this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. the headlines at 6pm. the prime minister looks for ways to bring her eu withdrawal agreement back to the commons for a fourth time. i think what we have to do is to make sure that we deliver on the will of the people of the referendum. we have to keep trying, that is what people voted for. put it at the end ofjanuary and lost by the largest ever majority the government was defeated in parliamentary history, put it back again then again and is now going to apparently try again next week. this is beyond ridiculous. today is the deadline for public sector bodies with more than 250 employees to declare the pay difference between their male and female workers, but thousands haven't yet done so. thousands of palestinians take part in protests on the border between gaza and israel to mark a year since weekly demonstrations began. mick jagger is forced to postpone the upcoming rolling stones tour

of the us and canada as he needs medical treatment. huddersfield town are relegated from the premier league after they lose at crystal palace. more on that in sportsday in half an hour. good evening. the prime minister is understood to be considering asking mps to vote for a fourth time on the withdrawal agreement she negotiated to leave the european union. yesterday her deal was defeated by 58 votes. on monday, the house of commons will test whether there's support for alternative brexit plans, in a second round of what are called "indicative", or advisory, votes. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. there is clear frustration

in westminster. still on show the day after mps rejected theresa may's brexit plan again. the question now is what happens next? as yet members of the government can't give any real clarity is. can't give any real clarity. i think what we have to do is to make sure that we deliver on the will of the people at the referendum. we have to keep trying. some still argue the prime minister's brexit deal is the best option. it's very disappointing that the government lost yesterday. i think that has put the country in some difficulty and i feel the best way forward is the prime minister's deal but we will see what the options are. so you would put her deal back again? well, obviously, the cabinet will have to consider what the next step forwards will be. the ayes to the right, 286. the noes to the left, 344. yesterday's rejection of the brexit plan was smaller than the two previous efforts but still substantial. on monday, mps will vote on alternatives to the prime minister's plan.

last time, parliament could not agree on any one option but having another public vote or keeping close to the eu in a customs union proved most popular. the government's waiting to see if mps can agree in a way forward but isn't clear if that will change its direction. the customs union doesn't actually reflect or respect what was in our own manifesto but we have got to look at what parliament coalesces around next week. but i think the best way to go forward is to be looking at getting that withdrawal agreement approved. but the labour leader campaigning in newport today is holding firm against the prime minister's plan calling for further compromise or an election. the absolute priority at the moment, is to end this chaos that this government has brought us to by their endlessly running down the clock and basically bullying and threatening people. the bullying hasn't worked, the threats hasn't worked. it's time now for the sensible people to take over. let us pray our parliament. let us pray for union. and let us pray for peace.

the church of england arranged prayers for unity today but less than two weeks before the new date on which we are due to leave, division is entrenched. some want to walk away with no deal. others are resisting. parliament is at a crucial crossroads. alex forsyth, bbc news. today is the deadline for public sector bodies, with more than 250 employees, to reveal how much of a pay difference there is between male and female workers. but thousands are yet to file. our correspondent sangita myska has been looking at the numbers. this is not a story about men and women paid differently for the same work, this is about the gender pay gap, it is quite complicated how they calculate that. we have a graphic to show you. this measurement is done by lining up employees, women and men, in a company, in order of salary, you then pull out the woman on the middle salary and the man on the middle salary,

and then compare the two, and that gives you the gender pay gap. why is that important today? because we are talking about the public sector, that accounts for one sixth of the number of people employed here in the uk, over 5 million people. who are the worst offenders? it could be argued that the group of employers that should know better, it's universities. if you were to look at the national average, the gender pay gap, it is 9.1%, but when you take that to universities, you will see that it is 13.7%. now, it is possible to argue that that gap can be explained away by the fact that women largely, women are more likely to be working part—time and let's face it there are few of us in senior roles but there is an interesting figure buried in between all of this, that is looking at the gender pay gap for bonuses, single payments made at the discretion, largely, of the employer.

