the daily telegraph says it's about to publish more allegations about the retail billionaire sir philip green. it comes after sir philip dropped an injunction against the paper that prevented it reporting allegations of racial and sexual harrassment. sir philip has always denied the claims. we'll have the latest from the high court. also this lunchtime... young footballers among ten people who've died in a fire at one of brazil's biggest football clubs. the family of cardiff city striker emiliano sala say they can now mourn him, after police confirm that it was his body recovered from the english channel. the world's richest man, amazon's jeff bezos, accuses an american magazine of extortion and blackmail. and scientists debunk the old adage that if you drink beer before wine, you'll feel fine. and coming up on bbc news... england wing chris ashton will make his first start in the six nations for six years when england play france at twickenham on sunday.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the daily telegraph says it will publish further allegations tonight about the retail billionaire sir philip green tonight. it comes after his legal action against the newspaper was formally ended by a high courtjudge. sir philip, the owner of topshop, had gagged the telegraph from reporting allegations of racial and sexual harrassment against five employees — claims which he denies. this morning, sir philip accused the telegraph of a "vendetta" against him. our business correspondent theo leggett is at the high court. this is a case that has pitted one

of the most well—known businessmen in the uk, sir philip green, against a national newspaper. but it has also raised key questions about privacy, what's in the public interest, the use of so—called gagging orders, otherwise known as nondisclosure agreements, used by the wealthy allegedly to cover up embarrassing facts. it has been a comp located and long—running legal battle. before we go any further, this is a reminder of what has happened so far. it's a bitter legal battle between one of the country's best known businessmen and the daily telegraph. the newspaper wanted to publish allegations of bullying, sexual harassment and racism against sir philip green. he emphatically denies the claims and took out an injunction that prevented the paper from naming him. and in phone calls that have now been published he said the case might end up bankrupting the case might end up bankrupting the newspaper. the telegraph called the newspaper. the telegraph called the affair the british me too

scandal that couldn't be revealed. but revelations followed. lord hain, whose parliamentary privilege allowed him to name philip green in the house of lords. i feel it is my duty under parliamentary privilege to name sir philip green as the individual in question. philip green denies the allegations emphatically. sir philip green and his lawyers wa nted sir philip green and his lawyers wanted to drop the injunction because they said it had basically become pointless because he had already been named. but the daily telegraph wanted conditions. they wa nted telegraph wanted conditions. they wanted to prevent him taking any further legal action against alleged victims of bullying and harassment, who had already signed so—called nondisclosure agreements, also known

as gagging orders. thejudge refused, so now the telegraph is free to publish it story and says it plans to report details of the claims made against the billionaire. but sir philip has described its actions as a vendetta against him. the threat of further legal action remains. and the debate the whole affair has started about privacy, the public interest and gagging orders is likely to gather even more momentum. there you have it. the question is, where do we go from here? we know the daily telegraph will publish a lot more details in its paper tonight. it has already put material on its website including recordings of phone calls between journalists and sir philip himself in which he ta kes and sir philip himself in which he takes is what is described as an aggressive tone. meanwhile, sir philip himself has accused the daily telegraph of a vendetta against him and many of his employees will stop further legal action, we can't rule that out either. thank you, theo

leggett reporting from the high court. the family of the footballer emiliano sala has thanked the public for their support in what they say is "the most painful time" of their lives. a body pulled from the seabed in the english channel earlier this week has now been formally identified as the cardiff city player. the argentine and his pilot, david ibbotson, crashed into the sea near guernsey last month. attempts to bring the aircraft back to the surface have been hampered by bad weather. duncan kennedy is at bournemouth coroner's court. the news that this was the body of emiliano sala came from the coroner here in bournemouth. this is where the coroner is based at the town hall behind me. that was followed this morning by this very sad tribute by members of his family, who say they are in great pain as a result of learning it was his body, and also that they mourn, in their

words, their son. they also added that their thoughts are with the family of david ibbotson, whose body has not yet been found. although emiliano sala died alongside david ibbotson, it's only the cardiff city football that has been found. his body was brought ashore in portland yesterday and taken to bournemouth, where the dorset coroner will oversee the process. emiliano sala's family, seen here earlier, said this morning that it seen here earlier, said this morning thatitis seen here earlier, said this morning that it is with infinite sadness we confirm the identity. speaking from france, their statement said... the confirmation of emiliano sala's

