hello and welcome to ,be , be breezy more mild. it will be breezy with sportsday. sun shines and wintry over the hub i'm holly hamilton. coming up in the the high ground. temperatures will hover around the seasonal average, programme. . . although it could be a little bit katarina johnson thompson strikes gold on the opening day below at times. tonight at ten they of the indoor european championships in glasgow. while laura muir retains her 3,000m title in style, completing the first leg of double—double. the train operator claimed contracts were given out in secret and it was unfairly excluded and brendan rogers says he hopes from the tender process. fans will forgive him for quitting celtic with an unprecedented labour says the transport secretary, chris grayling, has made too many treble in their sights. mistakes in government and needs to go. he stumbles from catastrophe to disaster, and it's just gross incompetence on an industrial scale. enough is enough, and this man has got to be out of his post by monday. and today a report said probation reforms under mr grayling as justice secretary cost taxpayers good evening and welcome half a billion pounds. to tonight's programme. also tonight... we start in glasgow where we witnessed an emphatic victory an indian fighter pilot shot down by pakistan over disputed kashmir for katarina johnson thompson is handed back to delhi.

in the pentathlon as she led a man who filmed his girlfriend as she was dying after giving her drugs is given eight—and—a—half years injailfor her manslaughter. a british one two at the indoor european championships. bbc news gives viewers the chance after a suberb morning, to shape brexit coverage with less she was already in front after three events, but, than a month to go before the uk she managed just 6 metres leaves the eu. 53 with her only clean jump in the long jump. and what exactly is under enough to consolidate her first place, but far the surface of mars? from world record territory. her finaljump was a foul — a robotic probe is which was when she realised that trying to find out. world record was out of reach. and coming up on sportsday it meant she'd still have a buffer on bbc news... of around 13 seconds to take katarina johnson—thompson takes a huge step towards a second that gold medal home, european indoor championships title. but, she'd have to run an 800 metre but can she seal the deal time that was much faster in her final pentathlon event? than what she's capable of. in the end she missed out by just over two seconds. she finished in a time of 2 minutes and 9 seconds, another personal best. enough to seal the deal and claim the title. as for world junior heptathlon champion niamh emerson, who received an invitation to the event from the organisers, she produced personal bests in every good evening. the government has been forced event to achieve her best senior to pay £33 million to eurotunnel result, collapsing over the line

to settle a legal dispute over brexit contingency plans in the event of no deal. to take the siver medal. the department for transport had given ferry contracts to three i couldn't really ask for more, but companies, including one with no ships and no port. in the longjump i couldn't really ask for more, but in the long jump i did want more, but eurotunnel said the process had but it's really high level to try been ‘secretive and flawed.‘ labour and do what i've done today, so i'm blames chris grayling, the transport secretary, who oversaw the contract process, really ha p py and do what i've done today, so i'm really happy with the performance i and says he should resign. gave. a900 points is a really good score, it's my second best ever, so our business correspondent, joe miller, is at the eurotunnel i'm very happy i got to come away terminal in folkestone. with the gold. and the person who got the silver medal, neva anderson, while, you fell across the line, you well, the department for transport has already had to step back from couldn't have given anything more. one of its three controversial honestly, i was so tired, and my legsjust went. honestly, i was so tired, and my legs just went. it was either down no—deal brexit very contracts. or stop. i was like i couldn't move today, it spent tens of millions of my legs, i was like come on, i knew pounds to avoid a trial which would the girl behind, it was really likely have revealed how it went to close, so they could have easily awarding those lucrative deals in beaten me, sol close, so they could have easily beaten me, so i was like, i thought the first place. the beneficiary is i'd gone to third, or fourth, i was like no. but it was good. five eurotunnel, behind me, which has now secured public funding to upgrade its facilities. events, five personal bests, it gets

