today at five, theresa may holds talks with eu leaders, to try to secure changes to her brexit withdrawal agreement. the prime minister says she will negotiate hard and that she's committed to delivering brexit on time. i'm clear that i am going to deliver brexit. i'm going to deliver it on time. that's what i'm going to do for the british public. i'll be negotiating hard in the coming days to do just that. but the president of the european council donald tusk said there was no breakthrough in sight. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn sets out five demands that could see labour back a brexit deal parliament. the head of instagram pledges to "remove all graphic images of self harm" from the platform. i think we have an immense amount of responsibility. i think that it's clear that we aren't where we need to be on the issues of self—harm and suicide. a search team recovers a body from the wreckage of the plane carrying the footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson. it's 5 o'clock, our main story.

theresa may has been in brussels meeting eu leaders in an effort to secure changes to the brexit withdrawal agreement. the prime minister said she will be negotiating hard despite brussels saying there was no breakthrough in sight. we can now join we can nowjoin ros atkins in brussels. the light is fading on this thursday afternoon in brussels and as predictably as night follows day there were a couple of negotiating positions set out today that we knew we would see coming. the prime minister came here to tell the eu that parliament has

instructed her that the withdrawal deal must change if it is to be approved by the uk parliament. we knew she would say that but we knew thatjean—claude juncker, donald tusk and the other senior officials she met would tell her there's no possibility of opening their withdrawal deal. as such those positions haven't changed. what we have got is a further commitment from both sides to keep listening to each other and keep talking to each other. they've said that before but we haven't confirmed from michel barnier and the brexit secretary will meet to continue those talks —— we have confirmed. first, the prime minister. i've had a good series of meetings, robust but constructive. i've set out our clear position that we must secure a legally binding changes to their withdrawal agreement to deal with the concerns parliament has over the backstop. taking that change to the backstop with the other work we're doing on workers' rights and other issues,

we'll deliver a stable majority in parliament and that is what i will continue to push for. it's not going be easy but presidentjuncker and i have agreed that talks will start to find a way to get this over the line and deliver on the concerns that parliament has so we get a majority in parliament. and i'm clear that i'm going to deliver brexit, i'm going to deliver it on time. that's what i'm going to do for the british public. i'm going to be negotiating ha rd public. i'm going to be negotiating hard to do that. but you keep asking for changes to the withdrawal agreement and the eu very firmly keeps saying no. donald tusk said some of your colleagues should be sent to hell in the end yesterday. aren't you stuck in some sort of purgatory? no, i've raised with president tusk the comments he made which caused dismay in the uk. we must have a close relationship with

the uk and the eu in the future and that's what he should be focusing oi'i. that's what he should be focusing on. but why do you believe that in the end they may change their minds? everything that comes out of the mouths of european leaders says they will not change that part of the agreement, the divorce deal. i've set out clearly the position in parliament that we must have legally binding changes to the withdrawal agreement in order to deal with parliament pass concerns over the backstop. what i see from leaders is a desire to work together to make sure we can deliver the uk leaving the eu with a deal. my work is to deliver brexit, to deliver it on time and i'm going to be negotiating ha rd time and i'm going to be negotiating hard in the coming days to do that. thank you. laura kuenssberg asking the prime minister questions. a lot of you will be wondering, and we have a tweet from donald tusk to throw into the mix. yesterday's tweet about a special place in hell caused a firestorm. this one is not

as exciting but he says that there is no breakthrough although talks will continue. damian grammaticas joins us. damian grammaticasjoins us. it is everything and it is nothing. damian grammaticasjoins us. it is everything and it is nothingm damian grammaticasjoins us. it is everything and it is nothing. it is buying mrs may more time. she walked out of the meetings here saying she had to get the binding change, that legal change to the backstop and she has been told it isn't coming and not happening. so we have this fuzziness that there is going to be talks next week between the negotiators on both sides. we understand the british side are going to come in and say here are some alternative ideas for the backstop. the eu have already said no, not good enough, but what they are offering is talks about that accompanying political declaration which mrs may, i think, most probably won't fly back home. pushing the can down the road still.

