welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm across north, north—westerly winds across the uk. slightly cooler i think gci’oss the uk. slightly cooler i think across the board, including southern areas, there will be some showers around these again. lots of sunshine kasia madeira in london. the around, so the best day of the hello. weekend, i suspect, this is bbc news with ben brown. headlines: around, so the best day of the weekend, isuspect, top around, so the best day of the weekend, i suspect, top temperatures only 10 degrees. into next week, it we'll be taking a look at tomorrow settles down thanks to a building morning's papers in a moment — british mps back a brexit area of high pressure, we will see first the headlines. delay, amid deadlock as the deadline approaches. lighter winds and it will turn 00:00:23,535 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 warmer and more springlike. republicans revolt — mps have approved a government members of president trump's motion on delaying brexit. own party join democratic lawmakers it's a victory for the prime in rejecting his border emergency. minister who will hold another vote on her deal. iron sharanjit leyl in singapore. —— nearly fifty years on from the bloody sunday killings the families of the victims are told i'm. one former paratrooper is to face at least five people are killed and dozens injured charges of murder — but sixteen after a footbridge collapses near mumbai's main train station. others will not be tried. class action. students in 70 countries will skip school calling former liberal leader for the world to work harder lord david steel has been suspended to tackle global warming. from the liberal democrats following his evidence to the inquiry into child sexual abuse about cyril smith. new figures show the number of criminals caught with knives oi’ dangerous weapons

has hit a 10—year high. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times and anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times leads with mps voting to ask the eu for a delay in the brexit process. the telegraph describes the move as ‘one last roll of the dice'. the financial times says theresa may has a better chance of getting her brexit deal passed as a result of this evening's vote. the express is less than impressed, branding mps failures for voting to delay brexit.

the metro also goes with brexit, saying theresa may has secured herself some breathing space. the guardian carries a photo of the families of those killed at bloody sunday. it says they are dismayed that only one soldier will face prosecution. the mirror reports that over a third of offenders repeatedly caught with knives do not go to prison. and the mail reports that lord steel has been suspended from the liberal democrats after an investigation is launched into what he knew about the crimes of child sex abuser cyril smith. so a varied set of front pages — let's take a look at a few of them in more detail. the guardian kicks off with the cabinet split exposed as mps vote to delay brexit. it has been quite a week at westminster and not finished yet. where are we? the reason may

will ask the eu for an extension at least until the end ofjune before brexit takes place. it is an interesting dynamic because it places the ball in the european country court. then needs to be yunnan community between the states about what sort of extension is offered and what criteria is involved. the french want to be hardline. there is even a suggestion that theresa may has been warned that theresa may has been warned that a second referendum could be a criteria attached to an extension, asa criteria attached to an extension, as a condition of the. and you, anand? i think we could get a short delay without fuss partly because they do not want to be seen to have imposed a no deal outcome on us immediately before the parliament elections in the eu, not the less because of the areas in belgium

france and northern —— benevolence that will be affected. otherwise they will say that they are happy to talk about at the we need to know why you want it. if you want another two months tojust why you want it. if you want another two months to just talk amongst yourself, there must be a reason for it. we were just talking to a german mep recently and he is absolutely frustrated with westminster. he said that london needs to talk to london rather than the eu. britain needs to decide what it wants and makes it requests clear. interesting today from ireland hearing that he would be happy to hear of the uk returning to the eu. donald task, the president of the european council has stressed he would be in favour ofa

has stressed he would be in favour of a longer extension with the hope of a longer extension with the hope ofa of a longer extension with the hope of a softer brexit. people seeing in coming days that number 10 will use that as a threat trying to get mps to support the reason is deal. and that takes us to her next attempt to get her deal through, and that will be next week. the financial times shows its headline here. do you think she now has a chance at the third time of asking of getting the deal through? it is third time of asking of getting the dealthrough? it is quite third time of asking of getting the deal through? it is quite a third time of asking of getting the dealthrough? it is quite a bullish story but i am not as optimistic as they are because there is a big margin to overturn. some members of her own party say they will vote against it no matter what. it is a conundrum. can she get enough others to support her, can the dup support her deal? and at some point you will need some defectors from labour and at the moment it is not clear there

will be enough. lucy? do you think third time lucky? i don't think she could do it next thursday that there isa could do it next thursday that there is a suggestion that if she fails at that hurdle but dramatically lowers the hurdle by which you sell, there isa the hurdle by which you sell, there is a chance for a fourth vote. —— by which she fell. i think that pressure is crucial to people feeling they have to back it. and what will be key here is whether the hardline brexiteers decide to falling behind theresa may's deal, deciding it is best to back an exit rather than no exit at all. maybe this was a strategy all along. people have said she has been running down the clock deliberately

