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 milk — that's at 10:30.

before the papers — sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. good morning. i have the liverpool for you injust a moment, but we are going to start with union. wales top the six nations table with two wins out two and they've equalling their record of 11 test wins in a row. they last did that over 100 years ago. a much—changed side beat italy in rome. josh adams scored one of their two tries, with dan biggar kicking 14 points. that was the difference as they won 26—15 — they will need to improve for their next match against england in a fortnight but they are in the winning habit. it's a win, and that's it. pat yourselves on the back, you have just equalled a welsh record. you have got to enjoy that moment. an

international moment, everything is not about being perfect, and they made it tough for us today. at murrayfield, ireland's jacob stockdale was among the try scorers as scotland went down 22—13 following a second—half performance full of errors from them. a big win for the grand slam champions after their opening defeat. england will be looking to build on their win in dublin with victory against france at twickenham. that would take them above wales at the top of the table before the championship takes a two—week break. england were really impressive last week to upset the irish. france lost to wales last week but did look good for the first half. they have got a massive pack that can suck you in and make your defence tight so they can take advantage and score tries in the corner. we know that they come alive with offloads and turnovers and a scrappy ball and things like that. all the teams seem to come to life and punish you. but the main thing for us

is that we are at it for 80 minutes on the weekend, that we're focused, that we're engaged and really ready for anything. england face the champions france in the women's six nations in doncaster at 12:16. wales and italy gound out a 3—3 draw in lecce in southern italy yesterday. robyn wilkins gave wales a half—time lead. italy equalised with a penalty in the second half and had this kick to win it in added time. but itjust drifted wide. a draw lifts wales off the bottom of the table. liverpool are back on top of the premier league. manchester city will return there if they beat chelsea this afternoon, butjurgen klopp‘s side have their noses in front, that's after after a much needed 3—0 win over bournemouth at anfield, it could have been more. sadio mane gave them the lead before that lob from georghino wijnaldum. mo salah scored their third early in the second half. after two straight draws, they had slipped behind

city on goal difference, but they are now three points clear, and will have a game in hand after city's match. elsewhere, manchester united beat fulham 3—0 — two goals for paul pogba there. palace drew against west ham. arsenal stay sixth but move to within three points of chelsea after a 2—1 win at huddersfield. and it was an unhappy return to watford for former manager marco silva as his everton side lost 1—0 at vicarage road. burnley won 3—1 at brighton. in the scottish cup fifth round, champions celtic play stjohnstone this afternoon while hearts take on auchinleck talbot. kilmarnock can thank their keeper for taking rangers to a replay for a place in the quarterfinals. daniel bachmann saved james tavernier‘s penalty early in the first half at rugby park. it was goaless at full time, and they'll face each other again at ibrox in 10 days‘ time.

it was a perfect week for great britain's fed cup team in bath in their europe africa zone play—offs. they beat serbia in the final, katie boulter and johanna konta again won both their singles rubbers. konta battled through fatigue to beat serbia's aleksandra krunic in three sets. she had spent over 10 hours on court over the four days of competition. great britain are nowjust one win away from reaching world group ii for the first time since 1993. they'll find out on tuesday who they face next month. england are putting up a bit of a fight in the final test against the west indies in saint lucia. the series is already lost and it looked like this could be heading the way of the others as keatonjennings on his return to the side, once again fell cheaply. but an unbeaten century partnership from ben stokes and joss buttler helped england to 231—4.

play resumes at 2 o'clock. the british indoor athletics championships continue this afternoon, laura muir is the new 3000 metre champion. it's longer than her normal distance. she smashed through the last 400 metres to take the title in 8 minutes 48 seconds. melissa courtney took the silver and amy eloise—neal ran a lifetime best to take the bronze. one of the greatest skiiers of all time, lindsey vonn, will race for one final time today — as she competes in the downhill event at the world championships in sweden. with 82 world cup wins, the former olympic champion will falljust short of breaking the all time record, held by sweden's ingemar stenmark, who achieved 86. vonn, who crashed in the super—g at the start of the championships, knows that it's time to hang up her skis. david law has his first title on the european golf tour.

