break up w? m if‘ai‘ii break up that cloud, starting to break up that cloud, especially across england and wales in the north—east of scotland. a bit more sunshine around properly on wednesday. still high temperatures for the time of year, 13 or possibly 14 for the time of year, 13 or possibly 1a degrees. so we've got this very mild aircoming ourway 1a degrees. so we've got this very mild air coming our way from a long way south, and it comes around the top of that area of high pressure. that is sitting to the south—east of the uk. the position of the higher is crucial. starting to draw in milder air, is crucial. starting to draw in milderair, i is crucial. starting to draw in milder air, i think, is crucial. starting to draw in milderair, ithink, on is crucial. starting to draw in milder air, i think, on thursday, the cloud breaking up in the north—west. a weak weather front moves out of the way. much more sunshine around on thursday. should bea sunshine around on thursday. should be a lovely day. quite lost three winds, mind you, but those temperatures still well above average for the time of year, 11 to 13 degrees. there is our high pressure on thursday, it is getting squeezed towards continental europe and we have a weak weather front approaching from the north—west on friday. someone is picking up on the north—west again. we've got this weather front ringing a bit of rain and drizzle for western scotland, northern ireland, eastern scotland likely to be dry. could get some spots of rain coming in over the

irish sea. further east it is still dry, still sunny, the winds are a bit lighter here as well, and those temperatures of 13 degrees. as we look further ahead into the weekend, at first weather front starts to move in. another one coming in from the atlantic as well. it is our first one that is going to be around on saturday, and it is more a band of cloud. they might be much rain on that at all. it will have its way towards lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east. a cloudy day. elsewhere, thickening cloud coming into northern ireland and western scotla nd into northern ireland and western scotland later on in the day. but still quite mild for the time of year. if we look, though, in the sunday and into the beginning of next week, a band of rain on that weather front comes into the uk. next week, a band of rain on that weatherfront comes into the uk. and thenit weatherfront comes into the uk. and then it is going to hang around for a few days. kind that we get some showers coming in. and this is the jet stream position, so it is buckling much, much more, and we are introducing cooler air across the uk. strongerjets introducing cooler air across the uk. stronger jets coming introducing cooler air across the uk. strongerjets coming across the atla ntic uk. strongerjets coming across the atlantic may bring some weather fronts in from the west later on in

the next week. on the whole, next week looks like it is going to be a little bit cooler, it is going to be more unsettled. there will be some showers around following a spell of rain that could linger for a while across the south—east of the uk. is it from me. more details, as ever, online. hello. this is bbc news with shaun ley. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first, the headlines. 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. eu negotiator michel barnier has met the brexit secretary in brussels this evening ahead of an update from theresa may tomorrow. a decision will be made tonight about whether british horseracing can resume again this week after an outbreak of equine flu. president trump heads to the border city of el paso, in texas, to hold a rally, aimed at gathering support for his border wall. the british racing authority has announced racing will resume after recent restrictions due to equine influenza. president trump heads

to the border city of el paso, in texas, to hold a rally, aimed at gathering support for his border wall. scientists are warning that human activity is endangering the world's insects, with catastrophic consequences for the earth. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political commentator, jane merrick and the brexit editor of the telegraph, asa bennett. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times says the chancellor is preparing for the worst over the next few weeks following weaker than expected growth figures. the daily mirror headline reads ‘it‘s all ourfault‘ and follows the home secretary's admission that a rise in food bank use is partly down to problems with the universal credit system. according to a polling for the times, theresa may would win a working majority if a general election was held

today, with the conservatives gaining four seats, and labour losing twelve. the telegraph leads with a call from the nspcc for social media firms to face criminal sanctions and unlimited fines if they breach proposed ‘duty of care' laws towards children. the i claims a government review is urging sweeping changes to the uk media industry — including plans for a new regulator for online platforms. and the daily express warns that millions of people, many of them pensioners, could be left struggling to pay for essentials in a cashless landscape because of a decline in the number of cash machines. jane brexit of course is the elephant in the room. forcing an election or indeed we need an election. we can't