and now she is concentrating minds with only days to go. she is whittling away at opposition to her deal vote by both. maybe she will have a third vote, maybe there will bea have a third vote, maybe there will be a fourth. that this is what she has always planned. this is her style. when you listen to stories about her at the home office, the word dobbed crops up quite a lot. she would insist on numerical targets being included in conservative manifestoes. but i don't think anyone ever thought a year ago don't think anyone ever thought a yearago in their don't think anyone ever thought a year ago in their wildest dreams that we would get this close, this last—minute. and even if the deal goes through there is an awful lot of work yet to be done. the withdrawal agreement bill, a massive piece of legislation needs to go through all three readings in the house of commons and the house of lords and that will take three or

four weeks at a minimum. the economists have a scathing cover oh... whatever next, they ask? obviously they are not impressed. the uk does look like a laughing stock. and the parliament has woken up stock. and the parliament has woken up and realise the mess they have themselves into. that have been pushing for a while now for a confirmatory referendum. i am not sure that that is necessarily where we will end up in this. that they may be onto something with describing how chaotic the whole process is. yesterday we saw four cabinet ministers defy the whip and yesterday the brexit secretary ending giving a speech recommending the government motion to extend article 50 and then yet himself

voting against it. we are in seriously strange times. indeed. the idea of a second referendum, another referendum, do you think that has gone away? no. there is a well—organised campaign group pressing for what they call a people's vote. but it does not have support in parliament now? something thatis support in parliament now? something that is happening now is that there are arguments within the second referendum campaign because many people did not want the amendment to go forward today. they argued that it is the last thing we need. when we are looking into work the abuse them with a —— when we are looking into the chasm, we then say here is an option. i think it is easy for the prime minister now to turn around and say in the house of commons you had a chance to vote for

another referendum and that amendment was crushed. and what happens next week and possibly with a fourth vote, it all depends on the brexiteers, doesn't it? this wing of the tory party that we did not know too much about the now we are discovering more and more about it. it is not monolithic block, it is quite fractured. i think that is right. signals are that the likes of jacob rees mogg would fall behind to reasons deal but other members have suggested that he would not back it under any circumstances. it will be a closely fought numbers game counting up which members could potentially backed the deal and which will vote against. and not to forget the dup. absolutely. and on that the prime minister hopes that the attorney general can come back with some slightly more helpful legal advice and he had last time. the suggestion is that dup and the

drg are looking for ladders declined. they fear that brexit may not ever happen and that this is the only way of getting brexit. that they will have to swallow hard and vote for theresa may's deal. for some, they wish to cease to be a memberof some, they wish to cease to be a member of state of the eu. and if this is the only way to do it then they will fall in line. she has gotten david davis on board, he had resigned because he did not like the direction of travel, and he has finally come out and voted in favour of the bill. if he could campaign over the next few days the prime minister would find that helpful. moving away from brexit and let's talk about bloody sunday, the other huge story of the day. lucy, you covered that today. and the news that one former member of the parachute regiment will be charged with murder. what was the reaction

in londonderry. the paratrooper who is set to stand trial is accused of two counts of murder and of attempted murder. so six families are impacted by that decision and welcome the decision today. and the otherfamilies welcome the decision today. and the other families who did not receive news that soldiers linked to the deaths of their loved ones, nonetheless welcomed the news. that there was a huge degree of disappointment and shock that not more former paratroopers were put on trial. using the families were genuinely expecting more former soldiers to be charged? truly they were. i spoke to rogic nash, the sister of william nash who was killed on bloody sunday. she was in shock at the decision to not charge the soldier. many of those involved

have incriminated themselves and honestly and truthfully spoke to the double enquiry but as pa rt spoke to the double enquiry but as part of the enquiry the evidence provided could not be used. there is no prospect of prosecution because they cannot use that evidence. no prospect of prosecution because they cannot use that evidencem no prospect of prosecution because they cannot use that evidence. it is amazing that this is something that happened almost 50 years ago and many people watching this programme we re many people watching this programme were not even born then. but it still hangs over this country, doesn't it? absolutely it does, just goes to how long people cling to their hopes for receiving justice and as lucy was saying, the sort of double whammy of the decision today, coupled with the fa ct the decision today, coupled with the fact that they know that there is