it came at the vic 0pen just outside melboune. and what a way to win it, an eagle on the last for a one stroke victory. the scot finished on 18 under par. the vic 0pen is the only touranment with male and female fields playing on the same course at the same time for equal prize money. they play in alternate groups. the prize money is about £750,000. the french player celine boutier also won her first tour title. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers have on their front pages today. with me is thejournalist and author shyama perera and robert fox, the defence editor

at london's evening standard. some of today'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 onjeremy corbyn‘s leadership credentials. the sunday telegraph has more on the ongoing story concerning sir philip green. 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 the news that the duke of edinburgh has given up his driving licence. news of the duke's decison makes the lead for the sunday mirror,

which says the woman who was involved in the recent car accident with prince philip is relieved he will no longer be driving. 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. quite a variety of stories on the front pages of the papers. let's start, shyama, with the observer. chris grayling under pressure on what it calls the brexit ferry fiasco. not the first time he has beenin fiasco. not the first time he has been ina fiasco. not the first time he has been in a spot of bother. and not the first time he has been in a spot of bother over this particular contract. when i read this story, i think, how did it take us so long to get here, because we knew that they we re get here, because we knew that they were capsized right from the start. the press were up in arms about it,

we knew they had no vessels, we knew that they were supported by a company from ireland which didn't seem that involved and has now withdrawn. why on earth did we go on withdrawn. why on earth did we go on with this, and why has it taken so long for grayling to pull out of this deal? for me, this story is very important, clearly there needs to be an action that follows, because they have been ignoring this for so long, for many weeks. should he resign, do you think? should he be forced to resign? his conduct has been hopeless, but presumably there will be a blame game, because the excuses we re will be a blame game, because the excuses were vague, they made alice in wonderland look like straightforward reportage when they we re straightforward reportage when they were saying why he had given this contract to this company. people

like anna soubry quoted in the article and vince cable are dead on the money when they say if this is the money when they say if this is the quality of preparation for a crash out no—deal brexit, then heaven help us. and that is the serious point. again, it is a point against me's in mobility —— against theresa may's immobility. everybody is saying, whether you are donald tusk or even some supporters now coming out being quoted, we are just not ready, we just can't do it on time, and this is a very bad sign of that. absolutely. to reduce it, it's like saying i'm going to the dentist even though he doesn't have a dentist's chair. or a drill! precisely. everybody saw through this right from the start. and southern rail and so on, the

catalogue is that he shouldn't be there. it is a tricky job, though, isn't it? transport secretary is not the easiestjob in government. isn't it? transport secretary is not the easiest job in government. but some people do it well and do it seriously, and there is serious journalism about it by our deputy editor, julian glover, who has been in government on transport, and i had a long conversation with him this week, and he said, it'sjust not being taken seriously enough. theresa may and the inner council, the kitchen cabinet, just seem to wa nt the kitchen cabinet, just seem to want to send theirs away, and now it is in want to send theirs away, and now it isina want to send theirs away, and now it is in a state. let's move on, another story on the front page of the observer, suicidal children as young as 12 having to wait more than two weeks to get a bed in a mental health unit to start treatment according to some research. shyama, what you make of that? it is

worrying, it is part of a continuum. i know of adults who have had to wait up to 12 weeks, and when we're talking about children, especially ina week talking about children, especially in a week where we are talking a lot about a child who self harmed and then killed herself, we need to be taking this much, much more seriously. the problem is, however seriously. the problem is, however seriously we take it, if we don't have the resources, how do we manage it? and also, the sunday times moving on talking about young people as well. the failure of the tech giants to force adult age limits generally, the social media companies have been under the spotlight very much in the last few weeks, robert, but this is age limits on dating apps. they are saying placing a generation of children at risk of grooming and sexual exploitation. this is lax controls we are talking about on things like tinder and grindr and so

on, giving predatory paedophiles access to children. i agree, but really, who takes control? how can you expect these giants to take control and learn. parental control who has the pastoral care? our children grew up well before this, and it does seem to me to be a complete nightmare, because i use quite a lot of social media, things like twitter are very important for myjob. but do i really understand the ins and outs of it? but i think it must be said, hearing sir nick clegg talking during the week, and looking at the way that the russell story as you mentioned has really made big news in america, that it seems to me that facebook and the really big ones are still playing catch up, but it is how they can be

helped over this hurdle. i don't know how you stop somebody who really is out to deceive you about theirage, really is out to deceive you about their age, which adolescents will do, how you can enforce that.|j their age, which adolescents will do, how you can enforce that. i was going to say that, these are adolescents going these apps, it is not as if they are being drawn to it. i come to a household where everybody is an tinder or tinder or one or other dating up available, and what we are setting controls so that at my age you are not being hit by 18—year—olds of the younger members are not hit on by 60—year—olds, if they would be. but if you are 13 and you go in, you probably think it is funny, it is quite a laugh when people start to draw you in and you don't understand, but is this the problem of the app or the problem of the people who should be looking after that child? i just wonder people who should be looking after that child? ijust wonder if people who should be looking after that child? i just wonder if what we need now is phones for the under 18 is that our self—limiting and can be upgraded at 18 to another type of

