rachel face this rachel face is bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines at 9 o'clock. work and pensions secretary amber rudd warns company bosses they could be jailed for up to seven years if they "wilfully or recklessly" mismanage their employees' pension scheme. theresa may will ask mps for more time to rework her brexit plan — but labour accuses the prime minister of trying to run down the clock. the duke of edinburgh gives up his driving licence, weeks after he crashed his car near the queen's sandringham estate. kurdish—led forces — backed by the united states — have launched a final push to defeat the so—called islamic state group in syria. the scientist who discovered the link between eating too much processed meat and bowel cancer accuses the government of not doing enough to encourage people to cut their consumption. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35 — this morning's reviewers are journalist and author shyama

perera and defence editor at the evening standard robert fox. good morning. company executives who mismanage their employees' pension scheme, could be jailed for up to seven years, under a new law being planned by the government. the proposals are intended to avoid a repeat of what happened when the retailer bhs collapsed. monika plaha has this report. bhs collapsed in 2016 with a huge hole in its pension fund. its boss, sir philip green, had sold the company for £1 a year earlier. the pensions regulator said he had done that to avoid liability for the company's pension scheme. after much criticism from the public and those in parliament, he agreed to hand over £363 million to the fund.

the government says it wants to avoid similar cases happening in the future. writing in today's sunday telegraph, the work and pensions secretary amber rudd says... plans for an offence to carry a maximum two—year prison sentence which were outlined last year are being extended after a consultation. the department for work and pensions said company executives who wilfully or recklessly mismanage pension funds could be sentenced up to seven years in prison and face an unlimited fine. with me now is henry tapper, he is the director of first actuarial, which is a pensions consultancy firm. the government and getting tough,

and they got the right approach?” think it is shutting the door after the horse has bolted. i am not sure this is the correct way to do it. lot of people say this is absolutely right, any wilful or reckless behaviour as the pensions secretary said, these people should be punished, people should agree with that? i think people should seek justice if there is damage to their pensions to wilful mismanagement. the problems being addressed and what about mismanagement of companies and pension schemes themselves. we have got a system of addressing these problems in place. we have a pensions regulator who does a good job of trying to find the right balance between not making companies corporate so much that they go bust but sorting things. we

have seen high—profile companies in the news over this. bhs and carillion and so on but how widespread the problem is this? do companies and plot —— employers wilfully abuse their employee pensions to china up the company? the problem with pensions are widespread. —— to try and help the company. many employers will have great difficulty of subsidising pensions to get them out of trouble which is not to say employers are wilfully causing the problems. these problems are systemic and 32—bit things like people growing older and not necessarily the fault of companies who run these schemes. —— and are to do with things like. perhaps this big stick approach, if

you do play around with people's pensions you will face seven years in prison, is this not a good approach? unlimited fines and seven yea rs, approach? unlimited fines and seven years, there are crimes against pensions and all sorts of places, some crimes have been committed by the government so it is notjust questioning going after two high—profile executives. they need to look at some other areas. what are your messages to people who have pensions, this is alarming stuff, should they be what it, she did just the pensions regulator?” should they be what it, she did just the pensions regulator? i think people should more attention to their pensions and in a company pension scheme, they should ask questions about the solvency of it and the trustees. you did not think people ask enough questions? no i do not and i think people who become

pensions trustees do not enough attention to the pension scheme. they're interesting, attention to the pension scheme. they‘ re interesting, thank attention to the pension scheme. they're interesting, thank you very much. a woman who was injured in the car crash involving the duke of edinburgh has welcomed the news that he's giving up his driving licence. buckingham palace said prince philip, who's 97, made the decision voluntarily after the collision with a car carrying two women and a baby. the crown prosecution service will take his decision into account when considering whether to bring any charges against him. andy moore reports. it was an accident everyone was lucky to walk away from. the duke of edinburgh's land rover freelander was turned over by the force of the impact and landed on its side. a baby was unhurt in the other car, a kia, two women were taken to hospital. one of them, emma fairweather, has told the sunday mirror that the duke was right to take the decision to surrender his licence but he could have done it sooner. she said... just days after the accident, the duke was seen driving on public roads near sandringham

without a seat belt. norfolk police said they had spoken to him about that. he also sent a letter to mrs fairweather saying sorry for his part in the accident and said he had been dazzled by the low winter sun and was very contrite about the consequences. the police say they have now finished their investigation into the accident and the file has been passed to the crown prosecution service. the duke could be charged for driving without due care and attention. the cps said the file will be reviewed carefully before a decision was made. but they also said the duke's decision to surrender his licence would be taken into account. andy moore, bbc news. theresa may will attempt to head—off further turmoil over brexit this week, by urging parliament to give her more time to achieve changes to the plan to avoid a hard irish border. she's expected to promise mps

