you're watching bbc news at 9:00 with me, carrie gracie. the headlines: the prime minister says she's prepared to talk tojeremy corbyn about his demands over brexit as some of her own backbenchers continue to call for changes to the backstop. if we can come out of the backstop, we then have the chance, i think in the next stage of the negotiations, to do genuine globalfree trade deals. the senior police officer in charge of preparing for a ‘no—deal‘ brexit has said there's a risk such an outcome would leave britain less safe. we will still be there using all of the tools available to us to keep our community safe. but it goes without saying, these processes are slow, more bureaucratic, they are clunkier. a call for younger women with a family history of breast cancer to receive annual screenings. 18th—century period drama ‘the favourite‘ was the big winner at last night's bafta film awards. in los angeles, rapper cardi b becomes the first solo female to win best rap album at the grammys.

and in the sport — horse racing is on hold until at least wednesday as four new positive tests for equine flu have been returned. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00. the prime minister has welcomed further talks with jeremy corbyn about labour's five demands to support her brexit deal. in a letter to the labour leader, it appears theresa may has rejected one of the key proposals, for the uk to stay in a customs union with the european union. in her letter, theresa may says she isn't clear why mr corbyn believes it would be preferable for the uk to seek a say in future trade deals rather

than have the ability to strike our own deals. the prime minister goes on to say that the challenge to staying in the customs union with completely frictionless trade is the eu's position that this is only possible if the uk stays in the single market and accepts the free movement of people. on worker's rights, mrs may says these will be protected after brexit, but rejects labour's calls to keep them in line with eu rules, saying she believe these decisions should be made by mps in parliament. ina in a moment we will talk to adam fleming in brussels, but first we will speak to norman smith at westminster. does this take us somewhere new in our relationship over brexit? it is a far cry from where we were a few weeks ago when mr corbin was trying to force a

general election, refusing to meet mrs may. she was accusing him of trying to scupper brexit. they are now on the same page and they are talking to each other and talking about the details of the deal, rather than shouting past each other. there is a thawing, narrowing of the divide, if you like. you can see that in the tone of the letter. mrs may is sort of applauding mr corbyn for recognising the priority is in getting a deal not calling for a second referendum, applauding him for recognising the backstop is the issue which has got to be dealt with. applauding him urging the eu to do more to guarantee future security cooperation and significantly, mrs may edging closer to labour's position on employment rights. saying future mps could have a vote in deciding to adopt eu employment rights. there is the

offer of more cash for those communities, leave supporting communities, leave supporting communities predominantly who have done badly over the past few years. the one big difference still is this issue over the customs union, where mrs may is sticking to her position, opposed to a permanent customs union because she wants the freedom to negotiate our own trade deals. you get the sense she is trying to reach out in the hope, i think, not necessarily that mr corbyn will clamber aboard but those labour mps in leave supporting constituencies, who might be inclined to vote for or abstain from mrs may's deal, will feel they have more licence to do that. and listening to the prisons minister this morning, he was clear about it that mrs may is seeking

common ground with mr corbyn. what is happening is not a shifting of red lines, the prime minister remains clear the nature of the economy like the united kingdom need the freedom to make its own trade deals. she is disagreeing with jeremy corbyn's suggestion we enter a permanent customs union. but she is saying we have a lot more common ground that perhaps people are acknowledged on things like environmental protections, workers' rights, making sure we get investment into areas of the countries that haven't done as well in the last few years as other areas. it is a positive step and it is trying to help both labour and conservatives that there isn't as much that divides us as was suggested. mrs may cannot give jeremy corbyn a bear hug because she has her own hardline brexiteers watching and easily, fearful that mrs may is scraping towards a softer brexit. but they are still on board, they are still involved in this working group with some remainers.

borisjohnson was on the airwaves and it seemed to me he was not on the warpath against mrs may's deal. what everyone is hoping on both sides of the argument in the house of argument sides of the argument in the house ofargument in sides of the argument in the house of argument in the tory party, and elsewhere, the prime minister now goes to brussels and really get the change we need... but this has been going on hasn't it... she has said she will. that is the great hope and if you can do that, then we are at the races. we then have a chance, if we can come out of the backstop, we have a chance in the next stage of the negotiations to do genuine global deals and we allow our regulations to develop in their own way in some of the areas where the

