labour the wider parliamentary labour party? 0k. thank you for the questions. first the question from sky news. we have developed our policies and the party over the past few years by working with our half million members, the biggest membership the labour party has ever had, and they are radical policies i acknowledge, they are also very popular policies on housing, education, the environment, the economy and industrial development. and we do our best to put all those policies forward. they are discussed frequently with parliamentary collea g u es frequently with parliamentary colleagues through select committees, interest groups within the party, and we are making huge progress. angela and gordon are here with me today, they have developed the national education service from an original idea put forward in the party and in conference, and they are bringing it to a reality and consulting vary widely in achieving that, and so anyone who thinks they

are not being consulted is not taking up in my view the opportunities available and open and ready for them at all times to do that. and i am always prepared to discuss policies with people in the party, and i do all the time. a colleague who asked a question about your company, it sounds like a successful company. coming from a family of engineers, i'm pleased you have a third—generation moving into engineering. i don't see any problem with that. that's the kind of company we would want to work with. the point i made in the speech about the need for capital support for small and medium—sized enterprises isi small and medium—sized enterprises is i believe very important. i often speak to the federation of small businesses about this. i'm sure many in this room are familiar with this. you get to a certain size as a manufacturing enterprise and you need to borrow money for capital for new machinery, tools, computer

systems and all kind of thing is to develop. they are expensive. you can't get a loan to do it, so you end up selling to somebody else. we need to nurture and develop the innovative skills that are there are all over the country. indeed it is often the small companies, almost single—handed entrepreneurs are often the most innovative in developing new ideas. there are the kind of people we want to work with. regionalfunds kind of people we want to work with. regional funds would have a local bias in how they do things. we are already working with a lot of people all through the country through a regional economic forums and town and city —sized economic forums. on the point raised by the guardian, i am proud to lead the labour party and i'm proud of what we have achieved. the national health service, the human rights act, the

equalities act. what it's achieved in so many areas of our society. but i recognise that leading the party means you have to take people with you i'm determined to do that. i'm determined to do that so we can, when an election comes, present those policies and that determination to the public as a whole. our mps are representing communities, many of which are very poon communities, many of which are very poor, and they are the kind of people to carry —— carry those policies into operation. we cannot continue where the amount of inequality gets worse and the number of people depending on food banks gets worse. i want to live in a country more at ease with itself, and that requires investment, social programme to bring about those kind of changes. above all, it also enquired —— also requires investment in an economy to deliver all of that. that's why i am pleased to talk to you here today, and please

to visit many of your member companies all over the country to see the training work they are doing. iwant see the training work they are doing. i want us to have a qualified, trained workforce. i want young people to have hope for the future, not pessimism of unemployment and closures and redundancies. we can do it, but we need to change our way of doing things. i will need to have a deal with the european union that guarantees trade, investment and rights. a no—deal brexit would, i believe, be a very dangerous cliff edge and i don't want to go over that cliff edge. thank you very much. we will pull away from that. you are watching afternoon light. let's get our thoughts from norman smith who is at westminster. quite an interesting tactic because if you ta ke an interesting tactic because if you take a an interesting tactic because if you takea group an interesting tactic because if you take a group of questions you then don't get the follow—up. take a group of questions you then don't get the follow-up. hugely frustrating. i was almost screaming at the guy comparing it. don't take

at the guy comparing it. don't take a hoard of questions, just get him to answer one because you lose all the impact on the directness of the question. it was quite a get out for whoever is answering, which i'm sure is partly why they do it. mr corbin did not look like a man who was badly shaken up by the departure of these seven labour mps. he looked pretty relaxed and at ease. i take it from that they are not overly alarmed there could be a sudden stampede for the exit door. interesting, mr corbyn following on not quite so conclusively as mr mcdonald this morning, but thanking the defectors for their work. saying he regretted their decision, but not going out of his way to demean them

or castigate them in any way. knottingley had been elected on a labour manifesto. interesting mr corbyn acknowledging he had to take people with him, although he held back on what tom watson suggested, that he ought to reshape his shadow cabinet to encompass more of the different strands of opinion in his parliamentary party. the one other thing i noticed was in answer to the brexit referendum question, i think his answer actually will fuel the continuing jitters in large tranches of the parliamentary labour party, but mr corbyn has absolutely no intention of embracing a fresh referendum. his priority is to get a no—deal outcome off the table and negotiate intelligently with the eu.

in other words, negotiate intelligently with the eu. in otherwords, mr negotiate intelligently with the eu. in other words, mr corbyn's approach is to stop no—deal and then negotiate. the next key moment is really when we get a referendum amendment down for people to vote on, will attempt to back it, and if he does not i think a fairly good chance of other mps in labour jumping ship. norman, thank you. i will leave you to keep screaming at the screen! at 8 o'clock this morning workers at honda's swindon plant were given the news leaked the day before — news that their plant — and their 3,500 jobs — are to go. their sense of shock is said to have been shared by the managers telling them. at a news conference in tokyo, the company's boss denied that brexit is a factor. instead he said the closure is because of dramatic changes in the car industry, especially the need to move

to electric vehicles. that's the business case, but for the people affected, and there are many more than those directly employed by honda, the news is devastating. here's our business correspondentjonty bloom. this factory alone builds one in ten of all the cars produced in the uk. but today, production ground to a halt as 3,500 workers were told the factory will close in just two years' time. honda opened 30 years ago. at the time, its arrival was seen as a massive vote of confidence in the british economy. this morning honda will open its new car assembly plant in swindon. and its closure will be a massive blow, notjust to the town but to whole generations of families who have come to depend on it. my wife works here, my brother works here, my cousin works here. i'm trying to think. there's loads of us. her dad, stepdad, her brother. her mum works in the canteen, her other brother's a chef in here. i don't know, there's about 10, 12 people just from our little family all work here. good friends that work here that i know have just got married, had babies, just bought houses

and it's just, like, you feel for these people. i feel for everyone, i really do. even the management that spoke to us inside, like. you can see it in their faces, they are just as shocked as everybody else. this morning the business secretary tried to reassure those honda workers. we completely understand the challenges that you face and we will do everything that we possibly can to support every single person in the community, in the workforce, in the supply chain to make sure that their skills and their ingenuity will find expression and application in the years ahead. and the consequences will be felt notjust in swindon but throughout this country and the rest of europe. the distribution network of lorries which feeds the factory employs at least 1,200 people. on top of that, suppliers of exhausts, suspensions, windscreens, cables and the 2 million other components used here every single day will lose a huge part of their business when honda goes.

the supplier network of this closure here at honda could be significant, because we will see local companies having to shed workers because they'll be losing their honda orders. and that may pose risks on the stability of the supply network for other manufacturing companies in the uk. honda insists the production line at swindon that uses those millions of pounds worth of components a day is not the victim of brexit, although it has recently complained that border delays and tariffs would cost it dear. instead, it says, the sudden global shift to electric cars is behind this decision. this is a move, really, towards electrification. we started to see it in europe, we've started to see it around the world, and it's in response to what our consumers are looking at and also what legislation is driving us towards. we have to start looking very closely at where we focus our investments. and at the moment, that's going to be in the markets

where we have a large production and large manufacturing, and that's the type of areas like north america, china and japan. the uk is investing heavily in an attempt to become a world leader in new electric cars, so honda's decision is not only a severe shock to the car industry now, but a serious setback to those ambitions. our correspondent athar ahmad is at the plant in swindon. devastating is a word often used, but it really sums up the feeling they are today? absolutely. there is a real sense of disappointment, as you say. 3500 people were told this morning they will no longer have jobs at the honda plant in swindon in 2021. it will eventually shut down injust over two in 2021. it will eventually shut down in just over two years' time. 370 acre site. last year, it

produced 160,000 honda civics, 90% of which were exported to the eu and the us. 3500 jobs. it's a huge blow for the local town here. honda have said they regret the impact it will have on swindon. that's a sentiment which is coming out from the workers i spoke to earlier. they expressed their shock and dismay about the news which had come out. many of them are expecting the announcement, but they were alarmed to hear the news as the site will be closing down. there is a real sense of disappointment and anxiety about what will happen next. the league yesterday suggested the plant was closing in 2022, but in fact it's a year before that which adds to the misery? absolutely. many people are expecting perhaps three years in which to plan what they will be doing next, but instead it'sjust

over doing next, but instead it'sjust over two years. some people i've spoken to have said they will continue to see out the remainder of their contracts, others are not so sure as to what they will do next. honda have sent home employees today. they've got the rest of the day off to go home to be with their loved ones. and to try to work out what they will do next after this announcement the car plant here will be shutting in 2021. thank you. well, as we heard, honda is not the only japanese firm pulling investment from the uk. nissan, panasonic and sony have also made significant announcements over the past few months. so isjapan losing faith in the uk? from tokyo, our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. no—one likes delivering bad news and honda's ceo takahiro hachigo is no exception. after a prolonged explanation of the challenges facing honda, he finally got to this crucial line. translation: we will begin consultation with employees

in a direction towards discontinuing automobile production at honda uk manufacturing in 2021. in other words, honda's uk plant is shutting down in two years' time. takahiro hachigo's explanation was long and rather vague but essentially it comes down to this. honda simply doesn't sell enough cars in europe to justify having a big plant in britain any more. instead, it wants to concentrate its production in places where it does sell a lot of cars. and that means the united states, here injapan, and increasingly in china. but why do it now? well, one reason is the need to invest huge amounts in electric technology. but the other, according to some here, is brexit. the plant is sort of like a canary in a coal mine. yes, it is the weaker entity there, and simply the business environment with the risk of a hard brexit has become too toxic to continue to participate the and they finally made the decision to close it. toyota's plant in derby is also

producing far below its capacity, and therefore, is also at risk. but christopher richter thinks even the much bigger plant nissan has in sunderland is vulnerable to a no—deal brexit. now they still have the qashqai there, the smaller suv, and they are certainly going to let it run out, the production on this iteration of the model. but i think it would be really hard to imagine that they continue for another iteration if we have the kind of hard brexit, 10% tariff, you know, barriers at the border kind of very toxic for business environment. in the 1980s, honda arrived in britain hoping to conquer the european car market. that did not happen. and now, after 30 years, is going home. the rate of employment

in the uk has continued to climb, with a record 32.6 million people in work between october and december. latest figures from the office for national statistics, released this morning, show unemployment fell by 111,000 in the three—month period. that translates to a 4% unemployment rate. and average weekly earnings increased by 3.4%. the legendary fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85. he was the creative director for chanel, and had been unwell for several weeks, missing a number of recent fashion shows. chi chi izundu looks back at the life of one the industry's creative giants. insta ntly instantly recognisable in a black—and—white suit, his white hair pulled back into a ponytail, fingerless gloves and dark

sunglasses. karl lagerfeld, the german designer had a seven decade career creating collections simultaneously for a celebrated house and his own signature label. he had been with chanel since 1983. when did you start taking an interest in fashion? always. chords and what people used to wear, it was a lwa ys and what people used to wear, it was always something fascinating. and what people used to wear, it was always something fascinatingm and what people used to wear, it was always something fascinating. in his first season, he was reported to be working 16 hours a day and was delighted to do it. i am a caricature of myself and i like that, is one quote attributed to him. the news comes during london fashion week. tributes are already pouring in. designer henry holland qualities honda on twitter. donatella versace posted a photograph of herself and karl

lagerfeld on instagram, posting... injanuary, in january, he injanuary, he missed chanel‘s what couture show in paris, fuelling speculation about his health. it was the first time he had made an appearance to one of his catwalk shows. designer, photographer, businessman. karl lagerfeld is regarded as one of the most important fashion visionaries of the 20th and 21st centuries. the fashion designer karl lagerfeld, who's died aged 85. and in the next hour we'll be talking to the iconic british fashion designer zandra rhodes. here she is pictured with karl lagerfeld in 1983. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: japanese car giant

honda confirms it plans to shut its swindon factory in 2021 with the loss of 3,500 jobs — saying it had nothing to do with brexit. after the resignation of seven labour mps, the veteran fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85. millie bright has been ruled out of the squad. phil neville's side played three matches in the uk. and a blow for scotland ahead of their six nations match against france. finn russell has failed to recover from concussion in time, so is ruled out. more on all the stories in ten minutes. 16 us states are suing the trump administration over the president's plan to use emergency powers to pay for his border wall with mexico.

the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in california, claims the president's move is a violation of the constitution. from los angeles peter bowes reports. another legal showdown over a policy at the heart of donald trump's agenda. the 16 states — including california, new mexico and new york — are arguing that the president doesn't have the authority to use funds already allocated to other projects to build a wall. it follows congress's rejection of mr trump's demand for $5.7 billion. he got $1.3 billion for an election promise that he originally said mexico would pay for. but on the wall, they skimped. soldid... i was successful, in that sense, but i want to do it faster. i could to the wall over longer period of time — i didn't need to do this — but i'd rather do it much faster. and i don't have to do it for the election. i've already done a lot of wall. president trump got it right when he said he didn't have to do this. mr president, you shouldn't do this.

