hello, it‘s tuesday, it‘s 10am, i‘m victoria derbyshire. millions of pounds will be offered in compensation by manchester city to men who as young boys, you're watching bbc news at 9 were abused by a former with me, annita mcveigh. city youth coach. the headlines: theresa may urges mps to back her some of the survivors who were targeted by barry bennell brexit deal in today's vote, may get six figure sums in damages. after she secured what she calls ‘legally binding' changes to it, a year go, one of them gary cliffe following last—minute told this programme that bennell had talks with the eu. abused him on the pitch at man city. mps were clear that legal changes were needed to the backstop. today, we have secured i had tracksuit bottoms on and it legal changes. was a sexual assault. actually on now is the time to come together, the pitch. two or three times. to back this improved brexit deal. gary cliffe has told this programme he welcomes the club‘s decicsion but there is "still a lot labour in the cis little has changed of talking to do". we‘ll have the latest. amid mounting calls for the attorney for mps, it‘s make general to appear before mps to your mind up time. has theresa may got enough tweaks ot her brexit deal to get it over the line in tonight‘s big vote? answer detailed questions about this if deal. jean-claude juncker says this clarifies and complements the deal but does not change it and if mps voted down tonight there will be no

more movement from the eu. sometimes you get a second chance. it's what we do with the second chance that counts. because there will be no third chance. in other news, more boeing 737 max aircraft are grounded, as the investigation continues into the ethiopian air crash which killed all 157 people onboard. manchester city sets aside millions of pounds to compensate victims of historical child sex abuse. the inventor of the world wide web tells the bbc that global action is required to tackle the web's ‘downward plunge to a dysfunctional future'. and in sport, zinedine zidane says he's happy to be home after returning as real madrid manager, just ten months after leaving the team.

good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9. theresa may says she's secured "legally binding" changes to her brexit deal, following last—minute talks with the eu in strasbourg last night. it comes ahead of the meaningful vote in the commons this evening on her brexit withdrawal deal. but will these amendments be enough to get parliament's backing? mrs may flew to the european parliament late yesterday for 11th hour discussions with the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker and chief negotiator michel barnier — two documents were agreed by both sides. the first is a "joint legally binding instrument" on the withdrawal agreement. theresa may said it could be used to start a "formal dispute" against the eu if it tried to keep the uk tied

into the backstop indefinitely. the eu has said the backstop would apply temporarily. the second document is a "joint statement" which adds to the political declaration — that's the statement in the deal about the uk and eu's future relationship. it commits to replacing the backstop with alternative arrangements by december 2020. another document will also be put forward by the government, known as a "unilateral declaration". this outlines the uk's position and that is that there is nothing to prevent it from leaving the backstop arrangement if discussions on a future relationship with the eu break down and there is no prospect of an agreement. more now from our political correspondent chris mason is this the moment of truth, mrs may? a last—minute hurtle to strasbourg to meet the eu, and then, late last night, an announcement. first, a joint instrument with comparable legal weight to the withdrawal agreement

will guarantee that the eu cannot act with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely. if they do, it can be challenged through arbitration, and if they are found to be in breach, the uk can suspend the backstop. the backstop is the insurance policy designed to make sure the border on the island of ireland remains open in all circumstances, by keeping the uk in a customs union with the eu. last night's talks resulted in a welter of documents, legal instruments, statements and declarations, some of them legally binding, about how the backstop could be avoided and how the uk might suspend it in some circumstances in the future. and, if we vote for this improved deal... mps debated brexit until nearly midnight. this morning, only one thing matters — numbers. can the prime minister persuade enough mps who rejected the withdrawal agreement the first time round, two months ago, to bring themselves to back it now?

i will certainly be very influenced by what the dup decide, because the essence of this issue is about the union, and treating northern ireland in the same way as the rest of the united kingdom. northern ireland's democratic unionists are still considering their position. and, remember, given the scale of the government's defeat last time, the prime minister could be very successful in persuading a lot of mps to change their minds, and she could still lose. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. well, the northern ireland backstop is of course central to all this last minute diplomacy and the prime minister of ireland leo varadkar has given this reaction has given this reaction to what's been agreed. in the context of tonights fort in westminster at the outcome from yesterday's meeting is positive. i hope and trust the withdrawal agreement will now be endorsed by the house of commons. in discussions

with the uk, the government has worked hand—in—hand with our eu partners and eu institutions including the commission and the task force led by michel barnier. in that work we have insisted that the withdrawal agreement could not be rewritten and that the backstop arrangement while intended to be temporary must continue to apply u nless temporary must continue to apply unless and until it's replaced by future arrangements that can achieve the same objective. namely no hardboard. —— hardboard. well theresa may's cabinet will be meeting to discuss what's been achieved and ahead of it being debated in the commons cabinet ministers have been arriving, it's a very busy day at westminster and this is the first of the formal gatherings of the day. i think we can expect cabinet ministers to be remaining pretty tight—lipped coming out of that meeting at least for the moment. let's head to westminster and talk

to assistant political editor norman smith, it was a late night last night, it all boils down to what theresa may has come back with, is that enough to overturn the huge 230 vote defeat for a meaningful thought one? it's a huge task to overturn 230 votes in one go, it's a massive, massive ask but clearly theresa may hopes the legal guarantee she secured last night will be enough to reassure her brexiteer critics. what they don't do is they do not remove they don't do is they do not remove the backstop, they do not open the withdrawal agreement, they do not provide an end date. but theresa may believes they do provide sufficient legal assurances to give brexiteers the confidence that we will not be trapped in the backstop indefinitely. in detail they include

in arbitration mechanism to enable us in arbitration mechanism to enable us to get out and language to re—insure previous reassurances given by eu leaders are now in legal text and perhaps most importantly a commitment to try to work up alternative arrangements so that by december 2020 the rather than the backstop can be used. this morning, michael gove was on the airwaves warning brexiteers not to vote against the deal because if they did so against the deal because if they did so he warned brexit risked being diverted or delayed. we are all of us in the house of commons going to have to make a decision this evening, we are going to have to balance a series of risk. if we don't back this new, improved deal tonight then there are two risks, one is that we might find ourselves having brexit delayed and dilate it and i think that would be a grave error and it would not honour the fort of the seven turning .4 million people. there is also

that risk of us finding ourselves leaving the european union without a deal. crucial to the outcome today are going to be the lawyers. we will hear from the attorney general, i suspect at the moment he's giving his views to cabinet about whether this package does give the guarantees to ensure britain is not trapped indefinitely in the backstop, and at the same time as we speak the self—styled star chamber of brexiteer lawyers are also going through the fine detail. 0ne of brexiteer lawyers are also going through the fine detail. one other lawyer this morning, the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer was clear that in his view little has changed from the previous deal. we will be waiting to see what the attorney general has to say but i cannot see on the basis of those documents that realistically we can i'iow documents that realistically we can now change his mind and see that the

backstop is something that can unilaterally be ended now. crucial to the outcome tonight will be what do theresa may's tori brexiteers, the european research group, do, their leader atjacob rees—mogg joins me now. you have had 12 hours or so to mull over the deal, how are you minded to vote? 12 hours or so to mull over the deal, how are you minded to vote7m depends on the legal opinion from the attorney general. as well as what view the dup to confess. the fundamental problem with the backstop is the split between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. if the dup feel that problem has been solved i think you will find many people in the erg are happy with that. is anything you have heard so far that's a red line, have heard so far that's a red line, have you seen anything which makes you think i simply cannot back this deal? my concern is in the detail of

the unilateral declaration, when you reach the end of it it says it's subject to part six title three of the withdrawal agreement which brings ina the withdrawal agreement which brings in a mechanism that includes under article 174 at the european court ofjustice, so that is why i am interested in what the legal opinion is because if it's subject to that it's not unilateral and if it's unilateral it needs to be effective and strong. does it come down to the legal nitty—gritty because many people take the view that at the end of the day it's a political calculation you have to make, whether you go for this deal is the best on offer or reject it and potentiallyjeopardise is the best on offer or reject it and potentially jeopardise brexit? you make a fundamental point, once we've left the european union our relationship is a political one rather than a legal one. international law is a very hazy concept and its enforceability is unclear. the international court does not find its rulings are often followed but the ecj's rulings are

automatically law. ultimately it's political, does this deliver enough of brexit to be worth accepting against the risk michael gove has highlighted of not leaving or is what michael gove has highlighted fanciful, that we are going to leave and therefore the risk is not? that today's debate. you must have been mulling that over in your own head, do you think the thought of fear is articulated by michael gove are realistic? i don't think they are likely to be realised at the moment. but there's always a risk of things going ina but there's always a risk of things going in a way that one would not want. i think the national mood would be so irritable in the event of brexit being stopped and the feeling that democracy was being denied and i note that none of the people really want us to remain, very few of them dare say so, they talk about delay and other things. it's hard to get from here to not

leaving. listening to you just then and listening to the statements you and listening to the statements you and other brexiteers have made during the course of the past few weeks, it seems to me your stance is softened, there is no longer all this talk about being a vassal state and the colony. you are gradually, incrementally shifting to theresa may's position? i can talk about a vassal state if you want. i think everyone wants to leave on the 29th of march. that's what we are committed to, that is what is in uk law. i would be very happy to leave without it withdrawal agreement, i think the risks are fanciful but i am well aware that the erg is a large group within the conservative party but in the context of the house of commons we are only about one sixth and therefore we don't command the majority. do you accept

whatjean—claude juncker said last night which is basically this is it, no more chances, in other words if you reject this deal you will not get any further reassurances, qualifications or concessions from the eu, this is as good as it gets? i'm not worried about that because i think leaving without an agreement is better than this deal, the question is can we get there, we save £39 billion, we don't have the ecj imposing law on us and we don't split up the united kingdom. that's not the threat i am bothered about. the issue is the one michael gove highlighted that if we don't accept this is brexit delayed and that's a real issue whereas what jean—claude juncker says is interesting theological commentary. yesterday theresa may's deal seemed dead in the water. is it conceivable she could overturn an historic 230 majority defeat today?” could overturn an historic 230 majority defeat today? i think it's unwise to predict parliamentary votes a few hours before they take

place. i think it's better to listen to the racing tips on starting to predict that. thank you very much jacob rees—mogg, i it's an enormous day, who knows what will happen but it's going to be an absolutely pivotal day not just for it's going to be an absolutely pivotal day notjust for brexit i suspect but for theresa may as well. norman, thank you very much. norman mentioning and jacob rees—mogg mentioning and jacob rees—mogg mentioning the views of the dup mps are crucial in all of this, we have just heard from jeffrey donaldson of the dup saying the dup has greater clarity but need to hear what the attorney general has to say and that's the next key piece of information we are waiting on from the attorney general geoffrey cox giving his legal opinion on this

deal reached in strasbourg last night. right now let's get the thoughts of conservative mp and former attorney general dominic grieve, thank you for your time theresa may said she was trying to secure legal changes to the withdrawal agreement but that's not what she's got is it? it's not. broadly speaking the instrument she's come back with simply repeats the content of the original withdrawal agreement and it certainly does not give us a unilateral ability to terminate the backstop. the backstop continues for as long as the eu wants it to continue. the only marginal change i can see in the text is the provision that it reduces the risk of the eu being able through bad faith to prevent the backstop being brought

to an end. bad faith would already have been something you could invoke under the original agreement but that's slightly reinforced. but proving bad faith against another party in out negotiation in international law is very unusual and it would all be subject to the arbitration provisions and in my view there is no significant difference in the text. you pre—empted my next question, eve ryo ne pre—empted my next question, everyone is waiting to see what the current attorney general geoffrey cox will say about the text from strasbourg. to reiterate you think there is no difference between what there is no difference between what the prime minister got last night and what she had previously? that is my opinion and i looked at it very carefully last night and tried to do it as an objective lawyer leaving the political consideration to one side and i note that today there are a number of opinions from other lawyers i would regard as far more

distinguished than myself who see exactly the same thing and they are not involved in politics. the big question mps will be mulling over todayis question mps will be mulling over today is whether they look at this purely on a legal basis or whether they look at it on a political basis only and does this give in your opinion the likes of the brexit supporting erg either dup room to say they can make progress from here? i cannot answer for them. they will have to make up their own minds and there political judgments will have to make up their own minds and there politicaljudgments in all of this. my position has always been i think, clearly i have campaigned for remain and i believe we are making a historic mistake but my primary concern is that we are about a potentially, to take the country out of the eu on the terms of a deal which bears absolutely no relationship to what was being debated during the 2016 referendum. and the promises which were being made then by the levers as to what the future would be like. i

recognise people to leave the eu and thatis recognise people to leave the eu and that is they are settled will then we must leave but in myjudgment we should go back to the public and ask them whether they wish to leave on them whether they wish to leave on the terms of the prime minister's deal. not to do it is dragged the country out to an uncertain and second—rate future without having actually asked people if that's what they want and there is some evidence to suggest they don't. let me put that last question another way, do you think based on last night that you think based on last night that you and others of your opinion, that there should be a vote on this deal, is there enough to persuade mps who are wavering and trying to decide whether to support the prime minister are not of your point of view? i think my point of view, i don't think the backstop issue and the deal with all the, the extra deal arrived at in the last 48 hours, makes any difference at all. that's partly because i think the

backstop is in some ways a bit of a red herring. the backstop as i keep making the point is an outward sign ofa making the point is an outward sign of a fundamental truth that the nature of the total relationships within these islands means that even if we leave the eu without a backstop, we cannot have differential tariffs and regulations for northern ireland from ireland without breaching the terms of the good friday agreement. and a respectable government does not want to do that and indeed in the unilateral declaration section of this deal the government spells it out again that it has no intention of breaching the terms of the 1998 agreement with ireland. in those circumstances agreement with ireland. in those ci rcu msta nces lots agreement with ireland. in those circumstances lots of those things like my colleaguejacob rees—mogg aspire to for our countries future area aspire to for our countries future are a fantasy that cannot be delivered through brexit unless you carve northern ireland economically out of the united kingdom. it's those sort of fundamental issues

which make it so important that we should go back to the public and point this out and say you do understand the implications now, we can see where we are going, of what brexit would actually mean for our country. in just brexit would actually mean for our country. injust a line, if you wait, irrespective of how the vote goes tonight, can and will the uk leave the eu on the 29th of march?” am pretty sure that the uk is not leaving the eu on the 29th of march. nobody has yet explained to me how if we pass the deal this evening how we can enact the next thing we have to do which is a massive piece of constitutional legislation which ta kes constitutional legislation which takes the text of the european communities act 1972, replicates it and makes us subordinate to it for the next 20 months in transition without any say as to how it alters. it isa without any say as to how it alters. it is a major piece of constitutional legislation, is it being suggested this will be carried through the commons and lords in two

weeks? dominic grieve former attorney general thank you very much for your time and thank you for your thoughts. let's go to strasbourg where all the action was last night and talk to our correspond in adam flemming, it sounds as though the eu has reached the end of the road with this process, jean—claude jim cursing last night there is no third chance. —— jean—claude juncker. theresa may will be pleased he said that because that her line of thinking as well, that this really is the last point at which mps can vote for the deal to apply pressure on mps to get as many people to back it as possible and i think jean—claude juncker was happy to ta ke jean—claude juncker was happy to take part in that process to help get the dealer crossed the line. interesting to hear that conversation with dominic grieve because what he was saying was worried for word what some senior eu people have been telling me in the last couple of days. first of all that an extension for article 50 is almost inevitable because all of

that big piece of work about writing the withdrawal agreement into british domestic legislation will ta ke british domestic legislation will take at least three months is what the british government has been telling brussels the whole time so there is not three months until the 29th of march so everyone thinks an extension of some duration is inevitable. i'm the second big point about the future that actually as far as lots of people in the eu are concerned the backstop is a bit of a red herring, if not a red herring it's a symbol of the big debate which is to come, that if the uk is going to stick to its pledge to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland and uphold the good friday agreement somehow a way will have to be found that creates the effect of the backstop either through the future relationship which is the permanent basis for relations between the eu and the uk economically for decades to come or that an alternative is found which gets the same effects of the backstop and that's one of the things which is in the documents

signed between the two side last night which is to find by december 2020 alternative arrangements that mimic the effect of the backstop but do it in mimic the effect of the backstop but do itina mimic the effect of the backstop but do it in a different way. this issue is going to be there for a long time, even if we manage to get a clutch of documents from the eu and the uk in the last couple of hours which might convince more mps to vote for the deal tonight. that issueis vote for the deal tonight. that issue is not going away. briefly, in terms of an extension, what with the eu's preferred period of extension be? yesterday there was a first discussion amongst the eu 27 ambassadors, the date they had in mind, the discussion around the table, was the 24th of may because that's the day after the uk would have had to hold a vote for meps to come to the european parliament in strasbourg right here i am now. that's the initial thoughts but then

you talk to people and there's a whole range of views, some people say you can have an extension up to the 1st ofjuly because that could be the day before the new nep‘s come to strasbourg for the new european parliament, then you get other people saying an extension to go beyond that and you would either have to have the uk taking part in the european elections even though the european elections even though the uk is leaving which would just be bizarre and quite a bizarre political experience in the uk, and who knows what kind of meps would be sent to strasbourg as a result of that? are you would have the uk not taking part in the european parliament elections but still being in the eu which would be an enormous breach of eu law which means you would have a massive court case at the european court ofjustice with the european court ofjustice with the eu taking the uk to court for breaking the law in quite a massive way. so, none of those things are particularly appealing to anyone i don't think i'm that's another

argument theresa may will be making to mps which is if there is an extension to article 50 and the brexit process look at your leading centre. adam, thank you very much for that, adam flemming centre. adam, thank you very much forthat, adam flemming in strasbourg. the mp jenny chapman is shadow brexit minister and is in westminster. i wonder if you have had enough to ta ke i wonder if you have had enough to take stock, i notice yvette cooper was saying yesterday that you had enough time to scrutinise this as you would have gotten to discuss train door safety! on the one hand the government is saying this is very different and we are not allowed to have even 24 hours to consider it but actually we don't believe it's particularly different from that which we voted on

previously. the main document actually has not changed and the issues remain the same and i expect you put the same thing back to the same group of mps you will get the same group of mps you will get the same answer this evening and it will bea same answer this evening and it will be a rejection of this deal. does that include labour mps from the voting constituencies who have been wooed by theresa may to vote for her deal? she needs to work on her weaving technique if that was ever her plan because the money that was suggested could be part of that attempt to win people over was derisory and has been ridiculed by many people. and should never have been part of this consideration. those towns and those communities like the one i represent are desperately in need of resources and it's right that those mps argue for it's right that those mps argue for it but i don't know a single one of them who thanks what was announced

next week will change the way they vote on this most critical of issues. will your party be whipped to vote against this deal? yes they will. what do you think might happen at the end of tonight if the vote does not go for theresa may, do you think then we will still expect to get the no deal and extension votes following on? or do you think the government might try to say look, let's have another go at the meaningful thought? what we should get is what we were promised, what the prime minister promised is at the prime minister promised is at the dispatch box, that there would bea the dispatch box, that there would be a vote tomorrow and it would be to enable parliament to express its view on whether or not we were content view on whether or not we were co nte nt to view on whether or not we were content to leave the european union without a deal. previously parliament has rejected that option andi parliament has rejected that option and i expect parliament would reject it again tomorrow. the prime minister needs to keep her word and allow us to have that vote should

her deal be unsuccessful this evening because confidence and faith in the world of the prime minister among mp‘s is fragile and i think it's important she keeps the commitment she made to us. we must leave it they are, thank you very much for your time, jenny chapman shadow brexit minister. and you can see full coverage here on bbc news as the drama unfolds this evening — we'll have a special programme tonight from 7pm. in a moment the weather but first let's join victoria derbyshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. this good morning, paramedics in the west midlands have exclusively told our programme they are now carrying out life—saving surgical procedures on the roadside on victims of violent stabbings. we had to open

patient‘s chests literally outside their home on the back of an ambulance so we are doing a massive surgical procedure in the back of an ambulance ina surgical procedure in the back of an ambulance in a completely un—sterile environment, literally metres from these peoples mums, dads, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters. we will bring you that full report after ten. also over at radio two tess daly and claudia winkleman are dancing for 24—hour spa comic relief, i went to join them at five o'clock this morning and they are so over the phrase keep dancing. join us over the phrase keep dancing. join us at ten. thank you, victoria. several countries have grounded the same type ofjet that crashed in ethiopia on sunday, killing all 157 people on board. australia has joined then. the boeing 737 max 8 was flying to the kenyan capital, nairobi, when it went down shortly after take off. the american authorities say the plane is airworthy although

software updates are needed. the travel editor of the independent, simon calder, is here. good morning. we are hearing different opinions on the airworthiness of this aircraft from different places. what do you know? as the investigators continue their work into the dreadful tragedy on sunday and the passengers booked to travel on this aircraft, in terms of the number of people contacting me, are getting more and more agitated, understandably. because australia has become the latest country to ban these aircraft from their airspace following on from singapore, and china and indonesia before that. individual airlines have granted the aircraft, notably ethiopian airlines, while it waits to find out

what happened in this awful event. at the federal aviation administration last night said we accept potential issues with this aircraft but believe it is airworthy and they are continuing to fly, one has just taken off from manchester airport going to alicante with tui airlines, flying elsewhere today as well. norwegian is flying with these aeroplanes as well. many people are travelling on then and personally i would get on board the aircraft and be guided by the professionals. if the captain is prepared to fly the plane, i will take their professionaljudgment plane, i will take their professional judgment and step plane, i will take their professionaljudgment and step on board. that was the question i was going to ask, whether you would get on the plane. what if some passengers are really worried about getting on these aircraft, what are their rights? in the past three

minutes, tony has said i am booked to travel on norwegian on thursday and do not want to fly on that aircraft. i am afraid the answer is you have no automatic right to cancel. if you change your booking and want to fly on a different airline, iam and want to fly on a different airline, i am afraid you will have to pay again. it is really upsetting when you have 40% of the aircraft around the world granted and they are still flying, but it is happening because aviation professionals believe they are safe. -- 4096 professionals believe they are safe. -- 40% of professionals believe they are safe. —— 40% of the aircraft around the world grounded. thank you, simon. matt taylor has the weather. severe gales could lead to travel disruption, stay across the forecast. bbc local radio is the best port of call. storm gareth is set to bring several bouts of strong

winds, strongest across england and wales with a band of heavy rain sweeping eastwards. brighter skies in the west with some sunshine, a scattering of showers, feeling chilly with temperatures between five and 8 degrees. by the school run, the evening rush—hour, the winds will pick up again. 70 or 80 mph possible into the night across parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland may be the central belt. england and wales will have a fair few windows rattling as winds pick a big —— pick—up again. tomorrow, sunshine and showers, winds slowly easing. this is bbc news with me, annita mcveigh. the headline —— headlines... theresa may urges mps to back her

brexit deal in today's vote, after she secured what she calls legally binding changes to it following last—minute talks with the eu. cabinet ministers have arrived at downing street for a meeting with the prime minister, ahead of the vote this evening. in other news, more boeing 737 max aircraft are grounded, as the investigation continues into the ethiopian air crash which killed all 157 people onboard. manchester city sets aside millions of pounds to compensate victims of historical child sex abuse. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. tension was building in the commons last night as mps disagreed over the news from strasbourg that theresa may had agreed what she called legally binding changes to the controversial irish backstop. the prime minister's called for mps to come together to back her deal. we heard from the shadow brexit secretary and labour mp keir starmer on bbc breakfast.

the question everybody wants it is there any significant change in these new documents. what do you think the prime minister's three changes? firstly there is a power to suspend the backstop if there is bad faith by the eu and the arbitration panel finds it as being in bad faith. that is true, that was in the withdrawal agreement signed off in november so that is not new. she then says that actually the backstop does not need to be replicated in any future arrangement. that is true, the problem for the prime minister is that is set out in a letter of the 14th of january. she then says that the joint letter is now legally binding. that is true, but the problem for the prime minister is that the prime minister injanuary said it had legal forceful. legal force, injanuary said it had legal forceful. legalforce, legally

binding? we will argue about that but there is no significant change, and as people go through the detail thatis and as people go through the detail that is the only conclusion they can reach. we will all see what the attorney general has to say, but i can't see on the basis of those documents that, realistically, he can now change his mind and save that the backstop is something that can unilaterally be ended. to remind viewers, he will give legal guidance on what he thinks theresa may make those changes last night. you said i waiting for the attorney general, when you said hello to us. quite a lot of people waiting to see how he reacts and will tailor their reaction to that. i had said these changes are not significant and i do not think he can realistically change his mind. former attorney general dominic grieve has come to the same conclusion. the eyes are

all in geoffrey cox, the attorney general. he will give advice. i think he needs to come to parliament to make a statement as well, so he can be questioned. schedl brexit secretary keir starmer, there. speaking to reporters outside his official residence this morning, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said there are significant legal changes to the deal. this is a very important morning, these are legally significant changes. i hope parliament can see that we have listened to parliament because my concerns about the backstop. it has achieved everything we wa nted backstop. it has achieved everything we wanted or hoped to achieve in very, very difficult negotiations. we have a chance to leave the european union on the 29th of march or shortly thereafter, and if we grab this tonight we can do that, if we don't, we increase the risk —— increase the risk of a customs union outcome and perhaps no brexit, which none of my colleagues want.

so let's have another look at what is supposed to happen in the coming days with brexit. tonight mps will get another chance to vote on the prime minister's withdrawal agreement — including the changes agreed with the eu which she says are legally binding. this is the second meaningful vote on the deal — in the previous one injanuary, the government was defeated by 230 votes. if this time the deal passes, the major barrier to the uk leaving the eu on 29th march will have been cleared, although further legislation will be required to ensure a smooth exit. but if mps vote against the deal again, the government has said it will table more votes. starting with a vote on wednesday, in which mps will be asked if they support leaving the eu relationship on 29 march. this is essentially giving mps the opportunity to decide whether to back — or rule out — the uk leaving the eu with no deal in place. if that no—deal option is rejected, the following day, on thursday, mps have been promised a vote on whether they support a short

extension of article 50's two—year negotiating period. if mps back this motion then the uk will ask the eu for an extension beyond the original deadline of friday 29th march. the conservative mp gillian keegan is in westminster. good morning. the uk will need that extension. surely it is not possible to pass all the legislation required now in time for the original 29th of march deadline? that might possibly be true, there are different opinions about how much is critical to be done before march 29 in temperature afterwards, but if it is a technical extension i don't think anyone would be too concerned. the most important thing is do we have an agreement, a way forward? if we need a technical extension after that, that will be easy to achieve.

talking to colleagues this morning, what is your sense about whether people who have not previously backed theresa may's deal might be prepared to support it now?|j backed theresa may's deal might be prepared to support it now? i think yesterday even before the prime minister came back with a statement, it was clear that they were very much hoping they would get something from brussels enabling them to vote for the deal. i think the key thing for the deal. i think the key thing for many colleagues is does this satisfy the dup, are they more co mforta ble satisfy the dup, are they more comfortable they will not be stuck in this backstop for a long, long time. and the attorney general‘s opinion is critical. i think for most colleagues, if the two hurdles are passed, they would be co mforta ble are passed, they would be comfortable enough to consider voting for the deal. theresa may has not sickly at —— not secured legally binding changes to the arrangement itself, which she said she was trying to achieve in recent weeks? it is astonishing what we have

become pseudo— experts in. as long as there is legal draft adding to the withdrawal agreement, it does not matter if it is a change to with the withdrawal agreement or a changes the impact of age, that is what the attorney general will advise on. where it sits its less releva nt, advise on. where it sits its less relevant, what it does and the converted kids is much more releva nt. converted kids is much more relevant. they have obviously tried very ha rd to relevant. they have obviously tried very hard to address peoples concerns, i understand commercial contracts but i not a lawyer. they had tried very hard in the structure to address the concerns, and as long as the attorney general thinks they have legal force, that will override... if we are in the backstop there will be a process applies, these are legally enforcea ble, applies, these are legally enforceable, that is fine. 0ften applies, these are legally enforceable, that is fine. often you had separate legal arrangements on top of legal arrangements, that is quite common. thank you very much for your time today, gillian keegan. let's look at what you are watching

and reading. this is number one, unsurprisingly, mps to vote on theresa may's brexit deal, one of those states when people can't get enough of reading about brexit. it isa enough of reading about brexit. it is a significant day. when we look down the list, number nine, in a hurry, here's what you need to know. so there are some other references to brexit. at number three in the most watched is a clip of theresa may from last night saying we had secured what mps asked for. it is a brexit day. snoop the dog — not the rapper — has found a new home. he went viral after being abandoned on the side of the road days before christmas. bbc breakfast‘s john maguire has been to find out how he's settling in.

film the week before christmas, this footage shows the wiki was abandoned in stoke—on—trent. you can see his bed left by the side of the road. he seems to think it is all a game, but it was not. his owners drove off and left him. quite shocked,. we watched it and it pulled the heartstrings, how somebody could abandon such a nice dog. but it all turned out well. maybe they didn't understand that the rspca would rehome strays. maybe it was an active stupidity than cruelty. —— an act of stupidity rather than cruelty. but it has left no long lasting effects. he was rescued by the rspca, given the name snoop, and in the process of treating him and then finding him a

new home began. when he came he was very nervous. what had happened to him had affected him quite a lot, we could tell. we spent time getting to know him and then lawrence got in touch and sounded like the perfect owner for snoop, touch and sounded like the perfect ownerfor snoop, we touch and sounded like the perfect owner for snoop, we found the touch and sounded like the perfect ownerfor snoop, we found the right home for him, he has a home for life with lawrence and it is brilliant. such was the publicity the story received around the world, even his namesake, the american rapper snoop dogg, offered to take on in, but herefordshire seemed like a better fit than california. there is pca is investigating the owners who abandoned him, but meanwhile, snoop's priority is adapting to his new life. safe, secure and much loved. a lovely story and something for those of you who do not want to

think about brexit! but we cannot stay away for long, there has been a series of tweets from our political editor laura kuenssberg who are saying that the dup leader arlene foster tells us, dup does not want to be rushed. sympathetic for demands for a day delay. that is a delay in the meaningful vote. we will be looking carefully and analysing the documents. foster also eagled to see the advice from attorney general geoffrey cox but admits it is a political as well as admits it is a political as well as a legal choice and will not be drawn on how the dup will vote, but very conscious of our role in all of this. many conservative mps say if it is good enough for the dup then it is good enough for the dup then it should be good enough for eve ryo ne it should be good enough for everyone else. we will be keeping a very close eye on what the dup says throughout the day. that's it for today's morning briefing. 0lly foster has support from the bbc

sports centre, zinedine zidane is back at real madrid? that's right. zinedine zidane is back in charge of real madrid. he surprisingly left the club after winning a third straight champions league title last may, but real have been through two managers since then and have gone back to the frenchman to try and salvage something from their season. they were knocked out of europe last week and are third in la liga, 12 points behind the leaders barcelona. zidane has been given a contract through to 2022. translation: i'm happy to be coming back. what i want is to get to work again, and to put the club back in where it has to 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. he won the champions league with ajax, league titles with bracelona and bayern munich. and also took the netherlands to the world cup semi—finals in 2014. he won the 2016 fa cup in his final match with united, he's 67 now and says

he 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 now. whether she wants it or not! the behaviour of football supporters has dominated the weekend's headlines. a man was jailed for 14 weeks and banned from attending matches for ten years after attacking aston villa's captain jack grealish on the pitch. there were also incidents at arsenal, and hibernian and ahead of their champions league match against schalke tonight, manchester city manager pep guardiola added his voice to the condemnation of the recent pitch invasions. he believes the issue is not confined to football. maybe it's a problem with society, not just a football event. and of course, the people who are involved, i know it'sjust regarding birmingham in that case, or arsenal in that case. of course it can happen here.

you know, we must work — you know, it can happen, to work in the beginning, to work about the culture, to work for better human beings, for both these kinds of things. player safety features on most of today's back pages. the daily express pick up on jack grealish‘s comments that he was lucky the supporter who attacked him wasn't armed. the sun reports the warning from the professional footballers‘ association that players should try not to incite the fans with their celebrations. some transfer speculation that

alexis sanchez could be out of man utd and city might struggle to keep some of their stars. but picture of the day goes to the guardian, who have a full length shot of zinedine zidane on his return to real madrid — sporting, shall we say, an eccentric choice of trousers. look at that! those are not turn ups, i have been staging that very closely all morning, it is just a very different colour around the calf. yes, i have already been searching for some for myself! after going five games without scoring, kilmarnock broke their duck last night. just the one goal but it was the winner liam miller finding the net for the win at st mirren, and despite their poor run that moves them one point behind third—placed aberdeen in the scottish premiership. the cheltenham festival starts today. jump racing‘s blue riband four day meeting. the gold cup is on friday, today‘s big race is the champion hurdle. much attention will be focused on safety, with major welfare reforms introduced after seven horses died last year as a result of their injuries sustained in races

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. there‘s full commentary of the whole day‘s racing from cheltenham across bbc radio, starting at 1:15 on sports extra. with the champion hurdle, on radio 5 live — that‘s off at 3.30. and this evening, back on sports extra, there‘s commentary from the etihad, manchester city against schalke in the champions league — city with a 3—2 lead from the first leg. that‘s all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15am. thank you very much. 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. 0ur correspondent richard lister is here. just remind us more about the background to this? barry bennell was convicted last year on 50 charges of abusing 12 boys in his ca re charges of abusing 12 boys in his care when he was a youth coach at manchester city and crewe alexandra. there adventures took place between 1979 and 1990. he was a prolific paedophile, he is in prison. he was given a 31 year sentence. in november 2016, manchester city set up november 2016, manchester city set up an independent inquiry to look at the extent of the abuse. the inquiry is continuing, they did not want the victims to wait any longer for

compensation. and how will this scheme work? it seems they have already identified about 40 potential claimants, there will almost certainly be more. in the wa ke almost certainly be more. in the wake of the barry bennell conviction, many others said they had been abused. this will almost certainly ended a bit compensation scheme. the couple say it will probably take six to seven weeks for the claimants to be processed and their cases to be reviewed. they can probably expect 6—figure sums if successful and they can claim for general damages, legal costs, potential loss of earnings because of the impact the abuse had on them. the club has said it can‘t say too much about the setup for the moment for legal reasons because of the ongoing inquiry, but they say they are offering their heartfelt sympathy to all victims for what they say was an unimaginably traumatic experience they endured. thank you, richard lister. 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. the inventor of the world wide web has warned it‘s become a space for those who spread hatred. sir tim berners—lee has called on the public and politicians to come together to end its misuse in a letter to mark its 30th anniversary. he‘s been speaking to our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones what kind of document was it? was it a mac word? some sort of word processor on the mac. 30 years ago, a computer scientist at the cern particle physics lab

near geneva was thinking up a better way of sharing information. from tim berners—lee‘s idea, the world wide web was born, but today he‘s worried about what it‘s come, a vehicle for spreading hate and misinformation. i feel for most people out on the street, the tipping point to a certain extent was the cambridge analytica moment because most people, they knew internet privacy was something other people worried about, and then when the cambridge analytica thing went down, they realised that elections had been manipulated using data that they contributed. who do you blame for that? this person got all this data and he got it under the pretext that he was going to use it for research purposes and he actually used it to manipulate an election. i think at that point, when data was amassed for one purpose and abused, a clear breach. are you optimistic it can be sorted?

0ptimistic in general? i think so. a new generation of young people who are also pretty active, pretty activist about things like their privacy where to a certain extent where they weren‘t before. i think we‘ve got both the ability and the motivation to try to do the right thing on both governments and companies, so long as individuals, not necessarily protesting in the streets, holding them to account. over the last 30 years, would you still believe the web has been a force for good? i think it‘s force for good for first 15 of those and right now, it‘s really in the balance whether... i‘m very concerned about nastiness and misinformation spreading. i think with a mid—course

correction, the contract for the web‘s about, let‘s stop this downward plunge towards a very dysfunctional future, let‘s turn it around. with a turnaround, a midcourse correction, i am optimistic it can. that was sir tim berners—lee speaking to our technology correspondent rory cellanjones. we are seeing reports that dup leader arlene foster will speak to theresa may later, no great surprise because the dup‘s potential support for what theresa may agreed in strasbourg last night will be absolutely crucial when it comes to absolutely crucial when it comes to a meaningful vote this evening. just a meaningful vote this evening. just a reminder that our political editor laura kuenssberg says arlene foster has told her the dup does not want to be rushed. sympathetic to demands for a day delay, although nothing confirmed. it says she will be

looking carefully and analysing the documents. arlene foster eager to see the legal advice of attorney generaljeffrey fox, which we expect this morning —— geoffrey cox. simon has the weather. storm gareth has given us that weather and very strong winds. the heaviest is moving south—eastward across england and wales, but we will continue with some gales and severe gales, heavy rain at times. some disruption is likely because of the very nasty weather. heavy rain is spreading south—east, look at the green line, some very intense rainfall and strong winds into the south—east. frequent showers, heavy and sunny, with hill snow in eastern scotland. temperatures between about seven and 10 degrees. the winds ramp up seven and 10 degrees. the winds ramp up across northern ireland this afternoon, gusts of 70 to 80 mph.

gusts of 60 to 70 mph in northern ireland and central and southern scotland. gusts of 50 or 60 mph for england and wales, higher than that in the north—east of scotland. goodbye.