uk leads the world. it is an exciting and attractive prospect for the uk. as ever, you think mrs may is trying to keep all sides on board, not to alarm the brexiteers but give them a sense that there is something in it for them without anyone resigning, quitting or engaging in open revolt. let's go to brussels and talk to adam fleming. we are going to get talks today between michelle barnier, europe's chief negotiator and stephen barclay, the brexit secretary. also looking at what is happening in london? michelle barnier will be listening closely to what stephen barclay has got to say and it will

be about listening, rather than renegotiating the brexit deal. because the withdrawal agreement, the divorce treaty is closed, as far as the eu is concerned. but it is not close as far as the uk is concerned. stephen barclay will be presenting the uk's three ideas to the backstop, at the back—up plan to avoiding checks on the irish border, if it is not solved at the future trade deal the two sides do. there is the idea of a time limit on the backstop, a unilateral exit mechanism for the uk to come out of the backstop if it comes into force and also alternative arrangements to get rid of the backstop altogether. michelle barnier will be listening to those ideas, not necessarily acting on them. because the eu thinks where the room for manoeuvre is in the separate document, the political declaration which sketches out the future relationship. that is where they are prepared to do work and apply the creativity to get the deal over the line. it does raise the question why they are bothering to meet at all because it sounds

like they are saying exactly the same thing theresa may said in brussels last week and what the eu said to her last week? theresa make up said to her last week? theresa make up this process as her big win when she came to brussels last week. so the two sides are talking so she can say to mps something is happening on the brussels n. i think they will do work on this political declaration becausejean—claude work on this political declaration because jean—claude juncker last week said europe are prepared to be more ambitious with the wording and the process about getting to the trade deal that can get into the political declaration. i suspect the eu is prepared to come up with something else that can sit between the withdrawal agreement and the documentation and i suspect they can work on that on the question is, when do they deploy this stuff? they will be listening to reports that theresa may will postpone the next

key vote on this until the end of the month because the way the eu looks at it, we are not going to do anything unless we are sure it is going to work in parliament. they don't want to work too early because it can be ripped apart by mps and become worthless by the time the vote happens. those are the calculations they are doing on the side. adam, thank you. meanwhile there's a warning that britain would be "less safe" in the event of a no—deal brexit. the man in charge of police preparations, deputy assistant commissioner richard martin, says criminal records checks could take ten times as long. andy moore reports. the international crime co—ordination centre has been set up as a safety net to ensure uk police officers can continue to co—operate with their european colleagues even if access to many of the current systems is lost. it employs around 50 people and that will cost £5.6 million for the first year. under the terms of the exit deal negotiated by theresa may, there's a commitment to broad and a deep partnership with european law—enforcement but no detail on the specifics.

if there was a no—deal brexit, the uk could immediately lose access to databases that are currently used millions of times a year. the police would have to fall back on treaties dating to the 1950s. policing is not going to stop overnight. we were still be there using all the tools available to us to keep our community safe, but it goes without saying that these processes are slower, they're more bureaucratic, they're clunkier, and obviously that doesn't allow us to be as efficient as we are now. in a no deal scenario, the extradition of suspects that currently takes days, could take months. criminal record checks that take less than a week could take ten times as long. officers say there's a risk the uk would be less safe and some suspects will slip through the net. policing minister nick hurd say a contingency plan for a no—deal scenario would involve moving to tried and tested alternative mechanisms. andy moore, bbc news. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, is due to announce

plans today to modernise the armed forces. he is expected to say that britain needs a bolder and stronger military so it can redefine its role in the world after brexit. he'll warn that the uk must be willing to use its military power, and single out what he sees as growing threats from russia and china. a man held over the disappearance of missing student libby squire remains of interest to the inquiry, and is due in court on unrelated charges. the 24—year—old has been charged with voyeurism, outraging public decency and burglary. the search for the hull university student continues after she went missing 11 days ago on a night out. up to 86,000 women aged between 35 and 39 with a family history of breast cancer should receive annual mammograms, according to new research. a trial by the charity breast cancer now found that

screening a younger age group detected small tumours early in comparison to the current nhs screening age of a0. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. at present, breast cancer screening is offered to women from the age of a0 who are thought to be at a moderate or higher risk because of a significant family history of the illness but a new research project that extended screening to at risk women from the age of 35 found there could be real benefits. more tumours were detected when they were significantly smaller in size and before they reached the lymphatic system which can spread the disease around the body. the earlier breast cancer is found, the more treatable it is. screening finds breast cancer at a really early stage, before it can be seen or felt and at that stage, treatment is less invasive and the cancer is more likely to be survivable. more people are surviving breast cancer than ever before, but it remains the biggest killer of women under 50 in england and wales.