that they'll be given another vote on brexit, if she's unable to recommend a fresh deal by the end of the month. joining me now is our political correspondent, tom barton. what is the latest on the brexit timetable? on the big timetable, fewer than 30 days to go, a0 70s until the 29th of march and still we don't really know what brexit is going to like. this week to easily‘s ministers are going to europe, others will meet their counterparts in european governments to try reach some sort of solution to the deadlock over the deal. in particular those disagreements over the backstop, whether it can be changed. 0n the backstop, whether it can be changed. on thursday of this week, there will be a series of votes held

in parliament, giving mps their stay on the stage of the process. there is not any imminent spectre of a deal before 29 march so some ministers have considered resigning to give their support to backbench moves to delay brexit. downing street are saying to not rush into anything, promising if there is no deal by the end of this month, theresa may will return to parliament and give mps a vote in which they will have the opportunity to set out their own alternative suggestions, including potentially extending article 50 to allow more time to reach an agreement. labour are saying those promises are fine but actually we want to make sure we can hold you to them so they are suggesting parliament should hold a vote this thursday, forcing the

prime minister to return to parliament if she has not got that deal by the end of the month. if she does not, then give mps more power about what happens next. thank you very much indeed. kurdish—led forces, backed by the united states, have launched a final push to defeat the islamic state group in syria. more than 20,000 civilians have been evacuated from land still held by is near to the iraqi border. here's our arab affairs editor sebastian usher. the us—backed sdf has played a key role in the war against is in syria. its biggest victory was to drive the jihadists out of their de facto capital, raqqa. in the past few months it's picked off one town, village, or hamlet after another in the corner north—eastern of syria to which is fighters have been driven. all that's left for the jihadists there are a few square miles next to the iraqi border — a far cry from the caliphate the group once declared across huge swathes of syria and iraq. the sdf delayed its final attack

until thousands of civilians in the area had been able to get out. now they say a decisive battle is under way. the united states military, our coalition partners, and the syrian democratic forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by isis in syria and iraq. last week, president trump said the total defeat of is could be announced within days. that certainly suits his agenda of withdrawing all us troops from syria. but he's been criticised before for declaring final victory over is prematurely. caution is still needed. is holds another sliver of territory in syria further west, while its sleeper cells remain active, and it's the same story in iraq. the group's ability to continue a guerrilla insurgency persists. the fate of his hostages, such as the british journalist john cantlie, remains unclear, as does that of its leader,

abu bakr al—baghdadi. its most effective foe, the sdf, faces an uncertain future, if and when its us backers leave. sebastian usher, bbc news. the scientist who discovered the link between eating too much processed meat and bowel cancer has accused the government of not doing enough to encourage people to cut their consumption. the department of health says it's committed to ensuring that all food products are as safe as possible, as ben ando reports. the cancer risks in eating too much processed meat, like bacon and ham, were first exposed four years ago, but since then, says the man who discovered the link, nothing has been done to warn people or reduce consumption. professor denis corpet, who led the research, has described the lack of action as a dereliction of duty by politicians in the uk and the eu. the danger is down to nitrites, chemicals that are used to help preserve the meat, which can be responsible

for causing bowel cancer. nitrite to put into processed food to protect against bacteria and microbes that can cause food poisoning, which itself, of course, can be very dangerous. the food standards agency says it tries to get the balance right, between putting in nothing to be effective and not so much as to cause undue risk. so what and how much is safe? processed meats include sausages, bacon, ham, corned beef, and deli meats. nhs guidance says to eat no more than 70g a day — that's the equivalent of about two sausages or three thin slices of ham. cancer campaigners say there are other much more risky factors. we know the link between processed meat and cancer is not well—known, especially compared to the link with smoking, but it is putting it into context — that smoking is inherently much more risky when it comes to cancer. but with ham a staple of many school lunch boxes, professor corpet says parents

in particular need to think about how much processed meat their children are eating. ben ando, bbc news. professor denis corpetjoins me now from france via the internet. thank you for being with us. tell us more about the link you see between processed meat and bowel cancerfor people who do not know much about this, just explain what you see is the connection. the link is not huge, it is not like smoking of course but when i give harm or bake into rats and mice, if this baking contains nitrite, it gives them cancer. it it does not contain nitrite it does not that is that. the surveys show clearly that there

