this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11: the head of instagram pledges to "remove all graphic images of self harm" from the social media platform. i think we have an immense amount of responsibility. i think that it's clear that we are not yet where we need to be on the issues of self—harm and suicide. the body recovered from the wreckage of the plane that crashed in the channel over a fortnight ago has been formally identified as cardiff city footballer, emiliano sala. deadlock in brussels — theresa may holds talks with eu leaders and says she'll deliver brexit on time — but they say there's been no breakthrough. slowest economic growth for a decade — the bank of england downgrades its forecast and blames brexit uncertainty. police investigating the disappearance of university student libby squire arrest a 24—year—old man. and all british horse racing is cancelled for at least six days after an outbreak of equine flu. and at 11:30 we'll take another in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers kevin schofield and kate proctor — stay with us for that.

good evening and welcome to bbc news. instagram, one of the world's biggest social media platforms, has told the bbc that it will act swiftly to remove all graphic images of self—harm. the decision follows the prominent case of 14—year—old molly russell who took her own life in 2017. her father said that images she viewed on the platform had been partly responsible for her death. our correspondent angus crawford has the story. i've seen videos. i've seen pictures. nothing's blocked. no. nothing's blurred. i haven't seen anything blurred. meet grace, lucy, shani and julia.

if you search for self—harm, then you are suddenly guided to how to commit suicide, how to hang yourself, how to tie a noose. horrified by molly's story and spurred into action, though their own families haven't been affected, this week, each set up a brand—new account. i suddenly started to get suggested accounts to follow. yes. so suddenly, i've just followed one or two and then instagram was saying, "oh, you're interested in self—harm. would you like to follow these accounts that are also about self—harm?" so they are putting it in the newspapers that they are doing something about it. yes. and yet, actually, they're not. and they have a message for the head of instagram. you can still go and read how to kill yourself successfully. and 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 our children are dying, and you have a moral responsibility. so that's what a proportion of british society now feels about your platform.

i mean, it's powerful. it's heavy stuff. i think we have an immense amount of responsibility. i think that it's clear that we are not yet where we need to be on the issues of self—harm and suicide. because the concern from, i think, some of those mothers and others is that, in effect, instagram, in the words of molly russell's father, has been monetising misery. we are not looking to monetise misery. we look to connect people with their friends and the interests that they love and care about. we think we create a lot of good in the world. and we were not as focused as we should have been on the risks that came along with connecting so many people. but moving forward, actually, we are going to change our policy to not allow any graphic images of self—harm, whether or not it is admission or promotion. so you're going to take all self—harm images off of instagram? graphic self—harm images, yes. so i might have an image of a scar where i say, "i'm 30 days clean", and that's an important way for me to share my story. that kind of content can

still live on the site, but we are actually, the next change is that it won't show up in any recommendation services, so it will be harder to find. it won't be in search. it won't be in hashtags. it won't be in recommendations. but graphic imagery, we are going to take off instagram entirely. that's going to take some time but we are committed to doing it. so in six months‘ time, if we go back to these mothers, get them to look again, and they find similar content, will you resign? in six months‘ time, if it's as easy for them to find problematic content as they have, then i will have done a poorjob of living up to my responsibility. and will you resign? i will certainly have a long thought about how well i'm doing in the role i'm in. she said, "if i get over 2000 likes, i will cut myself on live feed". any success won't be measured in the boardroom or even parliament, but in homes and by families across the uk. angus crawford, bbc news. if you're upset about any of the issues raised in molly's story and would like details of organisations which offer advice

and support, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information 0800 066 066. the body recovered from the wreckage of the plane that crashed in the channel over a fortnight ago has been formally identified as cardiff city footballer, emiliano sal. —— emiliano sala. the pilot david ibbotson has still not been found. their light aircraft was found on the seabed in the channel on sunday, two weeks after it disappeared during a flight which was taking the striker from nantes in france to cardiff where he had recently been signed. dorset police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash. with just 50 days to the date set for the uk's departure from the eu the prime minister has once again insisted she'll deliver brexit on time. theresa may was speaking in brussels where she's seeking legally binding changes to her withdrawal agreement to deal with concerns over the irish backstop the guarantee relating to the open border between northern ireland

and the republic. the european commission president jean—claudejuncker has again ruled out re—opening the agreement. but they agreed to further talks as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. the prime minister is well used to unexpected obstacles being thrown in her path. an anti—brexit protester, bundled away from her motorcade in brussels. after mps kicked out the deal she reached with the eu, her only choice is to try to keep going. here to plead with the eu for changes, knowing already they'd say no. we must secure legally binding changes to the withdrawal agreement to deal with the concerns that parliament has over the backstop. and taking changes to the backstop together with the other work we're doing on workers' rights and other issues will deliver stable majority in parliament.

the european union 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? i've raised with president tusk the language he used yesterday, which was not helpful, and caused widespread dismay in the united kingdom. the point i made to him is that we should both be working to ensure that we can deliver a close relationship between the united kingdom and the european union in the future, and that's what he should be focusing on. behind closed doors, of course, both sides hope there can be a deal. they want this to work. but look at how her expression changes, once in front of the public. as a cabinet minister said, this situation is grim. theresa may wants to change the deal they shook hands on before christmas because it can't get past mps. that's down to the so—called backstop, that guarantee against a hard border in ireland. brussels's top brass

say no breakthrough. the eu 27 will not reopen the withdrawal agreement. the discussion was robust but constructive. despite the challenges, the two leaders agreed that their teams should hold talks. so, negotiations are back on. there'll be many more handshakes and hellos. but if brexiteers at home believe there'll be a farewell to the backstop, well... mrs may today in the meeting assured us that there will be a backstop. but is the way out of the hole back at home? labour's infuriated many of its own side by showing willing, publishing five demands for the deal. legal promises on security, the single market, free trade area, customs and workers' rights. jeremy corbyn‘s not about to sign up for the deal. he too wants to talk.

a lot of our manufacturing industries are very frightened and very worried at the moment that on the 29th of march, there'll be a cliff edge. there cannot be a cliff edge. we will do everything we can in parliament to prevent this cliff edge exit. so, now labour says it wants to compromise, the eu wants to keep talking. but the truth is, theresa may at the moment won't budge to make the opposition. the eu shows little sign of moving to meet her. so, as the clock goes down, the pressure on the prime minister goes up and up. and although just keeping going doesn't sound a cunning strategy, right now, perhaps, it's the only one she's got. all along, this has been a process of small, tricky, forward moves. a grand finale could be a long wait yet. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. so has anything really changed today? 0ur europe editor is katya adler. both sides took up their well rehearsed, entrenched positions. the prime minister's main declared

aim here today was to get legally binding changes to the backstop guarantee on the irish border, and the eu once again said ‘no', that the withdrawal agreement signed off by the prime minister in november which contains the text on the backstop could not and would not be reopened. an eu officials very close to today's talks told me that the prime minister did not put any concrete proposal on the table today as to how she saw agreements going forward. in stark contrast, there was extreme excitement in the eu side about a proposal put forward byjeremy corbyn to try and find cross party support in westminster for a softer brexit... no surprise there. the prime minister's plan may be to run down the clock in order to get some last minute concessions, a new round of eu uk negotiations have now been announced towards the end of the month, essentially kicking the can down the road. but if anyone is looking for concessions, it is the eu too. when i spoke to our political

correspondent a little earlier, he explained that the government can claim some positives following today's talks. well, i suppose you could look at it asa well, i suppose you could look at it as a good sign that there has not been a door closed today. nobody is saying no, no chance, there is no way we will sort this, let us call ita way we will sort this, let us call it a day now and accept that there isn't going to be a deal. i think downing street is today as part of a process. it wants to get back to the negotiating table. they have got that far and officials will continue to talk over the next few weeks and the prime minister intends to meet jean—claude juncker again before the end of this month. what we have not seen though is any significant movement. nobody is saying anything tonight that they haven't been seen before. from the uk side, we need to

look again at the withdrawal agreement and get some legally binding changes on the most controversial part of that, the backstop. europe saying no, not happening, we are not revisiting the withdrawal agreement, and if there is to be anything else on the backstop, it there will be notes of reassurance which are almost certain to not be enough to placate the uk parliament. so, yes, the uk government will be in some ways encouraged tonight by the fact that talks are going to continue and that europe says it is listening. but also look at that it from donald tusk tonight, saying there is no breakthrough in sight. it gives us a rough picture of where we are. nick ea rdley rough picture of where we are. nick eardley in westminster. the bank of england expects economic growth this year to be the slowest since 2009, when the economy was in recession. it's now forecasting growth of 1.2% this year, down from its previous forecast of 1.7% published in november. the bank said it had seen further evidence that businesses were being cautious in the run—up to brexit, and it kept interest rates unchanged at 0.75%.

the warning comes at a time when consumer confidence is already at its lowest level for five years — as our economics correspondent dharshini david has been finding out. tell us why you came back to birmingham, then, because...? erm, i have a lot of history here, to be honest. family... lizzie is one of the record 32.5 million people in work. but, like many, she's not having an easy time. i don't even make 12 grand a year. i do have tips which obviously helps, but it's. .. without sounding dramatic, it's exhausting, it is. constantly counting out my pennies, constantly trying to work out ifi... yeah, it's really, really hard work. she's hoping for a betterfuture. but the governor of the bank of england doesn't have good news. the outlook for growth and inflation also depends heavily on the extent to which brexit uncertainties evolve. uncertainty about the outcome of negotiations obviously has

intensified since november, and it's now weighing more heavily on activity, predominantly through lower business investment and tighter financial conditions. when you look at the heightened uncertainty, it does suggest potentially quite a big knock on growth this year and next. how could that impact on households, too? that uncertainty is affecting the economy at present. we see it across—the—board in businesses, we're starting to see it creep into the housing market, we're seeing it in household spending. the economy has been expanding at a pretty decent rate after that big dip during the financial crisis. but now, the bank says even if a brexit deal is struck, 2019 could see the weakest growth in a decade, before a pickup. ten years ago this week, the bank of england cut interest rates to just i% to deal with the financial crisis. the fact they haven't been back above that level since is a sign of how fragile prosperity has been. now, the bank says that growth

could be slowing even further, thanks to prolonged uncertainty over brexit and weaker demand from places like europe. in fact, it thinks there's a one in four chance the economy could actually shrink by the autumn. brexit is only part of the story, so we're operating in a global economic environment, where china is slowing down, where the us has been softer on interest rate policies, so has australia, so has canada, so has india. and there are a lot of uncertainties out there and a lot of those are driven by the politics of the situation around the world at the moment. but a disruptive brexit could be the biggest headache for business and the bank of england. it may have to choose between raising interest rates to keep a lid on prices or cutting them to protect spending and jobs. dharshini david, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the head of instagram pledges to "remove all graphic images of self harm" from the social media platform.

the body recovered from the wreckage of the plane that crashed in the channel over a fortnight ago has been formally identified as cardiff city footballer emiliano sala. deadlock in brussels. theresa may holds talks with eu leaders, and says she'll deliver brexit on time, but they say there's been no breakthrough. and we'll be taking a second in—depth look at the papers, with our reviewers kevin schofield, the editor of politicshome, and the evening standard's political correspondent, kate proctor. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. the number of fatal stabbings in england and wales has reached its highest level since records began in 1946. the office for national statistics says 285 people were killed with a knife or sharp instrument in the year to last march. 36% of victims were under 25 years old. and the number of victims who are black is also at its highest level.

a 24—year—old man is still being questioned by the police in connection with the disappearance of hull student libby squire. he was arrested last night on suspicion of abduction. it's a week since the 21—year—old student disappeared after returning from a night out in the city. tonight, officers and volunteers have been handing out leaflets and flyers in the hope ofjogging people's memories for news about where she may be. natasha turney has the latest. doing all they can to help find missing libby. police asking people to think back to that night and keep an eye out for clues. we have all got our eyes peeled but it is kind of, we don't really know what's going on. if we see anything we will definitely let the police know. all around the uni people have been doing searches, there are posters all over the library. just sharing things on facebook and making people

aware, all your friends know to look out for her. earlier today forensic teams were taking away bags of evidence from house on raglan street in hull. last night they arrested a 24—year—old man here on suspicion of abduction. neighbours say they also saw a vehicle for to belong to the man in custody being towed away. there was two csi vans and two police cars and the noise we heard was the recovery van coming to collect the car, we heard that in the street. people are feeling quite shook up, as a female as well people are worried about the student areas not being safest and this has contributed to that. none of us are going out in the dark at the minute. it is just going out in the dark at the minute. it isjust a going out in the dark at the minute. it is just a little bit scary for everyone. two plainclothes policeman knocked on the door and they were seeking access to the back garden of the house next door because they wanted to block off any escape route. it hasjust affected everybody, being such a young girl, when you've got kids of your own, i

