patches here and there. and also the potential for some patches here and there. and also the potentialfor some ice. but patches here and there. and also the potential for some ice. but for patches here and there. and also the potentialfor some ice. but for most it is not about looking day. some spells of crisp winter sunshine. however into the south—west we start to strengthen the wind. getting quite windy in the south—west. and this frontal system into the picture, rain initially, but snow likely, especially the high ground for the seth delmer south—west of england and wales. and into thursday evening we push the rain, sleet and increasingly snow north eastwards, into london, the midlands, east wales, ten to 15 centimetres in south—east wales. elsewhere in this is we are likely to see a few centimetres of snow. and while that is going on in the south, wintry showers are likely to develop across north—east england, there will be some also pushing into north—west scotland. temperatures into friday morning, below freezing in northern areas and close to freezing further south. there is likely to be significant ice to take us into friday morning. the first aerial snowfall will fizzle away but there could be more snow showers pushing into southern coastal counties.

some moving across northern england and plenty of showers moving in across north—west scotland. and those temperatures still struggling, 3—6d. as we get on into the weekend the area of low pressure responsible for the unsettled weather will start to move away eastwards, leaving us in a fairly chilly north or north—easterly wind by taking most of the rain and snow away. there will be wintry showers for pembrokeshire, cornwall, northern and eastern coastal areas as well. generally, a lot of sunshine as well, temperatures still struggling. sunday's forecast is somewhat messy. it looks like we will bring an atla ntic it looks like we will bring an atlantic frontal system in from the west, bumping into cold air, so there could be some snow in places. we will firm up on the details on that and keep you posted. temperatures on the low side although something mark showing its hand in the south—west which sets us up hand in the south—west which sets us upfor hand in the south—west which sets us up for the weather during next week. we start to bring more of our weather in from the atlantic. various frontal systems likely to push on from the west on monday.

some outbreaks of rain, potentially snow over high ground in the north. much of what. the sky by this stage will be rain because things will be turning just a little bit milder. that is the theme as we get deep into next week. atlantic frontal systems pushing in. we will see some wind at rain —— and rain at home. the wind coming from the west, that will tend to bring us something a little bit milder. however, not too far away high—pressure is likely to be anchored across scandinavia so there will be an easterly flow. in europe. just a small chance that the cold easterly winds could make inroads in our direction. generally speaking next week it looks not as cold, there will be some wind and rain at times and before we get there some significant snowfall some of us. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: the head of the european

commission says a renegotiation of theresa may's brexit deal will not happen, despite a mandate from the commons for changes to provisions on the so—called irish backstop. the withdrawal agreement remains the best and only deal possible. the european union said so in november. we said so in december. meanwhile the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has met the prime minister for brexit talks, and described the meeting as a useful exchange of views. serious, exploratory on the issues, and i set out the labour case for a comprehensive customs union with the european union, in order to protect jobs in this country. two cushions that have washed up on the french coast are thought to belong to the plane carrying the premier league footballer emiliano sala which went missing over the channel. and an arctic freeze has brought severely cold temperatures to parts of the us, falling to —30

celsius. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political editor of the new statesman, stephen bush, and conservative commentator tim montgomerie. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times says that theresa may has wooed labour mps with offers of cash for underfunded labour constituencies in the hope they might back her brexit deal. the guardian leads with a story about children as young as 12 possibly being hit with a new asbo—style order that could work to clamp down on knife crime. the telegraph says mps have backed their campaign to make web giants such as facebook and twitter

have a duty of care over children who use their services. the mirror also leads on the story about so—called knife crime asbos, suggesting the home secretary's new policy is nothing more thana gimmick. the i says that cracks are appearing in the eu as senior european politicans urge brussels to break the deadlock to avoid a no—deal brexit. and the express suggests health bosses are set to announce 20,000 new staff for the nhs in an attempt to end the gp crisis. we are going to go with the i. cracks appearing in the eu, as may seeks deal. what is the veracity of this? well, so some senior german

politicians have warned about the fa ct politicians have warned about the fact they have downgraded their growth estimates for the next year because of the possibility of a no deal brexit, and they said it would be good if it were avoided, as has the polish government. 0bviously be good if it were avoided, as has the polish government. obviously the polish government has much to fear from a no deal brexit, because there isa from a no deal brexit, because there is a fairly large polish diaspora here and any disruption, one would assume, would have consequences there. however, ithink assume, would have consequences there. however, i think the important thing is it is not the other 25 nations of the eu saying do you know what would be great? no deal. it is then going do you know what would be terrible for the united kingdom, no deal. we kind of thing the people who will resolve no deal is the united kingdom, by folding. in some ways it is a mystery to see this as a sign that we will start seeing nations peeling away, and in any case, even if they do, because of the way the eu makes

decisions, it is by qualified majority voting on article 50, so it doesn't really matter if it is true. you really would need a significant. tim, one wonders. we hear senior german politicians suggesting that because the growth in the german economy has been downgraded for this year, and so on, that they want to try and appease the united kingdom. but one wonders, if the integrity of the single market is at stake on one side, and you've got the possibility ofa no side, and you've got the possibility of a no deal brexit on the other, which way are they going to go?|j think which way are they going to go?” think different nations will choose perhaps different priorities. and so for every german politician or polish politician, as stephen rightly describes as perhaps a little more sympathetic towards flexibility, you have someone like the president of france, macron, who is in lots of domestic trouble at the moment for all of the reasons, we see on the streets of paris, et cetera. i think giving into britain

is the last thing that is good for his slow recovery in the opinion polls. so i think that perhaps a more interesting question, in a way, is what i think we have seen in the last before, 48 hours, which is that parliament has really rejected both a second referendum and no deal —— 24, 48 hours. i don't a second referendum and no deal —— 24,48 hours. i don't think a second referendum and no deal —— 24, 48 hours. i don't think there's enough votes for either of those things, and so looking at europe as a whole, especially the commission rather than individual states, they are not going to force written to revisit brexit altogether, and they don't want no deal, so i think they will find some fudged to somehow get theresa may's withdrawal agreement over the line —— britain. there won't be fundamental changes to the backstop, but i think there will be forms of word and legal assurances that will satisfy what i think is the appetite in the house of commons to get something done and agreed.

but as things stand, stephen, the law says if there is no deal, no withdrawal agreement, by 29 march, we go out. so there's got to be a deal that is agreed upon. and at the moment there isn't. well, that is actually the biggest advantage that theresa may has. there is a deal that has been agreed upon, her deal. imean by that has been agreed upon, her deal. i mean by parliament. the closer you get to exit day, if parliament has two, ina get to exit day, if parliament has two, in a rush, say this deal that we said we don't like, we are happy to vote for it to prevent no deal. i think that is far more likely than parliament putting its fingers in its ears. but the thing you have to remember, there is another parliament in play, the european parliament, and it is not certain that the european parliament will vote it through. and don't forget throughout most of the continent, most voters here and elsewhere treat the european parliament election as a second order election, an opportunity to kick the boss,

essentially, its interests are not necessarily aligned with the sitting european union anywhere, so it may be that there is another twist of the tale. it could be even the european parliament doesn't pass it, especially if they were concrete changes. i am afraid we will be discussing brexit in the papers for a few more weeks. for a few more yea rs. a few more weeks. for a few more years. the times, theresa may woos labour mps. years. the times, theresa may woos labourmps. i years. the times, theresa may woos labour mp5. i wonder... years. the times, theresa may woos labour mps. iwonder... there years. the times, theresa may woos labour mp5. i wonder... there is money for the dup, there is money for labour mps. where is all this money coming from? this is all very strange. i don't know. the magic money tree. it turns out the magic money tree. it turns out the magic money tree. it turns out the magic money tree does exist, and is flowing freely. the government has essentially, although it rhetorically clings to this idea of sensible decisions, balancing the books, we have had

not won or two but three expansionary budgets. there will be another one in the next one, because hung parliaments cannot really do anything else, because they really don't like cutting spending or raising taxes, and this story is that labour mps who have been identified as likely to vote for the deal are going to be offered some kind of additional fund for former coalfield communities. this feels very plausible as something downing street would do. it also feels like a catastrophic mistake. those labour mps in seeds which voted heavily to leave to a haunted by what happened to their scottish colleagues after going to a referendum, they don't want no deal because they think it would be a disaster for the country. they want an excuse disaster for the country. they want an excuse to vote for this deal that is politically palatable to their members and to themselves. i don't think i was given a bomb by the treasury is political, if anything it makes it harder for labour mps to vote for the deal. i see this

perhaps a little bit differently than stephen. i certainly agree with them on the need to give labour cover to vote for the deal, i think thatis cover to vote for the deal, i think that is what theresa may took from the meetings with len mccluskey, the unite union leader. they don't want a second referendum or no deal but they have to look like they have got something from the tories. for me, asa something from the tories. for me, as a sort of conservative who worries about what the tory pitch is to written once brexit is hopefully got over the line, there are lots of people who voted for brexit who didn't necessarily vote to leave the european union or that wasn't uppermost in mind —— britain. they wa nted uppermost in mind —— britain. they wanted something to change and politics, and at the moment the tories haven't really given enough to those communities. this to me is not so much about wooing labour mps, although i understand why the times have put it in that context. this may be, i hope, the beginning of the tory offer to those working class communities, that the future of the tory party i think depends upon.

that is a very, very good point. would we have had brexit if we had had successive governments, labour and conservatives, over the last 25, 30, 40 years, invest in this country, if you had money from the treasury going to cornwall and not the european union, money from the treasury going to parts of south wales. do you think we would have had a brexit? because we are a net can forbid, that money for cornwall and south wales was money from the treasury. i don't really buy the deprivation argument as a cause for brexit. yes, some places which were very deprived voted for brexit, some voted to leave, some places which we re very voted to leave, some places which were very affluent voted to leave... i think it is actually a cultural division primarily about how people saw the world. remainers felt the country they wanted to live in was one which the leavers didn't. i think it is right that once

that cultural itch has been scratched there will still be a bunch of remainers huat aligned with conservatives economically who will not vote for the party of brexit. they will have to give something to voters who they were aligned with on brexit once they have done brexit. this is a global phenomenon, you are seeing better educated, more prosperous people voting for left—wing parties in greater numbers, and poorer people who are not doing so well from globalisation becoming more right of centre. at the moment, the tories really happened, other than brexit, responded to that, and i think that isa responded to that, and i think that is a huge part of theresa may's failure of leadership. but there is a germ of something in this. very interesting indeed. let's quickly get onto guardian. asbo style orders to prevent knife crimes. so the government is proposing to tackle rising knife crime using

new asbo style orders, social media blackouts, and if these terms are violated they will face up to two yea rs violated they will face up to two years jail sentence. it has been criticised as effectively asbos repainted with new money, and also one of the depressing truths of this country is one of the best and most effective ways of up skilling someone effective ways of up skilling someone is to send them to prison for a short amount of time. u nfortu nately for a short amount of time. unfortunately the upscaling they get is being more effective at crime. let's go on to the telegraph. connected with this one, sajid javid, i worry for my daughter amid the rise in street violence. yes, i think it would be interesting to see how people react to this because i think it can work two ways, really. 0ne, sajid javid, the home secretary, he is a father of four children, perhaps people don't know that about him, and we do like to know a little bit about the biography of our politicians. he is

proving himself not to be remote from the problem is that every pa rent from the problem is that every parent in london, and a lot of our major cities are worried about. but at the same time, empathy isn't enough. feeling your pain isn't enough. feeling your pain isn't enough. if you are the home secretary. i think people are much more interested in not that you are worried as well, but what are you going to do about it. and then the question goes back to what stephen and you were talking about, which is our things like those asbos on carrying a knife and adequate response to what is a terrible and very frightening epidemic of knife crime at the moment. 0k, staying with the telegraph, web giants face legal duty of care. yes, a campaign the telegraph has been running, four social media giants to have a legal responsibility to monitor and look after what young people using those services work. the argument in this country and across europe and even in america

are increasingly making is, look, facebook, instagram, that publishers, they are hosting publish content and they should have the same obligations to protect young and vulnerable people as the bbc etc, facebook has traditionally resisted that. the telegraph has been campaigning on this for some time. now, mps have rode in behind it and time. now, mps have rode in behind itandi time. now, mps have rode in behind it and i think they have a really strong case about facebook. they are a publisher. we wouldn't be allowed to put things out before the watershed. it is perfectly fair to say that facebook should have a similar responsibility. sure, i mean, is that where nick clegg comes m, mean, is that where nick clegg comes in, former deputy prime minister, someone in, former deputy prime minister, someone who knows the legal and political byways and highways as it were, is facebook preparing itself for this kind of challenge? there is another story on the front of the metro looking at facebook controversy as well. these tech giants are immersed in story after

story and the public mood has really turned against them. so nick clegg had his work cut out when he was trying to sell tuition fees to the british people. we learnt at the weekend he has this big mansion in california now that he is in facebook. i think he will certainly earn it. because he is selling facebook and these tech giants' practices to a public that is increasingly sceptical about the privacy issues of these companies, the way they are providing promotion of extremism and the strata safety issues. i think this is the one of the absolute biggest issues of our time and you get the sense with conservative politicians who are supposedly noninterventionist, like matt hancock at the weekend, you know, saying we are very close now to imposing taxes and duties of care and stringent regulation if these organisations don't get their houses

in order. and i wonder whether these tech giants are aware an off of how close they are to a very significant public and political backlash. yes, all right, 0k, left move on. interesting story, this one, nhs recruit 28,000 to end gp crisis. i mean, are there 20,000 ready and willing and able to join mean, are there 20,000 ready and willing and able tojoin up mean, are there 20,000 ready and willing and able to join up late at? this is by 2023 over the course of the funding settlement for the nhs. so, yes, as you allude to come you can't produce a doctor out of nowhere, or a psychiatrist or physiotherapist. they have to be trained. the biggest single spending commitment of government has introduced is increasing the money going to the nhs, partly because of the ageing population and promises made in the brexit vote but of course it is an open question whether or not that funding will —

we still don't know how they are going to fund it. some of it may of course end up having to plug the staff shortages because one of the ways we have plugged up the shortage of doctors has been through the free movement of people within the eu. that is going to stop after brexit. whether or not that means the government has to become more generous in terms of visas from other parts of the world, which at the moment they are reluctant to do, that's an open question. the front of the financial times, us— china talks, a big week to prevent an all—out trade war, or an even worse trade war than exists at the moment, and the problem is that if this goes belly up it affects all of us around the world. yes, it was really the momentum in the chinese economy ten years ago when the rest of the world crashed that avoided the crash becoming something much more likely toa becoming something much more likely to a depression, so we used to say that when america sneezes, or catches a cold, we

get it here, but certainly true for china now. but i think we have to weigh that short—term interest of not having an economic shock by the importance of what donald trump is doing here. if i made a list of the things i like about donald trump's presidency a to b i would get past one or two. absolutely the top of the list would be trying to rebalance this relationship between the democracies and china. china is a nation that has become very rich. and what is it using its riches to do? it is bullying its neighbours, it is imposing all sorts of forms of indebtedness on africa and other developing countries. it is almost identifying as becoming client states to it. militarism, surveillance of its own societies, persecution of minorities, like its muslim population. and it is doing this partly by misusing technologies

and intellectual property developed in the west. and so if donald trump actually achieves a rebalancing of economic terms of trade, it will actually be perhaps the most significant, most welcome aspect of his presidency. i don't have great faith that he will necessarily stick this task, but he will try. 0k, finally, very briefly, front of the telegraph, apparently we invented champagne, it is ours, it is not french, it is ours! some french wine was delivered to a french benedictine monk in a monastery in a mediaeval times and it was left outside in the cold, it began a period of double fermentation and thatis period of double fermentation and that is how champagne at a french champagne house, they discovered this historical link, so, yes, we are the birthplace of champagne, albeit accidentally. penicillin was invented accidentally and it has done a great deal of good to the world. liverpool dropping two

points tonight. you won't be having a drop of champagne to celebrate?” tonight. you won't be having a drop of champagne to celebrate? i might go home and pop one or two corks, who knows? but, you know, 0llie is doing quite well, and so is mr embley, it is a collection of arsenalfans embley, it is a collection of arsenal fans and city fans. are you in yourlight arsenal fans and city fans. are you in your light blue colours tonight? there you go, fella, there you go! thank you so much for looking at the stories behind the headlines. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, stephen bush and tim montgomerie, and from all of us, goodnight. good evening. will perry here with your latest sports news. we start with another mini—twist in the premier league title race. liverpool had the opportunity

to open up a seven point lead over manchester city after their defeat at newcastle last night, butjurgen klopp's side couldn't take full advantage. 1—1 it finished in their game against leicester. jim lumsden watched the action at anfield. jurgen klopp claimed not to have watched manchester city losing last night, instead opting for a movie at home with his wife. he also confessed he didn't enjoy the intensity of leading the premier league. after two minutes sadio mane eased his burden. leicester have lost four of their last five games but they beat chelsea and city in december. deep into first half stoppage time liverpool's attention wandered, harry mcguire struck to send his team in level at the break and put the stress back onto the reds manager. maybe at half—time only clearing the snow from the penalty area his side would be attacking might help. the early indications were that it hadn't as leicester came close to

scoring. liverpool were not wasting chances, but the visitors were defending with style. 1—1 it finished, and are anxious performance from the league leaders, but now they are five points ahead of their nearest rivals. leicester did leicester d id really leicester did really well, and, yet, it was a bit unlucky for us with the goal in the last second pretty much before half—time. you don't want to have that. you don't have to lose the ball there. and then they get the ball there. and then they get the freekick. that is all true. but at the end, you have to take it as it is. what a story at the vitality stadium. chelsea thrashed 4—0 by a bournemouth side without their top scorer callum wilson in the squad. josh king opened the scoring two minutes into the second half. david brooks continued his brilliant season, doubling bournemouth‘s lead with just over an hour gone. king got his second of the night, before charlie daniels added the fourth to move eddie howe's side into the top ten. a miserable night for maurcio sarri, with chelsea slipping to fifth, just two points above manchester united now. elsewhere, tottenham have moved within two points of manchester city, after coming from behind to beat watford 2—1. and southampton drew 1—1

with crystal palace. there was one game in the scottish premiership tonight. the leaders celtic opened up a six point lead on rangers and kilmarnock. 2—0 they beat stjohnstone. callum mcgregor and ryan christie with the goals. rangers were in scottish cup fourth round action. steven gerrard's side won 3—1 at cowdenbeath. andy halliday and lassana coulibaly put rangers two up before this one from kyle lafferty sealed it for the visitors. cricket, and england have dropped opening batsman keaton jennings for their second test against the west indies in antigua. jennings has struggled for form recently, and only managed scores of 17 and 14 in the first test in barbados. uncapped kent batsmanjoe denly comes into the squad in his place. the other change sees spinner jack leach replace adil rashid, with stuart broad also included in the 12—man squad. the second test starts tomorrow. coming into this game after

last week's performance, very easy to panic, to think, we need to have an upheaval of the team, and that's not the case. i think guys have worked extremely hard, we are in a position where we are 1—0 down in this series and we want to do something about that. we feel it is a great opportunity forjoe to come in and show what he can do. there'll be a new face for wales in the six nations. tomos williams will make his first appearence in the championship when they play france in their opener on friday night in paris. williams starts at scrum—half ahead of gareth davies and is partnered by his cardiff blues team mate gareth anscombe in the halfbacks. only three changes have been made from the team that beat south africa in november, as wales, who finished second last year, aim to build on their nine—match winning streak. and that's all your sport for now. hello there. it looks like we have a speu hello there. it looks like we have a spell of disruptive wintry weather on the way. stay tuned to the forecast and stay tuned to your bbc

local radio. the setup is looking perfect for this wintry event. we have cold air locked into place. notice this spiral, this developing low pressure area over the atlantic. it will bring moisture and strong wind into a mac shores and that rain will turn increasingly into sleet and snow and it could be quite heavy and snow and it could be quite heavy and disruptive in places notjust for snow but ice and freezing fog thursday into friday. likely to be disruption for this like i mentioned. keep tuned to the weather forecast and bbc local radio. tonight it will be largely dry and under clear skies temperatures will fall with snow and freezing fog patches develop. look at the temperatures, potentially the sheltered glens in scotland could reach —10 two —15 celsius, so bitterly cold to start the day. watch out for icy stretches on untreated surfaces and for the mist and fog patches. many places will enjoy crisp winter sunshine through the morning into the afternoon. further south we see conditions going downhill as low pressure arise, increasing south

— south—east winds and outbreaks of rain with increasing sleet and snow into wales and the south—west of england. from the afternoon onwards, things get pretty interesting across the south and the south—west. sleet and snow becomes widespread and heavy in the west cou ntry becomes widespread and heavy in the west country into wales, pushing north and east into the south—east, london area, potentially the midlands and it will pile into many of the hills as well with increasing easterly winds. we will see some drifting snow. 0n easterly winds. we will see some drifting snow. on friday morning, snow, one to four centimetres in low levels, three to seven in the west country, maybe ten to 15 centimetres in the high ground of southern and eastern wales, potentially disruptive snow. through friday early alice it looks like the sleet and snow will continue but tend to become light and patchy —— hour. we will see further accumulations and wintry showers for eastern coastal areas of england, scotland and for northern scotland. so it will be a very cold night again with the risk of ice to greet us friday

morning. sleet and snow will gradually clear from southern areas but it will be a very slow process. wintry showers for eastern scotland delmer in when pushing on into the midlands and further wintry showers for northern scotland. —— for eastern england. it won't do anything for the temperatures as it will be very cold indeed. good night. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: the polar vortex — america's midwest is hit by an arctic blast, bringing record—breaking low temperatures. it is

really freezing. it is really bad. it is dangerous. this is frost. it is ridiculous. it isjust going to get this is frost. it is ridiculous. it is just going to get worse. hopes for change in venezuela — we meet some of the young activists behind the latest anti—government protests. this is the we felt we actually have an actual backing, international support. everything is colliding and the students a year to support venezuela. i'm babita sharma, in london. also in the programme: the eu says it won't renegotiate the brexit deal, despite theresa may pushing for an alernative to the so—called irish backstop. the withdrawal agreement remains the best and only deal possible. the european union said so in november. we said so in december. and australians warn, don't mess with our wildlife —