# 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. time for the weather. here is mel coles. for many as we head through the coming week, february will feel more springlike. many areas seem glorious spells of sunshine through the day. it is more settled because we have an area of high pressure moving towards the south and west. this will have a great influence on the weather during the week. northerly winds today. as we head through the

week we bring in milder airfrom the south and west. through today we have got some good spells of sunshine. it is fresher down north sea coastal areas. we are starting to see more cloud working its way into northern ireland and western scotla nd into northern ireland and western scotland before the end of play. the winds are light. breezier for the western isles. template is not doing too badly, particularly towards the south and west. keep an eye on this temperature for aberdeenshire as we head through tomorrow. into tonight, the weather front is producing rain across northern ireland and western scotland. that will turn more persistent. clouds filling into northern england. were we hang on clear skies towards east anglia and the far south—east we could have a patchy frost in some rural spots. maybe some mist and fog first thing on tuesday morning. a cold start. ourarea of high on tuesday morning. a cold start. our area of high pressure has drifted slightly out towards the south and the east. what that does is it opens the floodgates for this milderairto

is it opens the floodgates for this milder air to start to push in from the south and west. quite a lot of cloud associated with it. outbreaks of rain and breezier for western scotland. more cloud working its way into north—western england. we may have patchy rain. the best of any brightness to was the south—east. note is the temperature for aberdeenshire, i2 celsius tomorrow. widely across the board double digit temperatures. as we head into wednesday, here is the area of high pressure. it drifts further east. we draw more of a southerly airflow as we head through the day on wednesday. particularly for the afternoon. that will start to break up afternoon. that will start to break up the tide. for more of us, particularly in the south, we will see more in the way of sunshine. more cloud the further north and west you go. it remains breezy. temperature is doing well. into double figures from most places. even the northern isles are in the high single figures. as we head into

thursday, more of us get to see the codebreaking up, more in the way of sunshine. and of course with temperatures like this, with the sunshine, for many of us it will feel like spring once again. the uk economy last year grew by its slowest rate for six years. it is goodbye from me. now the local news where you are. bye—bye. you're watching bbc news, the time is 1:33pm. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. paul scholes is the new manager at oldham atheltic, the club he supported as a boy. the former manchester united and england midfielder has signed a deal until the end of next season. the former premier league

club are currently mid—table in league two — the fourth tier. it's his first managerial appointment but he is a co—owner of national league salford city. maurizio sarri apologised to the chelsea supporters yesterday after what he called "an unacceptable performance". they lost 6—0 at manchester city, who have returned to the top of the table. it was chelsea's worst defeat in 28 years. asked about his future, sarri said that "his job is always at risk". there was no handshake between the two managers at the end, sarri though saying that it wasn't intentional. there's a potential six nations title decider in just under a fortnight. england head coach eddiejones has already started playing some mind games, saying that they will face the "greatest wales side ever". england thrashed france 44—8 yesterday. jonny may went over for a hat—trick of tries inside 30 minutes at twickenham. the win earned england another bonus point win and takes them two points

clear of the unbeaten welsh, who made ten changes for their victory against italy. for their victory against italy. they played a squad team, i suppose that is the modern term now, in the second game. it is the greatest welsh team ever, most wins in a row, so it is a great challenge for us. more injury news for scotland — ryan wilson will miss the remainder of the six nations. the glasgow forward suffered knee ligament damage in saturday's loss to ireland at murrayfield. we'll find out this evening whether or not horse racing will resume on wednesday. four more cases of equine flu have been identified at a second yard. six horses were found to be infected in cheshire last week. the new outbreak is in newmarket. the national hunt showpiece meeting, the cheltenham festival, is a month away.

here's leading trainer nicky henderson. the next step is the crucial one. we we re the next step is the crucial one. we were in contact with horses that had beenin were in contact with horses that had been in contact with a horse that was infected. so there was a very tenuous line to it. but, ok, but by not raising over the weekend it is a good enough decision to buy time to decide what to do. i think we need to get on, personally. i think eve ryo ne to get on, personally. i think everyone hopes that we can, purely because if you can't start now, when can you? because if you can't start now, when can you 7 the because if you can't start now, when can you? the same thing is going to be stopping it in a week's time. so ido be stopping it in a week's time. so i do not see what else can change. arsenal and england midfielderjordan nobbs ruptured a knee ligament in december ending her dream of playing in this summer's world cup.

injury also limited her involvement at the last tournament. she says that telling her family the news was the hardest part. just disappointment. you want to make yourself proud and do what you can to be the best footballer and i think missing the last one and kind of being told there is an opportunity but the risk is incredibly high. i think whenever you hear your father's voice it is difficult to tell him. much more of that interview on the bbc website. the final test in st lucia gets underway in the next half an hour. the series is lost but england are in a strong position on day 3, a lead of 142 runs with 10 second innings wickets in hand. you can follow all of today's play via the the bbc sport website and app.

