this is bbc news. the headlines at 8.00: japanese car—maker honda is expected to announce the closure of its plant in swindon — 3,500 jobs could be lost. i think it isjust i think it is just going to i think it isjust going to be a sad day for swindon and it's notjust the workers here but the whole of swindon and all the companies and everything with it. seven labour mps quit the party, condemning jeremy corbyn‘s handling of anti—semitism and brexit. the border force intercepts a boat carrying 3a migrants off the coast of dover, with women and children among those rescued. shamima begum asks the uk for forgiveness for joining the islamic state group in syria, but she tells the bbc she still has sympathy for is. # nine to 5 and why it is a way to make a living — dolly parton on turning her ‘80s film hit 9 to 5 into a musical.

i think this gives us another opportunity to bring the subject up again, like you say, for the equal pay, and harassment in the workplace and all of that. good evening. the japanese car—maker, honda, is to close its entire plant in swindon, with the loss of 3,500 jobs. the company is expected to make a formal announcement tomorrow. production will end by 2022, with manufacturing going back to japan. honda has made vehicles in swindon for more than 30 years, and today the unite union desribed the closure, as "a shattering body blow, at the heart of uk manufacturing". 0ur correspondentjon kay is in swindon tonight. it was the mid—1980s when honda bought this old airfield on the edge

of swindon and turned it into a massive car production plant, and since then it's grown. there have been bad times, but on the whole this has become a crucial part of swindon plasma economic revival. and so the news tonight that the plant could close, with the loss of at least 3,500 jobs inside and thousands more potentially in the onward supply chain, has been met with astonishment, really. people did have fears about brexit and people have fears about the global car economy, but nobody really expected anything as drastic as the reports we've received this afternoon. so, stony faces as workers have been leaving here, desperate for clarification and firm news. heading out of the factory to a showroom near you, but for how much longer will hondas be made here in swindon? workers leaving this evening expressed dismay. the reaction is terrible,

doom and gloom. lots of families, lots of people with children, like ourselves, so, yeah, gutted, really. yeah, absolutely gutted. where does this leave you? it leaves us without a job. but, yeah, apart from that, i don't know no more, really. yeah, just gutted. have you been given any kind of timescale or explanation about the decision? no, we haven't been told any new, so we'll just wait and see. we're hearing there might be a meeting tomorrow, so we'll just wait and see what they say about that tomorrow, but obviously it's all over social media, so, yeah, that's all we know at the moment. so you found out on social media? yes, we found out on social media. yeah. last month, honda announced it would shut the swindon site for six days in april to deal with any disruption after brexit. the reasons for a more permanent closure will now be debated by politicians and business leaders, but for this woman, recording a moment of local history this afternoon, it's simply a sad day. it's been here for many years, and it'sjust one of the many companies that we're losing for one reason or another. i've got two kids,

i've got a missus... obviously, this is my full—time job, this is my life, this is my lifeline, so, obviously, without this, i'm now technicallyjobless. and i've got grandchildren who live in swindon, and their parents work here, so i am really concerned about them, really. since it opened here in the 1980s, honda has been a crucial part of swindon‘s economic transformation from an old wiltshire railway town to a thriving young business community. there are now 3,500 workers employed at the site, but... you can double or triple that in terms of the job losses potentially in the supply chain, so a very significant moment and bad news for the car industry. over the decades, workers here in swindon have known nervous times before, and in an uncertain global market, some worried this year could bring bad news, but few expected anything as bad as the closure

they are fearing tonight. and jon, who's at the honda site, has been gauging more reaction on the expected job losses tonight. it is hard to overstate how significant this place is in swindon. since the 1980s thousands of people have been employed at honda and thousands more in the supply chain attached to this factory. when the news leaked out this afternoon that it could close with a loss of so manyjobs, people here frankly could not believe it. let's speak to a representative from the unite union. how did you find out? i was driving up the m5 and i heard it on bbc radio five live up 2pm. you had no idea this was coming? none at all. what did you make of that you didn't have a clue it was coming and then

what did come? devastated and an outrage. i think at least the employer should have spoken to the recognised union at the plant, spoke to our stewards and more importantly announced it to the workforce. they say they are not giving more details tonight because they want to do details tonight because they want to d o exa ctly details tonight because they want to do exactly that and go through their procedures, but you are saying once the cat was out of the bag, they should have changed tactics? the cat is out of the bag and running around. frankly, leaving it until tomorrow morning is a disservice. we have had an early shift leave the plant and a late shift leave the plant and a late shift arrived on the plant and with it now is uncertainty, worry, concern and i suspect anger as well. there have been concerns and worries aboutjobs here this year anyway because of brexit and other global factors. but how does this proposition that the plant could close altogether compare with what you thought was the worst case scenario? we must remind ourselves it was only a few months ago that honda made the

announcement when they were talking about brexit, regardless of what deal may arise, whether a no deal or some sort of deal, they were committed to operations at swindon, so committed to operations at swindon, so this becomes even more devastating that only a few months later they now announce... it is awaiting confirmation that the plant could close by 2022. what use it suspect as the reason for the closure? i suspect many reasons and one cannot overlook the impact of brexit. we are talking five weeks away from deadline day stop still no deal on the table. and what major manufacturers like honda look towards a certainty. models come in a five year cycle and they are looking for certainty so five weeks before march the 29th, if we do not have that certainty, it can be one of those reasons. but there are global factors as well, here, aren't there? the car industry is such a global industry

that changes in one country and one model of car can affectjobs and all kinds of different places. it does but we shouldn't overlook the fact that over the last two yea rs the fact that over the last two years the uk car industry has been a jewel in the crown of british manufacturing. today's announcement should have been confirmed —— should it be confirmed it rips the heart out of that. will find out how this story and many others have gone into more applause front pages. at 10.40 front pages. at10.40 and front pages. at 10.40 and 11.30. i will bejoined bya at 10.40 and 11.30. i will bejoined by a political correspondent at the guardian. and broadcaster david davis. seven labour mps have resigned from the party, protesting jeremy corbyn's approach to brexit and anti—semitism. they've often been among the loudest critics of the labour leader, and will now sit in the commons as independents. one of the mps, luciana berger, says she's "embarrassed and ashamed," to stay in the party. mr corbyn says he's disappointed by their decision, while the shadow chancellor, is calling on them to stand down, and face by—elections. 0ur political editor

laura kuenssberg's report, contains flashing images. after a frenzy of rumours, making their way into a stifling, cramped, london room, labour mps when they woke up this morning, but after months of struggle to make their presence felt, at 10am, they sent e—mails to say they were labour mps no more. whether because of anti—semitism.... the leadership has wilfully and repeatedly fails to address hatred against jewish people within its ranks. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. ..or ideas, a profound clash of ideas between this group and jeremy corbyn over another eu referendum. this has not been an easy decision for any of us. the evidence of labour's betrayal on europe is now visible for all to see. offering to actually enable this

government's brexit, constantly holding back from allowing the public a final say. maybe they believe brexit‘s broken our politics altogether, reckoning, time for something new. it is time we dumped this country's old—fashioned politics and created an alternative. you don'tjoin a political party to spend years and years fighting the people within it. you get involved in politics and you join a party to change the world. so we invite you to leave your parties and help us forge a new consensus on a way forward for britain. many of your colleagues in the labour party are going to feel that you have let them down. some of them may even feel that you are betraying them by leaving when you should be sticking together. what do you say to your colleagues and to members of the labour party who feel that way? this is a labour party which has changed beyond recognition, and you have to make a decision. it's notjust the politics.

it is whether you can feel a moral integrity to go along with things that you can no longer justify or accept, and i've come to my own breaking point — i cannot do that any longer. do you accept that by leaving, because of the way our political system works, that makes a tory government more likely at the next election? people feel politically homeless and they are asking and begging for an alternative. it seemed none of them knew quite what to say at the end. not yet a political party with a leader or a manifesto, their long—held private fears now very public, but how many others might follow them and leave him? good morning. how nice to see you all here this morning. good morning, how nice to see you, and goodbye. no party wants to say farewell to some of its support. i'm disappointed, but all of these mps stood on our manifesto in 2017, jeremy corbyn's manifesto, they all increased their majorities, and now they're on a different platform, so the honourable thing and the usual thing for them to do now is to stand down

and fight the by—elections. backbench unhappiness atjeremy corbyn isn't new, but he's had powerful supporters from supporters from the start. there's a strong whiff of hypocrisy here. they stood as labour mps on a platform in the general election 18 months ago. all of them got massive increases in their majorities. i have to tell them, it wasn't because of their own personal charisma! but the cameras and the crush are because there are others who believe the system can't be repaired — maybe even including a sprinkling of tories too. this isn'tjust about brexit. this group that's causing such a frenzy already believe our political system is broken, but whether this tiny number can grow to something with a real impact is something only weeks and months will tell. they know, though, this may be their biggest moment —

a flash that fades. their hope, though, is to persuade their old colleagues and you that a few could become the many. joining me now to discuss the day's events is the political editor of the new statesman, stephen bush. thank you for coming to talk to us. what are your impressions and what impression did you feel when you sat there watching this? there were two things which surprised me and one was i thought it was quite well done considering they kept it in relative secrecy and a small group planning it, a fairly slick operation. it was quite an emotional moment. they were clearly in some considerable emotional distress and pain, which must admit, surprised me as someone who has worked with and spoke to this for a long time and to an extent it was a painful moment for them, and it took me aback. the interesting question

is there is a very clear and well articulated, particularly by luciana berger, sense of what they're getting away from. what i was less certain of is, do they agree on what they are moving towards, all of them? ina them? in a sense that is the historical resonance. the sdp started as campaignfor resonance. the sdp started as campaign for social democracy, and these former cabinet ministers, national figures, known these former cabinet ministers, nationalfigures, known to these former cabinet ministers, national figures, known to the average man and woman in the street... with all due respect to the seven mps, i suspect they are not known to the average people on the street, a hard challenge to generate a profile for whatever emerges from this independent group, and sustain interest in what they are trying to do. in another way that is their biggest strength and biggest weakness. the gang of four were national figures who most people had an opinion on. it would be like if theresa may, george osborne, david miliband, ed miliband formed a new party. we know them and we have strong opinions about them. it would be big news but

also a drawback. these people can reinvent themselves as anything, essentially, because no one knows who they are. the flip side of that, thinking back to the last election where we had two candidates, theresa may and jeremy corbyn, not that well known. jeremy corbyn turns but not being well known to an asset and transformed his ratings. theresa may turns not being well known to being less of an asset. it is double sided. the other interesting thing about it, and that people tend to forget, is it actually came pretty close to beating labour, the sdp, into second place in the 83 election, the is one that handsomely but the share of votes of my memory is the sdp got only 2% less than labour. but there was a massive disparity in the number of seats. that is also a problem, isn't it? the electoral system as it currently is structured makes it quite difficult for small parties if they do become a party to break through. yes, and they are planning... the

