this is bbc news, i'm vicki young. the headlines at eight. the regional airline — flybmi — announces it has ceased operations and is filing for administration. all flights are cancelled with effect from today. as the family of shameema baygum ask the government to help bring her home — thejustice secretary says the main priority has to be the safety of the public. the funeral of footballer emiliano sala, who was killed when his plane crashed into the channel, takes place in his native argentina. a 27—year—old man appears in court charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. thousands of criminals are to be monitored 2a hours a day — using gps tracking technology. and in half an hour here on bbc news, african diaspora diaries takes a look at what it's like being born to immigrant parents in countries where there's growing support for anti—immigration parties. the uk—based airline flybmi has

announced it's filing for administration and has cancelled all flights with immediate effect. the company which was based at east midlands airport operated flights to aberdeen, munich and hamburg. well, a little earlier our business correspondent rob young explained what's caused the company to cease trading. flybmi is a reasonably sized regional airline. it flybmi is a reasonably sized regionalairline. it said flybmi is a reasonably sized regional airline. it said last year it carried more than half a million passengers on 29,000 flights. it operates in 25 or so countries around europe, and the airline says around europe, and the airline says a number of factors have played a pa rt a number of factors have played a part in its demise. it blames a

recent spike in fuel costs and also carbon costs relating to the european emissions trading system, but it also says that uncertainty created by brexit, just six weeks or so away, means it has been unable to secure flying contracts within europe and further funding for the company as well. the director said it is with a heavy heart they have taken this decision to file for administration and cancel all flights immediately, but they say there was no alternative. and have they given any advice to those booked on these flights? the company saying that anybody booked to fly, maybe later today are the next few days, should contact their credit ca rd days, should contact their credit card provider if they used a credit ca rd to card provider if they used a credit card to pay for their flights. they should contact their travel agent if they booked it that way or check their travel insurance to see if they can get their money back. we have heard from some passengers that

they turned up four flights at airports today to be told that those flights were going to be cancelled and we have been tracking some of flybmi's aircraft returning to the uk, to norwich airport. pilate said they were coming back to be stored in the hangers and some pilots had been told earlier in the day that essentially they would not be flying over the next few days, so they were the first signs that something was up. the company said that the investors in the company put in about £40 million over the last six yea rs about £40 million over the last six years but it is a pretty awful time for some airlines. this isjust years but it is a pretty awful time for some airlines. this is just the latest financial casualty, we had an airline go out of business recently and the airline norwegian which many will be familiar with. they had to raise money from investors, and the biggest airline in europe by some measures, by the number of people who fly on their planes, issued a couple of profit warnings and the

boss michael 0'leary said he expected some businesses in europe to go under because there were just too many cheap seats on offer. a short while ago, i spoke to travel expert, simon calder and asked him whether this was a sudden decision, or if it had been predicted: there has been plenty of talk of other casualties amongst the airlines in what has been an extremely difficult winter. basically, huge amounts of capacity, as passengers are not paying the amounts of cash that airlines like flybmi need to survive and so effectively they have thrown in the tile. i need to make it absolutely clear, because i have had a couple of calls with people worrying about this, we are not talking about flybe, a significantly larger airline which has been having financial problems of its own but has been rescued effectively by a consortium including virgin atlantique and an american hedge fund, but flybmi, you will recognise the name. it is the last surviving

bit of bmi from british midland which was brought by british airways about seven years ago, but at the time they said, we don't want the original part, so bmi regional was sold off, but clearly over those past six years they had not been making anything like the money that is needed, and just from the figures we have been hearing, an average load perflight we have been hearing, an average load per flight of something around 20 people, and this is at a time when easyjet and ryanair, the two budget giants, are filling their planes 90% full, so it is a sad day. it is going to be very difficult over the next few days and weeks, not just for the staff of over the next few days and weeks, notjust for the staff of bmi but also people depending on it, and if you look at the route from london sta nsted to you look at the route from london stansted to the city of derry airport in northern ireland, that is entirely flown by flybmi and there

will be serious concerns about what is happening there. they have only just got their funding through to 2021 just got their funding through to 202i agree that the end of last week, so it very difficult time. if you are booked to fly, approach your credit card provider and try to get your money back, but unfortunately, your money back, but unfortunately, you are going to have to try to find alternative flights, many of the roots they had to themselves so that will be tricky and i am afraid prices, since so many people will be looking for flights right now, it is going to be a very difficult time. and what does it tell us if anything about the wider aviation industry? there was some information on the press release that it is partly to do with brexit, but is there a wider problem in the aviation industry? do with brexit, but is there a wider problem in the aviation industry7m is simply too many seats and not enough people. that is particularly the case in the winter. flybe are on course to lose £7,000 an hour

through the winter which is one reason they needed financial rescue. it is just reason they needed financial rescue. it isjust a reason they needed financial rescue. it is just a question of having too many airlines and so we saw cobalt airfrom cyprus go noticeably in 0ctober, airfrom cyprus go noticeably in october, we saw three mera air disappear, small airlines which do not have the weight that they are bigger rivals do and are particularly vulnerable. and while it isa particularly vulnerable. and while it is a tragedy, of course, for the people working for flybmi, ultimately they carry as many passengers in one year as ryanair carries on a day and a bit, so to keep things in perspective, it is going to be awful, for passengers and staff, but in terms of overall scale, the roots which other airlines regard as sustainable, they will be filled eventually, but if you're travelling this week, good

luck in my sympathies are very much with the hard—working staff of flybmi. just briefly to go back to the rights of passengers in all of this, caught up in it this weekend, what obligation is the airline under to find accommodation or alternative means of travel for these passengers? it is a great question andi passengers? it is a great question and i am afraid the answer is none. the airline effectively doesn't exist and is not trading any more. if it were a growing concern —— going concern then they would be putting people up and hotels are maybe buying tickets for other airlines, but as soon as an airline fails all bets are off, and that also goes for people who are owed money perhaps through delayed or cancelled flights in the last few weeks and months, i am afraid that is never going to arrive. it might be that your insurance policy may be able to help with sorting out alternative arrangements, but many

policies including mine i am afraid don't cover it. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times and anne ashworthand, associate editor of the times. thejustice secretary david gauke says the government's main priority has to be the safety of the public, when considering the case of shamima begum. the family of the pregnant teenager — who left britain to join the islamic state group — say they'd welcome a police investigation into her actions — but want the government to help bring her home. sophie long reports. this is the al—hawl camp in northern syria where the 19—year—old from east london is living as she awaits the birth of her third child. shamima begum says both her son and daughter died, and she wants to come back to britain so her unborn baby does not suffer the same fate. herfamily, who had feared they would never see her again,

have asked the government to help them get her home. but the justice secretary says there are risks to allowing people like shamima begum to return to britain, and they would look at her case very closely. what has to be the priority of the british government is ensuring the protection of the british people as a whole. we do have a number of powers in this area. we have to act within those powers. but we need to make sure that the british people are not unnecessarily at risk. in a statement, shamima begum's family says as a british citizen she has every expectation to be returned to the uk, and be dealt with under the british justice system. her child, who will also be british, has every right as a total innocent to have the chance to grow up in the peace and security of this home. shamima begum's case is not unique. some 850 people left the uk to join so—called islamic state. around half have already come back. some working against extremism say

there needs to be more focus on what caused her to go, to prevent others from doing the same. i realise that she is a bit of a poster girl of that phenomenon of those young girls going off tojoin daesh. but if we take stock of what is happening, we need to see how she got there and we can stop other people from going down that route. the home secretary has said he would prevent people in terrorist organisations returning to britain. it is unclear what that will mean for shamima begum, who was just 15 when she left the uk for syria. but if she is allowed to return home she will have to answer for her actions. a memorial service has taken place in argentina for the football player,

emiliano sala, who died in a plane crash last month. about 2,500 people took part in the public vigil in the player's hometown of progreso. the 28—year—old was killed two days after signing for cardiff city. the club's manager neil warnock attended a private funeral this evening. from progreso, natalio cosoy reports. emiliano sala's body leaves the grounds of his childhood football club in progresso in central argentina. his relatives, friends and neighbours came to say goodbye to the local hero at a private funeral. translation: he never forgot his roots and that means people have a very fond memory of the kid. 0f emiliano. sala spent his early years developing his football skills here, he left at age 14 to pursue bigger opportunities. he was flying from france to cardiff when his plane disappeared over the english channel on january 21. they paid a club record of £15 million for the

player's transfer from league 1. two weeks later the wreckage was found and shortly afterwards, sala's body was recovered. the pilot is still missing. representatives from his new club travelled to argentina for today's service. people say, he's never played for you, but he was my player and the feelings i had, i chased him, wanted him and he said to me, i will get you the goals that keep you up in the premier league and i said i know you will. no cameras were allowed inside the building while the funeral took place. the mourners sat in front of emiliano sala's coffin. they were silent, some of them were praying, the coffin was surrounded by reefs and there was a banner that read, the legacy will be eternal. ahead of today's service, sala's boyhood club posted a message on social media

saying: "we are waiting for you like the first day you left, but this time to stay with us forever eternally in our hearts." a 27—year—old man has apea red in court charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. alexander lewis—ra nwell was before city magistrates earlier today. 0ur reporter, naomi dymond, gave us this update. alexander lewis—ra nwell appeared at exeter magistrates‘ court this morning during a short two—minute hearing. during that time the charges were read to him, he faces five, three of which are charges of murder, and those are of 80—year—old anthony payne, who was found dead at his home in the city earlier this week and richard and roger carter, 84—year—old twins who were also from the city. the charges relate to incidents between the tenth and the 12th of february.

he was facing a further two charges of grievous bodily harm with intent, and they relate to a further two incidents in goodleigh in north devon on the 9th of february, and exeter on the 11th of february. during the very short two minute hearing today, he was remanded in custody and will appear at exeter crown court on monday morning. the headlines on bbc news. the regional airline — flybmi — announces it has ceased operations and is filing for administration. all flights are cancelled with effect from today. the justice secretary says the government's main priority has to be the safety of the public — when considering the case of shamima baygum. the funeral of footballer, emiliano sala, who was killed when his plane crashed into the channel, takes place in his native argentina. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc

sport centre, here'sjohn watson. we will begin with the day's football. newport county's dream run is over. there were times you thought a possible upset might be on the cards. newport is a long way off the cards. newport is a long way off the beaten track for manchester city. this is the fa cup at its purest, dragging millionaires into the mud and hurling things at them. not subtle but nearly sensational. cruelly and brilliantly denied by edison. his colleagues were not moving as well, struggling for rhythm on the pitch charmed by hosting rugby. unfortunately by real but leroy sonny, for this game you get nothing. minutes into the second

half, he adjusted his aim. the newport goal became famous when his wife gave birth to twins during the last round but unfortunately he missed this delivery. no shame in conceding to this team, after all chelsea did it six times last weekend, threats everywhere. danny lowe, the right back, and this is phil foden, they are great young english open with a goal that seemed to suck the suspense from the atmosphere, but newport didn't go away that easily. he has scored in every round of the cap on this one will stand out. newport have done what many of england's best sites have not managed and scored a goal against manchester city. the problem is they can go on just over another of their own. it finally settled the question. maris added the!, 4—1 to manchester city whose still shine evenin manchester city whose still shine even in newport mud. millwall have booked their spot in the last eight

as they saw off fellow south london club wimbledon 1—0. the only goal of the game came early on from murray wallace. it means the 2004 finalists are now one win away from a semi—final spot at wembley. i thought today my boys showed great character. the calmness they showed at times, but we could have been better with the ball definitely but it is all about getting through to the next round than to be in the quarterfinal for the second time in three years, fourth in 15, it is a great achievement for us. and brighton are also in the last eight after beating derby county 2—1. anthony knockaert scored their opener before yves bissouma doubled their advantage on the stroke of half time. former england defender ashley cole pulled one back. it's the 38—year—old's first fa cup goal. norwich city are top of the championship tonight after a comprehensive 4—0 win at second from bottom bolton. teemu pooki scored twice in the win that puts them clear. they're two points ahead of sheffield united who also won 4—0, and leeds who have a game in hand.

elsewhere, west brom won 2—0 at aston villa — they remain fourth, while the other matches ended in draws. rangers missed the chance to narrow the gap between themselves and celtic at the top of the premier league down to three points. (gfx) rangers had to settle for a nil—nil draw at home to stjohnstone. that means celtic could go 8 points clear with a win at kilmarnock tomorrow. third place aberdeen were also held at home by st mirren. elsewhere there were wins for hibernian and dundee. saracens remain on course for a potential treble—winning season as they returned to the top of the premiership with victory over leicester today. their 33—10 win today coming despite having a number of key players who are away on international duty. elsewhere northampton thrashed sale 67—17, bath beat newcastle and harlequins who are now in third place beat worcester. and in pro 14 leinster beat zebre 40—24.

bennetton scarlets kicked off 15 minutes ago. connacht beat cheetas 25 to 17 and cardiff blues are currently playing glasgow warriors — the scottish side lead 24—7. britain's laura muir set a new national indoor record over the mile at the birmingham indoor athletics. she won in a time of 4 minutes 18.75 seconds to beat kirsty wade's record which had stood since 1988. the time was also the fastest in the world this year and the third quickest of all time. that's all the sport for now. more to come throughout the evening. thousands of criminals in england and wales will be tagged with gps trackers to allow authorities to constantly monitor their whereabouts. the current tags, which are worn by around 60,000 offenders, are only linked to a fixed address

— such as an offender's home — with alerts generated if they are not there at certain hours. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw reports. we have gps technology in our cars and on our smartphones. now it's being used to track the movements of offenders and suspects on bail. this is a demonstration of how the satellite tags are fitted, using an expert who has helped set up the scheme. the ankle tag sends an alert if someone goes to an area they're banned from, or isn't attending a rehabilitation course when they should be. it gives us very detailed information as to where that person potentially has been, where they have been tracked. it gives us evidence to be able to present to the relevant criminal justice agency to take that appropriate action. the offender satellite tracking has been operating in three areas since last november.

it will be rolled out across england and wales by the summer. tags will monitor 4,000 people every year. it will be used in cases of domestic abuse and stalking to keep offenders away from victims. david blunkett was the first politician to trial satellite tracking, launching a scheme when he was home secretary 15 years ago. but progress stalled due to contractual disputes and technical problems. the government will be hoping it has more success this time. danny shaw, bbc news. a teenager has died two days after being stabbed outside a sixth form college in birmingham. the 16—year—old boy had been on life support since the incident in the highgate area on wednesday. another 16—year—old appeared in court — charged with attempted murder — before the boy died. the former archbishop of washington dc has become the first former cardinal to be

defrocked by the vatican over allegations of child abuse. theodore mccarrick, here on the right, says he has ‘no recollection' of the alleged sexual abuse. pope francis has ruled that no further appeals by mccarrick will be allowed. a planned visit by the chancellor to china will now not go ahead. the news comes following reports that beijng pulled out of trade talks after the defence secretary, gavin williamson, indicated that the uk may be willing to deploy a warship in the pacific. earlier, my colleague lukwesa burak spoke to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who told me cancellation of the trip was confirmed by the treasury this morning. philip hammond is not travelling to china as it stands and they also said that no trip was ever announced or confirmed and that is true. but there have been some plans in the works for him to make a brief visit to china and hold trade talks with senior members of the chinese government and this is that a key time after brexit when the uk will be looking

to boost its trade with the country. and it does seem clear at least from the chinese side that it is not going to happen for now, as you mentioned, this comes a few days after the secretary made that speech which some interpreted as hostile towards china, talking about sending a voyage to the pacific in the uk having a permanent presence in the region. also saying that china was developing its modern military commercial power. indications that that speech is caused china to pull the plug on this has been denied but it is fair to say that the comments did raise eyebrows and it has not helped. what does it say about the uk china relationships at the moment? on one hand you have a clear concern on china's growing military power, reach and influence in the world and the need to counter that or keep

a check on it somehow. and the importance that philip hammond is keen to pursue a close economic relationship with china. china is britain's fifth largest trading partner, our relationship is worth around £60 billion a year and after brexit, when the uk is able to do more bilateral trade deals, the government will undoubtedly be looking to improve on that and build on that. but this episode demonstrates that it's going to be a particularly sensitive relationship and at times, a difficult one to handle. hundreds of senior decision—makers from around the world are meeting at the 55th munich security conference. the failure of the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty, brexit uncertainty and recent disunity in europe s foreign policy approach are only some of the security risks the high—level conference is meant to address. conference chief wolfgang ischinger has called it the "largest and most importa nt" munich security conference since its founding more than 50 years ago.

0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is at the conference, and she's been explaining what else is on the agenda. it has been interesting to see over the years how the very concept of security is changing here. now you have panels about health workers, education, women and security and hunger. the world food programme is here, we are joined by the director. this is a security conference, what is the head of the world food programme doing here? one thing we are learning is that if you do not have food security, you do not have any other type of security. there's so many complex, if we address the root cause, we will solve the problem of migration, bring

stability to regions, we have seen that anecdotally and in experience if we do not address it you will have destabilized, fragile governments where extreme groups will try to destabilise and use food as a weapon of war, we use it as a weapon of peace and stability. and that's where we need to focus on the root cause, so that is why we are here. and is it getting worse? yes it is. i believe the europeans and americans are beginning to understand that we must do more in africa, to stabilise the middle east, what is happening in yemen and syria and the greater region, every five to ten seconds, a child is dying from hunger. we have seen the severe hunger rate and these are the people that are marching toward starvation.

and it has risen in the last two years from 80 to 124 million people. and that makes them vulnerable to these extremist groups, but if we can come in with stable programmes, effective programmes and truly bring about food security, you will see so many issues go away and it's a lot cheaper to do it right on the front end. if not doing it because it right, do it because of national security interests. i think a lot of the european leaders and americans are beginning to understand this must be addressed effectively upfront. 0n the brink of what the un because the worst famine in living memory, yemen. yemen is absolutely a catastrophe. i've heard leaders are saying it's about to become one, and i say no, it is a catastrophe. a nation of 29 million people, 20 million people are food insecure, 12 to 14 million people on the brink of starvation, we are now trying

to scale up to ten to 12 million people. access, complexities, war, front lines, landmines, it is a very hostile atmosphere. the best solution is to end the war because that is what's driving the hunger rate around the world. man—made conflicts. very good to speak to you. emphasising there that even food, people's right to eat is now a weapon of war. one of the many powerful messages coming out from this year's security conference. in recent years, rainbow bootlaces have become a way for sportsmen and women to show their support for the lgbt community. but now non—league football team altrincham have taken it to a new level by playing a game in a whole rainbow kit. 0ur reporterjo currie was at the match. altrincham football club is looking

a little more colourful than usual this afternoon and it was a scene also reflected in the changing room with these specially designed one off rainbow shirts taking the place off rainbow shirts taking the place of the team's usual kit. it's on the support of football against homophobia. a simple idea but one that has seen the club go viral. homophobia. a simple idea but one that has seen the club go viralm shows how much work we have to do. something being done at this level bya something being done at this level by a club like ourselves has resonated around the world. the club has sold 250 shirts with proceeds going to charity. i am part of the lg bt going to charity. i am part of the lgbt community and i have come to games with my partner for years so homophobia still exists in football and anything we can do to stamp it out as a great idea.