you re watching bbc newsroom live. hello, this is bbc newsroom live the prime minister announces it's ham — and these are the main with joanna gosling. a summit to tackle rising stories this morning: the headlines: the home secretary meets police knife crime on britain's streets. the home secretary chiefs to discuss knife crime — meets police chiefs to discuss knife crime, as one of the country's most senior as one of the country's most senior officers warns it should be treated officers warns it should be treated as a national emergency. theresa may said ministers, it's an emergency, and it needs emergency funding. community leaders and victims we need to have more officer as a national emergency hours on the streets. around 30 passengers would be among those meeting are quarantined at gatwick — it's an emergency and it needs after feeling ill during in the next few days to try to find a flight from barbados. ways to halt the cycle of violence a warning over the move away emergency funding. we need to have from cash — more office hours on the streets. that has shocked us all. as a report suggests one in five the death of anyone through an act around 30 passengers people will struggle to cope if high are quarantined at gatwick of violence is an appalling tragedy. after feeling ill during street shops stop accepting a flight from barbados. a growing number of young people notes and coins. mps are promised a vote the us singer, r kelly, have lost their lives in a cycle denies allegations of sexual on any changes to workers' abuse in an interview rights after brexit, of mindless violence that has on american television. how stupid would it be for me to... as theresa may seeks support shocked us all. for her eu withdrawal deal. with my crazy past and but labour has accused what i've been through. 0h, right now, i think ijust need the government of failing to address to be monster and hold a warning over the move the root causes of knife crime and says the police don't have away from cash, as a report suggest one in five enough resources to tackle it. people will struggle to cope also this lunchtime... protecting workers' if high street shops stop rights after brexit — accepting notes and coins. the government sets out its measures but unions dismiss the plans and coming up... calling them flimsy. lost in the wilderness — two sisters, aged just eight a father has been found guilty and five , describe how of organising an acid attack they survived two days good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. in californian woodland.

i'mjoanna i'm joanna gosling. some breaking news out of brussels. the home secretary, sajid javid, the latest on the brexit talks. lots has been meeting police chiefs from areas most affected by violent of reporters on twitter are quoting crime — to discuss ways to tackle knife crime. the meeting was prompted by a recent eu commission spokesperson as having spate of fatal stabbings which has led to a debate commented after those talks with about falling police numbers. geoffrey cox, the attorney general the head of the national police chief's council, sara thornton, says more officers and the brexit secretary ended. she and more funding are needed and the surge in violent is quoted as saying that while talks crime should be treated as a national emergency. ta ke is quoted as saying that while talks we think it needs to be treated take place in a construct atmosphere, those talks have been as if it was an emergency. when you have an emergency, difficult. no solution has been you get all the key people around found at this point, which is the table to solve the problem. consistent with the withdrawal we think that needs to be done, agreement, including the protocol on setting up cobra with a senior ireland, which would not be reopened. it sounds as if they are minister holding people to account, because it is notjust coming back with very little, having about policing, it's about all the other agencies and organisations that have a really changed. there will be pmqs important part to play. but also, we think that it's an emergency and it needs emergency funding. we need to have more officer happening in the house of commons at hours on the streets. we know what tactics work — targeting hotspots, midday. we will see if we get any using stop and search, tackling county lines gangs. more at this end. let's get the but, we just haven't got the capacity, we just haven't got sport with holly. the officers at the moment. so, we need some money now, to pay for overtime, to pay for mutual aid between forces.

but, i think we also need to think good morning. andy murray says he's no longer in pain, but still isn't sure if he'll be about the longer term able to play top level tennis again. the former world number one had his second hip operation five weeks ago. investment that we are willing he hinted that january's australian open might be his last, to make into policing. but says he wants to continue playing — but doesn't know the money this year is welcome, if his body will let him. but there needs to be serious investment in the next spending review into policing. it's a pretty big operation. not business secretary greg clark says he hoped the meeting would pave many 30—year—olds are having that. i the way for more action to tackle knife crime. feel good. i am walking around when this has been discussed in government, there is an absolute pain—free, which has not been the recognition of the urgency and importance of this, and it can only be solved case for pretty much 18 months, two yea rs. by people coming together. case for pretty much 18 months, two years. and that was the main reason for having it done. i am happy i am sure sara thornton and cressida dick and others without that is going, just would acknowledge, they do day—to—day things are more enjoyable now. what a night in the champions league — the kings of europe, acknowledge, that there are multiple real madrid, are out. they've absolutely dominated this competition in recent years, factors that lead to this. winning the last three in a row, i think it is the right thing but they were taken apart by ajax to have this high—level meeting who scored some cracking today, but it is a meeting that goals at the bernabeu. i know is very much intended they won 5—3 on aggregate, to produce a set of actions that will be implemented, 4—1 on the night —

that will take effect, that's real‘s biggest home defeat in a european knockout game, and turn this round, and their grip on the famous trophy has finally been broken. and that has to be something no such problems though for spurs. they're the first english that those of us that side through to the quarter finals. are not experts in this keeper hugo loris was in inspired form as they completed a dominant two—leg win over borussia dortmund, harry kane with the only goal field, we must look to. of the night as they won 1—0 and, i think you see this happening on the night, 4—0 on aggregate. — people with the experience and expertise come together to work together to solve this. this morning, the spurs last night, one teenager was charged boss mauricio pochettino has been fined £10,000 with the murder of yousef makki. the 17—year—old was stabbed and given a two match touchline ban, to death in greater after accepting an improper conduct manchester on saturday. charge following tottenham's loss to burnley in the premier a man has also been arrested in connection with the murder league last month. of a 17—year—old girl, jodie chesney, in east london on friday. meanwhile, england's women will go to this year's world cup our news correspondent sophie long with their first piece of silverware is outside the home office under phil neville, after winning where that meeting has the shebelieves cup in the states last night. they did it by beating japan 3—0, been taking place. in what is arguably their biggest success to date. jo currie was watching in florida. like meeting a still continuing, we we re like meeting a still continuing, we were expecting to see at the seven england are lighting chief constables meeting with the up the world stage. home secretary emerge about half

past ten. there has been no sign of lifting the shebelieves cup, their biggest trophy to date, them yet. i think there is one think and what's more in a world cup year. they will all agree on, that is an occasion to celebrate. champions against the odds. something to be done about the spate of violent my crown that resulted in obviously we are delighted. an of teenagers deaths in two you can see from the celebrations separate incidents. the question is, in the changing rooms, lots of music and dancing. what? the chief constable of i think for us, we are tired, merseyside spoke to reporters before but at the same time we are looking forward at what is to come over he went into that meeting earlier today. this is what he said. the next few months. most importantly, enjoy tonight. ready to pounce, the lionesses started with confidence, we have asked the home secretary encapsulated by lucy stanfiorth‘s about what we can do to jointly strike from outside the area, address this issue that is affecting vast parts of our which settled the nerves early on. country at the moment. probably better for a discussion minutes later, england afterthe meeting, but, certainly, were at it again. there will be a full, this time, veteran karen carney open, and frank exchange of views with a pinpoint header to put them further ahead. from the police chief... with our ideas about how we think beth mead, one of the younger we should address it. do we need a more sustained players, will be desperate commitment to funding to book her place at this summer's for the longer term? yes, i think that is the world cup. she showed exact why a fair point to make. she is worth her spot we need to do more around this, with her second eye—catching goal we need the funding of the tournament. to do more about this — after the change of ends, they continue lionesses continued it's quite simple, really. we have seen the recent press to hunt for more goals. chioma ubogagu going closest, and comments that have been made. but they could not add it's no surprise that we have these to their 3—0 lead. challenges at the moment, not that it mattered.

the manner of england's performance with the current funding situation. in this match and throughout when people say that there the tournament underlines this is no real correlation between the reduction of police officer numbers team's coming of age. and the rise in violent crime, you enjoy moments like these. i mean, as a officer who leads a force grappling you don't get many moments with the rise of violent crime— in your life where you get does that ring true? your hands on a trophy. i think it's pretty it is my first as a manager, obvious, isn't it? my perspective has always been the first for some of these the same, i've said it before, younger players and we're i'll say it again — going to enjoy tonight. there is a direct the thing about lifting trophies correlation between the two. i need to go in now, thank you. is it raises expectations. but the more you get your hands on the silverware, the better you handle the pressure. a full, frank, open exchange of views is how he put it. we are waiting to see what comes out of cricket now, and england won the first t20 international that meeting. one of those views is against the west indies. that meeting. one of those views is that they need more funding, we had tom curran got four wickets from a set of wanting a little as the west indies set england 161 earlier, if this is to be treated as to win in st lucia. a national emergency, then they need emergency funding to go with it. and it wasjonny bairstow who was the star with the bat, that will allow them to pay for his 68 was his best in a t20 international as england won by four wickets. overtime and transferred forces. also, calls for more longer term that's all the sport for now. investment in policing. the other thing we have heard is that this is i'll have more for a complex problem, the cost for it

you in the next hour. are multilayered. they are calling for not just police are multilayered. they are calling for notjust police officers the ticket of this, it is a top priority we have some breaking news. the rescue we have some breaking news. the rescu e tea m we have some breaking news. the rescue team in pakistan which had for all police forces, but also, been trying to find the british leaders in government, education, mountaineer tom ballard and his community leaders, parents— everyone is to come together to address this italian climbing partner has called off the search after failing to find problem that his resulting in young any trace of the two of them. the people losing their lives. had been trying to reach the summit of the 8000 metre mountain and it is all the passengers and crew onboard a virgin flight from barbados now sadly assumed they are dead. the were put into quarantine after landing at gatwick after widespread sickness on board. around 30 people reported feeling rescue now sadly assumed they are dead. the rescu e tea m now sadly assumed they are dead. the rescue team had been scouring the unwell during the flight and were route they had taken. it is a taken for treatment on landing. virgin say the aircraft had been chartered by a cruise company notoriously dangerous mountain. they and was not a scheduled flight. we re notoriously dangerous mountain. they were using drones in the search but a spokeswoman suggested that the problem had not they had failed to find any trace of originated on the plane. they had failed to find any trace of let's get more on this developing story now — with our correspondent the men. it is thought that while richard lister, whojoins me now. what can you tell us? this plan on they were climbing this mountain they were climbing this mountain they were climbing this mountain they were hit by a huge avalanche the just before her past five this during the night. the sound of an morning at gatwick airport. it does avalanche was apparently heard by seem morning at gatwick airport. it does seem it was a plane chartered by a villagers miles away. and they have cruise company to bring their passengers back to the uk, if fairly been described as being amongst the

