with me are rosamund urwin, columnist at the london evening standard, and martin lipton, deputy headront pages, starting with. .. the i leads on the government's decision to shut down the unit it set up to investigate allegations that british troops abused local people while serving in iraq, saying it's cost £60 million. the daily mail, which campaigned on that story, says the witchhunt against british veterans cost £60 million. the mirror reports that a fundraiser who collected thousands of pounds for the sun of the rugby is in court accused of keeping the cash. 0verstretched nhs hospitals are paying doctors £4000 a day, according to the times. the telegraph says the apple is demanding a campaign against fake news, which it says is killing people's minds. the guardian claims the government has abandoned the idea is of donald trump addressing both parliaments when it comes to britain for a state visit later this year. the daily express says that the eu wants to hit the uk with a bill of £49 billion as part of brexit. there is a lot to keep us busy. and only 16 minutes to do is turn.

with me are robert fox, who's defence editor at the london evening standard, and the former conservativeloyment minister, esther mcvey. tomorrow's front pages, starting with — the daily telegraph leads on analysis by the health service journal of plans to close a and e units in england in a bid to save money. it reports that up to one in six casualty departments face closure. health is also the focus of the times‘ lead story — looking at health tourism. it reports that hospitals will be legally obliged to charge foreign patients — before they're allowed access to nhs health care. the express also leads with the crackdown on health tourism writing that the responsibility will lie with hospitals to charge foreign nationals wanting medical treatment. rent revolution — that's the headline on the front of the metro, referring to a shift in tone by the conservatives‘ from their ‘right to buy‘ policy, towards affordable homes to rent. the ft has a picture of the french far right leader marine le pen — as she launched her presidential bid today. but the newspaper leads with comments from some le

with me are the journalists james rampton and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standardook at some of the front pages. the metro leads with a story about five people hit by a car in south london. the paper also marks the oscars 2017 with a picture of actress emma stone. the financial times reports on the tensions between some american banks who employ thousands of people outside the us. and the new president, who‘s promised to bring jobs back to the us. the express claims that millions of us will be forced to carry on working into our 805, following a warning from a former pensions minister. the daily telegraph features a photo of the british actress naomi harris ahead of the oscars. we can start with the times newspaper. this story about the scots demanding a new referendum. curious because i thought it had gone away. referendum. curious because i thought it had gone awaym referendum. curious because i thought it had gone away. it is a ticking time bomb not going away. seniorfigures in the ticking time bomb not going away. senior figures in the government say the impact

tony evans from the london evening standard.tory quite nicely. but it stays cold and temperatures will really struggle, not only through the night, but by daytime. overnight, the risk of further showers, rain close to the coast but head inland and we could see sleet and snow. a cold night as well. temperatures below freezing in places and we start off on a rather grey note. that easterly breeze continue to dry in cloud of the north sea. the bird that used you are, the risk of showers. the best in the sunshine likely to be northern ireland and scotla nd likely to be northern ireland and scotland but temperatures will still struggle, 2—5d. one change as we head into the weekend? think again. a light dusting of snow in eastern areas, cloudy and cold. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: figures leaked to the bbc suggest record numbers of patients spent longer than the target waiting time in a&e in england in january, making it the worst performing month since records began. every patient stacked on a trolly in the corridor not g

evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are robert fox, who's defence editor at the london evening standardrvative employment minister, four people have been arrested, after an 18—year—old man was shot dead in a pub car park in gwynedd in north wales. police say the victim was in a vehicle outside the ship inn in llanbedrog, when he was attacked. a man has been stabbed and shot in east london. police were called to the scene in ilford to find a 22—year—old man inside a car with serious but not life threatening injuries. the man is believed to have been shot and also sustained minor knife wounds. the conservative party may no longer be encouraging home ownership for all. a guiding principle for more than 30 years, the housing minister, gavin barwell, now says buying a home is no longer affordable for some and there should be a new emphasis on renting. labour argues more council houses are needed to deal with what it says is a "housing crisis". here's our political correspondent iain watson. 0ver over a well—publicised cuppa, mrs thatcher defended the council sales' policy. mrs thatcher expec

