today at 5: the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk. two members of the same family, who'd been staying at a hotel in york, are being treated at a specialist unit in newcastle. more than 80 british nationals arrive at raf brize norton from wuhan and are now being driven to a quarantine facility on the wirral, where preparations are made for their arrival. it's about the safety of those who are coming overfrom wuhan, but it's actually much broader than that. it's about the safety of the staff here at arrowe park, but also the broader safety of each and every one of us. we'll be live from outside those hospitals, both on the wirral and in newcastle. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: the uk will leave the european union

in six hours‘ time. the government says it's the dawn of a new era. the most precious gift that britain has given the world is parliamentary democracy and we are restoring faith and trust in that. played out by pipes. brexit party meps leave the european parliament for the last time. i'm martine croxall, live in kettering, where they are holding a brexit day party to celebrate us leaving the eu. and coming up: tom hanks stars as cherished american children's tv presenter fred rogers. find out what mark kermode thinks of a beautiful day in the neighborhood and the rest of the week's top cinema releases in the film review.

good evening. it's 5 o'clock, i'm jane hill. the first cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in the uk. health officials say two people from the same family who'd been staying at a hotel in yorkshire are now being treated in a hospital in newcastle. so far, the virus has killed more than 200 people in china and infected thousands more. earlier, a plane landed at raf brize norton carrying more than 80 britons who've been evacuated from wuhan, the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. they're now travelling to a quarantine facility on the wirral for a fortnight. caroline davies reports. the first cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the uk. today, the department of health said

two members of the same family in england had the infection. they were identified overnight and taken to newcastle, where they are both being treated. this could turn out to be, for any individual who has a disease of this kind, it could well turn out to be a relatively minor disease because we know that there is a 2% mortality rate, 2% of people die. but what that means is that 98% of people get better. at raf brize norton today, 110 passengers, 83 of them british nationals, are due to touch down from wuhan. before the flight, there was confusion about whether families would be split up, if some had dual nationality or chinese passports. some did make the flight together. we are actually being evacuated right now. my mother, here behind me, and my wife. the chinese authorities have seen fit to allow her to travel. others did not. adam bridgeman, his chinese wife and newborn baby say they were told last minute that they should all be able to travel, but could not

find transport to reach the airport in time. the city taxis, they are not on the road. there's a service like uber that's not on the road at the moment. eventually, the foreign office, they managed to help us and we really appreciate the effort they put in. they managed to get a car to come and pick us up but it wasjust a little bit too late and we couldn't make the plane. the foreign office did say that there might be another plane, we might be able to get on board a plane from, as they put it, an eu partner. so we hope something like that maybe can happen, but, yeah, we don't know yet. the british families evacuated here will be driven 170 miles north—west to the wirral, where they will be kept in quarantine for m days, as the uk health authorities try to stop the spread of this infection. caroline davies, bbc news. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, is at arrowe park hospital.

bring us up to date with what is being done there. all day, staff here have been preparing one of two blocks of flats that were being used by nhs staff themselves as accommodation. though staff were asked to move out last night. they have been rehoused in hotels nearby. most of them are ok with that. some of them are a bit unhappy but that is what has happened. and today they have moved out possessions, boxes loaded into vans, they have driven off down the road to hotels where staff are staying, and instead we have seen lots of supplies brought into these two blocks of flats, so food, laundry, linen, we understand the families will be getting tvs and

toys for children, books and the like, and they have erected screens around the bottom of the flats so that the people chew here within the next couple of hours will have privacy. a little earlier, i spoke to the public health minister and she told me safety was the priority here. everybody has been working very, very hard under a command structure to make sure that both the facility is ready to welcome them but also, in those lines of preparedness, that the right actions have been taken by clinicians to ensure that all staff are safe. it's hugely important. this is about all our safety so, yes, it's about the safety of those who are coming over from wuhan, but it's actually much broader than that. it's about the safety of the staff here at arrowe park, but also the broader safety of each and every one of us. because this is unprecedented and