more than 920 under 50s lost their lives to the disease in 2017 and it's the uk's most common cancer with around 55,000 women and 350 men being diagnosed each year in the uk. the authors of the study warn that more analysis is needed on the risks, costs and benefits associated with extending the screening programme. if it is made more widely available, as many as 86,000 women in the uk could be eligible but that's likely to still be some years away. dominic hughes, bbc news. gcses should be scrapped and a—levels should be replaced by a mix of academic and vocational subjects. that's the future, according to robert halfon, chairman of the education select committee. hejoins a number of prominant business leaders who believe that the current education system is outdated, and that young people in the uk need a wider range of skills suitable for today's competitive job market.

four new positive tests for equine flu have been found in vaccinated thoroughbreds in newmarket, according to the british horse racing authorities. racing is on hold until at least wednesday while the sport's governing body tests horses nationwide. the suspension came after six cases of the contagious virus were discovered at donald mccain's cheshire stables. the bha is due to announce when meetings can resume this evening. figures revealed today show more than ten million people have been brought into workplace pensions schemes by automatic enrolment since 2012. the scheme, which requires both employers and employees to contribute, is one of the government s flagship policies. minimum contributions are due to rise from five to 8% in april. this is a good step forward. people who had never thought that they would be saving for a pension

at quite a young age, starts from age 22, are beginning to do so in quite big scale. so normalising that approach to saving for your future, for your own pension is a really important change in the culture that we are seeing in the uk. two people have died in a car crash in west london. they drove the wrong way on a carriageway and collided with a coach. police were pursuing the vehicle after reports of an aggravated burglary. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister says she's prepared to talk tojeremy corbyn about his demands over brexit as some of her own backbenchers continue to call for changes to the backstop. the senior police officer in charge of preparing for a no deal brexit says there's a risk such an outcome would leave britain less safe. a call for younger women with a family history of breast cancer to receive annual screenings.

manchester city are on top. sergio aguero scores another hat—trick as manchester city returned to the top of the premier league, beating chelsea 6—0. england smash france to go top of the six nations table. and the resumption of horse racing later in the week remains uncertain after four more cases of equine flu were discovered at a different yard to the initial outbreak. more on those stories in the next 20 minutes. china has rejected claims from the turkish government that a prominent musician from the uighur—muslim minority was killed in a detention camp. abdurehim heyit was believed to be serving an eight—year prison sentence in xinjiang region, where up to a million uighurs

are reportedly being detained. video from chinese state—media appears to show mr heyit alive and well. that does appear to be the case. it shows a man what appears to be in a prison cell claiming to be abdurehim heyit, saying he is being investigated for crimes against china's laws and then denying that he is suffering ill health or has been mistreated in any way at all. china was very quick to get this video into the public domain. it was released by chinese state media based in turkey. it shows how concerned china was about the

damaging effects of reports of abdurehim heyit‘s death. but there are questions about it, it is impossible to independently verify and has all the hallmarks of the kind of forced televised confessions for which the chinese judicial system is so renowned. and people are saying without that independent scrutiny and oversight, notjust of this case, but of all those uighurs being detained in china, it is impossible to draw any real firm conclusions. underlying this is the huge, if you like, elephant in the room, which is china is detaining up toi million citizens, some people believe? there is very strong evidence and some of it we have recovered in our own reporting from

the bbc bureau in china to show that china is operating a large system of camps in which many hundreds of thousands of uighurs and other muslim minorities are being detained. china calls them a centres, skills training to give uighurs access to the job and society in general, it teaches them chinese language, china claims. but there is evidence these are places of incarceration. what is interesting in turkey's position in this, along with its statement condemning the reports of the death of this prominent musician was a very, very strongly worded condemnation of the system as a whole. people have wondered why turkey and other muslim majority nations have been so silent over this situation in china. this appears to be turkey finally deciding to take a stand. it is perhaps why, given china is pushing

back at the claim about the death of this musician that it is becoming so central. because turkey will say if china is wrong about the well—being of this musician, if it is wrong about the fact that he has died in these facilities, then it is wrong about the broader criticism as well. that is almost breaking ranks with the rest of the muslim world by turkey to actually stand out, call china out over this, which is very rare, as you point out. it is a very significant move, will other muslim nations say, we need to be stand up and be counted on this as well?m is possible it might open the floodgates, so to speak. there has been some criticism already from

malaysia and indonesia, but it is far more muted. the criticism that has come from turkey over the weekend, alongside the claims of this musician's death is by far the most vocal and pointed we have heard to date. it calls the existence of these internment camps are a human tragedy and calls on china to close the camps immediately. there is no doubt about it, this will cause china a huge amount of discomfort. turkey was seen, by some people, by critics, to have had it silence followed by offers of chinese, economic aid and political and diplomatic support. that no longer seems guaranteed. john, we could talk about this all morning but we are going to have to move on. the historical drama, ‘the favourite' was the big winner at last night's baftas, with british star 0livia colman taking home the prize for best actress. for the first time, the best film award went to a netflix production, the black and white mexican movie ‘roma'.

