good morning. yesterday we saw some you're watching bbc news at 9 places. 50 mph, even over in some places. showers towards the evening sunshine. it was the quietest day with me, annita mcveigh. rush—hour. top temperatures between the headlines: eight and 10 celsius, but they are theresa may urges mps to back her largely academic. we have a met office weather brexit deal in today's vote, largely academic. we have a met 0ffice weather warning for strong this week, weather—wise. later in winds until around 3pm tomorrow, after she secured what she calls ‘legally binding' changes to it, following last—minute the week we will see gales, severe talks with the eu. thatis mps were clear that legal changes winds until around 3pm tomorrow, were needed to the backstop. that is due to storm gareth. 45 to today, we have secured potentially 55 mph. a very windy night, showers into the morning. legal changes. some strong gusts of wind tomorrow, wales and heavy rain, especially through the morning. disruption is now is the time to come together, likely to travel. this is the sunny spells and showers. satellite picture through the morning, you can see the vast expanse of storm gareth. there is to back this improved brexit deal. i will be back atjust after 9am, the centre of the storm, spiralling around the area of low pressure —— but now here is louise in salford severe gales and heavy rain. heavy labour in the cis little has changed when spreading to the south—east of and diane in westminster. amid mounting calls for the attorney general to appear before mps to england, winds strengthening through the afternoon and evening. still very windy this morning, gusts answer detailed questions about this widely about 40 or 50 mph across the uk. within this area of rain, you theresa may says she's secured deal. jean-claude juncker says this legally binding changes will notice the green line, the to her brexit deal ahead of a vote clarifies and complements the deal in the commons later today. light convection. as it moved but does not change it and if mps south—east, there will be a short speaking after last minute talks in strasbourg period where the winds really pick voted down tonight there will be the prime minister said they included assurances from the european union up period where the winds really pick up and there will be really intense on the controversial irish backstop. labour says it contains nothing

new but the brexit minister says rainfall. as that clears to the the differences are significant. south—east there will be sunshine, showers into the north and west, hill snow, thunderstorms with hail, maximum temperatures of five to 9 i think what has changed very materially is the fact that we have degrees, quite an unpleasant day. winds picking up further across three things now, which we didn't northern ireland this afternoon. have two days ago related to the gusts of 70 to 80 mph likely to backstop. we have this what's called cause disruption. into central and a joint interpretive instrument between the eu and uk saying the southern scotland and england and backstop broadly should not be wales tonight, the winds are picking up wales tonight, the winds are picking up to about 50 to 60 mph. keeping permanent. we have a unilateral declaration on part of the uk which means essentially we can say, we those strong winds throughout wa nt to means essentially we can say, we want to end the backstop. thirdly, wednesday, more travel disruption we are taking very seriously the likely for the strong winds. sunny alternative arrangements that the spells and showers through brady amendment mentioned at the end wednesday, maximum temperatures of around ten to 12 degrees. into of january, the amendment brady amendment mentioned at the end ofjanuary, the amendment that passed through the house of commons thursday, we still have some strong saying we had to look at alternative winds, the isobars are close arrangements. that was tory mp quasi—karting talking to louise together. another weather system earlier on breakfast. —— kwasi moves through during thursday, more kwarteng. wet and windy conditions. rain moves towards the south—east. gusts could well, let's hear now from our be up to 50 or 55 mph during

ireland correspondent chris page, who can tell us what the reaction is there this morning. thursday, especially for northern i want to ask how the dup might react to this. it seems like everybody is waiting for attorney ireland, wales, the midlands and the south—east. maximum temperatures where you get sunshine across northern parts are about ten to 14 celsius. staying general geoffrey cox to speak as well. we have also heard from irish very, very unsettled this week, the prime minister leo varadkar recently who has been giving a press conference in dublin and he has said wind is likely to cause problems. worth staying tuned to the forecast. that was agreed last night between goodbye. the eu and uk should put to bed the doubts and fears that the eu is trying to trap the uk indefinitely, permanently, in a backstop. he said the outcome of the meeting between theresa may and the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker was positive, and he also said it's important that from ireland's point of view, none of the new documents undermine the backstop. leo varadkar saying that basically ireland has achieved what it hoped to achieve from the last few weeks, providing guarantees and reassurances, as he has called them