miscible end to holiday for a lot of people on that flight. the first we world's best climbers, extremely had about was a photograph treated talented and bold. you may also be by one of the passengers who said he aware that tom ballard is the son of had been stuck on a plane for 90 alison hargreaves, who died minutes, then they were all taking descending the summit of cate tuitt off for assessment. the south—east 1995, the same year she became the coast ambulance service has first woman to conquer mount everest confirmed that approximately 30 people went dealt with there by their crews. they say the actually unaided. sent a hazardous area response team last year, 285 people were stabbed to death in england and wales, to gatwick because they were unsure the highest number since records began and one in five people what was happening. they said people found carrying a knife, we re what was happening. they said people were complaining of feeling unwell were under the age of 18. and nauseous, but they say that most after two more teenagers lost their lives at the weekend, of the people they dealt with, they what more can be done to tackle the problem? steve barnabis ran a youth centre basically give them further advice in walthamstow which was used and set them home. two people were as a safe space by young people, sent on forfurther and set them home. two people were sent on for further checks at a hospital, but it does seem the here's his story. illness was not severe. virgin we had about 400 young people atla ntic illness was not severe. virgin atlantic who charted this plane to who used to visit on a weekly basis this cruise company said they will and it was a safe space conduct a full investigation into for them to go. what happened. it has been a year since the centre close and i am still getting contact now from parents asking where are we? what are we doing? millions of vulnerable people what projects are we running? could struggle to have easy access

are there places for to coins and notes as we move towards a cashless society. the use of cards has increased the young people to go? while a record number of cash machines and bank branches are closing, according to a new report. this is a road that was branded the "access to cash review" calls on the government to guarantee a few years ago, two years ago, people are able to access money as being one of the worst roads locally and ensure premises continue to accept it. our personal finance correspondent in the whole of the uk. simon gompertz has more. there were two killings, the crime rate was high. but for us it was where a lot we will bring you that a little bit of our young people came from. later. we are going to talk about with the cuts we are concerned with the most serious crimes the latest on workers' rights and what is happening with the that we might have to respond to, government on brexit. rather than the community projects and the community work that we need the government has set out measures to be involved in as well. it says will protect workers' rights in the uk the biggest thing that needs to be addressed after brexit — as theresa may seeks is investment in young people, support from labour mps people taking the time to pass her withdrawal deal. and having an interest the proposals include the promise of a vote on any in what is happening to young people. new protections introduced by the eu after britain leaves, to stay there are so many good things around aligned with the bloc‘s standards. the area and so many good projects trade unions have already dismissed the assurances that are no longer about. as "meaningless window dressing." let's get more on this from our assistant political editor, norman smith, who is in the houses there is no one fixed thing that

will solve this problem. of parliament this morning. two californian girls, each day, we are hearing of aged just eight and five, who spent almost two days different incentives to potentially in the wild before being try to win support of mps to theresa found, have been speaking for the first time may's agreement. tell us what is about their extraordinary survival. happening today. the package today the sisters were reunited with their families on sunday after a successful search is to try and reassure those labour and rescue operation. mps that once we leave the eu, charlotte simpson has more. britain is not going to have worse it was starting to drizzle, so i employment rights than other eu countries. so, there are too sort of knew we had to find shelter fast. top lines. one is a commitment by the government to ensure all finally back in their parents' arms, existing eu rights get transferred into uk law and a promise that dehydrated but safe and well. future eu employment legislation leia and caroline carrico wandered will be voted on in the commons. the into woods near their home in the small community hoping government is that may win of benbow on friday. over some labour mps to back mrs but the sisters lost their way, may's deal. this is business following a deer trail that took them far beyond a safety secretary, greg clark. marker their parents had told them not to pass. it's always been my view that with the referendum result, that was as close as it was, and with there being no party in parliament that has a majority, we forgot that no—one should pass that marker, that you should be constructive, but leia just wanted you should try and bring people together. a little more adventure. and, if, as happened here, you had

a practical and sensible suggestion, 44 hours later, a team of rescuers that actually came from a group found the girls huddled under a bush of labour mps — rather than put your fingers nearly one and a half miles in your ears and say, "well, just because it came from where they'd started. from people outside the government, we are not going to listen to it" — we found shelter, a tree branch quite the reverse. close to the ground. i think you should be looking and we had my sister's rain to build a consensus, and taking good ideas jacket to keep us warm. where they're found. and, that's what we are we turned it sideways so each of us had an arm hole doing here, and i think that is the right approach. that we stuck our arms into. aged just eight and five, leia and caroline used wilderness training they'd learned at youth club to help them survive, drinking water from leaves labour and the unions remain deeply and eating cereal bars they'd sceptical however. brought with them. they did the right thing. these proposals are flimsy, they do i mean, they might've wandered off, but they stuck together nothing to protect workers' rights and they pulled themselves through. after brexit. they are not the cast they saved each other. the local sheriff said iron guarantee that we need. that is it was a miracle the girls had been why we have been calling on the found, glad that for once this government, is not too late to write on those protections into the withdrawal agreement and promised was a story that had a happy ending. that workers' rights in britain will at least keep pace with those rights the use of facial recognition in europe for the future. technology is being trialled in prisons to help identify visitors

smuggling drugs and mobile phones to inmates. one of those labour mps are warming the system has already been put to use at one prison to the package and mrs may's labour in yorkshire whilst elsewhere, two other uk jails have been using biometric technology deal isjim fitzpatrick. what do you to identity documents say to the two unions who say this and scan irises. our home affairs correspondent, just doesn't go far enough?|j understand just doesn't go far enough?” understand that is the trade union point of view. to be honest, that is danny shaw reports. not a lot of trust on the labour benches for the conservative party on workers' rights. however, labour has no power to do anything at this using the latest technology in prisons to stop drugs being smuggled point in time, we are leaving the eu on march 29. the fact that the in. this is a demonstration by a government are coming forward with prison officer of an iris scanner. so assurances about no reduction in it was piloted in south yorkshire to workers' rights, the ability to check the identity of visitors. this track what's happening in europe, the ability for parliament to debate that, to have an amendable motion to is facial recognition technology, vote on — at least that gives us an trialled at humber prison. the opportunity to watch what is cameras could help spot people with happening in europe and ensure we fa ke can have a debate in parliament. cameras could help spot people with fake identities and flag those without that, we have nothing. will making repeat visits, bringing that mean that you will back mrs contraband in. some visitors at humber turned back in case they were may's deal? if so, how many other caught. they have seen the system, labour mps will do likewise? i've

they have seen that it is all a lwa ys labour mps will do likewise? i've always say, i'm opposed to no—deal. photographs and they have walked if it is her deal or no—deal, how away, they had not gone through. deal is much better than no do. we although the vast majority of prison are leaving on much 29 on no—deal visits are genuine, intelligence work has identified it as a key terms. on the balance of the skills, route for bringing drugs. ministers another straw may get a number of say the system could be the still be people thinking. from my point of view, i'm likely to back the deal, i solution. they are working in terms of identifying people who should not say that for some time. this is be visiting prisons and directing as another gesture towards people like a deterrent against those who me. the government obviously has to announce that this afternoon, so the shouldn't be visiting prisons. the evidence does point in that statement that be on about half past direction. if that continues to be one, we will be listening very the case as we go on, that is carefully a nd one, we will be listening very carefully and pressing the government to make sure that what something that we will seek more they are promise thing actually widely used. technology has also comes to fruition. thank you for joining us. some glimmers of hope been used to verify id documents. but reformers say it may miss the is, perhaps, for mrs may as we head point. they say highly trained staff towards that vote which looks and purposeful presence at the best way to cut drugs and violence. certainly to be on tuesday next in a moment we'll have all the business news, week, could be very fat tight but first the headlines on bbc news. indeed. some labour mps who mrs may the home secretary meets police chiefs to discuss knife crime, manages to back the deal could be as one of the country's most senior

officers warns it should be treated crucial. it is wednesday which means as a national emergency. around thirty passengers are quarantined at gatwick after feeling ill during a flight prime ministers questions at midday. from barbados we will bring you that live on bbc mps are promised a vote on any changes to workers' news. also, a statement from the rights after brexit, as theresa may seeks support business secretary after prime for her eu withdrawal deal. ministers questions. also coming up will be hearing for the singer r kelly who has denied i'm ben thompson allegations of sexual abuse on us in the business news. former nissan boss carlos ghosn has left prison injapan on bail, television. do stay with us for that more than three months after being arrested on charges of financial misconduct. and more on nugent life. right now, a tokyo court made the surprise decision to allow his release we are going to say goodbye to on tuesday, setting bail viewers on bbc two. have a lovely at junt under £7 million. afternoon, we will see you soon. there are reports that the uk government could cut trade tariffs on up to 90% of goods in the event millions of vulnerable people of a no—deal brexit. could struggle to have easy access some tariffs would be to coins and notes as we move scrapped completely, towards a cashless society. including those on car parts, the use of cards has increased and some agricultural produce. while a record number of cash machines and bank branches the government hasn't are closing, according confirmed the plans, to a new report. but says it will make the "access to cash review" calls an announcement once a decision had been finalised. on the government to guarantee people are able to access money

