this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a couple who disappeared with their newborn baby more than seven weeks ago have been arrested in brighton, but their child is still missing. the prime minister is in belfast, as he tries to win support for his new deal on post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. when goods move from great britain to northern ireland, they will now move without customs bureaucracy. they will move without routine checks. mi5 suspected a muslim preacher who was close to the manchester arena bomber of being a radicaliser, a bbc investigation can reveal. calls for race to be examined as a key issue in the public health inquiry into covid—19 response.

a couple who disappeared with their newborn baby have been arrested in brighton, but their child is still missing. constance marten and mark gordon were found after being spotted by a member of the public. police have now launched an urgent search for their baby, who is not thought to have received any medical attention since birth. vincent mcaviney reports. 35—year—old constance marten and 48—year—old mark gordon were reported missing on the 5th of january, after their car broke down nearjunction 4 of the m61 near bolton. the car was found on fire and it's believed miss marten had given birth either in or near the car a day

or two earlier. over the following weeks, there were sightings of the couple in a number of places, including liverpool, essex, south london and east sussex. they were thought to be carrying a large amount of cash and to be using camping equipment to live off—grid. authorities previously thought the couple had been sleeping rough in a blue tent, avoiding being traced by the police by moving around frequently and keeping their faces covered in cctv images. police have expressed fears that the baby was being exposed to subzero temperatures and said they were extremely concerned for its well—being. constance marten, who was from a wealthy family, was a drama student when she first met mark gordon in 2016. since meeting, the couple led an isolated life and in september, when marten was well into her pregnancy, began moving around rental flats. gordon, a registered sex offender, was deported to britain from the united states in 2010, after spending 20 years in prison

for a rape he committed aged 1a. despite their estrangement, constance�*s father, napier marten, has been publicly urging her to make herself known to authorities, for the safety of both herself and his grandchild. let's get more on this from our correspondent, vincent mcaviney. the police obviously must be gravely concerned, because whatever the baby years, it is now separated from its mother and father?— mother and father? yes, that's ri . ht. mother and father? yes, that's right- the _ mother and father? yes, that's right. the police _ mother and father? yes, that's right. the police are _ mother and father? yes, that's right. the police are working i mother and father? yes, that's| right. the police are working on mother and father? yes, that's - right. the police are working on the assumption that the baby is still alive. the couple were arrested nearby to where i am standard at 9pm last night. this huge operation has swung in with offices notjust from sussex police but coming from the metropolitan police as well. 0fficers staying on long beyond their shifts to try and find the baby. we do not know because it doesn't never receive medical attention, whether they had a boy or girl injanuary. but if it is

stashed away somewhere where they have been staying, we know they have been living a nomadic life, at one point living in a tent, the officers we have seen at this allotment in the north of the city have been checking sheds and outbuildings to see if they can find this baby. there are lots of officers here, dogs as well, sniffer dogs, the drone is up, police helicopter, it is a huge operation and they are searching all the way down to new haven where the couple were seen a few days ago, around ten miles down the coast from brighton. earlier on this morning i spoke to detective superintendent. this is what he had to say about their investigation. so, we're certainly flexing numerous offices between sussex and the metropolitan police and that number will flex as the day goes on. at present, we are focusing on this initial area working out, but we know, and as i've said many times in this investigation, when, you know, the focus of looking for that baby, that we know that they travel, we know they travel long distances. and , my plea to the members of the public here in brighton, and crossing over towards new haven

is please, you know, look, be vigilant in the open land where you are, in the outbuildings that you may have on your own property and assist us in that way by being vigilant and in searching for the areas that you are in and occupy. vincent, the couple had managed to evade police and those concerned about the baby's welfare for a month now. presumably although they were found in the brighton area, nobody knows exactly where they may have been hiding and where conceivably the baby could be. it is a bit of a needle in a haystack operation, isn't it? it needle in a haystack operation, isn't it? , ~ ., needle in a haystack operation, isn't it? , . ., , ., isn't it? it is. we thought they had thousands of _ isn't it? it is. we thought they had thousands of pounds _ isn't it? it is. we thought they had thousands of pounds they - isn't it? it is. we thought they had thousands of pounds they were - isn't it? it is. we thought they had i thousands of pounds they were using because of course constance constance marten comes from a privileged background it was thought she had some kind of funds, so they have been spotted across the

country, then of course a couple of days ago, they were thought to be in new haven, they have been somewhat camouflaging, obstructing theirface camouflaging, obstructing their face with camouflaging, obstructing theirface with masks to not be picked up on cctv but there have been sightings and it has been a well—publicised case, but that police have said they are not cooperating in this interview that is being conducted with them in the past couple of hours as to where the baby is. without going into speculation there is the possibility they might have friends in the local area currently looking after the baby, or whatever they are staying they have left a baby potential for a short period last night to get food and are now going back. of course the police still working on the assumption the babyis still working on the assumption the baby is alive. we do not know, given that it has been exposed to the elements for eight weeks, essentially it has never received any medical care, it could have passed away in that period but the police are hopeful that it is still alive. we do not know if it is a boy or a girl they had and they are

encouraging people in the brighton and surrounding area to check sheds, check outbuildings and if you have seen anyone camping or any tent in the past couple of days, at one point a blue tent, to alert police to that and be vigilant. i point a blue tent, to alert police to that and be vigilant.- point a blue tent, to alert police to that and be vigilant. i know you will keep us _ to that and be vigilant. i know you will keep us up-to-date _ to that and be vigilant. i know you will keep us up-to-date on - will keep us up—to—date on developments. thank you very much. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is in belfast today, as he calls for mps to back his new deal on post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the agreement, known as the windsor framework, removes most checks on goods destined only for northern ireland from the rest of the uk and creates new powers for ministers at stormont to fend off changes to eu regulations. here's a summary of what's included in the deal from our political correspondent, helen catt. under the windsor framework, goods going to northern ireland and staying there would go through a green lane, getting rid of virtually all checks. rishi sunak says that would remove any sense

of a border in the irish sea. there would be a red lane for goods going on to the republic of ireland, which would see full checks. northern ireland would still follow some eu laws, but a new measure, the stormont brake, would give the northern ireland assembly a way of saying no to some changes in future. the prime minister's been speaking about the deal this morning on radio 4's today programme. he explained how the new green and red lanes would mean goods meant only for northern ireland would not face red tape at customs. let's take a listen to some of what he had to say. one of the key achievements of the windsor framework is it removes any sense of an irish sea border, so that when goods move from great britain to northern ireland, they will now move without customs bureaucracy, they will move without routine checks and the same goods that are available in great britain on our supermarket shelves will be available in the supermarket shelves in northern ireland. there will still be border posts won't there? which is the say between england and wales. so i'lljust say two things on that.

the border posts are there very specifically for the red lane, because, as part of having a green lane where goods flow freely within our uk internal market, if goods are actually going to the republic of ireland, ie, going into the eu, well, that's not our country and it's entirely reasonable that we have checks for those types of goods and we also check when we suspect criminality or smuggling. and that's something that the government has always said that it would do and has been longstanding practice, actually. there will still be checks in the green channel. i mean, far less than there are at the moment. there will still be checks. no, there won't be routine checks for goods moving from great britain to northern ireland. there will be checks where we suspect criminalisty or smuggling. and i think everyone listening will think, well, that's a sensible thing to do. if we think people are breaking the law, we should be checking things. and i don't think anyone would disagree with that. the crucial thing, though, is that there shouldn't be physical

checks of ordinary goods going between great britain and northern ireland. that wouldn't be right. and this framework ensures that that is not the case. let's go to westminster now and get more on this with our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. what a day yesterday. what about the reception at westminster last night? i think it was a good as rishi sunak could have hoped. there was no expensive criticism, even from the most ardent brexiteers in rishi sunak�*s own party. there was actually a lot of welcoming for the deal from some people who could have been awkward for the prime minister. those people who made life tough for theresa may for example, thought this deal was about as good as it gets. there is always a but when it comes to brexit and here it is one that the dup have not made up their mind yet, they are studying the detail of this, although some very mps are less than convinced so far. the second is there are still some brexiteer tories who want to scrutinise the fine detail before making theirjudgment clear. i suspect rishi sunak feels pretty happy about the way this has been

received so far. you got a sense of that in his interview on the today programme this morning. that is not to mean there are hurdles to come and the specifics of what is in that legal text may yet throw up some more interesting angles to the story. in more interesting angles to the sto . , ., ., , ., story. in terms of the timetable for this, prime — story. in terms of the timetable for this, prime minister— story. in terms of the timetable for this, prime minister has _ story. in terms of the timetable for| this, prime minister has committed to a vote on this presumably that is not a binding vote? ida. to a vote on this presumably that is not a binding vote?— not a binding vote? no, it won't be because the _ not a binding vote? no, it won't be because the government _ not a binding vote? no, it won't be because the government can - not a binding vote? no, it won't be because the government can do . not a binding vote? no, it won't be| because the government can do this anyway although in practice if it were voted down it would be difficult for the government, to be honest it's not going to be voted down. the vast majority of mps seem to be signed up so i think it will pass pretty comfortably. the big question is whether rishi sunak gets the ultimate prize in this which is the ultimate prize in this which is the restoration of power—sharing at stormont. at the moment we don't know the answer for that. the dup sound fairly conciliatory in the sense they are prepared to look at the deal and have admitted or

acknowledged i should say that there have been some progress made in talks with the european union but they do want to look at those specifics and one in particular that has been highlighted so far asjust how that stormont stormont brake that rishi sunak keeps talking about woodwork. members of the legislative committee would be able to say they do not like a law, the uk government would enter negotiations with europe and ultimately be able to veto the imposition of that law in northern ireland if they wanted to. there are big questions about the practicality of that and some in the dup are asking actually is that still in the hands of the uk government? would they do it if it risked a trade war with the eu? is essentially a nuclear option that is unlikely to ever actually be used in practice? i think that's one of the questions they will be asked over the next few days but as i say, the big test of

last night i think was whether rishi sunak encountered significant resistance from his own party. he didn't. there was not a big rebellion. that will please number number ten. let's get the reaction from larne on the east coast of county antrim now, where we can speak to our ireland can we pick up on the point nick was making about this kind of stormont brake? the alliance party which would normally be supportive and is broadly wants to get this resolved, has expressed some unease over night about the possibility this could be what it sees as a unionist lock. given they are saying 30 out of 90 assembly members from two parties, could it be done by unionists or is there an expectation this would be something would have to have cross community support if the breaker to be applied?

community support if the breaker to be a- lied? .,, ., community support if the breaker to be a- lied? , ., , community support if the breaker to be alied? . , ., ~ be applied? people are still working throu~h be applied? people are still working through exactly _ be applied? people are still working through exactly how _ be applied? people are still working through exactly how this _ be applied? people are still working through exactly how this stormont l through exactly how this stormont brake woodwork. i think technically perhaps it could be used by either unionists and nationalists but in the weight is conceived practically, it would be only unionists who would be interested in exercising a veto and raising an objection to any eu regulations that applied in northern ireland. the way the cross community alliance party as you mentioned and i imagine nationalist politicians may look at it is that it is in effect a unionist veto. the question really is just how strong a mechanism will aid be? it's understood certainly the eu looks on the break as being something that would only be used as a last resort. a lot of efforts would be made to try to ensure it was not pooled.

working through all of these details which will be highly complex i would think, very legal in nature, may well determine party's attitudes to the deal. no party is i think at this stage going to look again at the fundamentals as to whether there should be a devolved government in northern ireland, the main parties at stormont are in favour of the devolved government coming back with the exception of the democratic unionist party. the dup's response to this deal will be most attention if the dup lifts its veto, on power—sharing at stormont, then ministers can come back into the office. delicate political matters ahead, historically in northern ireland, the use of words like veto, the whole conception of the veto is something that has done for

nationalists, unionist vetos so there will be something of a balancing act if the stormont executive is to be restored. aside from the political dimensions of all of this, of course there is also some would say the more practical implications for businesses in northern ireland. i have spent the morning here in landes, a port town, one of the ports in northern ireland were goods are checked, they arrive from the rest of the uk. businesses have been working through the detail of the windsor framework, somebody has been doing just that is sarah, managing director of the firm here. good to be with you. you work with major retailers here, you have more than 50 vehicles, some of which have been rolling in and out through the course of the morning. you run a big operation. what difference do you think the windsor framework will make? we think the windsor framework will make? ~ , , , , , ,

make? we were presently surprised when the windsor _ make? we were presently surprised when the windsor came _ make? we were presently surprised when the windsor came about. - make? we were presently surprised when the windsor came about. it i make? we were presently surprised when the windsor came about. it is| when the windsor came about. it is further— when the windsor came about. it is further reaching than we thought it was going — further reaching than we thought it was going to be so relates almost taken _ was going to be so relates almost taken us — was going to be so relates almost taken us back to pre—brexit days, almost _ taken us back to pre—brexit days, almost the — taken us back to pre—brexit days, almost. the paperwork required to come _ almost. the paperwork required to come on _ almost. the paperwork required to come on now really has been sympathised. there has been a removal— sympathised. there has been a removal of supplementary declarations which is really onerous on the _ declarations which is really onerous on the consumer in northern ireland and also _ on the consumer in northern ireland and also the — on the consumer in northern ireland and also the extra declarations required — and also the extra declarations required for the food items, pet food _ required for the food items, pet food moving into northern ireland have been— food moving into northern ireland have been removed. it used to be product _ have been removed. it used to be product level now we're looking track _ product level now we're looking track level. it's really good news, i'm track level. it's really good news, i'm sure — track level. it's really good news, i'm sure customers will be pleasantly surprised and hopeful for supply— pleasantly surprised and hopeful for supply chains to return to normal coming _ supply chains to return to normal coming in — supply chains to return to normal coming in from gb.— coming in from gb. under the revious coming in from gb. under the previous arrangement, - coming in from gb. under the previous arrangement, the i coming in from gb. under the - previous arrangement, the northern ireland protocol, what problems were you seeing? ireland protocol, what problems were ou seeinu ? ., , ireland protocol, what problems were ou seeina? .,, ., ireland protocol, what problems were ou seeina? ., ., you seeing? there was an added layer of bureaucracy. _ you seeing? there was an added layer of bureaucracy, red _ you seeing? there was an added layer of bureaucracy, red tape _ you seeing? there was an added layer of bureaucracy, red tape and - of bureaucracy, red tape and paperwork. the majority of that is

going _ paperwork. the majority of that is going to _ paperwork. the majority of that is going to be removed. therefore lead times— going to be removed. therefore lead times will— going to be removed. therefore lead times will be reduced and costs will be reduced and hopefully this will be reduced and hopefully this will be reflected literally on the supermarket shelves and in time the consumer— supermarket shelves and in time the consumer of northern ireland's pocket — consumer of northern ireland's ocket. ,., ., consumer of northern ireland's ocket. ., ., ., , pocket. good to hear your thoughts here this morning. _ pocket. good to hear your thoughts here this morning. that _ pocket. good to hear your thoughts here this morning. that really - here this morning. that really chimes with what the wider business community in northern ireland has been saying in reaction to the windsor framework. people still going through all of the text, it is a pretty competitive affair, but on the whole, companies here in northern ireland thinking that this deal is indeed a good one. thank you very much- — let's talk more about how the windsor framwork is being received in europe. philip plickert is the london correspondent for the centre—right german newspaper, frankfurter allgemeine zeitung.

good morning. let me ask you first of all, tell us what your paper has been saying. and also what your sense of the media reaction is on the continent this morning. goad the continent this morning. good morninu. the continent this morning. good morning- my _ the continent this morning. good morning- my paper— the continent this morning. good morning. my paper was - the continent this morning. (13mm morning. my paper was overwhelmingly in favour of this windsor framework, because it is good news for europe to remove the uncertainty, to end this long—standing conflict around the northern ireland protocol. it is a fresh start, it sets the relations on a new setting and it is good news for london, northern ireland and for europe as a whole. it for london, northern ireland and for europe as a whole.— europe as a whole. it looks like uuite a europe as a whole. it looks like quite a diplomatic— europe as a whole. it looks like quite a diplomatic solution - europe as a whole. it looks like quite a diplomatic solution for. quite a diplomatic solution for ursula von der leyen and her team at the commission. i know it was secretary did most . her political career in germany did not end particularly happily and some thought she would not rise to

the challenge with this is quite a good demonstration of her effectiveness as well as as a president because it can't have been easy keeping all the countries on site for something like this? that's true, site for something like this? that's true. there — site for something like this? that's true, there are _ site for something like this? that's true, there are different _ site for something like this? that's true, there are different things - site for something like this? that's true, there are different things at i true, there are different things at stake but for both sides that has been a lot of goodwill to achieve this windsor framework no. it’s been a lot of goodwill to achieve this windsor framework no. it's hard to understand _ this windsor framework no. it's hard to understand all _ this windsor framework no. it's hard to understand all of _ this windsor framework no. it's hard to understand all of this _ this windsor framework no. it's hard to understand all of this in _ this windsor framework no. it's hard to understand all of this in the - to understand all of this in the various iterations of the deal when you are in the uk, it must be hard to expect it to a german audience who don't have any day—to—day interest in what goes on between the mainland of great britain and northern ireland.— mainland of great britain and northern ireland. that is two. german audiences _ northern ireland. that is two. german audiences have - northern ireland. that is two. german audiences have tired | northern ireland. that is two. | german audiences have tired a northern ireland. that is two. - german audiences have tired a little bit of all of these tensions and conflicts and the details of course are incredibly hard to understand, but what they have understood i

think is that there was this trade border in the irish sea and that was a very difficult issue for northern irish businesses and that has been effectively removed for goods moving from gb to northern ireland and that is the main news which the people of germany can understand. what germany can understand. what attitude would _ germany can understand. what attitude would you _ germany can understand. what attitude would you see, - germany can understand. what attitude would you see, this . germany can understand. what attitude would you see, this is a huge generalisation, but you can focus it as you see fit, what attitude to chairman people have towards the uk after brexit? now that the dust has settled, we are effectively three years into not being members, and transition rearrangements as well, yet this stuff has kept wrangling on. how do you think the uk is perceived in your country because like- you think the uk is perceived in your country because like there is a lot of misunderstandings _ your country because like there is a

lot of misunderstandings and... - your country because like there is a | lot of misunderstandings and... the relationship has cooled of course and many long established trade relations have been interrupted and even with the exchange for students has been interrupted, so i think it will take some time to rebuild some of that trust and rebuild some of the relations which were there before brexit, but i think it can be done. ., ., ., , ,, done. olaf scholz and rishi sunak and ursula _ done. olaf scholz and rishi sunak and ursula von — done. olaf scholz and rishi sunak and ursula von der— done. olaf scholz and rishi sunak and ursula von der leyen, - done. olaf scholz and rishi sunak and ursula von der leyen, other. and ursula von der leyen, other leaders around europe have had a lot of contact in the last year because of contact in the last year because of the warren ukraine. do you think that has helped? in a of the warren ukraine. do you think that has helped?— of the warren ukraine. do you think that has helped? in a sense because euro eans that has helped? in a sense because eur0peans have _ that has helped? in a sense because europeans have realised _ that has helped? in a sense because europeans have realised they - that has helped? in a sense because europeans have realised they have l europeans have realised they have common interest in securing peace in europe and collaborating on the really big trade issues and frankly speaking, northern ireland is a minor side issue and we're happy this now settled.—

this now settled. thank you very much for talking _ this now settled. thank you very much for talking to _ this now settled. thank you very much for talking to us. - this now settled. thank you very much for talking to us. thank. this now settled. thank you veryl much for talking to us. thank you for your patience as we kept you waiting. have a good day. a muslim preacher who was close to the manchester arena bomber had been suspected by m15 of being a radicaliser more than a decade earlier, a bbc investigation has found. a public inquiry into the atrocity, which killed 22 people in may 2017, will report this week on how salman abedi was radicalised and whether the security service missed chances to stop him. daniel de simone reports the 2017 manchester arena bombing stole 22 lives. this week, a public inquiry will report on how suicide bomber salman abedi was radicalised and whether m15 missed chances to stop him. some evidence was heard in secret, away from bereaved families. our investigation reveals information not heard before in public and possibly not examined at all.

the inquiry was told about this man, known as mansoor al—anezi, who lived in devon. he died before the attack and detectives say they couldn't fully understand his link to abedi. but... whatever connection there was and clearly mr al—anezi is dead and salman abedi is dead as well, but there was clearly a connection of significance. al—anezi was arrested in 2008 after a close associate, nicky reilly, attempted a suicide bombing in exeter. al—anezi, who wasn't charged, had been with reilly the day before. but sources have said that before al—anezi moved to his home here in plymouth over 20 years ago, he was of concern to m15 because of his activities in manchester, where he'd first lived in britain. he was suspected of being a radicaliser and was placed under investigation.

al—anezi had led prayers at a plymouth mosque, but those who ran it say he was told no politics and barred from preaching. he regularly visited manchester and also stayed with salman abedi. we found he used different identities. family knew him by another name. he arrived in the uk on a false passport. salman abedi was at al—anezi's bedside when he died in hospital of cancer. the only other close friend present told me the bomber was in tears. the day after al—anezi's manchester funeral, salman abedi and his brother purchased their first bomb—making chemical. the inquiry also examined other potential influences on salman abedi, including his time at didsbury mosque in manchester. we've discovered two other young attendees died in conflict abroad. they were lionised as martyrs online before the arena bombing. the inquiry�*s public

hearings did not consider one of their fathers, taher nasuf. he spent years sanctioned by the united nations for alleged involvement with an al-qaeda affiliate. he denied the claims and the sanctions were lifted in 2011. he was part of a legal political group which met at the mosque. another attendee at its demonstrations was salman abedi. a lawyer representing victims�* families thinks if our evidence wasn't heard in the secret part of the inquiry, it should be made known. if there is material which the inquiry may not have uncovered, then it's vital that it is supplied to the chair so they can pursue it even at this late stage. in a statement, five bereaved families told us they're disappointed to learn of more in abedi's background that doesn't appear to have been investigated. the inquiry�*s final verdict

on the arena atrocity is due on thursday. nigeria's two main opposition parties have alleged fraud in saturday's presidential election. international election observers say there's been a lack of transparency, amid technical problems in counting. with provisional results declared for nearly half the 36 states, the governing party's candidate, bola tinubu, is in the lead. 0ur west africa correspondent mayeni jones has the latest from lagos. at the moment, he's looking pretty good. he's got 47% of the votes that have been announced so far. he's followed then by atiku abubakar and mr peter 0bi, the third candidate of the labour party is in third place. i think his team are feeling confident. they haven't said very much yet. they released a statement when mr tinubu lost the state of lagos yesterday. he used to be the governor of the state. they released a statement saying they accepted the result and urging the supporters to stay calm.

but i think they feel quietly confident so far. the people's democratic party and the labour party, their representatives walked out of the collation centre in abuja, where results were being announced last night and their allegations are all centering around this new electronic voting system that was used for the first time on a national scale in saturday's elections. they say that they've got evidence of irregularities. they haven't presented that evidence yet, but they've urged the electoral commission to stop the counts and to hear them out. the electoral commission says it has full faith in its results and won't be stopping the count. having a third candidate in the person of peter 0bi has really galvanised particularly young nigerians, who see the other two parties as having been in power for too long. they've exchanged power over the last 2a years and they want a change. so that's really pitted the young generation against older. but also, we're seeing

lots of divisions emerging along ethnic lines, along regional lines, people from the north and the south voting in different ways. and so i think it's been very divisive. people are urging for calm, but at the moment, lots of people out there are debating, just on the streets of lagos behind me, people debating politics, feel very passionately about this election. 0ne benefit of being in the studio this time in the morning is to talk to carol. you get up so early, did you see the northern lights? ida. you see the northern lights? no, there was too _ you see the northern lights? iirr, there was too much cloud where i was, but right back at you, lovely to see you. this picture by mace from the western isles, beautiful once again. we had clear skies but a lot of us would not have seen them because of all of these clouds. this

cloud is producing showers, notjust from the north sea in the east but the midlands and also through wales and through the day, the front is starting to look inwards, it will progress further west. sunny skies today, devon and cornwall and western scotland, it is going to feel cool along the north sea coast. tonight there will be a fair bit of cloud around, the system will push a bit further west and south, taking showers with it. some showers across the midlands, clear skies across western scotland and hampshire and kent, it means for you locally there will be a touch of frost and that is where we see the sunshine tomorrow. still a lot of cloud, a few showers, still cool along the north sea coast and with top temperatures up to about seven or eight or nine, possibly even ten. hello, this is bbc news.

the headlines. a couple who disappeared with their newborn baby more than seven weeks ago have been arrested in brighton — but their child is still missing. the prime minister is in belfast as he tries to win support for his new deal on post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. m15 suspected a muslim preacher who was close to the manchester arena bomber of being a radicaliser — a bbc investigation can reveal. calls for race to be examined as a key issue in the public health inquiry into covid—19. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre.

good morning. it has been cold one of the great finishers to test cricket. 1—1, matters is how it finishes. england with a target of 258 for victory. james anderson had the chance to hit the winning runs for the first time in his career. new zealand in the end celebrated a memorable comeback. jimmy anderson still saw the funny side. the second time only in test history that a match has been won by a single run. england continue to prove the great entertainers despite

missing the chance to win seven tests on the bounce. what a game. it was crazy. you don't know what to do with yourself. at the end of the day, if you can't look back at that test match, even in our dressing room being on the losing side, being quite thankful that you have been involved in a game like that, because test match is like that don't come around that often. brilliant night at the fifa best awards last night in paris, the annual ceremony to mark the best in international football. especially for the lionesses, england manager sarina wiegman named women's coach of the year at the ceremony, after leading them to the european championship on that

famous day at wembley last summer. we have heroes now. little girls have their idols. they have inspirations. the development of the game, so many people across the world have worked so hard to get the game abilities right now. and we would like to thank the people for that. england goalkeeper, mary earps said she was "honoured" after being named goalkeeper of the year. four other lionesses were also named in the team of the year — captain leah williamson, lucy bronze, keira walsh and beth mead. lionel messi cut a sharp looking figure out on the green carpet. no surprise after lifting the world cup late last year, he was named men's player of the year. alexia puttellas won

the women's award. while this brilliant goal from polish amputee marcin 0lesky, won goal of the year. a perfectly executed bicycle kick. he becomes the first person with a disability to win the award, beating off competition from kylian mbappe and richarlison to win that trophy. having watched city rivals united scoop the first domestic trophy of the season, manchester city can move a step closer to a first fa cup title in four years. they face bristol city in one of four fifth round ties tonight. four more are tomorrow night. city in the running for two other trophies, the premier league, and champions league. they actually knocked out arsenal in the last round, who let's not forget are league leaders. and mia brooks, the gb snowboarder who beacme the youngest snowboard world champion yesterday says it felt great to do something no other woman has managed in the history

of the sport. she landed a trick nobody�*s managed before — a cab 14110 — on her way to claiming gold in georgia. she's just 16, was too young to compete at the last winter olympics, but has established herself amongst the world's best. chatting to us on breakfast this morning, she said she's still processing she's become a world champion. and that she landed a cab 1440. this season was the season for me to do it. i tried it a few weeks back stop but i was super happy that i landed it here. could not hope for a better time to land it. it is just one extra rotation. it is for full spins. no woman has ever done it before. i am super happy to see that i'm the first to ever do it.

what an achievement. the balance and the grace of that, and of landing as well. to be 16 again. we could have done it. never say never. thank you. let's get more now on our top story. the prime minister rishi sunak is in belfast today as he calls for mps to back his new deal on post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. so what could this mean for businesses. here's our global trade correspondent. these rules will make it simpler to take your pet from britain to belfast and for those in northern ireland to order online shopping from the rest of the uk. but this new deal matters wherever you are in the country. it will shape our future relationship with europe and all our fortunes.

fundamentally, it'll streamline this process here, sending goods across the irish sea. the good news in particular for those selling fresh foods, sausages, eggs, fruit from great britain, it's going to get easier. the current checks at irish ports and indeed the paperwork, dozens of forms sometimes, added costs and time too onerous for some producers. two thirds of shoppers in northern ireland, according to one study, noticed smaller ranges and higher prices in shops. 0ne cafe took smoothies off the menu because they couldn't get the ingredients. now the new deal should help them. it should spell minimal formalities for the majority of british goods, those going by the green lane destined to stay in northern ireland. the chairman of marks and spencer calls the deal a big step forward, solving the rubik's cube of the protocol. it should also mean a smoother passage for the rest, going via the red lane, where the sharing of trade data with the eu will also help. those goods

heading for the eu will still have to follow the bloc�*s existing rules and standards. staying in that single market has helped some businesses in the province to trade with the rest of europe. the northern ireland economy may have suffered a smaller hit, claims one study, equal to about 0.7% of its income than the uk as a whole. and these new arrangements may help further. moreover, the warmer tone between the eu and the uk could help agreement in areas where our post—brexit arrangements are yet to be settled. for example, financial services, the manufacture of electric vehicles. it could even help iron out issues with our existing trade deal and relationships. the relationship with president macron is good. the relations with the germans is better than it used to be. that means, firstly, that the european union felt able to make the sorts of concessions it has in this deal on issues like state subsidies and vat. it means, secondly, it's probably going to be easier to unlock other areas of cooperation, like cooperation in research. and finally, i think what it means

is that it will be easier for the uk and the eu to work together on key issues like ukraine. while this framework could also remove uncertainty, one reason why economists reckon investment in the uk in equipment, factories, technology, that's the red line there, stalled after the referendum, making us less efficient than we could be. now this line there shows where investment could be if it grew at the same rate as it was before the referendum. the impact of that gap there, a bank of england study claims, equal over £1,000 per uk household. but before this plan becomes a reality, the government is looking for political backing in this, the most bitterly contested part of the post—brexit agreement. let's get the view from europe now, and speak to our brussels correspondent, jessica parker.

you were a part correspondent at westminster, you must have some context on this. has it been a hard expedition talking to european politicians, to others at the commission, to understand the nuances of this? it is computed enoughin nuances of this? it is computed enough in the uk. it depends on who you speak to. some countries are far more engaged with what is going on in the uk than others. an obvious member state is the republic of ireland which has a very direct stake in trying to make these new arrangements work. from what we hear, very much hoping that they will. those countries that are generally geographically closer to the uk and therefore do more with the uk and therefore do more with the uk, whether it is the business, for example, to keep quite a close eye on it. i'd say there is quite the level of engagement from a number of countries. for the european commission, yes there is a turnover of high—ranking commission

officials, that kind of thing, but to some extent, in some ways, we have been here before with the brexit battles of the past. so that is an understanding that the uk prime minister can see, i think this deal between the eu and the uk looks good to me, i am now to take this home and dry and get it through parliament and get the acceptance of unionists in northern ireland, conservative mps, and that that can come a cropper as we have seen before. there is some understanding of the complexities. having said that, they are all now, with a stake in this, in brussels watching carefully to see the uk's reaction. and will go through the details themselves. member details were only given a legal text yesterday afternoon, as we all were. give us a flavour ofjust how long a process that has been since the two sides started talking about changes to the agreement that borisjohnson negotiated with the commission just

over three years ago. we first started hearing rumblings, concerns from the uk about how the protocol was operating during 2021. it was in the summer of that year, someone will correct me if i'm wrong, that lord frost needs a command paper to say that they wanted a fundamental revision to the treaty, the united kingdom did. the eu was pretty reluctant in some ways. and was annoyed at the uk for not properly implement in the treaty as well. then we had in october that year the uk had its own proposals, negotiations started to get going. well over a year talks have been going on and off. at some points they have completely stalled. what was interesting to see over the last few weeks, even though these talks are very tightly controlled, you got are very tightly controlled, you got a real sense that something was going on even know it was quite hard to elicit what. because prior to

that you speak to officials and diplomats a lot of the time you would hear, not a lot of progress, going round in circles, not much to tell you. then, critically since around january there was certainly a sense of people saying, i cannot speak to you too much about this at the moment. ijudicially got a sense that what was going on behind—the—scenes. and of course we have seen all these documents published and what was going on behind the scenes. the deal is never done into is actually done. our brussels correspondent, thank 0ur brussels correspondent, thank you. just picking up on you. just picking up on what was said they make these negotiations, some of these things are not entirely clear, one thing was the green leaves. it is an article in the telegraph this morning suggesting that green lanes will not be like in an airport, they will still be checked. the prime and are strictly in his interview on today, that these checks will be only where the

authorities are suspecting smuggling another criminality. —— the prime minister in his interview on today. so that they have a bearing on the decision of whether or not dup feels it can accept this deal. people from ethnic minority backgrounds who lost loved ones during the pandemic have warned they are being sidelined by the uk's covid—19 public inquiry. more than two dozen organisations have signed a letter to the inquiry�*s chairwoman, calling for race to be at the heart this of all stages of her investigations. my dad was a very kind, loving and nurturing man. just someone who brought a lot ofjoy and warmth into people's lives. and yeah, i miss him every day. it's been almost three years since lobby�*s dad femi died in the first wave of the pandemic. he didn't have any underlying health conditions,

he was a relatively fit, healthy guy. a care worker, he lived with his family in leamington spa. lobby welcomes a public inquiry but feels that people like him are being shut out. do you feel like you've been included in the inquiry? personally, no. a black man from a black family, feels like race, and the impact that race has had in the pandemic has also kind ofjust been sidelined. it feels like it's more of an afterthought than being a priority for the inquiry. last year, the inquiry�*s chairwoman, baroness hallett, made this promise. there is absolutely no question that the bereaved will be marginalised and i really don't ever want to hear that expression again. i am determined that those who have suffered will be at the heart of this inquiry. now dozens of health and equality organisations say there's not enough focus on the issue of race.

we know that black minority ethnic people were hit first, they were hit hardest, and they suffered the most disproportionate rates of death as well. and our position and the position of bereaved families is quite clear, that structural racism has to be embedded in every part of this process. a spokesperson for the covid inquiry has told bbc news that it is committed to looking at inequalities and that their impact on the pandemic will be at the forefront of its work and its investigations. lobby�*s greatest wish is to address the inquiry directly and to tell his dad's story. i think it would mean everything to know that his death wasn't in vain and that something, something good at least, could come from all of this pain. let's speak now to dr halima begum, chief executive of the runnynede trust.

we heard in that report from lobby. do you sense that a lot of relatives feel the same, that the treatment is not as it should have been, and that that needs to be reflected in the inquiry? yes, indeed. if you remember... i am sorry, we have got some internet problems, we are going to redial you. apologies for that. police in barcelona say the disappearance of the british rugby player, levi davis, is now being examined by a criminal investigation unit. catalan police say the case contains some "disturbing issues" with "no "logical explanation". the 2a—year—old, who had signed a record deal after appearing on a celebrity version of x factor,

was last seen in barcelona four months ago. rachel stonehouse reports. levi davis is a 24—year—old with talent. a professional rugby player turned musician who appeared on celebrity x factor in 2019 and later went on to sign a record deal. but he went missing on the 29th october last year. levi had been staying with a friend in ibiza for a couple of weeks when he left suddenly and travelled to barcelona by ferry. he sent his mum, julie, this video on his way. less than 12 hours later, he disappeared. i think it was after the boat when i tried to phone him. the phone had gone dead. initially it was sort of, well, maybe his battery's ran out. and of course, levi, sometimes it's like, oh, well, he's forgotten his charger or something. so ijust kind of thought, all right, we'll give him, you know, a day, because i knew that that boat trip was eight hours. and then, of course, a day or two went by and i thought,

right, 0k, perhaps he'sjust gone away for a couple of days. we know when levi arrived into the city, he went to this bar and was spotted leaving on their cctv at around 10:30pm. hey, mate, wasjust ringing to show you some sights. yeah, so this was when he was at the old irish pub. mike was the last friend or family member to hearfrom levi. we're four months on now from when he went missing. how are you feeling about the situation? i kind of compartmentalise it, put it in my little box and keep it away, because otherwise i'd be thinking about it 21w. you still send levi messages, don't you? tell me the sorts of messages you send and why you do it. a lot of the time it's just... it's kind of seasonal things. so like christmas came and went and obviously we hadn't heard anything from him. so it was sending that christmas message. and sometimes it's just getting things off my own chest

and making sure, like, i know and he, if he sees them, knows that i was thinking about him no matter what. levi's passport was found at the port in the middle of november. and then a few weeks ago, this video emerged online. hello. my name is levi davis, and my life is in danger. he originally posted it on instagram a few days before his disappearance, but later deleted it. it's unsettling to watch and says he's being blackmailed. it's led to a lot of headlines and speculation on social media. you then start to wonder, well, how much of it is true? but your mind could just go off into so many different angles and areas that actually it then becomes, well, it doesn't help, it doesn't help your mind. you know, you have to kind of keep saying to yourself, well, just stick to the facts.

