tonight at ten — the huge police search to find a missing two month old baby after its parents are arrested. constance marten and mark gordon, who disappeared last month, were spotted in brighton last night — they're being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. around 200 officers are searching for their child on the sussex downs.

in terms of the cold and the coldness and the impact that would have on a baby, clearly the risk is getting higher and we have to be open to the fact that this might not end in the way that we would like. also on the programme tonight: the prime minister returns to belfast to try to build support for his post—brexit trading arrangements agreed with the eu. northern ireland is in the unbelievably special position, unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust to the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. nobody else has that. thousands of teachers on strike across britain this week — over pay and conditions. and, beaten by a whisker — england's cricketers lose to new zealand byjust one run.

and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel... it's fa cup time! we'll have the best of the action from the fifth round with a host of tasty ties to tuck into. good evening. around 200 police officers in sussex are searching for a missing baby — whose parents have been arrested — on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. constance marten — and her partner mark gordon — who's a convicted sex offender — disappeared in january when the baby was just days old. they were finally spotted in brighton last night by a member of the public. police say it's thought the baby has had no medical attention since it was born and they are now having to consider the possibility that the baby has come to harm'. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the latest.

officers looking for an infant who was born less than two months ago. the baby's parents, constance marten and mark gordon, were arrested last night after a police hunt that began in january. they night after a police hunt that began injanuary. they are now being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. they had been in this convenience store and will spotted by a member of the public who cold 999. —— were spotted. they were arrested just moments after the cctv camera caught them walking along the road which leads to the allotment, a golf course, and the south downs beyond but there was no sign of the baby. beyond but there was no sign of the bab . �* , beyond but there was no sign of the bab. baby. as time progresses, as the weather is closing _ baby. as time progresses, as the weather is closing tonight as - baby. as time progresses, as the i weather is closing tonight as it was last night, in terms of the cold, the coldness, and the impact that

would have on a baby, clearly the risk is getting higher and we have to be open to the fact that this may be won't end in the way we like but we need to remain hopeful. constance marten comes from _ we need to remain hopeful. constance marten comes from a hugely - marten comes from a hugely wealthy family, growing up in this country has in dorset. herfather was so close to the royal family that in the 1970s he held the ceremonial role of third page of honour to the late queen. injanuary he made this appeal to his daughter. late queen. in january he made this appeal to his daughter.— appealto his daughter. darling, constants. _ appealto his daughter. darling, constants, even _ appealto his daughter. darling, constants, even though - appealto his daughter. darling, constants, even though we - appealto his daughter. darling, i constants, even though we remain estranged at the moment i stand by, as i have always done, and as the family always has done, to do whatever is necessary for your safe return to us. —— darling, constance m. return to us. -- darling, constance m. ~ return to us. -- darling, constance m. mark jordan was convicted of rain in the united — m. mark jordan was convicted of rain in the united states _ m. mark jordan was convicted of rain in the united states aged _ m. mark jordan was convicted of rain in the united states aged just - m. mark jordan was convicted of rain in the united states aged just 14 - in the united states aged just 1a and spent time in prison. police believe the baby was born in the back of a car in earlyjanuary. ——

convicted of rape. their car caught fire on the m 61 near bolton on the 5th of january. fire on the m 61 near bolton on the 5th ofjanuary. from fire on the m 61 near bolton on the 5th of january. from there they took a taxi to liverpool and another to harwich, essex, arriving there on the morning of the 6th of january. by the morning of the 6th of january. by lunchtime on the seventh, they were in east london where they bought a tent from argos and abandoned their pushchair. there were then yet more taxi journeys, including a final one to the port of new haven. since then they had evaded detection untiljust before 9:30pm last night when a member of the public saw them and dialled 999. while detectives still hope the baby is alive, perhaps being looked after by somebody else, they are becoming increasingly concerned and constance marten�*s father has said that while he is relieved she has been found he is worried about the missing baby. what started as a mystery is now turning into a potential tragedy. it began with a couple on the run with a newborn baby, apparently trying to

