this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: the government agrees to pay £33 million to eurotunnel to settle a lawsuit over extra ferry services in the event of a no—deal brexit. labour says the transport secretary, chris grayling, has made too many mistakes in government and needs to go. he stumbles from catastrophe to disaster, and it's just gross incompetence on a industrial scale. enough is enough, and he must be out of his post by monday. an indian fighter pilot shot down by pakistan over disputed kashmir is handed back to delhi, reducing tensions between the nuclear—armed states. a man who filmed his girlfriend as she was dying after giving her drugs is given 8.5 years injail.

and what exactly is under the surface of mars? a robotic probe is trying to find out. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express, and susie boniface, columnist for the daily mirror. stay with us for that. good evening. the government has been forced to pay £33 million to eurotunnel to settle a legal dispute over brexit contingency plans in the event of no deal. the department for transport had given ferry contracts to three companies, including one with no ships and no port. but eurotunnel said the process had been secretive and flawed. labour blames chris grayling, the transport secretary, who oversaw the contract process, and says he should resign. our business correspondent

joe miller is at the eurotunnel terminal in folkestone. the department for transport has already had to step back from one of its three controversial no deal brexit ferry contracts, and today it has spent tens of millions of pounds to avoid a trial which would likely have revealed how it went about awarding those lucrative deals in the first place. the beneficiary is eurotunnel, behind me, which has now secured public funding to upgrade its facilities. remember this? the brexit contract for seaborne freight, a company with no ferries, based at a port that isn't ready. and, in order to make sure these

ferries are still sailing after a no—deal brexit, the taxpayer is now facing a £33 million bill. rivals eurotunnel said they were unfairly treated, and sued the department for transport over what it called a secretive approach to awarding shipping contracts. the company, which has run ferries in the past, said it should have been considered as part of no—deal plans. the payout has put further pressure on the transport secretary, chris grayling. labour called it a disaster, and demanded he resign. the country cannot afford chris grayling. he's got to go, for the credibility of our nation. and, my goodness me, the people working for him must be pulling their hair out. 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. 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‘s been made today. sources close to the case say the government felt it was being held over a barrel by the channel operator eurotunnel, and had it not settled, it could have faced seeing vital freight contracts being cancelled, and have to publiclyjustify why it only started no—deal planning late last year. today, eurotunnel agreed it would spend the money on improving its terminal facilities here in folkestone. but the scrutiny of mr grayling isn't over. his department will face an independent review,

and there is no certainty that the matter won't be brought back to the courts. joe miller, bbc news, folkestone. sta nstead stanstead airport sta nstead airport has stanstead airport has reopened after closing earlier. the airport tweeted at around 8pm to say emergency services attended and all passengers we re services attended and all passengers were evacuated from the aircraft as a precaution and had then been taken back to the terminal. it is thought the flight to vienna suffered engine failure. passengers posted images on social media showing people standing on the grass by the runway, as well as emergency service crews surrounding the plane. 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 vaidyanathan 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, and after many hours of delays, the gates finally opened after 9:00pm local time. the pilot, who 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 our countryman. we are very proud and very happy.

millions across india have been following wing commander va rthaman'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. and it is unclear whether wing commander va rthaman was asked to speak under duress. many in india say it is nothing more than political propaganda. now, this all comes, of course, after weeks of escalating tensions between the two nuclear neighbours, and the events here will have dampened down some of those tensions. but it doesn't 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, narendra modi, 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 de—escalation. i want diffusion. i feel tensions are too high, that tempers have to be brought down. tonight, the celebrations continue, after the return of a man who is being hailed a hero. the events of today might have brought india and pakistan back from the brink of war, but peace remains fragile. a man has beenjailed for 8.5 years for the manslaughter of louella fletcher—michie, the daughter of the holby city actor

john 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 had 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 400 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 had a suspended sentence for possessing a knife. a statement read on broughton's behalf said... 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. the prosecutor's office in georgia has told the bbc it has 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. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has been given exclusive access to the prison in the capital, tbilisi, where he is being held. 0n the edge of tblisi, this is penitentiary number eight, a high—securityjail with around 3,000 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 are the first foreign tv crew to be allowed inside the 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 it on this bed here. the prison authorities tell me that, for security reasons, shepherd is under 24—hour surveillance. jack shepherd surrendered to georgian police after ten months in hiding. he had 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 had been on a date with shepherd when his speedboat crashed

on the river thames. today, georgian prosecutors confirmed to me that they have 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 georgian jail. steve rosenberg, bbc news, tbilisi. the headlines on bbc news: the government has been ordered to pay £33 million to eurotunnel in an agreement to settle a lawsuit over extra ferry services in the event of a no—deal brexit.

pakistan has freed an indian fighter pilot captured after his plane was shot down in pakistan—administered kashmir. flights from stansted airport in essex have been suspended for much of the evening, after an aircraft aborted a take off due to an engine problem. the runway has now re—opened. the high court has ruled that part of the government's immigration policy, brought in when theresa may was home secretary, is in breach of human rights legislation. the scheme, known as right to rent, requires landlords in england to establish the immigration status of prospective tenants. judge martin spencer said the scheme had "little or no effect" on controlling immigration — and caused landlords to discriminate against potential tenants because of their nationality.

lara ten caten is a solicitor at liberty, an independent membership organisation that challenges injustice, defends freedom and campaigns to make sure everyone in the uk is treated fairly. she's been giving me her reaction to today's ruling. it was a fantastic ruling. it was the best ruling that we could have expected. we now just the best ruling that we could have expected. we nowjust hope that the government is going to take heed of the ruling and is going to stop the right to rent scheme, instead of just appealing, which, u nfortu nately, just appealing, which, unfortunately, it appears that they will do. what was the most damaging aspect of this scheme? landlords we re aspect of this scheme? landlords were facing a hefty fine and people are being left homeless. imagine, if you are

are being left homeless. imagine, if you are a are being left homeless. imagine, if you are a landlord and you have someone who has a british passport and you have someone who has several other documents that the government said you could have, which one would you choose? you know, we all know that the rental market is extremely hot. there are for more people looking for properties at bangarra properties. so that is why the judge said that it led landlords to discriminate, because theyjust went for the easiest tenant. so people who were turned away as a result of this scheme, what alternatives were open to them? can you give us some case studies? there was evidence heard. give us a flavour of what was heard. give us a flavour of what was heard in court. there are many people, there are charities, for example, who put evidence before the court, saying that there were several people that they were aware of who actually had the right to rent, for example people from the windrush generation, there were just left with nothing. it is unclear, some people might have ended up in

the street had to stay with friends for a while. but basically they were just completely locked out of the rental market as a result. now, following on from the hearing today, as part of this evidence and the report that was submitted, there we re report that was submitted, there were some recommendations that were put forward by the joint council for welfare for immigrants, a loss of it was towards educating landlords, do you think that is enough? is that enough protection?” you think that is enough? is that enough protection? i don't think so. what thejudge basically enough protection? i don't think so. what the judge basically said is that the scheme causes discrimination. and i cannot see a way, and neither could thejudge, in which it could be made to operate in a better way. thejudge was which it could be made to operate in a better way. the judge was so concerned about it that is at that if the government chose to extend the scheme beyond england's it would still be discriminatory, because the same problems would still be in trays. that was lara ten caten of

liberty. five metropolitan police officers have been cleared of misconduct over the arrest and detention of sean rigg, who died in a south london police station in 2008. the five officers were accused of a string of failings that led to the death of the ao—year—old — who had schizophrenia. a misconduct hearing concluded that none of the allegations could be proved. 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. 0ne 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. salisbury has been declared decontaminated of novichok after almost a year—long military clean—up following the sergei skripal poisoning. the former russian spy‘s house and 11 other potentially infected sites have been ruled safe. military teams have spent 13,000 hours on the clean—up after mr skripal and his daughter yulia were targeted with the nerve agent in march last year, which left them seriously ill. 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're a muslim, if you're a christian, itjust doesn't go with our beliefs, our rights. but there are same—sex couples in society, like there are people with different faiths and cultures, so why not allow your child to see what reflect society? i just don't think there's a need. it is not age appropriate. through its no 0utsiders 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's been sent to parents, it says at no point during any teaching with 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 0utsiders 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 it 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. 0fsted has previously said that all children must learn about same—sex relationships, regardless of their religious background. 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? ok, i think a lot of people want to know about this. here's the thing. a third of our food 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, our food 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. now the government could choose to lower tariffs so that could mean cheaperfood coming in from other parts of the world. that said, you have to factor in a likely fall in the pound which would make imports more expensive. if we leave with a deal things stay the same. that's 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?

first things, first, with or without a deal planes will still be flying to to and from the eu after 29th march — that's something both european leaders and the government have promised. 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's no deal? lots of people are worried that there could be hold—ups, that's 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 — 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 healthca re 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. that was emma simpson. 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. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. it is a mission to mars like no other. a fiery descent last november, that unfolded exactly as planned, in this nasa animation.

it is 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. amid all the celebrations, they would be 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. calls in sight,

here it is. it is getting its power from solar panels, like the others, but it has a completely new type 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, based on the ground, is detecting seismic activity, tremors from volcanoes, for example. that is 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 is 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.

the 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, 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 can give us that quick flash of what 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. they hope now, is that with all the instruments ready, there will be a lot more discoveries to follow. david shukman, bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express and susie boniface, columnist for the daily mirror — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with stav da naos. hello. this week is going to be one of huge contrasts. we start the week of huge contrasts. we start the week of with lots of sunshine, settled with record—breaking temperatures,

we are ending the week on a settlement. this week is looking critically stormy, with rain and gales saturday and sunday. 0n sunday, the met office have named a storm. more on that in a moment. we start the weekend offered the first area of low pressure, this will hu rtle across area of low pressure, this will hurtle across western areas first thing on saturday and gradually move across the country through saturday night. we start saturday on a fine and dry note across the country, with lots of sunshine. across the west, the cloud, rain, and wind will increase. gales developing. every rain. gusts of 70 mph across western scotland. they find they to come across much of the east. temperatures 14— 15 degrees. that ms across the country during saturday night. it remains to the north of the uk. -- night. it remains to the north of the uk. —— that moves across. this isa the uk. —— that moves across. this is a storm of freya. the met office have named this. potential disruption through sunday. starts very wet through southern areas. a

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