things are being arranged at the last minute, they are having to make up last minute, they are having to make up as they go along. we do not know the exact details of how people will be housed here but we understand that family groups will not be split up, there will be self catering facilities for those who want to cook for themselves, they are being provided with food and entertainment, the internet is free, it will not cost anyone anything, but for the 14 days it is believed the coronavirus takes to come forward , the coronavirus takes to come forward, if someone is infected, thatis forward, if someone is infected, that is how long they will stay here. hopefully at the end of that, all 83 people will be allowed to go home and resume their lives. with me now is danny savage outside newcastle royal infirmary. we believe two patients are being looked after their? what we have

established as basic facts about what has been going on for the last 24-48 what has been going on for the last 24—48 hours. we know they were staying at the hotel in the centre of york where they were taken in by paramedics on wednesday evening. they were then initially taken to hospital in hull for initial treatment, and then overnight they we re treatment, and then overnight they were moved here to the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle. that has a specialist infectious disease unit which is on standby for this event. it was here a few years ago the patients were treated with suspected ebola. people can be treated safely in isolation and that is what is ongoing with these two patients. not many peat details about them, we do not know their nationality or what relation they have to each other, but there is a major operation under way to trace people, but these two individuals have had contact with over the last

few days, who were they with at the hotel in york? and there is no contact be made with those people, and they are being advised what to do now to watch their health symptoms of the next couple of weeks and to report everything that may worry them. they are not being told to stay in isolation or put in quarantine, they are in close contact quarantine, they are in close co nta ct over quarantine, they are in close contact over the last few days, but have been told to monitor their own health over the next few weeks in case there has been any transmission, but the risk is low but people are being owned just to be vigilant. —— warned. at eleven o'clock tonight, the united kingdom leaves the european union after almost half a century as a member. it becomes the first country to leave the bloc. the prime minister, borishjohnson, says it will be the dawn of a new era — not an end, he says, but a beginning. he chaired a special cabinet meeting this afternoon,

which was held in sunderland — the first place to declare in favour of brexit in the 2016 referendum. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. the union flag has been raised today over parliament square. not long before it will be lowered in brussels. three and half years after the referendum, the uk will leave the european union at 11 o'clock tonight. for some, the end of our a7—year membership will be a matter of regret. for the government, they say it is about renewal. what the british people voted for twice in the referendum in 2016 and in the general election just before last christmas is at last coming to pass. the most precious gift britain has given the world is parliamentary democracy, and we are restoring faith and trust in that.

borisjohnson was visiting an industrial facility in sunderland, the first area to declare for leave. and he brought his entire cabinet in north—east england. they met at the national glass centre. the government's message was not so much about leaving the eu, the prime minister wanted to hammer home that the priority is to focus on the uk. borisjohnson, the the priority is to focus on the uk. boris johnson, the leading the priority is to focus on the uk. borisjohnson, the leading figure in the leave campaign, says it is his job to bring the country back together, and the official celebrations for brexit day will be relatively muted. there will be a countdown clock projected onto the wall of downing street and the buildings will be lit up in red, white and blue, the colours of the union flag, but that will be about it. it does not want this occasion

to be divisive. and what does a former document —— occupant of this place think now? it is a big day for oui’ place think now? it is a big day for our country. i led the campaign to stay in, but i always accepted the result and knew this day would come. and after 11pm, will change apart from the change? this is a 50p commemorative coin. the uk now enters a transition period where we follow eu rules until the end of the year. the prime minister wants to strike a new trade deal in that time. it is a massive undertaking and it is also very different from a normal trade deal because normally we are trying to build bridges and come together and find equal ground but in this case we are diverging to some degree. labour says the country is ata some degree. labour says the country is at a crossroads and jeremy corbyn is at a crossroads and jeremy corbyn is more concerned about the prospect ofa is more concerned about the prospect of a deal with the us than reaching agreement with the eu. we need to