avoid the authorities, and with the police are appealing to them to come forward so their baby could be seen by a doctor. now constance marten and mark gordon have been found and there is no sign of the baby and temperatures are close to zero again tonight. that is why detectives are having to consider the possibility that the worst has happened and why the couple are currently being detained on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. thanks very much. the prime minister says new post brexit trading arrangements with the eu will help northern ireland become "the world's most exciting economic zone" — with unique access to both eu and uk markets. rishi sunak has been in belfast today to build support for what's called the windsor framework. he's been holding talks with some of the main political parties at stormont — including the democratic unionists — who are crucial to restoring. this is what they're considering — the windsor framework green and red lanes — for goods moving into northern ireland from britain. the green line would be for goods destined only for northern ireland — and virtually no checks would be needed.

the red line would be for goods heading across the border into the republic of ireland — and therefore the european union. the red line would still need checks. there's also what's called �*the stormont brake'. the northern ireland assembly would have the power to block significant changes to eu regulations. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has more details. with the deal done. today was the day for the hard sell. to ordinary consumers of northern ireland and to business. at a coca—cola factory, the prime minister wanted to emphasise the advantages of being able to sell both to the uk and into euro e. . , , .,

able to sell both to the uk and into euroe. . , , . , ., europe. that is the prize that is on offer- because _ europe. that is the prize that is on offer. because if we _ europe. that is the prize that is on offer. because if we get this - offer. because if we get this right, if we get this framework implemented, if we get the executive back up and running here, northern ireland is in the unbelievably special position, unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust of continent, in having privileged access not just of the continent, in having privileged access notjust of the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. maw; european union single market. many businesses have _ european union single market. many businesses have welcomed the deal which cuts down the barriers they had faced bringing goods over the irish sea. with products staying in northern ireland no longer needing as much paperwork. but some like this coffee company are still working out whether they will qualify for the new green lanes. most of what we bring in and we sell in northern ireland, we also sell into the south, seems to be wanting to make this easier. but we have no details yet so we don't really know. we have had a number of manufacturers no longer supplying us. we might see if we can get some of those back. the us. we might see if we can get some of these back-— of those back. the deal also affects what ducks customers _ of those back. the deal also affects what ducks customers can - of those back. the deal also affects what ducks customers can buy - of those back. the deal also affects what ducks customers can buy in i what ducks customers can buy in their weekly shop because the eu's

ban on certain goods like chilled meat is entering northern ireland has been scrapped. it means things like sausages from britain or haggis from scotland can be sold on northern ireland's shelves and for parcels being sent from britain to northern ireland, there will be no need for customs declarations. i think it is good. i didn't agree with brexit. ijust want think it is good. i didn't agree with brexit. i just want to see things back. it with brexit. i 'ust want to see things back.— with brexit. i 'ust want to see things back._ with brexit. i 'ust want to see things hack._ with brexit. i 'ust want to see things back. it is good there is some progress _ things back. it is good there is some progress and _ things back. it is good there is some progress and some - things back. it is good there is - some progress and some common things back. it is good there is _ some progress and some common sense. online _ some progress and some common sense. online shoppers should also face less complications. i online shoppers should also face less complications.— online shoppers should also face less complications. i had furniture on order that _ less complications. i had furniture on order that i _ less complications. i had furniture on order that i had _ less complications. i had furniture on order that i had been - less complications. i had furniture on order that i had been waiting i less complications. i had furniture | on order that i had been waiting for for ages, on order that i had been waiting for forages, no on order that i had been waiting for for ages, no longer delivering to northern ireland.— for ages, no longer delivering to northern ireland. because you are orderint northern ireland. because you are ordering from _ northern ireland. because you are ordering from britain? _ northern ireland. because you are ordering from britain? yes, - northern ireland. because you are ordering from britain? yes, and i northern ireland. because you are ordering from britain? yes, and it| ordering from britain? yes, and it shouldn't be _ ordering from britain? yes, and it shouldn't be like _ ordering from britain? yes, and it shouldn't be like that. _ ordering from britain? yes, and it shouldn't be like that. for - ordering from britain? yes, and it shouldn't be like that. for pets i shouldn't be like that. for pets travellint shouldn't be like that. for pets travelling from _ shouldn't be like that. for pets travelling from great _ shouldn't be like that. for pets travelling from great britain i shouldn't be like that. for pets travelling from great britain to j travelling from great britain to northern ireland, under the old rules they would have had to have shown health certificate and proof of vaccination but now only need to show they have been micro—chipped, as long as they are not travelling on to the irish republic. but the