problem with the sdp was they thought labour to a near drawing the popular vote but they got 25 seats and labour got 203 seats, because of our electoral system which rewards you if your voters are well spread. it is not clear whether or not they will end up in the same situation. lots of votes, not many seats... they may end up in the reverse. 0ne of the groups they will appeal to will be socially liberal people, graduates, and people who are personally, whether because they are themselves from a jewish background or concerned about anti—semitism. .. the jewish population in or concerned about anti—semitism. .. thejewish population in britain is small but it is well concentrated on first past the post. manchester and london in particular... you could have a reverse sdp doing less well in terms of votes but quite well in terms of parliamentary seats. 0ne seats. one of the other thing is the sdp struggled with, i appreciate this may not be enough like the sdp, we don't know, but recent comparison, getting people from other parties to

join... do you get a sense they will be people in the conservative party who this group appealed to? i think that is part of the contradiction. there are people in that sex who, if you said, would you like tojoin —— there that sex who, if you said, would you like to join —— there are people that sex who, if you said, would you like tojoin —— there are people in those six people... for a lot they will say this publicly but they are uneasy about that. there are people similarly at risk of being driven up by local parties but i think if the government can get past brexit, quite a big if, but bear with it for a moment... then i think the question of if you are anna soubry, you disagree with the conservative party about other than the central question of europe is difficult to answer. the only mp i can see fitting in the group well is heidi allen, hugely influential because she is still in the conservative party, and she can get a meeting with any secretary of state like that, but will she walk away from that? that is a big if. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... japanese car—maker, honda, is expected to announce the closure of its plant in swindon —

3,500 jobs could be lost. seven labour mps quit the party, condemning jeremy corbyn's handling of anti—semitism and brexit. the border force intercepts a boat carrying 34 migrants off the coast of dover, with women and children among those rescued. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's the final tie of the fa cup fifth round is underway at stamford bridge — defending champions chelsea are taking on manchester united in a repeat of last year's final.... and united are leading 2—0 — thanks to this — a lovely ball delivered in from paul pogba.... ander herrerra with the stooping header to finish that off. and then jsut before the break marcus rashford's cross to that man pogba. a perfect time to score and united are in control at half time. meanwhile...

the draw for the women's fa cup quarterfinals has taken place and holders chelsea will travel to championship side durham, while women's super league leaders manchester city will face liverpool. manchester united will play reading and aston villa host west ham. leeds united have been fined £200,000 by the english football league for spying on opponents' training sessions before matches. they said leeds' conduct "fell significantly short of the standards expected" and it "must not be repeated". a member of staff from the championship side was found acting suspiciously outside derby's training ground before the fixture between the two sides last month. boss marcelo bielsa later admitted that he had sent someone to watch every team they had played train. the olympic 800m champion, caster semenya, is challenging controversial plans by athletic‘s world governing body — the iaaf — to make female athletes

with naturally high levels of testosterone take medication to lower them. semenya, who was born with hyperandrogenism, says the rule discriminates against women like her and is an infringement on their human rights. and while the iaaf believe that if semenya wins the case, transgender atheltes could have an unfair advantage , someone who's done extensive research in the field at yale university, says that added levels of testosterone don't give athletes an advantage... it does not bring the kind of performance advantage that they are claiming that it does. it is one factor among many that contribute to athleticism and it is not the decisive factor, and so, for example, it is impossible to say and it is untrue that people with the highest levels do better. former heavyweight world champion tyson fury has signed a deal with espn, for a reported £80 million.

the american broadcasters will show his next five fights in the us, but the deal could put his much anticipated rematch with deontay wilder in doubt. the first fight aired on rival broadcaster showtime, who wilder has worked with exclusively throughout his career. however, fury believes a rematch is now "even more makeable". an announcment on his next fight will be made in due course... i have already beaten deontay wilder in his own country. if the rematch happens it does, and if not not the end of the world. i already beat him in america but i want the fight to happen so let's make it happen. where better than the biggest tv station in the world to do it? meanwhile nicola adams' world title fight against mexico's arely mucino at the royal albert hall next month is off because adams is injured. the fight will be rescheduled for later this year. england defence coachjohn mitchell says that maro itoje could be back in contention to play against wales this weekend.

the lock picked up a knee injury in england's six nations opener against ireland in dublin. it was first expected that he would miss the game in cardiff because of medial ligament damage, but england say he's recovering quicker than expected. heather watson is still waiting for herfirst main tour win of the year after losing at the hungarian 0pen. the briton was leading the final set 5—3, but russian teenager anastasia potapova won the next three games, before claiming victory in a tie break. that's it for now. i'll have a full round up for you in sportsday at 10.30. a group of more than 30 migrants has been brought ashore after the uk border force intercepted a boat in the channel the group of people, whose nationalities are not yet known, were brought ashore at dover by a coastal patrol vessel and given blankets. a home office spokesperson said three men have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.

the justice secretary wants to scrap most short—term prison sentences, saying a radical new approach is needed to crime and punishment. david gauke says there's a "very strong case" for abolishing jail terms of less than six months for most offences, and replacing them with what he called "robust" community sentences. shamima begum, the schoolgirl from london who ran away to join the islamic state group in syria, says she never wanted to be a "poster girl" for the terrorist organisation. having just given birth to a baby boy in a refugee camp in northern syria, she now says she wants the uk's forgiveness, and supports "some british values". but speaking to the bbc, she equated terrorist attacks in the uk, with coalition air strikes in syria. she's been speaking to our middle east correspondent, quentin somerville. underneath her black abaya dress, she cradles her two—day old son. only four years have passed since she left britain, but that's a lifetime

in the islamic state group. shamima begum stuck with the extremists until the very last moment, but now she wants forgiveness. myself, yeah, iwill admit i was the one that made the choice. even though i was only 15 years old, i did have... i do have like... i could make my own decisions back there, i do have the like, mentality to make my own decisions, but i did leave on my own, knowing that it was a risk. but i do admit it's my fault right now. i just want forgiveness, really, from the uk. like, everything i've been through, i didn't expect that i would go through that and, you know, losing my children the way i lost them, i don't want to lose this baby as well. and this is really not a place to raise children, this camp. maybe temporarily, but not permanently. if the islamic state hadn't fallen, if they hadn't been defeated, would you have stayed? no. i would have left.

she was brought to this camp in northern syria after she and her dutch jihadi husband surrendered to kurdish forces. she says she no longer supports is but still mouths its propaganda. so, here's your opportunity, then, to apologise to some of the people who were murdered by the group that you joined, some of the british men, some of the women, some of the kids from manchester who were killed in the manchester arena, you must have heard about that attack, what did you think about that? i was shocked but... but? but i just couldn't... i didn't know about the kids, actually, but... but i do feel that it's wrong that innocent people did get killed. it's like, it's one thing to kill a soldier that is fighting you, you know, it's self—defence, but to kill people, like women and children, just like people, like the women and children in baghuz that are being killed right now,

unjustly, by the bombings. it is a two—way thing, really, because women and children are being killed back in the islam state right now. and it's kind of retaliation, like, theirjustification was that it was retaliation so i thought, ok, that is a fairjustification. the home secretary says anyone returning from the islamic state group will be investigated and may be prosecuted. mr speaker, the house will have also seen the comments of shamima begum that's she's made in the media and it will have to draw its own conclusions. quite simply, if you back terror, they must be consequences. shamima begum is unwanted here in syria and unwanted at home. as the islamic state's caliphate collapses, it leaves more than just rubble in its wake. 12 more british women arrived at this camp in the last week alone. quentin somerville, bbc news, northern syria. a woman from oxford has become

the first person in the world to have gene therapy, to try to halt the most common form of blindness in the uk — age—related macula degeneration. surgeons injected dna into the affected eye, under local anaesthetic, and the whole procedure, took less than an hour. 0ur medical correspondent, fergus walsh, has this exclusive report. can you see the letters on this line, the next one down? no, it's become a blur. little by little, janet 0sborne is losing her sight. she has age—related macular degeneration, amd. it's a massive problem in the uk, affecting several hundred thousand people. the condition means her central vision is blurred. you're not clear, but i can see your glasses and your ears... can you see the colour of my eyes? no. you can see the light, can you...? in a world first, this professor of ophthalmology at the university of oxford is going to use

an injection of gene therapy to try to halt amd in her left eye. so how does it work? in some people, as they age, genes responsible for the eye's natural defences start to malfunction and begin destroying the cells in the macula, the most sensitive part of the retina, responsible for sharp central vision. in this trial, an injection is made at the back of the eye, a harmless virus infects the retinal cells and releases a synthetic gene. this is used by the cells' own machinery to make a protein. it's hoped this will stop the immune system overreacting and keep the macula healthy. the procedure at oxford eye hospital is done under local anaesthetic, and takes less than an hour. if it works, the implications would be huge. imagine a future in which the commonest cause of blindness in the uk could be prevented by a single injection. that's what's at stake here.

because if this treatment is successful, it could be offered to patients before they've lost any vision, stopping their disease in its tracks. approximately 350,000 people in the uk are severely sight—impaired by age—related macular degeneration. a genetic treatment administered early on to preserve the vision in patients who would otherwise lose their sight would be a tremendous breakthrough in ophthalmology and certainly something i hope to see in the near future. it's too early to know if janet's sight loss has been stopped, but she'll be monitored over the coming year along with other patients in the trial. it would mean a lot to you to keep your vision? it would be amazing, absolutely amazing. there is already a gene therapy treatment for another rare form of blindness. if it's successful forjanet‘s common condition, it would help many older people retain their sight and their independence. fergus walsh, bbc news, 0xford. i'm nowjoined by professor robert

maclaren, the surgeon at oxford eye hospital who carried out that landmark procedure. thank you for being with us. it opens up potential help for so many people. how does it help the body? gene therapy is a process where we try and correct underlying genetic defect that has a permanent and long lasting effect. instead of taking pills or medicine or drops, the gene therapy treatment is only a single administered treatment that may genetically modify the back of the eye and give lasting effects that hopefully will prevent diseases such as macular degeneration from progressing. the number of people affected is enormous and the impact on peoples lives, the slow loss of much of their vision, changes a lot of peoples experience. the questions many will ask is, is how confident

you can be that this will be something which will not only hold but could potentially prevent? as with all phase one trials, we are looking at a safety study to identify the level of virus to inject and the effects of the virus. because age—related macular degeneration is a slowly progressing condition we must wait for about a year before we see the end of the results of the study and we then hope to develop it further. the gene therapy treatment has been developed by gyroscope therapeutics, a uk based biotechnology company, and we also hope to enrolled patients at other sites around the uk as well as 0xford, other sites around the uk as well as oxford, and abroad over the next yea rs. this could help people with this particular condition but gene therapy is being used increasingly. will it become more widely used in 7 it already has because the fda and european medicines agency have

approved another gene therapy treatment, the first one ever by the fda, last year, which we are hoping to get available and approved in the uk, fora rare to get available and approved in the uk, for a rare inherited form of blindness. the condition we are targeting at the moment, age—related macular degeneration, is much more common, with hundreds of thousands of people affected, but the basics of people affected, but the basics of the viral vaccine we are using, the delivery system and the surgery, everything is the same as we have foran everything is the same as we have for an already improved treatment. i think we will see many more improved treatments using gene therapy in the eye over the next few years. what has janet 0sborne had to say about the experience? she is a lovely lady and she has u nfortu nately lost all of she is a lovely lady and she has unfortunately lost all of her vision already from the macular degeneration but she is keen to take pa rt degeneration but she is keen to take part because she wants her disease perhaps to benefit others by being in the trial, it made it possible to intervene in others at an earlier stage, to possibly prevent them from losing the sight that has progressed

as much as it has on her. but we very much hope there will be beneficial effects her as well. she still has some vision and we can perhaps influence that and preserve some vision for her she would otherwise have lost. might make a fascinating prospect for a lot of people and there will be many people watching this will be very pleased to hear about the work you are doing. thank you very much. now lets doing. thank you very much. n ow lets ta ke doing. thank you very much. now lets take a look at the weather. hello, and it's turning very mild again later this week. but for the start of the week, temperatures have ta ken a little step backwards. some of us have seen some wet weather today, but many will become dry overnight. just a few showers left behind parts of western scotland, northern ireland and the north—west of england, which means some outbreaks of rain in east anglia and the south—east of england clearing the way. and under clearing skies temperatures are dropping close to freezing in the coldest spots. it mayjust be a touch of frost here and there but there will be some sunny spells to start the day tomorrow. but there is a weather system waiting in the wings and that is going to gradually push more cloud in, certainly to northern ireland. outbreaks of rain developing into the afternoon. maybe even a patchy rain pushing

into parts of north wales, north—west england and into western scotland, and these areas turning wetter going into the evening. at this stage, as well, there will be a freshening wind. temperatures are going to be fairly similar to where they've been today but they will be going up and quite a bit later in the week. that's it for now. bye— bye. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: japanese car maker, honda, is expected to announce the closure of its plant in swindon, 3,500 jobs could be lost. i think it'sjust i think it's just going to be a sunday for them as a whole, it's not just the workers here it's the whole of swindon and all the companies and everything that go with it. seven labour mps quit the party, condemning jeremy corbyn's handling of antisemitism and brexit. the border force intercepts a boat carrying 34 migrants off the coast of dover, with women and children among those rescued. let's get more on our top story that japanese car—maker, honda,

is to close its entire plant in swindon, with the loss of 3,500 jobs. i've been getting reaction from our business correspondent, jonty bloom. it was one of the first japanese large manufacturing companies that we re large manufacturing companies that were attracted to the uk in the 19805. were attracted to the uk in the 1980s. and were attracted to the uk in the 19805. and it were attracted to the uk in the 1980s. and it looks like it's going to be going within the next couple of years. that's the end in the car plant itself. but if you look at the knock on effects, the supply chain delivery drivers who brought those parts into the plant, that's 1200 parts into the plant, that's1200 people from honda alone. there are car plans and part maker all over the country that meet things make exhausts and steering columns and nights, shock absorbers and they

will all be affected by this. some of them but for other companies but this is a significant number who do nothing but manufacture from honda. and the plant in swindon goes, those jobs will go as well. professor peter wells is from the university of cardiff and is an expert on the automotive industry... thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. how big a surprise that you find this news? it was quite a surprise. i have to say, there has been no particular information that honda was going to make such a drastic step although anybody looking in their position would have realised that they were in a difficult place. and barrett sales were weak, they had more manufacturing capacity than they needed, but to make such a strong decision so early, that was a surprise, yes. it comes a couple of weeks after the announcement that masson would be developing some of its new names in from that end, that word was going to be repatriated to

japan. these jobs it word was going to be repatriated to japan. thesejobs it sounds word was going to be repatriated to japan. these jobs it sounds like the work that they are going to be taking will go back to japan. what is the bigger message from this think in terms ofjapanese car—makers which have been a force in the uk ready for the last 30, 35 yea rs. in the uk ready for the last 30, 35 years. it is a concern, but the real big message here is that the whole industry is in turmoil now. and it's not just brexit, although industry is in turmoil now. and it's notjust brexit, although that is pa rt notjust brexit, although that is part of the picture. this is an industry who has a really uncertain future, technologies are changing, markets are shifting, the available capacity are in the wrong place. not just honda, many companies face these challenges, we are seeing them here in the uk, and a particularly strong farm and i think brexit is pa rt strong farm and i think brexit is part of that story, but for the japanese companies and americans and many companies around the well, these are very, very challenging times. how smart is it for the eu to a degree i trade deal with japan that effectively means that it will not be possible for cars made in japan can be imported into the eu, not manufactured in the eu, not

assembled in the eu, and pointed into the eu without any kind of tariff. it is a reciprocal arrangement, an agreement between the european union and japan. 0f course, i think in broad terms, that's a very good relationship to set in place, there's lots of delay flows anyway, if the aspect of the united kingdom outside of that relationship and that rather reduces the value of the pants here in the uk, setting up a eu market. in truth it sounds like what you are thinking about that trade deal, even if he we re about that trade deal, even if he were staying in that year, it would not necessarily be much incentive foran not necessarily be much incentive for an attempt to be kept here. not necessarily be much incentive for an attempt to be kept harem certainly does challenge the whole position of the uk as a source of vehicle 20 european union market which has been historically a position for the last 25 or 30 yea rs. position for the last 25 or 30 years. that was under threat a nyways, years. that was under threat anyways, brexit has not helped. this is interesting as i say it's a restructuring on a global basis. pa rt restructuring on a global basis. part of that sterry is of course the fallout we are feeding here in the

uk. what about the affect notjust obviously on the workers in swindon tonight who will be anxious about the music that they are likely to get tomorrow. but all those other people who work in connected traits what a supplying car parts to honda orany of what a supplying car parts to honda or any of the 1970s in the factories at home. of christ, the franchised relationships and all the air, the carley paintings everything and maintenance is half of the and planning in the automotive industry here in the uk. so not on effects and basic supply chain, beyond the factory as well. of course, in times of honda, quite a lot of the supplies are already based in times of honda, quite a lot of the supplies are already making them up. so, bill is not on impacts will be the european industry and it's interesting because the european industry itself has been raising concerns about the brexit process because they feel they are going to suffer as well as the uk industry is going to suffer. professor peter wells, thank you for seeing us this evening. tensions between india

and pakistan, both nuclear powers, are escalating. four indian soldiers were killed today after a gun battle with militants. it comes just days after a suicide attack last week on indian troops in indian—administered kashmir. india has accused pakistan of being behind the bombing by islamist militants, south of srinagar, an allegation islamabad firmly rejected. in a further escalation, pakistan has withdrawn its amabassador to india. sangita my—ska reports from delhi. it was in the early hours of this morning that soldiers and security police sealed off a village in the district of pulwama. security forces say they fired warning shots into the air. militants immediately fired back. hours of fierce fighting left seven people dead, including four soldiers and two militants who indian police say were behind last week's terror attack. the aftermath of that attack was caught on camera. this was all that was left of the bus, part of a huge military convoy transporting over 2,000 troops. it was blown up by a suicide

bomber, adil ahmad dar, one of a new generation of kashmiris radicalised in a region where the majority of the population is muslim. the islamist militant group jaish—e—mohammad has claimed responsibility. based in pakistan, it's been fighting for kashmir‘s nearly for nearly 20 years. pakistan's prime minister imran khan has vehemently denied the accusations that his country has had a direct hand in last week's attack. this morning, pakistan recalled its ambassadorfrom delhi to discuss rising tensions between the two countries. kashmir has been a source of conflict between the two countries since 1947. the nuclear neighbours have fought three wars over it. so far, india's primary response in dealing with pakistan has been to try and have it isolated diplomatically. to that end, it's been widely reported here that indian officials have compiled a dossier that they say proves that the pakistani government has been directly financing the organisation responsible for last thursday's attack.

in the meantime, nurendra modi's government has yet to announce whether it will go one step further and order military action. sangita myska, bbc news, delhi. train companies say they want a complete overhaul of the way rail tickets are bought and sold, so that passengers are automatically offered the cheapest fare. the rail delivery group, which represents the companies, says peak fares could also be scrapped in the future. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports. working your way through lots of different airfares to choose the best ticket for you and the way you work sometimes is not easy. why should i pay the same amount of money for five days began working for a day. not that people are unsure of what took you to buy, and ibe unsure of what took you to buy, and i be getting the best deal. but i think it for a 20 9am and it cost me

£26, going and half an hour earlier, it was £37, he does not make any sense. chain companies want passengers everywhere to have a tapping type out london style system. swipe and you'll automatically be charged for cheapest fare for your journey. and if you travel the same route often, their weekly rates would automatically be capped. that type of system is working in places like we were, a flexible working space where people don't have a set pattern. mother of two rachel, who has her on disney's says train ticketing has not kept pace with modern ways of working. for me it's really important that i can work brexit beat that and alike —— flexible working space, i will be working from home part of the week and because i'd like to little ones i need to kind of switch up my schedule, i can't get the train at the same time every day, it does not work for me, there are certain bays that we have team meetings so i need

to be in ata that we have team meetings so i need to be in at a particular time. a ticketing system today is also too complex and full of anomalies. for example, a single can sometimes be ten times cheaper than a return. the industry once a month flexible tickets to stop a mad rush for the first off—peak train after the rush hour. 0n routes like london to manchester. because the system is so complicated, people often feel they are not getting the cheapest agape, and the chain companies say that puts people off travelling by train. they train company say the average price of the think it would not change on day—to—day proposals. something is to go up, others down. they can consulted nearly 20,000 passengers, now they need that government to give real change to the labia by train could take years. the social media giant facebook, says it's open to "meaningful regulation," after mps called for a compulsory code of ethics, to stop the spread of fake news. a commons committee said the technology firms should not be

allowed to act as "digital gangsters" and facebook‘s founder mark zuckerberg, had failed to show "leadership or personal responsibility," over disinformation on its site. 0ur media editor, amol rajan has the story. but technology firms have enjoyed a light touch when it comes to democratic scrutiny, that era is over. in america, the former fbi director robert miller is investigating whether rush or interfered in the election of donald trump. though he does not have the same investigatory muscle, the nearest equivalent in britain is the common select committee inquiry into fa ke common select committee inquiry into fake its extensive scope includes the power and influence of technology giant in britain. the committee if there is fiercely critical of facebook on think it knowingly and intentionally broke the law on both data privacy and competition. 0n the will of

governing who tactics motors, the committee says they are not fit for purpose, and voters deserve more transparency on who is funding the adverts that they see on social media. the committees as the era of self—regulation has to be over, and your code of ethics of a theme by an independent regulator and funded by a levy on the tech companies is not urgent. 0n the british data from, cambridge and at the car, the colla pse cambridge and at the car, the collapse last year in advance of the individuals involved had selected and your company with a different name. the committee wants back in the alleged russian interference from any investigated. by the having a system where the tech company apologising when things go wrong, and carry on repeating the same mistakes, we shall have a proper regulatory system which imposes standards on the tech companies with a regulator that can advocate if they fail to meet those standards, they fail to meet those standards, the system is existing in broadcasting and commenting on the industries and we needed in the tech sector as well. facebook said he had taken sector as well. facebook said he had ta ken extensive measures sector as well. facebook said he had taken extensive measures to combat harmful content i may political adverts more transparent. we change

asa adverts more transparent. we change as a company since the start of this inquiry, if you want to know where a company prioritises you could take a look at where it invests and we are investing a huge amount of people and technology to tackle the issues that this report raises. maybe two yea rs that this report raises. maybe two years in the making and weighing 180 pages, this report has been thinking up pages, this report has been thinking up heavy lifting. i new rules of the technology firms will ultimately have to be devised by government. the headlines on bbc news: japanese car maker, honda, is expected to announce the closure of its plant in swindon, three—and—a—half thousand jobs could be lost. seven labour mps quit the party, condemning jeremy corbyn's handling of antisemitism and brexit. the border force intercepts a boat carrying 34 migrants off the coast of dover, with women and children among those rescued. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. the south african double

olympic champion caster semenya, has accused the governing body of world athletics, of discrimination. the 28—year—old middle distance runner has launched a landmark hearing, at the court of arbitration of sport. caster semenya had a gender test when she was 18, the result of which was never made public. 0ur sports correspondent richard conway talks us through where we are now. that was back when she burst onto the relevancy and when she won the world championship in berlin and yes she did have to undergo identity verification test at that point, from the ibi deborah introduced its regulations around hyper and judging is implemented at condition that she and other athletes have, it's

normally characterised by higher male sex hormones such as testosterone. those regulations were suspended when an indians printer challenged them here at the court of arbitration this morning. what the iaaf have done if they have come back now and said we have new regulations, they are backed by a new set of research that's been published in a medicaljournal and we wa nt published in a medicaljournal and we want athletes to take medication to suppress or lower their testosterone values if they want to compete at an elite level. caster has taken great issue with this and that's why she is challenging that today in this court saying that it is discriminatory and unfair because she was born with this condition, it's natural, key element and therefore she should not have to update it but it's an issue that that have effects depending on how this power decides. the impact plastic is having on our environment was highlighted dramatically by the bbc documentary series blue planet. now the government has unveiled

plans for how it thinks the uk could cut down on its use. ministers want to introduce a new tax on plastic packaging, alongside a ‘deposit return' scheme for cans and bottles. but large retailers have been accused of trying to water down the proposals, as our environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. plastic litter harms marine life, so the government is committed to introducing a deposit return scheme on plastic bottles and other drinks containers. industry lobbyists say the deposit should only apply to small on—the—go bottles. they are the ones most likely to find their way into the sea. we plan is not the deposits restricted to the deposits restricted to the deposits restricted to the deposits restricted to those small containers. restricted to those small containers. environmentalists are fighting for a catch—all scheme for all drinks containers. many family—size bottles end in the ocean too, they say. there is another reason for i catch all deposit, it would improve the quality of materials for recycling. environmentalists say tough policies

are needed. for nearly 40 minutes -- 40 yea rs are needed. for nearly 40 minutes -- 40 years the industry has been fighting proposals to introduce a deposit retains scheme i receipt and continue now with an opposing eye wide ranging in deposit return scheme which would have the best impact on the environment. here is another view, people buying family size bottles a re another view, people buying family size bottles are likely to think that my home then put them in their own recycling bin, why make them pay a deposit? we share the ambition to it is michael's overall but we want to build on successful scheme which is kerb—side recycling, we now cleanse the mas recycle lots of their bottles through that and therefore what we are seeing is build on that and have uploaded on the go system which picks up the bottles we buy when we are out and about. this sort of norway stay recycling machine is likely to arrive in the towns in england whatever decision the government makes on bottle sizes. there are other questions over what goes into your being. the government says in

today's consultation, it has standardised rules to and confusion over what you can recycle and what you can't. and there are radical thoughts on dumping two. ministers have raised the possibilityjust a possibility so far that the makers of furniture, mattresses, carpets, tires, and fishing gear might also be obliged to pay for the ultimate cost of getting rid of them. ‘9 to 5‘ was one of the defining films of the 1980s. it tells the story of three female office workers who take their sexist boss hostage. almost forty years on, who better to adapt it for the stage than dolly parton herself. breakfast‘s louise minchin caught up with the country music legend, and asked how she found her distinctive look. dolly parton, what an absolute honour to meet you. thank you very much for talking to us on bbc breakfast. the look, it's so clever, it's so specific. what was it inspired by? there was a town tramp, trollop, in our town, and i thought she was beautiful, and everybody said, "she's