the 5live cricket social will bring you all the latest from st lucia — that starts in the next ten minutes.... thank you, olly foster. let's return to our top story now and those figures which show that the uk economy grew at its slowest rate for six years in 2018. the office for national statistics says that growth throughout the year was 1.4% — that's down from 1.8% the previous year. it follows forecasts of slower growth this year due to uncertainty around brexit and a weaker global economy. our economics correspondent, dharshini david, spoke to the chancellor phillip hammond. well, the quarterly figures are quite volatile. we've seen during 2018 a wide range of quarterly performance. the important thing is that the economy has come in ahead of the obr's forecast for 2018 and that's in the context of a weakening world economy

and increasing concerns about trade tensions around the world. so a robust performance for the uk economy in 2018, which is all the more remarkable given the uncertainty around the brexit process. yes, you've talked before about the resilience of the uk economy at the moment. but when you look in detail at these figures, we've had the weakest performance for manufacturing since the financial crisis, we've got a year now of low business investment. as the bank of england has been saying, it does look like the uncertainty it's taking its toll on our prosperity. well, the uncertainty is certainly placing a cost on the economy. business investment is weaker. i think some of the manufacturing weakness is due to problems in the car industry which are not so much about brexit and more

about changing emission standards and the impact that is having on vehicle output. but there is no doubt that the uncertainty around brexit is taking a toll on the economy. that is why we want to get the deal done so that we can put this issue behind us and move on, growing our economy, creating morejobs, creating higher wages. yes, you have hinted before about the possibility of a deal dividend. but when you look at the bank of england's forecast, they have said that even with the deal, and assuming a smooth transition to that, we are still looking at even weaker growth this year, possibly the economy shrinking. well, the bank of england has pointed out that the world is moving into a period of slower economic growth. what they are forecasting for the uk is that will put us ahead of germany, head ofjapan, head of italy, behind only the us and canada and the g7. only the us and canada in the g7. so the uk economy in the middle of the pack, but any world of the pack, but in a world where economic growth will be a bit slower in 2019. and the bank of england confirmed also that there is upside to come for the uk economy — if we get a good deal which allows us to leave the european union in good order, in a smooth fashion,

business investment will kick back in and we will see a benefit for the uk economy later this year. but their central forecast is for business investment to fall by even more this year, and that's even with a deal. so talking of a dividend is a little bit unrealistic, isn't it? no, i don't think so. if we get the right deal, consumers will feel more confident, and as consumers recover their confidence, businesses will feel more confident. i have said before, forecasts are there for us to beat. we have done it successfully over the past couple of years, so the challenge is to get the right deal that restores confidence, boosts consumers and businesses and allows us to go forward to renewed strength in 2019. talking of a deal, we've had the prime minister writing tojeremy corbyn. is it time to work more closely with labour to get ideal? with labour to get that deal? well, we are prepared to talk to anyone of goodwill across the house of commons in order to get the deal through parliament so that we can move on.

but much of whatjeremy corbyn has put forward has a tinge of un—realism about it. i think the prime minister's letter in a sense will flush him out on some of those issues. so, yes, we are willing to work with people across the political parties, but they do have to be realistic, and they have to be genuine. this isn't about playing politics now, this is about trying to get a deal done. so, are you saying compromise isn't on the cards and for those thinking that perhaps this hints at a softer brexit, that's unrealistic? no, i've been saying for months that we're going to have to compromise. nobody, including me, is going to get everything that they would like out of brexit. if we're going to do brexit in a way that enables our country to heal, bearing in mind that the country is split down the middle on this issue, and if we're going to do it in a way that protects our economy and allows us go forward to maintain our prosperity and grow in the future, then we are going to have to make compromises, and i think that's what we do

in this country, that is one of britain's traditional strengths, that we find compromises rather than fracturing our society over issues. that was the chancellor phillip hammond speaking to our correspondence. just a few lines coming out of luxembourg where the eu's chief negotiator michelle barnier has been speaking. he has said that theresa may has told him she wants to work for a deal before march the 29. so, that comes in response to those suggestions that perhaps there might have to be some delay to the brexit date. mrs may clearly telling michel barnier that she wants to stick to that date. he said that after meetings with the irish and the british that the eu would not reopen the deal, suggesting there would be no changes to the trolley deal. theresa may of course under