big politicaljeopardy remains, a government can only be restored if the dup drop its opposition to the brexit arrangements and rejoin the power—sharing assembly. for them, the jury is still out. we power-sharing assembly. for them, the jury is still out.— the “ury is still out. we will take our the jury is still out. we will take our time collectively _ the jury is still out. we will take our time collectively to - the jury is still out. we will take our time collectively to consider what is on the table, to examine it, both in legal and economic terms. where is the potential, what are the opportunities, but are there downsides?— opportunities, but are there downsides? , , , ,, , ., ., downsides? many businesses want to see the return _ downsides? many businesses want to see the return of _ downsides? many businesses want to see the return of a _ downsides? many businesses want to see the return of a stable _ see the return of a stable government, so pressure on the dup may increase. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. live to westminster and our political editor chris mason. she soon act has been speaking in glowing terms about telling northern ireland it is in the unbelievably special position having access to both uk and eu markets. —— rishi sunak has been. what is the response?—

sunak has been. what is the res-onse? ., ., response? for vociferous remain voters are — response? for vociferous remain voters are saying. _ response? for vociferous remain voters are saying, hang _ response? for vociferous remain voters are saying, hang on, i response? for vociferous remain voters are saying, hang on, he i voters are saying, hang on, he backed brexit in the referendum but he is now saying it is a great thing that northern ireland can be in the eu single market as well as the uk market. something that isn't the case for england, scotland and wales because of the version of brexit the government at the time went for. we have seen nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland, who backed remain. they are saying, hang on, this means scotland is in a compromised position having been ripped out of the eu against its will, as she put it. what are downing street saying? look, the result of the eu referendum was a uk wide result and that was delivered, and it is a quirk of northern ireland's circumstances, maintaining that open border on the island of ireland as part of the peace process, which means the economic arrangement is as it is. but it has certainly raised the odd eyebrow today. certainly raised the odd eyebrow toda . �* ~ , , today. and the prime minister is back in westminster _ today. and the prime minister is back in westminster tonight, i

today. and the prime minister is back in westminster tonight, he | today. and the prime minister is i back in westminster tonight, he has been meeting mps, how has it all gone down? he been meeting mps, how has it all gone down?— been meeting mps, how has it all tone down? . , , ., ., gone down? he has been a travelling salesman for — gone down? he has been a travelling salesman for his _ gone down? he has been a travelling salesman for his deal, _ gone down? he has been a travelling salesman for his deal, he _ gone down? he has been a travelling salesman for his deal, he was - gone down? he has been a travelling salesman for his deal, he was in i salesman for his deal, he was in windsor, then parliament, the northern ireland, then back in parliament, meeting his mps tonight. it is going down well amongst many conservative mps. including among some sceptics who aren't used to saying positive things about the government and brexit and are finding themselves doing that. that said, a group of the more sceptical conservative mps gathered tonight. they reckon it could take about a fortnight for them to come to a considered view. downing street's strategy is to calm things down, give people time and space to come to a view, not to hurry things along. of course, they still wait for the dup. we await their verdict which will be central to the overall verdict of the prime minister's deal. ., ., verdict of the prime minister's deal. . «i , ., the number of people sleeping rough in england rose by more than a quarter last year — according to official figures. on a single night last autumn, more than 3,000 people slept outside.

that's 26% more than in 2021. although it's down 35% from 2017 when there was a peak of almost 5,000 rough sleepers. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been to bristol to meet the people behind the statistics. after a night on the street, the need is for heat and food. at this bristol homeless service, they are feeling up to 100 people a day and numbers are rising. simon gilchrist has been rough sleeping for a fortnight. he lost his flat last year, a hostel place last month. at the heart of both, a long—term drug addiction. people say get a job, but people don't know about addiction. or why people take crack cocaine and heroin and alcohol. a military veteran, the 48—year—old fears for his future. i don't think i will make 50, buddy. in all honesty.