just trash", and i said, "then i want to grow up to be trash", because i thought that was a look. and so i grew up to be trash! and i like to think i'm a little more than trash, but ijust always loved that look — itjust seemed to fit my personality more than just plain stuff. i mean, i like to be flashy and gaudy, and be seen, i guess. # nine to five, for service and devotion # you would think that i would deserve a fair promotion. ..# you're here because 9 to 5 the musical is out now. looking back, and i've seen it, the themes, you know, the film came out so many decades ago, and the themes are still the same, about equality, about fairness. what you think about that? well, i think it's wonderful. we're getting another chance to revamp this, during this metoo movement, to shed more light on a subject that needs addressing. i think when the movie came out 40 years ago, it did a lot of good. i think it really helped a lot

of things and opened a lot of doors for a lot of people. but, as always, you know, there's still work to always be done, and improvements to be made with anything, so i think this gives us another opportunity to kind of bring the subject up again for, like you say, the equal pay, and harassment in the workplace and all that. i'm not your wife or your mother — or even your mistress. what?! mm hmm. i am your employee, and as such i expect to be treated equally, with a little dignity and a little respect. it's interesting watching it because many of the lines are the same from the film as they are in the musical, and they still get a laugh. they do, and i wrote a couple of new pieces for it so, you know, i think we took out the fantasy scene in the song of "hey, boss", kind of addressed the issues, talking about it's not all the men — it'sjust some bad men, because i've worked for a lot of good men. but i really think this is a wonderful time for women, and i think we're making great progress.

so 9 to 5 — there are rumours of a follow—up. will you be involved ? of course i'll be involved. lily, jane and i are going to be doing that sequel that we've talked about for years. i used to joke and say, "we better get after it, or we'll have to call it 95" — because we're getting there! but we actually are going to be part of it, big—time, with three new young girls still working at the old company we used to, and the story is that they wonder what happened to those three women who made those changes all those many years ago, so they find us in different parts of the country, running successful businesses, and we all kind of incorporate and have some more fun and make some more good points, and it should be fun. really, really lovely to meet you. nice to see you, yeah. thank you very much indeed. neither of whom who it's fair to say works 95. it might look like an ice rink.

but this is robert greenfield's back garden in toronto. he's been making the best of the freshly fallen snow by carving a version of ‘mona lisa' in the white stuff, armed with nothing but a shovel. mr greenfield shared the video on social media writing: "this is not exactly a masterpiece, but i present the snowna lisa!" full marks for trying, i don't think nick miller will be permitting you the opportunity to do something similar in yourown the opportunity to do something similar in your own backyard this week. first note of her as it's been a very disappointing link to, it's been a big smell at times. but so it's been a big smell at times. but so far, not a huge amount. actually, it's for a cast on somewhere warm and eat. a bit of sunshine today across parts of north east england, there is a passing shower here, this ship of cloud hung around east

anglian in the southeast and bringing patchy rain and some of shower crowds here and there. we'll be drawing today next massive crowd that's later tomorrow, between the two letter to stem claiming skies overnight. dating showers, one or two for northern ireland, northwest england intellect in scotland. enough of a breeze to stop the temperature is going down too far, so temperature is going down too far, so does no single figures close to freezing, they will be a touch of frost in just a few spots, going into the morning. but, a lot of sunshine to start the day, there are still shower it went into act in scotla nd still shower it went into act in scotland and parts if not collecting them. the next monday system is planning to act in scotland and parts of not collecting them. and expedited than his place to move in, bring clouds did not ireland through the afternoon outbreaks of rain spreading east, a bit of patchy rain to move in, bring clouds tonight in ireland, through the afternoon outbreaks of rain spreading east, a bit of patchy rain towards night and rest in scotland and later in the day. a bit of sunshine turning increasingly hazy, best of that left in the afternoon to southeast england, temperatures are fairly similar compared to today. he had taken a little step backwards compared with aleesami. let the system compared with aleesami. let the syste m m oves compared with aleesami. let the system moves through the northern

half of the uk ready, tuesday night and into wednesday. another weather front and are processed in scotland. it would be easing through the days. it would be easing through the days. it breezy with a system as well, most bases are dry and set in parts of the uk and south wales and east anglia and parts of the midland stage right throughout. temperature is going up a little bit on wednesday. that's the process that continues as we go deeper into the week. we begin to draw the air up this big arab high—pressure and begin to draw the air up, a long way to the south of the uk, so parts of africa and it's coming our way. it's cool that it's a bit on its journey to the uk. sojust making your expectations a little bit but looking for a thursday and friday, 17 and a chart for this time of year, increasing sunshine initially for england and wales on friday in scotla nd for england and wales on friday in scotland and northern ireland into the weekend. so, temperatures on the up the weekend. so, temperatures on the up again later this week we will become very mild. but high—pressure

in there will be a lot of dry weather around and it looks like that's how things are going to stay into the weekend. that you a forecast every half an hour here on the bbc news channel. hello, i'm karin giannone. this is 0utside source. with the us coalition on the verge of declaring victory in syria, what now for the thousands of foreign is fighters and their wives who want to return home? we speak to one of them. i just want forgiveness, really, from the uk. like, everything i've been through, i didn't expect i would go through that. the us continues to put pressure on venezuela's nicolas maduro by sending aid to the country's border. and president trump will make

a speech about the crisis shortly. more violence breaks out in indian—administered kashmir — this time a gunfight leaves four soldiers and 3 militants dead. and south african runner caster semenya challenges plans to regulate the testosterone levels of some female athletes.