good afternoon. theresa may says she'll return to brussels with new ideas on brexit and renewed determination to make sure britain leaves the eu on march the 29th as planned. the future of the irish backstop arrangements will be central to any talks. but ireland's foreign minister has already said there are no credible alternatives. mps voted last week to seek "alternative arrangements" to keep the border between northern ireland and the irish republic open and without any customs checks. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. this week, theresa may heard parliament have its say, voting to back her brexit deal, if one key part could be changed. the prime minister says it won't be easy, but she's ready to try. she writes in the sunday telegraph: "when i return to brussels, i'll be battling for britain and northern ireland, armed with a fresh mandate, new ideas and renewed determination to agree a pragmatic solution that delivers the brexit people voted for". the prime minister says she's

determined to deliver brexit on time, on march 29th, this year. so, what are those new ideas the prime minister mentions? so far, the eu has ruled that everything the government suggested, but the answer can be found, said this cabinet minister, if only both sides look hard enough. i asked border force, months ago, to advise me to look at what alternative arrangements are possible and they've shown me, quite clearly, you can have no hard border on the island of ireland and you can use existing technology. it is perfectly possible. the only thing that's missing is a bit of goodwill on the eu side. the sticking point is still how to keep an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland if a trade deal in the uk can't be done, something both sides agree is crucial. well, are they really saying that they would rather not negotiate and end up in a no—deal position? i think that's not a responsible approach to take. it would have an impact on the european economy,

on jobs and prosperity. labour argued theresa may needs to shift her position and keep closer ties with the eu, to achieve a deal parliament can approve. we are saying to theresa may now, "look, you must get a deal through parliament that is acceptable, that means you must change your red lines about a customs union. it means you must look, again, at the way in which the future political framework is so vacuous". for now, more tough talk from the prime minister and high hopes she'll get her way. but no sign yet of a break in the brexit deadlock. jonathan blake, bbc news. the nissan car company has officially confirmed it's cancelling plans to bring production of its x—trail model to its plant in sunderland. our business correspondent rob young is here. rob, what's nissan saying? nissan says it makes financial sense

to keep production of the x—trail in japan rather than building the new model in sunderland because sales we re model in sunderland because sales were down in europe last year and predicted to keep falling this year. the company says it has taken this decision for business reasons but goes out of its way in its statement today to point out what it calls the continued uncertainty over future trading relations between the uk and the eu after brexit, saying that is not helping it plan for the future. other investment in sunderland, which the company also announced backin which the company also announced back in 2016 at the same time as this one will still go ahead, that is reassuring news for workers but the business secretary greg clark has just the business secretary greg clark hasjust said the business secretary greg clark has just said that this news today isa has just said that this news today is a blow for uk car making and for the north—east of england. the unite union has said, while this is very disappointing, it also reflects the serious challenges facing uk car—makers. serious challenges facing uk car-makers. 0k, thank you. rob

young. an underwater search is under way for the missing plane that was carrying footballer emiliano sala and his pilot. the striker, who had just signed for cardiff city, disappeared with david ibbotson over the english channel 13 days ago. two search ships — one privately—funded and one from the air accidents investigation branch — have begun searching the sea bed off guernsey. daniela relph reports. off the channel islands, the search for emiliano sala and pilot, david ibbotson, has resumed. this vessel was commissioned by the air accident investigation branch, to carry out a survey of the sea bed. working close by is this boat, the morven, paid for by the sala family, after a campaign raised more than £300,000 to fund it. preparing to leave the harbour yesterday with the latest sonar technology on board, the morven‘s crew were hopeful of finding some trace of the aircraft. we tow these sonar just off the sea bed and it gives us

a very high resolution picture. we can pick out small objects, the size of a tyre from a car, so the resolution is really, you know, very, very tight. emiliano sala and pilot, david ibbotson, went missing after their aircraft disappeared on january the 21st, en route from nantes in france, to cardiff. the official search was called off, but almost a week ago, some seat cushions were recovered on a beach in northern france. with the sala family desperate for the search to resume. emiliano sala's club, cardiff city, played their first home game, since his disappearance, yesterday. they won. in a ground filled with tributes to the footballer, with tears from the manager, who said he felt his new star signing had been with them. the latest search will cover four nautical square miles and is expected to last for three days. daniela relph, bbc news. pressure is growing on venezuela's president nicolas maduro,

with britain, and other european countries, european countries, calling for him to declare fresh elections by midnight, or see his rival declared interim president. yesterday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of caracas in rival rallies with opposition leaderjuan guaido vowing his supporters would remain on the streets until the president is removed. mr maduro has said he will not stand down. workers in their 30s have been hit hardest by the effects of the 2008 banking crisis, according to new research. the analysis was carried out by the resolution foundation, a think tank, which focuses on people on lower incomes. it found the average salary for this group of workers was 7% lower than before the crash. victims of crime will be given new rights to challenge the release of violent offenders, under a review of the parole system. the change follows an outcry, last year, over the planned release of the so—called black cab rapist