have one until 2020. unless lots of hurdles. you can't have a general election. what are you doing. labour wouldn't have said, we don't want to fight you. we like a general election. this moves onto the front page of the sun. cabinet ministers believe this could be a nice poetic finish for the premiership. believe this could be a nice poetic finish forthe premiership. i have done the hard work, i have delivered thanks it, i bow out now. sailing off into the sunset. all prime ministers like to get the opportunity. usually quite astute in his political commentary. the

interesting thing, the kind of identified to cabinet issues. two issues. including liam fox. it is interesting. it's written carefully enough. i don't think it's coming from tourism. i think there is enough of it there, in a sense, that she already made clear she is not going to serve the next election. seeing off the leadership challenge in december. there is a reality that whatever happens with brexit, if she just gets over the line, all her political capital has been used up. the conservative party is not going to want a refreshed new start. were the brexit is taking us. it is probably in her medium—term plan.

when you hit cabinet ministers saying there is no vacancy, no leadership election, how do you help viewers interpret that information and what do you see that suggests people are turning their minds to the succession battle? the fact that ministers are making all sorts of exciting wide ranging speeches, showing off how clever they are. just thinking about the future and trying to be compelling in their own ways. the minister is reported, clearly liam fox has identified. it's almost, you could say, wish fulfilment. if you put it out there, let's just going to go. the authority has cut away, in a sense, and you try to act against the idea the prime minister could turn around and say, we are grateful on brexit and say, we are grateful on brexit andi and say, we are grateful on brexit and i will stay on longer because speculation flip—flops all over the place. over christmas, loose talk

from theresa may allies, the times it was, this was her plan to stay until 2021/22. she will go on and on. has someone until 2021/22. she will go on and on. has someone been on until 2021/22. she will go on and on. has someone been on the sherry too much? she is having a bout with political reality. she is there to deliver brexit and after that, the parties having wider conversations. jain, the ft, one reason why talk of elections might be a little bit premature. —— jane. the elections might be a little bit premature. ——jane. the bank of england said there is a one in four chance of recession. these figures wouldn't provide a particularly good backdrop for an election campaign in the spring. it's incredibly worrying. it wasn'tjust because the last quarter had grown. it actually shrank. a lot of this is in the context of brexit. businesses don't wa nt context of brexit. businesses don't want to invest in people and jobs

and capital. it depends whether this isa and capital. it depends whether this is a short—term squeeze on the economy. this brave new world. this amazing brexit that everyone is promising. i doubt it is going to happen. it makes the budget very difficult for philip hammond because he was intending to have quite a positive budget where he could spend some money. interesting remarks in terms of how we should interpret the economy. there was a piece by david davis for the times the last couple of days saying that it's the sterling takes a hammering, that might bea sterling takes a hammering, that might be a good thing because it will make our exports cheaper, at a time when we are trying to liberate ourselves from the shackles. obviously, it's a strategy that if you steer the economy towards that,

the global britain's strategy. you steer the economy towards that, the global britain's strategym means tourist numbers soar because people go for the cheap pound. you can see where this spins out but at the same time, you look at the key figures, and given that brexit supporters and ministers alike point to business investment as a sign of british economic confidence, the sign any businesses opening up, it's a vote of confidence in brexit britain. investment 3.7% lower than in the same quarter last year, it is this showing a chill in the environment and although brexit supporters scoff at the davos crowd and the multinationals, they are making big decisions and they want to have that certainty. we get very sucked into the whole westminster political games about the backstop, there are business decisions that still need to be taken and unless it's resolved, the uncertainty returns. jain, the bottom of the

front of the telegraph, the labor party reveals the scale of the anti—semitism crisis. this is not going away. and i think the scale of it is quite extraordinary. the labor party leadership, the general party secretary refused last week to publish these figures. she said it was because the national executive committee hadn't given her authority to do that. i think it was impossible to keep a lid on that. mps were putting pressure on them. they can see it every day in the tweets that were sent to mps. the figures are amazing. 673 complaints, which is not just figures are amazing. 673 complaints, which is notjust tweets but individuals involved between april and january but what's also quite surprising is that only 12 activists have been expelled through that

