does when trying to make decisions. does that chime with your thoughts? well, business has been crying out for certainty since 2016 and two years later it still is. japanese businesses, particularly conservative, we have known that for a longtime and they will go where the certainty lies. they do not want any risk. yes, that is correct in japan has just signed any risk. yes, that is correct in japan hasjust signed a new trade agreement with the uk. there are lots of reasons in the diesel issue and other reasons. peter campbell, the motor industry correspondent, one of the authors of the front page tomorrow, he said that a lot of it was a commercial decision but whether people are pro—or anti—brexit, their view will be shipped by this. yes, people have asked as this being used are

scaremongering again? the car industry is facing a lot of pressure and brexit is another pressure, uncertainty seems to be needed by companies like nissan —— certainty. the nissan decision is notjust because of brexit, it is more nuanced than that. we have got to the point that so much as seen through the prism of brexit that people are very quick to suggest what will work for them and it is more compensated than that. in the grander scheme, uncertainty is creating a niece because we thought this would be sorted by now. helen, let us move to the front page of the independent which continues this theme. the liam neeson interview, we do not have the full interview yet, but he admits wanting to attack a black person after a loved one was raped. but let us concentrate on what we do have it is a story about brexit. what the government did or did not promise nissan to secure that investment. this comes down to

the transparency issue. nicky morgan, chairman of the treasury select committee said that we should have known about this letter before i'iow. have known about this letter before now. you have only given it to us because you have come under pressure. this is really important in the whole brexit context and what is being promised to businesses and what is not being promised. yet another problem, between members of the same party again, about brexit, and the transparency around this issue. presumably this is quite the current argument in westminster, just how much the tensions exist within and between parties, and presumably that is not getting any easier, is it? no, ithink that this specific case, the reason that nicky morgan is commentating on it is that the government assured us there would be no special deal. and there have been questions over whether thatis

have been questions over whether that is fair given the sum. nicky morgan and the treasury select committee, that is why she has taken such an active interest in this. but it is definitely the case that party lines feels like a very old thing and even when you look in the commons chamber and people are sitting within their parties, there are sitting within their parties, there a re lots of sitting within their parties, there are lots of fractures that were not there previously. you have remain corners and leave corners. as an outsider, i would corners and leave corners. as an outsider, iwould not corners and leave corners. as an outsider, i would not know that. but lam sure outsider, i would not know that. but i am sure it is happening. and then the cross—party conversations that are happening. the treasury, ithink greg clark will continue to suggest that this was not the special deal, because there are grants and support is available to businesses that apply for them. but the fact that in 2016 at the time, on the bbc he refused six times to answer any questions about the detail as to what had been agreed with nissan, it kind of throws a straight light over

it. people out on the left, that is pa rt it. people out on the left, that is part of the problem with the eu and if we are out we will have state aid and we could make the rules to help companies ourselves. that is one suggestion that people will put. yes, jeremy corbyn used to be of the view that he wanted to be out of the limits of state aid on the eu and thatis limits of state aid on the eu and that is almost a special case for brexit. the left—wing argument. at the moment i do not think that is consistent with their position on brexit, when we know what it is! let us move on. brexit, when we know what it is! let us move on. helen, the male, this is quite a striking promise that the government is going to make, we are told any speech tomorrow. sure, there has been a lot of interest in social media and the impact this is having on children and their mental health, even leading to suicide. the dreadful images that they are exposed to which encourages it in

some cases. this is the government response that there will be some legally binding code of conduct that the social media organisations will have to sign up to. however, it is light on how that will be implemented, exactly what constitutes a social media company. there are lots of different channels available. so, ithink there are lots of different channels available. so, i think everyone there are lots of different channels available. so, ithink everyone is concerned about this, but it is trying to bring control to something that could be uncontrollable. there area number of that could be uncontrollable. there are a number of questions, katie, those that helen mentioned but also what happens if you refuse to sign up what happens if you refuse to sign up to the code of conduct? what happens if you sign up and break the code of conduct, and how do you make that enforceable against companies that enforceable against companies that are international? yes, and given the scale and volume of these things that you can access, how do you even have that reach or keep control of it? we have a situation

where our government is struggling to get to grips with the effects of these web giants and companies, because it is no longer that it is something that can be easily controlled. perhaps this law does not apply to us, we are based elsewhere, that is what some companies might suggest. ultimately, you cannot have a voluntary code because it is not effective. you can have a code of conduct but it is not at all clear, are they going to get fines if they fail to comply? and given the profit margins, many of these companies do not technically make a profit. so they are not subject to corporation tax. yes, there are lots of loopholes around us. there are lots of loopholes around us. and you are talking about how to close some of these loopholes! there could be an international solution, perhaps, whether it is around privacy or the assault on children

or around taxation, doing it in isolation is probably not going to be effective. you are a mother of teenage children. has your own experience changed your perspective on this? it has, my youngest turned around to me some time ago and said, "mother, you do not live like us," when i was talking about controlling social media and their ability to access information add multitask and use it productively, and that... those points have also been made, so much good can come from the sharing of information. but it is such a different way of life. i think my generation have difficulty getting our heads around it. we are in the same generation. katie is a little bit behind us. you are in the middle, you come from the digital generation but it has progressed so far since presumably you were a teenager. yes, much of it seems

