hello, it‘s thursday, it‘s ten o‘clock. i‘m victoria derbyshire. good morning. you're watching bbc news at nine with me more mps could quit labour and the tories and join joanna gosling, the headlines... the new independent group braced for further resignations — in parliament, the 11 breakaway mps have claimed. three former conservative mps who've one of the ex—conservatives, heidi allen, says that the aim quit the party say others are also is to "ensure there won‘t be a tory considering walking out party to go back to." we‘ll be asking these voters but the chancellor says if they welcome this new group and whether they‘d like it to become he hopes they'll return. a proper political party. i hope the independent party can lam very i am very saddened by the fact the become an —— a home for moderate three have left the tory party and i very much hope that in time they voters like myself. as a liberal will feel able to come back into the democrat i believe political parties conservative family. and groups with similar aims should no breakthrough in brussels, work together. i believe the but talks are continuing today independent group is a mistake and as the brexit secretary and jeremy corbyn prepare to meet eu officials. it has damaged the labour party. at least 78 people have died in a fire in the bangladeshi capital dhaka after a blaze swept through a residential building. catholic bishops meet at the vatican for the first global summit on the child sex abuse scandal

which has engulfed the church. manchester city stage a fightback in germany as raheem sterling scores a late winner to snatch a 3—2 win over schalke in the champions league. and huthackman kicked off the show in style but who were the big winners at this year's brits? we'll find out. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. the three mps who defected from the conservative party yesterday say there's a significant number of their former colleagues who are considering joining them and walking out on the party. in a letter to the prime minister, anna soubry, sarah wollaston and heidi allen said the tory party

had been taken over by hard brexiteers. theyjoin the eight mps who resigned from labour over the party's stand on anti—semitism and brexit. the newly formed independent group now has 11 mps in parliament, more than the dup and the same number as the liberal democrats. mps from the new group say they stand for "the centre ground of politics" with a number of other mps expressing sympathy with the group's grievances. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. the question is, either going to be more defections? i think very lightly. when, we do not know. not even the gang of ii know because although they say conversations are going on, at the end of the day it isa going on, at the end of the day it is a personal decision to abandon your party. what we have now had is a very clear warning from some senior tories that unless theresa

may stands up to the european research group, disavows the idea of a new deal brexit, pulls back from running down the clock, unless she does that, then others may go. last night we heard from the former attorney general, dominic grieve, who said if mrs may continued down the route to no deal than he was off. we have heidi allen, one of the defectors, suggesting that up to a third of the tory party were unhappy at the way mrs may was leading them on the influence of the hard right. this morning we had the former education secretary, justine greening, saying that if mrs may continued in the current vein and she failed to stand up to the european research group and allow the party to continue to be obsessed with brexit, then she too was likely to quit. this is what she said. if we simply become the brexit party

then i do not believe we have a successful future ahead of us. so you would leave? i don't think i would be able to stay part of a party that was simply a brexit party that had crashed out of the european union. i spent time growing up with my father unemployed, i know what that means to families, i am not prepared to be part of a conservative party that blithely thinks that that is some kind of strategy for britain in any way, shape or form. and there has been a little bit of an olive branch proffered to the tory defectors from the chancellor philip hammond who said that he hopedin philip hammond who said that he hoped in time maybe they would be able to come back and rejoined the conservative party. he was pressed whether he accepted that the party was now being dominated by the hard right. no, i do not think that is true at all. the erg group is a

relatively hardcore small part of the party and a wider group who i think i sympathetic to some of the ideas of the erg, but in the broad church of the conservative party compromises are necessary for us church of the conservative party compromises are necessary for us to move compromises are necessary for us to move forward and compromises are necessary in the national interest. while i respect the views of anna soubry and her colleagues, i do not think all of what they have said is justified. in and working at the time andi justified. in and working at the time and i suspect today we will not get further resignations. maybe at the weekend, on sunday political programmes, that maybe the time when people feel they need to quit. next week we know we are getting another big brexit day on wednesday with

motions to delay brexit and perhaps that might be another tricky moment. clearly europe is one of the issues which could lead to another surge of mps abandoning their parties. on the labour side as well their people will be watching to see whether jeremy corbyn tilt decisively away from backing a further referendum. were he to do that, you could well see other defections from the labour party as well. thank you very much. let's speak now to the conservative mp and the party's vice—chair for london, paul scully. he's in our westminster studio. is it time for theresa may to publicly say we will not leave with no deal? it is something we need to keep on the table because we need to keep on the table because we need to keep the pressure on up to the last minute to make sure that the eu can have the flexibility to pivot and give us the alternative arrangements that will enable us to get a deal that will enable us to get a deal that everyone can rally around which