death was also marked by cardiff city, the club he was en route to play for. whilst everyone expects the worst, you know, when it happens... i got a phone call last night in the evening and... it was strange, really. obviously it brings the family peace. it offers them comfort. fellow players have also offered their respects. arsenal's mrs ozil said, no words to describe how sad this is. sergio aguero, the manchester city argentinian striker said, terribly sad, rest in peace. whilst wayne rooney added, his thoughts were with the friends and family. in nantes, emiliano sala's former french club, so fans and

players pay a collective tribute. he was as much adored here as he was anticipated in cardiff. the search for david ibbotson has been called off in the channel because of bad weather. his family must wait longer, as that of emiliano sala can begin to mourn. you can tell from all that expression of grief, from the family, from the fans and from fellow footballers, just what high regard they had four emiliano sala. but everybody at the same time has been keen to stress this morning that nobody should forget the family of david ibbotson, for they don't have their body and their grieving cannot yet fully begin. thank you, duncan kennedy reporting. at least 10 people have died in a fire at one of brazil's best—known football clubs. it happened at flamengo's training ground in rio dejaneiro. it's believed some of the club's youth players, between the ages 01:14 and i7,

are among the dead. julia carnero is in rio for us. julia, tell us more about what happened ? this happened in the training facilities of flamengo, the biggest clu b facilities of flamengo, the biggest club in rio and the club with the biggest fan base across brazil. the young athletes were asleep in the dormitory when the fire started. firefighters say they were summoned at 5.17 in the morning. they were fast asleep when it happened. some of them managed to escape. the stories are coming in now of those who saw the smoke, smelled the smoke, woke up and managed to run out and take some of their collea g u es out and take some of their colleagues with them. however, some did not manage to escape and ten have been confirmed dead, and three more are in hospital due to burns covering their bodies, one in a very grave state. this has brought lots of shock to the country, with

football clu bs of shock to the country, with football clubs and football players expressing solidarity, consternation, and cancelling events and training in the next few days. a major football match here in and training in the next few days. a majorfootball match here in rio has been cancelled tomorrow. the whole football community is in mourning after what happened. thank you, julia carneiro, reporting from rio. theresa may will hold talks in dublin this evening with the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, to try and break the deadlock over brexit. and ahead of that meeting, mr varadkar is in belfast this afternoon, talking to northern ireland's political parties. it's the first time he's done so since the withdrawal agreement was published in november. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. chris, how important are today's talks? it's interesting, the irish government has been pretty clear as to what these meetings are not. they say that only the european union can carry out brexit negotiations, ireland can't do that on its own,

and therefore this is not a negotiation. these are discussions between the taoiseach, leo varadkar, and the five northern ireland political parties, and then later with theresa may when she comes to dublin for dinner. as regards what they will talk about, from theresa may's point of view, she will be putting out her case, telling leo varadkar what she putting out her case, telling leo va radkar what she wants putting out her case, telling leo varadkar what she wants as regards changes to the eu withdrawal agreement, particularly changes to the backstop, the guarantee that there will not be any new controls on the irish border under any circumstances, even if there is not a big free trade deal. she wants legally binding changes will stop ireland and the eu have been adamant that will not happen, negotiations on the backstop and the whole withdrawal agreement will not be reopened. the only option is for changes to the political declaration, the non—legally binding document that accompanies the withdrawal agreement. so ireland is very clear in their position. they have been very careful this week to say they are not bilateral talks between ireland and great britain on

brexit, before he goes back to dublin to meet mrs may, leo varadkar will hold talks with the biggest storm and parties here. he has arrived in the last half an hour. among the parties he will meet are the democratic unionists, the party keeping mrs may in power in westminster, who are strongly opposed to the backstop. it would be the first time leo varadkar has come face—to—face with those unionist leaders since the draft agreement was struck in november. chris page, thank you. a female officer cadet has been found dead at the sandhurst military academy. the 21—year—old was found in her room on the site in berkshire on wednesday. thames valley police says her death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. the ministry of defence says its thoughts are with the officer's family. detectives have been given more time to question a 24—year—old man over the disappearance of student libby squire in hull. libby was last seen after a night out in the city a week ago. our correspondent sarah corker is in hull. bring us the latest details.