the local police in barcelona have told the bbc that while levi's case is not a criminal investigation, what they call disturbing issues have emerged that they say have no logical explanation. so it's being handled by a specialist criminal division. mavis davis, my grandma, what a name, first rock star. famous in the church. she'll been rocking out to this one. while levi remains missing, julie watches his social media videos, hoping he'll come home. rachel stonehouse with that report. you can listen to file on 4's �*looking for levi' investigation tonight on radio 4 at 8pm or on the bbc sounds app.

is this mood that was captured reflected by others? absolutely. all you viewers remember is that of the first 100 nhs staff member to die from covid, over 60% are from minority backgrounds, those victims ranged from socioeconomic backgrounds from surges to cleaners, that gives an idea of how pervasive the disease was in minority communities. forthis the disease was in minority communities. for this reason for the inquiry to not focus sufficiently on such things as structural racism is a major concern for others. what response of you had regarding this concern from lady hallet�*s team? tea m ? we have team? we have been working behind the scenes with bereaved families and many other organisations who have been concerned about the lack of focus. lady hallett and the team

have been quite sympathetic, of course they have. what we have tried to press on to then is that being sympathetic is not enough to design a sufficient strong focus on the impacted groups. that is what has been missing. we have been saying, one thing to be sympathetic, but you do have to design and inquiry with racial inequalities and structural racism front and centre. i think they are struggling with that at the moment. you have some sympathy with trying to fit these pieces of the puzzle together, but i guess this is the point, it is too late once inquiry has begun? it is never too late. fair enough. but in terms of embedding it into the entire thought process, once inquiry gets going, it tends to gather its own momentum. indeed. we have been concerned about that. we still have three or four proposals which we think the inquiry can incorporate, we are now seeing, investigate the place of structural racism as a key factor in covid, can

you also instruct an expert witness on race and equality to be at the inquiry, we have not got an expert, thirdly, she had from the victims families if you don't front and centre the listening exercises to be on the victims themselves, if you end up outsourcing the listening exercise to a third party, the effectiveness of the inquiry is diminished. the point here is presumably that covid is an indiscriminate infection, it affects everybody, and yet there was this disparity between the deaths and the serious cases of covid, that gap may have narrowed quite a lot, but we are not in the middle of the pandemic, we are in the status of living with covid, presumably this is part about what happened then, but also about lessons for future health care and also trying to address and perhaps historic inequalities that affected

minority ethnic communities in this country in health care longer term? absolutely. this is about learning lessons of how we could be better prepared for the next disease epidemic that hits us. what we do know is that groups that are most vulnerable, most precariously exposed in workplace will end up being impacted. it is important that those lessons have been decided to this current inquiry so that the next pandemic, when it hits, is not impacting minority groups in the same way, it is also about building trust and confidence in our communities. i would argue that may be the most significant reason why we still need to front and centre victims experiences because this is our one last chance to build confidence in minority communities. it is very pure at the moment, and lack of transparency and in the way we listen to communities, notjust in this inquiry within a range of institutions, is still pretty weak. it is still not too late. the panel can incorporate our proposals which was to investigate structural

racism, actually hire an expert witness on race and racism to be on that panel, look at the issue of those who do not have a part as core participant, because it is not complete, is it? thank you. thank you for speaking terms. the crocuses have been out on exmoor for a couple of weeks. yes, they are beautiful. this is something we are going to see today, some of us seeing sunshine, some of us not. some are starting off with showery rain. high

pressure firmly in charge of our weather at the moment. here are around it moving in a clockwise direction, dragging in showers from the north sea. you can to spread across parts of england and also wales, a few getting into northern ireland and scotland. south, a weather front producing some showers, heavier showers into kent. brighter skies today are likely to be across parts of devon and cornwall, and western parts of scotland. don't forget, then this naughty coastline, although temperatures are 7—9 c, it will feel colder than that of your out in the wind, it will feel more like 3—6 c. through the early part of the evening we still have a showery rain, moving to parts of east anglia and kent down towards the channel islands, still some showers across the midlands as well. still a lot of cloud around. when the showers move away from the far south—east and sky is clear in kent and hampshire and western scotland, this is where we are likely to see a local frost.

temperatures in rural areas slipping to around freezing, possiblyjust below. whenever you are, it is going to be a cold night. tomorrow we start off once again with a lot of cloud around. still the breeze coming with high pressure, dragging in the cloud and ate a few showers, but tomorrow it looks like there will be more holes punched in the cloud but again north—west scotland favoured sunshine for the longest with highs up to 10 celsius. thursday, a favourite of cloud around, it will not be as breezy. temperatures on thursday and friday will be very similar. temperatures roughly where they should be at this time of year. as we go beyond friday into the weekend and early part of next week at the blues across the chart, this is indicating that it will remain cold and the ensuing few days even into next week. that is something we are keeping a close eye on. temperature wise, we are looking

at eight and nine celsius. britain's prime minister.