hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. prince harry and meghan are to give up their hrh titles as they step down as working royals, according to the queen. the couple wish to pay back £21; million of public money spent on frogmore cottage in windsor and will keep it as their home when they are in the uk. they will no longer receive public funding for royal duties and harry will resign from his official military appointments. the chancellor says there will be no alignment for businesses with eu regulations after brexit. this means to say that food prices could rise. senior south yorkshire police officers ignored the sexual abuse of girls by asian men for fear of causing racial tension.

and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. stay with us for that. good evening. buckingham palace has announced the new arrangements for prince harry and his wife meghan, saying they'll no longer be working members of the royalfamily. in a statement released this evening, it was revealed that the couple will no longer use their titles of ‘royal highness‘. harry and meghan will step back from royal duties, but will continue to be patrons of charities they've chosen to support. the palace also said the couple will no longer receive public funds, and that they wish to repay the estimated 21; million spent on the refurbishment of frogmore cottage in windsor, although it will remain their uk family home. in a further personal statement

the queen said she supports the couple's wish for a more independent life. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has our first report, it contains some flashing images. the deal has been done. they are walking away from the british monarchy. they will earn their own living and they will spend most of their time in north america. a man who was born to be royal will no longer style himself as his royal highness. she will not call herself her royal highness. that hrh styling applies to full—time, working members of the british royal family which, come the spring, harry and meghan will no longer be. they are going with the best wishes of the queen. in a statement from buckingham palace, she said:.

the details of how their new life will work are comparatively sparse. it is clear many of them have still to be worked out. but here are the essentials. under the new arrangement, they are required to step back from royal duties, including official military appointments. so harry will have to give up his role as captain general of the royal marines, a role he took over from his grandfather. they will no longer receive public funds for royal duties. they will still receive some funds from harry's father, the prince of wales, but they will be free to earn their own livings and there are no restrictions set out in the statement other than the need to continue to uphold the values of her majesty. it's as vague as that.

they will keep frogmore cottage in windsor and they have shared their wish to repay sovereign grant expenditure for its refurbishment. they will pay a commercial rent when they use it. on security, there are no details of who will provide it or who will pay for it. so will these arrangements work? the fact that they are not going to be doing any of their, any royal work... is probably the best solution because then it makes a very clean break and everyone is clear about what they will be doing and there will be no blurred lines. i think this is a good solution. the royal family is putting a brave face on it but there is a great sadness. one of the family's most popular members has had enough and is seeking a clea n b rea k has had enough and is seeking a clean break for a new has had enough and is seeking a clean breakfor a new life has had enough and is seeking a clean break for a new life with has had enough and is seeking a clean breakfor a new life with his family.

this evening's decision is a momentous one for the royal family. our royal correspondent daniela relph looks back now at the duke and duchess' story so far. they metjust over a year earlier but these were the first pictures in september 2017, which showed the relationship was serious. meghan lived and worked in toronto, the host city for prince harry's invictus games. two months later, their engagement was announced and the couple were interviewed in kensington palace by the bbc‘s mishal husain. how much of a sense did you have, meghan, of the enormity of what you are getting into, of what it might mean for your life? i can very safely say, as naive as it sounds now, having gone through this learning curve in the past year, i did not have any understanding of just what it would be like. i don't think either of us did, though. we both said that, even though we knew that it would be... no, i tried to warn you as much as possible. four days later, the couple carried out their first engagement together.

just like harry, she was tactile, informal and confident. this seemed a different kind of royal walkabout. when meghan joined harry, prince william and kate on stage as the soon—to—be patron of the royal foundation, it seemed like the future of the royal family was safe in the hands of the so—called fab four. their wedding, watched by millions around the world, seemed the perfect end to a fairytale romance. by january 2019, meghan was pregnant and had begun work with her first patronages, but behind—the—scenes there were several unexpected moves. rather than live in kensington palace, next to the cambridges, they chose frogmore cottage in windsor. they moved their staff from kensington palace to buckingham palace. injune, it was revealed the sussexes would leave the royal foundation, setting up their own instead. the split led to rumours of a rift between harry and william. towards the end of their high—profile tour

of southern africa, it was clear the couple were struggling with the glare of the royal spotlight. can you deal with it? can you manage it? can you continue with it? and what happens if you can't? you know, i've said for a long time to h... that's what i call him. yeah. that it's not enough to just survive something, right? like, that's not the point of life. you've got to thrive. you've got to feel happy. the clues were there. despite outward appearances, this was a couple deeply unhappy with their royal role, and determined to make a change. after the intense discussions of recent days, this new way of working will be something quite different for harry and meghan and for the wider royal family. making a success of it will be a test for all those involved. daniela relph, bbc news, at buckingham palace. our correspondent sophie long

is on vancouver island, where the duchess has been staying with the couple's son archie. she says there will be intense interest in the statements released this evening. there has been some concern here expressed in national newspapers that having members of the royal family living here in canada potentially change the relationship between this country and the monarchy. it will be interesting to see whether the content of the state m e nts see whether the content of the statements released today goes a nyway towards statements released today goes anyway towards allaying those fears. people here also wonder when harry may come in the fact that these negotiations have resulted in some form of conclusion might mean that he now feels he is able to leave the uk and come here to be reunited with his wife and young son. meghan has been seen out and about here on vancouver island and on the mainland, looking happy and relaxed. this must‘ve been and continues to bea this must‘ve been and continues to be a turbulent time for the couple so one can be a turbulent time for the couple so one can only be a turbulent time for the couple so one can only assume be a turbulent time for the couple so one can only assume they will be keen to reunite at the earliest opportunity and there will be many

people here in vancouver and on the island ready to welcome prince harry if and when he does arrive. nicholas twitchell explained earlier how significant the changes to their roles will be. it is seismic. not so much for the monarchy but for the royal family and i much for the monarchy but for the royalfamily and i think much for the monarchy but for the royal family and i think the queen and her officials will have recognised that there was an absolute need to make this separation is clear and distinct as possible. so no royal duty, no public money, free to earn their own income. there was a point when it seemed they may have lost the hrh styling, it is an arcane point, royal rank full working members of the royal family. they royal rank full working members of the royalfamily. they have royal rank full working members of the royal family. they have drawn back from that because they simply will not use it and i suspect there may be a feeling in the palace that well, perhaps, some point in the future they may come back. so much depends on how they conduct themselves in relation to earning that income, whether they are seen to be blatantly exploiting their royal status. the rules have been

kept very vague. a commitment nearly to uphold the principles of the queen and officials are muttering about that make the nolan principles of conduct in public life. i think also that these suffixes are about to discover how durable is the celebrity that they have once they are unhitched from the royal machine. in truth, in north america it probably will not make that much difference. all these new arrangements come into force in the spring and they will be reviewed after 12 months. an investigation by the police watchdog has concluded that senior officers ignored sexual abuse of girls in rotherham by asian men, for fear of causing racial tensions. the iopc upheld a number of complaints from an abuse survivor. her name has been changed in this report from alasdair gill. elizabeth was one of hundreds of girls abused in the rotherham child abuse scandal. she has always said

the police failed to take action and now a police watchdog report has upheld most of her complaints. this report upholds six complaints from elizabeth and her family including the police were aware from as early as the mid—i9 90s of suspects committing child abuse in rotherham but did not properly deal with it. they were leaving us. i still say to this day that i am lucky to be alive in the blame should be put on them, the way that they are described in the way that they are described in the report the sexing of rotherham. imean... we the report the sexing of rotherham. i mean... we were children. did it feel like they were blaming you? yeah. we have always been blamed. they normalised abuse in rotherham, they normalised what was happening and gave power to the perpetrators but also they tried to justify it as well. the independent office for police complaints found that a

police complaints found that a police officer had told elizabeth's fathered the issue of child abuse in rotherham had been going on for 30 yea rs rotherham had been going on for 30 years but police could do nothing because of racial tension. south yorkshire police say it accepts the i0 pc's yorkshire police say it accepts the i0 pc‘s findings and lessons have been learned. they said the types of behaviour listed in the report would not be tolerated in today's force. the chief constable of northamptonshire police has demanded an urgent meeting with the commander of the us base, where the woman wanted over the death of harry dunn was stationed — after video emerged of another incident involving a car being driven nearby on the wrong wide of the road. this video of the near—miss incident near raf croughton, emerged as police revealed details of a third incident, in which a police vehicle was struck by a car being driven on the wrong side of the road in october. businesses are warning of price rises, after the chancellor sajid javid said the uk would not align with eu regulations after brexit.

in an interview with the financial times, mrjavid said some firms would lose out, but added that they'd had three years to prepare for changes. our business correspondent katy austin reports. what doing business between the uk and the eu will look like in the future is still unknown. the food and drink, chemicals, medicines, vehicles and aerospace industries have said they want to remain in step with the eu ‘s regulations from 2021 to stay competitive. now the chancellor has said they will not have alignment. we will not be a rule taker, we will not be in the single market and we will not be in the customs union and we will do this by the end of the year. he also said there will be an impact on business one way or another. some will benefit, some will not. what sajid javid has said he was not entirely new. borisjohnson‘s government has since autumn indicated it will not seek to remain

aligned with eu rules after brexit. what is more new is the chancellor getting a message to businesses that they need to accept that and they need to prepare. the eu wants the uk to stay closely aligned and to keep a level playing field in an environment competition and labour standards. the chancellor did not specify where written were diverged but food and drink producers warned that if a trade agreement brings friction, prices will rise and carmakers said additional requirements would add billions to cost. the british chambers of commerce said time to prepare was key. when the regulatory changes come clearer than the government needs to give business enough time to prepare for those. and enough support. and we hope to see the chancellor in the upcoming budget make some real recommendations that will kickstart the economy. the chancellor's message today was opportunities lay ahead, businesses wa nt opportunities lay ahead, businesses want convincing they will be able to grasp them.

the five mps competing to replace jeremy corbyn as labour leader have been taking questions from party members in liverpool. it's the first of a series of public events around the country, which will culminate in a new leader being elected at the start of april. here's our political correspondent chris mason. applause you can hear clapping and see smiles but make no mistake, labour is a party wounded and hurting, crushed at last month's election — its fourth defeat in a row. little wonder one of the candidates to replacejeremy corbyn said... being leader of the labour party when you're in opposition is quite frankly the worstjob in the world, that's what we're all applying for. nevertheless, emily thornberry wants the job because... i'm the only one who has gone toe to toe with borisjohnson over two years at the dispatch box when he was foreign secretary. i got under his skin and i got to expose him for what he was, which is a reckless, lying charlatan. a claim that downing street would dispute...

all the candidates underlined the importance of stamping out anti—semitism in the party and another recurring theme was trying to stop falling out with each other in public. i think the whole of the party wants to be united, they want to come together, so we have to end factionalism. stop asking the question which bit of the party are you from, and start saying, what are you saying? sir keir starmer is seen as one of the favourites to win over labour members but plenty of those who signed up to labour in the last few years did because they loved jeremy corbyn. it looks like sir keir‘s big rival in this race is the candidate whose politics is closest to mr corbyn‘s. how do we show people that everything we believe in in this room is sensible, credible, and will transform our economy? because what we're talking about is being done in other european countries and they're not calling it far left or crazy. jess phillips is a long—standing critic ofjeremy corbyn, by contrast. her team reckon she's the best communicator in the party. here she is on borisjohnson...

it's notjust in my childhood that this man and his government has affected my life — my son literally cannot go to school five days a week. my brother is on universal credit. we need someone who can stand opposite borisjohnson and wear his government in his face. labour has never had a female leader, a point not lost on lisa nandy. for 15 years we've been doing the same thing. we've changed the man on the top and hoped it will change our problems — it won't. defeated in scotland, beaten back in the north, the south, wales, the midlands, we have to go out and emotionally reconnect and show we have as much riding on this as the people we once represented. there were plenty more questions and plenty more answers before today's hustings wrapped up, and there's plenty more to come. this contest will rumble on until april. chris mason, bbc news.

the liberal democrats will choose their next leader by the middle of july. this comes after their former leader, jo swinson, lost her seat in the december general election. more than 100,000 members will be eligible to vote in the leadership contest. acting coleader ed davey and the pa rty‘s contest. acting coleader ed davey and the party's education spokeswoman, layla brown, are both expected to run for the leadership. —— leila moran. the headlines on bbc news: prince harry and meghan are to give up prince harry and meghan are to give up their hrh titles as they stepped down as working royals, according to the queen. chancellor sajid javid says they will be no alignment for businesses with eu regulations after brexit. as misleaders say food prices could rise. senior south yorkshire police officers ignored sexual abuse of girls in rotherham by asian men for fear of causing asian tensions, according to the police watchdog. —— racial tensions.

sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tulson tollet. shocking rugby union used tonight, the premiership and rugby league champion saracens will be relegated at the end of the season as punishment for breaching the salary cap. in november they would 35 points and find £5.3 million after investigations found they had breached the salary cap for the previous three seasons. the club could not show evidence that they could not show evidence that they could stick to the cup this season. so premiership rugby took the decision to send them down a league, regardless of their points tally. —— stick to the cap. neil golding, the new chairman, said in a statement: well, saracens still have a chance to retain their european cup trophy if they beat rusting tomorrow, and if they beat rusting tomorrow, and if other results go their way they

will qualify for the quarter—finals. meanwhile, ulster secured their place in the last eight with a 22—15 when over bath in pool. fullback will addison went over for the last of their three tries. it was bath's six defeat in six matches. to football, and an incredible finish at the end he had. it looked as though sergio aguero had come to the rescue for his side, manchester city. they were losing 1—0 to crystal palace in the final ten minutes but he scored twice to put the champions ahead. however, there was still time for fernand denyer to score an own goal in the 98th minute after some good work for —— from crystal palace's wilfried zaha. 2—2 was the final score, meaning liveable 16 points clear at the top of the table if they beat manchester united tomorrow. elation for newcastle after a late winner at saintjames newcastle after a late winner at saint james park against chelsea, a nice arcade and gold giving them three points. but he kept the fans waiting because the golden, until

the 91;th minute. in scotland, celtic art through to the fifth round of the scottish cup after beating partick thistle at firhill. lee griffith gave celtic the lead and the scottish cupholders and got a second after a colour mcgregor struck two connect off thomas ware. partick thistle's stuart brannigan scored a late penalty but it finished 2—1 celtic. england had a frustrating third day of the third test against south africa. dom best got a maiden five wickets before rain wiped out the afternoon session in port elizabeth. going into day four, south africa trailed by 291 runs, as patrick geary reports. every morning at every ground england play out, theirfans every morning at every ground england play out, their fans sing jerusalem, in hope if not confidence. this time there was belief. here is why. top catch! dean elgar expertly caught by ollie pope of the bowling ofjohn best. pope's skill could only be fully appreciated on the replay, even by

those with the best view. south africa's captain pfaff duplessis was next to fail the test, again caught by pope. england's spinner was only caught —— brought on this to my sickness, but when he removed aggressive and it was taken although south african wickets. england nearly till 500 yards —— runs ahead. aranburu and the afternoon session. it was still murky when they return. perhaps the reason for this strange incident. ben stokes dropping a catch. where was the kryptonite? not long after, cape back on. he was bowling and dismissing unreadable clear, who had been sent in last night to block, his concentration finally broken. but it was the man ben stokes mystery became the problem. quentin peacock made his way to 50. —— problem. quentin peacock made his way to 50. -- quinton to kok. having been dropped once already, it happened again. and unbelievably, again. stokes stunned, the batsmen

survived. with the forecast if the time getting shorter, england are now up against the and du kock. just before we go, time to mention the snooker. ali carter will face fellow englishman stuart —— stuart bingham in the final of the masters tomorrow. more details on that and all the other spot on the bbc sport website. more extreme weather has hit south—east australia, but this time it's heavy rain and thunderstorms which have caused flash floods. wildfires have been raging in the country since september, killing at least 28 people, destroying thousands of homes, and scorching millions of acres of land. sangita myska reports. look at what's coming in the park — a wall of water. as flood water cascades into the australian reptile park in new south wales, there are challenges for humans and animals alike. the storms, described as a one in a hundred—year event, have turned roads into rivers and lead to power cuts across the region. meanwhile, this river is typical of many, scores of fish have suffocated after ash

from the bushfires that have raged across the country washed into it, contaminating it, starving wildlife of oxygen. elsewhere, residents report experiencing three times the average amount of rainfall in just one night. it's still pouring, we've had seven and a half inches here since about two o'clock this morning. these storms have not been enough to extinguish the almost 100 bushfires still raging here. the forecasters say there's more heavy rain ahead, creating yet another shift in this country of extremes. sangita myska, bbc news. scientists say the number of people infected by the new respiratory virus that's

emerged in the chinese city of wuhan is likely to be far higher than official figures suggest. there are nearly 50 laboratory confirmed cases of the virus, which is related to sars, but experts in london estimate the true number is closer to 1,700. the alarm has prompted screening at airports across asia and in the us. gareth barlow reports. this is wuhan, the chinese city where the mystery virus was first identified. an outbreak that has since turned deadly. scores of infections have been confirmed but now a team at imperial college in london estimates the true figure is around 1700 cases. while the outbreak is centred in china, there have been two cases in thailand and one injapan. we are not able to prohibit people from travelling so what we can do is, uh, detecting, and bring any suspected to receive treatment from our service facility.

airports in asia and the united states have begun screening travellers arriving from wuhan. the uk team behind the study said that, while they're concerned, it was too early to be alarmist. the virus is similar to sars, which killed almost 800 people and infected over 8000 in 2002. it looks like the virus is closely related to sars, which you mentioned previously. since sars emerged, people have been developing vaccines and drugs to see if they work against sars. the problem is this virus is different. we do not know yet if those drugs and those vaccines work. chinese scientists says there has been no cases of the virus spreading between humans and that it came about from infected animals at a seafood and wildlife markets. but the team at imperial college argues the possibility of substantial human—to—human tranmission should be considered more seriously. identifying how the virus is spread will be crucial to understanding its threat

and how best to react. gareth barlow, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. if you are intending to go outside in the next hour or two, it is bitterly cold, it will be bitterly cold now through the night, possibly one of the most widespread cold nights of the season so far. frost and ice will feature in our forecast in the coming few days. patchy fog, increasingly so. also, dry weather. dry weather for a considerable amount of time, more than we have had since september. 0vernight, it is not totally dry. we will still have a few showers up in the north and west of scotland. still a few showers coming into east anglia in particular. dampening the services where we are expecting frost to develop, so ice is clearly going to be a concern as well. temperature is already down to —3 or

—4 temperature is already down to —3 or —1; so you can see it is feasible it will get lower in some areas. that high pressure stays with us as we go into sunday. not just high pressure stays with us as we go into sunday. notjust frosty high pressure stays with us as we go into sunday. not just frosty first thing. it could well be foggy in a few places, freezing fog, because the air temperature below freezing isa the air temperature below freezing is a concern, especially for the welsh marchers, the cheshire plains, down into the seven valley, these areas are probably prone to some other areas will see fog as well. through the day they will be an abundance of sunshine. more high cloud in the north and west and for the northern far north—west of scotland, some thicker cloud and rain. afairly scotland, some thicker cloud and rain. a fairly weak affair coming in through the course of monday and tuesday. as we go into sunday night, into monday night, it doesn't look as cold across the north, but freezing again, a harsh frost, freezing again, a harsh frost, freezing frog for the rush hour monday morning, not great news. dry weather coming hand—in—hand with the

wintry problems we get, poor visibility which makes it dangerous if you are travelling. temperatures will really struggle where that fog lingers. in the north and west, slightly milder. that is because we are picking up this atlantic south—westerly under this waterfront brings in more cloud during monday afternoon and especially into tuesday. but is the fly in the ointment for the week. for the rest of us, no more than an increasing cloud. brighter to the north, foggy but brighter towards the south, that high—pressure is basically with us throughout the entire working week. we have to wait until next weekend to see some more rain and i'm sure thatis to see some more rain and i'm sure 00:29:42,355 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 that is good news for many.