hundreds of police officers and volu nteers hundreds of police officers and volunteers have been involved in the search for libby squire. she was last seen a week ago sitting on the bench behind me here after a night out. a24—year—old man was arrested on wednesday at a property not far from here. we saw crime scene investigators going in and out of that house carrying away bags of evidence. the car was also towed away as part of the investigation and police officers remain stationed at the property, at the front and back today, and they have been there most of the morning. detectives have been given more time to question that men, an extra 36 hours. libby squire's whereabouts remain unknown despite an extensive search and police officers say finding her remains their top priority. last night, police really stepped up

their appealfor night, police really stepped up their appeal for information from their appeal for information from the public. they were seen out on the public. they were seen out on the street handing out leaflets about libby in four different languages. they also drove a huge illuminated billboard through the city with her image on. again today we have seen teams of officers at a park nearby close to where libby lives, searching through undergrowth, going along the river bank and also searching an area around a pond. sarah corker of reporting from hull. our top story this lunchtime: the daily telegraph says it's about to publish more allegations about the retail billionaire sir philip green. and coming up — concern that grey seal colonies in norfolk are being threatened by tiny plastic pellets. coming up on bbc news... a return to the fold for russian athletes. the international pa ralympic committee has voted to reinstate russia by the middle of march, after a ban of more than two years. the giant drax power station

in north yorkshire has become the first in the world to capture carbon dioxide by burning wood pellets. the company says the electricity it is producing during a trial at the plant near selby is carbon negative and helping to combat climate change on a very small scale. but environmentalists have expressed opposition. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. we humans owe trees a great debt. when they're growing, they absorb much of the carbon dioxide emissions that are overheating the planet. that is why the uk's biggest power station, drax in yorkshire, has largely shifted away from coal. the new fuel is in these giant domes. they're filled with wood pellets that will be burned to make electricity. when the pellets are burned, they will only release the co2 the growing trees captured in the first place.

this is known as carbon neutral. now drax is going one step further. with this equipment, it is taking the exhaust gases from the wood burning, and it is stripping out the carbon dioxide. the flue gas comes in here, and these tanks use a special chemical to separate out the c02. the co2 will later be able to be sold for industrial purposes. capturing the carbon dioxide from wood is a radical step. it's known as going carbon negative. so we are piloting a technology that actually removes the carbon emissions when we use bioenergy to produce electricity. so actually becoming a carbon negative power station, which we believe is absolutely critical, if we are to hit our global warming targets, and keep temperatures below preindustrial levels. but what to do with that captured carbon dioxide? well, in nearby leeds, this firm is buying carbon dioxide, and mixing it with incinerator ash from these hoppers. blending the co2 with

the ash creates artificial limestone pellets. you can see the heat from the chemical reaction. the pellets get turned into building blocks like these. it's ingenious to take a waste product like co2 and turn it into something useful like this. the problem is one of scale. one report suggests that, to solve our energy problems, we would need to be burning wood from forests three times the size of india. think of the impact. when wood is burnt, you take carbon that has been stored in forests, forests that have been growing often for hundreds of years, certainly for decades, you cut it down, you burn them. it will take new forests decades to grow back, if they are able to grow back at all. so the healthy climate relies on healthy forests. we need to have more of them. drax say there is plenty of timber

for current levels of burning. they think they will be asked to expand their co2 capture experiment to help stabilise the climate. roger harrabin, bbc news, in yorkshire. jeff bezos the founder of amazon, has accused the owners of a us gossip magazine of trying to blackmail him. mr bezos, the world's richest man, has posted online what he says are emailed threats from the national enquirer‘s lawyers to publish intimate photographs of him and a woman he'd been having an affair with. the magazine's publisher has not made any comment. we can speak to marc liverman from cbs news. he's in new york for us. talk us through the background to this, some extraordinary claims. your site it started, last month the national enquirer published private texts a nd national enquirer published private texts and photos ofjeff bezos and