people will say that it is nine days since the brodie amendment, quite a lot of time to get your ducks lined up, and 18 months before this. -- the brady amendment. why are they looking at it again? the eu side have said to mrs may, come up with new ideas, if you have anything put it on the table. that is what is going on back in london. she is trying to find something that could get through but we know that after all this talk it is unlikely. the only thing the eu are offering at the moment is something about speeding up the progress after brexit for a new relationship, which may mean never having to use the backstop idea but it doesn't change the fundamental idea of the backstop, which is the problem that mrs may has. i think we are still at a point where the real crunch

decision of which way she goes, what kind of deal does see put down, it has not been taken. thank you. damien is following the politicians. vicki young is following politicians in westminster. to pick up on that point, fascinating here in brussels to see how the eu doesn't see this just about replacing the backstop or changing it, they would much prefer to reach a softer version of brexit. the question is whether that can command a majority in the commons. firstly a permanent customs union, something that today is being proposed by the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. the other question is whether theresa may would go for it. she's made a clear decision since that historic defeat on her own deal. she had a choice, can she read out and try and soften the brexit and have a closer relationship with the eu after brexit and maybe get

some labour party mps the eu after brexit and maybe get some labour party mp5 on side or was she still determined to get her own eurosceptics onside and her partners, the dup, and that is the rotary has decided to go down. that hasn't stopped jeremy corbyn coming up hasn't stopped jeremy corbyn coming up with what he says is a genuine offer listing the things he says he wants. it has been watered down. labour had a policy of saying they wanted the same benefits as the uk currently has in the single market. that has gone away but even the offer from corbyn has caused a row in his party because he has divisions amongst his own mps as much as mine has. some in his party are looking at maybe backing theresa may's deal, just a few of them. others want a norway style closer relationship. others want another referendum. what does he want? that has been the key. many feel he is relu cta nt has been the key. many feel he is reluctant to go down the road of another referendum. his brexit

spokesman sir keir starmer seems to be more on the side of that. there has been a backlash, the letter laying out the options, another referendum wasn't in them so they had to quickly clarify. this letter sets out, in clear terms, that the prime minister is to abandon her brexit red lines. it does not rule out the option of a second referendum, a public vote, and jeremy corbyn is going to write to members to assure them about that. that's what's happened, a whatsapp message going out to labour mps really to try and calm them down. jeremy corbyn is very mindful of the very many labour voters, especially in the north of england, who voted for brexit. the party membership and many of his own mps are not in the same place, so it's a dilemma for him. there are mps in his party including owen smith, who challenged him for the leadership of the party, who asked asked today whether they

feel they could stay in the party with this policy. —— who were asked. that is a question i and others will have to consider. the truth i think is that brexit is not compatible with my values. it is a right—wing, nativist project, fuelled by lies, delivered deceitfully in 2016 and we've got to be truthful about those things. we've got to challenge what the tories are currently doing and we've got to be honest with people. it's going to be bad for britain and out it's going to be bad for britain and our constituents. a lot of chat in westminster about what labour mps like owen smith would do. i don't agree much with what jeremy corbyn is doing. if jeremy agree much with what jeremy corbyn is doing. ifjeremy corbyn doesn't ta ke is doing. ifjeremy corbyn doesn't take them down the road of another referendum, what will they do? will they leave the party? if so, when will they act? no one is sure. thank you. let's look at the story of the

labour party from brussels. julie ward is a labour mep. how did you react when you saw the letter from jeremy corbyn with his five tests? well, i think they're sensible. they're trying to reach out. but it's clear that the tories won't play ball with us and that's because for us, it's really important that peace in northern ireland is maintained, soa peace in northern ireland is maintained, so a hard border is absolutely impossible. and the backstop is sacrosanct. it isn't negotiable. what's really important is that labour wants to make sure that we don't become a pound shop britain. we want to make sure we still have employment rights, that we are aligned with the progress in brussels. it is a shift from the labour policy saying they didn't

wa nt to labour policy saying they didn't want to sacrifice any of the benefits of being in the european union. some actually have to go?m isn't a shift. it still talks... union. some actually have to go?m isn't a shift. it still talks. .. a lot of mps think it is a shift. chuka umunna said he was totally demoralised. i don't think it's a shift and the people's vote is still oi'i shift and the people's vote is still on the table. really? this search labour as a party that supports brexit and is putting out a plan to deliver it. no, it doesn't. it says we have our demands and they are the demands of a progressive social and democratic party. one that wishes to ensure we have workers' rights, that we don't keep leaking jobs, though that we don't have capital flight. so it's important that we find a way to maintain our relationship with the eu. as you will know, because you come here to work a great deal, the politicians in brussels, at the

top, would prefer a softer version of brexit such asjeremy corbyn has outlined. as such, if theresa may turned around and said ok, i'll move away from the hardline brexiteers and work with labour, would you support labour working with her to make this happen, to make brexit happen? i think what's important is that whatever the deal is, it is put back to the people. people are talking about that in westminster. maybe there can be a better deal. the withdrawal agreement... to come back to the question, you would support labour working with the conservatives to deliver brexit? no, no, i wouldn't do that at all. i have said it should be put back to the people. the people did not vote to be poorer. they did not vote to have theirjobs put at risk. your party leader is suggesting a plan which heath suggests —— he suggests won't make people poorer and will