phone? it makes much better sense. we have bicycles for children, we have lots of things children, child size. there should be phones for the under teens. the duke of edinburgh giving up his driving licence at the age of 97, and the lady who was involved in a collision involving prince philip says in the sunday mirror she feels safer now that he is off the road. good old sunday mirror, they bought into this one big—time. emma fairweather, i have to say, has a point, she has a broken wrist to show for this incident. i would love to know the real back story. did pc plod or sergeant of britain's finest go round and say to hrh, don't you think it's time? the discussion must have been amazing. he has always been very independent spirited and minded, and that is one of the reasons he enjoyed carrying on driving. i bet he drives on the

private roads. and also, absolutely... private roads. and also, absolutely. . . we private roads. and also, absolutely... we have discussed it before, it is very difficult to e nforce before, it is very difficult to enforce this. i have just gone through the second iteration ofjust applying for the upgrade at 73, but again, it'sa applying for the upgrade at 73, but again, it's a bit like what we have just been talking about an social media, you can say anything you like. "do you think you are fit to drive again?" like. "do you think you are fit to drive again? " there like. "do you think you are fit to drive again?" there is no obligation to go foran drive again?" there is no obligation to go for an eye test. should there be? i think if you are able to drive a 97, you should be driving at 97. he has the good fortune to be fairly fit at that age, and there are probably ito—somethings who are as infirm as him for other reasons. the point is really, is he giving up because he knows deep in his heart because he knows deep in his heart because his driving has deteriorated, or is he giving up because of public pressure? if it is the former then he is absolutely right to do so. let's talk very

briefly about the mail on sunday. a huge amount of coverage about a new book aboutjeremy huge amount of coverage about a new book about jeremy corbyn, huge amount of coverage about a new book aboutjeremy corbyn, and the summation of it all is unfit for office, their banner headline. robert? it is a book by tom bower who is well— known for robert? it is a book by tom bower who is well—known for this kind of thing. he doesn't pull his punches. he goes through the corbyn marriages and what he is done, and his affection for venezuelan and vegetarianism, not necessarily in that order. actually there is not much new in it. it is a good hatchet job, ifl much new in it. it is a good hatchet job, if i can put it like that. but why the mail on sunday? how many hard—core mail on sunday readers and buyers would anyway be thinking of voting forjeremy buyers would anyway be thinking of voting for jeremy corbyn? buyers would anyway be thinking of voting forjeremy corbyn? fair point. robert, i know you want to talk a little more about this story in the sunday times about a us soldier, american soldier, who has

been killed in active service, and she was part of us special operations. she wasn't a special forces soldier, but she had done four tours, and she was killed in northern syria. her name was shannon kent, she was a mother of two, incredibly fit, but a cryptographer and linguistics expert, the special forces couldn't operate without her. she had six local arabic dialects, absolutely fantastic, so although technically only since 2016 have women being allowed to serve in the top echelons of the forces, but a terrific person, any soldier or civilian could have been killed in those circumstances, but you put it together with a wonder. it in the mail on sunday in which a well—known rowing athlete, philip birch, is

going the whole hogg for the full royal marines training, to get the green beret and become a royal marine commando, the first woman in 350 years. i think it is absolutely terrific, although she does follow a legendary woman called hannah snell who was both in the army in the 18th century and in the royal marines, and was wounded at the siege of. women give the armed services a contemporary look, but the only thing i would say finger wagging at the commanders as they mustn't break their bodies. it is ok to say that upper body strength isn't quite the same, or the anatomical arrangement isn't quite the same, and you can't lift weights, but philip birch is a terrific weightlifter, but the chief

of general staff, the head of the army at the moment, said that he got very close to the kurdish women's forces on his previousjob outside rack —— raqqa, and they very nearly took raqqa single—handed six months ago. and the next story, headteachers supporting a pupil's strike. this is part of movement across europe of schoolchildren marching out to protest at the slow movement of action around climate change. headteachers are applauding the planned strike, which is for this coming friday. very surprisingly, robert and i were discussing this and saying we are com pletely discussing this and saying we are completely in favour of it. what a terrific thing for young people to do. i remember being on strikes

myself in the 1970s, our school went on strike and i remember marching to cou nty on strike and i remember marching to county hall. what was your cause? somebody said it was about the bomb, but i think we were protesting in oui’ but i think we were protesting in our school about her work. but what it did was, it marshalled your political resources, because you needed to be thinking in order to do it. it wasn't just a needed to be thinking in order to do it. it wasn'tjust a beanfeast down on the embankment where we all headed off, it really made us think and made us feel part of a larger community, and it engaged us with politics, and i do think young people today really need to be engaged with politics. are you saying you don't think they are engaged as young people used to be? no, they are not. if they had come out and voted as they all intended to do at all polls suggested they we re to do at all polls suggested they were in favour of remain, if they had turned out in numbers to vote, we might not be in the mess we are in today. but even if pupils are