no better than that. it really remember this? the brexit contract for seaborne freight, doesn't. i've never done this a company with no ferries based before, i've never done this in at a port which isn't ready. every event. yeah, i tell you, in order to make sure these ferries are still sailing before, i've never done this in every event. yeah, itell you, it just happen to be honest. i don't after a no deal brexit, really know. what a day it's been, the taxpayer is now facing a £33 million bill. the comradely between you two, has been lovely. how impressed have you been lovely. how impressed have you been with neve? rivals eurotunnel said i'm so impressed the last couple of they were unfairly treated and sued the department for transport over yea rs, i'm so impressed the last couple of years, people are just seeing it what it called a secretive approach now, but i've got to know her and to awarding shipping contracts. since then i've been one of her the company, which has run biggest fans. i said to her, i ferries in the past, really believe that she can, i said it should have been considered believe in her, i'm happy to see her as part of a no deal plan. the payout has put further walk away happy today. it didn't pressure on the transport stop there secretary, chris grayling. scotland's laura muir retained her 3,000m title in style.. labour called it a disaster after storming away in the last 200 and demanded he resign. metres to win the last event of the evneing. the country cannot afford she lapped almost the entire field chris grayling, he has got to go, for the credibility of our nation, to cross the line in eight minutes and my goodness me, the people 30.62 seconds and give working for him must be britain their second gold pulling their hair out, of day one in glasgow. he stumbles from catastrophe to disaster and it's just gross incompetence on an industrial scale. great britain's melissa courtney finished in third. it also means muir has achieved enough is enough and this man has the first leg of a double double

of 3,000m and 1500m gold medals got to be out of his post by monday. in successive championships. chris grayling was nowhere to be seen — at his house, or his office, or his department today. but the government says its £33 million deal with eurotunnel was necessary to ensure vital medicines get through after brexit. the contracts and the ferries that are going to be available are critical for our contingency plans, so it's a good thing that the agreement has been made today. sources close to the case say the government felt it was being held over a barrel by eurotunnel and had it not settled, it could have faced seeing vital freight contracts being cancelled and would have had to publiclyjustify why it only started no deal planning late last year. today, eurotunnel agreed it would spend the money on improving its terminalfacilities here in folkestone.

but the scrutiny of mr grayling isn't over. his department will face an independent review and there's no certainty the matter won't be brought back to the courts. joe miller, bbc news, folkestone. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, is in westminster. this legal settlement is obviously embarrassing for the government but it focuses once again a sharp light on the performance of chris grayling. more pressure yet again. it is said that chris grilling is accident—prone but nobody surely could be that unlucky. there have to be other explanations. take the eurotunnel row, the government was slow getting plans for the no—deal brexit under way and chris grayling wa nted brexit under way and chris grayling wanted to get ahead and critics said he stumbled. also today, the national audit office, the government's financial watchdog here at westminster, is blaming chris grayling for a failure is, costly

failure is in the part privatisation of the probation service when he was just a secretary. £500 million extra to the taxpayer. reoffending rates that were recorded skyrocketed according to the na 0. all ministers have theirfair share of according to the na 0. all ministers have their fair share of troubles but at times chris grayling has seem to be cornering the market in m ista kes to be cornering the market in mistakes and mishaps. downing street said the prime minister is standing by her transport secretary there with brexit at such a critical stage you would imagine theresa may would not wish to lose our loyal colleague, a brexit here, and the man who ran her leadership campaign. not to prolong an embarrassing story rather than close it down but still the pressure goes on. the question is, is he safe in hisjob? there was surprise here at westminster when chris grayling survived the last reshuffle. if theresa may manages to get a brexit deal through and then goes on and has another reshuffle, there would be more surprise, there would be another chorus of protest if chris grayling were still there

in hisjob when it if chris grayling were still there in his job when it was over. john pienaar, thank you. pakistan has released the indian fighter pilot captured two days ago, after his jet was shot down over the disputed region of kashmir. the two nuclear powers have both claimed sovereignty over the area for 70 years, with tensions rising in recent days, after a0 indian soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing. the pilot was handed over in darkness at a border crossing in the north indian state of punjab, from where rajini vaidya nathan reports. it was the moment india had been waiting for. as tensions have escalated with its neighbour and rival, the fate of this pilot has taken centre stage. captured days ago by pakistan, today he was freed. wing commander abhinandan varthaman was flanked by a government official and members of the military as he waited at the crossing with india. his release was expected in the early afternoon. after many hours of