isa link the surveys show clearly that there is a link which is not amusing but it isa is a link which is not amusing but it is a two length. to give a figure, every day in the uk there are 100 people get colorectal cancer, 100 every day and ten of them are caused by processed meats so it is important. just explain exactly what nitrates are and why they are dangerous? it is a natural component you can find in carrots or spinach but when included in meats and then when eaten, it makes compounds which are carcinogenic in oui’ compounds which are carcinogenic in our guts. it is only when it is in the meet and eat it, it is not carcinogenic per se or it would have been banned. it became carcinogenic when it is eaten which is what my

tea m when it is eaten which is what my team worked on. you have been strong in your criticism of the government saying they have not enough to warn people about the links on the need to do more. what would you like them to do more. what would you like them to do more. what would you like them to do exactly? i think they did nothing by the way. four years ago when i was on an who committee, deciding this was carcinogenic, we we re deciding this was carcinogenic, we were not sure there were alternatives but now there are firms in france and in the uk who are making good bacon without any nitrite. this is safe and we know it can be done so the government should really work with the industry, with the meat industry to get rid of nitrite. they have to take some time, they cannot do it in a flash. i think within a year or two,

nitrite could be banned really.“ that the situation in other countries, are using dixon is lagging behind other countries? that is sadly, it is the same in european countries everywhere and in the united states it is worse. —— are you saying britain is lagging behind. thank you very much for joining us. you are welcome, goodbye. police investigating the disappearance of the missing hull university student libby squire, have been given more time to question a man 21 year old libby hasn't been seen for over a week. the 2a year—old man, who was arrested on suspicion of abduction, will remain in custody until nine o'clock this evening. work has begun to enable the m20 motorway in kent to be turned into a car park, in the event of possible disruption caused by a no—deal brexit. steel barriers are being installed that would allow traffic to keep moving in a contraflow system on one side of the motorway, while lorries would be parked up

on the other. the road between ashford and maidstone will be closed overnight, until the work's completed in mid—march. two people arrested in connection with a house fire in stafford which killed four children have been released on bai the 2a year old woman and 28 year old man were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence. the children, aged between three and eight, died in the fire on tuesday. the headlines on bbc news... work and pensions secretary amber rudd warns company bosses they could be jailed for up to seven years if they "wilfully or recklessly" mismanage their employees' pension scheme. theresa may will ask mps for more time to rework her brexit plan — but labour accuses the prime minister of trying to run down the clock the duke of edinburgh gives up his driving licence, weeks after he crashed his car

near the queen's sandringham estate. violence erupted in france last night during another series of demonstrations by the country's "yellow vest" movement. 0ne protester lost his fingers during clashes in paris. it's the thirteenth week of marches, which began in mid—november. caroline rigby reports: seen here in black, holding his arms and running for shelter, the protester‘s fingers were ripped off by rubber pellet grenade which exploded in his hand as he tried to threw it away. according to one eyewitness, the man had been attempting to take pictures of demonstrators breaking down the barriers outside the national assembly. for a 13th weekend running thousands of gilets jaunes demonstrators once again took to the streets of paris. police responded to pockets of violence with tear gas and anti—riot munitions.

what began as a protest over fuel tax in november has broadened into a sustained revolt against the rising cost of living and the policy of president macron‘s government. translation: for decades now we have seen our elected representatives have not been working in the interests of the people. they have been working more for lobbies and other interests. when i see poverty in france, when i see the people abandoned by governments and notjust this one, for decades, whether it be sarkozy and the others, is it whether it be sarkozy and the others, i say to myself we must act. elsewhere in france, tens of thousands of demonstrators turned out in other cities from nantes to bordeaux and toulouse to marseille. according to french government

figures, more than 31,000 people joined the protest on saturday, a,000 in paris. but that number is down on the 39,000 of last weekend when almost double took to the streets of the capital. the representatives of the yellow vests dispute the official figures, claiming the turnout was higher. in brittany there was an arson attack on the home of the head of the national assembly but it is not clear whether this was linked to the recent protests. in response, emmanuel macron tweeted nothing justifies intimidation and violence towards an elected representative of the republic. the president remains under sustained pressure to quell the wider unrest in france but while the yellow jackets continue to claim the political classes are out of touch with the wider population, there seems little chance of a rapid end to the country's longest running protest in decades. five paintings said to be by adolf hilter went under the hammer in nuremberg on saturday — but failed to sell. 26 pieces of art were pulled from the sale because suspicions

were raised they could be fakes. the auction sparked outrage with the city's mayor calling it in ‘bad taste'. tim allman has more. five entirely unremarkable watercolours. that is until you take a look at the signature. these paintings are claimed to be the works of adolf hitler. aspiring artist and one of history's greatest villains. but the planned auction failed to find a single buyer. they were frightened away by the police, security forces and because of all the news that these watercolours and oil paintings would be fakes. this is not the first time doubts have been cast over art attributed to the former nazi dictator. last month three other watercolours were seized by police before a planned auction in berlin.