deliver brexit. we all know that it doesn't matter what kind of brexit it is, there is a price to pay, ok? the price is that we aren't a member of the club and we can't help to make the rules and we've already seen over the last two and a half years a huge drop in our gdp, masses ofjobs going. julie ward, a member ofjobs going. julie ward, a member of the european parliament. and the continuation of these discussions won't just continuation of these discussions won'tjust go into this evening but over the next few weeks as well. yes, of course. thanks. the bank of england has warned that it expects the economy to grow this year at its slowest rate for a decade partly because of brexit. the bank is keeping interest rates unchanged at 0.75 %. this is what the governor of the bank mark carney had to say a little earlier. the fog of brexit is causing short—term volatility in the economic data and more fundamentally is creating a series of tensions in

the economy, tensions for business. many companies are stepping up contingency planning, but the economy as a whole is not yet prepared for a no deal, no transition exit. as one example, half the businesses in the latest survey by the bank's agents are not ready for such a possibility and on balance, respondents expect output, employment and investment to contract substantially if it were to occur. a body seen in the wreckage of the plane carrying the footballer, emiliano sala and the pilot david ibbotson has been recovered. it hasn't yet been formally identified. the light aircraft was found on the seabed in the channel on sunday, two weeks after it disappeared during a flight from nantes in france to cardiff. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in portland on the south coast. this is the latest stage in what has been an extremely difficult and sensitive process for everyone

involved, particularly of course the two men's families. the ship that brought in the recovered body docked in portland this morning but it's still not clear whether it is the body of emiliano sala or the pilot, david ibbotson. all the police are saying is that both men's families are being kept fully informed. the red and white recovery ship that brought the body to shore docked at portland just after nine o'clock this morning. a few minutes later, this team of forensic police officers and others went on board. they stayed on the ship for more than two hours. emiliano sala and his pilot david ibbotson died last month, though it's not clear which body has now been recovered. that operation here in portland will be watched by both men's families at their homes, in argentina, and in north lincolnshire.

the two men had been flying from france to wales when their aircraft went down here in the english channel. the search vessel used a submersible to carry out the lifting operation in what was said to be as dignified a way as possible. the men's families have been kept informed throughout. accident investigators say the body was removed separate from the wreckage and that it wasn't possible to recover the plane itself, because of poor weather conditions on the surface. that operation has now been suspended for what is called the foreseeable future, although the enquiry team says it has already gathered valuable video evidence. throughout the past two weeks, cardiff city fans have made their grief clear about the loss of emiliano sala. many were upset at this week's news that his former club, nantes, had asked cardiff city to pay his £15 million transfer fee before the search for his body has been concluded. this lunchtime, a small convoy

of vehicles carrying the body that has been recovered made its way out of portland port. the next stage will be for the dorset coroner to begin his work. duncan kennedy, bbc news in portland. the body has been moved along the coast to bournemouth, where the coroner is based. dorset police say that a postmortem examination will ta ke that a postmortem examination will take place, although there has been no time put on it. they also say that an inquest will be open for the formal identification of the body but as yet, no time or date has been given for that either. thank you. the number of fatal stabbings has hit its highest level since 1916. the office for

the office for national statistics says 285 people were killed with a knife or sharp instrument in the year to last march. 36 percent of victims were under 25 years old. and the number of victims who are black is also at its highest level. police say that finding libby squire remains their top priority. officers were seen taking evidence bags away from the property on raglan street, close to where libby was last seen. it has affected everybody, with being such a young girl, when you've got kids of your own. i can't imagine what parents are going through. everyone is

feeling quite shaken up. people are worried about the student areas not being safe and this has contributed. i note that none of us are going out. the man believed to belong to the man in custody has been towed away. despite an extensive search, libby's whereabouts are still unknown. this is a residential area popular with students and close to the university of hull and last night at about 9pm officers came here to arrest a man in connection with the disappearance of libby squire. there has been a continued police presence through the day and we've seen crime police presence through the day and we've seen crime scene police presence through the day and we've seen crime scene investigators going in and out of the property all morning. there's been intense police activity around a park a short walk from libby's home and over the last couple of days of specialist officers from the marine unit have been seen wading through a nearby

pond. friends and family have described libby as kind, thoughtful and beautiful. her parents that they —— say they are broken without her. it follows the death of the teenager molly russell who killed herself after viewing material on self—harm online. angus crawford sat down with the girl's father and i got suggested accounts to follow, so suddenly i followed one or two of them and instagram was saying, you are interested in

