john fernandez in guernsey, thank you. let's catch up with the weather. schumacher was most of us will get rain there is a bit more snow to come in northern scotland and hear about 150 metres or so, a further 5—10 centimetres could be yours before it eases during monday. it is quite windy with the white weather but it is nowhere near as cold. temperatures will be edging upwards as the night goes on. for many, the rain will have cleared by tomorrow morning but it will hang around east anglia and the south—east for a while, clearing kent into the afternoon. the cloud remains as elsewhere we get to see some sunny remains as elsewhere we get to see some sunny spells. sleet and snow in northern scotland fizzling out, and you may catch the jara hereunder, most of us will not, it will be very gusty for a time in scotland but here, the winds will ease later in the day. and temperatures continuing an upward trend, closer to average for the time of year, even a little above in places, and that's where they are going to stay this week. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca

john fernandez in guernsey with the very latest. maker nissan has confirmed that it's scrapping plans to manufacture its x—trail 4x4 in sunderland, reversing a decision announced two years ago. the x—trail will now continue to be made in japan instead. in a letter to staff, nissan said a number of business reasons were involved but that uncertainty about brexit was not helping. the government's business secretary says its a blow to the car industry and the region. our business correspondent rob young reports. the nissan x—trail. it will now not roll off the production line in sunderland. britain's biggest car factory had been due to start making the diesel 4x4 soon. it had been persuaded to build it here after receiving reassurances from the government over brexit back in 2016, but nissan has today confirmed it's cancelling that planned investment. at a time when we're looking to future investment, a bit of prosperity and good news for the sector, it's come at a real bad time. the x—trail will instead be built in nissan's home count

john fernandez reports.of this morning, the search boat left the harbour in guernsey tojoin the search boat left the harbour in guernsey to join up with a larger vessel commissioned by the air accidents investigation branch. the two search teams, one of them sponsored by a crowdfunding operation on behalf of the sala family will check for multiple miles. the cebit will be scanned using sonar technology and unmanned submersible vehicles. we have these sonars off the seabed and gives us a high—resolution picture and we can pick out small objects the size of a tyre from a car to the resolution is really, you know, very tight and we will be running lines in a grid pattern overlapping these lines. we call it mowing the lawn. it is expected the search will take around three days. if nothing is found in that time, the teams have as yet no plans to continue. that was bbc guernsey's john fernandez reporting. more from him during the course of the morning. victims of crime will be given new rights to challenge the rel

john fernandez has the latest from guernsey.unched at 3am this morning, left guernsey harbor on behalf of of the family of emiliano sala. it's a crowd funded operation. its meeting up with the search vessel and they will be searching four square nautical miles, compare this to the 1700 square miles covered ide official search launched by the guernsey coastguard more than a week ago. it shows they have an idea of where they believe this missing piper malibu is that was believed to be containing the footballer and the pilot. it's hoped within the three days they are out searching the break in the weather that has been hampering them so far and they will be able to find some evidence which will give some hope to both families who are waiting for some evidence. victims of crime will be given new rights to challenge the release of violent offenders, under a review of the parole system. the change follows an outcry last year over the planned release of the so—called black cab rapistjohn worboys. it will mean that victims will not have

john fernandez has the latest.unched at 3am this morning, left guernsey harbor on behalf of the family of emiliano sala. it's a crowd funded operation. its meeting up with the search vessel and they will be searching four square nautical miles, compare this to the 1700 square miles covered by the official search launched by the guernsey coastguard more than a week ago. it shows they have an idea of where they believe this missing piper malibu is that was believed to be containing the footballer and the pilot. it's hoped within the three days they are out searching the break in the weather that has been hampering them so far and they will be able to find some evidence which will give some hope to both families who are waiting for some evidence. hundreds of students have joined the search for libby squires, who went missing after a night out in hull on thursday. police say they are extremely concerned for her welfare, and herfamily said her disappearance was completely out of character, as simon clemison reports. no

