints could become a target. so the uk and the eu hope to agree a trade relationship in the future that keeps the border as open as it is now. but if they can't, or there is a delay, that's where the backstop comes in. it's a legal guarantee to avoid a hard border, under all circumstances. the government and the eu have come to an agreement about how it should work but theresa may's

critics aren't happy. they say there's no get—out clause, to allow the uk to leave the new customs relationship it sets up. the eu says, don't worry, we don't like it either and it was only ever designed to be temporary. the government wants to tweak the backstop to get it through parliament. but the eu insists that renegotiation is not on the menu, so they are looking for a compromise before time runs out. the eu says the backstop has to be part of the withdrawal agreement which needs to be ratified before brexit is due to happen on march 29th. and without a backstop, there'd be no brexit deal at all. winter is not usually the time of year we associate with getting out in the garden, but there's growing evidence that pruning and digging could be one of the best ways to shake off the winter blues too. tim muffett has more. lots of people think that a garden closes

down at winter, but, actually, it's very much alive. we've got birch trees, we've got some prunus trees, we've also got dogwoods, and we've got lots of bulbs — snowdrops. we've got some cyclamens as well, and we have crocuses and lots of different types of grasses as well. the winter garden in wakehurst, west sussex. 33,000 plants, thriving at the temperature drops. the main thing about this garden is that it's here to inspire. without doubt, this garden is beautiful to look at, but does it go deeper than that? many believe that during dark, cold winter months, plants can have a more profound effect. we talk about connecting to nature, that can be in very wild places, but evenjust in a garden environment like this, there's a whole set of stimuli that can make us feel alive, perhaps on a sort of dark

or unhappy winter's day, and it can sort of make us feel positive again. not all plants flower in the summer. you know, there's a small group of pollinating insects that are out in the winter and there's a group of plants that think, hang on, i'm going to grab that opportunity, actually reach out to those pollinators. so maybe have a strong colour or a strong scent. this is actually a relative of one of our native dogwoods. we do a little horticulture trick here. we cut these down to the ground in the spring and they produce very, very strong, very richly coloured stems. if it was just a degree or two warmer today, the bumblebees would actually be out pollinating this. throughout february, you see mass bumblebees over heathers like this. as gardeners, we can manipulate some of these evolutionary strategies and just turn it into beauty. and here is alex salmond walking

towards edinburgh sheriff court. he was arrested and charged by police scotla nd was arrested and charged by police scotland and he is appearing at the edinburgh sheriff court in the next few minutes. police have not yet officially said what he is charged with we know they have been investigating complaints against him of sexual harassment, which he strongly denies. we will have more on that throughout the afternoon. but now let's look at the weather. it was another cold start this morning with many places well below freezing and in places snow around. but briefly over the next 48 hours things will turn milder because this isa things will turn milder because this is a warm front and behind it some mild conditions. already making its presence felt across western fringes of wales and northern ireland in south—west england. yellow colour is taking hold and further east in the blue colours with colder conditions. still bringing wintry showers along

the m4 corridor down towards kent infringing parts of the suffolk coast. further west more cloud and patchy light rain and drizzle and mist and fog lingering in places. best of sunshine east of the pennines, three orfour best of sunshine east of the pennines, three or four celsius best of sunshine east of the pennines, three orfour celsius in eastern areas. closer to double figures by the west. there are skies for eastern areas this evening, across. snow and ice for northern scotla nd across. snow and ice for northern scotland and mild conditions nudging across after. cloud and outbreaks of rain, much rain down to southern and eastern england, although here temperatures will because of the freezing, to celsius up to four celsius but further west double figures to start the day on sunday, nine or 10 celsius. mild conditions looking across the uk tomorrow but more in the way of cloud. outbreaks of merely across scotland and northern ireland and the north of england and northern fringes of wales but further south and east mainly dry. bright and sunny spells to the east of high ground but a breezy if not when the day with strongest winds in the west of scotla nd strongest winds in the west of scotland with more persistent rain later in the day. 809 celsius here

but elsewhere 1112 celsius top temperature. into the weekend milder airon temperature. into the weekend milder air on saturday temperature. into the weekend milder airon saturday in temperature. into the weekend milder air on saturday in between france but as this low pressure system works its way eastwards on sunday behind that, we'll start to see the colder air again. behind that, we'll start to see the colderairagain. on behind that, we'll start to see the colder air again. on saturday, foremost and other mild day. driver much of england and wales with the best sunshine further east. meanwhile a bit of rain heavy and persistent northern ireland in western fringes of scotland and over the scottish highlands. here are 56 celsius but elsewhere again nine or 10 celsius. on the mild side. not for long because as we go into sunday, front sliding south and east, squeeze in isobars and a northerly wind which are strong. it will feel much colder on sunday. a fairly messy day with bright sunny spells with showers and longer spells with showers and longer spells of rain. when three of higher ground in scotland and northern england but a strong north or north—westerly wind with gales for northern and western coasts. add this onto some lower temperatures and it will feel really cold on sunday with temperatures not much

higher than six or seven celsius. briefly mild then much colder again. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. alex salmond — the former first minister of scotland — arrives for a court hearing after being arrested and charged by police. it follows claims against him of sexual harrassment — which he strenously denies jack shepherd — the man convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash — protests his innocence after handing himself in — her family accuse him of unbelievable ‘arrogance'. he has been found guilty and convicted of manslaughter, how can someone continue now convicted of manslaughter, how can someone continue now to be in denial about their reckless actions? a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crimes — recorded by police in england and wales. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — ollie. the cricket is under way again in barbados, i will have an update