alien to me when i am reading about it. in the telegraph, they are suggesting that if the plan we have heard about sales and they cannot get the companies to do as they want, they are talking about how to help children fend off online abuse. one idea is from the age of five giving children ideas as to what cou nts giving children ideas as to what counts as consent online. that seems very removed from my experience growing up. as you read further down it becomes clearer that by consent they are not suggesting... it can be lots of different things depending on the age group. it could be they consent to share a picture, something as simple as that. there isa something as simple as that. there is a statistic here which says that one in 25 primary school children had been sent or shown a naked or seminaked image by an adult. so i think it is about your awareness on that. i find it think it is about your awareness on that. ifind it slightly think it is about your awareness on that. i find it slightly shocking. what i find interesting is the

ability to remove consent. if you are a schoolchild and someone is pulling you, you can remove consent. yes, to have the tools to suggest, i do not want to see this now. yes, one concept that goes across as the duty of care and to try to get that ethical concept within businesses, when they are —— whether they are global mega— giants are not, ultimately, the public will lose trust in these institutions unless they can demonstrate that duty of care. so it is in their own interests as well. yes, good commercial sense. let as end. michaeljones, i love that you refer to him as the digital minister. let as end on something optimistic and hopeful, the start of the new year tomorrow, katie. yes, it is the year of the pig. we have been doing our

research. it is good for the chinese economy, they sell billions to celebrate every time. perseverance and determination, all to do with the pack. we should all be wealthy and successful if all goes to plan. 0k, and successful if all goes to plan. ok, any tips as to how we should celebrate the chinese new year? london putts chinatown is fantastic the dragons and the food and every year it gets bigger and better. so i think it is absolutely fantastic. there is a message for theresa may in the yearof there is a message for theresa may in the year of the pack. once they set a goal, they will pursue it until it has achieved. perhaps she isa peg, until it has achieved. perhaps she is a peg, i do not know. i know that hillary clinton is. this is to do with the year in which they were born. yes, that's right. with the year in which they were born. yes, that's rightlj

with the year in which they were born. yes, that's right. i think thatis born. yes, that's right. i think that is fair. theresa may has today been enthusiastically tweeting about the year of the pack, so perhaps she is trying to get in that state of mind going forward. and when you think that as we speak, china is experiencing a slowdown in its economy, i guess many people in china itself would be looking for any signs of optimism wherever they can find it. and it makes the point that given how much money goes into the economy in china around this time of year, everyone will be looking to see whether it has affected consumer confidence. looking to see whether it has affected consumer confidencem looking to see whether it has affected consumer confidence. it is the biggest holiday of the year in china and! the biggest holiday of the year in china and i hope they are enjoying themselves with their friends and family, and in offices up and down the country. absolutely. we will not wish you happy new yearjust yet, we will wait for another hour because we have the papers again at 11:30pm. katie and helen will be back. thanks for your company, i will be back with the news at 11pm.

for many that's all that is left of the disruptive snow, just little patches here and there because it was a milder story right across the country. we did have some rain easing away from the south—east and it stays cloudy and drizzly, but look further south and west across cardiff, a beautiful afternoon, iii degrees is the high. that cold snap isa degrees is the high. that cold snap is a distant memory. this is the story throughout the day, the cloud lingered in the south—east but behind it we had the sunshine. some shower clouds up to the far north—west and they will tend to fade away to the north—west of the great glen over the next few hours. with clearer skies, temperatures will fall. the exception perhaps we have seen that rain and moisture, we could have some fog forming. some dents and places across the south and may be through the vale of york as well. the blue tones deleting temperatures falling below freezing so another chilly start, not as cold

as it has been and maybe we will keep those temperatures above freezing in the south. but that fog will lift and then as the breeze picks up and it is picking up with the arrival of these weather fronts moving on from the atlantic. showery outbreaks of rain from the west as they continue to push steadily east. sheltered eastern area should cling onto a little bit of brightness but a cooler field, 6 onto a little bit of brightness but a coolerfield, 6 degrees, highest values for the south—west, 11 or 12. the weather fronts will move steadily west to east through the night and bring some rain, some quite heavy for a time, as it clears away leaving a trail of showers to the far north—west. for the west of scotla nd the far north—west. for the west of scotland and northern ireland, we could have a showery day, sunshine coming through elsewhere and the tail end of that weather front on the coast bringing that weather for the coast bringing that weather for the south—east corner for a time. temperatures remaining at ten or 11, a little bit fresher, up to nine further north. as we move from

wednesday to thursday, it will be a breezy affair and showery, but a largely cloudy day for some, sunny spells coming through. as we move out of thursday, more of low pressure beginning to push in from the atlantic and this could bring some wet and windy weather, perhaps even gates on the southern ftank some wet and windy weather, perhaps even gates on the southern flank of that though as it moves across the country, threatening during the ea rty pa rt country, threatening during the ea rty part of country, threatening during the early part of friday. this is bbc news.

i'm shaun ley. the headtines at 11:00pm: the government says nissan will have to re—appty for millions of pounds of taxpayer support after backtracking on its promise to build a new car model in sundertand. it's deepty disappointing to me and to the workforce that the extra jobs that would have come from the x—trait will no longer be available. underwater footage from the plane carrying the footbatter, emitiano sata, and his pitot, shows a body in wreckage located off the coast of guernsey lorries coming to the uk from europe will be able to enter the country without making any customs declarations at the border in the event of a no—deat brexit. the uk and 1a other eu nations have formatty recognised venezuela's opposition teaderjuan guaido as the country's interim president. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth took at the papers