system and only a very small harbour have a slap on the wrist, saying we arejust reminding you of have a slap on the wrist, saying we are just reminding you of the party rules. given the concerns that there are aboutjeremy rules. given the concerns that there are about jeremy corbyn's rules. given the concerns that there are aboutjeremy corbyn's failure to get a are aboutjeremy corbyn's failure to geta grip are aboutjeremy corbyn's failure to get a grip on anti—semitism, it doesn't look very good. after the weekend, when lucy honor—berger was threatened, a jewish weekend, when lucy honor—berger was threatened, ajewish labour mp weekend, when lucy honor—berger was threatened, a jewish labour mp who's worked hard on things like mental health. it looks incredibly poor. worked hard on things like mental health. it looks incredibly poorlj seem health. it looks incredibly poorlj seem to recall john health. it looks incredibly poorlj seem to recalljohn mcdonnell saying, if she could put out statements saying she is not going to leave the labour party, that is 0k. it's to leave the labour party, that is ok. it's like a trumped up reason. ian watson was coming in hotfooted this evening, you know that lonely

brief where you have to stand outside the room and hope you can just hear the raised voices and the banging tabletops, so that is obviously more conservative meetings, labour ones are the banging tabletops, the tradition of banging tabletops, the tradition of banging the desk lids enthusiastically. he said one labour mp said to him there is a whiff of breakaway about this. is there a suspicion that some mps are using the genuine concerns about anti—semitism almost as a justification for further and further distancing themselves, or is that in over cynical interpretation? well, the corbynistas would say it isa well, the corbynistas would say it is a trumped up interpretation of theissue, is a trumped up interpretation of the issue, i can't help remembering what tony blair said at the weekend, when he was asked about anti—semitism and he basically told the interviewer that it would be absurd for him to be asked about that if he were still labour leader, because it would have been so self—evidently not a problem. no—one

would have asked if there were problems of anti—semitism, it wasn't a problem for them. it is such a new thing to have re—emerged in the party, it has almost gone mainstream underjeremy corbyn's watch. party, it has almost gone mainstream under jeremy corbyn's watch.|j party, it has almost gone mainstream underjeremy corbyn's watch. i think it is offensive to the jewish community if people are saying anti—semitism is being weaponised. the reason why are a lot of mps are considering leaving is because of anti—semitism, because jeremy corbyn has failed to get a grip on this problem after many opportunities to do so. the labour party used to be a great antiracism, antiracist party, and you cannot call the labor party that any more when you have such a big problem with anti—semitism. that any more when you have such a big problem with anti-semitism. the difficulty as always with these figures is we don't have a kind of control, as it were, to compare it with, unlike the gdp figures, whether it has gone up or down or stay the same. that is the difficulty with these things. let's move on to the daily mail. bad news if you are planning to whip up

supermarket ready meals from the freezer, and when you get home this evening. i know the paper reviews a lwa ys evening. i know the paper reviews always make me hungry. it is comfort eating. even then, the study by the fine, fine scholars of sorbonne university suggest that you should be getting out the pots and pans and knocking about the kitchen, whipping up knocking about the kitchen, whipping up something much fresher, because all the additives and artificial chemicals are not very good to you, and with every 10% increase in ultra— processed food, the people they studied found risk of death increased by 1a%, cheery stuff, i know. it is a case of trying to vary your diet, trying to make sure that your diet, trying to make sure that you do. iphone with these stories that one week it is this, one week it is that, almost everything is bad for you. everything you do as a