locally and ensure premises the system allowing people continue to accept it. to use cash in the uk our personal finance correspondent is at risk of "falling apart". a review suggests that rural shops simon gompertz has more. should offer cash—back and essential services, just outside ipswich — such as utility and council bills, should still allow a cashless pub. customers to pay in cash. you have to pay by it comes amid soaring use of card card or smartphone. payments and contactless services they save 15 hours a week like smartphone payments. not having to count the takings and drive them to the bank. we have greatly reduced the management time spent dealing with cashing up, also getting to the banks to get change good morning. we are going to get news from the food delivery service has been eradicated, just eat. food delivery servicejust eat has delivered a pretty healthy set of numbers to investors today. revenues were up 43% security issues, so we have no, to £779.5 million, and it reversed 2017's loss to report a profit or zero, theft from either staff and or robbers coming in 2018 of £80 million. in, and the insurance premiums are a lot lower. in ipswich itself, the company says it now there's still the opposite, expects its full—year revenues a pub which only takes cash, to come in at around £1.1 billion, with four million new customers and plenty of people who don't signing up to the service over want to do without it. the last year. i do window cleaning, so you're let's talk to nadia el hadery, dealing with a lot of cash. so i would say it would founder of food tech firm, yfood. definitely be a problem. perhaps maybe they are housebound nice to see you. let's talk about

and they need someone to get something, give them cash, because i don't think it is safe just eat. we are probably getting in these days to give your card out. used to the idea of being able to order what we want, when we wanted. it isa order what we want, when we wanted. it is a tough market. it has a lot of rivals? you are right, it is a we are already seeing that the cash infrastructure is showing signs of collapse. i don't think we have more competitive market. but food than a couple of years before something that's really important delivery is a competitive market to the uk, ourability to get cash and spend cash, globally. projections for that is in seriousjeopardy. this is about smoothing market say it will be a $365 billion the transition to a world with hardly any notes or coins. market. it is something we have been tracking for a while. just eat is the boot pub is showing the way. the only cash you see right in the middle of it in the uk. i think the competitive landscape in here is the tips. the uk is really interesting. we have this company which has come from a traditional market basque —— the headlines on bbc news: background. they are looking to the home secretary meets police connect those through marketplace with consumers. uber have come from chiefs to discuss knife crime — as one of the country's most senior a tech platform. looking at how they officers warns it should be treated as a national emergency around 30 passengers are quarantined at gatwick after feeling ill actually look at delivering and how during a flight from barbados. they make that work. they have moved mps are promised a vote on any changes to workers' into this food vertigo. and deliver

rights after brexit — as theresa may seeks support rue have been a first mover in the for her eu withdrawal deal.. uk, making the delivery and the in sport, the end of an for real marketplace at the same time. it is an interesting landscape and madrid as their reign as european competition for just eat. an interesting landscape and competition forjust eat. all of champions were ended by i at last these firms vying to change our night. there are 2—1 first leg lead behaviour. they are creating a new market we never really thought about before. just today uber‘s eats... was overturned in emphatic fashion as the dutch side claimed a stunning victory at ben about. total and i flew to the quarterfinals for the clearly a lot of competition. just first time since 2011 after winning eat has its work cut out? one that no i don't meant to clinch absolutely. the way consumers a 4—0 aggregate victory. harry came with the only goal on the night. interact with fruit is fundamentally changing. our expectations is we victory for england's women at this wa nt changing. our expectations is we want it all, we want it now and we she believes cup in the us, we will wa nt want it all, we want it now and we want somebody to get it to us. it may be we are looking at takeaway is see the lionesses travelled to for at home on our couch. we'll get to the first piece of silverware under phil neville. i'll be back with more and all stories at half past 11. the point we were walking down the street and you want in —— and ice slow ambulance response times cream, and you want somebody to to the most serious call outs bring it to you there. it is a major in rural areas in britain is putting lives at risk, a bbc growth in the food industry. and why investigation has found. not? this is all going to come down in some rural communities,

patients are waiting more than 20 minutes on average for help with cardiac arrests, seizures and major blood loss, despite national targets of six to eight minutes. to now... you have touched on some john owen has more. of the changes that might be coming. they have changed behaviour by creating the technology to allow us to do it. what is under their sleeve? dunne if wejust ambulance service, is the patient breathing? when dealing with high—priority to do it. what is under their emergencies in a place sleeve? dunne if we just focus on just eat, their strategy is really like rural herefordshire, the challenges can be considerable. interesting. they have started i liken it to playing a game of chess, really, in that you're constantly moving playing in this delivery space. they people around, trying to get to the patients in the quickest possible time. have made the acquisition of... i can't remember the name right now! a for the most serious emergencies — seconds count. figures obtained by the bbc show canadian company. they have been testing that out. they have had huge that, in rural communities, growth. now they are bringing the critically injured patients delivery system to the uk to see if or patients with life—threatening conditions like cardiac arrest wait they can make it work. they have also recently a recent acquisition an average of four minutes longer for an ambulance than patients in urban areas. in flight, because the hospitality industry has been struggling over time that could mean the last couple of years. increased the difference between a life competition, pressure on margins, saved and a life lost. insecure labour force, also of

problems. very operationally intensive. technology is a huge way to get some of these technology ambulances are supposed to attend the most serious category one emergencies in an average change to perform. but the real of seven minutes. and while in urban areas, reason they are not using it is ambulance services often outperform that target, the bbc‘s analysis found that because it is tricky for them in some rural areas the average wait because it is tricky for them because they don't have the time is over 20 minutes. expertise and skill set, it is also anthony marsh, chair of the association of tricky from a tech implementation ambulance chief executives, acknowledges that emergencies point of view. this flight in rural areas are sometimes harder to reach quickly. acquisition allows independent restau ra nt acquisition allows independent in those examples it is important restaurant and big chains to click to understand the excellent services straight into technology. that our control room staff deliver an exciting time. nadiya, thank you to provide pre—arrival for explaining. clearly lots of work advice while the ambulance still to be done. a lot of and while the paramedics are en route. ambulance services also point out regulation issues as well. things other methods that they use to reach like zero—hours contracts, flexible patients in rural areas quickly, hours and that sort of thing is. like community first—responders, in other news, the number of people starting volunteers who work to provide first a training programme has aid to emergency call—outs, fallen substantially under and partnering with police the government's new apprenticeship scheme, according to the national audit and fire services. office. the public spending watchdog said the government was "very unlikely" if you want to find out how to hit a 2020 target long it takes to respond to emergencies where you live — of three million new starts. please go to the health section on the bbc news website goldman sachs is relaxing its dress where you can find a postcode code, as the wall street giant moves

checker — bbc. co. uk/health. toward a more casual workplace. the investment bank announced the "firm—wide flexible dress code" the former boss of in an internal memo, nissan, carlos ghosn, has been released on bail. urging employees to use "good judgment" in their fashion choices. goldman sachs loosened the dress code for its tech division in 2017, in a bid to appeal to top talent. he had been held for more than 100 days — facing charges of financial misconduct. the bail was set yesterday i would welcome that here. and japan's iconic cartoon cat at a billion yen — hello kitty is to appear in her first hollywood film, that's $9 million dollars — 45 years after her creation. but his release was delayed after the prosecution appealed. sanrio, the firm behind counter—terror police the mouthless cat, is to make investigating three explosive devices sent to major transport hubs the move after five years of talks in london are warning workers to be about rights for the big screen. vigilant forfurther suspicious packages. she's been a big name around images of two of the packages have been circulated the world, spawning 50,000 branded to mail sorting offices products every year, and transport workers. the packages were found yesterday at heathrow airport, london city airport, and waterloo station. from pencil cases to bullet trains. the ali—sized white postal bags contained yellow bags which appeared capable of igniting a small fire when opened. the packages all had coming toa coming to a big screen near you irish postmarks. soon. that's all the business news. thank you. the left—wing campaign a teenager who is experiencing an early menopause

at the age ofjust 15, is one of the young people sharing their stories today as part group momentum — of bbc young reporter. the project works with 11—18 year olds, giving them training, new skills and careers advice. which backsjeremy corbyn — it also gives them the chance has been fined almost £17,000 to share their stories for multiple breaches of election law. through the bbc young reporter the electoral commission said competition. annabelle is one of the finalists the violations included the failure to declare all of its spending and donations during the 2017 general election. who shared her story. momentum has acknowledged it made "mistakes" saying it has put comprehensive systems and processes in place to avoid errors in the future. new satellite images of north korea suggest it is restoring a rocket wa nt want me to take the wires from you? launch site it had pledged pledged to dismantle iam want me to take the wires from you? — say analysts. i am annabel. i am 15 and i am the images were taken two days studying for my gcses. how was after talks between the leaders of the us and north korea ended science today? you did —— did all without them reaching a deal on denuclearisation. the tongchang—ri site has been used for satellite launches and engine testing, never for ballistic missile launches. the revision pay off? yeah. but i work to dismantle it began last year have had to do with other things apart from everyday life. i am but stopped as the us talks stalled. sweating. oh my god! even my arms more than £20 million was raised on crowdfunding sites last year for cancer treatment not are red. my chest. i got hot available on the nhs,

an investigation for the victoria derbyshire programme has found. flushes. they got worse. i was in my the amount has been rising sharply driven the growth of social media campaigns and an increase science class and i could feel my face going red and my teacher made a in overseas clinics. but there are fears from doctors and charities that the rise of crowdfunding can comment. automatically it struck me put families under even more that i could be going through pressure when they're menopause. when you look at up on at their most vulnerable. jim reed reports. the internet, they always give you when they seek you there is nothing the internet, they always give you the worst possible outcome. i was more you can do, you want to battle on, you want fight it. dave expecting that to mean by outcome. greenwood is opening up in stockport. this wedding business was —— to be my outcome. it was at that point i actually felt i could cry all his wife's idea. heidi died from about something i knew i had. i cancer in mind before we fell in, wrote down a lot about my feelings. leaving six children. when you hear the word tumour, you're thinking, and conveyed my feelings through how long has she got, what will we art. kind of let myself go to make do now? so, they took out loans, sure... ididn't raise money online and live to a art. kind of let myself go to make sure... i didn't expect my friends to understand. i felt like private clinic in germany. but sure... i didn't expect my friends to understand. ifelt like i didn't wa nt to to understand. ifelt like i didn't want to drop something on them and clinics like this at a very high weigh them down with a problem that price. a single stay here can caused was not theirs. the doctors would tens of tens of thousands of pounds, speak to me a lot about the and some families come not only scientific meanings of everything.

once, but time and time again. you it would be just a blur because they just think, where am i going to get are trying to explain to me what was that money from? it was like my happening inside my body. my ovaries fundraising fundraising, crowdfunding page. and, it wasjust have basically just happening inside my body. my ovaries have basicallyjust shut down. the ha rd crowdfunding page. and, it wasjust ta blets have basicallyjust shut down. the tablets i take on a daily basis, i hard work. it was raining. over the past year, over £20 million at the ta ke tablets i take on a daily basis, i take one, it is basically a complete rays on crowdfunding websites for natural form of oestrogen, cleansing treatment is not available take one, it is basically a complete naturalform of oestrogen, almost like a pause button where it keeps on the nhs. charity say it can be a everything normal, like a normal force for good but there are real concerns about the pressures can put girl. as soon as i miss a tablet or on families. it is a new option, but anything, the hot flushes comeback. when they told me that i couldn't we have found that some families feel like they had to do it, it have children, you don't really know feels like an obligation. if you haven't out there is— are you a good what to think because obviously pairing? that is a very, very there are so many decisions i difficult position to be in. many haven't even made yet. it hit my mum doctors also have concerns about expensive treatment abroad. this ha rd haven't even made yet. it hit my mum hard the fact that i couldn't have connects says a mix of clinical kids. it hit my dad as well. it will treatments and drugs not available be hard for them to realise that i'd on the nhs. it gives examples of patients who have lived longer than can't have children. it will be harder when i get olderfor that expected, but there is no way to can't have children. it will be compare it to the nhs as it does not harder when i get older for that to sink in. there is always going to be someone going through worse. i think

come published data. the clinic that was the main thing that made me get through because i didn't want to says:. helen is a daughter, jenna, sit there feeling sorry for myself when somebody could have been in was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. that same —— could been diagnosed she went to the same clinic with with something more serious. i tried money based in part by money raised by kate winslet. gemma made seven to think of myself as actually lucky. well, a number of young reporters are spending their day trips to germany but the cancer in our belfast news room returned and she died in october. and studios, where they are learning all about tv helen is very grateful for all the and radio production. let's head there now and talk donations, she thinks it did give to our correspondent aileen moynagh, her daughter more time, but she in our belfast studio. cannot be sure she did the right thing. i do think to myself, over to you. good afternoon. welcome something of a bucket list. spent the last few months of gemma's wife to bbc broadcasting house in belfast. today over 250 secondary with my daughter, happy and trying to make memories. but, it isn't what school pupils from 15 schools across it is, it's done now. for some, northern ireland are getting an opportunity to see what goes on in crowdfunding is a huge opportunity, but the impact, both financially and here in belfast. lots of people doing lots of different things. if emotionally, on families is you have ever been interested in telling the weather, just like impossible to measure. amelie, being filmed by sofia, or if

you have wondered about newsreaders and how they remember what they are the us singer, r kelly, has angrily saying, that comes on autocue. if denied allegations of sexual abuse during an interview on american television. you want to be behind the camera, speaking to the cbs host, you want to be behind the camera, you can have a go like the girls gayle king, the r and b star, whose here. they are filming i real name is robert sylvester kelly newsreaders. of course, the front of insisted he was not guilty of 10 charges of aggravated sexual abuse all news programmes. i am joined by against four alleged victims — three of whom were under—age. amy and lucy from portadown college. is this camera on me? yes, it's on. amy, what do you think of the bbc that's stupid! use your common sense. don't...forget the blogs, young reporter festival? we have forget how you feel about me. been doing it for a few years and it hate me if you want to, love me if you want, is was brilliant experience. do you butjust use your common sense. how stupid would it be for me to — wa nt to is was brilliant experience. do you want to stay within the industry?” with my crazy past and what i've been through — would love to do journalism and oh, right now ijust think i need to be a monster and hold reading the news has been a great experience. was more difficult or easier than you imagined? ema summer is more difficult. i didn't realise all the work that went into it. with me now is cbs news lucy, did you realise much went into correspondent laura podesta. remind us of the allegations. a news programme? last year we got an opportunity to make a mini prosecutors in the chicago have documentary and we got to interview charged kelly with ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse. there are tim wheeler. it is was great to have

four alleged victims, three of whom another opportunity. interviewing we re four alleged victims, three of whom were under age when in the crimes happen. kelly has pleaded not guilty tim wheeler is good, isn't it? yeah, but sources tell cbs news that federal and state authorities in at it was great fun. it improved our confidence. when you are sitting as least two states, new york and a member of the audience watching, illinois, are now investigating are the things you never realised kelly on a variety of charges. the what possible? you don't realise how last time doc you are serious, much work goes into the cameras and surviving are kelly, has reignited reading the autocue and how much what goes on more thanjust scrutiny of his alleged behaviour reading the autocue and how much what goes on more than just the people speaking. amy, where would when it aired injanuary. it the future bring you long—term? in featured interviews of seven front of the camera or the accusers and members of his inner circle who said that he preys on technology behind it? the big dream vulnerable women and young girls. would be to be in front of the that interview was quite extraordinary, what reaction has camera. that would be amazing. where there been to it? just a portion do you see yourself, bbc or may be aired last night, the fuel interview across the water in england?” is airing in about half an hour, so do you see yourself, bbc or may be across the water in england? i would like to go to england and get the we will get little reaction then. on big opportunities. i am interested twitter, the victim's attorney has in fashionjournalism. big opportunities. i am interested in fashion journalism. lucy, cameras, they are difficult part of already spoken out. he said that r thejob? cameras, they are difficult part of the job? definitely, i tried kelly's eye speaking out of fear and cameras, they are difficult part of the job? definitely, itried to operate one once. there are so many despair, because he knows that after different aspects you have to

concentrate on. would you encourage two decades of sexual abuse and underage goes that this thing has other people to get involved and see what goes on within the industry? been blown wide open. the attorney definitely because it opens eyes to also said that he has a video proof what goes on as to how much is put of kelly's sexual abuse which he has a return over to authorities in into one broadcast. you mentioned you did this last year. is the chicago. of everything a lot of school very much behind this? disbelief on twitter, people definitely. we always get the wondering why the singer—songwriter opportunity to come and we are invited back to do a range of would agree to sit down and do a tv different activities. amy and lucy interview when he is facing jail from portadown college, thank you time. what are the next steps in the for joining from portadown college, thank you forjoining us as part of the bbc young reporter festival, which is case? the next time kelly is in going on all day here in bbc court is at the end of this month, broadcasting house in belfast. i'm getting slightly worried that maybe march 22. essentially, taking the somebody will be looking from my job! case through the courts system. to thank you. it is a reminder of how remind you that this is not the first time kelly has been a threat lucky we are to be in this industry, ofa first time kelly has been a threat of a judge. back in 1998, he went on doing thesejobs. you can find stories by other young trial for child photography charges reporters throughout the day and he was acquitted. on the bbc and on the bbc young reporter website. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. it's wednesday. four minutes to

midday. prime minister's questions it has been a wet and blustery stuck due to start shortly. to the day, that rain will continue let's cross to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who is in in scotland. some who snow, which i the houses of parliament. what do you expect today? knife suspect will be welcome for the ski resorts, moving back into northern crime is most certainly going to be theissue crime is most certainly going to be ireland. we have some heavy showers the issue raised byjeremy corbyn. for england and wales. some hill and it is an area where a lot of people fund the mix then as well. will save mrs may's fingerprints are temperatures here at about 13—15 all over it because she was on secretary and took many of the decisions relating to cuts to police degrees, but earlier in the high north—west with temperatures between budgets, reduction in police numbers and of course those changes to 7-9. 39, the north—west with temperatures between 7—9. 39, the rain will continue, scotland's search. forjeremy corbyn edging back into north west england, it placed one of his key narratives, north wales, further south, some clearer skies. overnight namely the impact of austerity on temperatures no lower than 46 public services. i think the overwhelming likelihood is this week degrees. all of this rain will gradually made its way south—east, ewood park brexit and go on to knife with some brighter skies developing crime. so far we haven't really in the west of scotland, northern heard much from mrs may about that. she did a clip when she was down in ireland. again, there will be some who snow mixed in with all that, salisbury the other day but that was maximum tip pictures 7—11d, so much it. it will be interesting to see colour for england and wales compared to pictures 7—11d, so much whether mrs may comes to the house colour for england and wales of commons with a proposal, a pot of compared to the west of scotland, northern ireland. again, there will

be some money, and initiated, or whether she will hunker down and stick to her current position, which is you cannot draw a strict correlation between resources and levels of knife crime. thank you. all would be revealed in a few minutes. now, the weather. hello. it has been unsettled so far. we have had grey skies, menacing clouds, heavy showers and rain. the rain has been mostly across northern pa rt rain has been mostly across northern part of the uk this morning. they will —— it will continue into the afternoon. hill snow across scotland. rain eases away from northern ireland. you can seep in kent and wales, these showers are heavy. merging together to give longer spells of rain. a few bright spells but mostly tidy. temperatures 13 to 15 degrees in england and wales. chillier in scotland and northern ireland. tonight we will continue with showers, longer spells

of rain in northern ireland. clearer skies further south. temperatures at four to 6 degrees overnight. to read thursday it stays unsettled. blustery winds from the north. it will feel chillier tomorrow. heavy showers moving south and east. hill snow across some areas. a brighter skies towards the north and west. maximum temperatures seven to 11. you re watching bbc newsroom live. these are today s main stories:

the home secretary meets police chiefs to discuss knife crime — as one of the country's most senior officers warns it should be treated as a national emergency. it's an emergency, and it needs emergency funding. we need to have more officer hours on the streets. the european commission says the latest brexit talks with britain have been "difficult" and failed to yield any breathrough. theresa may will take prime minister's questions shortly in the house of commons — we'll bring you that live. the search for the british mountaineer, tom ballard, and his italian climbing partner is called off in pakistan — after failing to find any trace of the two men. around thirty passengers are quarantined at gatwick — after feeling ill during a flight from barbados.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'mjoanna i'm joanna gosling. prime minister's questions is getting underway in the house of commons — let's listen in. norman was saying just a few minutes ago thatjeremy corbyn will use his questions to question the prime minister about knife crime, knife crime very much on the agenda at some high—profile deaths as a result of stabbings, just over the last week or so. there are now calls for knife crime to be treated as a national emergency, some senior officers saying it should get the same sort of response as terror incidents. theresa may, in the comments she has made so far, has said there is not a link between austerity and rising crime on the streets. that is at odds with what others are saying.

let's cross to our assistant political editor, norman smith who is in the houses of parliament. so, norman, you are expecting knife crime to be the focus today? i think almost certainly because we have had that catalogue of calls from police officers saying money and resources is one of the big factors when it comes to rising levels of knife crime. not the only factor, but the only factor. number ten has slightly shifted away from mrs may's initial response when she suggested that there was no correlation. more now saying it is a complex situation and there are lots of different factors involved. politically, very difficult for mrs may because she was at the home secretary who oversaw the reduction in police numbers by 21,000, a significant reduction. also, the reduction in the police budget provided by central government, on top of that,

we had the changes to stop and search, one of mrs may's most distinctive policies. her conviction that it was actually damaging community relations because far too many black youngsters were being stopped by police. so, ithink many black youngsters were being stopped by police. so, i think knife crime will be at the issue. let's go to the chamber now. i'm reminded of the occasion when anotherformer i'm reminded of the occasion when another former australian prime minister visited this house. he watched by mr questions and he commented afterwards that however lively prime minister's questions was here, it was a vicarage tea party compared to australia. mr speaker, the death of anyone through an act of violence is an appalling tragedy. a growing number of young people have lost their lives in a cycle of mindless violence that has shocked us all. our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and families of all the victims. the

response ability for these crimes lies with the perpetrators of lump but we must all do more to assure that justice is served but we must all do more to assure thatjustice is served and tackle the root causes of this violence so that we can bring to an end and ensure the safety of our young people. mr speaker, iwill ensure the safety of our young people. mr speaker, i will be holding a summit in number ten in the coming days to bring together ministers, community leaders, agencies and others. i will also be speaking to the victims of these appalling crimes to listen to their stories and explore what we can do asa stories and explore what we can do as a whole society to tackle these problems. i'm sure the whole house will want tojoin problems. i'm sure the whole house will want to join me problems. i'm sure the whole house will want tojoin me in paying tribute to professor ward got back his creation of the war week manufacturing group was truly a pioneering in the academic industry. our thoughts are with his family and friends and i know he will be sorely missed. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues, in addition to my duties in his house, i'll have such further meetings

today. mr speaker, me i associate my self with the demise of the premise that i passed my condolences on to the families and loved ones of the victims of tragic crime this week. britain spent £27 billion bailing out of the banks and they have repaid is by closing down 3000 badges since 2016, including the the last branch in grain. they have also failed to compensate anything customers who have lost £2 billion in fraud. will shejoin me customers who have lost £2 billion in fraud. will she join me and customers who have lost £2 billion in fraud. will shejoin me and to meet with me so that we can force the banks to compensate victims of fraud, to compensate the abiding communities, and to prevent the banks closing the last branch in town? can i say to the right honourable gentleman that he talks about banks closing branches. of course, peoples behaviour in terms of their access to their finances changes, then banks respond to that,

they are commercial organisations, those are decisions that they take. he talks about the issue of compensation, an issue that has been raised across the house in the past. it isa raised across the house in the past. it is a matter that has been taking up it is a matter that has been taking up and be attacked by the financial services ombudsman. today sees the start of lent, traditionally a time of abstinence and giving things up. recently, it has become a season of doing something new and positive. will my right honourable friend i agree with me let do our national soul some good if we all took up with the government to leave the eu, with the government to leave the eu, with her good deal, and in an orderly fashion on the 29th of march? can i thank my honourable friend? he has put forward a very positive suggestion for merits of this house, during lent amount of it

with the government in a mean of her without. then, across this house, we will all be able to give up being a member of the eu on the 29th of march. jeremy corbyn. thank you, mr speaker. as the prime minister said, he was a champion of the car manufacturing in general and played a key role in saving jaguar land rover. but, crucially, ensuring that research is done in the uk and we thank him for everything that he did. tomorrow is international women's day and i'm delighted from our point of view the debate will be opened by my friend, the honourable member of the east, who is the daughter of a winterised generation. in that vein, can we congratulate the memberfor in that vein, can we congratulate the member for liverpool on giving birth to a sign at this morning? ——

a son. ijoin the premise that in sending our thoughts and prayers to the family of those that have lost young people. yousef makki and jodie we re young people. yousef makki and jodie were both 17—year—old, the ninth and tenth teenagers already murdered this year. 285 people were stabbed to death last year, the highest level ever. i welcome the fact that the premise minster has announced that cobra has been convened. but, what if the funding is being provided to address the root causes of both knife crime and the increasing levels of violent crime on the streets of all of our towns and cities? i'd like to join the right on gentleman and congratulating the honourable member for liverpool with a tea on the birth of her son, we are all pleased to hear that has gone well. can i also say on international women's day that i'm very pleased that today marks the launch of the book of his

honourable friend, the memberfor the to west, title might women who change politics. normal? . nota case can i also congratulate the england women's football team, who last night won the she believes cup, defeating japan in doing so. the right honourable gentleman has raised the question, specifically, of knife crime which i refer to in my opening comments. of course, any death of a young person is a terrible tragedy through an act of violence. we have seen that too many young lives, too many lives of promise and potential being cut short. response ability for these terrible crimes does lie with the perpetrators and we will always side with the victims to ensure that criminals are brought to justice. but we will only defeat the scourge of violence if we understand and

address its complex root causes. that does mean ensuring that all a nieces, including the police have the right resources and powers to do theirjobs. it the right resources and powers to do their jobs. it means the right resources and powers to do theirjobs. it means tackling the drug crime that is fuelling gang violence in our cities and exporting it across the country. it needs intervening at every stage to turn young people away from violence and thatis young people away from violence and that is exactly what the government are doing. mr speaker and many of us in this house will have sat in the living rooms of homes where young person has lost their life through knife crime. we will never forget that experience, that feeling of hopelessness and wasn't that of those families are going through. we owe is to those families and those young people have lost their life to do far more about knife crime, and ensuring there is sufficient resources for the police to deal with it. sara thornton said, we need much stronger leadership from government either needs to be more funding. they metropolitan police commissioner said yesterday, of course there are some link between

violent crime on a street and police numbers. 21,000 police officersjobs had been cut, violent crime is at the highest level since comparative records began. if there are sufficient police numbers, cannot the primers that please explain why yesterday the defence secretary was offering to send in the military to assist with knife crime? can i say to the right honourable gentleman, the post, commission of the metropolitan police has recognised the causes of knife crime is complex. she said that police alone or not this issue out. we can't arrest our way out of this problem. iagree, arrest our way out of this problem. i agree, that's why we need to tackle it across a number of fronts. we ask continue to enforce the laws on violent crime. that involves the offences with vince bill, where we have injuries they knife crime prevention orders. those were asked for by the police, and we are

introducing those orders. we are intervening early to reduce young people becoming involved in a life of crime. we have published a series crime strategy. we have also put 200 —— ourearly crime strategy. we have also put 200 —— our early intervention new front has already funded 29 projects working with police and crime commissioners. we do ensure that police have the right resources, £460 police have the right resources, £160 million more money available this year. nearly double that, nearly £1 billion extra next year. we also need to ensure that we are understanding the different use and misuse of drugs but is fuelling a lot of this crime. that is why my right honourable friend, the home secretary, set up review on drugs which will be led by dame carol black. the police clearly do not have the resources to do with it. neighbourhood teams are being cut, community police officers are being

cut. many areas as you know police officers at all, that is nobody to supervise these special orders of the prime minister is talking about. here are the words of former chief prosecutor of greater manchester. tragically, his 17—year—old relative was led to death in bennington. he said this matter when you just pose number by 21,000, that isn't on the intelligence anymore, there isn't the neighbourhood policing anymore. does the premise that now we get the cuts in police numbers? we'll shoot now undertake on the street review they will be restored at the level they will be restored at the level they were formerly out? to the right honourable gentleman, as i havejust indicated, we are putting more resources into the police. this year.. resources into the police. this year. .. it's no resources into the police. this year... it's no good, members on the opposition benches, standing up and saying no, you're not. it is a fight that more money is being put into

the police this year, more money is being put into the police that she had. the real question is not, i'll be putting more money in the police, because we are. the real question is, why do the labour party oppose that money going into the police? mr speaker, violent crime has doubled under the tory‘s watch. i had a letter from mike under the tory‘s watch. i had a letterfrom mike in gosport, where he says, the crime rate hasn't run out of control because there is no police presence —— has run out of control. adding that it is a very u nsafe town control. adding that it is a very unsafe town to live in. when a town such as gosport and others going to get the resources they need for the safer neighbourhood teams and local police they need to tackle rising violent and provide the intelligence from which arrays can be made against those that have committed these crimes? as we put more

resources available to police about are available to forces across the country including hampshire. can i also say to him that of course we'll look at the powers andrew horses that the police need. that's why we are not just putting that the police need. that's why we are notjust putting more record resources and but increasing the powers that the police have. we are introducing the knife crime prevention orders in the offensive weapons bill, that is an important step taken in. we take it because the police asked to do this. if the right honourable gentleman was the police to be able to do theirjobs on the streets, here answer the question, tell this has why it was that when we increase the police to deal with those who are carrying knives and put custodial sentences are not those caught carrying knives twice, the right honourable gentleman voted against it? client

went down when labour was in office. we increase the numbers of police officers and a safer neighbourhood teams. police officers are telling me that there is simply not enough of them to do the job. hampshire alone has lost 1000 police officers and theirfunding alone has lost 1000 police officers and their funding has alone has lost 1000 police officers and theirfunding has been cut alone has lost 1000 police officers and their funding has been cut by £70 million. does the premise that understand the scale of need here? the local government say there is a funding gap of £3.2 million this year, that is the bow in one year alone was the stronger towns fund is offering over seven years. the numbers of serious crimes committed by offenders on parole has risen by more than 50% since privatisation of the probation service was introduced four years ago. at least one company wrongly classified offenders as low risk in order to be government targets. does her government now accept that privatising the

probation service to profit—making companies has been a disaster, and it should be reversed, i should be brought back completely into the public service? what we want to do is ensure that when we are working in relation, looking at these issues of probation, that we are actually, genuinely reducing the level of reoffending, that is about rehabilitation. a method that looks ata rehabilitation. a method that looks at a variety of issues, home, looks at a variety of issues, home, looks at their employment, and looks at their relationship with their family. this is something that was not being done fully under the last labour government, that is why we saw a reoffending rate at such a high level, and it's why we must ta ke high level, and it's why we must take action. he keeps raising issues, i think what he's doing, i welcome the fact that he ate accepting the fact that dealing with serious violence actually requires us to act across a number of areas. for example, it is about the work

we're doing with young people, it's about supporting intervention, a&e departments in hospitals. we are expanding our support to charities which introduce youth violence intervention work in birmingham, nottingham, as well as london. we are supporting the £3.6 million national county lies coordination centre. injust national county lies coordination centre. in just two separate weeks of law enforcement action, we have seen more than 1000 arrests and 1300 individuals being safeguarded. we commend all those police officers and other agencies involved in that work. the government is getting them the support they need to do their job. mr speaker, the problem is that violent crime has doubled. the rise has been driven by austerity, something the prime minister told us a few month ago was over. cut to the

police, rising poverty, the police and home office recognise the link, evenif and home office recognise the link, even if the prime minister does not. the issues are wider, the private citation of the probation service has been a disaster. mental health services are on the probation services are on the probation service has been a disaster. mental health services are under resourced. youth and children's services are in crisis. more than 600 youth centres have been closed. 3500 youth workers have been closed. 3500 youth workers have lost their jobs. have been closed. 3500 youth workers have lost theirjobs. funding for colleges and schools has been cut, and exclusions are rising. the public services that were out there to support young people have been systematically stripped away, and eve ryo ne systematically stripped away, and everyone can see the consequences of that. can the prime minister not recognise there has to be a holistic response to this? you cannot keep communities safe on the cheap buy cuts and privatisation, you must

invest in all of our communities in every pa rt invest in all of our communities in every part of this country. something this government is incapable of doing. we put more money into local authorities, the right honourable gentleman voted against it. order! a very discordant noise from the opposition like the question is are being asked and broadly speaking head, the answer will be heard. the prime minister. mr speaker, we are putting more money into our schools... £2.6 billion over these two years. more money into our local authorities, £1.3 million next year. voted against by the right honourable gentleman in the labour party. more money into our police, nearly £1 billion next year, voted against by

the right honourable gentleman and the right honourable gentleman and the labour party. he stands here and talks about austerity. if he is not concerned about it, you would think you would want to make sure it could never ever happen again. let's remember why we had to take those measures, because of the state of the economy left by the labour party. but, what would his policies mean? higher borrowing, higher taxes, crashing our economy, less money for our public services — he would take us right back to austerity, square one. mr speaker, across the country, three holders and leaseholders are being ripped off by management companies charging excessive charges, often for services they do not require. many of these people are vulnerable pensioners and are trapped in properties with their as is

depreciating, thanks to the dominant involvement of first put and... can ias involvement of first put and... can i as the prime is therefore to reforms? firstly, brown rents for typical levels for retirement homes. secondly, it being in a charging schedule and automatic tendering process. so i'd always holders can bid with their own community interest companies to deliver services which they actually required? i recognise that this is an issue of real concern to many constituents. it's why we have committed to cutting down on those agents who abuse the system and protecting leaseholders and renters who are suffering at the hands of rogue agents every day, from expected because of poor quality refers at excessive fees. we are setting up a working group looking at professionalising property agents, but would exclude... how the charges are presented to consumers and putting them onto a statutory code for managing agents. i'm sure

my right honourable friend, the communities secretary, will have headyissues communities secretary, will have heady issues raised by my unrefined and we are happy to meet with him to discuss his father. dean mr speaker, toby mcdonald is 87 years old. she was brought up under nazi occupation in denmark. she has lived in scotla nd in denmark. she has lived in scotland for 59 years. why is she being forced to register in a country that she has called home for almost the last 60 years?” country that she has called home for almost the last 60 years? i say to the right honourable gentleman, we wa nt to the right honourable gentleman, we want to ensure that eu citizens living here are having their rights protected. we want to be able to ensure that they have the necessary support they need, and indeed, the recognition of their status here in the uk. if the right honourable gentleman is interested in defending and protecting the rights of eu citizens here in this country, and i

hope you will vote for the deal which does exactly that. mr speaker, what a disgrace. women who has lived here for only 60 years, and the prime that out of its third to stay here. mr speaker, she has children, she has grandchildren, she has married in scotland, she has friends here, she has built hot wife year, prime minister. why is the prime minister making. —— she has built her life here. will the primers the endless heartless policy? will the premise that tell all are eu citizens who have come to the uk to live and to work and love that the uk as their home without precondition? we have consistently said to eu citizens who have come here, who had been living here for

many years, and for others who come here and more recently— we recognise the contribution they have made to our society, we recognise the contribution they make to our economy, we want them to stay. that is why we put eu citizens' rights at the front of negotiations with the eu. it is why we have negotiate those rights in the withdrawal agreement. and, it is what this government has given a covering confirmation and guarantee that those rights will be protected even if we leave with no—deal. that is the right way to protect the interests of eu citizens here in the united kingdom. the right honourable gentleman should be recognising the commitment this government has given to all eu citizens in the united kingdom. this is their home, we want them to stay, and they can stay. mr

speaker, five years ago, one of my constituents's 14—year—old speaker, five years ago, one of my constituents's14—year—old son was brutally raped and murdered. the perpetrator is now serving a 25 year prison sentence. however, in recent months, the victims family, including his teenage sister, have received repeated, very distressing communications on snapchat, purporting to be from the perpetrator, graphically recounting the circumstances of the murder. the police have asked snapchat to provide the detail that would help them definitively identify who has been said these messages, for example, data about the device from which the messages were sent. but, stamped out is referred in the police to a mutual legal assistance treaty with the us and the police would have to go through a one year process to get this vital data for their investigation. does the premise that agree that this is com pletely premise that agree that this is completely unacceptable? does she

join me and calling on snapchat and other social media companies to prom ptly other social media companies to promptly cooperate with police enquiries, and if they do not do so, does she agree that legislation is required? can i say to my honourable friend, obviously, the case raises one of great concern. i know that members across the whole house will wa nt to members across the whole house will want tojoin members across the whole house will want to join me members across the whole house will want tojoin me and mejoin me in sending our senses sympathies to the family. i want to pay tribute to the motherfor her family. i want to pay tribute to the mother for her campaigning on family. i want to pay tribute to the motherfor her campaigning on the issue of internet grinning. i have been assured that the matter is being looked into, but i agree with him, we want social media companies to recognise the response ability that they have and to work with law enforcement agencies. i know my right honourable friend has written to hear more from the family. it has become increasingly difficult for uk

law enforcement to access data if the data containing information on threats is held in other counties. that is why the country recent visit legislate and trust pass the crime reduction act which will give law enforcement agencies the power to obtain electronic data from providers outside the uk, where an international team is in place. we expect to establish the first such agreement with the us. as i raised with the prime minsiter, concerned that governments have taken £6 billion out of the office since 2010 for stop the government now proposes to give back £50 million a year over seven to give back £50 million a year over seve n yea rs to give back £50 million a year over seven years through the stronger towns fund. at that rate of repayment, can the premise that tell the house by which sentry the money owed to the north—east will be repaid? as the right honourable gentleman those, we have been

investing in north england, transport in the north of england. we are investing in public services, the health service, the north—east will benefit from that as well. since 2010, in an office, over 35,000 small businesses more. over 18,000 affordable homes. and tens of thousands of children are at a good and outstanding schools in the north—east, showing that the hard work of this government is paying off and in the people of the north—east are benefiting. off and in the people of the north-east are benefiting. earlier this week, the owners of the westgate shopping centre terminated smart parking's contract after a disastrous nine months of operation. i've now discovered that company have shined a shared business agreement with the nhs. can i ask my right honourable friend out before any contracts are signed, that the department of health for the impact that practices of a smart parking would have on their users,

customers, clients and staff? he has raised an important issue. the secretary of state will be happy to meet him to discuss this further. there is a real risk we lose sight of the reasons why so many people voted to leave the european union in the first place. if we want to restore faith and trust we need to devolve more political making decision away from whitehall and closer to the people affected by those decisions. following on from the very constructive meeting that took place in north yorkshire with the communities and local government secretary and the yorkshire leaders on friday, can i ask the prime minister privately to engage with the substance on the one the yorkshire devolution deal with a view to reaching an agreement that will best serve the people of yorkshire? can i say to the honourable gentleman, i think he is a living example of devolution of powers from this whitehall to the

area through the mayoral team he is serving. on the issue of yorkshire devolution, we recognise that there is, we recognise the discussion and debate there has been. the one yorkshire proposals did not meet our pretorious devolution but my right honourable friend, the communities secretary, has met yorkshire leaders and discussions are continuing. the priority remains the implementation of the sheffield city deal which will bring £900 million of investment to the local area, which iam sure investment to the local area, which i am sure he will welcome. mr speaker, it was with profound sadness i saw my constituencyjoin the long list of areas across the country to have lost their precious young person to knife crime this week. the public do not want to see politicians throw blame at one another for these stolen lives, they wa nt to another for these stolen lives, they want to see them take responsibility, provide resources when resources are necessary and demonstrated a relentless and total commitment to snuffing out violent crime. i welcome the announcement of

an emergency summit. but what action will be prime minister be taking after that constantly to drive performance on these issues until we get the result the public rightly demand to keep children safe? can i say to my right honourable friend, asi say to my right honourable friend, as i did earlier, any death of a young person at the hands of violence is a terrible tragedy and i recognise that she says her constituency has become one of the latest exa m ples constituency has become one of the latest examples of a young life cut short far too early. what we are doing is bringing together ministers, local government, police and other agencies. this needs to be and other agencies. this needs to be a cross society approach in terms of dealing with this issue because it is not just about dealing with this issue because it is notjust about getting the perpetrators of the crime, it is about preventing the crime from taking place in the first place. that is one of the reasons why the comment will be launching a consultation on addressing this as a public health issue. there has been excellent work done under what was strathclyde police force, no police scotland, using the public health approach. what that does is it

ensures that all agencies, notjust a cross government but in other parts, local government and elsewhere, a rebel to be brought together to deal with this issue. what i wanted to do at the summit is here directly what further action government can take and put in place to deal with the issue. it is my daughter's 16th to deal with the issue. it is my daughter's16th birthday on the 29th of march. and it is her generation that would be most impacted by brexit. perhaps the prime minister could give her an early birthday present and delay brexit until she has informed the house as to the status of the police and nca investigations after vote leave and another group were found guilty of corrupt activities by the electoral commission. can i say simply to the honourable lady i think she has discussed the issue of delaying

brexit with me before. can i simply say to her that we gave this parliament, this parliament gave the people of the united kingdom the decision to stay or leave the european union. they choose to leave the european union. i think her trust in politics it is important that government delivers just that. mr speaker, you're right that the former australian prime minister malcolm turnbull is very welcome here today. as he said in a last night, if a state—sponsored adversary has enduring access to staff, software or hardware deployed into ed targett telecommunications network, then they only require the intent to act in order to conduct operations within the network. would the prime minister explain how chinese law obliges all chinese companies, what implications thereafter british comment policy? cani thereafter british comment policy? can i say to the honourable gentleman, we look at these issues

very seriously. as regards the issue of five g security, we are looking at the right approach we need to take. we want to benefit from that new technology but we need to manage the risks closely and we are considering a full range of policy options. our review is still ongoing and no decisions have been taken. no injanuary, and no decisions have been taken. no in january, 83% of and no decisions have been taken. no injanuary, 83% of scottish mps voted against the prime minister's deal. last night and historic vote took place in the welsh assembly and scottish parliament. both parliaments simultaneously rejecting the deal. isn't it the case the prime minister has no mandate from scotla nd prime minister has no mandate from scotland for either no deal or her deal? we entered the european union as the united kingdom. we will leave as the united kingdom. we will leave as the united kingdom. we will leave as the united kingdom. i also say to the honourable lady the snp has no mandate to continue to pursue independence from the scottish

people. order! order! calm! order! yes... order! order! difference of opinion is the essence of politics but there is an elaborate combination of finger wagging and head shaking going on, which may be personally therapeutic bodies institutionally disadvantageous. order! we all the honourable member for taunton deane a decent hearing. rebecca pow all. thank you. mr speaker, i am rebecca pow all. thank you. mr speaker, iam not rebecca pow all. thank you. mr speaker, i am not sure who is in charge of the washing machine in

your house, but were you aware that every time you or i put a load of washing on, 700,000 tiny micro fibres get washed down the drain and into the marine environment, causing u ntold into the marine environment, causing untold damage? the uk's 68 million washing machines... what are you doing about it?! the 68 million loads of washing done every week contribute 9.4 trillion microfibres to the environment. as many colleagues, including me, try to reduce plastics in a campaign masterminded by my friend for chelmsford, with the prime minister agree that this is a great time to address this issue and carry on the great record this government has?”

think by now the wash would have been completed! prime minister... thank you. mr speaker, can i say to my honourable friend she has raised, despite the laughter, she has raised a very important issue. can i thank for continuing to be a champion our environment. she did an enormous amount of work which led to the government ban on micro beads and she is now raising the issue of microfibres. members across this house are seeking to reduce their use of plastic during lent. i think it is incumbent on all of us to seek to reduce our use of plastic not just during lent bradford time to come. cani come. can i say is one of the aussie mps in this house, how much i share his appreciation for australian tennis players. my personal favourite was avon callee, such a brilliant inspiration to many of us growing up

in australia. —— yvonne cawley. the prime minister has been refusing to a nswer prime minister has been refusing to answer for prime minister has been refusing to answerfor a prime minister has been refusing to answer for a year now my question about the visit of aggregate iq to downing street. can i ask about the visit of alexander nix of cambridge analytica in december 2016? it was reported in the spectator‘s copy has blogged but not in official data. who did alexander nix meet in downing street? what was the purpose of the meeting? and most importantly, why was it not reported in the transparency data?” importantly, why was it not reported in the transparency data? i say to the honourable lady she has raised a specific issue with me which i will look into. she says we did not respond on the issue of aggregate iq, the ministerfor the constitution has written to the honourable lady about this and respond to her query. mr speaker, women's football is one of the fastest growing sport in the world.

and i hope you, mr speaker, and my right honourable friend, the prime minister, will welcome the £70 million investment cheshire fa is putting into developing a women's football training centre in winsford. can i invite the prime minister to come and open the facility and take part?” minister to come and open the facility and take part? i thank my honourable friend for her invitation. as i said earlier, i was pleased to congratulate the england women's football team and i'm sure the whole house will recognise the good work that has been done by cheshire fa. it is a very exciting project. i welcome the commitment they are putting into providing this world —class they are putting into providing this world—class facility in cheshire. cani world—class facility in cheshire. can ijust world—class facility in cheshire. can i just say world—class facility in cheshire. can ijust say i will look very closely at her invitation. it sounds very interesting but i can't commit my diary. we are leaving pmqs. if you want to carry on watching, you can watch it on bbc parliament, where coverage

continues for at least a few more minutes. just to bring you up—to—date with the headlines from that session. as expected, jeremy corbyn used his questions to press theresa may on knife crime and a link between a rise in violent crime and police resources. previously theresa may had said that there was not a link. today she said it is a cross society issue, it is not about police alone sorting the issue. she says we cannot arrest our way out of this problem. it needs to be about prevention. to that and the prime minister has said they would be a knife crime summit at number 10 in the coming days. javid has been holding talks with police chiefs this morning. as he left, he did say there is a link and the government has to listen to police.

iam i am deeply concerned by the rise in serious violence. sadly this was brought into focus by the murders that took place in london and manchester this weekend. we are working carefully with the police and other partners. we all agree that it requires action on many fronts. that includes law—enforcement. there is strong support for the offensive weapons bill in front of parliament now. it includes more work to help stop young people offending in the first place through early intervention. the money we have allocated to that, the record amount, £220 billion, has been strongly welcomed. it also means making sure police have vb sources they need. there has been a strong well, also for the most £1 billion extra for police funding in the coming year. it is said the rise in knife crime is linked to the fallen police numbers. the prime minister says it it isn't. who's right? ema police resources are important to deal with this. we have do everything we can to work with

the police to do this. we have to listen to them when they talk about resources . listen to them when they talk about resources. at the meeting we had today with police chiefs representing the seven largest forces, with the biggest increases in serious violence, they will also resources a re in serious violence, they will also resources are important. they welcome the £1 billion increase, the almost1 billion this year. i am listening to them and what more we can do. you think there is a link between that falling number?” can do. you think there is a link between that falling number? i have said for a long time we need to listen to the police. as well as early intervention, about having other government departments and public bodies played their part, it is important to make sure police a lwa ys is important to make sure police always have vb sources they need. that was part of the financial settle m e nt that was part of the financial settlement for this year, to make sure they can hire more officers. they have already announced more than 3000 new officers being hired across forces in england and wales this year. that is hugely welcome. i wa nt to this year. that is hugely welcome. i want to do everything i can to make sure police have the resources they need. you have asked, i in saying,