self—harm, would you like to follow these accounts? you were guided to how to commit suicide, how to hang yourself, how to tie a noose. i have pictures of that. i have reported loads and other friends have reported these accounts and what generally happens is you get a message saying it does not breach the community guidelines. as a mum i would like to remove it from my children's devices. you need to take a stand and you need to do something now, not look at it and leave it for months. you need to do something now because children are dying and you have a moral responsibility. that's what a proportion of british society feels about your platform. what do you think of that? i mean it's powerful, heavy stuff. we have an immense amount of responsibility. it's clear we aren't yet where we need to be on issues of self—harm

and suicide. what they are saying is that they feel instagram is a dangerous place. yes, that's clearly what they're saying. most of what they have done is look for and discovered self—harm content and suicide content. one of the things that's important is that we've approached self—harm and suicide for approached self—harm and suicide for a long time but mostly from the perspective of someone in pain and these individuals can be in an immense amount of pain and very vulnerable. we worried about stigmatising their situation but also worried about making sure they can get the help they need. focusing on the individual who might have a gun, havea on the individual who might have a gun, have a knife, and talking about hurting themselves, making sure their friends hurting themselves, making sure theirfriends can hurting themselves, making sure their friends can see that so they can get help. lots of examples of when someone ‘s life was threatened and someone intervened. the focus on

graphic imagery, and how easy it was to discover it. you've made changes. you talked about making sure you can't get to this material through hashtags, that you want recommendations and putting up a sensitivity screen. important things. these mothers say that hasn't happened yet. some of those changes haven't launched yet and there are more things we are going to change. we have changed our policy not to allow any graphic images of self—harm. policy not to allow any graphic images of self-harm. you're going to ta ke images of self-harm. you're going to take all self images off of instagram? graphic images. i might have an image of a scar when i say i am 30 days clean and that is an important way of sharing my story, that content can live on the website but it will not show up in recommendation services and it will be harder to find. it won't be in recommendations. graphic imagery we

will take off instagram entirely. it will take off instagram entirely. it will take off instagram entirely. it will take some time. some people are amazed it has taken so long to decide something back to most people is blindingly obvious. decide something back to most people is blindingly obviouslj decide something back to most people is blindingly obvious. i appreciate that. people will applaud what you are doing but what about the other material, especially relevant to the molly russell case, of these pro suicide posts glorify, romanticising suicide. you aren't attacking those at all. right now we rely heavily on people to report that content. we are looking into ways we can find it using technology and have people review it and make sure that the decisions are thoughtful. haven't you got the duty of care wrong? you should be responsible for the content, not the people using instagram, not laying responsibility on the users but you as a

multibillion—dollar operation. on the users but you as a multibillion-dollar operation. i'm not trying to absolve ourselves of responsibility. it's our responsibility. it's our responsibility to make sure that we keep the people on the platform say. we relied on people to report it because it is the best way to prevent problematic content. in a series of other areas like graphic violence, we use technology to find it. we find things proactively. in this area we haven't historically because there are complexities around health information and regulation but they are things we need to work through. how long are you giving yourselves to get it right? we are committed to doing it as quickly as we can, responsibly. one of the tensions i mentioned earlier is the tension between the real need to act now, as the last mother said very eloquently, and the need to be responsible. we are talking to as many advocates as we can, and as many experts as we can

but it takes time. these things will start to happen almost immediately but it will take place. so if we look in six months‘ time, and they find similar content, will you resign? if it is as easy for them to find problematic content, then i will have done a poorjob. and will you resign? i will certainly have a long thought about how well i‘m doing in the role. the head of instagram talking to our correspondent. time for a look at the weather. some further wet and windy weather to come as we move through into tomorrow. this deepening area of low pressure is called storm erica and as it comes from the atlantic we are looking at outbreaks of rain which will be heavy at times and strong wind. this

evening some clear spells, some showers in the west. cloud and rain will feed their way east as we move through the night. the wind strengthening as well. starting the day tomorrow, a cloudy start with outbreaks of rain, heaviest in the west, moving east. as they do so there maybe some lightning and thunder. rights guys behind in england and wales —— bright skies. possibly some localised flooding but we‘re at windy conditions, up to 55 mph fairly widely but up to 75 mph on exposed coasts. some disruption potential on friday and saturday. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines. theresa may holds talk with the leaders and say she will negotiate hard to try and secure changes to her withdrawal agreement and deliver brexit on time. meanwhilejeremy corbyn sets out five demands that could see labour back a brexit deal in parliament.