0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was at the ceremony in london. joining the duke and duchess of cambridge at the annual film awards, representatives of cinema royalty. and it was a royal—themed film that won the most awards — the favourite. go back to your rooms. british star rachel weisz won best supporting actress and the historical comedy drama took home seven awards in all, including outstanding british film, best costume design, and best actress for 0livia colman. did you? look at me. look at me! how dare you! close your eyes! she paid tribute to her two co—stars, rachel weisz and emma stone. emma and rachel — must keep it together. um, not just for your performances, but for what you did after the cameras stopped rolling. and we've never talked about this, and i find it very emotional. but you were the best and classiest and coolest honour guard any woman could ever have, and i love you. # so you think you can stone me and spit in my eye... the best actor prize went to rami malek for his portrayal

of freddie mercury in the queen biopic bohemian rhapsody. thank you so very much to queen, to brian may, to roger taylor, to the entire queen family. wouldn't be here without you. and to the greatest outsider of them all, thank you freddie mercury again. best film went to black and white mexican drama roma. the first time a netflix film has won the night's most prestigious award. lizo mzimba, bbc news. we know netflix has been knocking at

the door. this is alfonso, he chose to put roma on netflix. saying he wa nts to to put roma on netflix. saying he wants to reach a huge tv audience with this black—and—white foreign language film. it's not only been received with great warmth by those netflix subscribers, but it is pleasing the critics and scooping the gongs up. obviously, olivia coleman, the favourite doing as well as expected? it won seven out as a possible 12. including 0livia coleman, who is now pretty much on course to get an oscar. it was a lwa ys course to get an oscar. it was always going to be heard versus

glenn close going into awards season. glenn close going into awards season. they have won one golden globe each. you could say that 0livia coleman has had advantage with the bafta voters, she is very strong on the world stage. anything that surprised you about last night? i was expecting christian bale to go home with the best actor award with his committed betrayal of dick cheney in vice. the freddie mercury film, people are still loving clean. i wasn't expecting him to do quite so well in award season. it divided the crowds. you have the fans and then you have the snotty critics saying this isn't the best committal of freddie mercury we could have had. it seems as though he has brought those two together. thank you so much. i was going to go over to see what they had on the victoria

derbyshire programme this morning, they are ready, let's see what they've got. we are talking on the programme today exclusively with the georgian lawyerforjack programme today exclusively with the georgian lawyer forjack shepherd, the man convicted of the manslaughter of charlotte brown in a speedboat on the thames. they have been resisting his extradition to the uk, but she tells me they may agree to it and they will decide within a week. we will make decisions, if there is a reason to fight extradition, we will fight. but if there is reason to support his extradition, we will do it. his lawyers says that jack shephard regret his decision to flee the uk and avoiding his trial that resulted in him being sentenced to six years in jail. in him being sentenced to six years injail. you can see is on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. thank you very much, joanna. now we

are going to have a look at the weather. it has been a cold start to the day. sunshine through the day will turn hazy and as the weather front comes in from the west introducing thicker cloud and drizzle, later on we will see some rain. about six in aberdeen, and overnight a weather front continues to advance from the west to the east taking its cloud with it. the rain patting up for a time. we remain with clear skies across parts of eastern england and the south—east. in the countryside it could be cold enough for a touch of frost. we may see some patchy mist and fog forming particularly in the south—east itself. tomorrow, the fog will lift, the cloud will come in from the west and we will see the sunshine turning that bit hazy and we will have a weather front coming in introducing rain and strong winds. 0ne in introducing rain and strong winds. one thing you will notice

tomorrow come across the board it will feel milder. hello. this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines... the prime minister says she is prepared to talk tojeremy corbyn over brexit. more and more of her backbenchers agreed to the deal. over brexit. more and more of her backbenchers agreed to the dealm would have to give the uk and exit from the backstop. the senior police officer in charge of preparing for a no deal raikes said says there is a risk in no deal would leave written on safe. we will still be there using all the tools to keep our communities safe but it goes without saying these processors are slower and clunkier. 18th—century period drama ‘the favourite' was the big winner at last night's bafta film awards.