living organism exposes you to risk of some kind, but it is how you quantify these things as a punter, how you say it i need to avoid that, maybe have half a glass of wine or this and that. how do you kind of get these together to something that isa get these together to something that is a sensible balance? exactly, and the advice on wine is always contradictory, one week it is have a glass of wine, the next week it is nothing at all. pregnant women will be very familiar with that, the advice changes all the time. as suggested, it is about moderation and introducing a varied diet. i think the problem with a lot of processed food as it lacks fibre, a great fight against obesity and cancer. so it is also important not to get to hysterical about a certain food group. you know, sugar is present in a lot of food naturally, it is present in apple ‘s... present in a lot of food naturally, it is present in apple 's. .. and you have to be careful about how much you take in of fruit. there was a

programme recently warning that there was this much sugar in potatoes, when that is what starch is converted to buy the body. it is ludicrous, and i think the sugar bandwagon has got out of control. when we talk about processed food, a lot of food is processed anyway, flower is processed in the mill, we can't be too hysterical about it, it is about having a varied diet and not being too extreme —— flour. especially, the biggest sugarphobes are found to be, for example, jamie oliver, and in his restaurants there will be all sorts of amounts of sugar that are way over your recommended daily allowance is, in a sense. take these stories with a pinch of salt. good advice all around. here is one we won't take with a pinch of salt, because it really did happen, according to the telegraph. do you feel a bit sorry for this judge, telegraph. do you feel a bit sorry for thisjudge, because this is telegraph. do you feel a bit sorry for this judge, because this is a judge who recently nodded off, ripley nodded off during a family court hearing, it is this important

not to nod off during court hearings, but it is momentary, we are told, and it is plastered all over the telegraph. mrs justice parker sits in the family division and she nodded off momentarily and is full of remorse over it and there has been an investigation. but i do feel sorry for her, because it must be, you know, these very long winded court cases, incredibly involved, and even if it is your dayjob, you can sometimesjust and even if it is your dayjob, you can sometimes just lose the thread and you need a break, and also court rooms are incredibly stale, sort of stuffy environments, and you need a bit of fresh air. hopefully it as it was the family court she was not wearing all the palaver that judges have the web. that wouldn't help, the big heavy week and the thick ropes. the costume ofjustice. i would be interested to see her defence, may be that the lawyers need to argue more interestingly. maybe they could have some props and things to make more lively. geoffrey

cox, maybe. he would make a wonderfuljudge, when he retires from politics. the most embarrassing place you have fallen asleep? in the cinema during films. tom hanks, bridge of spies, i missed the second half. i have never fallen asleep in the cinema, i rememberfalling asleep in school once, and my teacher shouting at me from the front of the classroom, merrick, wa ke front of the classroom, merrick, wake up, and it was during history, i'm afraid. very embarrassing, but i'm afraid. very embarrassing, but i'm sure there was a good reason. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, political commentator jane merrick and the brexit editor of the telegraph, asa bennett. good evening.

here is your latest sports news. england have restored a bit of pride with an excellent performance on day three of the third test against west indies. they have already lost the series, but a century from captainjoe root has helped give them to a big lead in st lucia. his unbeaten 111 is the highest score for an english batsman on this tour, and england lead by 4118 runs going into the fourth day. newcastle were leading right up until the 94th minute against wolves in the premier league tonight. in the 95th, wolves equalised. it is a point that does lift newcastle a point clear of the relegation zone, but after isaac hayden had given them the lead, they would have wanted more. willy boly‘s late header rescued a 1—1 draw for wolves, with referee graham scott deciding the goalkeeper wasn't fouled.

wolves stay seventh. there was also a dramatic late equaliser in the fifth round of of the scottish cup, as ross county earned a replay against inverness caledonian thistle. inverness went ahead twice in the battle between the championship sides, with brad mckay making it 2—1 in the second half. josh mullin was the hero for county, scoring in injury—time to earn another highland derby back at victoria park next tueday. and there will be an all—championship clash between dundee united and the winner of that replay, as the draw was made earlier for the quarter—finals of the scottish cup. defending champions celtic will face fellow premiership side hibernian away at easter road. arsenal midfielder aaron ramsey has agreed tojoin italian giants juventus this summer. the wales international has signed a four—year deal to move to the serie a champions as a free agent after 11 years in london. ramsey passed a medical last month, and it is understood he will become