the head of instagram pledges to remove graphic images of self—harm from the platform. a search team recovers the body from the wreckage of the plane carrying the footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson. time for the sport. hello, thank you very much. good evening. horse racing has been cancelled until at least next wednesday after an outbreak of equine flu. the disease, which isn‘t dangerous to humans, is highly contagious and can take months for a horse to recover from. there have been several reports of equine flu around europe since christmas but this week, 3 horses which had raced this week, tested positive from the yard of grand national winning trainer donald mccain. more than a 100 training yards around the country have been placed in lock down and doncaster is one of 4 tracks to lose out today after the british horse racing authority announced a temporary stop to the sport.

the bha have extended the lockdown until next wednesday at the earliest. jump racing‘s biggest and most lucrative event — the cheltenham festival is just 5 weeks away. the economic consequences of an uncontrolled outbreak are potentially significant. that is why we have acted swiftly, light last night and making the decision we have made today to cancel the racing today because we understand the importance of acting in such a way, in an appropriate way to protect the industry. all 20 premier league clubs have been meeting today to discuss various issues including voting to renew the cap on away tickets at £30. but the biggest talking point has been racism and how the premier league can combat the problem in football and there was agreement top clubs need to do more. newly elected fifa vice president and fa chairman greg clarke says it‘s a problem with global society.

i think there is a problem in society globally with people feeling empowered to say thanks to when or black people are gay people or lgbt community at large and that has come out of being empowered on the internet to see anything you like with impunity. that is spilling into society. that is one in 10,000 people, that is not majority of fans are people, that is not majority of fans a re referees people, that is not majority of fans are referees or anybody else. need to get good at singling out people who cross the boundaries and take them out of the game. tottenham‘s move into their new stadium has been delayed again after they confirmed their home game against arsenal on march 2nd will take place at wembley. construction and safety problems have delayed the opening of spurs‘ new home from back in september. and all their matches have been at the national stadium. wilfried zaha has been handed a one match ban and fined £10,000, after improper conduct in crystal palace‘s draw with southampton last month. he was shown a red card for sarcastically clapping referee andre marriner.

the suspension isn‘t active while zaha considers an appeal. the second round of rugby union‘s six nations matches takes place this weekend, with scotland versus ireland first up at murrayfield on saturday. scotland have made four changes. winger blair kinghorn has been dropped to the bench, despite scoring a hat—trick against italy last weekend. he‘s been replaced by lion, sean maitland, who‘s returned from injury. meanwhile, rob kearney is one of five players coming in for ireland for that game at murrayfield. he replaces robbie henshaw, who picked up a knock in training. while chris farrell is in for injured centre garry ringrose. once garry ringrose was ruled out, it was going to be trying to keep a little bit of continuity as best we

can from past campaigns and try to get as cohesive as we could in a short period of time. we did not have the cohesion we would like to have the cohesion we would like to have had last weekend. and wales have made 10 changes to their team for the six nations match against italy on saturday. centrejonathan davies will captain the team for the frist time as normal skipper alun wyn jones is on the bench. four players will make their six nations debut as coach warren gatland rests several of those who helped them to a winning start in france last weekend. northern irish snooker player mark allen could land a big fine after conceding his second round match mid frame at the world grand prix. allen was trailing ali carter by three frames to one in cheltenham and after he missed this yellow early on in the fifth frame, frustration got the better of him and he conceded the frame and match. it‘s against snooker rules to forfeit a frame whilst it‘s still mathematically possible to win. we‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. thank you very much.

parents are being urged to stop their children from using mobile phones during mealtimes and take them out of their bedrooms at night. the advice comes from all four of the uk‘s chief medical officers, they recommend that children go no more than two hours without taking a break from screen —based activities. health correspondent has more. learning about internet safety starts early. important lessons for these liverpool primary school children around information and identity. the dos and don‘ts of the online world. the issue of consent is one of the areas covered by new advice from the uk‘s chief medical officers. it includes talking about safely sharing photos and information online, keeping phones out of bedrooms to help with sleep and taking a break to get moving after a couple of hours on screens. advice designed to help parents navigate their way through

a new and unfamiliar landscape. the advice we give is based on strong evidence about good, healthy development of children and young people. why have we given it related to this issue? we had a careful discussion among the chief medical officers and we believe that we should adopt, in this country, a precautionary approach to protecting our children. so, how many hours of screen time do these children have each day? six! two and a half. it depends. it‘s very hard to get off it because you just want to carry on watching it over and over again. if you're playing a game and you're in the middle of the game, then i feel like it's hard to come off it. do you take your phone into your bedroom at night? i don't have one. and what about their teacher? six! six. on a work day, six.