losing valuable school hours, would you be in favour of that? don't be mrgrumpy! you be in favour of that? don't be mr grumpy! climate change is a huge thing. there is far too much hot air, lip service, c02, expended on it, and fartoo air, lip service, c02, expended on it, and far too little action. it is very interesting. it coincides with one of the most alarming front page, front cover stories i have ever read in the economist this week, saying that fracking, exploitation of oil particularly from exxon mobil, is going to go up exponentially, and the economists are putting in a conservative paper, saying it could damage the planet in many aspects beyond repair. it is really important, it is europe—wide. i went to australia last year and it was really interesting how the young people there are totally engaged with issues around that. and it is their future, the future of the planet. they change the way they did everything, and it is wonderful but oui’ everything, and it is wonderful but our young people are doing it because some of us are complacent,

we grew up because some of us are complacent, we grew up in a time of plenty. we're going to finish with a look at the baftas, which are tonight of course. there is a picture in the sunday times, there it is, 0livia colman, rachel weisz, emma stone, all nominated tonight, and indeed the oscars are later on this month, and historical dramas have been at the four, so, any tips? ithink it is going to be wall—to—wall 0livia colman. the favourite is the favourite.|j the favourite is the favourite.” have a sneaking regard, for one of the supporting awards that richard e grant could get it, or good old steve coogan from laurel and hardy, what he does in front of the camera, going back to good old philomena, is

fantastic. i think he is a bit of a genius on the quiet. yes, a grumpy genius. i like grumpy geniuses. i would like bradley cooper to win, because he was so wonderful in a star is born, and he sang beautifully, better, ithought, the lady gaga, funnily enough. and it conveyed the energy of being on stage. yes, indeed, but particularly was a class act in looking at mental breakdown, and in fact that sort of comes into our earlier story about 12—year—olds, because in the film, that has dogged him all his life, and... and in his life as well. in his real life as well, and i went with my daughter who was 23 and she just said, that is the best portrayal i've seen of mental illness, so it was great. and roma is another big surprise. you could be an the film review, you two. shyama and robert, thank you for

being with us this morning. that is it for the papers today. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. thank you again from robert fox and shyama perera, and it is goodbye from all of us. hello. a cooler day for all of us, but not as windy as recently. we are seeing some areas of cloud and rain, heading down in towards northern ireland. this cloud has brought a wet and messy start across the south. the main rain area will be tracking its way towards east anglia and the south—east, it may move away later in the afternoon, but it stays cloudy here. sunshine and showers for a while, a good part of scotland

away from the far north, and a curl of rain and strong winds arriving in northern ireland in the afternoon. seven or 8 degrees, that is all today, blustery winds across wales in southern england for a while, especially during the night as the wet weather moves through, but it is gone by the morning. further north, that band of rain, perhaps a bit of winter arenas over the hills, sinks southwards away from scotland towards the north—east of england, drawing down chilly air on the northern feed, so temperatures lower overnight, the risk of frost here and there, frost more mallick in scotland. but we are cutting off a northerly feeding their as the high pressure building on monday, and for the time being it keeps the weather fronts at bay. cold start to the week, a little bit of frost, one or two icy patches, but a dry day pretty much everywhere i suspect, with light winds and some sunshine at times, it is a decent start of the new week. much—needed quieter weather, but after the frosty start,

a chilly dave east of scotland, the north—east of england, it may make double figures across southern england and south wales. this is tuesday, and a dry start with some sunshine for england and wales, more cloud coming to scotland and northern ireland, producing a bit of rain and drizzle, that will topple down into the north—west of england, brightening up further north as well. look at those temperatures, back up to ten or 11, maybe even 12 celsius, so the feed of northerly air doesn't last very long. and we will feed the air all the way from the south here, high—pressure sitting to the south—east of the uk, thatis sitting to the south—east of the uk, that is significant, drawing our air up that is significant, drawing our air up from that is significant, drawing our air upfrom a that is significant, drawing our air up from a long way south so it is quite mild. quite breezy across northern and western parts of the uk over the weekend, but look at these temperatures, ten, 11, maybe 2 degrees, not much rain around at all, some sunshine at times. that's it from me. goodbye. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 10am. 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 monkeying around at belfast zoo —