the highest—paid british player of all time, earning a basic salary of more than £a00,000 per week. paul scholes is the new manager at oldham athletic, 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 2, the fourth tier. it is his first managerial appointment, but he is a co—owner of national league salford city. scholes will have plenty of old contacts to help him on his way. i will do, i'm sure, when things come up that i possibly don't know how to deal with. i will be the first man on the phone, whether it's sir alex, i'm sure he'll be happy to give me advice, whether it's roy keane, that a lot of people like him:. ——

there's a lot of people i can call on. the leinster and ireland forward sean o'brien is going tojoin london irish after this year's rugby world cup. o'brien won the most recent of his 5a ireland caps in the six nations win over scotland at the weekend. he has also toured twice with the british and irish lions tours. he will link up again with declan kidney, the exiles‘ director of rugby, who gave himn his first irleand cap back in 2009. 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. the welsh open snooker is underway in cardiff. john higgins is the defending champion, and he is looking in good form. he beat fellow scot graham dott by 4—0 in the first round. higgins became the first player to win the welsh open five times last year. and three—times world champion mark williams has made it into the second round.

he beat fellow welshman kishan hirani 4—3. and judd trump is also through. he knocked in breaks of 85 and 84 in the forst two frames, and went on to beat harvey chandler 4—0. you can get the rest of our stories on the bbc sport website. good evening. it has been a fine and dry day across many parts of the country today. this view is taken by one of our weather watchers near eastbourne, looking over the seven sisters there. some blue skies, some sunshine around as well. more clout has been toppling in from the north—west over the last few hours, but as we look at the forecast for the few days, high pressure stays in charge for many of us. so a lot of dry weather, there will be some rain around in the north and the north—west but things are looking pretty mild during the day. watch out for some fairly chilly nights

over the next few nights. could still be a touch of frost. you can see that mild air is going to be sweeping in from the south—west over the next few days, the yellow colour certainly returning to the map. but you can see this as the satellite image from the past few hours, so we have had more cloutjust toppling its weight in from the north—west, and approaching cold front that will bring a little bit more rain for the day on tuesday. the rest of the night, some rain in parts of scotla nd night, some rain in parts of scotland will be pushing its way eastwards. further showers moving in from the north—west. fairly cloudy in the far north—west so not too chilly for western scotland, northern ireland as well but across much of england and wales in eastern scotla nd much of england and wales in eastern scotland we could well see a touch of frost tuesday morning. one or two mist and fog patches across the south, they should clear away, and the bulk of england and wales has a largely dry day, with some sunshine. the best of the sunshine in the south and east. a few spots of rain for scotland and northern ireland pushing their way south eastwards so brightening up behind that during the afternoon. a bit of a breeze developing the south—west, especially breezy across northern

parts of the uk and it is looking mild, temperatures generally around ten to 13 celsius. a degree or so mother then we would expect for this time of year. moving onto the middle pa rt time of year. moving onto the middle part of the week, we still have this frontal system tuesday night into wednesday, bringing cloud and rain to parts of scotland. we still have that south—westerly wind with us, and high—pressure sitting out across europe. that means we are going to see a lot of dry and settled weather. plenty of sunshine develops on wednesday, a few showers to the far north of scotland, but again in that sunshine it will be mild, around ten to 13 degrees. we stick with that mild theme, looking towards the end of the week. so the winds continue to come in from the south—westerly direction, ringing us that milder air. weather fronts get squeezed away towards the north as we look through the day on thursday. still cloudy with a few spots of rain to the far north of scotland, but for the rest of the country, thursday looks like another dry, bright day with a southerly breeze. mild once again, before things turn a little bit more unsettled as we look towards the end the week. —— of

the week. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: heading to his new home — the bahraini footballer freed from a thai jail will soon arrive in australia. a malaysian court postpones the trial of former prime minister najib razak — who's facing multiples charges of corruption. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: president trump heads to texas to rally support for his border wall as the threat of another government shutdown looms. small creatures, big problem, why the threat of insect extinction could have catastrophic results for us all.