for stacey feenan it‘s important her pupils‘ lives have a healthy balance. they should have opportunity to engage in technology but they‘re also just getting that variety in life so that they understand the opportunities that are available for them in real life as well as online life. how to police and balance their children‘s use of screens can be a challenge for many parents, so for mum kate any guidance from experts is welcome. ifeel like being a parent you‘re constantly learning and informing yourself and getting the best advice you can. so, i think that‘s enormously helpful. i can imagine for some parents they‘d feel like they are just being told what to do and they feel they‘ve got it sorted and they might resent that. but personally speaking, yeah, i‘m really glad somebody‘s going to give me a bit of input there. the advice also contains a voluntary code of conduct for industry, an inquestjury sign that neglect

contributed to the death of on artistic women. the young woman killed herself in 2015. our correspondent was at the inquest. tells more about the details. —— autistic young women. as you see, this was a three—week inquest before actually. it‘s fine that neglect by this charity had contributed to sophie‘s death. sophie had suffered from mental health problem for a number of years and had moved to lancaster lodge in 2013. initially it had been a positive move but in early 2016, a series of changes instigated by their child to‘s founder had contributed to the deterioration in sophie‘s health and

contributed the jury found her taking her own life than mere 2016. during the inquest a number of extraordinary findings emerged, including the fact that this jansen had put in place at lancaster lodge clinical who had no appropriate qualifications and his doctorates had come from some place called knightsbridge university which is a mail order company. it emerged that in 2015 most of the trustees of the charity had resigned because they had concerns about this jansen‘s controlling influence over the charity. the jury said 16 feelings by the charity had contributed to neglect and contributed to the death of sophie bennett. many thanks. energy companies have been given the go—ahead to increase gas and electricity prices from april for customers on standard variable rates. it means more than half of uk households are set to see their bills go up. here is our personal finance

correspondence, simon gompertz. cooking, lighting, heating, you can‘t avoid paying for it, butjackie, from south manchester, bought the price cap on standard variable tariffs, would protect herfrom increases. now she finds it doesn‘t. in my mind if somebodyjust says to me, we are capping your price, i would think that‘s great, i don‘t have to worry about it and think about it, but it isn‘t, is it? it isn‘t true. the result of the cap being movable is that the maximum bill for the average home will go up to £1254 a year for those on standard rate, an increase of £117, although that will depend on how much you use because the cap is actually on each unit. the blame is being put on higher world energy prices but in stockport nearby there is worry about being able to cope it's ridiculous, theyjust keep on and on with this. it's just crazy. this changing your supplier all the time, we shouldn't

have to be doing that. we spend a ridiculous amount, we were struggling at one point, we couldn‘t afford it, could we, because of that, but i don‘t think they should put it up. if there was no cap we have a lot of evidence to show consumers would have been paying a higher price, {75—100 more, so people are benefiting from the cap and can be assured they are paying a fair price for their energy. to customers, the idea of a price cap that can be lifted seems unfair. it looks like they are having to pay more so that the suppliers‘ profits can be protected. i don‘t get that argument, companies, because of competition, are having to force down costs, they are having to force through efficiencies and quite simply that is costing companies and it‘s costing jobs. there is a way out — to shop around for a cheaper deal, which is what jackie is already resolved to do. simon gompertz, bbc news.

some breaking news from the united nations. a year and late enquiry into the murder of sadie journalist jamal khashoggi said evidence pointed to a brutal crime planned and perpetrated by officials of the state of saudi arabia. that has come from the special raconteur for judicial summary or arbitrary executions. she said saudi officials had seriously undermined undelete tu rkey‘s efforts had seriously undermined undelete turkey‘s efforts to investigate the crime scene at its istanbul consulate in october. but use is fresh to us from the united nations. france is recalling its ambassador to italy after accusing rome of trying to interfere in french politics. the french —— the populist

government had created a situation which was unprecedented since the second world war. luxury brand gucci has withdrawn an jumper from sale after suggestions it was racist. gucci has apologised for any offence caused. the author rosamond pilcher has died at age of 94. she was best known for her record—breaking novel the shell seekers which sold more than 5 million copies and 15 languages. her agent confirmed her death following a short illness. geoff whaley who was 80 and from bucks, travelled to a clinic in switzerland with his wife and this morning took his own life. the clinic says he is now one of over 400 british people know last 20 years to have made thatjourney. assisted suicide is illegal in the uk and and whaley says geoff‘s final weeks were marred by police inquiries into her

involvement in his plans. —— anne whaley. both geoff and anne whaley spoke to our home editor mark easton. this is one of the illnesses that really you wouldn‘t wish on your worst enemy. particularly the final weeks, or possibly months, which are, or can be, particularly gruesome. and i decided that i didn‘t really want to go through that. suicide, not so long ago, certainly in your lifetime, was illegal. exactly, yes. now it‘s not against the law but anyone who assists you is. yes. but we‘re quite reconciled to that and i know ann has reconciled to the fact that she may be interviewed when she came back. before you even went, though, you‘ve already been interviewed a number of times under caution by the police. yes, but that's most unusual and that's because an anonymous call was received by the social services and it's the police'sjob in the domestic abuse unit to follow that up. there was a policewoman and a detective sergeant,