and i hope that smarter heads prevail in congress, bipartisanly, so that we stop the president from undermining 240 years of a democracy that most around the world try to emulate. the states are arguing that it's congress's role to allocate funding and that the president has no right to invoke a state of emergency to get what he wants. in colorado, we will be on the side of the rule of law. cheering. and because colorado would be hurt by this illegal action, having funds that are dedicated to be spent here moved elsewhere, we will be joining in action to challenge this. cheering. we will not be silenced! the trump administration already faces multiple lawsuits over his declaration, including one from the american civil liberties union. but they may be in for a tough fight. the president has wide discretion

over what constitutes a national emergency. donald trump saw the lawsuits coming. when he announced his decision to override congress, he said he expected to be sued and that the matter would probably end up being decided by the us supreme court. us senator bernie sanders says he will run again for president in 2020, making a second attempt to win the democratic party's nomination. in 2016, the vermont senator came close to beating hillary clinton for the democratic nomination but ultimately lost his candidacy bid. in an email to supporters, mr sanders said it was time to complete the "political revolution" they had started teo years ago. started ten years ago. a police search is under way in australia for a missing british tourist and his french companion. the alarm was raised when a passer—by found items belonging to 20—year—old hugo palmer, who's from east sussex, on shelly beach on the new south wales coast. detectives said they would later discovered the pair's rental car

in a nearby car park. the foreign office says it is in contact with the australian authorities. the president of the national farmers' union has warned that a no—deal brexit is the stuff of nightmares. speaking at the nfu conference in birmingham, minette batters also said it was absolutely shocking farmers still don't know what trade conditions they'll be operating in after the uk leaves the european union. the environment secretary michael gove told the conference he's confident there will be a deal. more than 300 bin workers in birmingham are starting the first of a series of strikes in a dispute with the city council. the action is in protest at payments made to some bin workers who didn't take part in industrial action 18 months ago, when thousands of tonnes of rubbish piled up on the streets. fashion brands and retailers should be charged a penny for every item of clothing they sell. that's the idea from a group of mps who want to end the throwaway culture, which saw 235 million items of clothing sent to landfill last year in the uk. the mps say a penny levy would fund a clothes recycling scheme — as our environment analyst

roger harrabin reports. as london fashion week a festival of creative glamour? the best designs will be copied and sold cheaply on the high streets. but there is growing concern over how long they'll last and where they will end up. ata they'll last and where they will end up. at a sorting centre in kent, it's far from glamorous. up. at a sorting centre in kent, it's farfrom glamorous. they up. at a sorting centre in kent, it's far from glamorous. they are sifting the residue of fashion. many chords barely worn. some will go to east europe, some to africa. mps say it is time for fashion producers to pay towards sorting out this mess. we throw away over 1 million tonnes of here in the uk and 300,000 of those types of clothing go to landfill or incineration. so what we are seeing is that fashion needs to ta ke are seeing is that fashion needs to take responsibility for the chords it puts on the market. the impact of fast fashion stretch around the

world. in asia, many rivers are polluted with waste from the call street. the industry produces as many greenhouse gases as all the world's aircraft. it also creates many much—needed jobs. young people's habit of buying cheap clothes that don't last and then throw them away is a trend that must end, say mps. some retailers have agreed to recycling targets. the problem with recycling is technology— based. at the problem with recycling is technology—based. at the moment, there are not necessarily the strongest technological innovations to recycle the volume of material we would like to recycle. it's been a big talking point amongst the younger designers at london fashion week. i feel like there are times where i have cut down what i buy and when i buy it from. i get things from the high street because i'm a

student. i can't afford branded shops. environmentalists warn we cannot carry on this way. everyone needs to buy less, we need to care for our records more and we need to start thinking about what is the right thing to do in this context? we are facing a global catastrophe. only 11 retailers have adopted targets to reduce their shopping impact on the environment. the industry are starting to change. whether consumer culture will also change is another question. time for a look at the weather. lucy is here. spring has sprung. you could see that. ijust did. what is behind us? we have very mild aircoming upfrom what is behind us? we have very mild air coming up from the south.

guess where it is coming from. just south of spain? north africa, the canary isles. what about the forecast? is it just a case of warming up? before that, i wanted to tell you about the jet stream. that's why we have the mild air coming up from the south. it's sitting to the north and west of the uk. with its positioning, it is opening gates to drag in that warm air. is that it? we won't see any cold weather until the summer? you heard it here first! it is turning mild as we move through the week. this morning, it was a cold and frosty start in teddington. thank you for the photograph. plenty

blue sky in this picture sent in from hampshire earlier as well. as you move from hampshire earlier as well. as you move through the afternoon, we have these weather fronts coming in from the west, bringing cloud, outbreaks of rain and we will see the wind picking up with that as well. the best of the dry weather over on well. the best of the dry weather over on the east. we are seeing more and that way of cloud filtering in, turning the sunshine hazy through the afternoon. outbreaks of rain putting on through northern ireland, western parts of scotland, western parts of wales and also western england as well. temperature is not doing too badly, between eight and 13 celsius. as we see, that rain pushing in from the west, we see the breeze picking up as well. this evening and overnight, we see cloud and no pics of rain pushing their way north and east. heavy for a time over way north and east. heavy for a time over north—west scotland and parts of cumbria as well. gradually working its way north—east. the far south and east i think it's the

rain, staying dry. clear spells and it's looking like a milder night across the board. overnight lows around 6—8dc. tomorrow, two weather fronts to look forward to. the first one clears away north and east villa quickly. the second one brings in further cloud and outbreaks of rain. tomorrow is looking like a generally fairly cloudy day. outbreaks of rain working their way east for scotland, northern ireland, another england and wales. the far south and east escaping up wet weather. you're the greatest chance of seeing some brighter spells. more cloud than today. the touch milder, highs of 1a celsius. moving into thursday, again we are looking at a largely dry day in the south and east. more sunshine across england and wales with good spells of sunshine. the cloud could be thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle or rain in the north—west. temperatures are a touch milder. highs ofaround temperatures are a touch milder. highs of around 15 celsius. staying mild as we move on to friday and the weekend. a good deal of dry weather, some good spells of sunshine around and we could see some issues with

mist and fog being sorta clear. temperatures are widely in the mid teens. in one response, 17 or 18 celsius. turning milder as we go through the next few days. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: japanese car giant honda confirms it plans to shut its swindon factory in 2021 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, saying it has nothing to do with brexit. the business secretary says it's a "painful" and "devastating decision". lam not i am not going to understate what a bitter blow this is to the 3500 skilled and dedicated workers at honda in swindon and theirfamilies. jeremy corbyn says he regrets the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday and insists he is proud to lead the party. the legendary veteran fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85 in paris. the trump administration is sued by 16 american states for invoking emergency powers to build his wall

on the mexican border. and coming up, where golden eagles dare. plans to bring them back to wales for the first time in centuries. sport now on afternoon live withjohn watson. champions league continues tonight and liverpool in action but its not a priority forjurgen klopp? yes, it is an interesting one for liverpool. challenging for silverware on two fronts. it is a long time since they won a league title. jurgen klopp saying league success is more of a priority for them than a champions league title ahead of their last 16 title with bayern munich tonight. liverpool having lost to real madrid in the final last year, 29 years since they won a league title, so perhaps that is whyjurgen klopp feels that a

league title will be more important to the fans than a champions league crown. if you have to decide, all liverpool fans, it is the premier league, that is clear, we know that. but now we play champions league and it is right that we expect we do our best. we do not need to make a decision today. the only thing we can do is to give it our all and play passionate football, lively football, football people expect when they to anfield. and one more line — england's millie bright has been ruled out of the she believes cup due to injury. the chelsea defender has been replaced by manchester city's gemma bonner for the tournament which starts in the united states later this month. england face brazil, the usa and thenjapan on 5 march. all three matches will be broadcast live on the bbc. the rugby is back this weekend. not

all rosy in the scotland camp a massive blow for scotland. finn russell has been ruled out of their game against france on saturday. he is instrumental to the way they play but has not recovered sufficiently after sustaining a head injury last weekend. scotland beat italy in their first match but lost to ireland last time out. maro itoje will defionitely miss england's match with wales. despite a faster than expected recovery the second row‘s knee injury picked up in the opening match against ireland means he remains unavialble. france have rung the changes, with head coach jaques brunel‘s position under threat following two defeats in two matches. handling errors cost them against wales, before a heavy defeat to england at twickenham. four new players come into the side. it's 100 days to go until the start of the cricket world cup. the hosts england are the world's number one ranked side

and favourites for a tournament they've never won. ahead of their one—day series away against west indies, sara orchard has been speaking to former england captain alistair cook, who says this is a once—in—a—lifetime opporunity for eoin morgan's side. very lucky time to be an english cricketer, have a home world cup, it is very special. it is a great opportunity to inspire the next generation and we have got ten great teams, great venues, it is going to be brilliant. eoin morgan and the quys be brilliant. eoin morgan and the guys will be concentrating on what they have to do. they have a one—day series with the west indies and then pakistan and then the world cup. they have a lot of cricket together and they will be very excited by the opportunity, once in a lifetime opportunity, once in a lifetime opportunity to play a home world cup. that's all the sport for now. james goddard, one of the protesters

involved in an incident outside parliament with tory mp anna soubry, we arejust parliament with tory mp anna soubry, we are just hearing he has parliament with tory mp anna soubry, we arejust hearing he has been charged with harassment and to public order offences. that news coming in from the crown prosecution service. this following a file of evidence relating to two incidents outside parliament on the 19th of december on the 7th of january and following a review of the evidence, the cps has authorised police to chargejames the cps has authorised police to charge james goddard the cps has authorised police to chargejames goddard with harassment and to public order offences against and to public order offences against a police officer. he will appear at whence —— westminster magistrates' court on the 19th of march. the head of scotland yard has warned if progress continues at the current rate, it'll take 100 years for the met to be ethnically representative of london. but the commissioner cressida dick told our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw that the met‘s "utterly different" to how it was 20 years ago, when it was branded

institutionally racist by the mcpherson report into the aftermath of stephen lawrence's murder in eltham. we are recruiting right now. we have had some new money and we are out, recruiting. last year we were recruiting somewhere about 28% black and minority ethnic recruits. and that is great. and i want to see that continue and i want it to even increase in the future. but of course police officers do stay, it is a job that people like doing and tend to stick with once they have arrived. and most people will stay 30 or 35 years. so it takes a long time to change. however, if you go out on the streets now, you will see the front line teams have a much higher proportion than 14% of their officers being black and minority ethnic. and clearly londoners are responding positively to that. people are saying it is great to have someone who speaks polish, it's great to see someone who looks like me, it is great to know a member of my family wants to join

and they wouldn't have 15 years ago. i think things are changing fast and i would like them to change faster. your head of hr says it will take a hundred years at the current rate of progress, isn't that shocking? london has changed incredibly fast. i hope you don't think this is a cheap comment, but i walk around newsrooms, i walk around newspapers, i walk around many another organisation, and i don't see the representation that we have. and what i do see is a real desire to speed up in terms of a proportion of our recruits that are from black and minority ethnic groups, to make sure we retain them, to make sure we progress them, and the comment you refer to was on the present rate of, the last rate of trajectory, it will take a long time. that is why we are investing

more in it, that is why we are campaigning more strongly on it. that is why we are trying to break down myths and stereotypes and barriers that exist in some parts of our communities about how people see the metropolitan police. so i am obviously ambitious to speed that up and we have set ourselves some quite challenging targets for five and ten years from now. so you hope it won't be hundred years? i really hope it won't be. of course we don't know what will happen in the rest of london in that time, so it is hard to know how our society will be then. i'm just hoping that the gap between the met‘s representation in london's representation will decrease. quite dramatically. pakistan's prime minister imran khan says there'll be retaliation if india launches any military reponse to the recent suicide bombing in india—adminstered kashmir. mr khan says his country had nothing to do with the attack that killed a0 indian soldiers and that the dispute can only be solved with dialogue.

here he is in a televised announcement. if you are thinking to attack pakistan, pakistan will notjust think to retaliate, pakistan will retaliate. pakistan will not have any other way than to retaliate. i hope that better sense will prevail. we will show wisdom and this issue will at last be resolved, like in afghanistan, through dialogue and discussion. our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani is in islamabad and has this analysis. imran khan said that india had been levelling allegations without any evidence and he said that rather than using pakistan as a kind of whipping boy, indian authorities should reflect on what he suggested

were the underlying causes for the right violence in kashmir, alluding to allegations of human right abuses in the region. imran khan said that if india does have any proof that any pakistani nationals were involved in this attack, then that should be shared and he promised that his government would then act upon it but he also said as you heard in that clip that if india were to launch any kind of military intervention in pakistan, then pakistan would not hesitate to react. our correspondent in india, sangita myska explains the viewpoint from delhi. these comments come a full five days after the terror attacks. his failure to offer simply to the families has been noted. the reaction across india has been of cynicism. the former chief minister has now called on pakistan to walk the walk. in the past, india has repeatedly attempted to have the

leaders extradited from pakistan to face trial in india. that country had said simply there is not enough evidence to do so. she went on to say that this mp was not good enough and that action needed to be taken. also speaking for the first time, he head of the indian army in kashmir. until now he has studiously avoided making any comment but this morning he came out strongly saying they were direct links between militant operating there and pakistan's secret intelligence service. he said women grow called on mothers to ensure that their sons do notjoin up ensure that their sons do notjoin up in the region, for theatre that they are killed as security operations are stepped up. diplomatic pressure is being built on pakistan. there are calls for international

allies to cut all diplomatic ties. let's return to the sad news that the fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died aged 85, in paris. the german designer was the creative director for chanel and fendi and worked up until his death. let's talk to the british fashion designer zandra rhodes who canjoin me now from south london. it is worth saying, any other day, we are talking about london fashion week, he would be there, he never missed a show. it is amazing that he timed it that he would die during a fashion week. he was the most amazing man and wonderful company and a wonderful entertainer and i feel very privileged to have known him through quite a few decades. he has been described as a guardian a world of mortals and there is that sense that he transcended so many. it was just that he had that

wonderful attitude about him. i was lucky enough to work in paris doing some prints and he entertained me andi some prints and he entertained me and i went for dinner at his house. and he always had nicknames for people. and we spent wonderful times having lunches with the amazing talented people and he also once took me around to some shops in paris he thought should be selling my clothes. one of his legendary quotes is i am like a caricature of myself and i like that. but what was he like those dinner parties? he a lwa ys he like those dinner parties? he always had the most wonderful sayings. there was a wonderful interior lady and he used to say, she is more put than man. he was a lwa ys she is more put than man. he was

always just very grand but wonderful at the same time. and when you look at the same time. and when you look at him, pictures of him, he loses style, whatever he is doing. —— he loses style. i have bad days when i don't look style but he always did look style. we went around japan sightseeing and he always looked stylish, even though it was the middle of winter. his fashion never got tired and nor did he. he kept working, didn't he? he was extremely well read and he a lwa ys he was extremely well read and he always managed to put himself over really incredibly and i think if you like you, he liked you, so i was one of the lucky ones. and it was just that he oozed style at the whole time and could promote himself in the most fantastic way. how would you describe his style designs? what