in los angeles, rapper cardi b becomes the first solo female to win best rap album at the grammys. a remote russian region declaring a state of urgency after what has been described by authorities as a massive invasion of polar bears. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. but first, some breaking news on gross domestic product which fell to a quarterly rate of 0.2% from 0.6% in the previous quarter. gdp slowed in the previous quarter. gdp slowed in the last three months of the year, manufacturing of cars and

steel products saw steve falls in advert and growth dropping to its laws diapered since 2012, 1.4% down from 1.8% in 2017. exporters suffered from global witness, consumers and business group increasingly concerned about a lack of plan for brexit or withdrawal from the eu. ben thompson willjoin us from the eu. ben thompson willjoin us and comes through the numbers closely. but let's get back to the briefing. the former foreign secretary boris johnson has stressed the need for a time limit on the backstop in order to avoid "getting locked into situations which suit the eu." he was speaking to the today programme earlier. the argument is now about how to get out of the backstop. and how to make

sure the uk isn't locked in that prison of the customs union. so what would be satisfactory? i think some of the ideas the prime minister has mentioned in the house do seem sensible. i think you would need to have a time limit but you would also... would that be expressed in a separate code so if you like rather than opening up all of the backstop? i don't think that would be good enough and it's my impression from talking to colleagues in downing street that they don't think it would be good enough either. the attorney general is looking into this, given everything that's happened over his legal advice wouldn't you accept his assurances if he said this would be legally binding? i think i would want to look very carefully at what is being proposed and it would have to give the united kingdom eight uk sized exit from the backstop. we would have to be able to get out by a certain time and you would have to be able to get out of our own

volition otherwise you are locked in arrangements that greatly sued the eu that enabled them effectively, to run our trade policy that means we have not delivered on the result of the referendum. and worse than that, we have not secured any of the potential economic benefits. just to be clear, they wouldn't have to remove the backstop entirely? the backstop is a good and 75 page protocol about northern ireland. i think the most promising way for word is to do what is called the malthouse compromise and the exciting thing about this is it has the support of colleagues in parliament on both sides. it may be exciting in the sense that unites the conservative party but the noises from the european union, it's noises from the european union, it's no mean thing but it hasn't changed anything in europe, has it? we show barney has said the backstop is the only operational solution, the prime

minister of the netherlands says there is full agreement that the withdrawal agreement cannot be renegotiated. you would expect, with great respect to those gentlemen, you expect them to say that. but eve ryo ne you expect them to say that. but everyone i think is hoping for on both sides of the remain legal argument in the house of commons in the tory party but elsewhere is that the tory party but elsewhere is that the prime minister now goes to brussels and really gets the change we need. the bafta film awards took place last night with the favourite dominating — picking up seven awards. 0livia colman won best actress for her role as queen anne, and her co—star rachel weisz picked up best supporting actress. will they be able to repeat their success at the oscars? earlier hollywood producer and director sandro monetti predicted the film's chances. you'd think the baftas would indicate what will win the award in two weeks but if you do get history

it doesn't add up. this was the 71st ba fta it doesn't add up. this was the 71st bafta film awards, only 29 times has the best picture winner gone on to win the best picture winner at the 0scars. it's not necessarily going to be roma which has been installed as the favourite for best picture. the favourite could still have a chance, greenberg is in there, this is the most unpredictable of awards seasons. i don't think the baftas has cleared the picture at all, it has cleared the picture at all, it has muddied it which makes the 0scars exciting. lady gaga, who appeared in a star is born which won an award for best original music, could not attend but she did however manage to post her delight on twitter. she had been busy attending the grammys in la — which received a surprise visit from michelle 0bama. the former first lady posted a picture on twitter with lady gaga — as well as the event's host alicia keys. 0bama gave a speech about the unifying power of music. from the motown records i walk out on the south side to be who run the world sites that few of me through

this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story. and i know that's true for everybody here. whether we like country or wrap or rock music helps us share ourselves. now let's look at what has been catching your eye on the website and app. the most read section, we've got at the top, everyone keeping an eye on the brexit conversations between the prime minister and the leader of the opposition. we have that in our news coverage, of course. the crash in which two diet but let's look at the third story, most red, we haven't talked about this this morning. this is a man called andrew michael who is in the bbc‘s meet the boss series and quite an interesting tale, he describes how at the age of 17, he gambled on changing his life by spending