and they were clearly not expecting to find a non—abusive situation, because they were very embarrassed about the whole thing. but we put them at their ease. and the first responsibility is, and this is quite right, is to decide whether i‘m the sort of person in a full mental state, and having established that, i thought that would be the end of it. i've never seen geoff cry in 52 years of married life. but i found him with his head in his hand and he wasjust sobbing. you have had to make a decision as to whether to, in legal terms, assist jeff. i didn't think of it like that. if my husband says to me, now, i want you to make this phone call for me, what am i expected to do? have an argument with him? i couldn't do that. no. if he said, ring this hotel, ring this airline, which is what he did, of course i did it for him. how important is it for you that

you have this legacy after you‘re dead, of the law, perhaps changing, or at least the debate changing. 0h, geronimo, that would be absolutely fantastic. absolutely fantastic. iwant... i want the act to be designed so that any rational person of, who is in full control of his mind, makes that decision, can be helped in any way by other people. without any fear of prosecution. but there‘s the problem, geoff, and i‘m sure you know, that it‘s quite difficult to work out how you don‘t end up with a slippery slope. if you could produce to me now two or three possible vulnerable people in this country and i took them to switzerland to try and get them through dignitas‘ system, they‘d fail miserably. when you've got a husband as brave as mine you have to.

you have to support him. hold it together. he's the one who's being strong for me. he really is. hold it together. yes, i will. ijust want him to be here but i know that what he has chosen to do is the right thing for him. i wouldn't put an animal through what he would go through if he went to the end. and ijust wish the law would allow me to have him for a little longer, i really do. geoff whaley and ann whaley was speaking to our home editor, mark easton. the prime minister met number of senior eu officials in brussels for robust talks. mrs may said there would be changes to the deal to help

it get through parliament. let us talks belgian mep philippe lamberts, part of the european parliament‘s brexit steering group. he is currently in dublin where he has been meeting members of the irish government. thank you forjoining us. who have you met and what have you discussed? so fari you met and what have you discussed? so far i have discussed issues with the green parliaments members. i will discuss what the next steps will discuss what the next steps will be. i know that theresa may will be. i know that theresa may will be. i know that theresa may will be in ireland tomorrow. i was not part of the conversation in brussels but so far there have been few specifics about alternative arrangements that would please hardliners. mrs may suspects that will be delivered on time, march the 29th and she will secure changes to the withdrawal agreement, is that possible? well, i am curious to see

what she expects because she expects cosmetic changes to the agreement then maybe we can put some make—up on it but we cannot change the substance of the withdrawal agreement and therefore i am not sure that hardliners will swallow this, we will see. i wondered if there was a chink of light for her in remarks by the parliament brexit negotiator when he talks about possible binding changes to the political agreement, the document which accompanies the withdrawal agreement. he did speak about it in those terms. i listen to what he had to say, but we have always been open to say, but we have always been open to make the political declaration we re to make the political declaration were ambitious. 0f

to make the political declaration were ambitious. of course if the united kingdom is prepared to consider the customs union that would go a long way to resolve the good friday agreement and the irish border issue. of course we are totally open to that. we are not the ones who had set red lines around that option. you are aware that mrs may has put her foot down about permanent customs union, that does not seem to be on the table at all. it is not for me to speak about the prime minister‘s own contradictions. she basically said we are getting out of the single market and customs union and the jurisdiction of the european court of justice. union and the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. we will keep the good friday agreement and we wa nt keep the good friday agreement and we want no backstop. these things are incompatible with one another. we did not create these contradictions. it is hard for her to ask us to resolve her own contradictions. as the european

union itself going to hold the line? a situation where there is no deal is very bad for the eu as well as for britain? well, look at the skills we are talking about. the relative size of the united kingdom and european union are not the same. the single market, even without the united kingdom remains an attractive market globally and it does not have the same size as the british market. what i mean is this, willa no—deal brexit hearts? yes. it will hurt the native kingdom in the first place and it will help —— heart the eu 27 as well. but what people fail to realise in westminster is everywhere to accede to the demands while doing what they want us to do with not just undermine the single market, it