will leave us able to leave the eu and respect the referendum. what is this strategy delivering? it does not seem to be leading to any change in stance in europe and it is leading to mps leaving your party and with warnings that many more will, unless theresa may does that. there is a lot of speculation and what a deal with is what is in front of me. what the strategy is delivering is the conversation. theresa may was in brussels yesterday and the attorney general is making a speech today about what he believes we can do to get these alternative arrangements, to make the backstop temporarily available and discussions with michel barnier will continue. it feels like it might bea will continue. it feels like it might be a bit of a nudge and wink, this is our negotiating strategy and we have to keep it on the table, but in the end if it is to be

successful, you have to be prepared to it through. that is right. we have to show that if we do not have any sense that we will leave without any sense that we will leave without a deal if we cannot do everything we can to get a deal, then the eu would be far less likely to show any flexibility at all if the alternative was to undo brexit entirely. that would cause uproar, rightly, amongst the people who voted to leave and want us to get on with it, as the vast majority of the people in the country want us to do. if there is no deal we will leave on the 29th without a deal? at the moment the default position is to leave on the 29th of march. but there is an easy way of living with a deal and that is to vote for the deal. but mps do not want that. it has been clear for deal. but mps do not want that. it has been clearfor some deal. but mps do not want that. it has been clear for some time what theissues has been clear for some time what the issues are, it is a stalemate. it was a stalemate at the last vote

and there are a lot of conversations going on between the uk and the eu and within the various different groups within the conservative party and within parliament as a whole. look at nicky morgan and jacob rees mogg, the fact those guys can come together from opposite sides of the argument and come up with suggested compromises, which i know they have discussed with steve barclay and the prime minister, shows there are some productive conversations and not just speculation. yougov a yougov pulse is just one just speculation. yougov a yougov pulse isjust one in just speculation. yougov a yougov pulse is just one in seven voters would vote for independent group candidates if they were to stand in an election. does that not say quite an election. does that not say quite a lot about how the country is feeling when it looks at what is going on? when the sdp were formed they got up to 45% in opinion polls pretty soon afterwards. what will happen to the independent group, that will be up to them. some

parliamentarians are taking in their self interest and not looking at what is good for the country as a whole, and that is to vote for a sensible deal which will allow us to leave the eu in the most orderly way possible. a question on shamima begum. the home secretary has withdrawn her british citizenship on the basis she could get bangladeshi citizenship and bangladesh has said it will not give her citizenship. it has been suggesting she may get citizenship in the netherlands because of her husband and the netherlands has said no. is she now effectively stateless ? netherlands has said no. is she now effectively stateless? that is against international law. is this a political stunt? i do not think it isa political stunt? i do not think it is a political stunt, but the home secretary will have studied it carefully. if shamima begum plasma citizen appeals, it will go through the courts. the home secretary will have taken the decision based on evidence in front of him. if she is

going to challenge it, and there is no option, she will end up having british citizenship returned to her. the home secretary will not contravene international law deliberately and he will take that into consideration with all the fa cts into consideration with all the facts in front of him. thank you very much. the attorney general and the brexit secretary will meet eu officials in brussels later as the government tries to break the impasse over the irish backstop. theresa may said good progress had been made following talks with jean—claude juncker yesterday, but the home secretary sajid javid last night admitted the prospect of a no—deal brexit has risen. jeremy corbyn is also in brussels for talks with the eu's chief negotiator michael barnier. our correspondent kevin connolly is in brussels. what is expected from these talks?‘ conveyor belt of senior political

figures in a 24—hour period, theresa may last night, the attorney general, the brexit secretary and the leader of the opposition today. we are not being told very much what is going on in those talks. we are told they are being conducted in a positive spirit, but not what they have achieved. the important visitor today, jeremy corbyn is important from labour's point of view, but the important visitor is the attorney general geoffrey cox. it is his legal advice as it stands at the moment that the irish backstop might bind the uk indefinitely into the european union which made the backstop is unacceptable for a lot of people at westminster. if a weight can be found, some device can be found, to persuade him to stop that advice, then the whole game it is argued could change at westminster. we are expecting his meeting to be private, we are expecting pretty dense legal work to

be done on that, and if a weight can be done on that, and if a weight can be found, that he will issue new legal advice, that might potentially break the logjam at westminster before the next meaningful vote. but it isa before the next meaningful vote. but it is a difficult task because we have to say every time we have this conversation the eu says it will not change the withdrawal agreement. you have to find a way to change the backstop within the parameter that they will not change the overall withdrawal agreement. thank you very much, kevin. uk and irish retailers have issued a fresh warning that tariffs on food entering the uk could increase by more than 40% in the event of a no—deal brexit. a joint letter from the british and irish retail consortiums said a no—deal outcome could lead to delays at borders, food shortages and price hikes at supermarkets. with me now is our business presenter dominic o'connell. tell us more about what they are saying. it is quite a stark warning

and it is notjust british retailers. they are saying if there is no—deal brexit, one of the ideas of no—deal brexit is we might get cheaper food in the of no—deal brexit is we might get cheaperfood in the uk, but they of no—deal brexit is we might get cheaper food in the uk, but they are saying it will not be the case because the tariffs charged on food imports are as much as a0%. there was a row earlier in the week over this idea of tariffs. a lot of people would like us to go to zero ta riffs people would like us to go to zero tariffs and michael gove said that will not be the case. if we had zero ta riffs will not be the case. if we had zero tariffs the british farming industry would be hammered by cheap food imports. there will be tariffs on food and we will hear what they will be next week. if we went to wto rules, the full—back position, it is 4296 rules, the full—back position, it is 42% on cheddar cheese, 40% on beef, 2196 42% on cheddar cheese, 40% on beef, 21% on tomatoes and 15.5% apples. the british retail consortium is saying if you apply those full—back

tariffs, someone will have to pay that and shoppers will be the people paying. obviously deals could be negotiated, but how long could they take? one recent example has been the eu and canada trade deal and that took seven years. japan and the eu took a similar amount of time. trade is a very difficult and politically charged thing when it comes to international relations. it is about countries try to take a bit more off the table from the other conflicts, so they take time. the other option is what liam fox has been talking about, to roll over the existing eu trade agreements. if we stay somehow allied to the eu after brexit, there is a good chance they could be rolled over or we roll them over on a unilateral basis. but every time you open a trade negotiation, with another country, they will think maybe we can get

something out of you. it will not be straightforward. the headlines on bbc news... three former conservative mps who have quit the party say they are others who are considering walking out. talks continue today as the brexit secretary and jeremy corbyn prepare to meet eu officials. at least 78 people have died in a fire in the bangladeshi capital dhaka after a blaze swept through a residential building. and in sport raheem sterling hit a winner for manchester city as they came back from 2—1 down with five minutes ago and won by 3—2 in the champions league. england beat west indies by six wickets in the first one—day in barbados, recording their first ever highest one—day successful run. the visitors reached their targets with eight balls to spare.

steve stricker broke down in tears as he was announced as the next ryder cup captain for the united states. he will lead the american side in competition in 2020. the course is in wisconsin where he grew up. i will be back with more on all those stories after half past nine. a huge fire in a densely—populated area of the bangladeshi capital dhaka has killed at least 78 people. the flames broke out in an apartment block where the ground floor was used to store chemicals. it's thought a gas cylinder may have started the fire, which quickly spread through the floors and to nearby buildings. more than a hundred people have been injured and authorities there say the number of fatalities could increase. the fire is now under control. ali ahmed khan is the director general of the bangladeshi fire service. he described the scene: it was very crowded area and very narrow and cars exploded side

by side and there was an explosion also around the cylinders. the sexual abuse claims surrounding the roman catholic church is its "most urgent crisis" to address — that's according to pope francis. today, he will open the first global summit at the vatican on child abuse reform, attended by senior bishops from around the world. from rome, our religion editor martin bashir reports. i was then about seven or eight years old. i became the little friend of the chaplain... on every continent, priests have been betraying trust and abusing children. every time that he commit abuse to me, he sent me to another priest to confess myself. chrissie foster's family was torn apart when both her daughters were sexually assaulted by the same priest.

it's very debilitating, the impact on the victim. but on the families, yeah, it's such a betrayal. and they had the knowledge of these crimes, they hid it, they moved perpetrators on, they kept it a secret. a royal commission accused 7% of australia's priests of abusing children. in germany, a study found 3,600 children had been abused by nearly 1,700 clergy. and in the state of pennsylvania alone, 300 priests abused more than 1,000 children. the leader of roman catholics in england and wales acknowledges the breadth of the challenge now facing the church. obviously, it's not confined to the catholic church, it's in every culture, it's in every part of society, but it's found a home in the church,

and that's terrible. the vatican says the summit will help develop policies and practices to address the crisis. but is that possible in a global church? chrissie foster welcomes the summit, but says any changes to church practice are too late. i have absolutely no faith in them, i don't even know that they believe in god, how can they, when this awful, hideous crime means nothing to them? the burden now rests with pope francis. the outcome could be the defining moment of his papacy. martin bashir, bbc news, at the vatican. let's speak to our rome correspondent james reynolds. what is likely to be achieved here?

the priests, bishops and the pope are looking to listen to survivors, to reflect and then to think about how to go forward. survivors i worried this is a bit of the willie agenda and what they want to see our policies put in place to prevent the recurrence of what has happened in the past in which priest is passed around from parish to parish and hidden and protected by the church and able to commit further abuse. the pope has just and able to commit further abuse. the pope hasjust opened and able to commit further abuse. the pope has just opened the conference and in his speech he said we need to listen to the cry of little ones who demand justice and we need to heal the grave wounds that the scandal of paedophilia has caused. it has been described by him as the most urgent crisis by the roman catholic church to address. can he deliver something that has obviously been something that so many people want to see him deliver?