ensure that we do maintain good trade relationships with europe, we do not tearup trade relationships with europe, we do not tear up all the conditions and agreements we have received, and we do not fall into the arms of free trade deals with the us. but there are signs that as britain leaves the eu another union, the one between the nations of the uk, is under strain. brexit has put scotland on the wrong road and further down that road we go the longer it will take on the harder it will be to get back on the harder it will be to get back on the harder it will be to get back on the right one. we need to get back on the right road as soon as possible. politicians on both side of the debate claim divisions will disappear at 11pm, but it is clear that for some patients continue to run high that may be difficult to expunge. as you saw in iain‘s report, the prime minister has held

a cabinet meeting in sunderland today. our assistant politcal correspondent, norman smith, explains why. borisjohnson boris johnson chose borisjohnson chose to bring his cabinet to sunderland as a symbolic gesture because sunderland was the first county to declare for leave in the 2016 referendum so it was saying to voters, we have delivered on brexit. but i think it was also to send a message to those communities like sunderland who perhaps feel they have been neglected, forgotten by governments who focused attention on london in the south, but in the future they will be the priority. in terms of tone, there is no doubt mr johnson wanted to be an optimistic moment looking forward, a moment of change in national renewal, but also his staff are keen to stress they did not want it to be a moment of triumphalism where brexiteers lorded it over vanquished remainers. he saw

it over vanquished remainers. he saw it as it over vanquished remainers. he saw itasa it over vanquished remainers. he saw it as a nation coming together to heal the wounds of the past three yea rs. heal the wounds of the past three years. also, it's an important moment in terms of moving into a different face with attention on the trade deal, and it matters because here we have the nissan plant down the road at washington, and today we heard from michael gove who was the first cabinet minister to publicly acknowledge that any trade deal will mean treks in regulation and more bureaucracy for business because we will want to diverge from eu rules, so we will want to diverge from eu rules, so we will have to have additional regulations and red tape, and that will have a knock—on four car plants like the nissan plant. but it is also a change for borisjohnson because as prime minister he has thrived on the campaign trail, on making promises about brexit. now he really has to deliver on brexit, and

he does not have any excuses any more because he has won brexit in the election, he has a big majority, he has an opposition flat on its back, he now has to move from campaigning and promising to delivery and action. let's speak to my colleague, annita mcveigh, who's in downing street. what plans are there there to mark the departure? welcome to downing street where in five hours' time the front of the buildings will be eliminated by light display and there will be a clock marking the countdown to 11pm, the moment the uk leaves the eu. by that time, the prime minister will be back in london after that cabinet meeting in sunderland. he is hosting a reception for cabinet ministers, civil servants, people who have worked on brexit negotiations, people who campaigned for leave in

2016. there is an event in parliament square and events all around the uk. but of course, as we look ahead, questions of how the prime minister will after tonight deliver on brexit. with me here is oui’ deliver on brexit. with me here is our chief political correspondent. the prime minister is releasing a video message later as well where he would talk about a new dawn for the uk, but in the last few minutes we have had more details of that cabinet meeting in sunderland, what can you tell us? the prime minister will welcome in this moment by being very positive about the future, the possibilities which he sees as endless for the uk. possibilities which he sees as endless forthe uk. in possibilities which he sees as endless for the uk. in that cabinet meeting, talking about a new chapter for the uk meeting, talking about a new chapter forthe uk and meeting, talking about a new chapter for the uk and talking about putting behind us the divisions of the last 3.5 years. he will talk about unity

an awful lot and i think that is why although there are a celebration here tonight they want to be careful not to be seen to be gloating because they will understand that there were people who will feel sorry about what is to come. the cabinet also talked about negotiating a canada style free trade agreement with the eu and pointing out that from tomorrow the uk can negotiate other trade agreements with other countries. the first time they will do that because of leaving with the eu. their aim first time they will do that because of leaving with the eu. theiraim is to make sure 80% of uk trade is cove red to make sure 80% of uk trade is covered by free trade agreements in three years time. also worth saying, they thanked the brexit secretary for his work because he would be out ofa for his work because he would be out of a job at for his work because he would be out ofajob at 11pm. for his work because he would be out of a job at 11pm. and there has been a tweet from natalie cornah? she said finally tonight we will have delivered on that referendum result and wondered what the british people want. —— from theresa may. and wondered what the british people want. -- from theresa may. so tonight a night of celebration or commiseration depending on what side

of the political argument you are on, a symbolic night, and when people wake up tomorrow morning all around the uk little will have changed because during the transition phase the uk remains aligned with eu rules. it will not be until the end of that transition phase, and depending on how those negotiations go, that we will truly know what brexit means for the uk. back to you, jane. let's speak to the chairman of the brexit party, richard tice. and you are mep for the east of england forjust a few more hours. this is such a huge moment in our nation's history. the constitutional significance is massive, and it is right, as michael gove said earlier, to celebrate that democracy has

prevailed ultimately over establishment and big business with all their scaremongering. establishment and big business with all theirscaremongering. democracy isa all theirscaremongering. democracy is a wonderful thing and ultimately the will of the people has prevailed against all of this. when you are the driving force behind an event tonight in parliament square in central london. is it a party or a celebration? it's a celebration of democracy and whether you are celebrating, commemorating, it will be fun and enthusiastic. it is a coming together. at 11pm, that is a moment for the country to come together and say, let's get our shoulders behind the wheel of the great brexit success train with hope, ambition, optimism. we will have songs, patriotic songs, flags, we need to be proud and confident in oui’ we need to be proud and confident in our country and our nation's future. it will be people who voted one way,

though. we expect 25-40,000 people so though. we expect 25-40,000 people $03 though. we expect 25-40,000 people so a big gathering and people will be happy and enthusiastic, but it is a coming together because after this, we have left the eu, let's come together and make a massive success come together and make a massive success of it. it has been a difficult process, there has been debate division an argument that let's come together, work together and make this a really huge success story. it has been a slow process, look how long it has taken just to get to this point. what do you make of that deadline to all the trade deals have to be sorted by the end of this year? we have seen the massive shift in attitude in the eu. in the last two weeks, they have woken up to the fact that the negotiating leveraged has moved significantly in our favour because the government had the confidence to say, we are not extending the transition beyond the end of 2020.

there is nothing like a relatively short time to focus the mind, concentrate the attention and get a deal done. for that really happen, by the end of this year?|j deal done. for that really happen, by the end of this year? i think there will be a reasonable free trade deal. i saw it in the chamber on wednesday, real concern that britain is confident, we have got negotiating leveraged, and without a deal, the transition period will finish at the end of this year and also we are negotiating deals with commonwealth countries and the us. these are huge opportunities, we have got to grasp them and go for it with optimism and enthusiasm. have got to grasp them and go for it with optimism and enthusiasmlj have got to grasp them and go for it with optimism and enthusiasm. i will let you head off to parliament square, thank you very much for joining us here in the studio. let's assess the mood around the uk with our correspondents in scotland, wales and northern ireland. first to lorna gordon at holyrood. events taking place up and down

scotla nd events taking place up and down scotland this evening. many of them involving people intent on sending a message to the eu to keep open a place for scotland. the majority of people here in scotland voted to remain as part of the eu. nicola sturgeon was speaking a little earlier today. she said she personally viewed the moment this evening when we leave the eu as a moment of real and profound sadness. and i think that probably reflects the mood of many of the people here who are gathered here outside holyrood this evening. there is a mixture of scottish flags, european flags, they are here for speakers. and a little later, there will be a candlelit vigil to mark the moment when the uk leaves the eu. so a sense of the feelings of some of the people here in scotland but what

about in cardiff? wales was the only other nation across the uk that voted to leave the eu but conversely the majority of politicians serving here in cardiff bayjust like the other politicians voted against the brexit withdrawal bill. the first minister talked about how we are leaving the eu and wales was still a european nation with a european identity. he also said wales would not be intimidated in fighting for its own interest for future negotiations with europe, but one concern will be who will hold the purse strings for what has become the uk shared prosperity fund, the replacement fund for eu funding? wales benefits greatly from eu funding, but members from westminster is that they want to

hold the purse strings and decide how the money is spent here and politicians say that is undermining devolution. when it comes to power is coming back to the eu, he said that if the uk government would have a fight on its hands if it decided to retain power is returning from the eu which fell into devolved areas. at 11pm, eu flags outside this building will be lowered and replaced by the welsh dragon flags, and that is the situation in wales, and that is the situation in wales, and let's head now to northern ireland. where i am standing right 110w ireland. where i am standing right now and the irish border, at 11pm will become the new frontier between the uk and the eu, and it has been the uk and the eu, and it has been the source of so much attention and arguments over the past 3.5 years because this land border all sides agree they had to find a compromise to keep it open, to allow goods to float freely over this border in future after brexit as they do now. a compromise was agreed. in future,

northern ireland would have a foot in both camps, staying in the eu when it comes to abiding by single market rules and having to apply eu customs duties on goods coming in to this part of the island but at the same time remaining part of the uk's global trading arrangements. you have to look at the history of northern ireland to understand why it was so important to keep this border open. brexit has reawakened all tensions between unionists and nationalists, widened the divide between those people who see themselves as wanting to be part of a united ireland and other communities who see themselves very much as british, so those arrangements we are yet to understand what they mean underground. that will have to be determined in the 11 months to come. lots of people coming past have if you want brexit, it has been a source of debate for several years now, but the debate between leo varadkar, the irish government and the rest of the eu and what this

means in future, that is yet to be determined. let's speak to the former conservative mep stanley johnson, father of the prime minister. i hope you don't mind, for our younger viewers, i will remind them younger viewers, i will remind them you were an mep from 1979 until 1984. what does today mean for you? i was 1984. what does today mean for you? iwasa 1984. what does today mean for you? i was a european civil servant way backin i was a european civil servant way back in 1973, one of the very first brits to arrive in brussels just after we joined. brits to arrive in brussels just after wejoined. i went brits to arrive in brussels just after we joined. i went back to the european commission. what does it mean? it is a bittersweet moment. i have spent 25 years of my life working on european issues and environmental issues, but when we

voted in june 2016 environmental issues, but when we voted injune 2016 to come out i accepted that result and have been following boris and supporting him very much in the run—up to his own election campaign and indeed true that election campaign. and, yes, the vote we had in december last year was decisive, we are out, and actually let's look at it with optimism. i see a huge opportunity here to go on and build on the stuff we did in those 45 years in brussels and take it to another level so i am not pessimistic, i'm optimistic, and i see the big task now is to put brexit behind us and concentrate on dealing with the major issue of our time, which is the global warming issue. britain would be the chair of the conference in november this year and glasgow has a fantastic chance to sa ke and glasgow has a fantastic chance to sake we have got to get to grips with this problem otherwise we are all down the drain. and that is an

issue of our time, but we are not here to talk about global warming today. your family is divided here to talk about global warming today. yourfamily is divided on here to talk about global warming today. your family is divided on the issue of brexit, like so many are up and down the country. we are putting it behind us. that is the issue of yesteryear. forget about global warming, i don't think we can, but ta ke warming, i don't think we can, but take the issue of preserving the unity of the uk. tremendously important. that is a major task which this government will have to deal with. it is a real task. which this government will have to dealwith. it is a realtask. it's a major task that falls on the head of your son, major task that falls on the head of yourson, and he major task that falls on the head of your son, and he has less than 12 months to deliver a deal, and it has taken us three years even to get to the point we are at today. surely that timetable is not realistic? we are already in alignment with the eu by virtue of being a member of the eu. there is no reason at all why we should diverge from the eu. and if

we do, let's think of why, it is because we have decided there are some things we want to do on our own, and that might mean having tighter environmental standards and animal welfare standards and if the price to pay has to be checks and bala nces price to pay has to be checks and balances at the border, that price is worth paying. we must leave it there, thank you for now, very busy programme tonight. i will give you a few things that emmanuel macron has been saying in france over the last few minutes. he said france wants a close relationship with britain close relationship with britain close brexit but the brixton —— britain cannot be in and out of the eu at the same time. he said that any british residents in france nothing will change, they are at home in france, and the french people he adds will never forget how much they owed britain, so a few comments coming through therefrom emmanuel macron in france.

let's speak to the chair of brexit select committee, the labour mp hilary benn, whojoins me from leeds. your thoughts this evening with just a matter of hours to go? along with about half the country, i shall be sad about what is happening, while at the other half are celebrating, we remain split almost exactly down in the middle. i think it's a mistake. i think it will be just pretend's influence in the bottle, we will be putting on one side at the end of this year at the best trading relationship we have in at the best trading relationship we have in a the world with our biggest, nearest and most important trading partners. and at the 11 months we have we had to negotiate one that will be less good. that means that the brexit is not done, anyway, it has barely begun. a great deal rests on what is it negotiated over the next 12 months, we have to acce pt over the next 12 months, we have to accept that we are leaving, but now, we need to turn our attention to

what that new trading relationship is going to be like. i feel tonight very strongly that a lot of debate of sovereignty, the truth about sovereignty is what you do with it? we we re always sovereignty is what you do with it? we were always a sovereign nation, we we re we were always a sovereign nation, we were highly inflation in europe, the fact we are leaving shows that if you think of the great challenges we're facing as a world, dealing with this disease outbreak, threats to peace and security, climate change might man gently of people around the world, agreeing terms of international trade. we will only be able to do that successfully by working in partnership with others, we are moving away from one of the billion porting partnerships we have had as a nation for the last 47 years. we are talking a lot to know about that tight deadline, if i close, does not want an extension, therefore, that is only 11 months left. you is going to scrutinise now, which committee, which organisation, how is going to be

scrutiny of what is discussed and decided in the next year? that is it for parliament, for the brexit select committee, which i have just been re—elected as chair. i think it isa been re—elected as chair. i think it is a great gamble by the government, i suspect by the end of the year, there will be some kind of agreement on trade in goods, i don't expect as chair. i think it is a great gamble by the government, i suspect by the end of the year, there will be some kind of agreement on trade in goods, i don't expect to see tariffs being paid. but there is a long list of other things that affect us, service industries, 80% of the british comic british economy, aircraft safety, security issues, it will be still have access to databases important for keeping us safe? how are we are going to co—operate with friends and neighbours on foreign policy in the future. i find neighbours on foreign policy in the future. ifind it neighbours on foreign policy in the future. i find it hard to see how in a short space of that is going to be sorted out. the question then is, what happens from the 1st ofjanuary next year? the honest answer for every business up and down the country is, we don't know. the thing

that businesses hate is uncertain. they know how it works today, they know how it will work in the transition, but they do not yet know how it'll work for the start of next year. i would expect, as the year unfolds, to see businesses, people who make goods, export services, saying increasingly loudly to the government, please tell us what you are asking for and what we are likely to get because we have to be able to plan for the future. which is why this process is not terribly good for the british economy. many thanks for your time, hilary benn. let's turn our attention to some of the celebrations taking place up and down the country. my colleague, martine croxall, is in the northamptonshire town of kettering, where they're having a brexit day celebration party. yes, the rising son the pub, to be precise, where customers have been the hospitality about the landlord has put on to mark brexit day. wayne

morgan is a regular here, thank you for talking to us. you wanted britain to leave the eu, why was that your preference? britain to leave the eu, why was that your preference ?|j britain to leave the eu, why was that your preference? i think that this country needs a change. big, big change, we need our infrastructure back. because we suffered 40 years too long in the country... surely at the westminster government at any point in those 40 yea rs could have government at any point in those 40 years could have chosen to invest in understructure, brussels was not stopping west doing that. brussels was not stopping the british government doing that.” was not stopping the british government doing that. i don't really know on that side of it, i was a young child when this came into fruition, 0k? was a young child when this came into fruition, ok? i started work at the age of 18, things were 0k,

lovely. gone through word, made a family... you lost yourjob quite a few times, you regard that as a problem connected to our membership to the eu, how? through imports... and competition for jobs. to the eu, how? through imports... and competition forjobs. so, you know that this is a transition period, you were saying before it became on—air you have some reservations about the next 11 months, what are you hoping the politicians will do? i really don't know. to be honest with you, brexit should have happened three years ago, it should have been done section by section by section... do this deal industry, do the call, not the coal industry because call is not longer involved. wine, thank you

very much for talking to us and being with us today he had at the rising sun, we will be here for another hour or two, i hope you'll join us then, it will speak to more people about what brexit date to them. and tonight, join us on the bbc news channel from 10:35pm as we mark the uk's official departure from the eu and answer your questions about what the change could mean. and you can follow all the live events through the evening at bbc.co.uk/news and on the bbc news app. now it's time for a look at the weather. the weather stays the same, it will bea the weather stays the same, it will be a mad one over the next couple of

days, a bit of a next lesson we can, sometimes cloudy, sometimes a bit of rain. ina sometimes cloudy, sometimes a bit of rain. in a short term, plenty of showers in scotland, quite blustery as well, some wet weather in at the south and south—east. a very mild night, overnight lows of 10 sexiest in the morning on saturday in london. i downed 8 degrees in a very mild night, overnight lows of 10 celsius in the morning on saturday in london. i downed 8 degrees in opening off too. through saturday, expecting stronger winds and occasional rain in scotland, northern ireland and the north of england, perhaps wales also. but much of southern england, saturday is looking pretty good, some sunshine around, from portsmouth all the way to london and norwich. sunday will collier but at times, but also, some sunshine. the story ona but also, some sunshine. the story on a sunday is a south—westerly wind, temperatures up to 14 on, in london, cold out in scotland on 6

celsius. let's turn our attention to the latest sports news. and the austrian, dominic thiem, is into his first australian open final after beating the german seventh seed, alexander zverev. the fifth seed won a close match, between two rising stars of the game in four sets in melbourne. he will now meet defending champion, novak djokovic, on sunday. djokovic is favourite to win a record—extending eighth title and 17th major. great britain'sjordanne whiley has won the women's wheelchair doubles with partner, yui kami—jee. while alfie hewett and gordon reid won the men's wheelchair doubles. hewett was emotional at the end lifting that trophy, and jamie murray is through to the mixed—doubles final, alongside his partner, bethany mattek sands. murray's chasing an eighth grand slam doubles title. england head coach, eddiejones, has names his team for their six nations opener against france, in paris, on sunday. prop maku vunipola is out of the squad, although 12 of the starters in that

disappointing world cup final defeat to south africa have retained their place in the 15. jones has reshuffled his backs, with northampton full back, george furbank, set to make his international debut. he international debut. is one of the first players i notice he is one of the first players i notice when i came back from the world cup, very composed, good core skills, good positional sense. when we got into the camp, he showed all of those things under pressure. he thoroughly deserves the opportunity. the shoes worn by, eliud kipchoge when he became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours have been banned. the kenyan wore a prototype shoe, called the alphafly, which included three carbon fibre plates and air pockets in the soles. world athletics say any shoes that have more than one "rigid embedded plate" and soles thicker than four centimetres can no longer be used. new shoes will have to be available to the public for four months

before an athlete can use them in competition. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories — plus the latest moves on transfer deadline day — on the bbc sport website. we'll have more in sportsday, at six—thirty, including a special six nations preview. we will talk more about brexit as evening before moving to the film review. let's return to brexit — as the uk prepares to leave the european union at 11 o'clock tonight. let's speak now to gina miller, founder of scm direct and pro—remain campaigner, who of course initiated the 2016 court case against the government over its authority to implement brexit without approval from parliament.

gina miller, thank you for being with us. what goes through your head now as we get to a liberal hot? lots of questions, because i am hearing all these wonderful phrases about how optimistic we must be, and how positive, but still very little detail. i am at the table worried about the timeline, we are talking about the timeline, we are talking about 11 months, it is actually foreign ones that will be very important. by the end ofjune, if we connect to it to some sort of agreement of the eu, no—deal is back on the table. some people talk about an extension, there is no possibility of light unless there is a new act of parliament, that is tightly written into the lateral agreement. it is in a law. as we understand, there will be no extension. no agreement in broad terms by the end ofjune means that it no—deal is back on the table.

when a stanleyjohnson and others talk about there being a price to pay for our sovereignty, we actually never lost it. one of the questions is who will be paying the price? i really think when it is not seen the detail of what is happening next. i accept that we are leaving, i am very pleased it is legally, if it wasn't, other people could have sued us asa wasn't, other people could have sued us as a country wasn't, other people could have sued us as a country so wasn't, other people could have sued us as a country so i'm pleased it has been done legally. tomorrow morning, we will look up under article 218 of the treaty of the function of the eu, which is very different, very process driven. because of that, we have to sussing out the detail, if not, i don't understand how we will get out all of this by the end of the year.” have lost count of the number of politicians today who have talked about the need for the country to come together, this is a moment to heal division, to come together. you have suffered personally so greatly in the last couple of years, it is well documented what you went through as a result of your

campaigning. how much optimism do you have that that can happen, that the nation can put this behind us and say, right, we are out, we accept it and move on?” and say, right, we are out, we accept it and move on? i have to say, that is my biggest worry. some of the rhetoric and overpromising on hearing it means that people will wa nt to hearing it means that people will want to see payback for winding up their bout to the conservative government and boris johnson their bout to the conservative government and borisjohnson and a matter of months, if they don't get it, who will be blamed? if not the eu any more, than others in the uk gets blamed, then there will be that division. so i think it is really important to see the details of people understand what is happening, we try to keep overpromising to people. what is your take on what this means for putting's place in the world, when it sits now, perhaps the world, when it sits now, perhaps theissues the world, when it sits now, perhaps the issues of scotland, all the things that may come down the track? there are so many different directions we could go, if we go by what the government is saying, is that they are pursuing an off the

sheu that they are pursuing an off the shelf canada deal, then we could end up shelf canada deal, then we could end up as shelf canada deal, then we could end upasa shelf canada deal, then we could end up as a government, shelf canada deal, then we could end up as a government, the bank of england has just said, up as a government, the bank of england hasjust said, in a place where we see a real slowdown in growth that could take us back to the time of the second world war. if, however, boris johnson, the time of the second world war. if, however, borisjohnson, it has been said he is very flexible as a politician, if he does end up being closer to the eu and we do get zero tariffs, we could end up in a place thatis tariffs, we could end up in a place that is quite aligned, then that is not a bad place to be. i think it is very difficult, if we had on no—deal wto, it is a cold, hard place. that isa wto, it is a cold, hard place. that is a spectrum of outcomes, and we still don't know which one it might be. ethnic thank you for your ethnic thank you for your in a moment we'll have the film review, but first, with just a matter of hours now before the uk leaves the european union — we'll leave you with some of the key moments of the last few years on the road to brexit.

it is time for the british people to have their say.