would destroy it. the place of the destruction of the single market or the negative impact of the destruction of the single market, is ofan destruction of the single market, is of an other order of magnitude than the one—time magnitude of no—deal brexit. we recognise no—deal brexit with heart but not nearly as much as destroying the single market which is what heart brexiteers want us to open a 500 kilometre bike tour into it. -- open a 500 kilometre bike tour into it. —— heart brexiteers. between two evils, we have to choose the lesser one. thank you for your time. a public search for a name for the uk assembled robot that will be sent to mars in 2020 has resulted in the most popular choice being the dna pioneer rosalind franklin. the honour follows a call for suggestions that do nearly 36,000 responses from right across europe. the astronaut tim peake unveiled the name at the in around two years‘ time

the six—wheeled robot will travel across the red planet in search of life. equipped with a state—of—the—art drill capable of digging two metres down, the rosalind franklin rover will look for organic life deep below the surface. last november, scientists agreed she should land in an area of mars called 0xia planum, a surface plain containing clays and minerals formed by ancient seas billions of years ago. it‘s thought that any sign of life is likely to be in a place where there once was water. once safely landed, the rover will drive autonomously on mars for at least seven months, allowing scientists to focus on collecting data rather than directing its every move. the mission, led by the european space agency, is due to launch next summer at around the same time as nasa‘s separate exploration programme, mars 2020. with fewer than half of all missions

sent to mars ever successful, scientists will be hoping luck is on their side for rosalind‘s launch. earlier science correspondent caught up earlier science correspondent caught up with the man u unveiled the rover, the astronnaut tim peake. i'm here at mock—up mars where the prototype rover is being put through its places, designed to close the rocky martian terrain. everything is almost ready but one element is missing, the name of their over and todayit missing, the name of their over and today it was unveiled as the rosalind franklin rover. i am joined by tim peake to explain it. rosalind franklin was a great british scientists who did so much to unlock the secrets of human life, dna. it is only fitting that mars rover is named after her because it will be searching for signs of past life on

mars. the public were involved with the naming process. absolutely, the competition is open to up to the public, over 30,000 entries. response which shows there is so much public appetite these missions. this is a big nation for the european space agency, why is it so vital to get to mars? it is really exciting mission. this rover will drill two metres under the surface of mars where we stand the best chance of discovering organic molecules which could have resided on mars. it is going to an ancient landing site weather was once a liquid ocean. we know that the .7 billion years ago earth and mars we re very billion years ago earth and mars were very similar still life could have evolved on mars this well. thank you very much. this is obviously a robotic mission to mars and the real thing is being assembled by scientists working

around the clock and it really will bea around the clock and it really will be a fitting honour for the women who was an unsung hero of science to have this legacy which will live on, on mars. time to look at the weather. hello there, some beautiful sunsets to end the day. our weather watchers have been out some pictures. here is the scene in the end horn. a cloudy sky but still a beautiful sunset further safe. today has brought wet and windy weather. these are the strongest gusts recorded. into tomorrow, this next area of cloud is in fact tomorrow, this next area of cloud is infacta tomorrow, this next area of cloud is in fact a deepening area of low pressure. this has been cold stomr

erik. we have clear spells for eastern areas showers largely for western areas but some scattered on the east. with the cloud, some patchy outbreaks of rain. we will see the wind picked up as well as we move through tonight. you can see on the pressure chart, isobars packed tightly together so the wenzel strengthen tonight. this second cold front bringing heavy rain. it will settle across western areas as we start the day tomorrow, gradually putting eastwards, potentially bringing thunder and lightning. i wendi deng across the border. up to 70 miles an error across coastal areas. “— 70 miles an error across coastal areas. ——i 70 miles an error across coastal areas. —— i went —— a windy day. temperatures above what is expected for this time of year. in double

figures but when we add in the wind and rain, it will not feel warm. this area of low pressure pushes further east on saturday but wheeled onto the isobars so potentially further strong wens on saturday, especially for the central belt and northern ireland. patchy outbreaks of rain across the north, when shanghai gained. england and wales the early brightness. outbreaks of rain in the south—west. temperatures, seven to nine in this north, more like 11 in the south. in —— on saturday, we could see some disruption from the strong wens so to make sure used in touch with the forecast and we will keep you up—to—date. —— strong wens. instagram vows to remove all graphic images of self—harm following the death of a teenager who took her own life. 14—year—old molly russell killed herself after viewing images of suicide and self—harm on

instagram. the company‘s boss says such images will now be taken down. we were not as focused as we should have been on the risks that came along with the connecting so many people. that‘s a lesson that i think we‘ve learned over the last few years. we‘ll be asking how soon changes can be made. also on tonight‘s programme, no mobile phones at mealtimes or bedtime — parents are given the first official advice on limiting their children‘s screen time. the prime minister returns from brussels with the promise of more talks — but there‘s no brexit breakthrough in sight says the eu. the bank of england warns the uk economy will grow at its slowest rate for a decade blaming brexit uncertainty and a global slowdown.