it is difficult to tell. he does inherit this problem that has been going on for decades. it really goes to the heart of what the catholic church is all about. if anything, they inserted in behind me is about faith and trust. faithful catholics in god, but that faith in clerics, the trust in clerics, the trust that they will be able to go about their jobs without being hidden if they are criminals, is something a lot of survivors no question. and the rebuilding of faith and trust will ta ke rebuilding of faith and trust will take a long time. notjust survivors, but others who have seen what has happened and who have had their trust in the church shaken. can that trust be rebuilt? it is something we know it is notjust with the vatican, but with any other institution that has had to face up to its own legacy of child abuse and the answer is really trust takes a long time to repair. it is quickly

broken but it may take years for any institution to be able to prove not just to survivors, but to onlookers and others who have stayed in such institutions, that they are able to have these processes. to have these processes. west midlands police says a murder investigation has been launched after a 16—year—old boy was stabbed to death in birmingham. police officers were called to herbert road in the small heath area of the city, at around 8 o'clock last night. another 15—year—old boy suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene. a man has been charged after "no blacks" was painted over the home of a family from africa in salford. 54—year—old vaughan dowd has been charged with criminal damage and racially aggravated criminal damage and is due to appear at manchester magistrates‘ court this morning. the incident only came to light when solicitorjackson yamba tweeted about the abuse painted on his front door.

it took place eight days to respond to his report. it took place eight days to respond to his report. the actorjussie smollett has been charged with filing a false police report. the empire star had said he was subjected to a homophobic and racist physical attack by two men in january. police in chicago say the actor will also face disorderly conduct charges. mr smollett‘s lawyers said they would conduct a "thorough investigation" and mount an "aggressive defence". calvin harris was a big winner at last night's brits bagging two awards for best single and producer of the year. the 1975 were also double winners, for best british group and album of the year. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba's report contains some flashing images. # tell me, do you wanna go? hugh jackman kicked the night off, performing from the greatest showman. the movie soundtrack — 2018's biggest—selling album. # this is the greatest show! the night's big winners were poprock band, the 1975, taking home best album and best british group.

they used their speech to speak out against the prejudice facing women in the industry, quoting journalist laura snapes. in music, male misogynist acts are examined for nuance and defended as traits of difficult artists, whilst women and those who call them out are treated as hysterics who don't understand art. best british female went to... jorja smith! ..while best british male was george ezra. girl group little mix won best video, for woman like me, which also features nicki minaj. the winners of best international group, the carters, aka beyonce and jay—z, who accepted their award in front of a portrait of meghan, duchess of sussex.

and singer pink, recipient of an outstanding contribution to music award, closed the show with a medley of hits. lizo mzimba, bbc news. to talk as through the other highlights from the night, let's now speak to our correspondent chi chi izundu. there have been some diabolical brits shows in the past, but they seem to get better and better. they are very well put together and very closely choreographed. the ceo of the british phonographic industry told me yesterday that so far on in the evening nothing had gone wrong and he was quite panicked because normally something does go spectacularly wrong. one thing that did happen is an hour before the show broadcast someone had pressed play on an advert that had gone out on uk tv online announcing and congratulating the 1975 for winning the best group and best album

categories which is a bit of fluff, but apart from that there was nothing else that really happen. there they are. matt healy, the lead singer, as part of his awards a cce pta nce singer, as part of his awards acceptance speech for best group wa nted acceptance speech for best group wanted to highlight misogyny within the music industry. but he was one ofa number of the music industry. but he was one of a number of acts that one bed last night. calvin harris is a huge, global superstar routinely number one on the forbes most well—paid dj list. he has been nominated 1a times and has never won. last night finally his luck came in. he got best producer and also best single with single web developer, so he finally got a brit award. beyonce and jay z. i will put this in

context. their album was called everything is love and they closed down the liver in paris to film it and it was beautiful, using all the art. but to accept the international group award, they had a portrait of meghan markle dressed up like queen victoria and people are saying it is a nod to their support, they either king and queen of music. they are showing their support and respect for meghan markle as the duchess of sussex. because she has been so recently horribly vilified in the press they wanted to say don't worry, as americans still have your back. was there much politics in it are campaigning? you mention to the anti—misogyny message.

are campaigning? you mention to the anti-misogyny message. quite simply not really. the one good thing about the brits is that for one of the longest times it was my female focus in terms of nominations. there were more female artists nominated and male artists. for the second time in its history at my female artist were nominated in the category for best album, one of the most coveted awards. apart from that it was a really smooth, well choreographed entertainment show. and talking of pink, wasn't she amazing?‘ phenomenal artist. she was invited for the first time to be a non—british artist to take home the title and an outstanding contribution to music award and she closed the show with a ten minute beautiful choreography medley of her hits over the last 20 years or so. a fantastic artist, well deserved. hits over the last 20 years or so. a fantastic artist, well deservedm is definitely worth looking up if

you missed it last night. time know for a look at the weather. it isa it is a fairly clovis tight to the day, but it is fairly patchy. there are showers in east anglia, but that will lift and clear and in the afternoon it will brighten up. temperatures to date reaching 16 or 17. 17 in north—east scotland as well. this evening and overnight a weather front close to the west approaches, bringing in cloud and times and spots of rain later on. we have some mist and fog patches in central and southern scotland, the midlands, and the south—east. that will be quite slow to clear tomorrow and it could take mid to late morning. then wejoined and it could take mid to late morning. then we joined the