john worboys. it will mean that victims will not have to go to court to contest parole board decisions. instead, they'll be able to apply to the ministry ofjustice and present their objections. the mother of missing 21—year—old libby squire has thanked her fellow hull university students for searching for her. libby went missing after a night out in the city on thursday. police say they are extremely concerned for her welfare. her family say her disappearance is completely out of character, as megan paterson reports. after another freezing night in hull, police resumed for missing libby squire. her family says her disappearance have left them broken. she was last seen leaving the welly club at 11 o'clock on thursday. she got into a taxi and travelled near to her home, but since then, hasn't been seen. cctv cameras last picked up images

of libby squire here on the junction of beverley road and haworth street at quarter to midnight on thursday. but it's not clear which direction she then travelled. and this area remains a key interest to police. like, swarms of police coming round. yeah, they've been in our back garden, looking in houses and stuff. and just, like, yeah, they've looked through everything. more than 70 officers have been involved in searches so far. the taxi driver who picked her up and a man who spoke to her, as she sat on a bench, have both given help to police. officers continue to appeal for witnesses. people have asked what they can do, to help. we continue to ask those living in that area to check their gardens and outbuildings, in case libby has taken shelter. and if anyone was driving around the area between 11pm on thursday evening and 3am on friday morning and has dash cam footage, we would urge them to come forward by contacting us on 101. on facebook, libby squire's mum, lisa, has thanked everyone

who helped search for her daughter, saying it was a great comfort to know how much her daughter was thought of. megan paterson, bbc news. pope francis will become the first pontiff to visit the arabian peninsula, when he arrives in the united arab emirates later today. abu dhabi's crown prince has invited him to take part in an inter—faith conference. he'll also celebrate mass on tuesday, which is expected to draw tens of thousands of people. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5.35pm, bye for now. as we've been hearing, victims of crime will be given new rights

to challenge the release of violent offenders, under a review of the parole system. it will mean that victims will not have to go to court to contest parole board decisions. instead, they'll be able to apply to the department ofjustice and present their objections. i've been discussing this with mary mason, the chief executive officer of solace, women's aid. she has worked with many victims around the time of the release from prison of their perpetrators. the announcement in itself is good, positive, welcome, but one of the problems with the announcement is it is yet another piecemeal reform of the system which is deeply flawed, and we are working with victims of rape and sexual assault every day, and less than half of the victims who come to us have reported it to the police, because of their lack of confidence in the system, and a lot of those who come to us have their case not

approved on the system. so in the last year we have seen a doubling in reporting to the base in rape and sexual assault and we have not seen that reflected in the number of convictions so in terms of the parole board, this announcement is welcome but we want to see more root and branch look at the system around rape and sexual assault, right from the point of reporting, and why women don't report, and also right the way through to conviction and then to release. you have worked with a lot of women around the time of their abuser‘s release from custody and prison. how traumatic a time is this for those women? often, women don't know when someone is going to be released. only a small number go through the parole board. but when women don't know,

then the perpetrator comes out of prison and knocks on their door or starts to follow them or harass them in some way, that is hugely difficult, tremendously difficult. what women then have to do is, with their children, flee from the home, and they are really concerned that they will be attacked again. and of course, we know that some women are attacked again. that's why we need to look at the whole system. if we keep on putting little bits of reform in, although each of them may be welcome, unless we stand back see why the whole system is failing assault, we don't understand that until we really look at the system, then we are not going to get something that will work for the victims. when you say that women don't know that their abuser is being released from custody, the police, nobody, gets in touch

with them to give them any forewarning about that? no, very often they are not told. they might be given an approximate release date, but sometimes people are released early, sometimes they are released on a friday when it is a bank holiday on the monday, and all sorts of things happen which means that they are not aware that they have actually been released and so they are not able to take safety measures, until something really problematic happens. mary mason, of solace, women's aid. thousands of police officers and civilian staff in england and wales have not been vetted to national standards. new guidelines — designed to weed out rogue recruits — were introduced in 2006, but the bbc has seen figures from 36 forces which show almost 6,000 staff have not had the retrospective checks. the national police chiefs‘ council

says it's working hard to bring that figure down. police say they're very worried about a missing student from the university of reading. daniel williams — who's 19 — was last seen seen in a student union bar in the early hours of thursday. he was reported missing after failing to return to his student accommodation. police say his disappearance is out of character, and have urged the public to report any possible sightings. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may says she has new ideas on brexit ahead of her return to brussels for talks on the irish backstop. nissan says brexit is causing uncertainty, as it confirms that its new suv won't be made in sunderland, but in japan. a new search begins off guernsey today to try to find missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and his pilot. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's richard askam. loss of sound.