his mistress lauren sanchez. bezos started an investigation into how the obtain that information which angered david becker, the chairman of ami which owns the national enquiry which got us to where we wear yesterday, in a blog post the amazon founder accused the publishers of the national enquirer of extortion and blackmail. he wrote, quote, they said they had more of my text messages and photos, that they would publish if we did not stop our investigation. bezos also posted what he says is an e—mailfrom a also posted what he says is an e—mail from a ami also posted what he says is an e—mailfrom a ami lawyer demanding bezos make a public statement that the national enquirer‘s coverage was not politically motivated. that brings in the political relationship between president trump and interactions with the chairman of ami, last year ami admitted paying hush money to women making allegations against president trump. no investigators think the brother of the mistress of bezos may have

been the one to have leaked the photographs. this all has a lot of meaning and when it comes to the president who is facing investigations of his own as we know, but in writing this letter jeff bezos has done something very few people at his level have ever done, he is hitting back at the national enquirer in his own words, writing that if you cannot stand up to this kind of extortion then who can? thank you very much. the king of thailand's sister has caused consternation by running for the office of prime minister. there's a longstanding tradition that thai royalty stays out of politics, but the princess is one of the candidates competing against the country's army chief — who made himself prime minister after overthrowing the last elected government five years ago. jonathan head's report from bangkok contains flash photography from the start. thailand's long political hibernation has come to a dramatic end. as an antimilitary party submitted an extraordinary candidate for prime minister.

she is a top royal, elder sister to the king. and a character. calling herself a commoner, as she's given up her royal titles, princess ubonrat has embraced celebrity and pop culture. she's flamboya ntly fashionable, an avid social media user, and has starred in several movies. in a country that reveres royalty, she could be a huge electoral asset. and she's chosen a controversial side. parties like hers, allied to former prime minister thaksin shinawatra have won every election for the past 20 years. he was deposed by a coup. and his sister yingluck was unseated by ultra—royalist protesters who said the shinawatra clan threatened the monarchy. it was in defence of the monarchy, said general prayut chan—o—cha,

that he mounted his coup five years ago. his military government supervised the succession of king vajiralongkorn and wrote a new constitution, which was meant to weaken the shinawatra's influence in this election. so what are ordinary thai's to make of this extraordinary development? until now most had assumed that the military would use a constitution and electoral system which stacked the odds in its favour to hang on to power. but the entry of a flamboyant royal family member into the game has significantly rebalanced those odds, though how far and with what consequences for thailand's political stability, we just don't know. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. it's the pipeline from the east that's dividing the west. at the moment, 40% of gas used in the european union comes from russia. and the nord stream two

project would see that figure rise significantly. the united states and other countries fear the pipeline would increase europe's dependence on russia for its energy supplies. jenny hill reports. the relationship between germany and the united states has been turbulent since donald trump came to power. i think it's a horrible thing that germany is doing. he's attacked germany's trade surplus, its nato contributions, and now there is another source of contention. it's a horrible thing, that you have a pipeline coming from russia. germany is a captive of russia. under the baltic sea, engineers are already laying a pipeline. it will bring more russian gas, and some fear, more russian influence into europe. there is already a pipeline in place, nord stream 1. nord stream 2 will run alongside it, from kingiseppsky in russia, to greifswald in germany, doubling its capacity. this is where that pipeline, russian gas, is due to arrive on european soil. it's still a building site,

but it's also become a political battle ground. right now a lot of europe's gas is piped in via ukraine which russia pays as a transit country. ukraine's worried that once nord stream 2 is complete, russia will mothball its pipeline. there's still a lot to do but they reckon they'll get all of this finished by the end of the year. there is still though opposition from within the eu and america is not giving up either. they are still threatening sanctions on the western companies involved in this project. well, what we are concerned about is increased influence from russia at this time. isn't the truth that america would like to have that kind of influence by selling liquefied natural gas to europe? look, the fact is that the americans try to sell everything to everybody all of the time, that's capitalism, that's what we do... so why object when russia tries to do the same? well, let me finish my point. we've been consistently against this project, even before we had the ability to sell lng.