just can't imagine what the parents are going through. despite an extensive search of the area libby's whereabouts are still unknown. at 11 o'clock last thursday night, libby squire got into a taxi outside the welly clu b squire got into a taxi outside the welly club on beverley road, a short time later she was dropped off close to her home on wellesley avenue. at 11:40pm she was seen sitting on the bench on beverley road by a passing motorist. since then police have carried out searches of houses, gardens, fields and parks nearby. and last night an arrest was made on raglan street, a short walk from where libby was last seen. this afternoon the police helicopter was in the sky helping officers on the ground to search 0ak road park and the old boathouse. the whole family is missing you. libby is described as kind, thoughtful and beautiful. her parents say they are broken without her. tonight the search continues in the places libby was last seen. in the hope to find the

missing detail that can help locate libby. natasha turney there, reporting from hull. millions of households will see a 10% rise in energy bills from april after the energy regulator, 0fgem, raised the cap on what suppliers are allowed to charge customers on their standard variable tariffs. the increase comes only a month after the cap on their most expensive rates was brought in. the typical customer will pay an extra £117 a year with the blame being put on rising wholesale prices. the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi was planned and carried out by saudi officials, according to an official report by the united nations. mr khashoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october, the un inquiry said. he was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing, which violated international law and the principle of diplomatic immunity. the report concluded that turkish efforts to investigate the journalist's death were seriously curtailed and undermined by saudi arabia, as our correspondent no, we are not carrying on with that

story. what is next? a diplomatic rift between france and italy is deepening, with france now recalling its ambassador to rome over what it calls an unprecedented series of provocations. the situation came to a head earlier this week, when the italian deputy prime minister, luigi di maio, met members of france's anti—government "yellow vest" movement near paris. france is now accusing italy's populist government of making outrageous statements and interfering in the country's politics. the two governments have previously clashed on a number of issues, including immigration. an 80—year—old man suffering from motor neurone disease, who decided to end his life at the swiss clinic dignitas this morning, has left an open letter to mps calling for a change in the law. geoff whaley spoke of his devastation after his wife ann was questioned by police, and told she could be prosecuted for helping him travel to switzerland. the couple had been married for more than 50 years. before they set off yesterday morning, they spoke to our home

editor mark easton. mind your head, sweetheart. assisting the suicide of another person is a crime, punishable by up to 14 years in prison. 80—year—old geoff whaley‘s advanced motor neurone disease made it impossible for him to make the final arrangements for his long planned journey to the swiss clinic dignitas. and so his wife, ann, has helped him take his own life. and scroll down... if he said, "ring this hotel, ring this airline", which is what he did, of course i did it for him. because you assisted geoff, obviously, the police have ta ken an interest. i believe you had a visit from them. yes, literally, they said they'd had the notification at 12 o'clock, and by four o'clock, they were knocking on our door. i became completely terrified that my control was going to be taken away from me. 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. the 1961 suicide act needs urgent revision. geoff and ann say they were so shocked at being treated like criminals that they've devoted the last few weeks of geoff's life to trying to get the law changed, taking their campaign to parliament. in 2015, mps voted decisively against legalising assisted dying, as demonstrators on both sides of the argument protested outside. among the crowd that day was nikki kenwood, a christian campaigner, who was once completely paralysed. the bottom line is, it's too dangerous. they know from experience in other countries how badly it's going to affect other vulnerable people, because it does. shortly before losing control of his legs, geoff marched in the armistice

parade in whitehall. he had always been active, in control of his life. for the whaleys, the issue was about helping him keep control of his death. i mean, 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 is being strong for me. hold it together. he really is. yes, i will. i wouldn't put an animal through what he would go through if he went to the end. ijust wish the law would allow me to have him for a little longer, i really do. the police have said they're not considering charges at the moment but have warned ann that if further evidence of assistance comes to light, the case may be reopened. this morning, in his wife's arms, geoffrey whaley took his life. mark easton, bbc news. children should be stopped from using mobile phones and tablets at meal times and devices should be