iam very i am very apologetic. richard's sound has disappeared between salford and here. let's see if richard can now be heard, all the way from salford. richard, can you hear us? way from salford. richard, can you hearus? ithink way from salford. richard, can you hear us? i think we have solved the problem now! there are two big games coming up in the premier league this afternoon. in the next hour though leicester, who held leaders liverpool in midweek, take on manchester united. it's the first game in a demanding run for united. we start with this game against leicester. fulham away is also a tough one. then you have the three you would call the big ones, psg, chelsea and liverpool after each other. then we have crystal palace away. so it is a tough month, as you say, but we are ready. one game in the scottish premiership

is already under way. leaders celtic are away to stjohnstone and looking to extend their lead at the top to six points. it's approaching half—time in perth and it's currently 0—0. the build—up to the 2019 super bowl is building up ahead of a highly anticipated clash between the new england patriots and the la rams. tom brady and the patriots are led by the most successful coach in super bowl history, bill belichick. while his opposite number sean mcvay is the youngest—ever coach to guide a team to the super bowl. we've been speaking to three—time super bowl winnerjerry rice, who told us what the rams need to do if they're going to win. it'sjerry rice, super bowl xxiii mvp. the three keys for the rams to beat the patriots — offensive—wise they have to control the ball. they have to be able to run the football and keep edelman quiet and also anderson.

what these guys are doing in the play—offs right now is amazing and he's one of those guys who wants the football and he know he can make a play and there's a lot going around, is he a hall of famer and all that? but you have to look at these slot players now and give them credit. you have to be able to stop tom brady. i think he's the greatest of this era. what he has accomplished, you will never see this again, for this guy to be 41 and still be able to do what he's doing is just amazing but you have to start looking at this guy and say he's one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game. my prediction is if they are not able to stop tom brady and edelman and bronk in the offense

the rams don't have a chance. all the action between the rams and the patriots in atlanta will be live on bbc one. coverage starts at 10:45 tonight right through until 4 in the morning so get yourself ready for a late night. there has been british medal success at the freestyle skiing and snowboard world championships. izzy atkin won bronze in the big air over in utah. the 25—year old, who is based in the united states, claimed third place 12 months after winning slopestyle bronze at the winter olympics. it was britain's second medal of the championships. big air will make its olympic debut at the beijing 2022 winter games. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. gladly got you in the end, clear as

a bell. it was worth waiting for. some council—run nurseries are at risk of having to close because of threats to funding, according to a group of mps. maintained nurseries are often in deprived areas and are given "top—up" money to help meet their needs. but that money's under threat, and campaigners say that could devastate the life chances of thousands of vulnerable children. nina warhurst reports. no! billy isn't having his best day. mum! any 3—year—old can feel overwhelmed, but billy's social and communication problems mean he needs extra support, which is what he gets at hindley. how do you think the staff here handle children like billy? fa nta stically. i've never once heard any of them raise their voices. they are just so calm, they're just so understanding. they get it. and it seems really silly because all nurseries do that, but it does — it'sjust different.

maintained nurseries excel. almost two—thirds are rated outstanding by ofsted, but increasingly, they are struggling financially. in 2013, less than 6% of them were in debt. last year, that figure went up to more than 20%. and that's with the extra funding they currently receive from government — funding that could stop next year. sometimes, you can see the relief on the family's faces when they come here and think, "these staff are here to help my child, and they're here to help me." what would happen to hindley without that top—up money? we would not be here. we would close because we would not have enough money. it's that serious? yeah, it's that serious. some children simply have a harder start in life with problems at home or issues with their physical or emotional development. and those are the children who come first in these nurseries — they are guaranteed a place and told that everything possible will be done to close the gaps

in those vital early years. yeah! the government told us they do recognise the excellence of maintained nurseries but they have not decided on long—term funding. this week, mps from both main parties came together to say that's not good enough. i think this would be social vandalism of the worst kind to let these nursery schools go by default, when we don't really want them to go but we cannot actually find the pot of money to keep them open. and it could be autumn before we find out if that pot‘s being provided — too long a wait for some nurseries already making cuts. billy is behaving now that mum's gone, unaware that decisions happening hundreds of miles away could have a profound impact on his future here in wigan. the democratic governor of the us state of virginia, ralph northam, insists he won't resign over a photograph

showing two men in racist costumes in his student yearbook. he'd initially apologised but then said he didn't believe that he was in the picture. chris buckler has the story. ralf northam called the photograph on his own college yearbook page " racist and despicable". on the right of the picture it features a man in blackface and someone in a ku klux klan costume. i am deeply sorry. when it surfaced he immediately released a statement apologising but after countless calls for his resignation, the virginia governor is continuing to fight for his political career and now he has changed his story, claiming he wasn't in the picture. we're here today standing in the very space that codified the law that created slavery. governor northam was elected as a democrat who presented himself as a staunch opponent of racism. there is undeniable anger