nobody knows for sure how much gas europe will demand in the coming years, but as countries scramble to supply and secure it, its political value is rising. jenny hill, bbc news, greifswald. conservationists say grey seal colonies in norfolk are being threatened by tiny plastic pellets called nurdles. researchers says the beaches in the north of the county, which are important breeding grounds, are covered with the potentially toxic pellets. seals are known to ingest the nurdles through the food they eat. mike liggins reports. the seal colony at horsey on the norfolk coast. we already know seals are getting entangled in plastic. but what effect are micro plastics having on these animals? scientists from cambridge working for the conservation organisation flora and fauna international are looking at how plastic pellets — or "nurdles" — are getting into the environment.

i've heard of micro beads. yes. but i've never heard of nurdles before. yes. what's the difference, apart from size? i'm not surprised you say that, most people have not heard of nurdles. they are both micro plastics. these are the microbeads. they are usually much smaller and we find them in cosmetics, toothpaste, things that we put on our face and we wash them down the drain. these nurdles are the building blocks of all plastic products that we use, it's the raw material of plastic production. just along the coast from horsey, at sea palling, we went looking for nurdles. and we found them. it's estimated there could be up to 53 billion nurdles in uk waters. the wind has been blowing the nurdles around the beach but even in the short time we've been looking, 15—20 minutes, we've found between 30 and a0 of them. so, at the moment you don't know that these nurdles are a problem for seals,

but you think they might be — why is that? we don't know the exact long—term impact of nurdles, of pellet pollution on the seals, but we would expect like other micro plastics, that they will be eaten by the prey of seals. we also find micro plastics in seals, coming from fish. at the same time, what we know is that micro plastics are really good at sucking up contaminants from the water and releasing them to the animals that eat them and that is the big concern. for the people who love and look out for the seals, the idea that they might be troubled by plastic pellets is heartbreaking. they were here before we were, i suspect and they will probably be here after we are gone. but yes, look at them, you couldn't ask for a better sight than that, could you? they are relaxed, the breeding season is over, all they have got to do now is flop about, they will be moulting soon. volunteers will be scouring beaches

across the world to try and provide a better picture of where and how many nurdles there are. the answer is unlikely to be good news for our seal populations. mike liggins reporting from norfolk. there's an old saying: "beer before wine — and you'll feel fine". but now scientists have dismissed the idea that the order in which you drink alcohol makes any difference to your chances of a hangover. here's our health correspondent catherine burns. there are a few sayings about this, like grape or green but never the twain, or of course. wine before beer... wine before br makes you feel queer, pure before the wind makes you feel fine. we will start with beer and then move onto wine, it's natural. scientists from a

university in germany decided to test the theory. they took 90 volu nteers test the theory. they took 90 volunteers and split them into three groups. the first drank two and a half pints of lager are followed by four large glasses of white wine. the second group did the same in the opposite order and the third did not mix their drinks. when it was over they were not allowed anymore but we re they were not allowed anymore but were put straight to bed, relu cta ntly were put straight to bed, reluctantly in some cases. several we re reluctantly in some cases. several were sick, one couple split up and another got together. then came the morning after the night before. their hangovers were assessed, taking into account everything from headache and fatigue to dizziness and increased heart rate. a week later they did the same but the other way round and the result, no matter what order you drink their up with this much alcohol hangover is almost inevitable. the only outcome thatis almost inevitable. the only outcome that is a good predictor of the intensity of your hangover is how drunk the participant feels and if you were sick or not. one of the m essa 9 es you were sick or not. one of the messages is drink responsibly and

listen to your own gut feeling. hangovers might be all too common but from a scientific point of view we don't understand that much about exactly how to stop them, other than not drinking so much. hangover tips? lemonade in the morning. a good fry up lemonade in the morning. a good fry up in the morning, it helps you out. sleep it off. get through it, you did it. plenty of water, get up, if you're going at the next day, here of the dog. researchers point out that hangovers have one important benefit. they are a sometimes painful reminderfor benefit. they are a sometimes painful reminder for people to learn from their mistakes. time for a look at the weather. here's phil avery. this is the latest imagery from storm eric named by