no, not this time. some of the others using the service are noticeably embarrassed, driven here by cost of living pressures. we've seen people who have never been homeless before. people that have lost their employment and accommodation, purely because of rent increases. it's really frightening for those people that have never experienced rough sleeping before. many others are on the precipice of rough sleeping. with soaring rents, these caravans, for instance, are all some delivery drivers can afford. for phil, this van is home. he would like a flat, but feels it is beyond him. there is a weekly running cost. don't switch the lights on, don't put the gas on. there is a standing charge for both. that's frightening to say out loud, that the thing that is stopping me from going in a flat is the running costs. it shouldn't be that, should it?

ministers say they are spending £2 billion tackling all forms of homelessness but the challenge is enormous. at this night shelter, sam has turned up early hoping to secure a bed. i'm using the bristol bus shelter if i don't get a bed here. he has been homeless for two months after leaving what he said was a toxic relationship, but life is looking up and he's shortly about to move into a flat. it will mean the world to me because it means i have my own place, and i don't have to continuously be on my feet all day moving around. sam was soon joined by simon who had spent the day in a&e with chest pains. when the shelter opened, sam managed to get one of the dozen available beds but the rest had been allocated, so simon was forced to join the thousands of others who each evening call england's pavements their home. michael buchanan, bbc news, bristol. there were other stats published today that showed betweenjuly and september

last year almost 100,000 households were living in temporary accommodation. that's the highest level since 2004 and very close to record levels. and it includes over 125,000 children. so what's going on? well, the government is trying. it's spending £2 billion tackling all forms of homelessness, including rough sleeping, and it's put a range of initiatives in place. but it's facing several significant headwinds. there simply aren't enough affordable homes because successive governments haven't built enough. and housing benefits levels have been frozen for three years, meaning they're falling far behind soaring rent levels, so too many people can't afford a place to call home. it all means the government's manifesto commitment to end rough sleeping by next year seems a forlorn hope. michael, thank you. one in four supermarket customers are struggling with their finances — according to new research. the study by kantar shows food

prices have increased by 17% in the last month — compared with the same time last year. milk, eggs and margarine were the items with some of the biggest price rises. a hospital consultant has been telling a court that he felt extremely uncomfortable about the thought of a nurse being left alone with a baby girl. lucy letby is accused of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of ten others. the doctor told the jury that he'd interrupted the nurse during an alleged attack on a baby girl after he'd gone to check on the baby's condition. our north of england correspondent judith moritz has been in court. this was the intensive care room at the countess of chester hospital, where the sickest babies were looked after. it is where a tiny girl known as baby k was taken when she was born in february 2016 foster when she was less than tooth hours old she was less than tooth hours old she was less than tooth hours old she was left in the sole care of lucy letby. by then, doctors had

become concerned by the number of babies falling ill or dying and dead nurse because my presence on each occasion. the consultant that night told the jury that he felt extremely uncomfortable at the thought of nurse letby being left alone and went into look at the baby. he said... but the doctor said he went into find that the baby's oxygen levels were dropping, that the monitor alarms hadn't sounded and lucy letby were standing next to the incubator doing nothing. he said he noticed that the baby�* breathing tube had become dislodged and she had to be resuscitated. lucy letby�*s defence team argued the tube might have slipped on its own because of the baby�*s movements. he said the doctors first raise their concerns

with hospital management in 2015 but were put under pressure not to make a fuss and a months passed before nurse letby was removed from front—line duty. he said he wished he had gone straight to the police. baby k was transferred from chester to a different hospital, where she died at three days old. lucy letby is charged with her attempted murder but is not accused of causing the baby�*s death. the nurse does denies all the charges against her. the trial is expected to last until made. judith maritz, bbc news, manchester. more than 1,400 jobs are at risk after sainsbury�*s announced plans to close two argos depots over the next three years. the supermarket giant says it�*s aiming to shut its argos warehouse in basildon in essex, and a depot in heywood in greater manchester, by 2026. both sainsbury�*s staff — and those who work for an outsourced contractor — will be affected. now should you have the social media app tiktok on your phone? or is it a risk?

that�*s what a lot of people are now wondering after people working for eu parliament and commission, the canadian government and now the white house were told to delete tiktok from their work phones. the app is owned by a chinese company. our security correspondet, gordon corera is here. an awful lot of teenagers had tiktok on their phones, what is the security risk? it on their phones, what is the security risk?— on their phones, what is the securi risk? . , , ., , security risk? it has been a widely successful app _ security risk? it has been a widely successful app spreading - security risk? it has been a widely successful app spreading around | security risk? it has been a widely i successful app spreading around the world in one of the reasons it is so successful is because of the way it understand its users. it knows what they are interested in, knows how to feed that more videos to match those interests and it�*s precisely that strength, its understanding and reach, which worries some security officials. one concern it could be used to collect sensitive data, to track and understand people and that is why what we have seen in the last few days is governments asking their officials not to use it on official devices. that is the concern, basically of a kind of espionage. it is worth staying other social media apps also collect large amounts of

information but they are not owned by a chinese company. as well as the fear of the chinese state somehow extracting data from devices, there is also the fear it could somehow influence is going into those devices, to shape the information going on, to somehow influence the way people think. it is worth saying these are hypothetical risks. there is not really evidence that they have actually come to pass so far and the company itself says it has not happened and it won�*t happen that these bands are political theatre, but the chinese foreign ministry weighed in today asking how and sure the us must be of itself if it fears young people�*s favourite app. i think what all of this tells you is tiktok is becoming the flashpoint over china does not rise at the moment and over concerns about how much we trust chinese technology. so expect to hear more in the future, including if there should be any restrictions here in the uk. ., ., ~ _, a transgender woman has been

jailed for eight years — for raping two women while still a man. isla bryson raped the women in 2016 and 2019. thejudge said bryson posed a high risk of reoffending and would be supervised for three years after release. the case has been highly controversial, as bryson was initially held in a women�*s jail but was then moved to a men�*s prison. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. isla bryson, a transgender double rapist who committed crimes while living as a man called adam graham. bryson had claimed the two victims may have known each other and colluded, but the judge said the 31—year—old, while themselves vulnerable, had raped both women�*s in their own homes where they were entitled to feel safe. you see yourself as the victim in this situation. you are not. regardless of your own vulnerability, in a period ofjust under three years, you raped two women who can both be regarded as vulnerable. after the trial injanuary,

bryson was initially sent to a women�*s prison, but days later after political storm they were moved to a facility for men. bryson�*s lawyer said in court today the rapist had been the subject of illjudged, ill informed and ignorant comments. following public outrage, though, prison policy in scotland was changed to require all inmates to be initially placed injails in line with their sex at birth. but the controversy over isla bryson could not have come at a worse time for the scottish government. its gender recognition reform legislation, passed by a majority here at holyrood, making it easierfor a person to change their legal sex, has been blocked by the government at westminster. critics say that this case highlights that the legislation lacks safeguards and is open to abuse. the scottish government insists the new law would not have affected the bryson case. bryson�*s estranged wife said the 31—year—old was claiming

to be a woman to get, in her words, an easy ride. you cannot do a crime as a man and then you want to transition once you've been charged with it. i don't see that, that's how you know it's like all a big joke to him. bryson, who continues to deny committing the offences, was, thejudge said, at high risk of reoffending and sentenced to eight years injail. lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. thousands of teachers in the north of england and scotland have been on strike today. thousands more will take action this week across britain. the walk—outs are over pay and conditions. teachers in england received a 5% pay increase this year. the unions say it is not enough but the government has offered no more money yet. in scotland — they have — the scottish government revised its offer to 6% — but that has been rejected as well by unions. and teachers in wales were offered even more — a 6.5% award, plus a one—off payment, but that�*s also been turned down. here�*s our education editor, branwen jeffreys. feast your eyes, look at this.

bacon butties for striking teachers, gathering in newcastle from their picket lines, protesting about workload as much as pay. among them, lynn, with her two daughters. i was really shocked by the workload expectations really from day one. it�*s really, really unmanageable. would that effect whether or not you are able or not to stay in teaching as a mother? yes, it is definitely something that is hard to see a future in. lifting spirits below grey skies. hundreds of teachers marched in newcastle city centre. most experienced teachers, like sean, are getting a 5% pay increase. watch for the trees here. though pay for new teachers will go up to 30,000 next year. this dispute could turn into a long march. what do you say to a parent

who says, look, i can�*t afford to be disrupted to lose a day�*s pay? i can�*t afford to be disrupted to lose a day�*s pay either really, but it�*s something we�*ve got to do and it is this government�*s fault, the fault lies with this government, not with the teachers. we have been forced into this. there�*s no sign of the resolve of striking teachers weakening, but the government has said it is only prepared to continue negotiations if they call off all of the strikes. horns toot some toots of support in scotland, where schools closed for the first of two national strikes — with more local ones to follow. for parents everywhere, it�*s not easy to manage. i spoke to a mum facing teacher strikes in the south of england. i don�*t think that parents will hold as much support as perhaps they have got at this stage because the impact isn�*t just on the teachers and just on the kids, it then impacts on everyday life. you don't have to write this down. schools have worked hard

on attendance since covid. at this dewsbury school today, just year 10 and 11 were in lessons. we haven�*t really been as impacted as other years, we haven�*t had to, like, go home since we are a top priority for the whole school. i feel like it is impacting us, the revision, and the more information we need for exams and the more time we miss the less information we are going to for the gcses. without progress in all of the teachers�* pay disputes this could become a regular sight. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. you can get all the latest information on which schools are affected by strike action and when on our website. head to bbc.co.uk/news or use the bbc news app. the brentford footballer ivan toney has accepted breaking betting rules ahead of his appearance at a disciplinary hearing. he was charged with more than 250 offences last year. football association rules ban players from betting on games or

sharing information for betting purposes. his acceptance of some of the breaches mean he is likely to face a lengthy ban. and finally to the cricket and what a match. england bowlerjames anderson left the field with a smile on his face but england lost to new zealand on the final day by a single run in wellington. joe wilson reports. in wellington, anything could happen and everything did. new zealand took four wickets quickly. england helped. dashing here, the thrilling harry brooke run out without facing a ball. oh, my word. ifjoe root felt responsible, he channeled his feelings into his batting. he had ben stokes for support, although the captain only had one good leg to stand on. a sore knee, he made 33. joe root could guide england home. on 95, joe root found a fielder. resistance now from ben foakes

to the boundary and to the brink. just six runs behind, one moment of misjudgment to confound his concentration. but hang on, there was stilljames anderson. england nine wickets down, nowjust one run behind. five days to reach this knife—edge. anderson to win it? he brushed it to the wicketkeeper. all out, but from england�*s captain, perspective. even though we are on the losing side of it, it�*s a great game to be part of and you can be thankful you have been involved in a game like that because test matches like that don�*t happen that often. well new zealand have been excellent losers before and universally what sells sports like excitement? joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here�*s susan powell. good evening. not so much excitement courtesy of the weather. this big area of high pressure is stuck across the uk for the next four or five days. the centre sits to the north of scotland but the changes in our weather as the high stays with

us are only going to be very settled. the biggest change probably by the time we reach the weekend will be a switching around to a northerly wind. the next few days, a lot of dry weather around and a considerable amount of cloud. temperatures, the feel of the days i think certainly a little cooler than we would expect as we go into the start of meteorological spring, the 1st of march tomorrow. plenty of cloud tonight. the north—easterly wind still fetching in a few showers from the north sea to the north—east of england and in the midlands. clearing skies towards the far south—east. we had some showers early on. there could be some ice first thing on wednesday. sunshine across western scotland after a frosty start takes us through mid week. elsewhere, still a lot of cloud. we still have that pretty tedious north—easterly wind coming in off the north sea which is making for quite a cool feel to proceedings. temperatures on the thermometer where we would expect at this time of the air, highs of eight, nine or 10,000 this time of the air, highs of eight, nine or10,000 in this time of the air, highs of eight, nine or 10,000 in the wind, it will feel closer to five or six.

thursday, a little bit like spot the