this is bbc news. the headlines at apm: nissan says brexit is causing uncertainty as it confirms that its new suv won't be made in sunderland, but in japan. theresa may says she has new ideas on brexit ahead of her return to brussels for talks on the irish backstop. a new underwater search is taking place off guernsey to find missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and his pilot. hundreds of students join police to search for libby squire, who disappeared in hull on thursday night. police say they're extremely concerned for her welfare. essex county fire and rescue service say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraft at belchamp walter. victims of crime will be given new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders from prison, after a review in england and wales. nissan has confirmed

that its next—generation x—trail people—carrier, originally planned for its sunderland plant, will instead be made in injapan. three years ago, the company said it would build a new version of its vehicle at the site, after getting government assurances about the impact of brexit. but, in a letter to its workers in sunderland today, the firm says the planned investment has now been withdrawn. the business secretary greg clark says the news is a blow to the car industry but insisted nissan had reiterated its commitment to the uk, and sunderland in particular. the nissan europe chairman released a statement saying... one of sunderland's mps, labour's julie elliott, has been giving her reaction to the news, to our reporter stuart whincup.

it's devastating news for our city and the region. any loss of future production at the plant makes it less stable but i can't say i'm not surprised. the uncertainty around brexit is always a factor now in any decisions made in manufacturing. it has been said there are other reasons about diesel. you feel that brexit is a big thing? well, diesel, there's no denying the downturn in diesel production, but they are consolidating in one plant and i genuinely feel they would have consolidated in sunderland if we hadn't had the uncertainty around brexit. and if you read the letter they put out to staff in the last hour that seems to be what they are saying, it played a role in their decision—making. and to be fair to nissan, can you blame them? we are ready to leave the eu in a matter of weeks and there is no certainty around on what terms trade will be done. businesses can't sustain that kind of uncertainty. what do you feel aboutjobs here?

because there was talk when this was first announced the model was going to be made 200 jobs as well as safeguarding otherjobs. well, those jobs won't come. i mean, there weren't anyjob losses thank goodness with this announcement but what it does is it means the certainty of the plant going forward is less stable. and something else has to come in to replace the jobs that they would have kept people working on the extra model. so there may not be immediate job losses with this announcement but certainly down the line something has to fill the gap. unite the union are due to meet with nissan in sunderland tomorrow morning. their acting national officer steve bush joins us now. this is not news that was expected. what has been the reaction among your workers? yeah, this has totally

come out of the blue and it is a bit ofa come out of the blue and it is a bit of a shock to our workers. the reaction was one of disbelief. they had been forthcoming with information. we have a really good relationship with nissan and they normally give heads up and we have discussion with them. the timing was not great with it being a weekend so we have a lot of anxious members contacting other asking what is going on. i was looking back at the original announcement three years ago and it was done at the time when ghosn was chief executive. do you have a sense that the company is changing at a much higher level than just in the uk and this is one of the effects? no. iwould just in the uk and this is one of the effects? no. i would go along the effects? no. i would go along the lines of a number of challenging issues that faces the sector, brexit

first and foremost, but we have also had nissan's message that was put out, the diesel. and the uncertainty of the future trading arrangements which does not help. at this stage without speculating it is more along the lines that there is the number of issues out there. the company themselves say it is less about brexit although they are frustrated by the uncertainty but more about the commercial future of this kind of vehicle. that raises longer term concerns for the people working in the car industry in the uk. there would've been additionaljobs created which will be created. do you have the students seeing —— you have the reassurance of them saying there would be any cuts but longer

term what about the future employability for generations? we must be very clear in our message. there is nojob must be very clear in our message. there is no job losses at the time when we have seen significantjob losses across the sector at jaguar land rover and potentially at ford. we're not talking aboutjob losses. we're not talking aboutjob losses. we are moving forward. there is a number of issues and questions to be asked. we will be putting these questions to management tomorrow when we meet at the site and we will be looking for reassurance is moving forward. coupled with uncertainty across the sector this is not something that is just there with regards to nissan. what about the impact on the supply chain that the factory relies upon? presumably there are a lot of relatively small businesses who depend on work from the nissan plant. yes. nissan has