marked out a karl lagerfeld design? he had the most incredible taste and the fact that he could keep chanel looking modern by working out what he did with it and it still looked like chanel. and in the same way with fedi. he could announce things and it was like god coming down from his throne and saying what something was going to be like in the way he organised to shows and the way he pronounce things. it is the passing ofa pronounce things. it is the passing of a giant. as well as a designer, he was a fabulous businessman.|j think he was a wonderful businessman and as! think he was a wonderful businessman and as i say, he could promote himself so whatever you are doing, you could be sure that even if he was helping promote me, he would be promoting himself as well. which was quite wonderful. he was revered but was he feared within fashion as

well? that's a difficult one. i mean, ithink well? that's a difficult one. i mean, i think that he had such a fantastic attitude about himself that i suppose there's... if someone has an aura, then the order is going to be there whatever, so you are... i feel lucky that i knew him very well. and if god had come up to you today, how would he have opened the conversation with you? we probably would have hugged each other, said that we had not seen each other for an awful long time, in fact i think sadly since it was in the cathedral where we went to princess diana's funeral. i knocked over the chairs asi funeral. i knocked over the chairs as i went towards him. finally, if there was one word, the word style obviously springs to mind, but if there was one word you would use to

describe karl lagerfeld, what would it be? a glowing star that won't lose its aura. that's quite a tribute, among many that have been paid to —— today in the fashion world. thank you for joining us. thank you so much. the headlines on afternoon live: japanese car giant honda confirms it plans to shut its swindon factory in 2021 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, saying it had nothing to do with brexit. after the resignation of seven labour mps, the shadow chancellor says the party needs a mammoth listening exercise. the veteran fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85. with only 38 days to go to brexit day, the uk's manufacturing industry is meeting in westminster at their annual conference. our business presenter ben bland is there. yes, this is the annual get—together

for the manufacturing sector. it used to be known as eef and it is now known as make uk. one of the big questions is how the delicate scrapper with the challenges thrown up scrapper with the challenges thrown up by scrapper with the challenges thrown up by brexit, as well as the issue of honda's decision to close its plant in swindon, putting 3500 jobs at risk. jeremy corbyn was here addressing delegates a little earlier. today, we learn that honda is planning to close its plant in swindon at a cost of 3500 jobs. it is being debated now in parliament. that is devastating news for those workers, theirfamilies that is devastating news for those workers, their families and for the local economy, that has been generated largely around that plant and other new industries that moved in following the collapse of the

railway industry. it is bad news for all the small and medium—size businesses that make up the supply chain for these companies. and while the government is posting it has secured a trade deal with the faroe islands, it is doing nothing to protect skilled jobs and industry in britain. while, on that point about the supply chain, i am delighted to say that with me is mike hughes from schneider electric. and caroline ash from fashion. just on the supply chain for honda, schneider has a factory in swindon. how does this decision affect you? first of all, it is obviously a very sad decision for swindon and the automotive industry. we have a factory in swindon and have had one therefore quite a long time. this will affect us in terms of it being another company that is not going to be there to continue investing in uk manufacturing. it will have an indirect effect on us. it will directly affect our swindon plant as

such. that has much broader customer base. it is because of big seismic changes within the car industry, things like the adjustment to a lecture, low emissions vehicles, how ready is the supply chain to the automotive industry, how ready is it to adapt to that? it is going through a massive change. that is clear. the move to electrification, the move to social sharing and so on. the supply chain tends to follow the customers. we deal with thousands of customers around the world and we will adapt with our clients as they meet this new reality. let's talk on the more broad point of brexit. caroline, i would like to bring you in on this. asa would like to bring you in on this. as a fashion company, you are based solely on the uk. you make things and sell things here. presumably, you are largely immune to the effect? anyway, we are. we have a

lot more customer interest. they wa nt lot more customer interest. they want to make in the uk because they are worried about getting garments through the borders because of the delays. then largely our workforce is eastern european and they have stopped coming into the uk when brexit first happened. that is interesting. in terms of customers, you have actually benefited from the uncertainty. yes, because they want to be sure they can get their garments into store when they need to and they don't know if they can get it through customs. that is a rare find. a business that has benefited from the uncertainty. we also have the migration figures out today showing that there has been a now “— today showing that there has been a now —— net outflow of people from the eu leaving. has that had an impact? yes, we actually have a close relationship with our workforce and look after them very well. we have not lost anybody. but now there is more interesting in

make uk, we don't know where we can get the workers from. we have a stitching academy, we are training people to stitch. we are doing that in conjunction with the council. when it comes to the skills, let me bring you back on this, average wages are also going up, that is great news for employees, but for companies, that clearly means you are having to fight to compete to attract the best people with the right skills? is that something you are finding? we see the labour market is tightening up and that is why use either salaries year over year now, above inflation. that has not been the case for quite some time and as caroline said, there are less people now coming in from the european union into the country. approximately 10% of our 5000 employees are from the european union and we clearly see a trend where not so many are coming in to replace people who are leaving. and just anyone thought, do events like this make any difference? yes, i

think this helps to bring the topics to light, what is happening in the marketplace, what are the realities of the decisions that enterprises like asan other manufacturers are making every day which will affect the overall investment, employment, overall money factor in the country. thank you both very much on diameter throughout the afternoon. we will stay outdoors as long as it stays as nice as it has. the golden eagle is one britain's rarest birds of prey, currently found only in small areas of scotland and northern ireland. but now, thanks to ambitious plans by conservationists, they could soon return to wales, for the first time in 200 years. john maguire reports. with a wingspan of more than two metres the golden eagle is imposing, impressive, and imperious. an apex predator that targets both living and dead prey, feeding on mammals such as rabbits and birds as large as grouse. but persecution in the 19th century saw the population of breeding pairs reduced to the hundreds, and today confined to isolated

pockets in remote areas of scotland and northern ireland. now, conservationists want to see them reintroduced to snowdonia. we propose to reintroduce the golden eagle back to snowdonia, where it belongs. snowdonia in welsh actually means "home of the eagle." these birds were... went extinct about 200 years ago, but we need to bring them back to balance our ecosystems and also to provide economic opportunities for rural communities. but the proposals are contentious. the national farmers' union here in wales says it has real concerns about introducing this apex predator back into the welsh countryside, which the union says has changed hugely over the last 200 years. it's concerned about the threat especially to newborn baby lambs, and also to the wildlife that exists on farms, including many endangered species. rooney, an 11—year—old male, is often flown by his handler at this farm in the brecon beacons.

the farmer here says he would be thrilled to see golden eagles return. i would like to see golden eagles back in wales, and i'm sure they would have a clean—up job and would be a good thing for the environment. returning these birds to north wales will require licensing and will have to be strictly controlled to ensure that if this majestic creature comes back then it will not only survive but also thrive. john maguire, bbc news. a set of 50 pence coins, celebrating the 20th anniversary of ‘the gruffalo' have been released. the famous monster is the creation of author julia donaldson and illustrator axel scheffler. the coins are expected to become very collectable, 600 of a special gold version will be made, at a cost of £795 each. now it's time for a look at the weather with lucy martin.

hello. some very mild temperatures on the way this week. as we dragging some mild, warm airfrom the canaries, you can see it on the air mass, you can see the yellow colour spreading in from the south. as we move spreading in from the south. as we move towards the end of the week, it looks like we could see temperatures widely in the mid—teens but some spots could get as high as 17 or 18 celsius. a real spike in temperatures as we move through this week. today though we are in between two weather fronts. this one has cleared towards ee. a bright start but the next area of cloud already pushing in from the west, as we move through this afternoon. temperatures largely in the double figures. highs of around 11, 12 celsius, but it turning incredibly when i grow

increasingly wet and breezy. some showers heavy for western parts of scotla nd showers heavy for western parts of scotland and cumbria as we move into the early hours. largely dry in the south and across—the—boa rd, the early hours. largely dry in the south and across—the—board, there is going to be a fairly mild night. overnight close between seven and 11 celsius. as we move into tomorrow, two weather fronts affecting our weather. the first one plies quickly. the second one will work in from the west bringing outbreaks of rain -- from the west bringing outbreaks of rain —— clears quickly. outbreaks of rain —— clears quickly. outbreaks of rain tomorrow for outbreaks of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, gradually pushing eastwood. the best chance of any dry and bright weather in the south—east temperatures around 13 or 1a celsius. some light rain or drizzle in the north and west. much of england and wales brightening up. a

good deal of sunshine and take a look at the temperatures. mild for the time of year. highs of around 14, 15 the time of year. highs of around 1a, 15 celsius. as we move towards the end of the week, that high pressure will continue to dominate the south and east. always one or two weather fronts close to the north and west. here, the greatest chance of rain and drizzle and a bit more on the way of cloud. take a look at the temperatures. perhaps 17, 18 celsius in the warmest parts. hello. you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 3pm: it's not down to brexit — honda confirms the closure of its honda plant in swindon and the loss of 3,500 jobs. the business secretary says it's a painful and devastating decision. lam not i am not going to understate what a bitter blow this is to the 3500 skilled and dedicated workers at honda in swindon and theirfamilies. jeremy corbyn says he regrets

the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday, and says he's proud to lead the party. they were elected to carry out those policies and decided to go somewhere else. and i regret that. donald trump is sued by 16 american states for invoking emergency powers to build his wall on the mexican border. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport withjohn watson. it's another big european night for liverpool. is juergen it's another big european night for liverpool. isjuergen klopp prioritising league success over the champions league? we will be talking to him to find out. thanks, john, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. lucy martin has all the weather. it's turning unseasonably mild towards the end of the week. 18 celsius as possible in warmer spots. join me for the forecast later in the programme. thanks, lucy. also coming up: the man described as having the stature of a god among mortals in the world of fashion. tributes have been paid to karl lagerfeld — who has died in paris at the age of 85.

he was the most amazing man. wonderful company. a wonderful entertainer. i feel very privileged to have known him through quite a few decades. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. at 8 o'clock this morning workers at honda's swindon plant were given the news leaked the day before — news that their plant, and their 3,500 jobs, are to go. their sense of shock is said to have been shared by the managers telling them. at a news conference in tokyo, the company's boss denied that brexit is a factor. instead, he said, the closure is because of dramatic changes in the car industry — especially the need to move to electric vehicles. that's the business case, but for the people affected, and there are many more than those directly employed by honda, the news is devastating. here's our business

correspondentjonty bloom. this factory alone builds one in ten of all the cars produced in the uk. but today, production ground to a halt as 3,500 workers were told the factory will close in just two years' time. honda opened 30 years ago. at the time, its arrival was seen as a massive vote of confidence in the british economy. this morning honda will open its new car assembly plant in swindon. and its closure will be a massive blow, notjust to the town but to whole generations of families who have come to depend on it. my wife works here, my brother works here, my cousin works here. i'm trying to think. there's loads of us. her dad, stepdad, her brother. her mum works in the canteen, her other brother's a chef in here. i don't know, there's about 10, 12 people just from our little family all work here. good friends that work here that i know have just got married, had babies, just bought houses and it's just, like, you feel for these people. i feel for everyone, i really do. even the management that

spoke to us inside, like. you can see it in their faces, they are just as shocked as everybody else. this morning the business secretary tried to reassure those honda workers. i have spoken with the trade unions, the council and the chair of the enterprise council. shortly, i will cheer a task force to do all we can to ensure the much valued workforce of honda in swindon find new opportunities to make use of their skills and experience. the news is devastating for the 3500 workers in swindon, their families and the wider community. it's devastating for the businesses in the supply chain and the tens of thousands employed within them and it's a

devastating blow to the automotive sector. and the consequences will be felt notjust in swindon but throughout this country and the rest of europe. the distribution network of lorries which feeds the factory employs at least 1,200 people. on top of that, suppliers of exhausts, suspensions, windscreens, cables and the 2 million other components used here every single day will lose a huge part of their business when honda goes. the supplier network of this closure here at honda could be significant, because we will see local companies having to shed workers because they'll be losing their honda orders. and that may pose risks on the stability of the supply network for other manufacturing companies in the uk. honda insists the production line at swindon that uses those millions of pounds worth of components a day is not the victim of brexit, although it has recently complained that border delays and tariffs would cost it dear. instead, it says, the sudden global shift to electric cars is behind this decision. this is a move, really, towards electrification.

we started to see it in europe, we've started to see it around the world, and it's in response to what our consumers are looking at and also what legislation is driving us towards. we have to start looking very closely at where we focus our investments. and at the moment, that's going to be in the markets where we have a large production and large manufacturing, and that's the type of areas like north america, china and japan. the uk is investing heavily in an attempt to become a world leader in new electric cars, so honda's decision is not only a severe shock to the car industry now, but a serious setback to those ambitions. well, as we heard, honda is not the only japanese firm pulling investment from the uk. nissan, panasonic and sony have also made significant announcements over the past few months.

so isjapan losing faith in the uk? from tokyo, our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. no—one likes delivering bad news and honda's ceo takahiro hachigo is no exception. after a prolonged explanation of the challenges facing honda, he finally got to this crucial line. translation: we will begin consultation with employees in a direction towards discontinuing automobile production at honda uk manufacturing in 2021. in other words, honda's uk plant is shutting down in two years' time. takahiro hachigo's explanation was long and rather vague but essentially it comes down to this. honda simply doesn't sell enough cars in europe to justify having a big plant in britain any more. instead, it wants to concentrate its production in places where it does sell a lot of cars. and that means the united states, here injapan, and increasingly in china. but why do it now?

well, one reason is the need to invest huge amounts in electric technology. but the other, according to some here, is brexit. the plant is sort of like a canary in a coal mine. yes, it is the weaker entity there, and simply the business environment with the risk of a hard brexit has become too toxic to continue to participate the and they finally made the decision to close it. toyota's plant in derby is also producing far below its capacity, and therefore, is also at risk. but christopher richter thinks even the much bigger plant nissan has in sunderland is vulnerable to a no—deal brexit. now they still have the qashqai there, the smaller suv, and they are certainly going to let it run out, the production on this iteration of the model. but i think it would be really hard to imagine that they continue for another iteration if we have the kind of hard brexit, 10% tariff, you know, barriers at the border kind of very toxic for business environment. in the 1980s, honda arrived in britain hoping to conquer

the european car market. that did not happen. and now, after 30 years, is going home. our correspondent athar ahmed is in swindon and described the mood there after the announcement. 3500 people were told this morning they will no longer have jobs at the honda car plant in swindon in 2021. the plant eventually shuts down in just over two years. to give you a sense of scale, this is a 370 acre site. last year, it produced 160,000 honda civics, 90% were exported to the eu and the us. 3500 jobs. it's a huge blow for the local time. honda have said they regret the impact it

will have on the community here in swindon and that's a sentiment coming out. i spoke to workers earlier on who expressed their shock and dismay at the news which has come out. although many of them were expecting the announcement, they did say they were alarmed to cure the news and the fact that the site which has been here for over 30 yea rs which has been here for over 30 years will be closing down. there is a real sense of disappointment and anxiety about what will happen next. the leak yesterday suggested the plant was closing in 2022, it's in fa ct a plant was closing in 2022, it's in fact a year before that, to add to the misery? absolutely. many people were expecting perhaps three years in which to plan and work out what it will be doing next, but instead it's just over two years. some people i've spoken to have said it will continue seeing out the remainder of their contract over the next two years. others are not so sure as to what he will do next. honda have sent employees home today

to speak to loved ones and to try to work out what they will do next, after the announcement at the car plant here will be shutting in 2021. jeremy corbyn says he regrets the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday and insists he is proud to lead the party. the seven backbenchers left to sit as independents, in protest at the labour leader's handing of brexit and anti—semitism. mr corbyn has been warned that he faces the prospect of further resignations and the bbc understands that two conservative mps are also considering their position. let's talk to our political correspondent jonathan blake, who's at westminster for us. yesterday, seven of his mps announced they were quitting the labour party. he put out a statement saying he was disappointed. he pointed to the labour manifesto which in his eyes these mps were

elected on the basics of. tom watson, the deputy leader, has posted a video online saying this was a moment of regret and reflection it was time for the party to broaden out. and the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell seeing to broaden out. and the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell seeing a mammoth listening exercise was neededin mammoth listening exercise was needed in the wake of these resignations. jeremy corbyn struck a slightly different tone this afternoon when he addressed resignations at conference earlier. i regret that seven mps have decided they will no longer remain part of they will no longer remain part of the labour party. i thank them for the labour party. i thank them for the work. i hope they recognise they we re the work. i hope they recognise they were elected to parliament on a manifesto that was based around investment for the future. was based around a more equal and fairer society. was based around social justice. and it is that programme i believe we will put to the electorate in future that has enormous support. they were elected to carry out those policies. they

have decided to go somewhere else. and i regret that. iwant have decided to go somewhere else. and i regret that. i want are reported to be strong. i want a party to be united around the policies that we put forward. jeremy corbyn regrets these members have left. no sense from whom they are, in contrast to what his senior collea g u es in contrast to what his senior colleagues have said, that this is any kind of moment for the party to ta ke any kind of moment for the party to take a look at itself and reflect on what has happened. i crack the issue of anti—semitism was raised by some of anti—semitism was raised by some of those ruth george has attracted criticism this afternoon over something she said online. she was responding to a comment on facebook. and a question about a member of her local constituency labour party and what they had reacted to on facebook

earlier on. liking a post which described the seven mps who quit labour as it is really. she was asked what she thought about it. she said she would not condemn those asking questions about where their money was coming from. it attracted criticism and less than an hour later she has issued an apology. on facebook she said i apologise for my comment. i had no intention of invoking a conspiracy theory and i'm deeply sorry that my ill thought out and poorly worded comment came out. i withdraw it entirely. it shows just how sensitive the issue of anti—semitism is. you're right. it's one of the reasons those mps who quit the party yesterday game four — gave quit the party yesterday game four —— gave for their decision. the rate of employment in the uk

has continued to climb, with a record 32.6 million people in work between october and december. latest figures from the office for national statistics show unemployment fell by 111,000 in the three—month period. that translates to a 4% unemployment rate. average weekly earnings also increased by 3.4%. our business correspondent simon gompertz is here. more people working, and people being paid more. in the round, it's all good news. ithink being paid more. in the round, it's all good news. i think that figure to focus in on is the 4% one. it might seem like quite a high proportion, but in the recession which followed the financial crisis, it was over 8%. the recessions of the 1980s and 1990s, it was nearly

1296 the 1980s and 1990s, it was nearly 12% at one point. historically, it's a very low level of unemployment, in fa ct a very low level of unemployment, in fact it's the lowest since 1975. in the past, critics of the conservative party have said, it's all very well, but these jobs are zero—hour contracts and are not real jobs. but that other figure would suggest that's not entirely true. behind the scenes, what's going on? there are a lot of people on zero—hour contracts. people might only work a few hours, but 844,000 people are on zero—hour contracts, which is down 57,000 since the last figures. employment has gone up and thatis figures. employment has gone up and that is partly because older women who are not reaching pension age

until later, 65 at the moment and will be 66, are staying in the workforce so more people are employed. this is for the last three months of last year. we get criticised every time we use the brexit word in terms of anything to do with figures like this, but it would appear the uncertainty over brexit is not having an impact on the economy directly here for the moment. as you see, this is what they call a historical indicator. it's the end of last year compared to earlier on last year. the situation was pretty good. we know there is more nervousness out there in the business world at the moment and the employment service, how many people businesses are taking on, is not as optimistic. the proof is not in the pudding until the eating. the employment situation in the uk is extremely good at the moment when you compare it historically. wages

are going up 3.5% per year. that doesn't take into account prices in shops. we are paying more for things. they are going up faster than prices in shops are going up. that's a good thing. we've regained a lot of the ground so the buying power of our wages is as good as it has been since 2011. it's not quite as good as before the financial crisis, but we've regained a lot of ground. so the situation has improved, but in many ways it's more uncertain. thank you. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: japanese car giant honda confirms it plans to shut its swindon factory in 2021 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, saying it had nothing to do with brexit. jeremy corbyn says he regrets the decision of seven labourmps to quit and insists he is proud to lead the party. and figures released this morning show record numbers of people are in work — unemployment is at its lowest rate since 1975.

and coming up — tributes continue to be paid to the veteran fashion designer karl lagerfeld who has died at the age of 85. we'll be speaking to the fashion designer maria grachvogel in a few minutes. juergen klopp says league success is more important than winning the champions league. maro itoje will miss his next six nations match. he picked up a knee injury against ireland. there is a real blow for scotla nd ireland. there is a real blow for scotland ahead of their game with france. finn russell is ruled out, having failed to recover from concussion in time. more to come on all of the stories at around half past. 16 us states are suing the trump administration over the president's plan to use emergency powers to pay for his border wall with mexico. the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in california, claims the president's move is a violation of the constitution. from los angeles

peter bowes reports. another legal showdown over a policy at the heart of donald trump's agenda. the 16 states — including california, new mexico and new york — are arguing that the president doesn't have the authority to use funds already allocated to other projects to build a wall. it follows congress's rejection of mr trump's demand for $5.7 billion. he got $1.3 billion for an election promise that he originally said mexico would pay for. but on the wall, they skimped. soldid... i was successful, in that sense, but i want to do it faster. i could to the wall over longer period of time — i didn't need to do this — but i'd rather do it much faster. and i don't have to do it for the election. i've already done a lot of wall.

president trump got it right when he said he didn't have to do this. mr president, you shouldn't do this. and i hope that smarter heads prevail in congress, bipartisanly, so that we stop the president from undermining 240 years of a democracy that most around the world try to emulate. the states are arguing that it's congress's role to allocate funding and that the president has no right to invoke a state of emergency to get what he wants. in colorado, we will be on the side of the rule of law. cheering. and because colorado would be hurt by this illegal action, having funds that are dedicated to be spent here moved elsewhere, we will be joining in action to challenge this. cheering. we will not be silenced! the trump administration already faces multiple lawsuits over his declaration, including one from the american civil liberties union. but they may be in for a tough fight. the president has wide discretion

over what constitutes a national emergency. donald trump saw the lawsuits coming. when he announced his decision to override congress, he said he expected to be sued and that the matter would probably end up being decided by the us supreme court. us senator bernie sanders says he will run again for president in 2020, making a second attempt to win the democratic party's nomination. in 2016, the vermont senator came close to beating hillary clinton for the democratic nomination but ultimately lost his candidacy bid. in an email to supporters, mr sanders said it was time to complete the political revolution they had started two years ago. he also launched a scathing attack on president trump's administration. it is unacceptable and un—american, to be frank with people, that we have a president who is a pathological liar. it gives me no

pleasure to see that, but it's true. we have a president who is a racist, sexist, a xenophobe. he is doing what no president has done in our lifetime, and that is trying to divide us up. president trump's campaign spokesman took aim at bernie sander by saying the american people will reject an agenda of sky—high tax rates, government—run health care and that only president trump will keep america free, prosperous and safe. the legendary fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85. he was the creative director for chanel, and had been unwell for several weeks, missing a number of recent fashion shows. chi chi izundu looks back at the life of one the industry's creative giants. instantly recognisable in a black and white suit, his white hair pulled back into a ponytail, fingerless gloves and dark sunglasses.

karl lagerfeld, the german designer, had a seven decade career, created collections simultaneously thought the celebrated house of fendi in addition to his own signature label, but he shall be best known for his association with chanel, which he had been with since 1983. when did you first start taking an interest in fashion? always. i was always interested in fashion even before i knew it was called fashion. clothes and what people used to wear always fascinated me. in his first season he was reported to be working 16 hours a day and was delighted to do it. "i am a caricature of myself and i like that," claimed one quote attributed to him. the news comes at one of the fashion world's busiest periods during london fashion week, with tributes already pouring in. designer henry holland tweeted a quote from lagerfeld, writing, "to design is to breathe, so if i can't breathe i am in trouble." designer donatella versace posted a picture of herself and karl lagerfeld on instagram, writing, "karl, your genius touched the lives of so many, especially gianni and i. we will never forget your incredible talent and endless inspiration,

we were always learning from you." injanuary he missed chanel‘s haute couture show in paris, fuelling speculation about his health. it was the first time he did not attend one of his catwalk shows. designer, photographer, businessman — karl otto lagerfeld is regarded as one of the most important fashion visionaries of the 20th and 21st centuries. the fashion designer karl lagerfeld, who's died aged 85. a short while ago i spoke to british fashion designer zandra rhodes who first met karl lagerfeld thirty years ago. it's amazing that he timed it that he would die during fashion week. he was the most amazing man and wonderful company and a wonderful entertainer and ifeel wonderful company and a wonderful entertainer and i feel very privileged to have known him through

quite a few decades. years been described as a god in a world of mortals. there is that sense that he transcended so many? it wasjust that he had that wonderful attitude about him. i mean, iwas that he had that wonderful attitude about him. i mean, i was lucky enough to work in paris doing some prints and he entertained me and i went for dinner at his house and he a lwa ys went for dinner at his house and he always had nicknames for people. and we spent wonderful times, having lunches with the amazing anna biaggi in versailles and he also once took me around to some shops in paris who he thought should be selling my clothes. british fashion designer maria grachvogel is with me now. it's still sinking in, it's stillsinking in, i it's still sinking in, i suspect. what is the legacy? goodness, we to

start with a man like karl lagerfeld. he ran successfully three brands. he started one back in the 19605. brands. he started one back in the 1960s. he has run chanel since 1983. very few designers have spanned that length of time with any brand. he ran them for long stretches of time. and also through that entire time. you remained cool and relevant. the chanel show is pretty much the most sought after show in paris. the brand is still regarded worldwide as the brand to buy into. those of us who clearly know nothing about fashion will look at him and say that as a style icon in anybody‘s eyes. to a designer, what is it that he brought? i know what goes into

creating a collection. he managed to run these three brands effortlessly. and he also did all the photography. all the creative direction. from 1987, he was doing all the photography as well. if you think about what an extraordinary amount of work that is, there's really not any words for it. he is truly iconic. and also work ethic to be revered ? iconic. and also work ethic to be revered? it's incredible. ifi look at what is involved for me to produce a collection and put on a catwalk show, obviously he had teams, but he is the person at the top. i know what it is to run that. he was running that successfully for three brands, all with incredible

success. often described as inspirational, but what does that mean? when you see a design by karl lagerfeld, would you recognise it as such? he was incredible at having three separate brands. each one had its own identity. he almost inhabited the house of chanel and give it an identity. he kept it releva nt give it an identity. he kept it relevant and fresh, season after season. he managed to reinvent it and keep it relevant. the industry is constantly changing and is consta ntly is constantly changing and is constantly demanding. at this junction, we are moving faster than ever. it's a tough and difficult industry. was he feared as much as he was revered? anybody that i know who knew him had huge amounts of respect for him. i sadly never met him personally. i heard he wasjust an incredible man. somebody like

thatis an incredible man. somebody like that is always going to be iconic and have an ear about them. and what does it say about a man that he must understand women to be able to do what he did, mustn't he? he not only understood women, he understood the market and i think you understood... he had a way of gathering the pulse of what was going on in the environment and turning that into a brand. he was an excellent marketing expert. and i think that's what it takes these days to run a successful fashion brand. can there be another? huge shoes to fill. it's a huge loss to the industry. he has left behind a great legacy. an amazing man. i will let you get back to your show. very busy week. thank you joining us. this some unseasonably mild

temperatures on the way by the end of the week. today, this where the front working and from the waist is bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain, that went begging up as well. the best of their brightness in the south and east this afternoon. as we go through this evening and overnight that cloud outbreaks of rain will continue to push its way north and east, quite heavy for a time in north—west scotland and perhaps can bear overnight. the south seeing the best of any dry weather and temperatures not following as far as overnight. tomorrow a generally cloudier day than today. there will be outbreaks of rainfor than today. there will be outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, northern england and we are is, pushing eastwards, becoming patchy and light. dry and bright weather in the south and east. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. japanese car giant honda confirms it plans to shut its swindon factory in 2021

with the loss of 3,500 jobs — saying it has nothing to do with brexit. the business secretary says it's a "painful" and "devastating decision". lam not i am not going to understate what a bitter blow this as to the 3500 skilled and dedicated workers at honda in swindon, and their families. jeremy corbyn says he ‘regrets' the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday and insists he is proud to lead the party. the legendary veteran fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85 in paris. the trump administration is sued by 16 american states for invoking emergency powers to build his wall on the mexican border. and coming up — where golden eagles dare — plans to bring them back to wales for the first time in centuries. sport now on afternoon live. we talk champions league, liverpool,

juergen klopp, perhaps this is not his priority. they are challenging still on two fronts. in the league, level on points with manchester city and in their european competition, the champions league. butjuergen klopp feels the league is more of a priority than winning in europe this season. they are without defender virgilvan season. they are without defender virgil van dijk. that is a big miss for them on what is going to be another special night under the lights at anfield against one of european football ‘s heavyweights. liverpool made it to the final last year but they have not won a league title in 29 years and juergen klopp thinks it is time to end that weight. for all liverpool fans it is the premier league, that is clear. but

now we play champions league. we all expect that we do our best. we do not have to make a decision today. the only thing we can do is to give it our all the only thing we can do is to give it ouralland the only thing we can do is to give it our all and play a very passionate football, very lively football, the football that people expect when they come to anfield.|j am sure the players feel there is unfinished business in the champions league. finn russell has been ruled out.

they will miss him. he has not managed to recover from the head injury he sustained in club rugby at the weekend. scotland beat italy in their first match but lost to ireland last time out and have not hit the level they would have hoped for before the tournament got under way. that absentee, a big one, certainly will not help. england play wales. they will be without maro itoje despite a recove ry without maro itoje despite a recovery from that injury. he will not be ready in time to face the only other unbeaten side in this yea rs only other unbeaten side in this years championship. france have made four changes following two defeats in two matches. handling errors cost them against wales. we saw more of them there against england at twickenham. we wonder if those changes will help. it is 100 days to go until the

start of the cricket world cup. england are whole will start as favourites as the world number one ranked site. it is a treatment though they have never won. the first match in their series with the west indies is tomorrow as the countdown to a busy summer of cricket continues. very lucky time to be eight english cricketer, to have a home world cup is very special. it is a great opportunity to inspire the next generation. ten great teams. great venues. generation. ten great teams. great venues. it will be brilliant. players will be concentrating on what they have got to do. i know they have got a one—day series with they have got a one—day series with the west indies and pakistan and in their world cup warm up, a lot of cricket, they will be excited by this once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to play any home cup. ido to play any home cup. i do not know if you have seen these pictures from an american ice hockey

game. watch the commentator on the right closely. probably that lack is the escape of his life. that really would have hurt had he got caught by that. probably lucky he wasn't straining for a closer look at the action. amazing camerawork. when does the camera and get out? he had a lucky mess as well. always sensible to keep your eyes open whenever you may be. fashion brands and retailers should be charged a penny for every item of clothing they sell. that's the idea from a group of mps who want to end the throwaway culture, which saw 235 million items of clothing sent to landfill last year in the uk. the mps say a penny levy would fund a clothes recycling scheme — as our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. is london fashion week a festival of creative glamour?

the best designs will be copied and sold cheaply on the high street, but there is growing concern about how long they will last and where they will end up. at a sorting centre in kent it's farfrom glamourous. they are sifting the residue of fashion, many clothes barely worn. some will go to eastern europe, some to africa. mps say it is time for fashion producers to pay towards sorting out the mess. we throw away over a million tonnes of clothing in the uk, 300,000 of those go to landfill or incineration. we are saying that fashion needs to take responsibility for the clothes it puts on the market. the impacts of fast fashion stretch around the world. many rivers in asia are polluted with waste from the clothes trade. the industry produces as many greenhouse gases as all the world's aircraft. it also creates many much—needed jobs. but young people's habit of buying

cheap clothes that do not last and then throwing them away is a trend that must end, the mps say. some retailers have agreed targets to recycle more. the problem with recycling is technology—based, at the moment there are not necessarily the strongest technical innovations available to recycle the volume of material we would like. it has been a big talking point among young designers at london fashion week. ever since i have genuinely understood why fast fashion is a bad thing, i feel that there are times where i have cut down so much in where i buy and who i buy it from. because i am a student i prefer to get things from the high street, i cannot afford everything in luxury brand shops. environmentalists warn we cannot carry on this way. the point is everybody needs to buy less, care for their clothes more and start thinking about what is the right thing to do in this context.

we are facing a global catastrophe. only 11 retailers have adopted targets to reduce their shocking impact on the environment. the industry is starting to change, but whether consumer culture can also change is another question. just getting some news from our correspondent in geneva, he is telling as there has been an avalanche in a popular ski resort. police there are seeing the avalanche happened in the early afternoon and that several people have been buried. rescue services are at the scene. there are some pictures on social media that appear to show that the avalanche came down on eight marked the slope. this has not been confirmed. an avalanche, with reports of some people buried under the snow. more on that as we get it. the head of the metropolitan

police has warned if progress continues at the current rate, it'll take a hundred years for the force to be ethnically representative of london. but commissioner cressida dick told our home affairs correspondent danny shaw that the scotland yard is "utterly different" to how it was 20 years ago, when it was branded institutionally racist by the mcpherson report into the aftermath of stephen lawrence's murder. we are recruiting right now. we have had some new money and we are out, recruiting. last year we were recruiting somewhere about 28% black and minority ethnic recruits. and that is great. and i want to see that continue and i want it to even increase in the future. but of course police officers do stay, it is a job that people like doing and tend to stick with once they have arrived. and most people will stay 30 or 35 years. so it takes a long time to change. however, if you go out on the streets now, you will see the front line teams have a much higher proportion than 14%

of their officers being black and minority ethnic. and clearly londoners are responding positively to that. people are saying it is great to have someone who speaks polish, it's great to see someone who looks like me, it is great to know a member of my family wants to join and they wouldn't have 15 years ago. i think things are changing fast and i would like them to change faster. your head of hr says it will take a hundred years at the current rate of progress, isn't that shocking? london has changed incredibly fast. i hope you don't think this is a cheap comment, but i walk around newsrooms, i walk around newspapers, i walk around many another organisation, and i don't see the representation that we have. and what i do see is a real desire to speed up in terms of a proportion of our recruits that are from black and minority ethnic groups,

to make sure we retain them, to make sure we progress them, and the comment you refer to was on the present rate of, the last rate of trajectory, it will take a long time. that is why we are investing more in it, that is why we are campaigning more strongly on it. that is why we are trying to break down myths and stereotypes and barriers that exist in some parts of our communities about how people see the metropolitan police. so i am obviously ambitious to speed that up and we have set ourselves some quite challenging targets for five and ten years from now. so you hope it won't be hundred years? i really hope it won't be. of course we don't know what will happen in the rest of london in that time, so it is hard to know how our society will be then. i'm just hoping that the gap between the met‘s representation and london's

representation will decrease. quite dramatically. pakistan's prime minister imran khan says there'll be retaliation if india launches any military reponse to the recent suicide bombing in india—adminstered kashmir. mr khan says his country had nothing to do with the attack which killed 40 indian soldiers and insisted that the dispute can only be solved with dialogue. if you are thinking to attack pakistan, pakistan will notjust think to retaliate, pakistan will retaliate. pakistan will not have any other way than to retaliate. i hope that better sense will prevail. we will show wisdom and this issue will at last be resolved, like in afghanistan, through dialogue and discussion. our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani has this analysis from islamabad. imran khan said that india had been levelling allegations without any evidence and he said that rather

than using pakistan as a kind of whipping boy, indian authorities should reflect on what he suggested were the underlying causes for the violence in kashmir, alluding to allegations of human right abuses in the region. imran khan said that if india does have any proof that any pakistani nationals were involved in this attack, then that should be shared and he promised that his government would then act upon it but he also said as you heard in that clip that if india were to launch any kind of military intervention in pakistan, then pakistan would not hesitate to react. our correspondent in india, sangita myska explains the viewpoint from delhi. these comments come a full five days after the terror attacks. his failure to offer sympathy to the families has been noted. the

reaction across india has been of cynicism. the former chief minister has now called on pakistan to walk the walk. in the past, india has repeatedly attempted to have the leaders extradited from pakistan to face trial in india. that country had said simply there is not enough she went on to say that this was not good enough also speaking for the first time, the head of the indian army in kashmir. until now he has studiously avoided making any comment but this morning he came out strongly saying there were direct links between militant operating there and pakistan's he called on mothers to ensure that their sons do not join up in the region. diplomatic pressure is being built

on pakistan. there are calls for international allies to cut all diplomatic ties. the headlines on afternoon live. japanese car giant honda confirms it plans to shut its swindon factory in 2021 with the loss of 3,500 jobs — saying it had nothing to do with brexit. jeremy corbyn says he regrets the decision of 7 labour mps to quit — and insists he is proud to lead the party. the veteran fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85 in paris. with only 38 days to go to brexit day, the uk's manufacturing industry is meeting in westminster at their annual conference. our business presenter ben bland is there. here in westminster in the building

behind me are representatives from britain's big manufacturing companies, grappling with all sorts of issues and challenges that the sector faces, from of issues and challenges that the sectorfaces, from brexit, and still the absence of any kind of deal for when britain leaves on the 29th of march. also the fact that average wages have been going up, as we found out today, they are having to compete much harder to win the people with the skills that they need. also that story that you mentioned, the decision by honda to close its factory in swindon, putting 3500 jobs at risk, that could have a knock—on effect to suppliers to honda, asjeremy corbyn acknowledged when he spoke to delegates a year earlier. today we learned that honda is planning to close its plant in swindon at a cost of 3500 jobs. it is being debated is now in parliament. that is devastating news for those workers, their families, and the local economy. it is bad

news also for all the small and medium—sized businesses that make up the supply chain for these companies. while the government is boasting it has secured a trade deal on the faroe islands it is doing nothing to protect skilled jobs and industry here in britain. let us delve into some of the issues that have been discussed so far at conference today. i am joined by... summarise for as the challenges that this uncertainty around brexit as we get closer to it, the chances it brings to a company like yours. the challenges are around the supply chain and commitment from our customer base. there is nervousness in terms of making commitments beyond the 29th of march. we are seeing delays in people making

decisions which means there is more pressure on as to bring parts in. we have told our customers the need to plan for delays, whether that is receiving passing to the uk, or shipping them abroad. we found out today through official statistics that there has been a net outflow of eu workers from the uk. does that impact your business? at the moment, no. but loss of skills and loss of workers is always a problem to the uk and their industry, something we cannot afford to lose. do you think the electronics and manufacturing sector in the uk is well placed to deal with the challenges? if not, what can it do better? in terms of the challenges, being pa rt in terms of the challenges, being part of the supply chain, my country __ my part of the supply chain, my country —— my completes one of the smaller suppliers, if the bigger manufacturers goes abroad, what does that mean for companies of my size and the companies we then support. the organisation has been going for

more than 100 years. 123 years. you have been chief executive... for the la st two have been chief executive... for the last two years. brexit has presumably been coming up as a topic in the last few years. how is it different this year? what sense are you getting from the conversations? brexit, the census of utter frustration at the moment. a lack of clarity. people are very clear about what the future is going to hold. we can see that coming through in statistics, particularly in investment. you referenced on the decision, although this is not brexit related, the climate of uncertainty means around 70% of manufacturers uncertainty means around 70% of manufacture rs are uncertainty means around 70% of manufacturers are putting off those investment decisions right now. it is having a direct effect on as going forward. is there any evidence of companies, they have got to a point where they have delayed the decision for as long as they possibly can, they have got to then decide where to invest, and they are choosing elsewhere rather than the

uk? we have got many examples, examples we share every week the government, notjust examples we share every week the government, not just larger companies, but mid—size companies that do not make the front page of the newspapers, making it decisions to up subsidiaries, officers, in some cases manufacturing plants and customer unit —— in continental europe. the longer that goes on the more the uncertainty will grow. have you come across any examples where the uncertainty around brexit is proving to be a benefit for any business? we were speaking to one fashion company that is purely based in the uk and said they have seen people come to them because of the uncertainty about getting textiles and so on a cross into the uk post brexit. they have seen their customer orders go up. you must have come across some positive examples. we do. we see some companies that they are in the minority. there is a lot of other onshore in going to europe. the facts remain that 45% of

our experts are going to the eu, and they are manufactured goods, we are pa rt of they are manufactured goods, we are part ofan they are manufactured goods, we are part of an integrated supply chain. for customers in the eu it is difficult to bring that back into the uk but when you are making an end product in the country sometimes we can bring those supply chains back into the uk. but one does not offset the other. the majority of this is the other direction. we need to work closely with our biggest customer base, which is in the eu.” noticed the conference for a long time had known to people as eef. it is now cold make uk. we have the forcing that's real revolution. —— the fourth industrial revolution. the skills agenda. out of the 2.7 million people we employ in this country 300,000 are eu nationals. they are not coming any more in general terms, we have to fill that gap with new people coming into the

sector, encouraging those new people and is imported. as part of that we have refreshed the brand, to help both companies deal with those big issues on a new basis, and attract a new generation into our industry. thank you both very much indeed. there are still a few sections going on. i will be back with an update in about one hour. the golden eagle is one britain's rarest birds of prey, currently found only in small areas of scotland and northern ireland. but now, thanks to ambitious plans by conservationists, they could soon return to wales, for the first time in 200 years. john maguire reports. with a wingspan of more than two metres the golden eagle is imposing, impressive, and imperious. an apex predator that targets both living and dead prey, feeding on mammals such as rabbits and birds as large as grouse. but persecution in the 19th century saw the population of breeding pairs

reduced to the hundreds, and today confined to isolated pockets in remote areas of scotland and northern ireland. now, conservationists want to see them reintroduced to snowdonia. we propose to reintroduce the golden eagle back to snowdonia, where it belongs. snowdonia in welsh actually means "home of the eagle." these birds were... went extinct about 200 years ago, but we need to bring them back to balance our ecosystems and also to provide economic opportunities for rural communities. but the proposals are contentious. the national farmers' union here in wales says it has real concerns about introducing this apex predator back into the welsh countryside, which the union says has changed hugely over the last 200 years. it's concerned about the threat especially to newborn baby lambs, and also to the wildlife that exists on farms, including many endangered species.

rooney, an 11—year—old male, is often flown by his handler at this farm in the brecon beacons. the farmer here says he would be thrilled to see golden eagles return. i would like to see golden eagles back in wales, and i'm sure they would have a clean—up job and would be a good thing for the environment. returning these birds to north wales will require licensing and will have to be strictly controlled to ensure that if this majestic creature comes back then it will not only survive but also thrive. john maguire, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with lucy martin. mild temperatures on the way this week as we drag in milder warm air from the canaries. you can see that yellow colour spreading in from the

south. as we move towards the end of the week we could see temperatures widely in their mid teens but some spots could get as high as 17 or 18 celsius. a spike in temperatures as we move celsius. a spike in temperatures as we move through this week. today we are in between two weather fronts. this weather front having cleared towards the east, that is yesterday ‘s weather, the next area of cloud already pushing in from the west as we go through this afternoon. temperatures largely in double figures. but it is turning increasingly wet and breezy as we see those outbreaks of rain working their way gradually north—east through tonight. particularly heavy for western parts of scotland and cumbria as we move into the early hours. further south, we draw a line from southern wales to the wash, south of that it will be largely dry, across the board it will be a mild night, overnight lows between seventh celsius and 11 celsius.

tomorrow we have two weather fronts affecting our weather. the first one clears quickly. the second one, a cold front, will work in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain. tomorrow is looking like a fairly cloudy day. outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, gradually pushing eastwards. as it pushes eastwards it will become like them is patchy, the best chance of dry and bright weather in the south—east. temperatures are pay tax. thursday, the chance of a few spots of light rain or drizzle the chance of a few spots of light rain ordrizzle in the chance of a few spots of light rain or drizzle in the north and west. wales brightening up to see a good deal of sunshine. it will be mild for that time of year. towards the end of the week, that high pressure is going to continue to dominate the south and east. always one or two weather fronts close to the north and west and here the greatest chance of seeing patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle and more in the rate of cloud. look at

the temperatures. in that mid—teens, 17 celsius, 18 celsius. hello, you're watching afternoon light. i'm simon mccoy. it's not down to brexit — honda confirms the closure of its honda plant in swindon — and the loss of 3,500 jobs. the business secretary says it's a "painful" and "devastating decision". lam not i am not going to understate what a bitter blow this is to the 3500 skilled and dedicated workers at honda in swindon and theirfamilies.

jeremy corbyn says he regrets the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday and says he's proud to lead the party. they were elected to carry out those policies. they have decided to go somewhere else. and i regret that. the world of fashion pays tribute to the legendary designer karl lagerfeld, who has died in paris at the age of 85. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. it is another big european night for liverpool but isjurgen klopp prioritising the premier league or the champions league? thank you and we have the weather forecast. yes, temperatures are on the way up as we move yes, temperatures are on the way up as we move through the next field days. unseasonably mild. 17 or 18 degrees is possible. also coming up, more than 300 birmingham bin workers have started the first in a series of strikes in a dispute with the

council. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. at 8 o'clock this morning, workers at honda's swindon plant were given the news leaked the day before, news that their plant and their 3,500 jobs are to go. their sense of shock is said to have been shared by the managers telling them. at a news conference in tokyo, the company's boss denied that brexit is a factor. instead he said the closure is because of dramatic changes in the car industry especially the need to move to electric vehicles. that's the business case, but for the people affected, and there are many more than those directly employed by honda, the news is devastating. here's our business correspondentjonty bloom. this factory alone builds one in ten of all the cars produced in the uk. but today, production ground to a halt as 3,500 workers were told the factory will close in just

two years' time. honda opened 30 years ago. at the time, its arrival was seen as a massive vote of confidence in the british economy. this morning honda will open its new car assembly plant in swindon. and its closure will be a massive blow, notjust to the town but to whole generations of families who have come to depend on it. my wife works here, my brother works here, my cousin works here. i'm trying to think. there's loads of us. her dad, stepdad, her brother. her mum works in the canteen, her other brother's a chef in here. i don't know, there's about 10, 12 people just from our little family all work here. good friends that work here that i know have just got married, had babies, just bought houses and it's just, like, you feel for these people. i feel for everyone, i really do. even the management that spoke to us inside, like. you can see it in their faces, they are just as shocked as everybody else. this morning the business secretary tried to reassure those honda workers.

i have spoken with the trade unions, the council and the chair of the enterprise council. shortly, i will cheer a task force to do all we can to ensure the much valued workforce of honda in swindon find new opportunities to make use of their skills and experience. the news is devastating for the 3500 workers in swindon, their families and the wider community. it's devastating for the businesses in the supply chain and the tens of thousands employed within them and it's a devastating blow to the automotive sector. and the consequences will be felt notjust in swindon but throughout this country and the rest of europe. the distribution network of lorries which feeds the factory employs at least 1,200 people. on top of that, suppliers of exhausts, suspensions, windscreens, cables and the 2 million other components used here every single day will lose a huge part of their business when honda goes.

the supplier network of this closure here at honda could be significant, because we will see local companies having to shed workers because they'll be losing their honda orders. and that may pose risks on the stability of the supply network for other manufacturing companies in the uk. honda insists the production line at swindon that uses those millions of pounds worth of components a day is not the victim of brexit, although it has recently complained that border delays and tariffs would cost it dear. instead, it says, the sudden global shift to electric cars is behind this decision. this is a move, really, towards electrification. we started to see it in europe, we've started to see it around the world, and it's in response to what our consumers are looking at and also what legislation is driving us towards. we have to start looking

very closely at where we focus our investments. and at the moment, that's going to be in the markets where we have large production and large manufacturing, and that's the type of areas like north america, china and japan. the uk is investing heavily in an attempt to become a world leader in new electric cars, so honda's decision is not only a severe shock to the car industry now, but a serious setback to those ambitions. our correspondent athar ahmad is in swindon and described the mood there after the announcement. 3500 people were told this morning they will no longer have jobs at the honda car plant in swindon in 2021. the plant eventually shuts down injust over two years. to give you a sense of scale, this is a 370 acre site. last year, it produced 160,000 honda civics, 90% were exported to the eu and the us. 3500 jobs. it's a huge blow for

the local economy. honda have said they regret the impact it will have on the community here in swindon and that's a sentiment coming out. i spoke to workers earlier, who expressed their shock and dismay at the news which has come out. although many of them were expecting the announcement, they did say they were alarmed to cure the news and the fact that the site which has been here for over 30 years will be closing down. there is a real sense of disappointment and anxiety about what will happen next. the leak yesterday suggested the plant was closing in 2022, it's in fact a year before that, to add to the misery? absolutely. many people were expecting perhaps three years in which to plan and work out what it will be doing next, but instead it's just over two years. some people i've spoken to have said it will continue seeing out the remainder of their contract over the next two years.

others are not so sure as to what he will do next. honda have sent employees home today to speak to loved ones and to try to work out what they will do next, after the announcement at the car plant here will be shutting in 2021. jeremy corbyn says he regrets the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday and insists he is proud to lead the party. the seven backbenchers left to sit as independents in protest at the labour leader's handing of brexit and anti—semitism. mr corbyn has been warned that he faces the prospect of further resignations and the bbc understands that two conservative mps are also considering their position. let's talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who is at westminster for us. what has mr corbyn been saying this afternoon? well, the gang of seven remained seven. well, the gang of seven remained

seven. no more defections. one suspects many labour mps are waiting and watching to see how well or not they fair, to see what happens with brexit, and maybe some have been calm day little bit by words from the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell this morning who said the party will now engage in a massive listening exercise to take on board their concerns. slightly more muted response from jeremy corbyn this afternoon. a little bit more lu kewa rm afternoon. a little bit more lukewarm and half—hearted towards unhappy labour mps. have a listen to him. i regret that seven mps decided they would no longer remain part of they would no longer remain part of the labour party. i thank them for their work, i hope they recognise they were elected to parliament on a manifesto that was based around investment in the future, was based around a more equal and fairer society, was based around social justice. and it is that programme, i

believe, that we will be able to put to the electorate in the future, that does have enormous support. they were elected to carry out those policies and they have decided to go somewhere else. and i regret that. because i want our party to be strong, i want our party to be united around the policies that we put forward. meanwhile, those attempts to just calm things down have been undermined by yet another anti—semitism row, after the labour mp ruth george appeared to suggest that maybe the gang of seven were funded by the israeli state. now, she has subsequently apologised for saying that on facebook, saying she did not intend to invoke a conspiracy. —— conspiracy theory. let just start with this latest anti—semitism row. anyway you cut

it, extraordinary coming just 24—hour is after you had labour mps saying one of the reasons they were leaving was because of anti—semitism in the labour party. ruth george is a fantastic mp and a lovely woman. i think everybody should take a step back from their keyboards at this time of hire motive tensions in the labour party. iam sure motive tensions in the labour party. i am sure an apology will be met with the sympathy it deserves. ruth george is not like that and she is a great mp and a close colleague. she has apologised. it does show you a problem that people are not really taking this issue seriously, as they should, and we had a parliamentary meeting on land daylight —— monday night. we had members reported in tears and everyone left that room feeling worse than when they went in. the leadership have to try and ta ke in. the leadership have to try and take this seriously because if they don't listen and learn from this as john mcdonnell said this morning, and tom watson said eloquently in his statement yesterday, the party

will suffer and if the party suffers, the country will ultimately suffer. we had john mcdonnell making really quite a generous statement. during when michaeljeremy corbyn, i thought, maybe a little bit more lukewarm. the seven mps that left on monday set out a really strong challenge and i don't think anything they said, anybody in the labour movement can really disagree with. it is up to the leadership to take the initiative and listen to what they have said and learn what they have said i do some thing about it. i think the parliamentary labour party and many supporters and members in the country are not seeing enough action and shrugging off shoulders. that is not good enough. it is the issue of brexit that everyone is frustrated about at the moment and also the issue of this constant bullying and arrestment of mps who are really just trying to represent the labour party as a whole and trying to move forward as a broad church. unless they recognise that it will only get worse and it has got worse in the la st worse and it has got worse in the last few weeks. you have been critical ofjeremy corbyn

last few weeks. you have been critical of jeremy corbyn and brexit. are you tempted to join the seven? i am not going to join the seven? i am not going to join the seven but i do say at this moment at we re macro seven but i do say at this moment at were macro in time. i was born into the labour party and i thought i would die in the labour party. my family are labour party to the core but sometimes you have to stand up for your principles and do what is in the national interest. and that is what they did yesterday. people are talking about their characters and try to demolish what they are try to do and what they said yesterday, they set out the challenges the country are asking for us to deal with as well, anti—semitism, the issue of making sure that we abide by the labour party conference motion to move to a peoples vote with the option to remain. lets get there, do what the party members want us to do and the vast majority of the country want us to do and get the labour party back into a credible party of opposition so that we can be a credible party of government. thank you very much. there is still quite a long way to

go yet. many mps playing this quite cautiously, quite understandably, because quitting a party you have been a member for a because quitting a party you have been a memberfor a number of years an awfully big set were macro step. but ifjeremy corbyn continues to hold out against backing another referendum then maybe other labour mps will follow the seven. thank you very much. 16 us states have sued the trump administration over the president's decision to declare a national emergency to obtain funds for constructing a wall on the mexican border. in a lawsuit filed in the northern district of california, they argue that mr trump doesn't have the authority to divert military funds for the wall. they claim he's misusing his powers and robbing taxpayers. us senator bernie sanders says he will run again for president in 2020, making a second attempt to win the democratic party's nomination. the 77—year—old vermont senator became a progressive political star in 2016 although he lost his candidacy bid. when he announced the move on us television he had some harsh words for president donald trump. it is unacceptable and un—american,

to be frank with people, that we have a president who is a pathological liar. it gives me no pleasure to say that, but it's true. we have a president who is a racist, sexist, a xenophobe. he is doing what no president has done in our lifetime, and that is trying to divide us up. let's speak to our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. last time he ran against hillary clinton, he was the underdog but this time things could be different. yes, he enjoyed that insurgent status last time around and he whipped up huge crowds, to be honest. a lot of young people were really enthused by him, which was ironic given his age, if you like.

he did sort of capture the imagination of the left of the party in particular. he promoted a bunch of policies, things like $15 minimum wage, things like free college tuition, all these things which are now actually being embraced by a lot of other candidates who have been piling into this race. on the one hand, you won't enjoy that insurgent status again but on the other hand, he does have that kind of organisation around the country and that donor base which means he is going to be a serious candidate.“ he is successful, he will become the old est he is successful, he will become the oldest presidential candidate in history. yes, he will. but donald trump has already demonstrated that you can win those elections, being pretty well into your 70s. i don't think that will be an issue. his energy, if you like, wasn't an issue at the last election. he did a pretty

gruelling schedule. i'm not sure it will be a big thing. but it will depend on the electorate of the primary, whether they think it is time for a new generation. that may be part of the argument, if you like. but it is an incredibly crowded field already. nearly a dozen people have already put their hat into the ring and this is going to be quite a fight, i think, in the coming year also, to be quite a fight, i think, in the coming yearalso, up to be quite a fight, i think, in the coming year also, up to the beginning of the primary caucuses. you mentioned his energy and much of thatis you mentioned his energy and much of that is directed directly against donald trump, isn't it?|j that is directed directly against donald trump, isn't it? ithought that was interesting actually and not let you play because there is a debate in the democratic party about how to run against donald trump, do you run with a vision of what you wa nt you run with a vision of what you want or do you run against donald trump and what is the balance between those two things? and what is the balance between those two parts of the argument in the primary versus

parts of the argument in the primary versus the general election? those are big calculation is. a lot of the other candidates have shied away from setting themselves up as the person that can be donald trump. they are setting themselves up as the person with this vision believing in these policies. but bernie sanders they're absolutely putting himself up as the person who is going to take on president trump directly, using... interesting commie calling him a racist. bernie sanders has a problem with african—american voters. in the south carolina primary in 2016, hillary clinton won with 86% of the black vote to his 40% —— 14%. he has an issue with appealing to african—american voters in the primary and that is something he is trying to repair as he goes into this challenge. a more immediate hurdle for donald trump, the 16 states taking him on. yes, he predicted it and he was right, he said in the rose garden, i was there last week when he said, when was it?

last week. he said he would be sealed and he is being sued. in california and in another 15 states. and their basis for doing it is they are saying that the money he is taking from these other programmes via his national emergency declaration, taking money away from other programmes, is money that they have been allocated to spend on things like drug addiction and stuff like that and that is what their basis of the argument is. we will see whether or not the court grants them standing at any rate is and how long this process will take but it is bound to bubble its way up through the court process, both sides i think will expect it to end up sides i think will expect it to end up at the supreme court, it is just a question of how long that takes. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... honda confirms the closure of its honda plant in swindon and the loss of 3,500 jobs. the business secretary says it's a "painful" and "devastating decision". jeremy corbyn says he regrets the decision of seven

mps who quit labour yesterday and says he's proud to lead the party. the veteran fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85. jurgen klopp says league success is more important than winning the champions league this season. liverpool take on bayern munich in their last 16 tie at anfield tonight. maro itoje will miss the england match with wales this weekend. he picked up a knee injury in the opening match against ireland. and a real blow for scotland. they play france. finn russell has been ruled out having failed to recover from concussion in time. police in switzerland say several skiers have been buried under an avalanche near a popular resort in the swiss alps. police in the southern canton of valais said rescue teams were at the scene on the slopes of cras montana. some pictures on social media appear

to show the avalanche occurred on a marked slope. a local official said up to a dozen people could be under the snow. the rate of employment in the uk has continued to climb, with a record 32.6 million people in work between october and december. latest figures from the office for national statistics show unemployment fell by 14,000 in the three—month period. that translates to a 4% unemployment rate. average weekly earnings also increased by 3.4%. earlier, i spoke to our business correspondent, simon gompertz, who says 4% is historically a very low level of unemployment more people working, fewer people out of work, and people working are being paid more, so in the round, it

is all good news and i think that figure to focus in on is that 4%, 4% of the workforce is unemployed, it might seem like quite a high proportion but compare it to a few yea rs proportion but compare it to a few years ago and the recession which followed the financial crisis where it went over 8%. the recessions of the 1990s and the 1980s, it went over the 1990s and the 1980s, it went over 10%, nearly 12% at one point. historically, it is a very low—level of unemployment. in fact, it is the lowest since 1975. in the past, critics of the conservative party have said it is all very well, but these jobs are zero—hours contracts, they are not realjobs. but actually, that other figure would suggest that is not entirely true. yes, behind—the—scenes, what is going on? there are a lot of people on zero—hours contracts, other forms of casual work, and these figures do include people who do not work a full working week. they might only work a few hours. but on zero—hours

contracts, 844,000 people, but that is down 57,000 in the latest three months on three—month period. fewer people on zero hours work. one of the other reasons that employment has gone up is that older women who are not reaching pension age until later, until 65 at the moment, it will be 66, are staying in the workforce, that means more people employed. this is for the last three months of last year. and we get criticised every time we use the brexit word in terms of anything to do with figures like this, but it would appear that the uncertainty of a brexit is not having an impact for the moment on the economy directly here? i think you can see, so far, and as you say, this is what they say a historical indicator. it is the end of last year, compared to earlier on last year, the situation was pretty good. we all know there

is more nervousness out was pretty good. we all know there is more nervousness out there in the business world at the moment and the employment surveys, how many people businesses are taking on, are less optimistic, but that is not in these figures yet. and the proof isn't in the pudding until the eating. the landscape is that the employment situation in the uk is extremely good at the moment, when you compare it historically. a police search is underway in australia for a missing british tourist and his french companion. the alarm was raised when a passerby found items belonging to 20—year—old hugo palmer, who's from east sussex, on shelly beach on the new south wales coast. detectives said they'd later discovered the pair's rental car in a nearby car park. the foreign office says it's in contact with the australian authorities. the legendary fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85. he was the creative director for chanel, and had been unwell for several weeks, missing a number of recent fashion shows. chi chi izundu looks back at the life of one the industry's creative giants. instantly recognisable in a black and white suit,

his white hair pulled back into a ponytail, fingerless gloves and dark sunglasses. karl lagerfeld, the german designer, had a seven decade career, created collections simultaneously thought the celebrated house of fendi in addition to his own signature label, but he shall be best known for his association with chanel, which he had been with since 1983. when did you first start taking an interest in fashion? always. i was always interested in fashion even before i knew it was called fashion. clothes and what people used to wear always fascinated me. in his first season he was reported to be working 16 hours a day and was delighted to do it. "i am a caricature of myself and i like that," claimed one quote attributed to him. the news comes at one of the fashion world's busiest periods during london fashion week, with tributes already pouring in. designer henry holland tweeted a quote from lagerfeld, writing, "to design is to breathe, so if i can't breathe

i am in trouble." designer donatella versace posted a picture of herself and karl lagerfeld on instagram, writing, "karl, your genius touched the lives of so many, especially gianni and i. we will never forget your incredible talent and endless inspiration, we were always learning from you." injanuary he missed chanel‘s haute couture show in paris, fuelling speculation about his health. it was the first time he did not attend one of his catwalk shows. designer, photographer, businessman — karl otto lagerfeld is regarded as one of the most important fashion visionaries of the 20th and 21st centuries. karl lagerfeld. it is time now for a look at the weather with lucy. it is warming up.

it certainly is. mid—teens, widespread. for some of us, 18 celsius by the end of the week. spring is here. it looks like it is for a bit. it is because we are dragging in some mild airfrom the south. you can see it is going to be 25 celsius in spain, that is coming up and it will not be quite as one for us but it will be above average for the time of year. what is going on? that is to do with the jet stream. it is out towards the north and west and that means that we can pull in this mild airfrom the and that means that we can pull in this mild air from the south and thatis this mild air from the south and that is why we are getting to see those milder temperatures.“ that is why we are getting to see those milder temperatures. it is all looking rather positive. what is it looking rather positive. what is it looking like for the next few days? temperatures are on the way up. we have seen some sunshine today. this

photo was sent in by a weather watcher in hampshire. but cloudy skies in the west and some outbreaks of rain. this photo was taken by a weather watcher in belfast. these weather watcher in belfast. these weather fronts are gradually pushing their way north and east as we move through today and over night, bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain on the breeze will pick up as well. temperatures today not doing too badly. around about nine to 13 celsius. the best of the bright weather towards the south and east. we are seeing more in the way of cloud filtering in and with as we go through tonight, cloud outbreaks of rain pushing their way north and east. they could be heavy for a time. tonight, the far south seeing more in the way of dry weather but across the board, it is a fairly mild night. overnight flows of six to nine celsius for most. tomorrow, weather fronts affecting our weather, gradually pushing their way

north and east again. they will be further cloud and also some outbreaks of rain. tomorrow a generally cloudy day across—the—board. still some breaks in the cloud. some semi spells. the best of those in the south and east. outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, northern england. they will tend to fade out. temperatures a touch milder. highs around 14 or 15 celsius. here's how it looks as we heard into thursday. england and seeing dry weather and increasing amounts of sunshine. again, temperatures a touch warmer. highs of around 15 celsius. high pressure holds on as we move into friday. we will continue to draw in that really mild airfrom the will continue to draw in that really mild air from the south. largely keeping the weather fronts at bay. we will see a bit more in the way of for northern ireland and scotland.

patchy outbreaks of rain. england and wales seeing a good deal of bright weather. it looks like it will stay mild as we move into the weekend. we could see a bit of mist and fog which could be slow to clear. both on friday and saturday. a good deal of dry weather and it will be mild as we move into the weekend as well. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. japanese car giant honda confirms it plans to shut its swindon factory in 2021 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, saying it has nothing to do with brexit. the business secretary says it's a "painful" and "devastating decision". i'm not going to understate what a bitter blow this is to the 3,500 skilled and dedicated workers at honda in swindon and their families. jeremy corbyn says he regrets the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday and insists he is proud to lead the party. up to a dozen skiers could be

buried under an avalanche near a popular resort in the swiss alps. rescue teams are at the scene on the slopes of cras montana. the legendary veteran fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died at the age of 85 in paris. sport now on afternoon live, withjohn. champions league continues tonight and liverpool in action but its not a priority forjurgen klopp? yeah, they are in a fortunate position i guess you could save, challenging for silverware on both fronts, it's the champions league tonight but it has been a long time since liverpool won a league title, thatis since liverpool won a league title, that is fair to say, and jurgen klopp saying that it is more of a priority this season, to try and win the league, and then perhaps success might follow in the champions league. they face bayern munich tonight in the last 16. they're without virgil van dijk, which will bea without virgil van dijk, which will be a big loss for liverpool it's

going to be another special night under the lights at anfield later against one of european football's heavyweights. liverpool, having made it all the way to the final last year, they were beaten by real madrid, but they haven't won that league title in 29 years and jurgen klopp thinks that's the one they should really target. if we would have to decide, for all liverpool fans, it's the premier league, that's clear, we know that. but now it is the champions league and i think everybody would expect that we do our best. so we don't have to make a decision today or tomorrow. the only thing we can do is to give it our all the only thing we can do is to give it ouralland the only thing we can do is to give it our all and play very passionate football, very lively football, the foot ball football, very lively football, the football that people expect when they come to anfield. contrasting fortu nes they come to anfield. contrasting fortunes at the moment for chelsea, the bbc understands that their manager maurizio sarri is set to remain in charge for the europa league game against malmo on thursday. a 6—0 thrashing by manchester city

and then last night's fa cup home defeat by manchester united has left his position in doubt. former striker chris sutton had suggested on the radio last night that he could go this week. we just need to hear his got the full backing of his management and we know that he will be off! looking ahead to the weekend... bad news for scotla nd ahead to the weekend... bad news for scotland in the six nations? the third round of the six nations this weekend. and a huge blow for finn russell, who's been ruled out of their match against france. he's central to the way they play and they'll miss him. russell has not recovered sufficiently from the head injury sustained playing for racing 92 against toulouse at the weekend. scotland beat italy in their first match but lost to ireland last time out and haven't hit the level they will have wanted before it began, and this won't help. england play wales, and do so without maro itoje. both sides having won both of their

matches so far. despite a faster—than—expected recovery from the knee injury suffered in their win against ireland on the opening weekend, itoje won't be ready in time to face the only other unbeaten side in this year's championship. and with france head coach jaques brunel‘s position under threat, he's made four changes following two defeats in two matches. handling errors cost them against wales, and here against england at twickenham as well. the rfu have appointed bill sweeney as their new ceo. he joins from the british olympic association, where he's worked since 2013, and he replaces steve brown, and he replaces steve brown, who resigned from his position last november over citicism november over criticism of their financial situation. it's100 days to go until the start of the cricket world cup.

england, the hosts, will start as favourites as the world's number one ranked side. it's a tournament they've never won. they play the first match in their series with west indies tomorrow as the countdown continues. former england captain alistair cook says it'll be a huge opportunity playing on home soil. very lucky time to be an english cricketer, to have a home world cup is very special. it's a great opportunity to inspire the next generation, we've got ten great teams, great venues it's going to be brilliant. eoin morgan and the guys will be concentrating on what they've got to do. they've got the one—day series in the west indies and then pakistan and then the warm—up games for the world cup so they have got a lot of cricket and they'll be very excited. it is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to play a home world cup. hugely exciting but they can they deliver? and finally, british boxer anthonyjoshua rang the opening bell

at the new york stock exchange today. the 29—year—old briton is due to fight american jarrell miller at madison square garden on 1st june. joshua's wba super, ibf, wbo and ibo heavyweight world titles will be on the line. that's all the sport for now. sarah mulkerins will have more for you in the next hour. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to nick owen in birmingham, where more than 300 bin workers have started the first of a series of strikes in a dispute with the city council. and peter levey is in hull to tell us about oxygen masks for pets. so, there's a bit of history here, nick?

yes, and it's an important part of today's developments. there was a strike back in 2017 over concerns about the council's plans to modernise the service. the unions were worried about possible job losses. it became very bitter, rubbish was piled up on the streets and it led to the leader of the labour—led council resigning over criticism of his handling of the dispute. however, it was seemingly resolved but it all flared up late last year. the unite union learnt about so—called secret payments made to bin workers in the gmb union who'd not taken part in the action of 2017. unite members have worked to rule since just after christmas, including action such as returning to their depots for scheduled breaks. that's escalated today into an all—out strike two days a week for five weeks. so what's been happening today? well, there are picket lines at four

council refuse depots and, of course, rubbish collections are now severely restricted, even though non—unite members are working and the council has private contractors in. usually, birmingham residents have a weekly general waste collection and a recycling service every two weeks. from now on, the council's telling people to put both bins out on what would normally be recycling day and they're looking inevitably to minimise disruption, although rubbish was piling up in places even before the strike started today. and what are the prospects of resolving the dispute? well, the council has offered unite union members a payment of £3000 to make upfor union members a payment of £3000 to make up for the so—called secret payments previously made to gmb union members but unite union says it is not enough, their colleagues wa nt it is not enough, their colleagues want more than that, they say. unite say their action is a last resort and the trouble is entirely of the council's making. the council is urging the unite union to put the offer to the members to give it the serious consideration it deserves

but i'm afraid at the moment no end in sight but the council is holding an emergency meeting tomorrow.|j know there's plenty more on your program later on, nick owen, thank you very much. let's go to peter leavy in hull. so, peter, what are pet masks? well, fossil oxygen masks for pets, simple as that. one person had a fire at her home and her dog was left in a bad way after breathing in a lot of smoke. all dog owners will relate to this story and so would all pet owners. fire crews helped scooby the dog with an oxygen mask but the oxygen mask was one for humans, but their are masks for pets, although many people won't know they even exist. claire now wa nts to know they even exist. claire now wants to make sure that these masks are carried on all fire appliances are. the rspca say pets are very vulnerable to the dangers of smoking had a. luckily this had a happy ending. claire has done a great, who

is raised hundreds of pounds to get oxygen masks carried by the fire service in lincolnshire, had you heard of them before?|j service in lincolnshire, had you heard of them before? i hadn't, no. but any pet owner is now going to wa nt but any pet owner is now going to want one. exactly. basically a human mask on a pet is only 15% effective. but a pet mask is 90% effective. availability varies from fire service to fire service around the country, humberside, for example, carries 17 of them and they say they have saved many animals' lives. lincolnshire are trialling them but have not used them yet. claire is keen to get them on all fire appliances over lincolnshire, they cost £90 each and they're coming from a not—for—profit charity called smoky paws. the rspca say... we support the use of these pet oxygen masks, the bond between people and their pets can be very strong and losing a pet in a house fire can be

hugely traumatic. new york, a cold nose when you get home, simon, or even a warm nose when you get home, simon, or even a warm one? no, i don't. nobody believes that! boot up, see you in court! thank you both very much! you can access those stories via the bbc iplayer. and a reminder we go nationwide every afternoon at 4.30 here on afternoon live. the head of the metropolitan police has warned if progress continues at the current rate, it'll take 100 years for the force to be ethnically representative of london. but commissioner cressida dick told our home affairs correspondent danny shaw that the scotland yard is "utterly different" to how it was 20 years ago, when it was branded institutionally racist by the mcpherson report into the aftermath

of stephen lawrence's murder. we're recruiting right now. we've had some new money and we are out recruiting. last year we were recruiting somewhere about 28% black and minority ethnic recruits. and that's great. and i want to see that continue and i want it to even increase in the future. but of course police officers do stay, it's a job that people like doing and tend to stick with once they've arrived. and most people will stay 30 or 35 years. so it takes a long time to change. however, if you go out on the streets now, you'll see the front line teams have a much higher proportion than 14% of their officers being black and minority ethnic. and clearly londoners are responding positively to that. people are saying it's great to have someone who speaks polish,

it's great to see someone who looks like me, it's great to know a member of my family wants to join and they wouldn't have 15 years ago. i think things are changing fast and i would like them to change faster. your head of hr says it will take a hundred years at the current rate of progress, for officer ranks to be representative, isn't that shocking? london has changed incredibly fast. i hope you don't think this is a cheap comment, but i walk around newsrooms, i walk around newspapers, i walk around many another organisation, and i don't see the representation that we have. and what i do see is a real desire to speed up in terms of a proportion of our recruits that are from black and minority ethnic groups, to make sure we retain them, to make sure we progress them, and the comment you refer to was on the present rate of, the last rate of trajectory, it will take a long time. it would take a very long time.

that is why we're investing more in it, that is why we're campaigning more strongly on it. that's why we are trying to break down myths and stereotypes and barriers that exist in some parts of our communities about how people see the metropolitan police. so i am obviously ambitious to speed that up and we have set ourselves some quite challenging targets for five and ten years from now. so you hope it won't be hundred years? so you hope it won't be 100 years? i really hope it won't be. of course we don't know what's going to happen in the rest of london in that time, so it's hard to know how our society will be then. i'm just hoping that the gap between the met‘s and london's representation will decrease quite dramatically. the headlines on afternoon live... japanese car giant honda confirms it plans to shut its swindon factory in 2021 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, saying it had nothing to do with brexit.

jeremy corbyn says he regrets the decision of seven labourmps to quit and insists he is proud to lead the party. and up to a dozen people could be buried under snow after an avalanche at a ski station in the swiss alps. with only 38 days to go to brexit day, the uk's manufacturing industry is meeting in westminster at their annual conference. our business presenter ben bland is there. yes, simon, the delegates are starting to leave, to wrap up the day, collecting their passes as they go out to. their are a couple of them terms we have nabbed, made sure they didn't leave too soon, steve and ian. we're going to get their thoughts on some of the main issues that have cropped up, among them as you soap, brexit, the latest wage of data, average wage rises, companies having to compete harder to get people with the right skills but

also that big decision by honda to close its factory in swindon. one of those who was here addressing the whole was the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, this is what he had to say. today we learned that honda is planning to close its plant in swindon at a cost of 3500 jobs. it is being debated now in parliament. it is devastating news for those workers and their families and for the local economy, which has been generated largely around that plant and other new industries which have moved in following the collapse of the railways. it is bad news too for all of the small and medium—sized businesses which make up medium—sized businesses which make up the medium—sized businesses which make ly medium—sized businesses which make up the supply chain of these companies. while the government is boasting that it has secured a trade deal with the faroe islands, it is doing nothing to protect skilled jobs and industry here in britain. well, that was a jeremy corbyn, here with me are steve and ian, representing their respective businesses. so, just give us a sense

of whether there's real optimism or more concern that you've taken away from the event today? for me it would be more frustration than anything. we still don't have a resolution to brexit and i didn't hear the politicians telling me anything today that said they are going to have a resolution to the brexit question. you always have to come away from a deal like this with some optimism about the fact that manufacturing is so adaptable that we will find a way through somehow. what things does your company make? we are mostly in capital goods, medical and energy—related. we are mostly in capital goods, medical and energy-related. and ian, electronics? we do a lot of infrastructure works for utilities for industry and for transport and infrastructure. how does brexit affect the decisions you're making about investing in your business here in the uk? well, we've been working on contingency plans for the la st working on contingency plans for the last nine months to cope with

brexit, to cope with the worst—case scenario, which is a hard exit on the 29th. we've got a very integrated uk and international supply chain so it's very difficult to unpick that and make sure that the supply chain is robust. we've put plans in place at least for april and may to try and make sure that we manage that supply chain as best we can. you were telling me earlier steve that your company has been making changes already to try and insulator against the possibility of a no deal, for any company is watching wondering what they should do, tell them what you've done? what we've been doing is changing supply chains, it's a little bit easier for asp, is changing supply chains, it's a little bit easierfor asp, we is changing supply chains, it's a little bit easier for asp, we are a bit smaller and so we have been localising supply chains, moving some out of europe back to the uk, some out of europe back to the uk, some from europe to the far east, we have also localised and some in north america to try and get round all of these issues. those sorts of things are things you have got to ta ke things are things you have got to take account of just things are things you have got to take account ofjust in case their isa take account ofjust in case their is a very disruptive brexit fish it probably benefited the uk supply

chain overall in our case but clearly in other cases it will be a different story. one other bit of data we got today was average wages, weekly wages, rising. it's obviously great news for people who are being employed, but for companies, presumably it means you are having to compete far harder to get the people with the skills that you want? correct, and if you look at it, there's really two dynamics within the supply chain, one is getting the right skills at the right price. but if you look at the consequences of brexit, a lot of the companies we speak to have quite a large european workforce. we about 13% in avb but some have up to 40% of. and if they all disappeared shortly after brexit, these companies are going to struggle hard. sol companies are going to struggle hard. so i think lifting wage rises is important and i think it is important for uk manufacturing, because then i think it encourages companies to invest more in things like automation, for example. the

other stat we got was the number of eu citizens in the uk leaving, is up, their is a net outflow — is that affecting businesses like yours? up, their is a net outflow — is that affecting businesses like yours7m our case not that badly. clearly other people have a bigger problem with it but we have spent a lot of effort trying to train new apprentices to insulating ourselves from the long—term effects of not having control of that talent pulled. we don't have such famous we have to be a bit more scrabbling about that. but we have done a lot of work on apprentices to try and grow our own and that is our best defence. steve and ian, thank you both very much indeed. the organisers of the event were telling me they've made a conscious effort to bring in younger delegates as well, because that is the future of british manufacturing and industry. and of course they will have had many conversations about how to grapple with the challenges of brexit and the uncertainty it brings. rome wasn't built in a day and they may not have solved it but

plenty of people leaving her with many ideas about what they will go away and do next. jeremy corbyn has said that labours plan for brexit based on a customs union could win the support of parliament and help bring the country together. that's a message he's going to be taking to michel barnier, they are meeting tomorrow. more now on tributes to the legendary fashion designer karl lagerfeld, who has died at the age of 85. earlier i spoke to british fashion designer dame zandra rhodes, and she told me she felt privileged to have known him. i mean, it's amazing that he timed it that he would die during a fashion week. he was the most amazing man and wonderful company and a wonderful entertainer

and i feel very privileged to have known him through quite a few decades. he's been described as a god in a world of mortals. and there is that sense that he transcended so many? erm, it was just that he had that wonderful attitude about him. imean, he... i was lucky enough to work in paris doing some prints, and he entertained me and i went for dinner at his house and he always had nicknames for people. and we spent wonderful times, having lunches with the amazing anna piaggi in versailles. and he also once took me around to some shops in paris who he thought should be selling my clothes. i mean, one of his legendary quotes is that, "i'm like a caricature of myself, and i like that," but what was he like in private, what was he like at those dinner parties? he always had the most wonderful sayings, you know. was a wonderful interior lady called andree putman and he used to say, "she's more put than man."

and he just was a great sort of like, just always very grand but wonderful at the same time. and when you look at him, pictures of him, he just oozes style, whatever he's doing? oh, account imagine that he would ever be non—style. i mean, i have bad days when i don't look style, but he always did look style. we went around japan sightseeing and he always did look stylish, even though it was the middle of winter. his fashion never got tired and nor did he, if he kept working, didn't he? he was extremely well read and he always managed to put himself over really incredibly. and i think if he liked you, he liked you, so i was one he liked you, so i was

one of the lucky ones. and it was just that he oozed style the whole time but could promote himself in the most fantastic way. how would you describe his designs, what marked out a lagerfeld design? i think he had the most incredible taste in the fact that he could keep chanel looking modern by working out what he did with it and yet it still looked like chanel. and in the same way with fendi, i mean, he could announce things and it was like god coming down from his throne and saying what something was going to be like. and the way he organised his shows and the way he pronounced things, it's a really... it's the passing of a giant. as well as a designer, he was a fabulous businessman? i think he was a wonderful businessman and he, as i say, he could promote himself, so whatever you were doing,

you could be sure that even if he is helping promote me, he would be promoting himself as well. which was quite wonderful. he was revered but was he feared within fashion as well? oh, that's a difficult one. i mean, i think that he had such a fantastic attitude about himself that i suppose there's... if someone has an aura, then the oorra is going then the aura is going to be there whatever, so, you know, you're like talking to god but i feel lucky that i knew god very well. and if god had come up to you today, how would he have opened the conversation with you? erm, we probably would have hugged each other and said that we hadn't seen each other for an awful long time. in fact i think sadly,

since it was in the cathedral where we went to princess diana's funeral and i knocked all over the chairs as i went towards him. and zandra, finally, if there was one word, the word style would obviously spring to mind but if there was one word that you would use to describe karl lagerfeld, what would it be? 0h... a glowing star that won't lose its aura. that's it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at five. time for a look at the weather. here's lucy. some very mild temperatures on the way this week as we drag in some warm airfrom the way this week as we drag in some warm air from the canaries. you way this week as we drag in some warm airfrom the canaries. you can see it here, the yellow colour spreading in from the south of. as we move spreading in from the south of. as we move towards the end of the week, it looks like we could see temperatures widely in the mid—teens but some spots could get as high as

17 or 18 celsius. so a real spike in temperatures as we move through this week. today, though, we are in between two weather fronts, you can see this one having cleared towards the east, that yesterday's weather. a bright start and the next area of cloud is already pushing in from the west as we move through this afternoon. temperatures largely in the double figures, highs of around 11-12dc but it is the double figures, highs of around 11—12dc but it is turning increasingly wet and breezy as we see the outbreaks of rain working gradually north—east through tonight, particularly heavy i think for western parts of scotland and cumbria. moving into the early hours, further south, if you draw a line from southern wales to the wash, south of that it looks like it will be largely dry and across—the—board, it's will be largely dry and across—the—boa rd, it's going will be largely dry and across—the—board, it's going to be a fairly mild night. moving into tomorrow, then, we have two weather fronts affecting our weather, the first one clears fairly quickly, the second one, a cold front, will work

in from the west bringing outbreaks of ranger so tomorrow is looking like a fairly cloudy day, they will be outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, gradually pushing eastwards. it will become increasingly light and patchy as it goes eastwards, the best chance of dry and bright weather in the south—east. temperatures up attached. the chance of a few spots of light rain or drizzle in the north and west, much of england and wales brightening up to see a good deal of sunshine and again, take a look at their temperatures, it's going to be mild for the time of year. moving towards the end of the week, that high pressure is going to continue to dominate the south and east. always one or two weather fronts close to the north—west. so here, the greatest chance of seeing some rain and a bit more cloud. take a look at the temperatures, we will see them in the mid—teens, perhaps up see them in the mid—teens, perhaps up to 18 celsius in the spots,

bye— bye. today at 5pm: japanese car—maker honda confirms it's cutting 3,500 thousand jobs in the uk — as it announces plans to close its swindon plant in 2021. the manufactuer says the decision is not down to brexit. the business secretary says it's a "painful" and "devastating decision." i'm not going to understate what a bitter blow this is to the 3500 skilled and dedicated workers at honda in swindon, and their families. there's about ten, 12 people just from our little family — all work here. good friends that work here that i know have just got married, had babies, just bought houses. and it isjust like... you know, if you for these people. you know, you feel for these people.

we'll have the latest from swindon. the other main stories on bbc news at five: jeremy corbyn says he "regrets" the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday — and says he's proud to lead the party.