considerable pressure for changes to be made so she can bring back an agreement to the house of commons that mps can support. but he goes on to say that the irish backstop, that is the arrangement for the border on the island of ireland after brexit, that it was not the view of the eu of future ties with great britain, just an insurance policy. so some words of reassurance from michel barnier. thailand has set the bahraini footballer hakeem al—araibi free after bahrain dropped it's request to have him extradited. al—araibi was given refugee status in australia but was detained when he travelled to thailand on his honeymoon. bahrain had convicted him in abstentia of vandalising a police station and wanted him back. the case led to an outcry from the footballing world. yes, i think very surprised, i imagine he is as

are all of us as to how quickly this happen. it was only a week ago that hakeem al—araibi appeared, his legs shackled in court, and the court remanded him for another 60 days and the thai foreign ministry telling us there was nothing they could do. the process of extradition is under way, the government has intervened and it looks like it could have taken many, many months. but the campaign to free him has gathered momentum enormously quickly, because there is a lot of well—known football names, people like gary lineker, jamie vardy, who havejoined in the social media campaign calling for his release and talking about boycotting thailand sporting events. it became obvious to the government here that this was doing enormous harm to their international reputation and that they needed to find a way out. so we had a visit to bahrain by the thai foreign minister yesterday and it is fairly obvious that the thais have persuaded bahrain to withdraw that extradition request and allow hakeem to go home. he is actually at the airport, we cannot see him, he is on the other side, booked to leave

on a flight in five hours‘ time to return to melbourne where he lives and plays football. but there are a lot of questions being asked in australia as to how an interpol red notice was issued for him given that he is a refugee, recognised as such, who said he was tortured in bahrain, it was bahrain who asked for that red notice and he was accused of vandalising a police station and he has said he was playing a football match at the time. there are questions as to how the australians inadvertently alerted the thais and bahrain know that he was travelling to thailand.

he has spent months in a thai prison and it must have been very stressful for him but all of that has ended quickly for him andi think the thais will be grateful that this episode is now over. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... figures out today show that in 2018 the uk economy expanded at its slowest annual rate in six years. the prime minister says she's prepared to talk tojeremy corbyn about his brexit demands, but some in her cabinet express scepticism about his plans for a customs union. 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. in the business news... the uk economy grew at its slowest annual rate in six years in 2018 — after a sharp fall in output in december. growth for the year was 1.4%, that's down from 1.8% in 2017. philip hammond must commit to billions in extra spending to end austerity, according to a warning from think tank the institute for fiscal studies. it says an extra £5 billion a year is needed by 2023 to keep current spending commitments. mike ashley has withdrawn a bid to by the beleagured coffee and cake chain patisserie valerie

out of administration. sports direct offered £15 million but was told by administrators that it wasn't enough. other companies, including costa coffee, are thought to be interested in the chain. let's return to our top business story today, and figures out that show the uk economy has hit the brakes harder than economists thought it would. growth over the quarter was weaker than the 0.3% anticipated. this is the only time since 2012 that services, construction and production all fell. output in the construction sector fell by 0.3% in the final quarter of last year. sarah mcmonagle is from the federation of master builders. hello to you. what kind of difference is this? from my reading it looks like construction fell off ofa it looks like construction fell off of a cliff compared to the previous three months. it is very concerning when you look at the month on month

data from november to december. output in construction fell by nearly 3%, the sharpest fall we have had in nearly seven years, so there are alarm bells for the government on this. much of this is down to brexit—related headaches. we have skill shortages that are worsening as eu workers return to their country of origin, or other parts of europe, and material prices have steadily increased since the eu referendum in june 2016. steadily increased since the eu referendum injune 2016. and also workloads are being affected. the recent drop in construction output was largely down to a drop in repair maintenance and improvement work. so thatis maintenance and improvement work. so that is fewer homeowners commissioning conversions etc, the driver behind the construction industry. do you think it is a lack of uncertainty about the way ahead? for example, you talk about workers, i know you have concerns with the immigration white paper for immigration white paper for immigration proposed brexit. how could that affect the construction industry? we are very concerned

about the government's post—brexit immigration plans. it is within the gift for the government to introduce a system that works for construction. but at the moment it plans to bring in a £30,000 threshold skill level that will mean that tradespeople on the large part will not be able to come into this country, whether they are from the eu orfurther afield. it could country, whether they are from the eu or further afield. it could spell disaster for construction. there is a seasonal element to these figures, you would expect there is less construction going on in the final three months of the year, butjust how much does this vary in 2018 to previous years? the fact that it is the sharpest drop we have seen in nearly seven years suggests it is farfrom normal and nearly seven years suggests it is far from normal and i nearly seven years suggests it is farfrom normal and i would nearly seven years suggests it is far from normal and i would tell you that our members are telling us that this is fitting into january and february as well. we will see what happens in the next round of results but it is not looking good. we want to see the government simulate construction by investing in social

house—building, reducing vat on maintenance and improvement work, doing something to kick—start construction again. people would suggest there is a housing shortage and it was a report last week suggesting the government may have underestimated just how many new homes are needed over the next decade or so. do you think they have underestimated that? we have been underestimated that? we have been under a building underestimated that? we have been undera building in this underestimated that? we have been under a building in this country for many years and we welcome the ambitious house—building targets of the government but the fact remains they are not achievable unless we have enough skilled workers. at the moment the housing policy of the government is at odds with its immigration policy. sarah, thank you very much. in other business stories we've been following, one of the investors of takeaway delivery firm just eat is demanding changes in how the business is run. cat rock capital management wants the company to consider starting merger discussions.

it's also complained that the firm did not consider two highly qualified candidates to replace chief executive peter plumb. people on zero—hour contracts are more than twice as likely workers, according to the research from the tuc. it says the flexibility such contracts offer are only "good for employers" and has called for them to be banned. but the government said a ban would "impact more people than it would help", arguing zero—hours worked well for students, carers and retirees. do you own cows? do you require the services of a bull? well, to help you find the perfect match for your cattle there's now an app for that. called tudder, it allows farmers to swipe through a selection of cows and bulls, giving information about their breed, location and type. the app is designed by farming technology firm hectare and links to its livestock marketplace — sellmylivestock. tenderfor tender for cows, tenderfor cows, who knew?! ——tinder. here are how the markets are

looking... you can see that reflected any sharp slowdown. especially in the last few months of last year. the ftse 100, especially in the last few months of last year. the ftse100, full of multinational companies, it has risen. many in foreign currency and it is worth more when exchanged back. there are hopes rising that there could be a breakthrough in the us china trade talks which would be positive for the global economy and thatis positive for the global economy and that is lived in global stocks as well. the dax is also up. that's all the business news. thank you, susanna streeter. 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 former first 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. now it's time for a look at the weather.

we can cross the newsroom to mel coles. thank you. after a turbulent end to last week, the weather this week is more settled. and while it is still cool for many areas, we are seeing some glorious spells of sunshine around. it is all down to an area of high pressure that is beginning to build down towards the south and west. the position of this will influence our weather for the coming days. today we are closing in an orderly earful, a co—direction to come from, but as we head through the week we draw up milder air from the week we draw up milder air from the south and west. as we head through the afternoon a good gale of sunshine. it feels fresh along the north sea coast because of that northerly wind, and increasing amounts of cloud move into northern ireland and scotland, patchy rain moving in towards the end of the day. breezy here as well but the winds are fairly light. temperature is doing well towards the south and west, back up into double figures. fresher through aberdeenshire. keep

an eye on the temperature as we head into tuesday. tonight, weather fronts producing the rain will push on from the west. they will tend to be more persistent for a time through western scotland with cloud spilling into northern england and the midlands. where we hang on to clear skies for any length of time for east anglia and the south—east, we could have a patchy frost first thing tomorrow morning in rural spots and some mist and fog could be developing, too. because the sale of high pressure has drifted out towards the south and the east, we start to draw up this milder air. it will be breezy with a lot of cloud associated as well. patchy rain working in towards the west of scotla nd working in towards the west of scotland and spilling into northern england as we head through the day. generally more cloud around but it is starting to feel a little bit milder, and where you will notice a difference is in parts of north—east scotland. 12 celsius for aberdeen tomorrow. that theme continues as we head into wednesday. still that area

of high pressure, it will through the day drift eastwards. that will introduce drier airfrom the day drift eastwards. that will introduce drier air from the south. while there will be cloud around at first on wednesday, through the day people start to see that the drier air moving and break up the cloud, more of us to the southern half of the uk seeing more in the way of sunshine. breezy towards the north and west of scotland, mostly dry, light and patchy rain possible, but temperature widely in double figures, above average for the time of year. as we head into thursday we keep that southerly flow. gradually that will spill further northwards, so more of us getting to see some sunshine and feeling more like spring. hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm. a fall in factory output and car production are blamed — as figures show the uk economy last year grew at its slowest rate since 2012. the chancellor, though, is upbeat. the important thing is that the

economy is coming ahead of the opr forecast for 2018 and that is in the context of a weakening world economy and increasing concerns about trade tensions around the world. theresa may will address mps tomorrow about recent brexit talks — as she says she wants further talks withjeremy corbyn over her deal. don't bet on the races — as four more cases of equine flu are identified, authorities meet to decide whether it's safe for horse—racing to resume. a stark warning about the fate of the world's insects — they‘ re under threat — and there's a warning that that will affect all of us