the two of the worst offenders, liverpool and newcastle university, that gap, 80% and over. in terms of the rest of the public sector, how is that fairing? civil servants working in whitehall, government departments, again, if you are a woman you won't be happy, 23%, local government fares better, 3%. sangita there. palestinian authorities say three people have died, including a 17—year—old boy, as tens of thousands of palestinians protest on the israel—gaza border. demonstrators threw stones and burned tyres, with israelis returning tear gas and live fire. the face—off comes one year after the start of weekly protests on the frontier. our correspondent, yolande knell, is just outside the israeli village of nahal oz, close to the border with gaza, from where she sent this update. here, if you look across through the field, you can see

the gaza boundary fence, and we can still see on the other side large palestinian crowds. according to the israeli military, some 40,000 palestinians turned out at different locations along the fence for this day of protest. despite the relatively large numbers of protesters, we have seen less violence than in previous weeks, although, we are hearing from gaza health officials it was two palestinians killed during the course of the mass rallies as well as the person killed ahead of them making it three people killed during the course of the day. israeli troops have been using tear gas to drive people back, and they have had claims from the un, from a un enquiry, that they have used excessive force in the past, using live ammunition. they say they only use live ammunition when palestinians are trying to breach the fence,

enter israeli territory, where they could pose a threat to israeli civilians who live, really, as we have seen here, not very far away at all from the place where all of these protests are taking place. on the other side of the border, tom bateman sent this report from gaza. we are at the biggest protest just east of gaza city. we saw thousands of palestinians making their way towards the site here, that's a tear gas canister there is being thrown back by one of the protesters. you can see the israeli points on the other side of the perimeter fence, these are sniper positions. we are seeing tear gas fired at the palestinian protesters, some burning tyres. so far, they have not made their way right up to the fence, that is the real point of friction here. what today will be is a test of what has been a fragile calm between hamas, who runs the gaza strip, and israel, in the last few days,

after a serious military escalation at the start of the week. as these year—anniversary protests get under way, there has been strong rhetoric from both sides, the israelis have sent 200 snipers into sniper positions around the fence, and three extra brigades to the south of israel to the area surrounding the strip. hamas has asked people to remain peaceful, but it says if there is what it calls israeli aggression, it will respond with equal force. the rolling stones have postponed a tour of the united states and canada because sir mickjagger needs medical treatment. the band's publicist said the legendary lead singer would be working very hard to get back on stage and doctors expected him to make a full recovery. the rolling stones had been due to kick off their tour in miami and play 17 dates across north america, ending in canada injuly. our news correspondent chi chi izundu has been following the story. no more detail on what the medical treatment is for or how long

he is being treated for, a tour is an expensive affair, it takes a lot for an insurance company to agree someone to be signed off to cancel a whole tour and postpone it, plus it will cost a lot of money. aeg and concerts west are advising ticket holders to keep hold of their tickets because there are plans that this will go ahead eventually. mickjagger has said he is sorry to all his friends in america and canada, he hates letting them down and is devastated to have to postpone the tour, but will be working very hard to get back on stage as soon as possible. if you think about a rolling stones concert, one of the things they are most famous for, if not for being the rolling stones, is mick jagger's massively energetic performance, there is a scientific report out there that show that when somebody

is performing on stage, it is akin to being an athlete. he's a 75—year—old man, now undergoing medical treatment, this tour is just on postponement, but we wish him all the best. in his mid—70s, still with this phenomenal amount of energy, to sustain a i7—date concert tour, and that is no small thing. let's not forget, this isjust one leg of the tour, their no filter tour. he is world—renowned for how much energy he puts into his tour dates, ageing really well for a 75 man but sadly this news has come out that he has had to postpone the whole tour for the us and canada legs, it was supposed to start last month on the 20th, and end towards the end ofjuly, but his treatment, his doctors have said he cannot do the tour and he has got to

focus on his health. the bbc has learnt that the pilot flying the plane carrying the cardiff city striker, emiliano sala, which crashed in the english channel, had not been qualified to fly at night—time. david ibbostson is thought to have been colour—blind. the light aircraft had been flying to cardiff from nantes, in france, with its route taking it over the channel islands. but radar data shows it diverting from its planned course before descending into the sea, where the wreckage was found. it has been ten weeks since the plane carrying cardiff city's record £15 million signing, emiliano sala, crashed into the sea off guernsey in the channel islands. the man tasked with getting him to his new club in time for training was david ibbotson, a private pilot from north lincolnshire. but he should not have been flying at night because he was not licensed to. the bbc has been told that he was colour—blind and had a restriction on his license stating he could fly in daylight hours only. the ill—fated flight set

off from nantes over one hour after sunset. there has been much speculation about the legality of the flight. the piper malibu was registered in the us and could not be operated commercially with paying passengers. the air accident investigation branch said that licensing continues to be a focus of its investigations but a full report into the crash is not expected until early next year. in the us, several campaigns for the 2020 presidential elections in the united states. several campaigns to seek the democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential elections have already kicked off. today was the turn of former three—term texas congressman beto o'rourke, who held a rally in el paso today to launch his own bid to become his party's nominee. our correspondent dan johnson is there. this is home turf for beto oi’ or work this is where he grew up and

this is where he nearly missed a senate seat. there is a lot of energy and excitement since he announced two weeks ago that he did wa nt to announced two weeks ago that he did want to run for president in 2020 and that he would seat the democratic nomination. all those campaign is now under way he has a big rally here today in el paso to kick—start his campaign properly and then two more rallies across texas today as well. now immigration is a big issue here because we are right on the mexican border. and this week customs and border protection have said that the system really is beyond breaking point and less than a mile from here, there are hundreds of asylum—seekers who are being held in an open compound. they are waiting to be processed by border patrol who say that their facilities are simply overwhelmed and that they have nowhere else for those people to stay, nowhere for them to sleep. so they have been sleeping out in the open lane unpaired earth and

beto o'rourke himself went to see that last night. that will be a major campaign issue here i am sure and we will wait to hear except what the rest of his campaign message will be. dan johnson there. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister and her cabinet look for ways to bring may's eu withdrawal agreement back to the commons for a fourth time after it was defeated by 58 votes yesterday. today is the deadline for public sector bodies with more than 250 employees to declare the pay difference between their male and female workers, but thousands haven't yet done so. thousands of palestinian protesters take part in protests on the border between gaza and israel to mark a year since weekly demonstrations began. eurostar passengers have faced delays and disruption today after a 44—year—old man was arrested on the roof of london's st pancras station. the man draped in an england flag is being questioned on suspicion of trespass and obstruction of the railway. thousands of passengers on eurostar

services and on southeastern services between london and kent, were affected. lines have now reopened. psychiatrists are being urged to ask children, who are having mental health assessments, about how long they spend online and what they use social media for. the royal college of psychiatrists says it is concerned about how time spent online impacts mood, sleep, diet and behaviour. mps have called for new regulations to be imposed on platforms such as facebook, twitter and instagram, to protect children from what they call "an online wild west". dr bernadka dubitska is the chair of the child and adolescent faculty at the royal college of psychiatrists who explained what help was available to young people. there are really good resources out there for children and young people, there are lots of support available, as a child psychiatrist, we are highly skilled professionals, trained to find out about all

aspects of a young persons life and their online presence is a very important aspect of their life these days. it is important that professionals receive young people who see young people who are vulnerable and have mental health problems and also enquire about what is happening online and with new technologies. are there any aspects of that which is affecting them and they are struggling with that? and we hope to try to help them negotiate that. a bbc investigation has discovered rogue traders are selling tens of thousands of pounds worth of receipts and invoices in a black market trade to cheat uk taxes. the dealers, who advertise online, sell authentic documents to enable others to fraudulently claim back vat and reduce the amount of income tax they pay. colin campbell has the story. he wants to sell me £10,000 worth of construction material receipts for £800, and boasts they can be used as a way

to work around paying income tax. an illicit black—market trade, i contacted dealers posing as a self—employed builder, seeking to use the receipts to evade tax and fraudulently claim back vat. with a ring binderfull of construction material receipts, this polish builder wanted £2,500 for £30,000 worth of receipts. pay cash? another rogue trader, this time decorating receipts.

these guys are essentially committing tax fraud. i showed the footage to a tax expert. it's a crime because what it's doing is enabling people to reduce their tax bill and their vat bill illegally, because they haven't actually incurred the expense that they're going to claim for. i found more than a dozen dealers advertising the receipts on uk based polish classified ad sites. hmrc says it's committed to ensuring all companies and individuals pay the right tax at the right time, and will pursue those who fail to do so. ok, great. all the dealers we spoke to had a ready supply of receipts. i'm actually a journalist from the bbc. but none wanted to discuss their illicit trade. what you're doing is criminal. it's fraudulent. you're helping people cheat the tax system, aren't you?

no. vat? self—assessment? you're helping people cheat their tax. i don't know. you've got £30,000 worth of receipts here. a previously hidden crime, now a brazen illicit trade that's hard to combat. another form of tax evasion, cheating the country of much—needed revenue. colin campbell, bbc news. more than 175,000 people have signed an online petition calling for a ban on the practise of covering trees and hedges with nets to prevent birds from nesting in them. nets are often used by developers to keep birds away during construction projects, but conservationists argue that it's a threat to wildlife. john maguire has been looking into this. it's a cover—up, but is it right? 18 trees have been shrouded by giant nets at this school in cambridgeshire. the council wants to expand the school, something which wouldn't be allowed if birds were nesting. elaine spotted them,

tweeted about them, and was amazed by the response. i think it has made such an impression because it is such a dramatic visual metaphor, if you like, of what we're doing to the natural world. it has been happening across the uk, here recently in surrey on a large scale, and in warwickshire, where hedgerows have been covered. the royal society for the protection of birds wants them banned. the problem is that we are excluding those from the nesting habitat at this key time of year. the countryside should be full of lively birdsong right now, but across our country, we have lost 44 million birds in 50 years and when nature is in crisis, we really can't afford to be adding to its pressures with things like these nets. there are concerns that wildlife may become trapped inside the nets, as happened here in north lincolnshire, but developers say the nets protect birds and animals and are deployed in a controlled and responsible manner. trees with nests cannot be chopped

down during the spring and summer nesting season, so work can be allowed to continue all year round. legislation protects nesting birds, as it rightly should but developers under a lot of pressure to bring forward sites for development, to start building houses to meet the housing crisis and therefore, delay when they can't do tree works between march and august means that their development is put back, it means we can't start on site and it means we can't build houses that need. a parliamentary petition calling for a ban has reached more than 175,000 names, well above the number required to trigger a commons debate. back in cambridgeshire, the council has reacted to the negative public response here and ordered the nets to be taken down, whether they protect all they threatened wildlife, or they threaten wildlife, these will be removed at easter.

now, spoiler alert, if you missed the first ever all female final of masterchef last night and you want to catch up on the final later then look away now. our master champion 2019 is... irini. after competing against 54 other determined contestants and through seven gruelling weeks of culinary challenges the masterchef winner 2019, irini tzortzoglou was crowned last night. 2019, irini tzortzoglou it 2019, irini tzortzoglou wasn't for the benefit of the judges, it wasn't for the benefit of the judges, it was a lot from my benefit because i wanted to connect my roots. but also for the benefit of

the viewers of the programme. because my sense has been in the 40 yea rs i have because my sense has been in the 40 years i have lived here that people have an idea of greek food that is a little bit outdated. and i had the chance through masterchef to allow the playfulness of my character to come out so it was a little bit of a playful need to take traditional produce and present it in a contemporary way. so yes, i grew up with that. my grandmother and mother cooked it. but totally differently andi cooked it. but totally differently and i felt surely i can do cooked it. but totally differently and ifelt surely i can do it cooked it. but totally differently and i felt surely i can do it anyway that we can identify more today and ican that we can identify more today and i can show to grieco files who have travelled of the years and love greek food to try something different. seek out these amazing foods that have been produced now. and that is the puree you you cook

the lamb in. cracked wheat cooked in soui’ the lamb in. cracked wheat cooked in sour milk. the combinations here, thatis sour milk. the combinations here, that is the striking thing, it is the extra touches you added to quite traditional as you said quite traditional as you said quite traditional greek dishes. did use a price yourself a bit? i did. i think i excited myself. i have been on a high since i was accepted and i have been trying to put different things. and i wasn't saying to my husband john "if they do not take me and if ido john "if they do not take me and if i do not make it to london, i will bea i do not make it to london, i will be a much better cook and a much happier person because i'm enjoying what i'm doing". and in the process i started writing about it and that took me back to my childhood and memories. so the whole thing was an amazing... people overuse the word journey but really for me it was such a personal thing. the food just

was the medium. but it was coming out of me every time. how lucky am i that thejudges out of me every time. how lucky am i that the judges saw that and loved it? that was irini speaking to my colleague a little earlier. she's won an olympic medal curling stones, now great britain and scotland skipper eve muirhead is throwing herself on the ice as part of a new form of the sport — human curling. mike bushell has been to see it in action. on the ice where olympic medallist eve muirhead trains, her sport has taken a new twist with humans being used as stones. once on your way, you steer with your feet and try to keep your head down to minimise resistance to get all the way into the house. spot on! look at that! could not be any closer. i was not hanging around to get rammed by the next shot. actually, in human curling

it is one at a time — testing distance, power and accuracy. that's good. instead of pushing down into the rubber tube, try to push forward. this new craze started in france and it was eve who spotted it while competing in europe and brought the idea back to glasgow earlier this year. when i first saw it i was not really sure until i gave it a shot. and until you give it a shot you realise how much fun it is and it is just something really different. normal curling is good fun but this human curling is a different level. so you start with your hands on the front of the ring, nearest to the red, nearest to the house. in a singles head to head i was no match for the olympian whose skills are obviously transferable. eve has it there. a good metre. but when it came to the doubles, teamwork nudged me ahead.

it is looking good. into the blue, into the blue. it is the red. nearly! and we were not the only ones enjoying the ride. this local school hockey team the latest group to use this as a team bonding exercise. i like how it glides along the ice and i was almost there. almost. a little more power? yeah. it's not that hard but it's not easy either. would this make you come back and try real curling? i think it would. it's a nice atmosphere with my friends. and that's the main point of all this, to get people booking time at curling rinks. to feel the pull of the stones. it gets people involved, people who are not quite so athletic. it has doubled numbers and we have had to add extra sessions. and especially on the weekends we are getting more families in which is great. if we can get more people in the rink to give curling a shot at the end of the session we can have a bit of fun.

have a go in the tube and see how far you can get up the other end. it won't necessarily improve your balance or curling skills... maybe i needed the comfort of the rubber ring after all, but for eve who is competing again after hip surgery last summer it helps her unwind after an intense training session. when something like this is thrown in at the end of the session it takes the foot off the gas, of the pressure a little bit. i know i perform better when i am having fun. if only they had that dream pe at school, i am if only they had that dream pe at school, iam perhaps if only they had that dream pe at school, i am perhaps would not have missed as many lessons. two animal stories before the weather a "rogue" fish has been removed from a lake after children reported seeing it eating ducks. the 25—pound catfish was caught at the man—made lake at the lakeside shopping centre in thurrock, essex, by the environment agency. a spokesman said fishing contests would be held at the lake to reduce the population of invasive species.

big fish, little duck. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. for many it has been lovely and sunny. that there been exceptions and we are having change on the way. behind this wife of a cloud, we have seen. . . behind this wife of a cloud, we have seen... we have for the high teens in the south. transitioning to chilly air continues tonight as that colder air sinks southward behind that bank of cloud for most of the south to avoid frost but not in the north but colder as we go into mothering sunday. but it will be a nice sunny day, the wintry showers should ease us quite significantly what in the south there is a... that cloud should lift and it should mean cloudier and windier and much chillier day. temperatures will be significantly lower and there will remain below average next week when we usher in some