hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm: england's women have just anger in the commons won she believes cup as theresa may announces she's and the world cup is attempting to delay brexit coming this summer. with fresh eyes on the women's game, untiljune 30th and will ask parliament to vote for a third time it is hoped girls will understand on her withdrawal deal. football is notjust a job for the boys. the outcome of the long extension if you can see it, you can be it. would be this house spending natalie pirks, bbc news. yet more endless hours contemplating its navel on europe a metalfactory workerfrom hereford who won a euromillions jackpot and failing to address the issues of £71 million has proudly declared that matter to our constituents, that it will change his life. schools and hospitals and security and jobs. ade goodchild, who's 58, this house has indulged itself has quit his job and now has his eye on europe for too long. on a new house with a jacuzzi, we're now in the midst a few staff, as he put it, of a full—scale national crisis. and dream holidays to incompetence, failure the grand canyon and the pyramids. and intransigence from the prime minister and her government you know you go from the bottom of the screen and raise it up has brought us to this point. and shows you which line you have a desperate race against time won on and everything was circled. to rescue survivors of the cyclone so i thought, £71,000, that's that's killed hundreds in southern africa, but it's unusual, for that to be the jackpot, hampered by very heavy rain. so i looked at it again, it was £71 million. i had to sit back down again, as you do.

and the first thing that went through my head was, i'd better phone my mum and dad. lucky him. are we lucky with the weather? the number 18 might come up this afternoon, positively springlike, apt given that today is the spring equinox. for some of us, some sunshine. quite a lot of cloud as well. all of us feeling the effects of the mild air coming up from the south—west, bringing the relatively high temperatures. the satellite picture, you can see what imean by satellite picture, you can see what i mean by lots of cloud, some is quite stubborn, refusing to break up, but in wales, the midlands, east anglia, lincolnshire, quite a lot of sunshine, the highest temperatures this afternoon, possibly 18. even keeping the cloud, very mild and as we head towards the end of the day, most of us dry, some sunshine, bit of rain in the far north—west. talking of the end of the day, the

spring equinox today, the days getting longer, you will have noticed, no doubt. 0nce getting longer, you will have noticed, no doubt. once the sun has gone down tonight, most of us will be predominantly dry. where we have had clear skies today, more clad filling in, some spots of drizzle and missed until folk filling in, some spots of drizzle and missed untilfolk in filling in, some spots of drizzle and missed until folk in the west —— more cloud, spots of drizzle and hill folk in the west. a cloudy start to tomorrow, damp and murky weather around. most places dry. we might seea weather around. most places dry. we might see a little bit of brightness in places, but generally a cloudier day than today. 0utbreaks in places, but generally a cloudier day than today. outbreaks of rain sliding further south and western parts of scotland. even with the extra cloud, very mild day. friday, could start off with patches of cloud and mist, for much of

scotland, england and wales, predominantly dry with spells of sunshine. rain making progress over northern ireland and north—west scotland, very windy, busts of 50—60 mph. a bit cooler behind the rain —— gusts of 50—60 miles per r. saturday, cold front coming south—east, behind it, a slightly different feel to the weather for the weekend. not plunged back into the weekend. not plunged back into the depths of winter, but losing the very mild air, cooler and fresher, some spells of sunshine, the chance of wintry showers in the north and west of scotland. either we can, feeling a bit less springlike. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. theresa may formally asks the eu for a three—month delay to brexit. she said any extension beyond june 30th would only mean the commons

-- it —— it would be unacceptable. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. we'll start with news of a huge investiment in women's football. barclays is to become the first title sponsor of the women's super league. the bank's signed a multi—million pound deal with the fa, in what's being described as the biggest ever investment by a brand into women's sport in the uk. the deal means that official prize money will be offered for the first time. former england goalkeeper rachel brown—finnis says it's a game changing moment. a huge deal. it's a landmark achievement. there have been so many historical moments in women's football over the last ten or 15 yea rs, football over the last ten or 15 years, certainly, with regards to

the professionalising of women's football, but this has been at the final piece of the jigsaw. we have had the media coverage, players have been about to become professional players and that continues to grow and move on the right direction, but the commercialisation of it under the commercialisation of it under the sponsorship of the league, that has never been done before. so to see that sign and are sealed and confirmed to start next season is probably the most exciting piece in this continuing journey. you mention that continuing journey, it does seem to be an upper trajectory for women's football in general, but how should this money be spent to keep it growing consistently?” should this money be spent to keep it growing consistently? i think what's been done so far has not only grow in the game as far as the number of girls and women playing the sport, but it has also allowed the sport, but it has also allowed the product at the very least like full and the professional super league has never been better. what people are actually seeing is the

best version of women's football that there has ever been. the investment from ba rclays that there has ever been. the investment from barclays will be twofold. it will continue to progress the product, what we see on oui’ progress the product, what we see on our televisions, but i know it will also go into grassroots football. what that will do is not only continue to grow the number of coastline, but it is to get those young girls to watch the women and see them as their role models. we wa nt see them as their role models. we want those young girls, and notjust young girls, but theirfamilies want those young girls, and notjust young girls, but their families and footballers and football fans in general to come across and watch any product. raheem sterling has the backing of his england team—mates after criticising the media for the way they portray black players. sterling said newspapers helped "fuel racism" after he was allegedly racially abused by a fan whle playing at chelsea in december. the manchester city forward is with currently with the national team preparing for upcoming euro 2020 qualifiers on friday and monday.

and england team—mate danny rose says sterling's criticism was "spot on". bolton wanderers have been given two weeks to settle their debts and avoid a winding—up order. the championship side's high court hearing over an unpaid tax bill has been adjourned until the 3rd of april. they were in talks over a take—over, which fell apart yesterday. however, it's understood that owner ken anderson has agreed terms with a buyer who is willing to pay off their debts. wales grand slam winning fly—half gareth anscombe says more players may leave welsh clubs, unless domestic uncertainty is resolved. the build up to wales' six nations win was overshadowed by on—off mergers and uncertainty over contracts. anscombe's national dual contract expires at the end of this season, and he's thought to be a target for a couple of clubs in the english premiership. wales' professional rugby board says all four regions will compete

as they are next season, but anscombe says the row has made all the players think of leaving. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first a little earlier than usual, the headlines on bbc news. theresa may has confirmed that she has formally asked the eu to for a three month delay on brexit until the end ofjune. a race against time to rescue survivors of the cyclone that's killed hundreds in southern africa. the first funerals take place in new zealand for the victims of the gun attacks on two mosques in christchurch. and the business news. food and alcohol price rises helped

push inflation higher in february, the first rise since august 2018. more on this in a moment. google has been hit with a £1.28 billion fine from the eu for blocking rival online search advertisers. it is the third eu fine for the search and advertising giant in two years. bmw shares are down this morning after it warned that pre—tax profit will fall by 10% this year. in response it has announced a major cost cutting programme. hello and welcome to the business news today. lots to get through. some inflation data to start you off today. inflation, the measure of rising prices, ticked up to 1.9% form 1.8% last month. that was partly due to rising food and alcohol prices. if you're a rose fan, you may have noticed that the cost of a bottle of rose edged up by 8 pence because of a rise in duty tax on certain types of alcohol

announced in the autumn budget. the chancellor is perhaps not a rose fan. wright will find that a bit more about that now. there are two elements to it really. some of the prices were expected to rise. but as an underlining trend here that is a link to the very tight labour market. we have seen wages rise and we are expecting continuing inflationary pressures on that side and we are inspecting inflation to rise further in the coming months. we are going to talk about our oil and gas now. investment of about £200 billion is needed to fund oil and gas production in the north sea if we are to fully exploit its potential.

that's according to a new report out by oil and gas uk, the trade body joining us now is deirdre michie, chief executive, oil and gas uk. are you worried that brexit will make it quite hard to attract investment? are repositioning is based on a much more competitive way than we have for years. aaron production has increased under costs have been reduced. 0ur efficiencies have been reduced. 0ur efficiencies have improved. have we received more money? are you worried that brexit might bea money? are you worried that brexit might be a problem? in terms of what we're trying to achieve, we have developed a much more competitive base and that is attracting investment. the concern for others, like every sector when it comes to brexit is that we are looking for a frictionless access to people, goods and services. the concern is that if

you don't have that, it doesn't start to add cost and inefficiency to your business. it is a lot of money 200 billion is there enough oil in the north sea to justify such an investment? we still consider there is another 20 million barrels of oil to get out. —— 20 billion barrels of oil to get. we can deliver this. you mentioned just there about attracting people to the industry. that was something in the report. why is it hard to attract people in? is an industry we have had a perception that we are heavy engineering, we are not particularly divine first. people contribute that we don't have a long future. but actually, part of our challenge is to get out there and remind people how important we are to their daily

lives. we are providing 60% of the uk's energy demand today and we anticipate we will do that for decades to come. we also need to show that we are part of the energy transition anyway that is compelling. and that people want to come and join us and be part of the solution of helping to manage an energy transition to the future. thank you. let's take a look at some of the other business stories around today. a financial services company has been ordered not to reuse an advert in which it tried to persuade people to take out a loan, in case they wanted to stockpile food because of brexit. cash on go, trading as peachy.co.uk, sent out an email saying, "it's a good idea to have a little stockpile ready." the advertising standards authority upheld a complaint from a reader who said the advert was irresponsible. peachy said it was being light—hearted. shares in bayer have tumbled almost

10%, after a us jury found that one of the world's most widely—used weedkillers was a "substantial factor" in causing a man's cancer. bayer had strongly rejected claims that its glyphosate—based round—up product was carcinogenic. but the jury in san francisco ruled unanimously that it contributed to causing non—hodgkin's lymphoma in california resident edwin hardeman. us—china trade talks are set to continue next week according to media reports. the us and china have imposed tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of one another‘s goods over the past year. a truce at a g20 meeting in december made way for talks, but negotiations have at times been rocky. let's have a look at the markets before we go. we are seeing a decline in its share

price there. i will be back with more market news and business news in after life. amid rowdy scenes in the house of commons this lunchtime, theresa may confirmed that she has formally asked the eu to delay brexit until the end ofjune. the prime minister told mps she's opposed to a longer extension than that, and is preparing to put her brexit deal to a third commons vote. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn described the brexit stalemate as a ‘national crisis.‘ 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in the palace of westminster. taking stock of where we are after a pretty free braille prime minister questions. —— free braille prime ministers questions. this was a humdinger of a prime ministers question. as she was almost placing

herself in the side of the public againstan herself in the side of the public against an awkward parliament, blocking brexit. a bald patch by the prime minister, but we learned that she would absolutely not allow any extension to leadership be owned her. the eu are saying that they are not so keen onjune 30 but may consider may 23. let us discuss this further. kathleen, what did you make of mrs may performance and her page? thisjust seemed of mrs may performance and her page? this just seemed like of mrs may performance and her page? thisjust seemed like another layer of confusion on top. people are saying that the time extension it means it is even calling into question her leadership. she is almost saying that if you want me to be the leader then i would have the extension any longer than june.

equally, from my point of view i wonder if it might be easier if the eu said, taking to 2019, and taken to what you need so it gives us as a parliament to discuss and debate and put ina parliament to discuss and debate and put in a time when we think we are ready for some time of the deal. tim, some people may agree with that that it tim, some people may agree with that thatitis tim, some people may agree with that that it is parliament that are the problem? triggering article 50 without having a clue about what we re without having a clue about what were doing. having the ludicrous tight lines. there was one question that sums up the problem. the response to him by the prime minister was to roll over and have hertummy minister was to roll over and have her tummy tickled. the prime minister is appealing a few extremists on the far right of her

party than listening to the people. it is the prime minister listening toa it is the prime minister listening to a few obsessives and ignoring her community, businesses, experts. just pandering to the brexiteers is not going to build that aligns? actually i don't see it that way. whether we voted leave or remain, we need to get out. i think that they are actually quite happy with the way that she is committed to a short extension. none of us wanted an extension. none of us wanted an extension in the first place. if we have to have it to finalise some of theissues have to have it to finalise some of the issues around the deal, then it is good, but i think that people will welcome this uncertainty. that is good for businesses too. isn't the brutal truth that the large part of the problem is mrs may? it is her deal, her divided party and her red lines and her leadership? is a sheet perhaps the issue and not

parliament? i think it is very easy for people to blame her. actually if you look at it is the opposition mps who are refusing. they all said they would honour the result of the referendum and when i speak to the labour voters and read it, they ask whatjeremy corbyn is doing and say we need to think about the national interest and we need to get out. we have record jobs figures that were reported just this week. we need to think about that and how do we help more businesses to create more jobs instead of navel—gazing about brexit. kathleen, when are we going to get some clarity from jeremy corbyn? when it are going to commit to a clear policy? just to pick up her

point, £509 is how much we are spending on brexit. £500 million —— £500 million is how much we are spending on brexit.|j £500 million is how much we are spending on brexit. i am asking aboutjeremy spending on brexit. i am asking about jeremy corbyn's position. spending on brexit. i am asking about jeremy corbyn's positionm with the leader of the opposition who are saying, meet me this afternoon. i think it is quite good, maybe it is down tojeremy afternoon. i think it is quite good, maybe it is down to jeremy corbyn to say come and talk to me, because it is not the prime ministers doing. the speaker has given a villain, like we have never seen before. —— the speaker has given a ruling like we have never seen the speaker has given a ruling like we have never seen before. jeremy corbyn's approach is to ask the

prime minister for a meeting today. to get people around the table in order to try and bring the different cans together. i call that a national interest. tim, we know there is going to be a three—month delay at best. isn't one of the consequences of that that there is simply not time for your preferred option of another referendum? there is nose based to hold another referendum? reminder is that the extension is that it is not set. we could be out of the eu in a few days' time without a deal. that would be bad for farmers in my patch and for everyone right across the country. an extension ofjust a few weeks gives her just country. an extension ofjust a few weeks gives herjust the opportunity to bully her backbenchers to go along with her deal. it is bad for

the —— a better deal would be to ask for a longer extension. we shouldn't be where we are, triggering article 50 before we had any plan. it is why i voted against triggering article 50. where we are, triggering article 50. where we are, triggering article 50 eight weeks gives us some cards ina 50 eight weeks gives us some cards in a negotiation. that is not a majority for a referendum and is not a majority for a referendum ins parliament. there is no majority for anything. who do we blame? we could blame david cameron, who has his trotte rs blame david cameron, who has his trotters up and has run away from all of this. and giddy question which was immensely vague. there is 110w which was immensely vague. there is now 52% anymore. there is at least three versions of brexit in the comments. there is not a majority for anything which means that the only logical, peaceful, legitimate way out of this is to put it back to

the people and then we do what they tell us today. another option is a general election. some people are beginning to mitt that is another way to resolve this crisis. good ideai don't think it solves anything andi ideai don't think it solves anything and i don't believe the public would support it. we would just be rehearsing these arguments over and over again. the people in my constituency see they know why they voted and they will not change their mind. even ramona say they voted remain and it was a proper chance to express our remain and it was a proper chance to express oui’ view. remain and it was a proper chance to express our view. i do not think the general election solves the fundamental issues. it adds more chaos and uncertainty. we have been going round and round for more than three years, do you think we're going to the eu? as these two, who

campaigned very hard for remain, that would be very nice for me to say, but one of the compromises that have come forward from a northern mp and the brighton mp, suggests that we put the deal that we know it is a description of brexit to the people and there is something solid, unlike the first but when we didn't define it. we didn't define it and it was anything you wanted to be. this is a definition and may nonpolitical people, will look at it and say that'll do. or they will say we want to stay where we are under to reform the eu from our current position. to stay where we are under to reform the eu from our current positionm that not possible that it could be seen as that not possible that it could be seen as another possession to thwart brexit? it could be a mechanism to overturn the previous referendum?

the problem with no brexit is that it is unclear and pretty frightening. the two clear deals we know that now we need to get over the sense that has been put about by the sense that has been put about by the prime minister and others that if anyone will vote for her deal it will all end. that is baloney. the only place that left the eu was agreement and it took them five years extricate themselves. if you're fed up of talking about order that there is a lasting read. do you think that mrs may can carry on much longer? i don't think it is the time to have that discussion. we are any constitutional crisis. i believe that most of our party believe we need to back her. she has already said she will not lead us into the next election. people have their views about that, but we just need

to focus now on actually delivering what people voted for. and getting out of the eu. tim is right, there will be discussions afterwards, but i think we won't be having them in the heat and light that we are having an end now. we will have put it behind us and moved on to talking about those trading negotiations which are the most important thing is for those this country in our future. if you heard anyone banging away on the background, it was a workman, not someone banging away saying no more brexit! thank you to you and your guests. now it's time for a look at the weather. it feels a bit like spring out there today. it is at the spring equinox today. it is at the spring equinox today. we will see more in the way of mild weather over the next couple

of mild weather over the next couple of days. some sunshine, but not all the time and not for all of us. there is quite a lot of cloud around as well. we are feeling the effects ofa as well. we are feeling the effects of a south—westerly wind. very mild there over the british isles. there is quite a lot of it. some places have done better than others in terms of sunshine, parts of wales, the midlands, lincolnshire and down into east anglia. we have seen temperatures push up to 16 or 17 and possibly 18 degrees. even if you get stuck with cloud for the rest of the afternoon, it will feel pretty mild out there. some rain across the far north of scotland and, as we head towards the end of the day, most places are dry and we keep hold of some sunshine in some places. it is the equinox today and that these are the equinox today and that these are the sunset times today. 0nce the equinox today and that these are the sunset times today. once at the sun has gone down tonight, any of the clear gaps that we had today will tend to fill in with cloud. most of us do the net will be quite

cloudy and resilient damp and murky for some hills and close in the west. now where will it be a cold night. pretty mild as we start off tomorrow morning. click cloud enough tomorrow morning. click cloud enough to purchase some drizzle in the west. generally tomorrow will be a cloudy day. best chance of any brightness the west country and parts of north—east england. some of this rain edging along western scotland. even with that cloud 16 degrees. there will be some areas of cloud and mist to start of the day. but for much of england and wales and eastern scotland it should stay predominantly dry. northern ireland and north—west scotland will see gusts of wind, possibly 50 mph across the far north. this band of rain, behind it, this is where it sta rts rain, behind it, this is where it starts to turn a little bit cooler. this will take us into the weekend. a cold front that will sink

eastwards as we go into saturday. much of the rain will fizzle out. we are not going to be plunged back into the depths of winter, but we will notice the difference with this cool air will notice the difference with this coolair in will notice the difference with this cool air in place. temperatures are more like ten to 13 degrees. mostly dry, but with some sunshine. possibly some wintry showers in scotland. not as springlike by the weekend.