among voters in virginia. many simply can't accept he could have made a mistake about appearing in such a photograph. a former soldier and doctor, ralf northam has for years been a respected figure within the democratic party but a politician who had the public support of president obama now has vice presidentjoe biden saying he has lost all moral authority and should resign immediately. at his news conference, ralf northam was questioned about his past, including claims of a very questionable nickname and although he denied being the man in blackface in the yearbook photo, he admitted that on another occasion he had used boot polish to darken his skin to perform as michaeljackson in a talent contest. i had always liked michaeljackson. i actually won the contest because i had learned how to do the moonwalk. mr northam said resigning would be the easy option and as long as he remains governor he faces more

scrutiny of his past and further questions about this controversial picture. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. most raffle winners walk away with a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates. but how would you fancy scooping a six—bedroomed georgian manor house for the cost of a £2 ticket? one woman did exactly that in 2017. but as increasing numbers of properties are sold via raffles, the advertising standards authority is receiving more complaints about prizes that were too good to be true. jon cuthill reports. this was dunstan low in 2017, announcing the winner of his house. i believe you've just won a house. no way! yes! dunstan owned melling manor in lancashire. but with no income and an increasing mortgage, he was £600,000 in debt.

my wife suggested that we give the keys back to the bank and i actually agreed with that, but i said "just let me try one last thing." dunstan gave people the chance to win his manor, selling tickets forjust £2 each. six months later, he gave away the keys. we just saw it take off. £1 million and it was quite unbelievable, the moment — it was such a sense of relief. one leading website that tracks competitions like dunstan‘s says there have been a0 similar ones since his. only two have actually given away a property. last year, this competition was offering the chance to win a £3 million huf haus on the hampshire—dorset border for £25 a ticket. it was a dream, wasn't it? it was! i was sold the dream. quantity surveyorjohn black was one of many who bought a raffle ticket, hoping to win avon place. it wasn't until afterwards when i read the t&cs, it stated that if not enough ticket sales were made,

then a cash prize would be given. you know, that wasn't in the headline on the website. the competition was being run by the property's owners, mr and mrs beresford, who sold around £750,000 worth of tickets. the prize fund given was 110k. you know, where's the rest of the money? the beresfords say huge amounts of money went on advertising, which failed to cover its costs. they say they calculated the price exactly as described in the t&cs, which all entrants had to accept. but that hasn't stopped some disgruntled punters from going to the authorities. andrew bruce is the investigations manager at the advertising standards authority. the rules say that you need to offer the prize or a reasonable equivalent. the onus is on the promoter to make sure if you want to offer a house as a central prize in this promotion, you need to make sure that you can deliver on that promise. the berefords have previously said they fully complied

with all competition rules and would be filing their accounts in line with statutory requirements. they've since told us they have nothing further to add. jon cuthill, bbc news. and you can see more on that story tomorrow night on bbc inside out south, at 7.30pm or on the bbc iplayer. a town in poland has been hosting an unusual skiing event this week — a competition for catholic priests. they took to the slopes in cassocks and crash helmets, hoping to bring the coveted title back to their parishes. bill hayton reports. these boots were made for skiing but that cassock wasn't. no matter, these men have faith and in this event, that's more important than practical skiwear. a sing and a prayer and then the priests hit the piste. ski sunday theme tune.

it may be a slippery slope but the competitors say there's no conflict between skiing and believing. translation: the model for us is stjohn paul ii who went skiing in poland. many of us took an example from him. the churchmen say being in the mountains brings them closer to god. translation: creation is linked to evangelism. there are priests amongst us, amongst some believers, who every day, through entertainment, through such recreation, show how they live by this faith. you might say it's an indulgence but for these roaming catholics, this fun has a serious purpose. bill hayton, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with mel coles.

we've had quite a lot of snow. what is the outlook? it has been quite wintry. for some spots in the coming week it will feel more like spring. we are looking to the atlantic and drawing in some milder air. this afternoon, lots of fine, dry wood to be had, stretching from lancashire across two parts of yorkshire. hazy spills of sunshine, rain starting to make inroads across parts of northern ireland. particularly towards the south and west, not as cold as it has been. that rain continues its journey up towards the north and east accompanied by some blustery winds, and on western coasts exposed spots could of gusts of up to 50 mph. some snow for the highlands, as much as ten centimetres, with that rain pushing

its way towards the south and east, but look at the difference in temperatures, through monday, clearing up day. some rain through parts of scotland, clearing to the east, but lingering longer towards the south and east of england. temperatures for many spots back up into double digits. it will feel very different as we head through the coming week.