evidence in this report that they can't use, it has been a very bitter pill for them to swallow. and it has really been in that what was said to the enquiry, it is not necessarily admissible to court, that is the key point that the prosecutors were trying to make. yes, that is right. it is not uncontroversial, i think one paratrooper has been charged. there is some concerns about whether there is the ability to hold a trial almost a0 years after the event. many other campaigners are concerned that vetera ns many other campaigners are concerned that veterans were serving their country could be hauled to the courts. many of these 17 paratroopers who are waiting to hear the prosecution decision today in the prosecution decision today in the 60s and 70s, they have had the threat of a trial hanging over them too. it is a difficult situation and i think many of the people that support the veterans would say that as of the good friday agreement, the enquiry being set up, was to draw a line under these events. let's talk about the daily mirror's front page, which is about knife crime and knife

crime at a ten year high, they are saying. yeah, they are saying about 21,500 knife offences in the year. the opposition are saying this is done to funding cuts and lack of police on the streets, theresa may needs to release more money directly for knife crime, but there is no doubt that this is becoming a real issue of public concern because day after day after day, particularly in london, we get the headlines about young kids going out and getting stabbed and dying in many cases. so there is a level of public concern about this which is all the greater because there is a sense that parliament is not doing enough for issues like this one. but the government did announce this week, phillip hammond, £100 million for the police specifically to target knife crime. do you think the government is doing enough?” knife crime. do you think the government is doing enough? i think isa government is doing enough? i think is a sticking plaster in lieu of a

real strategy. i think part of the problem is enforcement of laws that already exist. the daily mirror tomorrow talks about a fact that a third of the people carrying blades have not received jail time, despite the fact that a law was brought into place in 2015 saying two strikes and you would receive a sentence, so the government is not even following the one provisions that are already in place. all right, the daily mail story about david steel, which we mentioned in the headlines there. david steel suspended, the liberal democrats, the former liberal party leader of course over the child sex scandal. just explain a bit more about what is involved in that. scandal. just explain a bit more about what is involved in thatm is quite a remarkable story because it turns out that having read an article in private in 2007, david steel confronted him over this and david steel then kept it quiet. he then allowed a recommendation that

cyril smith benighted go through, he said that he would do the same thing again. he's basically kept quiet about it and as a result, he has been suspended from the party. —— be knighted. lucy, what do you make of this? he has said that at the time, he was not leader of his party and therefore, nothing to do with me, governor. i think that is a frankly unacceptable attitude for anyone to hold, particularly in public life. and sir vince cable has been talking about this tonight actually, saying yes, david steel suspended. lord steel has been of a prominent politician, hasn't he? absolutely, and it strikes me is so strange that he has displayed such poorjudgement about this. as someone, as lucy said, in public life, you expect them to have a sense of wrong and to understand that they have civic duties and if you were aware that someone was involved in heinous crimes like this, you should speak

out about it, he should tell the authorities, you certainly should not go ahead with nominating them for honours and carrying on as if nothing at all had happened. it is a very, very strange story, it took me are back, i have to say. lucy, are you surprised by this?” are back, i have to say. lucy, are you surprised by this? i am surprised, i think it is a very strange sort of scenario and the specific offences that lord steel asked cyril smith about were pretty serious, he asked him about reports that he had abused boys at rochdale hostel. i am glad to say that the lib dems and come out and suspended him over this, the deputy leader has come out and said that this is an incredibly serious situation and it is right that he is suspended while an investigation takes place into

his conduct. and it seems that cyril smith did not necessarily admit this to david steel, hejust said that the police had investigated him. but crucially, lord steel said that he assumed that cyril smith had committed the offences, so sense going forward was that it was true. let us and then on a slightly lighter note, which is on the front page of your paper, lucy, the times, and it is again, we are reporting —— we re and it is again, we are reporting —— were reporting that in ii and it is again, we are reporting —— were reporting that in 11 o'clock news. bryony were reporting that in 11 o'clock news. bryo ny frost were reporting that in 11 o'clock news. bryony frost has become the first woman to win a grade one race at the cheltenham festival, well done to her. yeah, it is fantastic news. and a lovely picture. a lovely picture, she was clearly overwrought with the motion after winning this race in taking this fantastic record for women. great bass, started out in the lead, two miles and five furloughs, started out in the lead on her horse frodon, with whom she has built a great relationship over two seasons. i was interested to read that she learnt to ride on a

donkey named nosey, at the age of two. you a fan? i am not, but it is interesting, isn't it? because horseracing is often criticised for being sort of fusty male dominated, and then yesterday we had been blind from birth, his horse triumphed in a base, and then we have a woman jockey winning a race. to see this and said on the front page of the newspaper is really, really good for sport in general, i think. newspaper is really, really good for sport in general, ithink. lovely. all right, thank you so much. -- to see this. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times and anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe. up next, it's the sport

with holly hamilton. good evening, i am holly hamilton with your latest sports news and we start with football and it has been another successful evening for the english sides and you, with both chelsea and liverpool through to the next stage of the europa league. after being humbled in north—western france, arsenal needed to shine or it would be lights out on the european campaign and it was the man who so often stars that gave them the early lead. 0ne who so often stars that gave them the early lead. one guy would not be enough to qualify, but it was not long before it was two. this time it was aubamayang who was the creator.