delays, the gates finally opened after 9pm local time. the pilot, who had fought for his country for 16 yea rs, had fought for his country for 16 years, was finally back on home soil. outside, crowds erupted as the news came out. translation: pakistan has released a countryman, we are very proud and happy. aliens across india have been following the wing commander's story. tv networks have been running wall—to—wall coverage ever since his capture on wednesday. pakistan says it shot his jet down after he violated the country's airspace. india says it was retaliating after pakistani warplanes entered its territory. shortly before he was handed back to india, this video was broadcast on pakistani tv. it is unclear whether wing commander abhinandan varthaman was asked to speak under duress. many in india say it is nothing more

than political propaganda. this all comes than political propaganda. this all co m es after than political propaganda. this all comes after weeks of escalating tensions between the two nuclear neighbours and the events here will have dampened down some of those tensions. it does not take away from some of the underlying issues between the two nations. for decades, the two countries have clashed over the disputed area of kashmir. both claim at all but only control parts of it. two weeks ago a suicide attack in indian administered kashmir claimed the lives of a0 indian soldiers. a militant group based in pakistan claimed responsibility. india accuses pakistan of harbouring terror groups. at a rally ahead of upcoming elections, the country's prime minister said india would return the damage done by terrorists. today, pakistan's foreign minister told the bbc that any further escalation would be suicidal. i want the escalation -- de—escalation, i want diffusion, i

feel that tensions are too high and tempers have to be brought down. do not, celebrations continued after the return of a man who is being hailed a hero. the events of the date might have brought india and pakistan back from the brink of war, but pc remains fragile. that's michael peace. a man's been jailed for eight—and—a—half years, for the manslaughter of louella fletcher—michie, the daughter of holby city actorjohn michie. ceon broughton supplied his girlfriend with drugs then flimed her as she was dying at the bestival music event in dorset in 2017. her family told winchester crown court they'd been torn apart by her death, and their lives have been forever diminished. sarah campbell reports. whee! louella, hours before her death. alongside her, her boyfriend, ceon. today, her mother described how the family's hearts and souls had been ripped out, her father said his daughter's life was cut cruelly short.

regardless of the outcome of this harrowing trial, there were never going to be any winners. we began our life sentence on what would have been louella's 25th birthday. ceon's life sentence is knowing that he didn't help louella to live. the couple had travelled to bestival in dorset for her 25th birthday weekend. there, she took the drug 2cp, given to her by broughton, and suffered a fatal reaction to it. as she lay dying in this wooded area, broughton filmed her and failed to seek help until it was too late, despite the medical tent being just a00 metres away. sentencing him to 8.5 years, the trialjudge said broughton had only been concerned for himself and didn't want to get arrested — at the time, he had a suspended sentence for possessing a knife. a statement read on broughton‘s behalf said... "sorry i didn't to do more to save louella,

"sorry for the suffering i caused to everyone who loved louella, "i want to make things right." finally, an apology — but there can be little comfort for louella's grieving family. today, her sister told the court that she tries every single day to understand why ceon didn't help louella. sarah campbell, bbc news. the bbc understands that the car firm jaguar land rover is preparing to make a major investment in advanced manufacturing in the uk. an announcement is expected in the next few weeks. injanuary, the company said it planned to cut a,500 jobs over the next two years because of a decline in sales in china and a drop in demand for diesel vehicles. five metropolitan police officers have been cleared of misconduct over the death of a man who died at brixton police station more than a decade ago. sean rigg was being restrained while in custody in august 2008. a police misconduct panel found "none of the allegations are proved"

against the five officers. the metropolitan police says it's sorry about mr rigg's death and that it had "fully scrutinised" all the facts. june kelly reports. sean rigg had mental health problems and hadn't been taking his medication. there was concern over the way he was behaving. he was arrested and officers restrained him lying on his front for seven minutes. today, the disciplinary panel said this wasn't an excessive amount of time. one of the reasons for the officers were cleared of gross misconduct. for sean rigg's sister, marcia, this was finally the end of a decade—long campaign to have someone held accountable for her brother's death. today's decision by the panel is the wrong decision. and my question is — if the officers apparently did the right thing, why is he dead? by the time sean rigg got to brixton police station,