£30,000 on his mother's credit card without her knowledge. he was living in cheltenham. he spotted a business opportunity to set up a website for small businesses are members of the public. 39 now but it has all worked out for him, because the success of that business has made him a very rich man. bass toast was its name. we have the computers in my bedroom, we created the software ourselves, said andrew, we needed a high—speed internet connection and history was made for him. a rich man, but i'm not sure what his mother thinks and i haven't had time to read to the end of the story to see what she felt about the credit card bill when she got it! staying with the up, let's look at what's going on in most watched. bafta, we've been covering that, life in the most disadvantaged city in the us, this is worth having a look at. it's on

the border with mexico. 62% of residents live below the poverty line. that piece covers the lives that they lead but it also gives a sense of their hopes, their fears and it's got a good soundtrack as well, i recommend that. catching your eye this morning. that's it for today's morning briefing. let's go back to the economy, gdp figures out, growing by zero 12% in the first quarter according to the 0ffice the first quarter according to the office for national statistics. ben thompsonjoins us office for national statistics. ben thompson joins us to discuss this, was it as expected? we cannot get excited about the growth, it's treading water, but it gives us an indication of where the economy is heading and if you look at some of the detail this morning it paints a picture of an economy in wait and

see mode. businesses worried about what it means for them when we talk about exit, they are holding off on investment, making big decisions. and as a result we get a figure like this which says that the final quarter, the last three months of last year, the economy growing by zero compare that to the quarter before, zero points 6%, tells us what is happening. this graph paints a picture of what is happening. look at the numbers, looks like a roller—coaster. but it tells us the story of the last 12 months because last year, at the start of the year, there was the cold weather, the beast from the east, most of the country was pretty paralysed as far as the economy was concerned, well into march. a lot of firms faced disruption but look at the summer, that peak you can see at the end of the graph, tells us there was the royal wedding, but hot summer of sport, the world cup. a lot of people going out and spending, the economy picked up. not surprisingly has seen a bit of a fall compared to

the same time last year, the end of the same time last year, the end of the year running into christmas, 0.2% figure at the end of the graph says we held back, we spent too much of the summer and we were waiting to see what happens. the concern now of course is what is mrs do next, look at the latest figures. as ms investment falling by three points 7% in the latest figures, that is the reason the economy is slowing, businesses sitting and saying westminster, come up with a plan because until you do, we will not spend. we heard the governor of the bank of england downgrading his growth forecast for this year, i suppose the current quarter we are living in, talk about uncertainty. exactly. remember the headlines last week, the bank of england saying it will be the worst year since the financial crisis. what we will start hearing is if the worst year since, but were scored since... and look at these figures, the worst quarterly figures in six years. the worry is businesses just waiting to see what is happening. interestingly consumer spending, you and me going to the shops, we are still spending. was a

very wea k shops, we are still spending. was a very weak might feel the fear and stop bidding hands in our pockets, we are still spending money, pretty resilient. for now, businesses saying we are not prepared to make big investments, expand the factory, lay on war production and take on more staff until we know what's going to happen after the end of march. and so far, no answers. we will let you go away and get more reaction to those figures but thank you for the link doesn't. sport now...and for a full round up, here is sally. good morning. manchester city blew chelsea away to go back to the top of the premier league. sergio aguero scored his second hattrick in a week in the 6—0 win. it was chelsea's worst defeat in the premier league. raheem sterling started and finished the scoring and there was no handshake between the two managers at the end either. as pressure increases on the chelsea manager maurizio sarri. but pep guardiola's praise afterwards was for his star striker.

isaid many i said many times it is his ninth or tenth season, i don't know how many, he has scored every single season a lot of goals. i admire these kind of players, they are consistent, like david. young players come and people, one season, some stay for a long time, that period as long, fantastic. manchester city's win dominates the backpages of the paper's this morning (gfx) a lot of the attention is on the future of chelsea manager — the mirror going with "sarri bawl". england's victory over france at twickenham is also grabbing the headlines — the independent with a picture of hat—trick herojonny may. and it is the rugby which is dominating the french papers too — l'equipe with this front page — "another world" comparing the two sides who face each other later this year in the world cup group stages. eddiejones says england will face