you have asked for more? has been pushed back from the prime minister or the chancellor for that call for extra resources to deal with that problem? i am listening to police officers. the purpose of the meeting today, which was very constructive and positive, was to hear what more can be done. there were discussions certainly around resources, around the search capacity, how you build more confidence to bear down on this serious violence. and where police are setting out a case and providing evidence for more recesses, i will listen to that. do police need more powers to stop and search, in particular being able to stop people without reasonable grounds?” particular being able to stop people without reasonable grounds? i think stop and search is a very valuable tool. some police forces have started in recent years making even more use of that. they have my full support. it is very important for the government, media specially, to give them more confidence to use stop and search. there was a

discussion today with the police about some changes potentially, the volu nta ry about some changes potentially, the voluntary code, allowing listening carefully to that. home secretary ‘s savage —— sajid javid. one of those meeting the home secretary was chair of the national police chiefs' council, sara thornton. she says they specifically discussed needing immediate investment to tackle the rise in violent crime. the meeting with the home secretary was really constructive and i think he was listening to the police chiefs. we talked about the need for more investment in policing now. we know what tactics were. we know what we can do to surge operational capacity to deal with these crimes. we haven't always got the capacity, we haven't always got the officers. we have agreed by the end of the week we will set out the scale of the investment required. we also talked about the fact this is an issue notjust for talked about the fact this is an issue not just for policing but some on the other departments, for education, health, from local authorities. we all agree the serious violence strategy is good but it needs concerted action across

government. do the police need more powers, stop and search powers? do they need to be changed? one of the things we did discuss with the home secretary is the use of section 60, which is when a senior officer can say ina which is when a senior officer can say in a certain area because there has been so much violence, people can be searched without reasonable grounds. we have some restrictions on the use of that power for several years. we discussed the benefit of moving —— removing those. most of the police were in favour of removing those restrictions so office rs removing those restrictions so officers are confident of using their powers, so they know they have their powers, so they know they have the support of the home secretary and the government to help reduce crime. do you think there is a link between rising knife crime and the falling numbers of police officers? what i have said is that there are fewer officers, therefore there is less policing going on and there is more crime. there is some sort of link. it is not the only thing that explains what is going on but it is pa rt of explains what is going on but it is part of the equation.

a 17 year old youth has appeared at manchester youth court accused of the murder of yousef makki in hale barns and possession of a bladed article. he'll appear at manchester crown court tomorrow and has been remanded in custody. makki, from burnage, died after being attacked in, hale barns, near altrincham, on saturday. all the passengers and crew onboard a virgin flight from barbados were put into quarantine after landing at gatwick, after widespread sickness on board. around 30 people reported feeling unwell during the flight and were taken for treatment on landing. virgin say the aircraft had been chartered by a cruise company and was not a scheduled flight. a spokeswoman suggested that the problem had not originated on the plane. we can talk to one of the passengers who was on the flight, phil brown, who's back home now in surrey. thank you forjoining us. what happened? not a lot. we were due to arrive at 5:20am. an hour and a half

before we were due to land there was an announcement to say some passengers have taken ill. they askedif passengers have taken ill. they asked if any other passengers were feeling unwell. when we landed we noticed that there was a lot of emergency service vehicles and ambulance, police, a fire engine. then they just advised ambulance, police, a fire engine. then theyjust advised that due to the number of people who were taken ill on the plane, we were not going to disembark. we had to wait for further announcements. did you see people ill around you? no. we were sitting in the upper class section and we didn't see anyone in our area who was ill. we heard about five members of the crew were taken ill. and two of the girls who were looking after us, we didn't see them for a few hours. we thought they we re for a few hours. we thought they were busy elsewhere but they were taken ill as well. we didn't see any

passengers ill. do you know what the symptoms work? there was a lot of confusion. we heard that some people had cougheds, sore throats. we heard some talk about vomiting and diarrhoea. there was also some skin irritation, in particular one crew member said she had a rash on her arm. but we didn't see any of those symptoms. there was a lot of coughing anyway. we didn't see anybody taking ill or having medical treatment in our area. was a bit unsettling, being stuck on a plane knowing that something strange was going on, people were showing symptoms, you didn't do what it was but you couldn't get off?” symptoms, you didn't do what it was but you couldn't get off? i guess, yes. a lot of the ambulance crew came on wearing face masks. that is a little unsettling. but i think their response was obviously proportionate. they didn't know

where the illness had materialised, whether it was on the plane or with passengers who had come off the cruise ship. what they did was proportionate to what we saw. obviously being british we had a laugh and a joke about it. but i wasn't particularly worried. i think what the aircrew and the ground crew did was probably right and appropriate for what they obviously didn't know what was going on, and they needed to take the right precautions. thank you very much. glad all is well. no problem. verdicts are coming in at worcester crown court for the trial of seven people has been taking place following an acid attack on a three—year—old boy in the city last summer. phil mackie is at worcester crown court. bring us up—to—date? seven people were charged with conspiracy to plot this attack which took place on july conspiracy to plot this attack which took place onjuly the 21st last summer at the home bargains stored

in the centre of the town, including the three—year—old's father. we have got verdicts from six of those defendants. all six have been found guilty. thejury has defendants. all six have been found guilty. the jury has yet to reach a verdict on the seventh defendant. the father, we cannot name for legal reasons, he has been convicted for his part in the plot, along with adam check, yann doody, norbert paul kerr, all originally from slovakia. and the other two men originally from afghanistan like the boy's father. they will be sentenced later. this is a case the prosecution allege came about because the boy's father and mother had split up. there was a custody battle. she had left him, taking the children and last summer, they were in the middle of a bitter custody dispute. the prosecution say that the father, using this wider group

of people, came up with a plot to discredit the mother by creating acid burns on the little child's arm and forehead. lastjuly, they followed the mum as she went on a shopping trip with notjust the three—year—old but her older son and older daughter as well, and the jury, during the trial, which is shown cctv footage, which shows them walking around the shop looking for a birthday present. her daughter was going to a party later that day. a man walked past the little boy and deliberately pointed a container with sulphuric acid solution in it, and sprayed the young boy. he was quite badly burned at the time. byrnes was left forearm, spread to his forehead. we believe he has made a full recovery as a result of the treatment. there was also some praise for staff in home bargains, who acted quickly to wash acid off.

that certainly helped, along with the paramedics who quickly responded to the 999 calls, which were also discussed in court. we have had a seven—week trial here at worcester crown court. and now we have got six of seven verdicts. six people, including the three—year—old's father, had been convicted of plotting this acid attack last summer. sentencing may well take place this afternoon. they are still deliberating on one final defendant. depending on what happens this afternoon, we may get to hear what happened with the six people convicted of the attack. phil mackie bringing us the latest from worcester crown court. today, thousands of 11 to 18 year olds across the uk will take part in the bbc‘s young reporter news day, providing them with the skills they need to understand the media and tell the stories that matter to them. jayne mccubbin went to meet 18—year—old rhys, from scotland who is overcoming a number

of challenges during his search for success. i'm rhys mccole, i'm an 18—year—old boxer from greenock in scotland. i was born with six disabilities and this meant that through my childhood i was always really unwell and i became quite shy. i've got asthma, holes in my heart, autism, dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, meares—irlen syndrome, and that's what makes me unique. my name's danny lee. i'm the head coach at the greenock boxing club. two punches. when rhys came in, he was quite shy. and again. i was always really unwell. in and out of the hospital six or seven times a year. we did tell him to never give up. now he's a true inspiration to all the kids. i feel amazing, i feel

so much more confident. so, this is my 2015 novice championship gold medal. the district youth championship gold medal. 2017 intermediate. campione! oh, and iforgot to mention, nicola sturgeon actually follows me on twitter. does he fancy himself? absolutely. 100%, yeah. i've known rhys since the beginning of secondary school. you can see the change that he's had, the great qualities that he is gained in these six years that we've known him. i'd never change him for the world. you'd never change it. rhys mccole, the man behind the legend. i would like to send a message that just because somebody is disabled, it doesn't mean you can't achieve something. always strive to achieve, and strive to be the best you can be. would it be cheesy to get you to kiss your muscles?

i think so. thanks very much. hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard. never give up. you can find stories by other young reporters throughout the day on the bbc and on the bbc young reporter website. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news. but first, a look at the weather. hello. it is that time of the year when the weather can throw almost everything and anything our way. that is really the case as we head through the day today. we have had some rain. quite a lot of cloud. blustery showers in the forecast as well. it is courtesy of an area of low pressure driving our weather at the moment. some weatherfronts producing the rain. through the morning and the afternoon and has

become confined to parts of scotland. over higher ground, snow over the hills, showers in western england and wales will track eastwards. generally it is quite windy but particularly around of those showers were we could have some hail and thunder. quite a contrast in the temperatures. double figures in the south but in scotland we are in mid single figures. a sign of things to come. as we head into this evening the area of low pressure m oves this evening the area of low pressure moves further east. the rain wrapped around it pushes back into pa rt of rain wrapped around it pushes back into part of northern ireland, north—west england. showers in the far south—west of england. clear spells towards the south and east of england. and it will not be cold because the winds will keep those temperatures above freezing. as we head into thursday, the area of low pressure d rifts head into thursday, the area of low pressure drifts further eastwards. that opens the gates too much cooler airto that opens the gates too much cooler air to pushing iannone north—westerly wind. that is a colder direction to be coming from. we have still got some rain and some

showers feeding into part of scotland, which could be wintry over the hills. even in the hills of north—east england it could be wintry at times. showers for eastern england. even into the midlands. we will all notice a difference in those temperatures. down on today. tonight it will be chilly. the winds drop out and we are expecting a widespread frost. temperatures close to if not below freezing. mist and fog first thing on friday morning for part of scotland. things start to settle down. but briefly because the next weather system starts to show its hand pushing into south—west england and wales, north—west england as well. and it will remain cool as we head through the day on friday. and in fact into the day on friday. and in fact into the weekend. there will be some rain at times. some bright intervals but also gales and the chance of hill snow.