his physical health had deteriorated badly. he collapsed and died from a heart attack. one officer had talked about him feigning unconsciousness. the country's biggest police force says it has learned lessons from this case, especially in dealing with those with mental health problems. that has transformed in the period of the ten—and—a—half years since sean rigg died. we now work very closely with mental health trusts and with the ambition of making sure that if people have to be in police care and control, that that is for as short a time as possible. one of the officers, andrew burkes, has retrained as a church of england minister while waiting for the disciplinary process to get underway. the police watchdog has acknowledged it contributed to the delays. marcia rigg said that by never giving up their fight, sean rigg's family were the winners in this case. june kelly, bbc news.

the prosecutor's office in georgia has told the bbc it's received a request to extradite jack shepherd, the man convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash in 2015 on the river thames. shepherd handed himself in to police in georgia in january after months on the run. our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, has been given exclusive access to the prison in the capital, tbilisi, where he's being held. on the edge of tbilisi, this is penitentiary number eight. a high securityjail with around 3000 prisoners. and one of them is british. jack shepherd. after months on the run, the convicted killer is behind bars in georgia, pending extradition proceedings. we're the first foreign tv crew to be allowed inside this jail. what we're not allowed is any contact with shepherd.

and this is jack shepherd's prison cell, room 101. he shares it with two other inmates. shepherd sleeps on this bed here. the prison authorities tell me that for security reasons, shepherd is under 2a—hour surveillance. jack shepherd and surrendered to georgian police after ten months in hiding. he'd fled britain to escape his trial for manslaughter. in his absence, he was sentenced to six years in prison for the death of charlotte brown. she'd been on a date with shepherd when his speedboat crashed on the river thames. today, georgian prosecutors confirmed to me they've now received the official request from britain for shepherd to be sent home. so, how confident are you that jack shepherd will be extradited? i'm very confident that mr shepherd will be extradited to the united kingdom. to this end, we will do everything, we will take every measure

to convince the georgian judge that this person deserves to be extradited to the united kingdom. the authorities say that jack shepherd could be gone from here within a month. but until extradition is approved, this is where jack shepherd will remain, on remand in penitentiary number eight, under lock and key, in a georgianjail. steve rosenberg, bbc news, tbilisi. hundreds of pupils have been kept away from a primary school in birmingham by their parents today, in protest over lessons on same sex relationships. parkfield school, which has a majority of muslim pupils, says it's promoting diversity and inclusion. sima kotecha has the story. today, a quieter parkfield school. 600 fewer pupils out of a total of more than 700. it's being called a protest. some parents, most of whom are of muslim faith, are unhappy about the school

teaching their children about same—sex relationships. telling children as young as four that it's ok to be gay, if you are a muslim, if you are a christian, itjust doesn't go with our beliefs, our rights. but there are same—sex couples in society, like there are people of different faiths and cultures, so why not allow your child to see what reflects society? i just don't think there is a need. it is not age appropriate. through its no outsiders programme, involving storybooks, children are introduced to characters in same—sex couples. the school wouldn't talk to us today, but in a letter seen by the bbc that has been sent to parents, it says at no point during any teaching would the school ever encourage children to become lgbt, and at no point promote this as a specific way of life. it goes on to say no outsiders is all about saying that everybody is different, in many ways, and we should treat everybody equally, with dignity and respect. the children are due back here on monday, but some parents tell us they will permanently remove them if the school doesn't change its syllabus.

relationship education is always going to be a hot topic for parents. parents have got a right to have their voice heard. there are lots of different ways in which you can teach the equalities act. ofsted has previously said that all children must learn about same—sex relationships, regardless of their religious background. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. with less than a month to go before the uk is due to leave the european union, there are still plenty of unanswered questions about how all our lives could change, with or without a deal. so throughout the day, we've been finding out what you want to know about the whole process, and right across bbc news, we've been giving viewers the opportunity to contribute to our coverage, in a brexit takeover. our business correspondent, emma simpson has been looking at some of your questions and concerns.

meet molly, sheldon and simone, our audience with some questions on brexit. how could brexit affect the food i buy? 0k, how could brexit affect the food i buy? ok, i think how could brexit affect the food i buy? 0k, ithinka lot how could brexit affect the food i buy? ok, i think a lot of people wa nt to buy? ok, i think a lot of people want to know about this. here is the thing. a third of our food want to know about this. here is the thing. a third of ourfood imports come from the eu. if there is no deal, it is possible we may see delays at the port, which could cause disruption for lorries delivering food. right now, ourfood supply chain is really efficient, any added friction, like doing customs checks will mean extra costs. the government's own impact assessment released this week warn that some food prices are likely to increase, for instance fresh produce like lettuce and tomatoes from spain. what will also affect prices is what tar lives are taxes are applied when products cross the eu

uk border. —— tariffs. now the government could choose to lower ta riffs government could choose to lower tariffs so that could mean cheaper food coming in from other parts of the world. you have to factor in a likely fall in the pound which would make imports more expensive. the if we leave with a deal things stay the same. that is because there will be a21 same. that is because there will be a 21 month transition period as we try to figure out what our future trading relationship is with the eu. how can brexit affect my holiday plans to europe europe. planes will still be flying to to and from the eu after 29th march, that is something both european leaders and the government have promised. ferry, cruise ships coaches and the eu rostar ferry, cruise ships coaches and the eurostar are expected to keep going as normal, and if there is a deal, we will all be able to keep travelling as we do now for the duration of the transition period. but what if there is no deal? lots

of people are worried that there could be hold ups, that is hard to predict. we won't be entitled to use the eu lane any more when we get to passport control. as non—eu nationals different border control checks will apply. what could be difference once i'm abroad? on a driving holiday, no deal and the uk license may not be enough. you could need to buy an international driving permit to hit eu roads. using your mobile phone, 110w eu roads. using your mobile phone, now british travellers won't automatically avoid roaming charges if there is no deal, although some networks say they are not planning to bring the fees back in. but perhaps one of the biggest changes will be to the european health insurance card, carried by round 27 million british people. it lets you access state health care in eu countries but it won't be valid if there is no deal. the government suggests people make sure they travel insurance covers this kind of

thing instead. and you can find more information about today's events at the bbc, and on brexit in general, at bbc.co.uk/brexit. scientists have begun the first ever exploration below the surface of mars. nasa landed a robotic probe called insight on the red planet late last year, and after several months of checks and preparations, research is finally under way.. our science editor, david shukman, reports. it's a mission to mars like no other. a fiery descent last november, that unfolded exactly as planned, in this nasa animation. it's a hazardous journey, that others have made before, but this time the spacecraft touching down on the surface has a unique job. so, for mission control, getting there was a huge relief. touchdown confirmed. cheering and applause.

amid all the celebrations, they'd been checking that everything is working, so the science can begin. nasa is not the only team exploring mars. others are busy there as well. amazingly, there are six spacecraft in orbit around the red planet, taking pictures and gathering data. three from america, two from europe and one from india. but only nasa has successfully got robotic missions down onto the ground itself, and the latest to touch down is very different from the ones that have gone before. called insight, here it is. it's getting its power from solar panels, like the others, but it has a completely new kind of mission. not investigating the surface of mars, but what is inside it instead, and it is doing it with some very clever instruments. a sensor, placed on the ground, is detecting seismic activity, tremors from volcanoes, for example, to build up a picture of the internal structure of the planet.

and a special type of drill has another role, to burrow underground, the deepest ever attempted on another world, five metres down, to measure the heat flowing up from the interior. it's all part of trying to understand what has happened to mars, how it formed at the same time as earth, but then ended up so very different. one of the key instruments, a seismometer, was designed and built in britain, at imperial college london and oxford university. a highly sensitive device that can pick up the slightest tremor, to help create a snapshot of the interior of mars. every time an earthquake goes off, it is like a flashlight illuminating the interior of the earth, and you can use the same, imagine the same thing on mars. if there is a big enough mars quake that we can see ringing around the planet, that would be very exciting, because it would give us that quick flash of what the inside of the planet looks like. this is what the wind really sounds like on mars, the first time anyone has heard it, picked up by the spacecraft soon after it landed.

the hope now, is that with all the instruments ready there will be a lot more discoveries to follow. david shukman, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.