the "greatest wales side ever" in a potential six nations title decider in cardiff in two weeks time after they trashed france 44 points to 8 yesterday. england's produced a destructive first half withjonny may scoring a hattrick inside 30 minutes at twickenham. the win earned england a bonus point too and takes them two points clear of wales before the two meet in cardiff in a fortnight. they played obviously a scored team, i suppose that's the modern term for the team now, in the second game. but they are the greatest welsh team ever. most wins in a row. it's a great challenge for us. the women are also top of their six nations table after they ran in seven tries against the defending champions france. the game was billed as a title

decider, england led 211—0 at half time before running out 41—26 winners. england are in control after day two of the 3rd and final test in the west indies. they bowled the home side out cheaply in st lucia. stuart broad's brilliant catch helped. mark wood took five wickets and england's batsmen survived the final overs to give them a healthy lead going into day three when play resumes later this afternoon. you can follow all of today's play via the the bbc sport website and bbc sport app with the cricket social. the resumption of horse racing later in the week remains uncertain after four more cases of equine flu were discovered at a different yard to the initial outbreak. the new outbreak in newmarket was one of the 174 on lockdown after six cases were found in horses in cheshire last week. the british horseracing authority says it will gather further details before a decision this evening as to whether racing can resume this wednesday or not.

this is a strain we know about, the current night the slightly more brilliant which is why we are being cautious. the vaccines take a long time to come onto the market but looking at the vaccines, they have been very successful, racing is diligent about vaccination and trainers are very diligent about bio—security, they take daily temperatures, they monitor forces coming in, they are in isolation is when they come in. racing itself has been wary allergen. we will keep you updated with the very latest on that story. her dream of playing in a world cup have been crushed for a second time. arsenal and england midfielder jordan nobbs ruptured a knee ligament in december. she told us that telling her family the news was the hardest part just disappointment. i think... you

obviously want to make yourself proud and do whatever you can to make your supper best foot all and i think missing the last one and then being told there is an opportunity but the risk is incredibly high. i think whenever a user here your dad's voice it's difficult to tell him. in women's football and a major tournament that's why you show how world —class tournament that's why you show how world—class you are and i think the fa ct i world—class you are and i think the fact i have had two of the opportunities to go away, i don't wa nt to opportunities to go away, i don't want to or let people not know how well i want to do adding major tournament. but the amount of support i got on the flip side of it was absolutely incredible. jordan talking about that injury and terrible timing for her. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15. sally, thank you.

the headlines on bbc news... during the final quarter of 2018, the economy grew by 0.2%, that according to the office for national statistics. the call for younger women with a history of breast cancer to receive regular screenings. an update on the market numbers. and in the us... the dowjones and market numbers. and in the us... the dow jones and the market numbers. and in the us... the dowjones and the nasdaq. last week donald trumps said he

wa nted last week donald trumps said he wanted us troops to stay in iraq. 0ur correspondent martin patient‘s response of how many iraqis fear the country could become a battle ground ina country could become a battle ground in a wider struggle. the holy city of karbala is the most central place for shia muslims. millions make a programmer cheer every year. many are from iran, the great shia power of the region and in the past a0 yea rs of the region and in the past a0 years tehran has never been as influential as it is now. and that's making america and its allies nervous. the us—led invasion in 2003 reshaped this entire region. the overthrow of saddam hussein removed iran's guest adverse surrey. so it was america that opened the door for iran and tehran's influenced now

stretches from here, iraq to syria and all the way to the shores of the mediterranean. when the us talks about iranian influence in iraq it's referring to these iraqi men. 100,000 strong. young and old. all volunteers. these shia militia were formed to defend the homeland from the islamic group. but now america views them as an extension of iran's military reach. translation: the us doesn't need to be in iraq to monitor iran. they have surveillance technology. they know all they need to know. or you worried about a potential conflict between your men and american forces ? between your men and american forces? translation: if fighting brea ks forces? translation: if fighting breaks out it would be only iraq is

sustaining casualties. i wish to remind them that during the invasion and afterwards more than a000 us soldiers lost their lives and i would like to address to the american people and tell them, the lives of your voice... true, we are no match to the power of the american army but we can still inflict damage on them. the shia militia no that cost. almost 30,000 i'd in the fight against the sydney extremists of so—called ceramics to. these minutes about and their faith. one fighter tells me if they weren't here islamic state would overrun the shia heartlands. but many a rack his fear their country could get caught up fear their country could get caught up in the wider struggle between america and iran. the biggest awards ceremony

in the music industry, the grammys, took place in los angeles last night. the night was dominated by women with a surprise appearance from formerfirst lady, michelle obama. dua lipa flew the flag for british music winning the award for best new artist. the bbc‘s danjohnson was there. this was the grammys' response to being labelled "so male." 12 months ago, only one major prize went to a woman, so this year, female performers were front and centre. we're going to get this party started. alicia keys hosted the show. from motown records... michelle obama was onstage early. she got a standing ovation, having barely uttered a word. lady gaga won best performance.