tonight are by the journalist, james rampton and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standardewer of terror legisation has warned that britain faces a threat level not seen since the ira bombings of the 1970s. max hill told the sunday telegraph that plots by islamist extremists were "an enormous risk." the home secretary said she agreed with the threat assessment. here's our security correspondent frank gardner. far from britain's shores, the battle for mosul intensifies. but as iraqi forces close in on so—called islamic state, so the risk increases that british and otherjihadists will try to come back to europe, brutalised and bent on revenge. a new terror watchdog has warned of the intensity of current plots. the sad fact is that the threat in this country, represented by what we now know it as daesh or so—called islamic state, is high, is continuing and is not going to abate. max hill says the terror threat today is at least as great as it was to london during the ira bombing campaign in the 1970s. yet the situation is not the same. the uk terror threat has prompted a major

evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are robert fox, who's defence editor at the london evening standardyment minister, esther mcvey. the headlines on bbc news — the number of people waiting more than the nhs target of 18 weeks for hospital treatment in england has more than doubled over four years. passengers from country subjected to america's travel bans are seizing the chance to fly to the us after judges refused to reverse a suspension of the controversial order. the conservatives have signalled a shift away from the encouraging home ownership for all, one of the party's guiding principles since margaret thatcher's time in office. let's stay with that story. the conservative party may no longer be encouraging home ownership for all. a guiding principle for more than 30 years, the housing minister, gavin barwell, now says buying a home is no longer affordable for some, there should be a new emphasis on renting. labour argues more council houses are needed, to deal with what it says is a ‘housing crisis'. here's our political correspondent iain watson. mrs thatcher defended the counci

evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are rosamund urwin, columnist at the london evening standarduty head of sport at the sun. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it's "completely unacceptable" that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse than at any time in the last decade. and the number of operations cancelled at the last minute hit a 15—year high last year. mr hunt insists he does have an improvement plan — though didn't reveal it — and he admits it will take time. he was talking to our health editor hugh pym. the worst monthly a&e figures in more than a decade. we have corridor nurses now as well. times are very desperate. images like this across bbc news. no—one would want it for members of their own family. it has been a difficult few days for the health secretary and he has now come out and acknowledged that some of what is happening in the hospitals in england is unacceptable. the bbc has shown images from royal blackburn of people waiting 13 hours, mothers and babies sitting in the corrid

draft news, which aims to improve the standard of online reporting and the philosopher, simon blackburn, who wrote truth — a guide. good evening to you both in london the most important thing? it is very important in our day—to—day lives, our sensors are adapted to telling us how the world around us is and if we don't know how the world around us is we will not behave well in it. give an example of how senses are adapted. i'm pretty good at knowing of the bus is bearing down on me and pretty good at not crossing the road if i can see one bearing down on me. i would be much worse in life if i could not see that was a bus bearing down on me so i need the truth about that kind of thing and that is true of all kinds of ways i behave in my environment. —— if i couldn't tell. i need to know whether the food i am looking at is poisonous, i need to be able to rely on various deliveries of sense, sound, and of course trust in things that people tell me. but it was ever thus. is there a difference now, has technology changed things? communication has exploded so we get communications from very different parts of the world, notjust from our neighbours, our pa

standard. it's got all the facilities for the kids. it feels almost wild, even though you're in the centre of london.to walk with the children. it's a nice place to go with your friends, play football, play sport. it's the perfect place to walk, it's quite big and there is a cafe over there. they may be loved, but the crucial question surrounds their value, and of course their cost. so for the past six months a committee of mps has been asking that question and listening to the answers. it found that with council budgets so tight, many local parks are at a tipping point. what of their viability, what of their future? how can they be saved? instead of regarding parks as only a leisure and recreation area of service, we should be thinking about parks as big contributors to public health and to environmental policy and to community cohesion. and maybe they can be re—prioritised. but there is a fundamentally a problem about the level of cuts that local authorities have been experiencing. we started to do some work and eventually created a ten—acre nature reserve. we have planted 60,000 trees to encourage