this time the video referee suggested there was more than a hint of off side. aubamayang bp to check but could not beat the post. but then aubamayang had his second of then aubamayang had his second of the night. although hugh marks disbelief, was plain to see him. with performances like that, it could well become four. national arsenal has won this competition three times before. chelsea went into their second tie with 83—0 lead, five more goals on the weekends, including a hat—trick for 0livierjuror gave victory on aggregates and their place in the last eight. paul scholes has quit his role as older manager afterjust 31 days in thejob. he signed an 18 month contract last month and got

off toa month contract last month and got off to a dream start with a a—i win over yeoville. since then, off to a dream start with a a—i win overyeoville. since then, he off to a dream start with a a—i win over yeoville. since then, he has overseen the jaws and the defeats. ina overseen the jaws and the defeats. in a statement, he said ‘s decision was with deep regret but thought he would not be able to operate as he had intended. —— draws. jockey bryony frost made cheltenham festival history on thursday as she became the first woman to ride a top—level grade 0ne winner overjumps. victory came on the 9—2 chance frodon. i did not even know until i got back in and they said you know that was a great one?” got back in and they said you know that was a great one? i was like oh god, it was. i was still wrapped up with me and frodon, i thought honestly we had had a great time. you think well, hey, that is a cool thing, isn't it? they say fairytales do not really come true, only on very rare occasions. well, i guess i flip the coin and i have landed on a verification today. and

paisley park won the stairs hurdle. the victory never really looked in doubt, despite a slight mistake in the last flight. he is owner is a man who has been blind since birth, but that has not hampered his participation in the sport. this was a hugely popular win. st helens's unbeaten start to the super league season continued with another emphatic win tonight. grey scored in the corner during the second half, as they built on their lead, a flow of second—half tries followed that one as a high kick found tommy mark, who impressively set up dominic perre removed. st helens had now won six out of six and are top with 12 points. and that is all the sport

for now, enjoy the rest of your evening good night. hello there. a full uk forecast coming up in just a moment but first of all, thought we would take a look at what is going on in east africa because at the moment, we have a very powerful storm system. here we are, this is cyclone working into mozambique's fourth biggest city right now. damaging winds expected and i think we will see some severe flooding is well over the next few days, very nasty weather in mozambique. it is quite blustery but the winds not on that kind of a scale. as we head into friday, plenty of showers across northern parts of the uk, outbreaks of rain further south, gradually sinking further southwards across england and wales, never really getting away from the south—west of england, where it is quite a south—west of england, where it is quitea damp south—west of england, where it is quite a damp day. feeling colder

further north, the temperature struggling to around seven degrees or so. as we go into friday night, pulse of rain working into northern ireland, pushing northwards across ireland, pushing northwards across ireland and wales with the maintaining heavy overnight tonight. we will start to see some of the tender snow across the more higher parts of the northern pennines and then for the start of the weekend, this weather system are developing low pressure looks set to cause a few problems on saturday and it is multiple hazards to different parts of the country really, heavy outbreaks of rain targeting wales and also the high ground of pennines. we could see 100 millimetres over the high ground of wales, you will notice the snow on the charts. northern ireland, northern england and scotland, above 350 metres elevation, we could see ten to 20 centimetres of snow, that could cause some problems, then there is the winds. we could get gusts of 50 to 60, maybe even locally 70 miles an hour, strong enough to bring down one or two trees and again that could cause some problems. the saturday, whether it is the rain, snow or strong

winds, there will be some potentially disruptive weather. the saturday night and sunday, the low pressure m oves saturday night and sunday, the low pressure moves away but it is deepening as it moves towards our shores, we will have to keep an eye on that. north—westerly winds will be quite gusty nationwide and will continue to bring showers across northern and western parts, but the showers will move inland times and is immune immune from seeing a heavy downpour. given the strength of the winds, it is going to feel cold, maximum temperatures reaching either 10 degrees. many areas will be colder than that, so we have got wet weather coming our way. that is your latest forecast, bye for now.