about the nature of the backstop, that it about the nature of the backstop, thatitis about the nature of the backstop, that it is not the intention of the eu to keep britain in the backstop for as long as possible. he said the documents are now legally unambiguous about that. so he hopes that will be enough to get the deal through the house of commons tonight. whether or not that happens will depend on large part of the biggest party in northern ireland, the regs are tears, they have said they wanted the backstop to go but at least they wanted a new deal that was at least on a par with the withdrawal agreement that would render the backstop in effect, whether or not these documents have been released in strasbourg will convince them remains to be seen. the dup are hedging their bets, not saying much right now but they say they will go through the new documents line by line and scrutinise them in detail to see if it meets what they want. just to come back to you on the issue, the words of leo varadkar will go down

well with the prime minister but it seems many people waiting to see how the dup ss things, and also we mentioned the words of geoffrey cox, the attorney general and whether his legal assessment of what theresa may and jean—claude juncker talked about in strasbourg last night, those state m e nts in strasbourg last night, those statements from the dup and attorney general might be crucial in swaying mps in the next few hours. that's right. i think the attorney general‘s verdict will be crucial as to what the dup will decide. it's pretty inconceivable the dup would decide to go for this new arrangement that theresa may has got from the eu without the attorney general‘s blessing on it. the dup will be drawing on their long experience in the northern ireland peace process. leader of the dup at westminster, nigel dodds, was a lawyer before he went into politics and has been called upon by conservative brexiteers in the erg

for his legal advice, so he will be a key player. the dup's ten mps keep theresa may in power and according to downing street, they believe that if they win over those ten mps it could unlock the door for more conservative mps and brexiteers to get behind theresa may. i think we can expect to hear the dup verdict not before this afternoon. that sets it up interestingly for today. a huge day for the prime minister. as chris has been saying, the numbers are crucialfor chris has been saying, the numbers are crucial for the chris has been saying, the numbers are crucialfor the prime minister today. back injanuary, 432 mp5 looked at her withdrawal agreement and said no, that's not what you wa nt and said no, that's not what you want for the uk. so how many mps' mines for the prime minister be able to change in the next few hours? the government whips in full force, very few m ps

government whips in full force, very few mps getting sleep last night, keir starmer telling us many mps we re keir starmer telling us many mps were studying the documents yesterday, the statements from theresa may am jean—claude juncker to see if it would make a difference to see if it would make a difference to their vote today. today is very important, we expect the vote at around 7pm this evening. depending on what happens with that there could be further votes tomorrow about the potential of taking no deal off the table and then on thursday about potentially extending article 50 as well. let's not forget, it's only 17 days from today that the uk, that we are due to leave the eu, march 29. hopefully that gives an indication of why todayis that gives an indication of why today is important and whatever happens, when the attorney general speaks and when we get notification from the dup, we will bring you that across the day on the bbc, on brea kfast across the day on the bbc, on breakfast and on the news channel, and we will be with you tomorrow to assess it once again. back to louise. thanks, dan.

some other news today. manchester city have announced they're setting up a compensation scheme for victims of historical child sexual abuse. the redress scheme will offer damages totalling millions of pounds to victims of the former youth coach barry bennell and another man, john broome, who has now died. in the last few minutes, australia has become the latest country to ground the same type of jet that crashed in ethiopia on sunday, killing all 157 people on board. the boeing 737 max 8 was flying to the kenyan capital, nairobi, when it went down shortly after take off. several countries have now suspended flights of the aircraft but the american authorities say the plane is airworthy, although software updates are needed. a body has been found in the search for a 23—year—old british backpacker who went missing in guatemala. catherine shaw was reported missing after she left a hotel in the san pedro area on march 5th. formal identification has not taken place but her family

have been informed. professor stephen hawking has been commemorated on a new 50p coin with a design inspired by his work on black holes. the royal mint said he was one of the world's most brilliant physicists and a great ambassadorfor science. uncirculated coins are being sold for at least twenty times theirface value. we can't see pictures of the 50p pieces, they look amazing... there they are. they have a black hole in them. i want to see and keep one of those. and we take you now to the radio 2 comic relief 24 hour dance—a—thon! tess daly and claudia winkleman have been up all night strutting their stuff since around seven o'clock last night. you can find out more

information on how to donate. visit the bbc homepage at bbc.co.uk. it's been interesting to watch because they are quite tired. i'm not surprised. that's tough, 24—hour is of dancing. that's really tough. it's 8:39... can recut back to that? look weary. and coming up here on breakfast this morning. as the world wide web turns 30, we'll find out from the man who invented it why he's worried about its future. he particularly talks about nastiness. best known for her comedy roles in the royle family and w1a,

jessica hynes is here to tell us about directing her new film which explores female rage. and she does some boxing to great effect. the singerjames morrison has faced a tough few years with family tragedies and being dropped by his record label but he's back with a new album which he says better reflects his true soul style. let's catch up with sally and the sport. he is someone who looks like he came straight from boogeying to attend his press conference. the zinedine zidane in the high—low. smart at the top, and then looking like stretchyjeans. look who's turned up again. zinedine zidane is returning as head coach of real madrid, less than year after he left the club.

he oversaw their most successful period in the modern era, winning seven trophies including three straight champions league titles. but real are struggling in the league, 12 points behind the leaders barcelona. translation: i'm happy to be coming back. what i want is to work again, and to put the club back where it should be. and now, the only important thing for me is to start work tomorrow. that's it. the former manchester united manager louis van gaal has retired from football to repay his wife for sacrificing her career to support his. van gaal is 67 and says he won't even be a tv pundit because his wife truus gave up herjob for him 22 years ago and she was entitled to a life with him outside of football. he said she was very happy about it. a birmingham city fan has been jailed for 14 weeks for attacking aston villa captain jack grealish during the championship derby on sunday. paul mitchell ran on

to the pitch and hit grealish from behind. he's also been fined and banned from attending any football mathes from attending any football matches in the uk for 10 years. as well as the attack on grealish, there were incidents at arsenal, and hibernian over the weekend — and ahead of their champions league match tonight, manager pep guardiola added his voice to the condemnation of the pitch invasions. he believes the issue is not confined to football. may be it's a problem in society, not just at a football event. and may be it's a problem in society, notjust at a football event. and of course, the people involved no it's not just regarded with course, the people involved no it's notjust regarded with birmingham in that case or arsenal in that case. of course, it can happen here. there is not walls nowadays, it can happen. we have to work on the culture, we have to work to be better human beings on this kind of thing. kilmarnock scored their first goal in six games last night.

liam millar was the man who eventually found the net, to give them a 1—0 win at st mirren and take them to within a point of third—placed aberdeen in the scottish premiership table. olympic and commonwealth medallist anthony ogogo has announced his retirement from boxing. ogogo won bronze at london 2012 but his professional career has been blighted by a serious eye injury and he hasn't fought since fracturing an eye socket against craig cunningham two and a half years ago. the cheltenham festival begins today with the champion hurdle the big race. much attention will be focussed this year on safety, with major welfare reforms brought in after seven horses died as a result of their injuries sustained in races last year. all of the team here absolutely concentrate on equine welfare, as it is of paramount importance. we do everything we can to minimise the risk to horses, and to ensure the surfaces, the fences, the hurdles, are all the best possible way can be. and finally, many sports can be cancelled by bad weather,

but one taking place on the northwest coast of the republic of ireland needs a perfect storm. this is windsurfing at its most extreme. the storm chase only takes place when a suitable storm develops to make the conditions difficult for the eight riders. i don't like the look of that. you could do yourself an injury. i don't like the look of that. you could do yourself an injurym looks fun until you lose it. and looks fun until you lose it. and look how cold it is. you'd love that, louise. i think i would. look how cold it is. you'd love that, louise. ithink i would. i knew it. i don't have the skills but ifidid... never doing that. on this occasion i think i am genuinely to old. stop! never too old for anything.

jessica hynes is best known as a comedy actor with roles in the royle family and w1a but, with her directorial debut, she's proved she's equally adept at delivering a knock out blow with drama. filmed injust 12 days, the fight centres around the story ofjessica — a mother who takes up boxing in an attempt to sweat out her anxieties over her dysfunctional family. let's take a look. i wasjust wondering about getting in the ring. sorry, darling, the girls are training for a tournament. so what would i have to do if i wanted to... to fight? it's not boxfit. it's boxing. there's quite a big difference. home time. when i come back, can i get in the ring? no.

jessica joins us now. she acts in a spam, and directs it and boxes. not any more. -- in this film. i managed to look convincing enough but the experience made me realise that perhaps it is not my sport. he convinced me, honestly. you really did. tell us a bit about the concept of the film. —— you convinced me. i went to a class in folkestone and i was struck by the space itself but the red walled boxing gym. it had high windows and used to be an old school hall. i thought it would be great to film something in here. i was doing

boxfit classes and wondered if i was going to create a protagonist for a film, he or she would be and what her story would be. i started to work on creating a story and a protagonist, an idea for a film. she isa man protagonist, an idea for a film. she is a man with three kids, quite a normal life in many ways. —— a mother. it is great when you watch a film and feel like you could be that protagonist. the idea was to create something that was kind of like a boxing fan but it is not a boxing film. boxing is a theme of it. it is not a conventional boxing film. i wa nted not a conventional boxing film. i wanted to create something that someone like me could relate to and be uplifted by in watching it. when you do watch a film with a female protagonist even in lycra you feel

uplifted. with tina, i deliberately kind of and every woman. she has taken up, as i have done my sport in later life. yes. there is bullying at the heart of this which happens to so many people. that came as i was evolving her story and history and her situation. i kind of wanted to explore really the idea of female rage and frustration and anger and when it comes from and how to channel it also how it can be debilitating, not only for an individual but also for a family. the theme of bullying came out of creating tina and her family and their history as well. it is not a lwa ys their history as well. it is not always what you think, is it? no, no. i wanted to go underneath the characters are not be two—dimensional about it but really explore the kind of reasons, i suppose, and the history of where

the anger and frustration comes from. so often it comes from the mother and the and really that is what the film became a bout with boxing a team. —— and the mother's mother. let's go to the film where the gym finally agrees that your character can get into the ring. it isa character can get into the ring. it is a big moment. i didn't walk into a door. yeah? did you fight back? no, i didn't hit her. i didn't hit her once. you still want to learn to fight? yeah. first lesson, give up guilt. you can't shrink back and apologise every time you land a punch. you fight because you have to. you fight because, if you don't, all you're doing is taking on pain, the pain they're dishing out. understand? yeah. i'll see you tomorrow.

idid not i did not mention the cheek. you actually break your cheekbone, didn't you? we had a day to film. i was with cathy tyson. we were working with professional boxers, real boxes to box professionally. in fa ct real boxes to box professionally. in fact her name was alsojessica, the fighter i am fighting with. —— real boxers. there was a moment when i lifted my head up too high and she cracked me. ithought, ithink lifted my head up too high and she cracked me. i thought, i think i might have been... someone on the monitor was squinting and i could see my chic beginning to swell. luckily, in the film, i had a black

eye on that side of my face. —— my cheek. i did actually crack my cheekbone. that shot was the best one. it would be. it was realistic because it was real. you found it in 12 days which is intense. you scouted out the locations yourself. where did the children come from? one is my own daughter, frida. she came and said she never wanted to do that again. he did not like being bossed around by me. the eldest is an actress, who did the girl with the gifts, who were electable and the gifts, who were electable and the youngest is a boy called felix, he came along and was brilliant. felix marcus. it was lovely working with them. directing and acting, there is a lot of pressure to be

doing both, isn't there?” there is a lot of pressure to be doing both, isn't there? i really enjoyed it. i always left my bit till the end. i was very much focused on the performances and i felt we got some fantastic performances. the actors were amazing within the timeframe that they had. i was so happy with the moments that we captured. actually there were advantages to going that quickly. in one scene we film a scene in a tunnel... the light goes through the trees. in a conventional film—making setup you might take three to four hours to do it by the time you get to the other side the lighting will have changed and the wind dropped. when he only had 40 minutes there is energy and immediacy to let. if you have actors as good as i have, you canjust about do it. thank you very much. lovely to see you. there are lots of

pictures of you running. never again. ican pictures of you running. never again. i can stop now. the fight is in cinemas from march 15th. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather.