this is bbc news. the headlines. downing street warns there'll be significant disruption tomorrow as teachers and university workers, civil servants, train and bus drivers all go on strike. police chiefs apologise and promise �*cultural change' following profound failures — five years after a report into the treatment of the families of the hillsborough disaster. we are now into 2023, how long does it take to read a report and come out with the findings and what you think should happen? the uk will perform worse than any other major economy next year, according to the international monetary fund. paperchase goes into administration — tesco takes over the brand, but announces over 2000 supermarketjobs are at risk.

and united in music, this year's slogan as, the eurovision song contest arrives in liverpool. mass strike action on wednesday will cause "significant disruption", downing street has said. teachers, university workers, civil servants, train and bus drivers are all taking action. workers from seven unions will be on strike tomorrow, with around 500,000 workers due to take part in the walk—outs, making it the biggest strike in more than a decade, the trades union congress said. during the day of mass strikes, the tuc will hand in a petition to downing street on wednesday in protest at the government's

proposed "anti—strike" legislation. i'm joined by our political correspondent, jonathan blake. it is clear the government is doing its best to prepare people for what it believes will be a dairy of significant disruption tomorrow with those multiple unions out on strikes in various different sectors of the economy. downing street has it this afternoon that there will be at significant disruption given the scale of the action taking place in that it will be very difficult in their words, for the public trying to go about their daily lives. they reiterated a call for unions to continue to negotiate rather than taking strike action which the government set should only be used in the last resort. it is the school strikes by education unions which are attracting a lot of attention. the first in a planned series of strikes in schools in england and wales. now do to go ahead tomorrow,

after talks yesterday and did without an agreement. the national education union said that those talks were in opportunity that had been squandered by the education —— education secretary. let's have a listen to nick give outlining the impact of the strikes tomorrow. we expect the majority of schools to be open in some capacity, it is disappointing that the neu has decided to go ahead with the stress we are still discussing issues of pay and other worker issues are constructively yesterday, we were having those discussions. we want them to do everything, first of all to remain open because that is fair to children and parents, but where they do have to restrict access we are saying to priotise vulnerable children, children of critical workers in those children who are

doing those exams, and exam years. yesterday we talked about pay, workload, teacher recruitment and retention in about flexible working. the strikes are meant to be a last resort. the get the impression that sometimes the neu is not last resort. 0ur doors are open all the time, still open. we want to resolve this dispute. i think the unions, all four unions want to resolve this dispute but going on strike is not the way to conduct pay negotiations in a modern economy particularly when it means disrupting a child's education. disrupting the lives of families up and down the country. 0ur door is always open for those negotiations. to sit around the table, talk about the issues that are of concern to parents. i hope very much that we can resolve this pay dispute before the next scheduled day of strike action

given everything that is happened during the pandemic, that is the but there is the prospect of margin come _ but there is the prospect of margin come to— but there is the prospect of margin come to mind as for the government's of opposition, we had from the pre—ministry yesterday when he was meeting _ pre—ministry yesterday when he was meeting nhs staff in county durham, he was _ meeting nhs staff in county durham, he was asked by one whether he would address— he was asked by one whether he would address the elephant in the room and pay pe0ple _ address the elephant in the room and pay people properly, specifically in the health service, and we heard the familiar_ the health service, and we heard the familiar argument by the prime minister— familiar argument by the prime minister that to offer above inflation pay increases across the public _ inflation pay increases across the public sector would make the problem of inflation _ public sector would make the problem of inflation worse, and that has been _ of inflation worse, and that has been the — of inflation worse, and that has been the government's argument throughout. some argue that it is

not necessarily the case and that it can and _ not necessarily the case and that it can and should be afforded for public— can and should be afforded for public sector worked records to be paid more — public sector worked records to be paid more. no sign of a shift in the government's overall position in these _ government's overall position in these approach to strikes in various sectors _ these approach to strikes in various sectors of— these approach to strikes in various sectors of the economy, particularly for teachers, sectors of the economy, particularly forteachers, health sectors of the economy, particularly for teachers, health service staff and others who will be striking in the coming days and weeks. tomorrow, the coming days and weeks. tomorrow, the government has said there are 600 military personnel and standby as weit— 600 military personnel and standby as well as _ 600 military personnel and standby as well as people from other areas of government who are ready to step into roies _ of government who are ready to step into roles to — of government who are ready to step into roles to help to mitigate the impact, — into roles to help to mitigate the impact, but it is clear that government is preparing for significant levels of disruption. lots more on the strikes that we are all expecting tomorrow. we have this from steve montgomery from the real delivery group who gave us this update about negotiations with as left ahead of tomorrow's real strikes. , ., ., .,

left ahead of tomorrow's real strikes. , ., ., g, ., strikes. first of all we would like to apologise _ strikes. first of all we would like to apologise to _ strikes. first of all we would like to apologise to customers - strikes. first of all we would like to apologise to customers that l strikes. first of all we would like l to apologise to customers that the disruptions will bring. because over the next number of days, clearly we have and we now need to set down and go through the offer and try to find common ground and look at reform thatis common ground and look at reform that is sensible. again we want to emphasise the need for us to get together and what we can do we cannot afford that without the having levels of reform that contrite and look and stop us from taking additional funding from the taxpayer. in response the taking additional funding from the taxpayer. in response— taxpayer. in response the general secretary outlined _ taxpayer. in response the general secretary outlined what _ taxpayer. in response the general secretary outlined what it - taxpayer. in response the general secretary outlined what it would l secretary outlined what it would take to resolve the dispute. i take to resolve the dispute. i think it is getting _ take to resolve the dispute. i think it is getting increasingly _ take to resolve the dispute. i think it is getting increasingly difficult i it is getting increasingly difficult and part of the problem is that we have a government that is fighting on so many fronts, so many sectors out that they don't do a deal with anybody. wages are driving inflation

is not true because of course if we did increase pay rates it would go back to the government and the economy so that it does in part to fund itself. but over the course of this space, the government has heard the process and that is what driving it we don't have a problem in wales or scotland. we also, as we go on, inflation gets higher and higher in the ability to do a deal, then with high inflation, high cost of living when everyone wants to take up with and you got and give you nothing for it is a very difficult place to be. one of our other main stories today... the uk economy will perform worse than all other major advanced nations this year, including russia. that's according to the international monetary fund — which suggests the economy will shrink by 0.6%. that's a sharp downgrade from an earlier prediction, although they do say the uk is now �*on the right track.�* the chancellor, jeremy hunt, said the uk had outperformed many forecasts last year.

here's our economics correspondent, andy verity. british workers don't need a washington financial institution to tell them that rocketing prices for energy and food are making them poorer and the economy weaker. that is true the world over. economists at the imf forecast our economy will be worse hit than others this year, the only one among 15 advanced economies to shrink. that is partly because the government is doing less than other countries to shield households from high wholesale gas prices, so we will pay higher energy bills. we have a very challenging environment in the united kingdom, an energy crisis that is very strong and in a country that has a high dependence on liquid natural gas and a high pass through of the wholesale price to the retail price so this is adding to the cost of living crisis. as a response to this high inflation there is a tightening of monetary policy by the bank of england and in the uk this feeds quickly into mortgages. while falling prices for commodities

from oil to gas and slowing inflation have improved the outlook for growth across the world, in the uk the outlook has been getting worse. in its previous forecast the imf expected the uk to grow by 0.3% in 2023, better than some other advanced economies. now it is expecting it to shrink by 0.6%, considerably worse. the imf expects the uk economy to do worse than other advanced economies not because of global factors, but domestic policy. the bank of england is raising interest rates and the government said it wants to restrain spending at the same time as it is raising more in tax from households, not less. all of that takes money out of the economy so households and firms have less money to spend on everything else and that is what slows the economy down. according to data from the marketing consultants cantor index, consumers are also facing inflation in grocery prices of over 16%. everything, milk, butter, cheese, bacon, everything pretty much and it's notjust 5p or 10p, you are talking 25p, 30 p.

the account balance is definitely a bit lower after buying a whole load of groceries and stuff but you just get on with it. it's something you have to get on with, unfortunately. everything seems to be going up so it isjust another— part of it, i think. this year is going to be probably a year of stagnant growth. that is really bad after a long period of very poor growth growth. we should be recovering quickly after covid. we are not. most households are going to be worst off over the period of this year, but it is going to look confusing because i think on thursday the bank of england is going to say things are better than they thought they were in the autumn, still not good at all, but better than they thought they were in the autumn. the government pointed to imf comments that the government's policy was "on the right track", with the uk forecast to grow faster thanjapan or germany in the coming years. some economists on the bank of england's monetary policy committee already think that raising interest rates again could hit the economic breaks to hide when we may already be in recession. tomorrow the committee will meet

to decide its next move. andy verity, bbc news. joining me now is the former conservative justice secretary chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke. thank you so much for coming in. what is your response to this assessment by the imf because it is gloomy. it assessment by the imf because it is uloom . , assessment by the imf because it is aloom. , assessment by the imf because it is loom. ,., ,~ assessment by the imf because it is aloom. ., assessment by the imf because it is loom. ,., ,~ ., , gloomy. it is only a forecast but it is consistent _ gloomy. it is only a forecast but it is consistent with _ gloomy. it is only a forecast but it is consistent with other _ gloomy. it is only a forecast but it is consistent with other forecasts | is consistent with other forecasts are saying that the uk is going to struggle this year relative to other countries. really what the imf have done today is they have revised their growth for most of the countries but the uk has been left behind. it does suggest that there are some unique issues that the uk is facing. this is notjust because of difficult international, posterior covid, russia's invasion

of ukraine. there are particular factors affecting the uk that is holding back our economic growth. i don't think the answer is just to cut taxes because as the imf pointed out there was a lot of instability created last year with the liz truss, kwasi kwarteng many budget, that cost a lot of uncertainty. most of the damage because there has been recovered, but nonetheless the uk faces particular difficulties that means our growth is disappointed. those difficulties are what? i feel like we lost more people from the labour market than other countries. some of that is because we have had more people in their 50s retire early that has happened in other countries. part of it is that we have had lost something like 300,000 people from the labour market because of brexit and the end of freedom of movement. so a lot of eu workers went home during the

lockdown period. and then have not returned. that has been a big hit to the size of our labour market. that has real implications as bc, with lots of sectors really struggling to find stuff. ., ., , , ,., , find stuff. the idea from supporters of brexit that _ find stuff. the idea from supporters of brexit that we _ find stuff. the idea from supporters of brexit that we upscale _ find stuff. the idea from supporters of brexit that we upscale our - find stuff. the idea from supporters of brexit that we upscale our own . of brexit that we upscale our own labour force to be able to do those jobs instead of relying on cheaper labeller from elsewhere but i suppose that takes time —— labour. that all takes time but where is the plan to upscale people and how long that will take, the reality is that freedom of movement, although it was a very controversial and drug a lot of people in 2016 it also meant that our labour market was bigger in the loss of that has real economic implication in that is what we are seeing at the moment. it’s seeing at the moment. it's interesting _ seeing at the moment. it's

interesting that _ seeing at the moment. it's interesting that the imf does not actually mentioned brexit in its report. actually mentioned brexit in its re ort. ~ actually mentioned brexit in its reort. ~ ., ,~ ., report. imf was also very clear about the _ report. imf was also very clear about the economic _ report. imf was also very clear about the economic damage i report. imf was also very clear- about the economic damage caused by brexit in 2016i suppose they don't feel they need to labour the point. what we do see is the uk under performing, sadly, compared to other countries and you do have to look for some unique factors and i think, the combination of the loss of an element of the labour market, the uncertainty that we have seen, the damaged business investments, and the fact that it's not hard harder to trade with our biggest markets. that all, they are all negatives as far as the economy is concerned. it was widely predicted that the uk would grow more slowly than it would otherwise have done and the evidence seems to be emerging very strongly that that indeed, it's happening. there is a price to be paid for how

we voted in 2016 and what we did three years today of leaving the european union in the way that we have. it european union in the way that we have. , ., ., , european union in the way that we have. , . ., , ., european union in the way that we have. , ., ., , ., ~ have. it is a forecast from the imf and they think _ have. it is a forecast from the imf and they think that _ have. it is a forecast from the imf and they think that next _ have. it is a forecast from the imf and they think that next year - have. it is a forecast from the imf and they think that next year willl and they think that next year will be better. to a certain extent we are where we are, what is your prescription for boosting the economy given where we are? i prescription for boosting the economy given where we are? i think there are a — economy given where we are? i think there are a few— economy given where we are? i think there are a few things _ economy given where we are? i think there are a few things that _ economy given where we are? i think there are a few things that we - there are a few things that we can do. the simplest, to try and remove as much uncertainty as possible. so that means, get a deal with the northern ireland protocol, don't have a threat of a trade were hanging over british businesses. don't try to change all of your regulation at once which the government tends to do with the retained eu law bill, that is a mistake causing business uncertainty. look to see if you can increase the number of people coming into the country. we have quite a lot of people coming in but actually immigration would be helpful to us at the moment. and try to find a way

in which it is easier to treat with eu you. try to bring down trees there is not them up. that will take longer and will take some time but all of those things will also feed into the confidence of the uk economy that we are able to grow. those things will make a real difference. there is no easy answer, but they would all make a difference.— but they would all make a difference. , ., ., ,, ., difference. very good to talk to you in thank you — difference. very good to talk to you in thank you very — difference. very good to talk to you in thank you very much. _ difference. very good to talk to you in thank you very much. time - difference. very good to talk to you in thank you very much. time for. difference. very good to talk to you in thank you very much. time for a | in thank you very much. time for a look at the headlines now. downing street warns that there will be significant disruption tomorrow ahead of what could be the biggest strike date in more than a decade. police chiefs apologised and promised cultural change following profound failures coming five years after a per report of the treatment of the families of the hillsborough disaster. in the uk will be the only major economy to shrink in 2023 according to the imf although they say there will be better news texture. —— next year.

please although they say there will be better news texture. —— next year. please choose although they say there will be better news texture. —— next year. please choose promised although they say there will be better news texture. —— next year. please choose promised cultural change as they apologise to hillsborough victims. it comes after a report into the experience of the hillsborough families. hour north of england correspondent has this report. the the horror of hillsborough continues to be felt almost 3a years after the crush on the terraces that killed 97 liverpool supporters. police failures were the main cause of the disaster, but the fans were wrongly blamed and, for years, theirfamilies fought forjustice. # walk on, walk on with hope...# i in 2016, they rejoiced when freshl inquests returned verdicts of unlawful killing. the former bishop of liverpool,

jamesjones, was then commissioned to write a report about the experience of the hillsborough families to ensure their pain and suffering wouldn't be repeated. the government is yet to respond. i think we have to put ourselves in the shoes of the families. this year, it will be 3a years since the tragedy. and for them to wait for so long for a response to these 25 points of learning is intolerable and adds to their pain and, i think, in some instances, even affects their own grieving. let's hope that's only the beginning of what's going to be done. margaret aspinall, whose sonjames was killed, is one of those who has campaigned on behalf of the hillsborough families. she is also critical of the time

it's taken to hear from government. i rememberwriting — idon't know who it was to, to somebody in government — to say i hope this report does not get put on a shelf gathering dust for years, like other things in the past have done. we are now into 2023. how long does it take to read a report, to come out with your findings of what you think should happen? when bishopjames published this report in 2017, he included 25 recommendations, just under half of which were directed at the police. today's response by the police is the first since then by a major public authority and it includes the first ever apology for hillsborough on behalf of all the police forces in england and wales. there are calls for there to be a hillsborough law which would help victims of future mass tragedies. the government says it will publish its response to the bishop's report in due course. judith moritz, bbc news.

thatjoint that joint response thatjoint response comes from the police chief counsel in the college of policing. chief executive officer of policing. chief executive officer of the college of policing.- of the college of policing. leasing has apologised — of the college of policing. leasing has apologised today _ of the college of policing. leasing has apologised today in _ of the college of policing. leasing has apologised today in response | of the college of policing. leasing l has apologised today in response to the report of bishopjamesjones. policing has apologised and recognising that policing was the primary cause of the disaster. the hillsborough disaster, tragically but they have also apologised for the now nearly 3a years that the families have had to wait, to have their questions answered, high justice, have some form of closure about what happened on that awful day. about what happened on that awful da . ., , about what happened on that awful da . ., _ , about what happened on that awful da. ., ,, , day. you say it is 34 years, it is more than _ day. you say it is 34 years, it is more than five _ day. you say it is 34 years, it is more than five years _ day. you say it is 34 years, it is more than five years since - day. you say it is 34 years, it is more than five years since the l more than five years since the bishopjamesjones's more than five years since the bishop james jones's report why has it taken policing so long to respond? it it taken policing so long to respond?— it taken policing so long to resond? , . , ., , . respond? it is a serious report and olicin: respond? it is a serious report and policing was to _

respond? it is a serious report and policing was to think _ respond? it is a serious report and policing was to think bishop - respond? it is a serious report and policing was to think bishop jones | policing was to think bishopjones for the diligence and candour that he brought to his report. he raised serious issues, there are 25 recommendations for other agencies beyond policing, policing has less than half. it is important in making our apology that we are sincere. it is important that making our response that we talk meaningfully about what we are going to do to make sure that we learn from what happened and do our very best to promise and commit that that will never happen again. panda; promise and commit that that will never happen again.— promise and commit that that will never happen again. andy marsh of the colleae never happen again. andy marsh of the college of _ never happen again. andy marsh of the college of policing. _ never happen again. andy marsh of the college of policing. tesco - never happen again. andy marsh of the college of policing. tesco has l the college of policing. tesco has bought the stationary brand paperchase but they will not be taking on any of its 106 stores nor its 800 staff. the lossmaking firm has been hit by falling sales and rising costs, it stores are still treating normally for now, but customers are being advised to use gift cards as soon as possible. our

business correspondent emma simpson joins me now. first of all what has gone wrong at paper chase? it is gone wrong at paper chase? it is fair to say _ gone wrong at paper chase? it is fair to say it _ gone wrong at paper chase? it is fair to say it has _ gone wrong at paper chase? it 3 fair to say it has had eight challenging a few years, four years ago it went through a form of insolvency proceedings to drastically cut costs so it loss some stores in hundreds of workers. and then you may remember back in january 21 it went through and administration process. it had to be rescued and it suffered drastically during that christmas lockdown where it depended on christmas for about 40% of its sales. so it emerged from that process and now it had a new buyer, just in august of last year and just months later the for—sale was wasted again. and it failed, the administrators failed to get any viable offers for the whole

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it will be absorbed in the stories, so quite a big shake—up, but of course, this is all about trying to keep prices low, cut costs and try to compete with the discounters. emma, thank you. emma simpson there. the health secretary steve barkley said the government is engaging with trade unions to try to end strikes in the nhs. he was asked questions at the health and social care committee this afternoon. he says they are looking at making sure that they are looking at making sure that the conclusion from the pay review bodyis the conclusion from the pay review body is delivered quickly. i the conclusion from the pay review body is delivered quickly.— body is delivered quickly. i don't think either— body is delivered quickly. i don't think either party _ body is delivered quickly. i don't think either party wants - body is delivered quickly. i don't think either party wants the - body is delivered quickly. i don'tj think either party wants the final conclusion of the pay review body to be as late as it has been in recent years. so, ithink be as late as it has been in recent years. so, i think there is common because on that. i think there's been a very constructive reason why the remit letter when did it on the 16th of november and why there has been further discussions on evidence before submitting, not least so we could take on board some of the trade union concerns, because as you

know, chairman, a number of the trade unions have expressed concern about engaging with the pay review body process. so we wanted to make sure that the evidence best reflected the wider economic circumstances, obviously, inflation forecasts have moved considerably both ways, if you go back to the sr 21 committee were forecast to peak at 4% when the sr 21 agreement is reached. we then ended up peaking at 11%, which has been very different, and that has been a key factor that trade union colleagues have been raising in terms of their representation. it's been right to have those discussions. i think it's reasonable that these across government, because the centerville wants to, obviously, taken by the discussions the education secretary is having with the union and other ministers.

a man who drove a jcb digger a man who drove ajcb digger in front of house has been given a 16 months suspended prison sentence. he had been drinking when he caused £28,000 worth of damage to the house. 0ur wills correspondent told us more about the case. the house. our wills correspondent told us more about the case.— us more about the case. the court hurt that he _ us more about the case. the court hurt that he had _ us more about the case. the court hurt that he had been _ us more about the case. the court hurt that he had been pending - us more about the case. the court hurt that he had been pending up| us more about the case. the court i hurt that he had been pending up and there had been disagreements within there had been disagreements within the family and he had been turning on the 22nd and that morning he had taken his son'sjcb digger down to the home of his brother's ex—partner paula brown's house. he could see in this footage that he then begins ramming the house, rams the two cars in the driveway, breaks down the wall and he actually flips one of the cars in this fit of rage. as paula brown is trying to get him to start. the digger�*s arm actually graces her arm and she sustained minor injuries. at the end of his belly —— video he then drives down

to the local police station, admits to the local police station, admits to what he has done, admits that he had been drinking and that he had a lot on his mind and there had been family disagreements but in that court today thejudge family disagreements but in that court today the judge said that that was not an excuse for what he had done and he is sensed since 16 months suspended for two years and disqualified from driving for three years as well as given a restraining orderfor ten. years as well as given a restraining order for ten-— order for ten. time now for look at the weather- _ thank you very much and good evening, ifind and to thank you very much and good evening, i find and to the day across the southern half of the country but those winds have been picking up across the north particularly across scotland, scales over the last few hours becoming even stronger. particularly across the northern half of scotland around midnight we could see severe gales and plenty of showers along with smells of rain. quite heavy to the course of the day and likely to continue as those winds pick up the

destruction likely across the far north of scotland in towards 0rkney and shetland. maybe 17—80 miles an hourfor a time as and shetland. maybe 17—80 miles an hour for a time as we move towards the middle part of the night. that is because the centre of this deep low will pass just to the north of shetland squeeze in the isobarjust to the south of the centre there affecting the north highlands up to work shetland certainly, areas in between conceit gusts of access up 75-85 between conceit gusts of access up 75—85 miles an hour. through the second part of the night those skills move off slowly into the emergency plenty of showers across scotland, northern ireland wintry on the hills but drierfurther south, clear spells temperatures ranging from 3—6 c. see you later. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... downing street warns there'll be significant disruption tomorrow as teachers and university workers, civil servants, train and bus drivers all go on strike.

police chiefs apologise and promise "cultural change" following profound failures — five years after a report into the treatment of the families of the hillsborough disaster. we are now into 2023, how long does it take to read a report and come out with the findings and what you think should happen? the uk will perform worse than any other major economy next year, according to the international monetary fund paperchase goes into administration — tesco takes over the brand, but announces over two thousand supermarketjobs are at risk and united in music — this year's slogan as, the eurovision song contest arrives in liverpool. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. that evening, the bulk transfer data

during day. chelsea have spent half £1 billion across the last transfer window and this one. and they could yet break the british transfer record if they get the big money signing they want today. players are set to the stamford bridge, which is why we are heading there first. alex howell is our football reporter. alex, no shortage of talking points, no shortage of spending. what are you anticipating in the coming hours at chelsea? , ,., . you anticipating in the coming hours at chelsea? , . ., at chelsea? there is so much going on here, at chelsea? there is so much going on here. and _ at chelsea? there is so much going on here, and the _ at chelsea? there is so much going on here, and the name _ at chelsea? there is so much going on here, and the name and - at chelsea? there is so much going i on here, and the name and everyone's lips is enzo fernandes, chelsea had beenin lips is enzo fernandes, chelsea had been in talks throughout the month of january trying to get this deal done, but it is notjust the chance for getting everyone talking, it is the amount of money. if they are able to get the deal over the line commit will be a british record transfer fee over £100 million, which would eclipse the amount of money that manchester city paid to bring jack greenwich to the club.

and that would have a knock on effect for some other members of the squad. a year opener with italy, george ennio is set to join arsenal for £12 million or an 18 month contract. arsenal have been trying to get their player of throughout this transfer window, but they've come here to chelsea to add a lot of experience, and that has a knock on effect bring international, he was part of the world cup squad in qatar, but for game time so far but he is not keen on the move to get us in the park. putting other sides and honoured in the premier with newcastle and crystal palace interested in him. looks like a loan deal will be most likely for the midfielder, but it's definitely going to be an exciting end for the transfer window here at stanford bridge. transfer window here at stanford brid . e. , . ., , , transfer window here at stanford bride. , _ . , bridge. news confirmed by manchester toda of bridge. news confirmed by manchester today of christian _ bridge. news confirmed by manchester today of christian erickson's _ today of christian erickson's injury, expected to be out for a few

months, but united could be about to make a loan signing from bayern munich. , . ., make a loan signing from bayern munich. , _, , ., , make a loan signing from bayern munich. , , ., , ., munich. they could be, and they are in talks of buying — munich. they could be, and they are in talks of buying munich _ munich. they could be, and they are in talks of buying munich over- munich. they could be, and they are in talks of buying munich over there | in talks of buying munich over there midfielder, marcel, erikten in talks of buying munich over there midfielder, marcel, erik ten hag, the manchester united manager broke the manchester united manager broke the news that christian erickson would be out until the later part of april — may, which is a big blow for them, been in form, so they have had to had to go to the market on deadline day, and that is not the only deal that has been happening elsewhere here in london. it looks as though tottenham are going to secure a dealfor as though tottenham are going to secure a deal for pedro, as though tottenham are going to secure a dealfor pedro, alone deal with an application to buying munich, but so many deals going on, just under six hours to go, i'm sure i will be able to bring you a lot more updates as the evening goes on standby to be the forward to that. we believe that there now. thank you. we believe that there now. thank ou. �* , . , ., we believe that there now. thank ou. h ., ., �*, .,, you. it's also women's transfer deadhne you. it's also women's transfer deadline day. _ you. it's also women's transfer deadline day, that _

you. it's also women's transfer deadline day, that window - you. it's also women's transfer deadline day, that window for. deadline day, that window for domestic transfers in the ws sale closed at five o'clock. around half an hour ago now the we know that alessio riso is staying put. arsenal told by manchester united that she is not for sale at any price. they rejected earlier today a second round of record to be around £500,000 we understand for rousseau, the contract is up when she is expected to move, but it's no big move for her in this january transfer window. and you can keep across of the confirmed deals as they come in across the coming hours on the bbc sport website. special transfer addition covering transfers from across england, scotland, europe, deadline date live, it will be an bbc life player and on bbc news from ten o'clock tonight. 0ne news from ten o'clock tonight. one for bolling to bring you from this afternoon, kenny shields has left his role as manager of northern

ireland's women's team. he took over in may 2019, led them to that euros, the first—ever tournament they went out in the group stage having lost all their games. shields was also unable to secure qualification for this year's world cup. warren gatland has named his welsh side to face higher than that a sold—out principality stadium in the opening round of the six nations on saturday. he will return to make a first we'll start for 19 months after a serious knee injury. he makes his six stations debut at inside centre. he has decided he will beckon in in midfield. when jones starts and back at fly half after missing the autumn internationals. that is all your support for now. much more on all of those transfers over on the bbc sport for now. back to you. thank you so much. more now and one of our

top stories this afternoon, the prediction by the international monetary fund that the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% this year, that is worse than any other major advanced nation. we can speak now to pauljohnson, director of the institute for fiscal studies, a leading economic research group. that afternoon to you. why is it that the uk sticks out in this way? what are the specific factors that the uk is the on the economy to shrink in 2023 of the major economies as i think the first thing to say is these projections need to be taken with a bit of salt, i suspect this scented —— this isn't exactly how it will pan out, and be used to projections from a couple of months ago when things looks rather worse for the uk, we are going to get a new set, another set of forecasts on thursday from that bank of england, which will look still

gloomy but less gloomy than they look back in november. all of that said, we do know that the british economy has done worse since the period just before coded up until today. we are the only major economy not to have grown over that period. and even if we do manage not to go backwards over this year, we are certainly not going to go very far forward. that is going to be at least four years of completely zero growth and worse than most other countries. why is that? well, a combination of things. we are more affected, to some extent, by gas prices. dependent on that for our heating. we are clearly affected by brexit, which has been bad for trade and bad for investment. he then badly affected by political instability. , who is going to come and invest in the uk when we have four chancellors, the prime ministers and god knows however many ministers and god knows however many ministers in any given period. now,

this government has restored a degree of stability and hopefully that will help over time, but it will take time to steal some of the problems that have been created over the last couple of years. you make it sound like a perfect storm. weill. it sound like a perfect storm. well, there is a bit _ it sound like a perfect storm. well, there is a bit of— it sound like a perfect storm. well, there is a bit of that. _ it sound like a perfect storm. well, there is a bit of that. all _ there is a bit of that. all countries have suffered through covid. all countries have done less well than you might have expected before that. 0ver well than you might have expected before that. over a long period, we have had the effect of the financial crisis being bigger on the uk partly because we had a big financial sector, we have been through brexit, which is having a significant negative effect. 0n the politics and the economics and the two build on one another to make each worse. so we have got some problems. take this particular set of the projections with a pinch of salt. particular set of the pro'ections with a pinch of salt._ with a pinch of salt. interesting that ou with a pinch of salt. interesting that you say — with a pinch of salt. interesting that you say that _ with a pinch of salt. interesting that you say that because - with a pinch of salt. interesting that you say that because the l with a pinch of salt. interesting i that you say that because the imf says that the uk is now back on

track and you are saying that they have based this forecast on information from a couple of months ago. what can the government do to commit if nothing else, be sure people that there was the matter at hand. irate people that there was the matter at hand. ~ ., people that there was the matter at hand. ~ . ,., . ~ people that there was the matter at hand. ~ . . ,, ., ., . ,, people that there was the matter at hand. ~ . ., ., hand. we are back on track and the government — hand. we are back on track and the government is _ hand. we are back on track and the government is rightly _ hand. we are back on track and the government is rightly focused - hand. we are back on track and the government is rightly focused on i government is rightly focused on getting inflation down to me getting the finances under some kind of control, focus on some of the things that they have been. we need to move people back into work and so on, so the trouble for the government in a senseis the trouble for the government in a sense is that almost whatever they do over the next few months, this year is going to look very difficult for households. we will almost certainly be worse off after the end of this year than we were at the beginning of last. that is not an

enormous amount in the short run. 0ther enormous amount in the short run. other than to avoid my silly mistakes. but you can do is lay the foundations for better growth of it in medium and longer by getting those policies right, by getting some stability. am i thinking about the things that really do matter over the long term, getting our institutional framework right to me getting the tax estimate can make it in the planning system right, getting trade with the eu much closer and better than we've got at the moment, house—building, all of those things that we know are good for the economy, but they all take a significant period to bear fruit. for the economy, but they all take a significant period to bearfruit. irate significant period to bear fruit. we have to leave it there. pauljohnson there with the iss. the number of executions in saudi arabia has almost doubled under the kingdom's current leadership, according to new research. that's despite promises of reform from the crown prince and the de facto leader, mohammed bin salman. a report by the campaign group reprieve, shared exclusively with the bbc ahead of application,

also found that the death penalty has also been routinely used for non—lethal offences, in defiance of international norms. caroline hawley reports. executions carried out with no warning given to their families no chance for a last goodbye. last year the biggest mass execution in modern saudi history, 81 in a single day, among them was this man. here he is with his nephew. here he is now with his father and brother, refugees in germany. he fled to saudi arabia after his brothers arrest in 2014. he played us the final words his family ever heard from him, a phone call to his motherfrom family ever heard from him, a phone call to his mother from jail. family ever heard from him, a phone

call to his motherfrom jail. when he'd first visited him, he said was could barely stand from torture. he said he was still trying to appeal when he and dozens of others were executed for their part in antigovernment protests, accused of terrorism. translation: hat antigovernment protests, accused of terrorism. translation:— antigovernment protests, accused of terrorism. translation: not only did the take terrorism. translation: not only did they take their — terrorism. translation: not only did they take their lives, _ terrorism. translation: not only did they take their lives, they _ they take their lives, they unintentionally misaligned them, and kept their bodies. we don't know whether they were given a decent burial. it's been a tragedy for the families. ., ._ , burial. it's been a tragedy for the families. ., , ., ., , families. four days after he was executed. _ families. four days after he was executed, boris _ families. four days after he was executed, boris johnson - families. four days after he was executed, boris johnson arrivedj families. four days after he was i executed, boris johnson arrived in executed, borisjohnson arrived in saudi arabia and met the crown prince, hoping to persuade him to pump more oil to replace russian implants. mohammed bin solomon, billed as a moderniser, but for many morally problematic ally. he's a prominent cleric who is called for political reform with millions of

followers online. painted as an extremist, prosecuting carries seeking the death penalty for him. his son has asylum in the us. mr; his son has asylum in the us. my father's his son has asylum in the us. ij�*i: father's arrest is really his son has asylum in the us. wi; father's arrest is really about the silence of critics, the silencing of those that can mobilise the masses, that can make a change, who can descent. ., that can make a change, who can descent. . . ., , ., , , descent. the legal charity has been catalo . uin . descent. the legal charity has been cataloguing a _ descent. the legal charity has been cataloguing a rising _ descent. the legal charity has been cataloguing a rising trend _ descent. the legal charity has been cataloguing a rising trend of - cataloguing a rising trend of executions. the saudi arabia has a regime of secrecy around the death penalty. so gall regime of secrecy around the death enal .s~ ,, . regime of secrecy around the death enal .s~ . , regime of secrecy around the death enal _ s. ., , ., penalty. so you have people who were arrested, tried, _ penalty. so you have people who were arrested, tried, sentenced _ penalty. so you have people who were arrested, tried, sentenced to - penalty. so you have people who were arrested, tried, sentenced to death i arrested, tried, sentenced to death and then— arrested, tried, sentenced to death and then executed in secret. the saudi embassy _ and then executed in secret. tie: saudi embassy in london and then executed in secret. ti9 saudi embassy in london gave and then executed in secret. ti9: saudi embassy in london gave us and then executed in secret. ti9 saudi embassy in london gave us a statement which didn't to address concerns about how the country uses the death penalty, but said...

these men on death row are all tortured into making confessions according to human rights groups. one, a child at the time of his arrest. forthem one, a child at the time of his arrest. for them and their families, the fear that any day could be their last. transport and public services in france have been badly disrupted by another day of strikes against government plans to push the age of retirement up from 62 to 64. demonstrations have been staged across the country with the biggest this afternoon in paris. the police in paris say that 87,000 people have taken part in today's protest. let's get the latest from our paris correspondent. not to the first time the government has tried to bring about this reform and its meeting again with strong opposition. yeah,

our oint again with strong opposition. yeah, your point is — again with strong opposition. yeah, your point is true. _ again with strong opposition. yeah, your point is true. there _ again with strong opposition. yeah, your point is true. there have - again with strong opposition. yeah, your point is true. there have been | your point is true. there have been excessive attempts to change the pension law over the past years, but let's not forget, most of them succeeded. they always engender intricate these mass protests on the street, but for our viewers, intricate these mass protests on the street, but for ourviewers, he street, but for our viewers, he tried street, but for ourviewers, he tried to raise the pension age from 60 to 62, there were demonstrations just like this and he did it. it went through. so the fact that there was this mass mobilisation in the street is not a guarantee that the government will fold and collapse. president micron is insistent, continues to insist that this change, this new change raising the age from 62 to 64 is going to go ahead. the bill goes to parliament next week. it will take about four weeks to get through, bette markham and he's determined to see it there, notwithstanding these massive protests on the street and they are big demonstrations. we will have to see how this battle of forces on the

street plays out in the next few weeks. doesin does in the the republican party who have about 60 members of parliament. you are right to point out that this is a minority government. he does not, and is a minority government. he does not. and a — is a minority government. he does not, and a majority _ is a minority government. he does not, and a majority automatically i not, and a majority automatically and the national assembly. if all the opposition parties gained up together, they could defeat this and any bill that he put before it. if you have here is the left—wing alliance, the far right opposed, they are very powerful. if you have they are very powerful. if you have the republicans the ones very powerful republican party broadly in favour of his measure, the pension change, so get the republicans on

board, then he will see this through, but it is risky. the longer these protests likely it is that will feel very uncomfortable. there are signs that some of them might start peeling away. he wants to get this if this movement on the street starts to that will start to thoughtful and paralysed the country economically, then the situation would get very difficult indeed. {lilia would get very difficult indeed. ok, time for a would get very difficult indeed. 0k, time for a look at the headlines now here on bbc news. downing street ones there will be significant disruption tomorrow ahead of what could be the biggest strike date in more than a decade. police chiefs apologised and failure is. this comes five years after their part into the treatment of the families

of the hillsboro disaster. uk will be the only major economy to shrink in 2023 according to the monetary fund, although it there will be better news next year. now, ship setting sail in search of buried treasure is standard stuff for films and novels, buried treasure is standard stuff forfilms and novels, but buried treasure is standard stuff for films and novels, but for marine archaeologists, there comes a time when the ships themselves become the buried treasure. he wake implement has around 40 buried racks which can be investigated at low tide. as alex green reports, that your identity of one of these has now been discovered. in a ship on the outskirts of plymouth this ship was thought to be a dutch barge, but after an archaeological explanation and some sifting through the

archives, it was identified as a west country schooner- archives, it was identified as a west country schooner when we investigated _ west country schooner when we investigated her, _ west country schooner when we investigated her, we _ west country schooner when we investigated her, we found - west country schooner when we investigated her, we found shel west country schooner when we i investigated her, we found she was and felt like one, she was built far more like accidentally finding her name in a letter wasjust more like accidentally finding her name in a letter was just a stroke of luck, but that allowed us to find a photograph of her. we then advertise the fact that she is here on social media, on our website and i expect what usually happens is that the families get in touch. there is a lot involved in identifying a shipped broken down as much is this, including getting your hands dirty at low tide. the next one of the things that we do when we are looking at the racks, and what we do underwater is we have to kind to figure out what type of vessel it is if we don't know the name of it stop at the johnsons is if we don't know the name of it stop at thejohnsons is just one of the 36 holes buried on the verschoor, and that is just the ones that are known about. irate verschoor, and that is 'ust the ones that are known about.— that are known about. we start to look at this _ that are known about. we start to look at this lake _ that are known about. we start to look at this lake specifically - look at this lake specifically because there are 40 racks that you can see _

because there are 40 racks that you can see 0ne — because there are 40 racks that you can see. one that we were looking at was called _ can see. one that we were looking at was called the two brothers, where we are _ was called the two brothers, where we are standing and you can see behind— we are standing and you can see behind me. _ we are standing and you can see behind me, we thought she was a dutch— behind me, we thought she was a dutch barge, but there is a certain way that— dutch barge, but there is a certain way that certain vessels are made so that we _ way that certain vessels are made so that we can — way that certain vessels are made so that we can look at that and check off things — that we can look at that and check off things as we go. we couldn't check— off things as we go. we couldn't check off— off things as we go. we couldn't check off any of those things. records— check off any of those things. records show that after an almost 80 years sailing career, thatjohn sims was converted to a timber later in 1935 for use in the timber guard at the end of who lake.— 1935 for use in the timber guard at the end of who lake. every time we look at something _ the end of who lake. every time we look at something we _ the end of who lake. every time we look at something we find - the end of who lake. every time we. look at something we find something new. the racks here and tell thoughts about trading and what was happening intended back in the 18005. happening intended back in the 1800s. also they provide examples of ships that no longer exist, some of the ones we found in the lake, some of the ones we've identified are the last surviving examples of this particular type. last surviving examples of this particular type-— last surviving examples of this particular type. this ship all lies beside out _

particular type. this ship all lies beside out terry's _ particular type. this ship all lies beside out terry's and - particular type. this ship all lies l beside out terry's and collectively along with the many shipwrecks underwater around plymouth, they tell a story of this naval city and its maritime heritage. the princess of wales has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the first five years of a child's life. the project has been described by palace sources as the princesses "life's work" and draws attention to how babies and children develop in response to early experiences. here is our royal correspondent, daniela relph, and a warning her report contained some flash photography. kirkgate market in leeds, where the princess of wales has come to launch this new campaign. the focus is on greater awareness of the first five years of our lives and how they shape the adults we become. last night, the princess laid out her vision for the campaign and why it matters to her so much. it is essential to not only understand the unique importance of our earliest years but to know what we can all do to help raise future generations of happy, healthy

adults. shaping us is a long term campaign, and we're starting by highlighting how we develop during early childhood and why these years matter so much. we can't wait to meet you. the launch comes with a film, birth to five years old in 90 seconds, designed to show how a child develops and how communication and connection is vital. our children, their brains develop between pregnancy and the age of five, quicker and more crucial than at any other point in their life. and i think it's something that maybe i wasn't aware of until i fully dug deep into this. advisers to the princess of wales have stressed that this campaign isn't about politics or policy, but about raising public awareness. it comes at a challenging time for some young families

where financial stresses dominate. but the princess of wales believes she can make a difference in an area that's been described as her life's work. daniela relph, bbc news, leeds. it's an exciting day for eurovision fans. the competition officially reaches liverpool today as part of the official handover from turin. and we find out this evening which countries are in the semifinals, you can see a special programme on bbc two this evening. 0ur correspondentjayne mccubbin has been to liverpool to see how the city is gearing up for the spectacle in may. something big is on its way to liverpool, and liverpool is very excited. eurovision. i love it, just love it. eurovision! exciting. it is exciting. such a pleasure to be able to hold it in this city, i can't wait. tonight the keys of the competition

will be handed overfrom turin to liverpool and then the live draw takes place, deciding which country goes into which semifinal. it will be hosted live on bbc two at 7pm by superfans aj 0dudu and rylan clark. this kicks off eurovision like you have never seen it before. 2023, it's the first, biggest event of the year, as far as i'm concerned. absolutely. and we are so excited. the thing about eurovision, why it is so special to me personally, it is that sort of two weeks of the year, that whole programme, where nothing else matters, it doesn't matter what is going on anywhere else, everybody is, for want of a better term, united by the music. the grand final is on may 13th and this man is in charge of the whole thing for the bbc. the pressure! don't worry, only 160 million people are watching, yeah. you know, let's face it, a time when a bit ofjoy, a bit of light, a bit of togetherness wouldn't go amiss. it is a gift, and no better place

to do than in liverpool. liverpool's bars, pubs, and clubs are raring to go. i thought eurovision, you just come for the night, and it is not. it is a two or three week event, it'sjust going to be insane. the night it was announced i felt like the president or something, i got on the phone and i was like, "get me the fizz, get me the fizz, we need the fizz." he's bringing former eurovision winners to liverpool to host one of very many eurovision parties. is there any other place to be? than liverpool? absolutely not! # you're making your mind up...# eurovision now compared to how it was when we did it is fantastic, but back then it was just... very staid, very proper, very conservative, in their suits. now it is just one big party, the whole of it, it's the best thing ever. it is billed as the music event of the year, but of course... the winner, ukraine!

..liverpool is hosting on behalf of ukraine. for you, this is really important? it is very important because eurovision is in the uk, but it will be ukrainian voices. eurovision is an event which will show that life has not stopped for ukrainians. you are saying this gives people hope? yes, they have this hope in the future, and that they will win. hope is what it means to these ukrainians in liverpool, an event which promises to unite us with music. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. time after look at the letter. hello there. things will be picking up this evening and overnight, for much it should stay largely fine with clear skies if i wanted to shower us, but across that are the

video take the video tape that will turn when the lit candles can severe gals affecting the north of scotland engine of the males, it if they have a pressure passes closer to him there. the vacancies and disruption of customer than scotland with severe gals. besides having a baby has a power likely to cause disruption as we head into wednesday morning as well. those skills continue to strengthen up as we head into the middle part of the night in a hours after where we could see the strongest of the wind is between shetland and the islands there. very choppy seas notice of the huge waves around as well. showers in august of the brain effect. the narrative. the entry on the hills. much of it as part of the dry fairly briefly. temperatures range from 3—6 and excessive. that is newer butter. —— thatis excessive. that is newer butter. —— that is your weather.

at six — britain braces for the biggest day of industrial a warning from downing street to prepare for significant disruption as britain braces for the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. from teachers and railway workers to civil servants, tomorrow up to around half a million workers are expected to walk out over pay — around are expected to walk out over pay — 20,000 schoo affected. around 20,000 schools could be affected. they don't know how many staff will come to work. missing school will definitely affect their education. i don't have anybody to look after my child. if this happens, i have to make a plan. we'll be looking at is what is driving the strikes and whether there is any chance of a resolution.

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