hitler was a prolific artist in his youth and in his book mein kampf, he claims to have produced as many as three paintings a day. most were destroyed so how many fakes are we talking about? somewhere between 500 and couple of thousand. which is ridiculous when special as you know after the second world war only 13 survived. whether these were his or not, the sale of hitler's paintings is hugely controversial. his shadow looms large when it comes to art. the metropolitan police chief, cressida dick, has revealed that she can't smell cannabis. speaking on radio a's desert island discs, the force's first female commissioner said her colleagues think it's ‘hilarious' that she is unable to pick up the scent of the drug. plans for a chelsea flower show garden co—designed by the duchess of cambridge have been unveiled. the garden aims to highlight the benefits that nature brings to mental and physical well—being.

kensington palace said it will "inspire families to get outside and explore nature together". the bafta film awards take place at the royal albert hall tonight. the favourite, starring 0livia colman as queen anne, has twelve nominations. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. as has become traditional, the duke and duchess of cambridge will be the guests of honour this year's ceremony. and it's a royal drama, the favourite, which many expect to live up to its title and win the prestigious best film award. while its star, 0livia colman, who plays queen anne, is the favourite for best actress. did you? look at me! how dare you! close your eyes! she has tough competition, though, from the wife star glenn close, after she won at the screen actors guild for her portrayal of the wife of an award—winning author. you were seducing the luscious linnea? nothing happened.

don't you dare insult my intelligence! four years out of the last five, best actor has been won by someone playing a real—life character. the vice presidency is mostly a symbolicjob. this year, christian bale, who plays former us vice president dick cheney in vice... and rami malek, who plays freddie mercury in the queen biopic bohemian rhapsody, look to be in a close race for that award. dear dolores... d-e-a-r. this is an animal. similarly for best supporting actor, mahershala ali, who plays a jazz musician touring america's deep south in green book... i'vejust come from having my teeth bleached. and richard e grant, who plays the best friend of struggling author in can you ever forgive me?, are thought to be neck and neck. while best supporting actress looks to be the night's most open race,

with emma stone and rachel weisz both in contention for the favourite alongside amy adams from vice, claire foy‘s portrayal of janet armstrong, the wife of astronaut neil armstrong in first man, and margot robbie's queen elizabeth i in mary queen of scots. lizo mzimba, bbc news. and you canjoin us at the baftas starting with our live red carpet show from 5.15 here on the bbc news channel. we'll be talking to the stars as they arrive at the albert hall, and looking at the films and the fashion with critic jason solomons and fasion designer maria grachvogel. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there, occluded developing. we

can see some cloud and rain. this has brought our messy start across wales and southern england. the name raine will head to the east anglia and ascites. it may move away in the afternoon. it planes up in wales and south—west england. sunshine for northern england and a good part of scotland, away from the far north. strong winds arriving in northern ireland in the afternoon. quite blustery when in wales and southern england, especially during the early pa rt england, especially during the early part of the night when the wet weather moves through. further north, this band of rain sinking southwards away from scotland into north—east england. we adjoin joined in chilly airof north—east england. we adjoin joined in chilly air of that northern feed so temperatures will be lower overnight. the risk of frost here and there, more likely in scotland.

we cut off this northern area is a stretch of high—pressure bills then on monday. so a cold start to the car little bit of frost, icy patches butjaidee car little bit of frost, icy patches but jaidee everywhere with light when an sunshine at times. it is a decent start to the new week. a chilly day for eastern scotland and north—east england. it may make double figures in england and wales. tuesday, a dry start for england and wales, more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, a weak front producing rain and drizzle into the north west of england, breaking up further north as well. temperatures up further north as well. temperatures up to ten, 11 or even 12 celsius. but cold air does not last long. this is from the south, high—pressure to the south of the uk is significant. this is quite mild,

quite a breezy across the north and west of the uk over the weekend. look at the temperatures top not much rain around at all. some sunshine at times. that's it from me. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines at half past nine. work and pensions secretary amber rudd warns company bosses they could be jailed for up to seven years if they "wilfully or recklessly" mismanage their employees' pension scheme. theresa may will ask mps for more time to rework her brexit plan — but labour accuses minister of trying to run down the clock. the duke of edinburgh gives up his driving licence, weeks after he crashed his car near the queen's sandringham estate. kurdish—led forces — backed by the united states — have launched a final push to defeat the so—called islamic state in syria.

the scientist who discovered the link between eating too much processed meat and bowel cancer accuses the government of not doing enough to encourage people to cut their consumption coming up: on inside out — west midlands — tackling prostitution, surviving the high street downturn and upsales in raw