kept out of their bedrooms at night. that's the basis of the first—ever guidelines on screen use from the uk's most senior medical advisers. the uk's four chief medical officers also recommend that children do no more than two hours without taking a break from screen—based activities. hugh pym reports on the recommendations. on average, i spend around three hours a day online, looking at a mixture of social media, entertainment, and watching tv or tv series and also using it for my homework. about two hours that i spend on snapchat, instagram, and other social media, looking at my friends' photos. i use maybe half—an—hour each day, maybe looked up sites or watching youtubes. school kids tell us what they think about social media and using their screens. gosh, it's good. here, they're taking part in workshops on internet safety, including storytelling. she started looking at everything that popped up on her screen, hoping for an upgrade, till it came to the point

where she never read anything, just clicked 0k. we took two of the pupils at the conference to meet england's chief medical officer to talk about the new guidelines. how do you advise families to put these recommendations into use? not taking your phone or smart device to the meal table is not a bad thing, because then you've either got to talk about the food or something else. so it's a way of kind of improving interaction that helps development. no phones at bedtime and regular screen breaks are also part of the new advice. the boy was curious and bored and decided to create a social media account. he lied about his age, as he was only nine. however, he kept this a secret. ensuring that children don't lie about their age when they sign up for social media sites is essential, according to the chief medical 0fficer. she wants to see the technology companies invest whatever is needed

to bar those who are under 13. i don't accept that age verification isn't possible. it may require some investment in order to do it effectively, but they have to come up with a proposal and they have to fund it. so what's the reaction to all these guidelines? i think it is necessary. however, it will be kind of difficult to enforce. i mean, unless you get the parents on board so that they are enforcing it within the household, it will be kind of a difficult thing to do. the report says the internet can do a lot of good for children when they are learning. the message is precautions taken now will minimise risks in future. hugh pym, bbc news. prince harry and his wife meghan markle have attended an awards ceremony for a charity that supports injured and sick servicemen and women. the duke and duchess of sussex launched the endeavour fund in 2012, with harry's older brother wiliam and wife kate. since then, the charity has helped more than 5,000 people through 86 projects. meghan markle is expecting the couple's first child in the spring. now it's time for the weather

with chris fawkes. hello. 0ur area of low pressure that has brought some strong winds over the last when he four hours is racing across the north sea into scandinavia. at the moment our eyes are drawn to this coming in off the atlantic, storm eric, named by the irish met forecasters, and it will have some wet and windy weather for us over have some wet and windy weather for us over the next couple of days. and because this area of low pressure is a much bigger system, more of us will get the strong winds, and some heavy rain coming through as well. so the forecast in more detail. we start off with the weather picture on friday morning with patchy rain across eastern areas. heavy rain in the west to start the day and strong winds as well. it will be blustery everywhere. the strongest winds in northern ireland and western areas

of scotland, where the gusts could reach 50—70 mph, strong enough to bring down tree branches, and there is likely to be speed restrictions on some scottish ridges to watch out for. so some transport disruption is a possibility. and mild and windy day. the first band of rain clears through on the cold front. we will see another band of rain loiter in the north of scotland. it stays windy, it gets windier. in northern england, gusts reaching 55—70 mph, localised disruption, and the amount of rain we see coming in will really begin to mount. this system could bring something like 20—30 millimetres, 60 over the high ground, so localised flooding is additional concern. later on saturday, rain returning to the far south of the country as well. so, all in all, through friday and saturday, the risk of localised transport disruption. strong winds to come across different parts of the uk and also heavy rain as well.

through saturday night you might see low pressure working through the english channel, bringing the threat of rain. 0n english channel, bringing the threat of rain. on sunday it is likely we will see north—westerly winds bringing coolair will see north—westerly winds bringing cool air across the country and a trough embedded with the winds could bring a line of organised rain, only to over high ground in the pennines, and also wintry showers getting into northern areas of scotland, as temperatures come down a few degrees with highs of around seven or eight degrees. the weather will become calm through monday. still the risk of passing showers for northern scotland. for many of us, monday promises to be at dry and bright day with more in the way of sunshine. noticeably colder. temperatures struggling to get high, for quite a