thank you, thank you so much. cardi b picked up best rap album, in a category traditionally dominated by men. british singer dua lipa started out singing covers on youtube. she is now the grammys' best new artist, and she took a jab at the recording academy president who suggested last year it was women who needed to step up. how honoured i am to be nominated alongside so many incredible female artists this year, because i guess this year, we have really stepped up. two of the top prizes went to childish gambino. this is america, childish gambino. the best album was golden hour, by kacey musgraves — a reminder the grammys spans genres, and generations as well. # workin' nine to five... there was a special award for dolly parton, after putting in all those hours. next up, diana ross.

what a way to celebrate her 75th birthday. the aretha franklin tribute summed up this show, a celebration of strong female voices. officials in a remote part of russia have declared a state of emergency because of what they call "a massive invasion" of polar bears. the animals have been spotted in built—up areas of novaya zemlya more than 50 times since december. polar bears are not uncommon. entering offices, the animals are

reported to have attacked people and officials have described it as a massive invasion and as the world's largest land predators a state of emergency has been declared. this remote region in the russian arctic is home to around 3000 people and since december more than 50 polar bears have been reported in the main settlement. officials say around 6-10 settlement. officials say around 6—10 can regularly be seen around a local military garrison. climate change has caused arctic sea ice to melt and that has driven polar bears to spend more time on land in an effort to find food. this change in behaviour from hunters to scavengers has seen them increasingly come into contact and conflict with human. and with the bears evermore presents some residents are scared to walk down the street or even leave their homes. polar bears are recognised as an endangered species act russia so hunting them is banned. police have

tried to scare them off the signals and patrols. even local dogs have had a go. but so far these have proved largely ineffective. the federal authorities have promised to send a commission to investigate and a cult to control his beautiful but unwelcome visitors, has not been ruled out. sad story. not cold enough to the bears but what is doing for the rest us. here is matt taylor. not cold enough year, some frost this morning but overall temperatures on the up. a much quieter week comparator last week, not as windy, a lot of dry weather especially the further south you are. things turning milderfrom mid week onwards. at the moment high—pressure to the south, close by all week. down to the south—west, alarming the wind to come down from alarming the wind to come down from a northerly direction through yesterday and this morning hence the frost and eyes. still some showers

here and there, drifting close to eastern coastal counties through the rest of today. allowed elsewhere across england and wales will come and go, it will wake up, buta build—up where it is sunny. northern ireland and western scotland turning cloudy with patchy rain later, the breeze picking up but foremost a day of lighter winds. already set to feel milder than it was. temperatures from 6—7 in aberdeen, cardiff and plymouth around 11 degrees. into tonight, cloud and rain coming and going across northern ireland, scotland, some drier moments. the heavier burst possible, some patchy and lighter rain and drizzle to north england and north wales. in the south and east chance for some frost, changes afoot into tuesday, the high—pressure to the south moving further east. the wind coming from the south—west. with that, the clodius day of the week, some

sunshine, we will seek some sunshine peeping through the clouds. scotland and northern ireland cloudy times with outbreaks of rain, occasional showers in england and north wales. the big giveaway to the change in wind direction is the temperatures, all of us except for shetland in double figures. that's a zone of mild air, staying with us through middle to the end of the week. temperatures staying in double figures for many. on wednesday, some rain and cloud around in scotland, gradually working northwards. good sunny breaks developing for many through the day, one or two showers in the west, best of the sunshine in england and wales, temperatures around 10—12d. by thursday, one of those almost clear blue sky days from north to south, lightish winds away from the west and temperatures of 11-12d. hello it's monday, it's 10:00, i'm joanna gosling. lawyers forjack shepherd, the man convicted of the manslaughter of charlotte brown in a speedboat on the thames, will decide within a week whether to agree

to his extradition to the uk. in an exclusive interview, his georgian lawyer, says if they can be sure he will be safe in a british prison, they may now allow him to return. we will make decisions that's right, if there is a reason to fight extradition, we will fight. but if there is a reason to support his extradition, we will. shepherd's lawyer also told us he regrets his decision to flee the country. you know, he regrets his decision and considers this was a mistake. this was a mistake. this was a decision caused by fear.