this is bbc news. set to ask the eu to delay i'm ben brown. the headlines at eleven: is set to ask the eu to delay brexit until the end ofjune. is set to ask the eu to delay brexit until the end ofjune. what we will see you now to frame the debate is the ayes to the right, 412. the noes to the left, 202. whether mps should accept her deal as she brings it back next tuesday for a third attempt to try and get it through the commons, or risk a mps have approved a government motion on delaying brexit. long, possibly up to two years it's a victory for the prime minister who will hold another vote delayed a brexit. third time lucky, on her deal. do you think? the numbers don't look good for her, she can narrow the gap there are now two options left. 0ne but a lot of things will have to work in her favour to get her is to vote for the deal, get it through tuesday. i'm sceptical, but through and leave in an orderly way. she can come close. people are then talking about a fourth meeting, not the second is a long delay. but the necessarily a third one. could she get it through that third or fourth la st the second is a long delay. but the last few days have also put a time? i have every confidence that responsibility on the prime if she loses by a narrow margin next minister. first, to publicly accept week, that deal will come back to that both her deal and no deal are parliament at a future point and she will try a fourth time. all right, simply no longer viable options. let's go on the financial times. vote for delay boost to may's's

hand. she looks a little happier, wrapped up in a scarf against the cold. do you think she will feel happier tonight? the interesting ta kes we happier tonight? the interesting takes we see on the front pages, some say this is a chance for her to have a sigh of relief, others say that she has lost control of her cabinet. we've had eight ministers voting today against the government's motion to extend article 50, for cabinet members defying the three line whip yesterday. her authority is not looking particularly good. what do you think? huge splits in the cabinet, obviously amongst her own mps. it is quite a chaotic situation in westminster? absolutely, today we had the brexit secretary who close the debate and commons in favour of voting against it. but as lucy said, it is very striking how their papers report the same stored in different ways. the ft is very upbeat on this,

saying she's restored a semblance of order and increasing your chances of getting the deal through because she can play that risk of a delay against brexiteers in her own party. this is a positive spin here. to those who say that her strategy has a lwa ys those who say that her strategy has always been to run down clock, is this what running down the clock really looks like? the last few days will always be pretty hair—raising for anyone. that's right, we are in the 11th hour now, 15 days until 29 march when we default into no—deal brexit, unless an agreement is made with the eu for an extension article 50, ora new deal. with the eu for an extension article 50, or a new deal. there is something to be said for the fact that you need that pressure point to really focus people's minds. her deal is not ideal to anyone, now we've had no deal taken off the table, and may be brexiteers decide they are better plumping for what she's come up with rather than nothing at all. so that is the key

question. what did the european research group think, and the dup? what are they due next? the dup will still waiting if the attorney general wants to add anything to the rather disappointing advice he came out with earlier. there was all this talk of him writing a small treaty in orderto talk of him writing a small treaty in order to convince them. but for the erg, the question is would you rather remain them back theresa may's deal, or leave even with theresa may's deal? i think they will split because some of them just wa nt will split because some of them just want to leave. the erg is not a unified block? no. not for the matters of the dup. so if that fractures, is that enough to sink her hopes of getting the deal through? i don't think she will get it through in the third attempt. i think that there would still be resistance, and by reckon, about

9-10 resistance, and by reckon, about 9—10 conservative hardliners who will not back or deal under any circumstances. and that might change on the fourth time, do you think? possibly... laughter. look into your crystal ball. einstein said that doing the same thing over and over again and inspecting a different result is madness. but in this game of chicken, there is some logic to it. the economist‘s take is quite dramatic. i won't. . . the economist‘s take is quite dramatic. iwon‘t... uk, what next for brexit? the crisis has reached new depths, parliament says the economist has seized the initiative? this is the economist ball line that parliament will have these indicative votes, and whatever comes out of them needs to be approved by referendum. but mps believe that there is a better alternative, and it would be interesting to see, if and when we get to these indicative

votes, whether there is more support for any of the alternatives then there is for mrs may's deal. because as bizarre as it sounds, if you have these series of votes, there might still be the case that ms may's deal is still the most popular. —— mrs may. will there be a solid majority for one particular option? it that's ha rd to for one particular option? it that's hard to say, i would hate to leave myself fortune to hostage at this stage. but there's a lot of anger that we've gotten to ourselves in this state. the economist as the uk has turned into a laughing stock, and only now has parliament realised what a mess the situation is. how do you think we are viewed the world? we had donald trump saying that if only theresa may had listened to his advicemake everything would've been fine. there is disbelief amongst many countries, but amongst the eu, there is a growing sense of exasperation. a lot of people who spent the last year two —— two years

of saying a second referendum will turn this around, now they're saying maybe we should get this over and done with? that might play to the prime minister's favour in the end. if they are reluctant to give us a long extension, then we do have to make a decision very quickly, which is what she wants. or they may want to give us a long extension rather than short? while they are divided. the portuguese foreign minister came out to say and said give them a long extension. the french are being coy. i don't think they want us around for another two years. i've heard it's now called brett extension? let's move away from brexit, bloody sunday, you've been covering that for this —— the times today.|j sunday, you've been covering that for this -- the times today. i was in london, terry this morning. i was there for the decision on whether to prosecute to veterans in the bloody sunday incident. they brought prosecution only one veteran, to

judges of murder and four of alleged murder. it is a controversial decision to bring any prosecution, but the fact that 16 other former paratroopers who were involved in the killings that they won't face any trial has left many families extremely disappointed and shocked. shocked. where they genuinely shocked? were you surprised by this decision, or was it roughly what you are expecting? well, a key fact is that many of the sources involved gave evidence to the several inquiry that was not admissible in court after that fact. it is an incredibly complex situation, prosecutors spent two years weighing up 125,000 pages of material and evidence after a six—year investigation. but i can understand the disappointment of the families who have waited almost 50 yea rs families who have waited almost 50 years to seek justice families who have waited almost 50 years to seekjustice of their loved ones. the prosecutors were saying

today that what was admissible in the inquiry is not in court, that is one of the key differences. which makes it all the more painful for the families, knowing there is evidence that cannot be used. they see the pic —— with the papers due on the front pages, these families have waited, there's now a profound sense of disappointment. there was a real human cost. extraordinary to think this was nearly half a century ago, 47 years. a lot of people watching will not remember but it —— bloody sunday or no even that much about it? of course, it was the civil rights march against internment in january of 1972 civil rights march against internment injanuary of 1972 that turned violent, as british troops opened fire on the crowd. it has been a very convoluted process since that awful day... two separate inquiries? the first largely labelled a whitewash, largely exonerating british personnel. the sacrament inquiry, which took two

yea rs sacrament inquiry, which took two years and £200 million, the largest and most expensive inquiry in british history, had a far more nuanced take it, and crucially for the families, it found that most of those civilians killed that day had been on armed and no threat at all, that the killings were unjustified and unjustifiable. followed by an apology from david cameron? which i think was an incredibly important moment. another sense was that this inquiry that made those findings that led to david cameron's apology was to many people something that should have drawn a line under the matter. lets go onto the mirror, and knife cheating justice. they say that knife crime is at a ten year high? it is, and people convicted are not being sent to prison. this isa reminderthat are not being sent to prison. this is a reminder that outside of parliament, where everyone talks about nothing but brexit, there are real social problems building up as a result of austerity and police

cuts. there is a growing sense of frustration that our politicians just aren't acting. do you think they are neglecting issues like this because of brexit? because it is taking so much time?|j because of brexit? because it is taking so much time? i don't think parliament is doing anything else at the moment. 0ver parliament is doing anything else at the moment. over the last two years, we've barely been governed because they're tying themselves over knots. you can tell the issue of knife crime in london that we are reaching a tipping point where people are just getting very frustrated with the lack of action. use a lack of action, the government has just announced £100 million in philip hammond's statement to go to several key police forces to help deal specifically with knife crime. so thatis specifically with knife crime. so that is government action? some government action. i think most would regard as a sticking plaster rather than a strategy that will lead to any real solutions here. the numbers are staggering, 21,500 knife offences last year will stop a nine

year high, and of course those individuals in instances like the terrible murder ofjodie chesney, i think it really brings home how out of hand that problem has become. and yet it is not really on the front page, it is on the mirror‘s front page, it is on the mirror‘s front page tomorrow, but not generally getting that much coverage because the papers are completely swarmed with coverage of brexit? absolutely, there are lots of things going on in this country that don't get the attention they deserve because of what's going on in westminster. let's end up on a slightly lighter note. the cheltenham festival, we have a bit of history that has been made? it is a great story, bryony frost, a 23—year—old, is the first female jockey to win a great one raced at the cheltenham festival. a brilliant moment to see her grinning and brushing off tears, and i love the fact that apparently she learned

to ride h2 on a donkey and set up a horse. that's how she began her horse. that's how she began her horse as a stellar writer —— age to stop by on a donkey, 0k. what you make of this? it always struck me that horse racing, a sport which i know nothing about, is a sport where women are very prominent. this has to bea women are very prominent. this has to be a good thing, for the first time a woman winning a grade one. are you a horse racing fan?|j time a woman winning a grade one. are you a horse racing fan? i like to have a floss or occasionally. i can't say i'm an expert. there we are, lovely. her smiling can't say i'm an expert. there we are, lovely. hersmiling face can't say i'm an expert. there we are, lovely. her smiling face of the page of the paper. thank you both for being with us. we will see you again at 11:30pm. that's it for the papers for now. thank you lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times, and anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe. that's it for the papers for now.

hello there. it's staying very windy to end the week and into the weekend. certainly on saturday, we are looking at another spell of rain and gales for some of us. tonight, those winds will be gusting across all areas, and we will see plenty of showers pushing into the north and the west of the country. longer spells of rain, some wintriness over the high ground of scotland. but it is the far south southwest, which could see most of the cloud, and it will also be fairly mild here too. it means through friday, we hold onto the cloud here with outbreaks of rain. a windy day for all, but bright on friday with some sunshine, lots of showers around northern and western areas. it is getting wintry on the scottish hills, and those winds are gusty, particularly across the eastern side of the pennines, but it will be mild in many parts of england and wales. into sunday, deepening area of low pressure hurdles in off the atlantic to bring very wet and windy weather across england and wales. to its northern flank of this rain, we could see some significant snow, taking over the high ground of scotland, but even now to lower levels for a time here, as it will be quite chilly through the day for scotland. but further south, where it is wet and windy, it will be milder, too.