and it could take mid to late morning. then wejoined the rest and it could take mid to late morning. then we joined the rest of england and wales in seeing a dry and sunny day. in scotland a bit more clad with spots of rain, but still brightness in the north. tomorrow's top temperatures are widely mid teens and locally 17 or possibly 18. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: braced for further resignations — three former conservative mps who've quit the party say others are also considering walking out, but the chancellor says he hopes they'll return. i'm very saddened by the fact the three have left the tory party, and i very much hope that in time they will feel able to come back into the conservative family. i know that this is extremely uncomfortable for business no breakthrough in brussels,

but talks are continuing today — as the brexit secretary and jeremy corbyn prepare to meet eu officials. at least 78 people have died in a fire in the bangladeshi capital, dhaka, after a blaze swept through a residential building. catholic bishops meet at the vatican for the first global summit on the child sex abuse scandal, which has engulfed the church. and, as a committee calls for uk homes to be better equipped, homes to be better equipped to prepare for the effects of climate change, we'll be speaking to an energy expert to find out more. time now for the morning briefing — where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. well, more now on the new independent group of mps, and the three mps who quit the conservative party yesterday say there's a "significant number" of their former colleagues

who are considering also leaving. anna soubry, sarah wollaston and heidi allen wrote a letter to the prime minister saying that the conservative party had been taken over by hard brexiteers. this morning dr wollaston told the bbc she thought more more politicians could leave their parties within the next week. ifjeremy corbyn doesn't back that amendment, doesn't come out for a right to vote, then i think a very many labour mps will realise that the game is up and they will shift, and i think likewise on my side of the house. i think if theresa may doesn't take no deal off the table, i think more of my colleagues will alsojoin us. so i think it's going to be one to watch over the coming week, but of course colleagues will have to speak for themselves. i think that over the next couple of weeks we will probably see more colleagues to join anyway, and if you look at the issues in the labour party, i think the concerns go far, far deeper than just brexit, and i really hope that other labour colleagues will come and join us. i know many of them are in discussions and would like to do so. the culture secretaryjeremy wright insisted that the vast majority of his colleagues respect

the prime minister's brexit plans. nobody knows, but i don't think there's any reason for anyone else to go. what we are doing is trying to fulfil the mandate the public have given, which is that we should leave the european union. that was the result of the referendum in 2016, and i believe, and the vast majority of my colleagues believe, that should be respected. but then of course we have to do that with a good deal, and that's what the prime minister's seeking to negotiate at the moment. well, the culture secretary is meeting with facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg today at the firm's headquarters in california. the meeting follows 18 months in which mr zuckerberg refused to engage with a parliamentary investigation into how his company handled issue around data privacy and election manipulation — and intense criticism more recently about keeping children safe while on facebook‘s products. the meeting is part of a series of sit—downs with tech firms across silicon valley this week. our north america technology reporter dave lee asked jeremy wright what he plans to say to the facebook boss.

you can find out more online about that. 78 people have died in a huge fire that's torn through buildings in the bangladeshi capital. the area is one of the oldest in the dhaaka and firefighters are still battling the blaze. gail maclellan reports. why might area contain chemical warehouses and many homes, the buildings metres apart —— the area contained chemical warehouses. ajob for firefighters contained chemical warehouses. ajob forfirefighters made contained chemical warehouses. ajob for firefighters made more contained chemical warehouses. ajob forfirefighters made more difficult by the presence of highly combustible chemicals including plastic granules and body sprays. crowds gathered at the dhaka college hospital to search for relatives. it is not yet known what caused the fire and it is feared more victims will be discovered as it continues.

bbc news. president trump says a woman who left the united states to join the islamic state group in syria won't be allowed to return. hoda muthana says she made a mistake and now wants to go back to herfamily in alabama with her 18—month—old son. the us secretary of state says she's not an american citizen, even though she was born in newjersey. on twitter mr trump said:, "i have instructed secretary of state mike pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow hoda muthana back into the country." that is the most read story on the bbc news website, obviously echoes of shamima begum on that story. you can read coverage of what the situation is with the detail of the case in the united states. going down through the most read articles, this is quite a funny take on the brit awards last night, the real winners and losers. "a night of upsets, pirouettes and statuettes. "

we we re upsets, pirouettes and statuettes. " we were talking a moment ago about how amazing pink was last night so this does feel harsh, but it was quite funny. they say the best humble bag was from pink when she said... but she was in the same category and she was amazing. most gracious loser, christine and the queens. she said she practised a gracious loser pose ahead of the ceremony. she said... you can read more about that take on the winners and losers. president obama talking about giving advice on self confidence for young men at his speech in california, the most watched. he was asked about masculinity and the pressure on men to act a certain way and he criticised the image of some hip—hop and rap artists, saying you don't

need... sorry about that! you don't need... sorry about that! you don't need eight women around you twerking. i was stockpiling for brexit? that's a little video they are, following the reports we have had about input taxes going up potentially 40% if there is no deal on the cost of food. and a quick look at the super snow moon, lighting up skies around the world, the biggest and brightest supermen of 2019 has happened. when it occurs in february it is sometimes dubbed super snow moon as the month is often associated with heavy snowfall in europe and america. a former 9/11 pilot has inspired a new musical in the west end. beverley bass — the first female american airlines captain — was ordered to divert a tra ns—atla ntic flight during the events of 9/11. come from away tells the true story of the events that

unfolded on that flight. beverley told bbc news about that day and how it changed her life. i was flying to dallas and on our air to airfrequencies and someone came on and said that one of the world trade centre it had been hit by an aeroplane, and of course like many of us, we thought it was a small aeroplane. and about 20 minutes later they came on the frequency and said the second tower had been hit. with that came the word terrorism, and that is when life for us changed. we heard that all of the us airspace was closed. we actually came in contact with control and they ordered us to land in denver. we landed about 10.15am in the morning and they said we would not be getting off until tomorrow. we as a flight crew did not sleep all night. at about 7.30 in the morning in september the 12, the schoolbuses showed up and we started the plane. we went to the terminal and we walked in and it was

just lined with tables and food. they had literally stayed up all night cooking enough food to feed 7000 passengers. the pharmacist filled 2000 prescriptions while we were there. they did not charge one dime for anything. # a girl shouldn't be in the cockpit, the lady who made it. # and the flight attendants weren't my friends back then... the first time i saw myself, we didn't know a thing about it, and i certainly did not know there had been a song written about my aviation career. i don't think anyone of us would imagine it became a phenomenon that it is. people were so kind and so generous and so loving to us.

i have always thought if we could all live our lives like that we would be a much better world. let's bring you some breaking news about the public finances, because we arejust about the public finances, because we are just hearing that the finances showed a record surplus last month because of a big increase, a large amount of income tax payments injanuary. it is typically a surplus month in this country when income tax receipts can't go into the government, but they have been particularly strong this year, and the figure is that there was a budget surplus of £111.85 billion in january, which there was a budget surplus of £111.85 billion injanuary, which is the highest since monthly records began in1993, and highest since monthly records began in 1993, and it's above all economists‘ in 1993, and it‘s above all economists‘ forecasts. basically, what it means, the surplus is the amount the government is receiving, above what it is actually spending. so that is obviously a big surplus.

on the overall picture, it means the budget deficit, the amount of money the government is spending more than it is receiving overall, is on track to fall to its lowest since 2001-2002 at just to fall to its lowest since 2001—2002 at just over 1% to fall to its lowest since 2001—2002 atjust over 1% of national income this financial year, and to put that in context it is down from nearly 10% just after the global banking crisis in 2009—2010. and that was obviously what george osborne with his austerity budgets was tackling, trying to get the deficit down. these are going to be positive figures for philip hammond as he prepares to give his final fiscal statement before brexit. now time for the sport. we can get the latest from holly hamilton. good morning. good morning, joanna. there was plenty of drama in manchester city‘s champions league last 16 tie agaisnt schalke last night. after some video referee controversy, a red card, and being 2—1 down,

they managed to battle back in the last few minutes to take a 3—2 lead back to manchester for the second leg next month though it will be difficult to match the drama of last night‘s game, as david ornstein reports. celebration for manchester city, at the end of a remarkable game. this was the latest stage in their pursuit of the one trophy they‘ve yet to win, and against schalke city quickly signalled their intent, punishing some ponderous play through sergio aguero. after a check, the goal stood, but if you thought the video assistant referee was meant to remove controversy, well, think again. at the other end, schalke wanted a penalty for handball. another var check, and four minutes later it was given — the home side level. soon city‘s night would go from bad to worse. a second penalty... yep, he‘s pulled him, he‘s got on the wrong side of him.

nabil bentaleb on target again. schalke into a shock lead. indeed, it shocked the visitors into life, and although they were reduced to ten men, leroy sonny returned to haunt his former club, before raheem sterling provided the final flourish. a timely boost for city and their european dream ahead of the second leg. david ornstein, bbc news. so city managed a much coveted away win which is obviously good news for their champions league campaign, and they are still in with a chance of claiming four titles this season. but pep guardiola still isn‘t happy and says they need big improvements before they will ever become champions of europe. we gave the first goal. we gave the second one. and we gave the red card. so, in that level, we all have chances, too, and are not ready to fight for the champions league. but the result is good. i know how difficult it is to play in germany. hopefully our fans can help us in the second leg, and hopefully we can improve for the future.

unsurprisngly, this result dominates the back pages today. let‘s look at some. the mirror have gone with "ster crazy", reflecting on his late, late goal. they‘ve also a picture of harry kane who was back in training with spurs yesterday having recovered from his ankle injury. and the independent — city‘s great escape. they‘ve also featured a story around speculation that former france manager laurent blanc could be a potential candidate to become the next manager of chelsea as pressure grows on maurcio sarri. and in the times — sterling rescues city. and they‘re also reportning that the family of emiliano sala are in danger of missing out on up to £600,000 in compensation

for his death because cardiff city made an error in registering his contract with the premier league. alfredo morelos scored four goals on his return from suspension as rangers demolished ten—man kilmarnock 5—0 in the scottish cup — andy halliday claimed rangers‘ other goal in the fifth round replay. they‘re away to aberdeen in the quarter—finals. fran kirby and beth england both scored hat tricks as third—placed chelsea thrashed bristol city 6—0 in the women‘s super league. leaders manchester city won 3—1 at home to everton. arsenal, who are second, beat yeovil, and there were wins as well for brighton and west ham. england‘s cricketers showed exactly why they‘re favourites for this summer‘s world cup, with a magnificent victory in the first one—day international against west indies in barbados. the hosts had set an imposing total, thanks largely to chris gayle‘s brilliant innings of 135. but centuries from jason roy and joe root helped england towards their highest ever successful run chase,

withjos buttler eventually hitting the winning runs to see england go past that target of 360 and go one up in the five—match series. o nto onto snooker. 11—time women‘s world champion reanne evans will make history when she becomes one of two female players to compete on television in the final stages of a world ranking event in the uk. evans is preparing to play jimmy white at the snooker shoot out on thursday, while emma parker takes on india‘s laxman rawat the following day. timing is everything in the event, with a limit of 15 seconds allowed per shot in the one—frame matches. i‘ve just i‘vejust got to i‘ve just got to hope that the nerves calmed me down a little bit and don‘t take over my playing, but knowing jimmy i hope and don‘t take over my playing, but knowingjimmy i hope it and don‘t take over my playing, but knowing jimmy i hope it will stand me in good stead, make me feel more co mforta ble me in good stead, make me feel more comfortable on the table. obviously

it is not your traditional snooker, not quiet, and things like that, well it will be a lot harder to concentrate, but we will see what happens. i‘m really looking forward to it. that‘s all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15. back to you, joanna. thank you. an update on our headlines on bbc news... braced for further resignations — three former conservative mps who‘ve quit the party say others are also considering walking out. no breakthrough in brussels, but talks are continuing today as the brexit secretary and jeremy corbyn prepare to meet eu officials. and at least 78 people have died in a fire in the bangladeshi capital, dhaka, after a blaze swept through a residential building. gas hobs and boilers could be banned from new homes within six years to meet carbon emissions targets. the committee on climate change, which advises the government, also says much more must also be done on existing homes to prepare

for the effects of climate change. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. cars, planes and industry normally get the blame for greenhouse gases, but 14% of the uk‘s emissions come from our homes. mostly from gas boilers. the report says the uk can‘t hit climate targets unless emissions from homes are reduced to almost zero through much better insulation. this robot, for instance, insulates floors from below. but last year, emissions from homes actually rose. the committee said the current generation of homeowners is cheating its children by bequeathing buildings that get too cold in winter and will increasingly get too hot in summer as the climate heats. it said many poorly—built new houses would need to be re—insulated at vast cost in just 10—15 years. we risk saving up a problem for the next generation if we don‘t

make actions and put plans in place now. so we know that spending a small amount of money now to address climate change saves a big cost in the future. that‘s a cost that will fall on the young generation today, and we know that the houses that we see around us will be around for a very long time, so we should be acting. this is a matter of intergenerational concerns. the treasury has typically been reluctant to invest public money into improving people‘s private homes. but the committee says the transformation needed won‘t happen unless it does. roger harrabin, bbc news. let‘s now speak to kelly greer, the research director of the association for decentralised energy, a trade body for companies in the energy efficiency sector. it makes total sense to look at new homes being built and obviously make sure they are as energy efficient as possible. do you think a six year

target banning new homes from connecting to the gas grid is achievable? yes. there are a lot of technical solutions we have that have been working for many years. we are able to put those into new homes. not a problem. why has it been happening. happening?‘ homes. not a problem. why has it been happening. happening? a number of issues. we see government developing a series of programmes but it is increasingly complex for customers and developers to understand what they can actually do, in what order, both in terms of new—builds and existing housing. sorry, i don‘t understand what you mean by that. if these energy efficient systems are out there, why are builders notjust putting their men? there is a perceived perception that putting them in is actually prohibitive in terms of cost, but actually, as the committee on climate report finds today, it is not. and so they do need to be installed. so it still doesn't

a nswer installed. so it still doesn't answer why they have not been putting already? if it is a wrong perception about the cost. putting already? if it is a wrong perception about the costlj putting already? if it is a wrong perception about the cost. i think there are other things in terms of there are other things in terms of the policies where you look at new—builds, so what performance standards you need to meet. these are in progress to be updated, so improving the energy performance of new—build housing, but actually we need local and regional government to actually enforce on these standards, because there is a performance gap, as it were. white builders will only do it when basically government makes them do it, is that it? —— basically government makes them do it, is that it? -- so builders will only do it. retrofitting is more expensive than doing it than when a place is built, so that obviously puts a lot of onus on homeowners if there isn‘t going to be an incentive to do it otherwise. i was going to say there are lots of things people can do, but i think there is confusion as to what can be done to

people‘s is, what or do those things need to be done. but there are opportunities —— people‘s homes. but since 2004 we have seen energy efficiency improvement save the average household £500 per year, but we need more of those. we need to up the piece in terms of retrofitting activities. kelly greer, thank you very much. thank you. millions of pounds are being wasted on mobility equipment and daily living aids that could be easily reused or recycled according to a bbc investigation. across england in the last financial year, a freedom of information request to all councils and nhs trusts shows nearly 207 million pounds was spent on medical items such as crutches and zimmer frames. our disability news correspondent nikki fox reports. that collapsible zimmer, worth i weight in gold. terry sells these at knock—down prices and donates the

costs to charity. his shop is overflowing with donations whether mackie has had to make space in his garage. i have a pile of crutches, walking sticks... much of this equipment originally provided by the nhs and councils was provided by people who want to see it reused. these need to be returned, these need to be cleaned up and given to somebody else to use. here are a bed rails which thatis that is exactly what christopher wa nted that is exactly what christopher wanted when his mum moved into residential care. when you no longer needed this for your mum, what did you try to do? i was able to return the zimmer frame to the hospital and with the rest of the kit, i approached the local authority and discovered nobody would take it. in fa ct, discovered nobody would take it. in fact, they actually suggested i took it to the local tip. across england councils and the nhs spent almost £207 million on mobility equipment, and the last financial year. more than 4 million items were issued to

patients and only 2.4 million were returned or recycled. some say there is money to be saved if more equipment was to be passed on. this service was set up six years ago by the nhs in barnsley. all used mobility aids are decontaminated and if necessary repaired on site. during the last financial year we collected probably 14,000 equipment items. of those 14,000 equipment items, 94% were able to be recycled. that equates to about, as a new value, about £300,000. hello, it is nhs community equipment. john is a regular user of the service. does it bother you it has been used by someone else in care? no, not really. if you hadn't have told me i wouldn't have known. even if it is re cycled wouldn't have known. even if it is re cycle d or wouldn't have known. even if it is recycled or not, it does the job i need. yellow like this one has brakes on both wheels, john. the nhs

as each council has to balance the cost of collection, cleaning and reassuring devices against the cost of providing new equipment. nhs bosses have urged staff to recycle to help save money, and make the service more environmentally friendly. but the onus is on individual hospitals. nicky fox, bbc news. —— nikki fox. time fora individual hospitals. nicky fox, bbc news. —— nikki fox. time for a look at the weather. thanks, joanna. some spots started with double digit temperatures, starting the way it needs to go on. we have seen some brighter intervals from time to time. this will continue to be the trend, i think, time. this will continue to be the trend, ithink, heading time. this will continue to be the trend, i think, heading through the day. gradually, that cloud lifting and breaking to allow for bright, even sunny, intervals to emerge. it remains mild as we are drying up this warm airon remains mild as we are drying up this warm air on the south westerly wind, and if you follow this back

the sources the caribbean. it has cooled a little across the atlantic but it is helping to boost air temperatures over the next couple of days. some drizzly outbreaks across western fringes, and a few showers flirting with the coast of east anglia. through the cloud —— through the day the cloud should lift and break. one is noticeable in northern ireland and up into north—western scotla nd ireland and up into north—western scotland but away from that they are fairly light. today is all about the temperatures. around the moray firth we could hit 17 celsius and it has a similar story for north—east wales. a mild day. that continues into tomorrow. overnight, we will have the wind is picking up across northern ireland and north—west scotland. clear skies means we could see some low cloud, mist and fork pushing into parts of east anglia, the midlands and the south of england. this could be dense in places, and the cloud increasing across northern ireland and north—western scotland. temperatures between four and nine celsius, so

not a particularly cold start friday morning. we are under a ridge of high pressure and this front will start to make inroads into friday but as it bumps into the high pressure it will tend to fizzle out. but it will introduce more cloud through northern ireland and north—west scotland. some outbreaks of light, patchy rain, which may work its way into north—east scotla nd work its way into north—east scotland through the afternoon. some dense fog perhaps in the south—east of england which may take a while to clear. it will do gradually, then most of us seeing lengthy spells of sunshine, turning a bit more hazy through the afternoon and temperatures more or less in line with today. north devon and south—west wales expected to see the highest temperatures tomorrow. into the weekend, still a ridge of high pressure, and another weather front will try to make inroads. it will introduce a little rain for northern ireland and north—west scotland through saturday, but away from that it looks like a largely fine, dry story with spells of sunshine around, and we stay with the mild

theme except as we head into the weekend our warmth comes from north africa instead.