7000 workers employed directly and in the supply chain we believe there are 30,000-40,000. in the supply chain we believe there are 30,000—40,000. there's going to bea are 30,000—40,000. there's going to be a knock—on effect and members will want to hear what effect that will want to hear what effect that will be. we should not scaremongering at this stage because although we have lost the future generation we will be receiving the new generation cash and thejoke. there will be some impact but it will be minimal. still new investment to come. 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... so, what are those new ideas the prime minister mentions? so far, the eu has ruled out 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. well, i spoke tojonathan blake and asked him if there was any sign of movement on the european side. no. it is very difficult to see even with this renewed mandate that theresa may believes she has and new ideas which she says she has, we are not sure what they are because so far everything the government has suggested has been rejected by brussels out of hand. you have to listen to what has come from the irish side this morning with the deputy prime minister writing in the sunday times that the backstop, there to stop a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, is a fundamental part of the withdrawal agreement and anything the uk has suggested,

a time limit or exit mechanism, would render it redundant. he says it is something the european union will not renegotiate on. that is one of 27 member states. there may be others who are more inclined to help theresa may but there are a lot of minds that she has to change. we keep coming back to the point if there is no deal on the 29th of march, if we leave the agreement, we will leave on that date but without an agreement, then the so—called hard border is supposed to be instituted so in a sense there is a sense of the irish and the rest of the european union cutting their nose to spite their face. yes, in one way it is talking at cross purposes because no deal means potentially a hard border because there would be different regimes in place on either side. northern ireland would be

part of the uk, a third country outside the eu, and the republic of ireland would continue to be a member state of the eu. the uk and ireland would have to work together to have bilateral agreement to ensure the border would stay open and both sides have said in any case there will be an open border. why are we arguing about the backstop? why have it there? that is the argument that some brexiteers are making, that it is being used and has been used all along as a false hurdle for the uk tojump over. an underwater search is taking place 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 accident 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 the 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 onjanuary 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. the latest search will cover four nautical square miles and is expected to last for three days. the headlines on bbc news: nissan says brexit is causing uncertainty as it confirms that its new suv won't be made in sunderland, but in japan. the business secretary greg clark called the decision "a blow to the sector and the region". theresa may says she has new ideas on brexit ahead of her return to brussels for talks on the irish backstop. a new underwater search is taking place off guernsey 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 karthi. good afternoon. interesting changes amongst the top six this weekend. manchester city are down in third place and will be looking to bounce back from their midweek defeat at newcastle, when they play arsenal at liz30pm. manchester united are back up to fifth after a 1—0 win at leicester. the game was marcus rashford's 100th in the premier league and the 21—year—old celebrated by putting his side ahead in the tenth minute. leicester created plenty of chances but i—0 it remained. united are back to fifth place, for now. in the scottish premiership, celtic are six points clear at the top of the table after a 2—0 win over stjohnstone. timothy weah, son of former world player of the year george, scored celtic‘s second goal, just as stjohnstone had been

looking like they might equalise. the women's fa cup has reached the fourth round stage. teams through to the fifth round include super league side west ham and championship sides manchester united, bristol city, london bees and tottenham ladies. there are games still being played. now some cricket news and west indies captain jason holder will miss the third test against england in st lucia after being suspended by the icc because of a slow over rate in the second match in antigua. windies won the game inside three days yesterday to take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series. 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 0lympic debut at the beijing 2022 winter games. tonight sees the highly anticipated superbowl liii 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 belicheck. while his opposite number sean mcvay is the youngest—ever coach to guide a team to the superbowl. bbc sport has been speaking to three—time super bowl winner jerry rice who told us what the rams will 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 knows 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 players now and give them credit. you have to be able to stop tom brady. i think he's the greatest of this year. 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 of the game. my prediction is if they are not able to stop tom brady and edelman and bronk, the rams don't have a chance. all the action between the patriots and the rams in superbowl liii

in atlanta will be live on bbc one. coverage starts at 10:45pm and goes right through until 4am. you can also follow the action on the bbc sport app and website. you will need coffee and snacks! 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 anotherfreezing night in hull police searches have resumed for missing libby squire. her family says her disappearance has left them broken. she was last seen leaving the welly club at 11pm 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 here. 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. elsewhere thames valley police say they're very worried about a missing student from the university of reading. daniel williams, who is 19, was last seen in a student union bar in the early hours of thursday. he was reported missing after failing to return to his student accommodation. at a news conference this afternoon, police say they've been searching around the university grounds and daniel's student house. his disappearance is said to be out of character, and they've urged the public to report any possible sightings of him. from the university of reading, caroline davies sent this update. this is the last place that daniel williams was seen around iam on thursday morning here on the university of reading's campus. he is 19 years old. his parents have said this is very out of character for him.

they have described him as a happy and normal teenager. when he left this club he was described as wearing black or blue jeans, a black hooded top and black shoes with a black t—shirt with a white motif on it. police today have renewed their appeal to find out where daniel might be. thames valley police have been searching the grounds of reading university and surrounding area and continue to do so until daniel is found. a lot of police officers on site over the last few days looking for daniel and also many more officers that you can't see carrying out investigation tasks behind—the—scenes. that search that the police were speaking about has been taking place across these grounds and also in particular focusing on the woods just behind me. that's where the university lake is. he was on a path just next to the lake. it's still very cold here in reading. you can see that there is snow on the ground and the lake is at the moment frozen over.

the police also appealed directly to daniel and they told him that he wouldn't be in trouble but to get directly in touch with them if he can see this appeal because many people want to know where he is. emergency services are at the scene of what they're describing as a "serious incident" after reports of a light aircraft coming down near a landing strip in north essex. essex police has confirmed officers were called to belchamp walter, near the border with suffolk, at around midday. pressure is growing on venezuela's president nicolas maduro, with britain and other western countries calling for him to declare fresh elections by midnight or see his rival declared interim leader. president trump in a cbs interview has said that sending military to venezuela is an option and tht he had turned down mr maduro's request for a meeting. 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. 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 department ofjustice and present their objections. earlier i spoke to david greenwood, a lawyer working with survivors of sexual abuse. the small print is that the same criteria as are required forjudicial review which is an extremely high bar to overturn a decision would be required before this mechanism is invoked. it seems to add more layers of bureaucracy.

there seems to be a filter whereby an individual who is unhappy with the decision has to write to the secretary of state within 21 days, he or she then has to decide whether or not that should be passed onto the parole board. the parole board then sends it to the judge, another filter, who can then send it through to the parole board for a review. it seems like there is more bureaucracy being brought into the system. i appreciate a judicial review by an individual victim or group of victims is a challenging way to do things but to add more layers of bureaucracy to the system doesn't seem to be a solution. the solution would be to lower the bar ofjudicial review in these cases because the victims that i speak to are unhappy that the parole board allow offenders out early

from their sentences. when they attend court and achieve convictions a sentence is given and they expect that that sentence has to be served by the offender. for parole boards to allow a person out early many people find to be an affront. so a change in the criteria to allow perhaps the secretary of state to intervene where it is not in the public interest to release early would have been a better solution. what thejohn worboys case did was cause a shift in thinking. politicians seem at least to have engaged with that and we have had changes to the parole board itself and the way it operates. injohn worboys‘ case the decision was revoked and he will continue to serve time in prison. in terms of sentences that is down

to government policy, not something you can blame on the parole board. they are given parameters. yes. what i am talking about on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse is that their understanding, and it is borne out by the evidence, is that sex offenders do not tend to offend in isolation and tend to offend multiple times and so decisions on early release they see as an affront. they see it as counter—productive and exposing individuals in society to the risk of more harm. looking at the way in which the parole board looks at sex offenders is probably a better way of looking at things. 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. pope francis will become the first pontiff to visit the arabian peninsula, when he arrives in the united arab emirates later. the pope boarded his plane at rome's fiumicino airport this afternoon. he's expected to arrive in the emirates this evening. abu dhabi's crown prince has invited him to take part in an inter—faith conference. during his two—day visit, he will meet officials and celebrate mass in a stadium, which is expected to draw tens of thousands of people. sikhs who carry small swords, known as kirpans, for religious reasons, say they are facing discrimination and harassment amid concerns about terrorism and heightened security.

some sikhs have been questioned at airports, while another was banned from a theme park. now campaigners are hoping for clearer legislation to protect their right to continue carrying the kirpan. alex strangeways—booth reports. long hair, cotton underwear, a wooden comb, steel bangle, and a small sword called a kirpan — all a vital part of a baptised sikh's identity. jagmeet singh was questioned at gatwick airport, while meeting his family off a flight. a member of the public had reported a man carrying a knife. i could see if there was a concealed weapon of some sort and someone was acting dodgy in any way, but i'm literally a family man picking up my young family. this was quite disheartening in the fact that people who really should be aware had no idea. it's notjust airport security who will stop sikhs wearing the kirpan. one family's experience of being banned from a theme park led to a change of policy at nearly

all the major tourist attractions in the uk — but you still can't get on the london eye if you're wearing one. the experiences of jagmeet and those like him have prompted a sikh education charity to launch a leaflet campaign and to get out and about to educate the public about the kirpan. for a sikh, a kirpan represents a religious honour and a blessing, it's a symbol of defence but in today's world, they say they wouldn't use it as a weapon. in the general world today, a sikh goes about wearing a kirpan all the time, but it's genrally out of sight. a sikh is someone who wakes in the morning and they meditate, and also when it comes to our practices, we stay away from alcohol, we stay away from drugs,. so when it comes to a sikh, they're there to detect other people.