this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines: the duke of edinburgh is to voluntarily give up his driving licence, buckingham palace has said this evening. no ships and now, no contract — the government cancels a controversial agreement for extra ferries, in case of a no—deal brexit. the democratic senator, elizabeth warren, launches her bid to become the party's candidate for 2020, promising to champion ordinary, working people. millions and millions and millions of american families are also struggling to survive in a system that has been rigged, rigged by the wealthy and the well—connected. counting the cost of knife crime — the number of young victims admitted to hospitals in england has risen by more than 50% in5years. and in the six nations, ireland beat scotland 22—13 at murrayfield. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our

reviewers nigel nelson, who's the political editor of both the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. stay with us for that. the duke of edinburgh has voluntarily given up his driving licence. in a statement this evening, buckingham palace said that prince philip had made the decision after careful consideration. it comes after the 97—year—old duke apologised over a car crash last month, near the sandringham estate in norfolk, in which his vehicle landed on its side after a collision with a car carrying two women and a baby. our royal correspondentjonny dymond told us more about the events that led to this decision. the duke has voluntarily given up

his licence. it is two weeks after the collision were two adults were injured. buckingham palace says it was entirely his decision and it came after a fair deal of criticism came after a fair deal of criticism came the duke's way. he was a p pa re ntly came the duke's way. he was apparently driving without a seatbelt on a public road. the police have confirmed the licence has been surrendered and also say that a file on the case has been passed to the crown prosecution service. the police have the power to say in the case is not worth prosecuting but because there were injuries passing it on was pretty much inevitable. james brookes is royal correspondent and commentator at the royal central website. he explained what may have been behind the duke's decision. we are getting the impression

that he has made this decision himself and he wants to enjoy his retirement going forwards, but he was very shaken after that crash. it was very serious and most people say it was a miracle he did not come off are worse than he did and i think he has taken it on board and think, if i am going forward, i do not want to be involved in something like that again. you mentioned that he obviously wants to enjoy his retirement, in a sense his life has changed since retiring because he will have been driven while he was attending public duties with the queen and he does not do that anymore. yes. for most of his life, particularly whilst he was with the queen or on official engagements, he had a chauffeur taking him to and from engagements. he is strong willed and he likes to drive himself and be able to be involved with activities on the estate and we have seen for years him doing his own carriage

driving and i think that will continue and i very much doubt he will give that up, but the public road element of this is what surprised quite a few people. not many people who do not follow the royals would realise he was out and about on public roads and i think people are thinking now, this is for the best going forwards. you cannot blame him just because of his age or think that that is very fair, but it will have played a part and he will know that his reactions are getting slower as he gets older and we know that from previous concerns from the royal family themselves, i know prince charles has previously voiced concerns about his father driving as he gets older and now is the time, he has given back his licence and he will be for ever more chauffeur driven. do we assume that the palace will now hope this has drawn a line under the affair? i would have thought so and i think that is why we have had the statement.

we understand that that duke of edinburgh gave his licence in earlier and that is why the statement has come out and now he can draw a line under it. he has apologised to the individual involved in the car she was injured and said he is very sorry for his part in the crash and we wait to see whether any more action comes from the crown prosecution service. the government's under fire tonight with calls for the transport secretary to resign after it cancelled a multi—million pound contract awarded to a company in the event of a no—deal brexit. seaborne ferries won the deal to ensure ferries would keep crossing the channel in the event of the uk leaving the eu without a deal but there was widespread criticism after the bbc found the company did not actually have any ships and had never run a ferry service before. our business correspondent rob young reports. preparations have been under way for weeks. dredging started at ramsgate port

at the beginning ofjanuary. seaborne freight was due to run regular services to ostend in belgium in the event of a no—deal brexit. once it got hold of some ships. but the company has now been stripped of its contract. the £14 million deal was controversial from the start. the contract‘s cancellation has intensified the criticism of ministers. we first flagged problems with seaborne freight in april of last year. and we've been tracking it since then both in terms of its attempts to find vessels, which have all failed without exception, largely because this port is very small. the government has defended the checks it carried out on seaborne. it says the company's main backer, arklow shipping, has pulled out, meaning seaborne could not meet its contractual requirements. it wasn't paid any public money. ferries haven't operated at ramsgate since 2013. the government hopes new services

from here could help reduce congestion at dover if there are delays come the end of march. but there is now a big question mark over whether ramsgate will be used if there is a no—deal brexit. the department of transport says it's in advanced talks with other companies to supply freight services, possibly from ramsgate. with less than two months to go until brexit, timing is tight. it is a disappointment. i don't know the commercial reasons why arklow have pulled out. but i want to make sure this port is ready for brexit resilience. however the cash—strapped local authority is considering a cut to the port's funding which might prevent a ferry service starting in the future. rob young, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. he explained what the political fallout has been to today's news. i guess, if you could award a

contract i guess, if you could award a co ntra ct to i guess, if you could award a contract to a ferry company with no ferries of its own this was all was going to be critically contentious but labour privately agreeing with them. downing street says the prime minister has full confidence in the transport secretary. this episode is once again putting the spotlight in the government ‘s preparation for no deal. some suggesting the effect of no deal must not be disruptive. an attempt to get a deal, michel barnier is being visited on another range of meetings with continental counterparts. the unofficial deadline is the end of the month and as the clock begins to kick down, more attention to what happens if we

leave without a deal at all. the left—wing democratic senator, elizabeth warren, has announced that she's standing for the us presidency in 2020. mrs warren, a former law professor at harvard university, is expected to make the fight against economic inequality the centrepiece of her campaign. she's been speaking at a rally in the city of lawrence in her home state of massachusetts, at the site of a historic labour strike in 1912 that was led by women and immigrants. look at any other major issue in america. gun violence. student loan debt. the crushing cost of health care. mistreatment of our veterans. a broken criminaljustice system. an immigration system that lacks common sense and under this administration lacks a conscience. cheering and applause. 0verwhelming majorities of americans want action. huge crowds march on washington demanding change. letters, phone calls, protest,

but nothing happens. nothing. why? because if you do not have money and you don't have connections, washington does not want to hear from you. when government works only for the wealthy and the well—connected, that is corruption, plain and simple and we need to call it out. well a little earlier i spoke to the pollsterjohn zogby and he explained how well know elizabeth warren is. she is very well known. right now in the polls she is not known as well as former vice presidentjoe biden, bernie sanders, the democratic socialist, who made quite a run for the presidency in 2016, but she is probably the third best known

and she shows up in double digits in the polls, which is respectable. she was up in terms of recognition or in terms of approval? in terms of the horse race. joe biden in first place, bernie sanders in second and elizabeth warren in third, meaning she is in the pack in the crowd. he comes from the left wing of the democrat party, so what will she stand for in the minds of people? she will stand for combating inequality, as you heard, but also medicare for all, which is a single payerform of health care, in addition to that, she will be very aggressive on the environment as well, favouring the united states re—entering the paris pact on climate change. so, that will force... it will probably have a considerable amount of appeal among women, particularly young women. she has also been involved in a spat

with the president about her heritage. that is a very silly one that she got herself into, claiming years ago that she was part cherokee, native american, which led to candidate and then president donald trump are referring to her as pocahontas. really nonstop over the last two years. she very foolishly did a dna test which showed that while there is some cherokee blood in her, it goes back centuries and centuries and that anger and of course the cherokee tribes saying, you are not a tribe member. kind of a foolish dispute and she stepped into it herself. the home office says it's concerned about the large increase in young people who are becoming victims of knife crime. figures from nhs england show the number of people aged

between 10 and 19, who've been admitted to hospital with stab wounds, has gone up by more than 50% over the past five years. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, reports. the youngest bit them to die in a knife attack this year. he was stabbed to death after being knocked off my bad. an 18—year—old man has been charged with mortar. jaded was just 1a. the vic ‘s are getting younger. what has changed it we are seeing adolescents with severe injury and that is to be an occasional occurrence and that is 110w occasional occurrence and that is now the norm. i expect to see a child in a school this week. almost 5000 people were treated for stab

wounds last year. over a thousand we re wounds last year. over a thousand were aged 10—19, a rise of 54% compared to five years earlier. another trend observed doctors is that more girls are involved in knife crime. some victims faced threats that footage will be posted on line. there is a shift. i am seeing young women having had their mobile phone taken off them and the attack field. it is part of the humiliation. this is what will happen if you say anything. the rise is putting extra pressure on services. the home office has set up a strategy to tackle the problem and has launched a review of the links between violent crime and the trade in illegal drugs. the headlines on bbc news: the duke of edinburgh is to voluntarily give up his driving licence, buckingham palace has said this evening. no ships, and now no contract.

the government cancels a controversial agreement for extra ferries in case of a no—deal brexit. the democratic senator elizabeth warren launches her bid to become the party's candidate for 2020, promising to champion ordinary working people. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here is holly hamilton. ben stokes and jos buttler have put england in a promising position after more top—order troubles on day one of the third test against west indies. england fell to 69—3, but an unbeaten 62 from stokes and 67 not—out from buttler saw them close on 231—4 in st lucia. the pair put on 124, england's first century partnership of the series. west indies have already clinched the series after crushing victories in the first two tests, but england's best batting display so far in the caribbean gives them a chance of setting up a consolation win. they gave england's travelling fans

than just the rest of the squad a real the lip, a fantastic partnership of 125. they pitched it really quite tricky, you have to say the west indies felt like they were missing their captain today. they looked a little bit ragged in the field, dropped catches, which they haven't done so far. they have played basically perfect cricket for two test matches, and today for the first time they were kept out in the field for a full day and their bowlers started to look a bit ragged asa bowlers started to look a bit ragged as a result. it is a bit of the case of what might have been for england because they will look at that partnership and think it is kind of a test or two too late. a week on from their six nations defeat to england in dublin last week, defending champions ireland travelled to edinburgh to put their campaign back on track. they had to deal with a stubborn scotland, though, who hadn't been beaten at murrayfield in a championship game since 2016.

0ur sports correspondent katie gornall was there. well, this was a thrilling match here at murrayfield. scotland gave a very good account of themselves in swirling winds here in edinburgh, but ireland just ground them down and held on for the win. they came into this under pressure, remember, after that opening weekend defeat to england. they needed the win to keep their title hopes alive and they got off toa their title hopes alive and they got off to a very good start, an early try after a mistake at the back for scotla nd try after a mistake at the back for scotland and miscommunication between their wings which island punished. but the key moment really came after 16 minutes when stuart hogg, one of scotland's star players, went off with a shoulder injury. before he even made it to the tunnel, ireland pounced again, jacob stockdale, last year's player of the tournament, with - to jacob stockdale, last year's player of the tourné to ant, with - to jacob stockdale, last year's player of the tourné to ireland. - to jacob stockdale, last year's player of the tourné to ireland. after to jacob stockdale, last year's player of the tourné to ireland. after that make it 12—3 to ireland. after that it really was all scotland, and with stuart hogg on the sidelines, it was time for scotland's other world —class time for scotland's other world—class player to step up, finn

russell, who has been in brilliant form recently, and he really was the orchestrator here. he broke through and then showed incredible composure to put sam johnson through for the score for his first try for his country. and the pressure was all an island, really, right up until half—time, but they held out to lead 12-10 at the half—time, but they held out to lead 12—10 at the break. and then they managed to put a bit of a cushion between themselves and scott, carberry breaching the defence to put earls through. a penalty kept them in touch, but ireland held onto that lead in scotland couldn't pull them back, it finished 22—13 here at murrayfield. a very important win for ireland. a much—changed wales side equalled their record run of 11 successive test wins with an unconvincing victory over italy in rome. tries from josh adams and this one from 0wen watkin sealed the win and put them top of the table for the time being. football, and liverpool responded to back—to—back draws and falling behind manchester city at the summit of the premier league by beating bournemouth 3—0 at anfield.

jurgen klopp said he wanted his side to be convincing, and they could have won by more, sadio mane, georginio wijnaldum and mo salah with the goals. city can overtake liverpool tomorrow if they beat chelsea. johanna konta battled through fatigue to send great britain into april's fed cup promotion play—offs, with her win over aleksandra krunic sealing victory over serbia. the british number one needed to be helped to her feet at the end of her 7—6, 3—6, 6—2 win. earlier, her team—mate katie boulter had dismissed ivana jorovic in straight sets. it means gb are one win away from reaching world group ii for the first time since 1993. that's all the sport for now. enjoy the rest of your evening. the owner of topshop, sir phillip green, paid a female employee more than £1 million to keep quiet after she accused him

of kissing and groping her, according to the daily telegraph. the paper says the senior female employee, who hasn't named for legal reasons, was one of five members of staff who signed gagging orders after being bullied or harassed. let's take a look at some of today's other news: a 21—year—old man has lost four fingers after touching a rubber grenade fired by police during demonstrations in paris. riot police used tear gas to disperse protestors after cars were set alight and banks attacked. thousands have joined the so—called yellow vest rallies across the country. the mostly peaceful demonstrations against president macron‘s economic reforms are now in their 13th week. police in hull have been given more time to question a 24—year—old man arrested in connection with the disappearance of the missing student libby squire. the 21—year—old university of hull student vanished over a week ago after a night out in the city. a man and a woman who were arrested

on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence after four children died in a fire at a house in stafford have been released on bail this evening without charge. the three boys and a girl who died on tuesday were aged between three and eight. the british horseracing authority says it hasn't received news of any further positive tests for equine flu, which has forced the cancellation of races across the country. many more samples are still being examined, however, and the millfield school stables in somerset believes it may have a case. lizzie powell reports from somerset. thousands of tests are being carried out this weekend on any horses thought to have been in contact with those testing positive for flu. here at millfield school equestrian centre, a case has now been confirmed. they have released a statement saying the horse in question was fully vaccinated, as are all of the horses that are stabled at the school.

however, the yard has now been quarantined. all races have been suspended since thursday, including one this weekend. fergal 0'brien is a trainer in gloucestershire, and is hopeful racing will resume next week. this is horses getting cold and flu. it is not a herpes virus, it's not something that's detrimental to horses. they have got to be sensible and recognise that the trainers will only do what is best for their animals and for their horses, racing. they have tried to get a handle on it, and hopefully they will have a handle on it at the weekend, and then i hope that things will proceed like we hope they will on wednesday and racing can go on again. coughs and colds are rife at this time of year, and for horses it is no different. the problem with this new strain

of flu is that it is overriding the vaccine. there is no risk to humans, and horses are expected to make a full recovery. however, the key is to stop it spreading. it is just five weeks until the cheltenham festival is due to get underway, so it is a tense time this weekend, as trainers wait to find out whether or not races are going to resume next week. this is all crucial training time ahead of the festival. the british horseracing authority are due to make a statement on monday. lizzie powell, for bbc points west, at cheltenham racecourse. 50 years ago today, the boeing 7117 took to the skies for the very first time, heralding the start of what was dubbed the golden age of travel. the jumbo jet offered more space, more seats and greater luxury than ever before. it transformed aviation, making far—flung destinations within easy reach, as adam woods explains. archive: the jumbos are coming. 1969, and the jumbo jet is unveiled to the world. archive: one observer commented that it seemed as though the qe2 had taken to the sky. bigger than anything else at the time, it transformed air travel for millions of people.

archive: the jumbo jet has brought a new dimension to air travel — space, more room for more passengers. more seats meant cheaper tickets. it shrank the world, america, africa, australia now all within reach of the masses. the 7117 was a massive risk for boeing. it nearly bankru pted the company. orders for the new plane were slow to come in. but half a century later, it is still in service, and more are still being built. yet the jumbo's days are numbered. british airways plans to retire its fleet within five years. all airlines in america have already grounded theirs. smaller, quieter, more efficient planes are now the future of passenger flight. instead, jumbos are finding a new life ferrying freight. the queen of the skies for 50 years, and perhaps a few more to come. aaron woods, bbc news.

now it is time for a look at the weather, with tomasz schafernaker. thank you, let's see what's happening in the skies across the uk right now. we have got a little bit of rain. the weather is in the process of settling down. that will come, but not in the short term. for the night, and in fact tomorrow, we are expecting a mixed bag. this massive cloud here just to the north of scotland, there is scotland there, the north sea, norwegian sea, thatis there, the north sea, norwegian sea, that is what is left of storm eric, but to the south we have a separate area of cloud and rain drifting in. no real wind problems with this, but damp and mild weather for parts of england and wales. scotland, the north of england and particularly the north—east, clearer skies overnight. that means that temperatures will drop and we are in for a touch of frost. nothing too desperately cold, but chilly

nonetheless. here is the weather might for sunday. low pressure in the south of the country. that will be moving away, but then we have another weather front moving into northern ireland later on. so we are sort of in between weather systems during the afternoon. so here is the morning. cloud and the rain still affecting parts of the midlands, east anglia, it will probably take time before it clear clears away from norwich, and a spiralling weather front moves into northern ireland. increasing winds as well, but in between, if you noticed wales and much of the country, a lot of fine and dry weather before these showers here sweep across the uk once again. you can see that weather front moving through during the course of the second half of sunday. 0nce course of the second half of sunday. once that is out of the way, we say goodbye to that and a lot of these weather systems are being diverted to the north because of the high pressure that is building across the uk. and that high pressure will become stuck across the western half of europe. and that a sickly acts like a stone and stops any of these

weather fronts you can see behind like a stone and stops any of these weatherfronts you can see behind me moving into europe. in fact, the weather fronts will move northwards. they will be diverted so they will be following the jetstream, if you like, the weather fronts, be following the jetstream, if you like, the weatherfronts, whereas be following the jetstream, if you like, the weather fronts, whereas we will be in this area here where the high pressure is building and that high pressure is building and that high pressure is drawing up the milder and notjust high pressure is drawing up the milder and not just to high pressure is drawing up the milder and notjust to the uk but is france, spain and portugal as well. here is the summary for the week ahead. a lot of mainly dry weather, i say that because there could be a little bit of rain flirting with western scotland. mild by day but with clearer skies the nights will be quite chilly and with chilly nights we could also get a little bit of mist and fog. so after the stormy weather, it looks like things are settling down for this week. hello.

this is bbc news with reeta chakra barti. we'll take a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, with nigel nelson of the sunday mirror and the political commentator, jo phillips. the headlines:... the duke of edinburgh is to voluntarily give up his driving licence, buckingham palace has said this evening. the government cancels a controversial agreement for extra ferries in case of a no—deal brexit. the democratic senator, elizabeth warren, launches her bid to become the party's candidate for 2020, promising to champion ordinary, working people. counting the cost of knife crime — the number of young victims admitted to hospitals in england has risen by more than 50% in5years. and in the six nations, ireland beat scotland 22—13 at murrayfield.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nigel nelson, who's the political editor of both the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. some of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the observer leads on reports that mps on all sides are calling for the prime minister to sack her transport secretary, chris grayling, after the collapse of a no—deal brexit ferry contract which had been given to a company with no ships. unfit for office, says the mail on sunday, which splashes on what the paper calls a devastating new book on jeremy corbyn‘s leadership credentials. the sunday telegraph says sir philip green's retail empire arcadia is facing accusations of a cover—up after the omission of crucial witness testimonies in a report into sexual harassment. a head teachers‘ union has applauded a planned strike by school

pupils who will walk out of lessons on friday over climate change. that's according to the sunday express which also carries tonight's news that the duke of edinburgh has given up his driving licence. the sunday times says a generation of children are at risk of grooming and sexual exploitation due to the failure of tech giants to enforce adult age limits on dating apps. lets start with the front page of the observer and chris grayling, mps are uniting to tell the prime minister to sack him