good afternoon. authorities in ethiopia say there are no survivors after a passenger plane crashed with more than 150 people on board. the ethiopian airlines plane was carrying 149 passengers and eight crew. seven of those on board were british, along with more than 30 other nationalities. it crashed shortly after taking off from the capital addis ababa, en route to nairobi in kenya. it's not clear yet what caused the boeing 737 to come down. the plane had only started service a few months ago.

from nairobi, alistair leithead reports. ethiopian airlines flight 302 was due to arrive in the kenyan capital nairobi this morning. with149 passengers and eight crew on board. it took off from addis ababa at 8:35am local time. just six minutes later, it disappeared from the radar. it crashed near a town 37 miles from the airport. a search and rescue operation was launched, but it soon became clear there would be no survivors. the ethiopian prime minister's office put out a statement expressing its deepest condolences to the families of those who have lost loved ones. we need to make sure the relatives and friends who are meeting them at nairobi airport, who were supposed to meet them at nairobi airport this morning, are supported in the best way possible in this time of anxiety.

among the dead were people from 33 countries. a major international united nations convention is due to start in nairobi on monday and delegates were arriving today. some un staff died in the crash. seven british nationals are also among the dead. the aircraft was brand new. ethiopian airlines, africa's biggest operator, received its boeing boeing 737 max aircraft last june. the plane that crashed was only delivered in november, four months ago. it had flown up from south africa this morning. and it is the same type of aircraft bought by lion air that crashed off indonesia last october with a loss of 189 passengers and crew, also shortly after take—off. boeing said it was deeply saddened and that a technical team was ready to provide assistance. now all thoughts are with the families of those killed. and alastair is in

our nairobi bureau. what more is known about those on board the plane? 33 different nationalities were on board. we understand there were 32 canyons killed, 18 canadians, and as we said, three british people. there is a conference, the un environment convention assembly happening here and a suspicion that quite a lot of people on board the flight may have been coming for that which explains why there were so many different nationalities on board. tell us more about the plane and how much concern will there be this brand—new plane has crashed like this? there will be an investigation into what went wrong and why. this was an aircraft delivered in november. you can see the crash scene pictures that have just come in, how little is left of

the aircraft. witnesses told the bbc when they got there, there was a fireball, an intense flame, and nothing was left of the aircraft as you can see from the images. all focus will be on the cause of the crash now. thank you. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned conservative mps that they risk losing brexit altogether if they fail to back theresa may's deal in the commons on tuesday. he said there was "wind in the sails" of those trying to stop britain from leaving the eu and warned there would be devastating consequences for the conservative party if brexit does not happen. his comments come after leading brexiteers said delaying the uk's departure would do "incalcuable harm" to public trust in politics. our political correspondent jessica parker has this report. pa rt part of the congregation today, theresa may leaving her local sunday service. but this week she must

herself trying to herd a rather different crowd. one that so comprehensively rejected her brexit deal injanuary. the foreign secretary says those who wa nt to foreign secretary says those who want to stop brexit now have the wind in their sales and that voting down the agreement will only aid that cause. we are in perilous waters and people who want to make sure we deliver this result need to remember that if it fails, people are not going to afterward say it was this person's fault. they will say there was a party that promised to deliver brexit, we put them into number 10 to deliver brexit, we put them into number10 and to deliver brexit, we put them into number 10 and they failed and the consequences for us as a number 10 and they failed and the consequences for us as a party would be devastating. all eyes on what concessions the government can win from brussels on the backstop, the arrangements for keeping the irish border open. but no sign yet of a

breakthrough and among those waiting for the outcome, this former brexit secretary who is far from convinced by the deal but is certain brexit must happen or else. britain will get its trump moment. what happened is the british people who voted for this and those who did not vote for it but think it should be carried through because they believe in democracy, will see a government, parliament walking away from a question they themselves put to the people. it is a high week ahead and on tuesday that commons is expected to vote on theresa may's brexit deal. if she loses, on wednesday mps will be asked if they want to leave without a deal and if they don't, it is anticipated on thursday they will be asked to extend article 50. labour does not want the withdrawal agreement or a labour does not want the withdrawal agreement 01’ a no labour does not want the withdrawal agreement or a no deal but say any extension must serve a purpose. how long do you want? as long as necessary and i think we could agree

labour's deal within weeks, the european union has looked positively on that. in all the discussions we have had, they see it as the foundation of a proper negotiation and that is what the prime minister should have done two years ago. two days to go before the big vote in westminster, 19 days until the uk is due to leave the eu. it has long been said things could go down to the wire, and they have. the family of a 23—year—old british woman missing in guatemala say they're "desperately worried" for her safety. catherine shaw, from witney in oxfordshire was last seen on march 11th in the lake atitlan area of the country. her parents said her disappearance was of "great concern". a foreign office spokeswoman confirmed it was supporting the family of a british woman and were "in contact with the local authorities". a man has been arrested after attacking an aston villa football player on the pitch

during their match against local rivals birmingham city. it happened shortly after kick off when the man ran after midfielderjack grealish. the man was led off by stewards and the aston villa captain was able to continue playing. two more british women who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group are reported to have been stripped of their uk citizenship. reema and zara iqbal, who are sisters, left their home in east london in 2013 after marrying is fighters and are now living in detention camps in syria with their children. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has this report. the latest scenes in syria as families flee the chaos. as the self—styled islamic state's last stronghold collapses, the humanitarian crisis deepens and some of those seeking sanctuary are foreign—born women who supported is. an increasingly difficult legal question, should they be allowed

home or kept out for good? the bbc has learned more of the women who went to syria have been stripped of citizenship. what do we know about the women? they are called reema iqbal and zara iqbal, from east london, and left for syria in 2013 and between them have five children. the former home secretary and the road to deprive them of her citizen —— their citizenship in her last year of power. their children were born british, like shamima begum. lawyers of charities argue that whatever the wrongs of parents, the children have rights to the uk must protect. today a minister defended the decision not to rescue the baby of shamima begum who died. this is a war zone. the mother chose tojoin of shamima begum who died. this is a war zone. the mother chose to join a terrorist organisation and we have to think about the safety of the british officials that i would send into that war zone. 104 people lost

their citizenship in 2017 and on these decisions, the result of what to do with their children, a legal minefield that could end up in the courts. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:05pm. bye for now. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel with me, ben brown. sir cliff richard has joined a campaign demanding legal anonymity for anyone suspected of committing a sexual offence, until they're charged. the singer was named after he was accused of an offence, but never arrested or charged. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani has this report. vindicated by the high court, sir cliff richard after he won his

landmark privacy battle against the bbc last year. it's going to take me a little time to get over the whole emotional factor, and so i hope you'll forgive me. the bbc broadcast a police search of his surrey home after being falsely accused of a sexual offence. a seniorjudge said it was a serious breach of his privacy and should never have been broadcast. now he isjoining a growing campaign to protect the anonymity of some people facing police investigation. the singer says the media's reporting of the false allegations he faced was the worst thing that had happened to him in his entire life. a stigma that's been almost impossible to eradicate. and that has led him to believe only a new law can protect others from the same misery. the campaign joined by sir cliff calls for a simple change in the law. a legal guarantee of anonymity for anyone under investigation for a sexual offence, that would prevent media reporting, unless and until the individual is charged. today, the campaign's leaders

welcomed sir cliff's decision tojoin them. we have a number of areas that we wish to change in respect of law reform. the primary one that we want to change is that a suspect is not named until charged. apart from anything else, that would create balance, because the complainant has anonymity, why shouldn't the person who is facing an allegation? and the allegation being publicised out there is there forever — and mud sticks. sir cliff's case is the most high profile, but the question of privacy for people who haven't been charged with a crime has been increasingly debated. the radio presenter paul gambaccini, also part of the campaign, secured a pay—out from prosecutors over unfounded allegations of historical sex offences. and most recently, a couple from sussex were named in the media after being arrested over the disruption of gatwick by a drone — something they were innocent of.

ministers have refused anonymity for suspects, saying it infringes on freedom of the press, but sir cliff and the campaign hope they can force reform on the specific issue of sexual offences. dominic casciani, bbc news. earlier i spoke to daniel janner, who we heard from briefly in that report. he is the co—founder of the pressure group fair and told me why he is calling for this change. we are campaigning to introduce furnace to introduce fairness into the criminaljustice system. at the moment the balance is tilted the wrong way. all the so—called victims are believed where they should be called complainants. we need to shut down the obscenity of the searcher resortjust like with sir cliff richard and in relation to, i'm afraid,

because this is what follows on, ambulance chasing solicitors with false compensation claims. there are many other areas we wish to see rebalancing and that is a very good start. the police would say it is helpful to name suspects because it means other victims, alleged victims, might come forward, what would you say to that argument? of course, that is right but a balance has to be struck. mud sticks, particularly in relation to sexual offences. i have seen this in relation to my own late father who died an innocent man, where false compensation claims followed. to deal with the fairness and get the balance, the best way of handling it is to provide anonymity until charge. thereafter, other names can come forward. thereafter, if there are other people making allegations, the police should and of course must properly investigate them. there is provision for a second trial, as we saw in relation to rolf harris.

we are not shutting them out, what we want to do is to make sure the appalling situation we saw with cliff richard and others, indeed everybody in this situation, it is notjust about celebrities, that they have protection. that is why we are campaigning and why we are delighted to have sir cliff on board. some people would say the balance should be in favour the victims? there has to be fairness. of course, where allegations are made, they must be properly investigated and perpetrators must be properly investigated and properly sentenced. the problem at the moment is, the law is unbalanced and needs to be adjusted to ensure the sort of horror sir cliff richard faced,

paul gambaccini, leon britton, edward heath, my late father, never happens again. you are saying the law should be changed for people who have committed sex offences, it should be put different category? i do that, because the complainants in sexual offences gets anonymity for life. where source for the goose should be sauce for the gander and that is when fairness comes in and that is the aim of ourcampaign. imagine having a seriously ill child, but being wrongly accused of exaggerating or causing their condition. some parents have been speaking to the bbc about the trauma of being suspected of a rare form of abuse called fabricated induced illness, previously known as munchausens syndrome by proxy. they say they've unfairly been put at risk of having their children taken away. adrian goldberg, the presenter of five live investigates, has been looking at the issue. i spoke to him earlier and he started by explaing what fabricated induced illness is.

it is about a situation where a pa rent it is about a situation where a parent might make up a symptom for a child, or make their child ill. a pa rent child, or make their child ill. a parent might do that to get extra support from social services and to get certain, additional benefits or they might do it to get some kind of recognition for themselves. but in all cases it is about exaggerating or making up your child's symptoms. tell us what your investigation has discovered. many parents have come forward saying they believe they have been wrongly accused of fii. we have spoken to social workers and leading paediatricians have said the child comes first and if we have suspicions that this has been

exaggerated for whatever reasons, we have a duty to that child. but many parents coming forward saying they have been wrongly accused and instead of identifying what is wrong with their child, who may be on the autistic spectrum, it is they, the parents who are put in the dock and been threatened with having their children taken away. the headlines on bbc news: ethiopian airlines says there are no survivors after one of its passener planes crashed shortly after taking off from addis ababa on its way to the kenyan capital, nairobi. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned mps that if they get crucial votes wrong this week they risk losing brexit. two more british women living in detention camps in syria, with five children between them, are reported to have been stripped of their uk citizenship. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. good afternoon. west midland police have arrested a man after an incident involving aston villa captainjack grealish

at st andrews. the game was stopped briefly as a fan jumped out of the crowd and appeared to aim a punch at the villa captain. the person in question was led away by stewards and police and grealish was ok and able to continue. the score is goalless into the second half. liverpool are hoping to close the gap on premier league leaders manchester city to just one point, as they host burnley in a midday kick off. the opening goal went to burnley, with ashley westwood scoring direct from a corner with liverpool goalkeeper alisson furious not to be given a free—kick. roberto firmino equalised before some sloppy burnley play allowed sadio mane to put liverpool 2—1 ahead. follow the second half on the bbc sport website and app. later this afternoon, focus will move to the race for a top fourfinish. chelsea host wolves at stamford bridge hoping to keep up the pressure on the top four before manchester united in fourth,

visit arsenal who are just one place below them. many have praised the positivity united's interim manager ole gunnar solksjaer has brought back to the club since his return in december. he says that's "just who he is." i don't know any other way to approach things. because every single time i have been injured, when i have played, you have to look at what opportunities does this give you? when players are injured that gives me a great opportunity to plate the likes of scott, fred, andreas. it was hard to leave players out. they have all played fantastic. now that gave me the perfect chance to see them. you can hear commentary of arsenal against manchester united and before

that chelsea v wolves on radio five live from o'clock this afternoon. ireland host france in the final men's six nations match of the weekend. ireland still entertain outside hopes of retaining their title after beating scotland and the italy. today's game will be ireland head coach joe schmidt's final six nations game in charge at the aviva stadium after five years at the helm. they've only lost once in his 15 games in dublin. britain's sam bird has won the hong kong formula e eprix. but the victory could still be taken away from him. bird is currently being investigated after colliding with the leader andre lotterer on the final lap, who then suffered a punctured tyre and crashed out. bird said it's "a shame" the race ended that way. sir mo farah has won the big half for the second year in a row in london. farah completed the half—marathon course between tower bridge and the cutty sark in greenwich in one hour, 1:1:14. he finished just ahead of belgium's bashir abdi and 2017 london marathon winner, daniel wanjiru of kenya.

afterwards farah suggested he could return to the track at september's world championships. yes, it's possible, it's possible. after the marathon we will make a decision about what i want to do. deep down, i do miss the track. what about it is that you miss? i don't know, ijust look at my fellow athletes and i get excited. and britain's charlotte purdue defended her title in the women's race — she crossed the line in a time of 1:10:36. steph twell, who led the race most of the way, finished just under a minute after purdue. world number one novak djokovic is through to the third round at indian wells after a straight sets win over bjorn fratangelo. it was djokovic's first match since winning the australian open injanuary, and the win was his 50th at the tournament —

his highest total at any atp masters 1000 event. and there was a nice moment at the end when ran over to shake hands with tennis legend pete sampras. djokovic said seeing the american was "a thrill". that's all the sport for now. hen harriers, which are rare birds of prey, are being deliberately ta rgetted and killed, according to the rspb. in the most recent case in wiltshire one of the birds, which was being tracked by a satellite tag, has vanished and is presumed dead. police are investigating, and there are concerns over a government plan to introduce more hen harriers into the wild, as andrew plant reports. out on the hunt for a bird of prey. teams have been searching this wiltshire countryside. it is where vulcan, a rare hen harrier, satellite tag suddenly stopped responding. but both the bird and its tag have disappeared. sadly, suspicious occasion.

so that tag just one day stopped working? stopped working — so the tag was in very good health, and it's being investigated by wiltshire police as a very suspicious case. hen harriers almost died out in england. now, just a handful are born every year. conservationists tag the strongest ones. of 34 chicks in 2018, they tagged 11. six have now vanished, tags included — deliberately shot, say the rspb. so the question is, why would anyone want to kill one? well, that's a difficult question to answer, because this is a blatant criminal act. they are a highly protected bird. but that is what you think is happening, that people are deliberately... that is what we know to be the case. there have been convictions. unfortunately, there has been a pattern of birds of prey going missing in the area, and there is intense shooting. there has long been a plan to introduce more hen harriers back into england. the experts say that the environment can support a lot more breeding pairs.

but, because of what has been happening to those tagged birds over the past few years, the rspb now say that plan should be put on hold. absolutely. all the research tells us that the environment in england can support hundreds of hen harriers, and yet we only have 34 chicks. and the one limiting factor, let's make no mistake about this, is illegal persecution. there is an estimated 575 pairs left in the wild, most in scotland. the rspb say, until the birds can be properly protected, they will continue to vanish into thin air. andrew plant, bbc news. if you re a keen gardener you may amongst your plants. this year the warmer weather has seen insects more commonly found abroad turning up in our gardens. for the first time the southern green shield bug, which attacks fruit and vegetables, has made the royal horticultural society's list of top ten pests and diseases.

melanie abbott from bbc radio 4 s you and yours programme reports. this little thing might look pretty harmless, but the box tree caterpillar is top of the garden pest list for the third year running. this time—lapse film shows the damage they can do to the box hedge in just one day. they are at home with the unseasonably warm weather we've had lately, and in hotter climates they have really taken hold. there have been great problems in london and the surrounds and it's beginning to spread. i've seen pictures in parts of france where box caterpillars are native on the hillside, and entire hillsides have been stripped, there are huge numbers of moths that come down to the villages and towns into the summer months and it becomes impossible to eat

out of doors. so we're coming into the box alternatives garden. this area shows there are viable alternatives that the caterpillars won't eat, and they can be shaped and pruned in the same way as a box hedge. this chap has made its way into the top ten for the first time ever, it's the southern green shield bug. this one is preserved, but come august, you might find them in your garden. they do prefer more southerly climes, but it is becoming established here in the uk. slightly bigger than the native green shield bug, the advice is to hand—pick them off. laborious, but it avoids pesticides. it's not just heat that's causing problems. it's got honey fungus in its roots. honey fungus has topped the list of diseases. it thrives in damp weather, if dry conditions follow like we saw last year, roots will struggle to get water. it's rotting it right away. this is, you know, it will have killed the tree by preventing it from taking the water up from the soil. and now even after death,

it's carrying on rotting into that wood and using it as a food source. once it's taken hold, unfortunately there's not much you can do about it. gardeners do need to think about protecting and preparing the soil for dry weather. the royal horticultural society has just employed the uk's first garden water scientist. if you are planting in your garden, then mulch, organic mulch over the top of your soil will actually help the roots to stay cool and it avoids the soil losing quite so much moisture from evaporation. the drier weather has kept some problems at bay, like the disease leaf spot. and who knows, if it continues, plants like these might one day thrive notjust in the greenhouse in wisley gardens but in our back gardens. melanie abbot, bbc news, wisley in surrey. time for a look at the weather with alina.

almost four seasons in one day. we have hail, snow, torrential rain and strong winds. this was the scene in staffordshi re strong winds. this was the scene in staffordshire this morning. snow across scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and wales and damaging winds. we have had a large swathes of reports of trees coming down across england and wales and more wintry showers and strong winds this afternoon. travel conditions could be tricky so keep up conditions could be tricky so keep up today with your bbc local radio. pilsner declare this afternoon and snow piling into parts of scotland, the far north of england and northern ireland. blustery showers because we have the strong winds 40 to 50 mile an hour gusts and locally even higherfor coasts to 50 mile an hour gusts and locally even higher for coasts and to 50 mile an hour gusts and locally even higherfor coasts and colder airdigging in across even higherfor coasts and colder air digging in across parts of the uk. add on the strength of the wind it will be bitterly cold. showers

overnight and sleet and snow, mainly overnight and sleet and snow, mainly over the higher ground of scotland and northern england. could be hail and northern england. could be hail and the rumble of thunder and clearer skies the further south and east you are. temperature is getting close to freezing. the winds will slowly lose some of the strength but not as windy tomorrow because we have this high pressure building from the south—west. it doesn't last for long because this is our next system making its presence felt in the afternoon. wintry showers around tomorrow morning for parts of scotland, northern england and northern ireland. they will fade and spells of sunshine so not too bad a day before the cloud increases across northern ireland on the western islands. when strengthening as well. temperatures tomorrow between eight and 11 celsius. as we go into tuesday, this deepening area of low pressure will put an atlantic front eastwards bringing hill snow across parts of scotland, the far north of england and further heavy rain and also strong winds. we start tuesday on a blustery and wet note. the rain will be easing their way

southwards during the day and behind