the bbc‘s john fernandez is on the island of guernsey, near where the wreckage was found, and joins usk you the coming on breakfast this morning. what can we expect today? the air accident investigation branch which, as you said the art —— without trying to recover this hyper malibu will release a statement. the conditions here in the channel islands have worsened but the geo 0cean iii is out off the coast of guernsey trying to organise a plane. and according to organise a plane. and according to the man who found a plane at 9:30am yesterday, david mearns, they managed to find a substantial amount of it. they found wreckage with the multibeam sonar, very close to the position which is why were our will to locate it so quickly. effectively oi'i to locate it so quickly. effectively on the third sonar line within 1.5 on the third sonar line within1.5 hours of searching. all i will say about the wreckage is that there is about the wreckage is that there is a substantial amount of wreckage. this is now all down to the aaib. we are expecting a statement from the family ‘s later today and it'

john fernandez is in guernsey to tell us more. how optimistic either? the search started at 3am this morning, the boat launched from guernsey on the heart of the town—mac one family. research is crowd funded, it's being coordinated by the air accident investigators branch and they are searching four squirt nautical miles. compare that to the search earlier, they must have some idea where this lameness. we have heard the most likely cause was that the hybrid malibu plane, almost two weeks ago, hit the ocean and broke up on impact. although sadly as his self evident by the timing, this is a recovery operation and not a rescue operation. yes, it was made very clear yesterday that was made very clear yesterday that was the case. the private search will be looking for this missing piper malibu but when it is found, if they find evidence of it, the crowd funded search will have to stand down and the air accident investigation branch will be doing any kind of salvage operation. they are using unmanned submersible vehicles to search the s

with me now is our correspondent john fernandez, who's in guernsey for us. us about the search? well, we are expecting a statement later today from the air accident investigation branch. at the moment, the vessel, which you saw in that package just before, is at the spot where it is believed that the wreckage was found. they are trying to launch some kind of salvage operation, but i have been told by people in the aviation industry here that there is very little chance of that happening today for the fact that conditions out here in guernsey are really, really poor. gale force winds making the sea very difficult to search in, s0 the sea very difficult to search in, so we the sea very difficult to search in, so we do know a submersible vehicle is going to be launched to lock down there, but now this is down to the aaib and how they want to continue because the private search launched on behalf of the footballers family is over. he said hisjob is over and he hopes the questions the family had can now be answered. looking ahead, the weather has to improve, in o

john fernandez reports.s morning, the search boat morven left st peter port harbour in guernsey to join up with a larger vessel commissioned by the air accidents investigation branch. the two search teams, one of them sponsored by a crowdfunding operation on behalf of the sala family, will check four nautical square miles. the seabed will be scoured using a combination of sonar technology and unmanned submersible vehicles. we tow these sonars just off the seabed and gives us a very high—resolution picture — we can pick out small objects the size of a tyre from a car so the resolution is really, you know, very, very tight, and we'll be running lines in a grid pattern overlapping these lines. we call it "mowing the lawn." it's expected the search will take around three days. if nothing is found in that time, the teams have, as yet, no plans to continue. victims of crime will be given new rights to challenge the release of violent offenders under a review of the parole system. the change follows an outcry last

thank you, john fernandez in guernsey.uncils in england receive from central government. the total is going down by a billion pounds but ministers insist councils' spending power will increase, as they keep more of the money they raise through taxes. jessica parker reports. buses, children's centres, libraries, lollipop men and women — some of the services that local councils have cut across england as their funding has fallen. and again this year, the lump sum that comes from government goes down by around £1 billion, but ministers say councils will have more money to spend overall. there's some one off cash for social care, higher council tax takings, and a push to see some areas keep more of the money they raise through business rates. we said at the conservative conference last year that austerity is now coming to an end because of some of those really tough calls that councils have had to make, and i think we should look more positively towards the new spending review. that government spending review, starting later t

that wasjohn that was john fernandez.r elderly relative. the charity, carers uk, says its research also suggests a furtherfive million are struggling with a carer s role while still doing theirjob. they re calling for employers to offer more flexibility to those affected. ben ando has more. looking after an elderly or sick relative is tough when you're also working, and in the last two years, thousands of people have quit theirjobs to become carers. that, says campaigning group carers uk, is a problem for them and for the economy. the figures are striking. every day, more than 600 people stop working to become carers. a further five million carers are also holding down a job. 0verall, since 2011, the number of people caring for someone else has gone up by 5.5 million. carers uk says employers, in turn, now need to become more caring, by allowing carers flexibility over working hours and leave, especially as up to a quarter will sufferfrom depression or stress and need treatment themselves. the government agrees. it says: