anna holligan, bbc news.nd significant discussions with government" as the prime minister attempts to build support for her deal. our political correspondent alex forsyth is in westminster. what can you tell us. ? if you don't back my deal, that delay could be much longer. a year or more, and perhaps involve a total rethink of brexit. the point being this, number ten hopes that will encourage brexiteers who have rejected this deal before to come round rather than face a long delay. in fact, one prominent brexiteer, esther mcvey, former work and pensions secretary, who quit the government because she doesn't like this brexit deal, has now told the bbc she is now minded to vote for it and others might have to think about doing the same. so the effort is clearly on trying to salvage that deal. there are talks taking place today between the government and dup, who are crucial in this, happening as we speak in whitehall. the focus is again on the issue of the backstop, that plan to avoid checks on the irish border

anna holligan, thank you.in work has reached a record high of 32.7 million, that is the first headline from the ons on the employment figures. more on that in the next half hour. a couple more lines on brexit, as european affairs ministers gather for the meeting that alan fanning was talking about a theme ago in brussels, this is from the french europe minister saying we are ready for a no deal, and europe minister saying we are ready fora no deal, and i europe minister saying we are ready for a no deal, and i think another line from the french european affairs minister saying the best way of getting out of the impasse is the withdrawal agreement. any more lines coming through from ministers, we will bring them to you. tributes are being paid to three teenagers who died in a crush at a st patrick's day party in county tyrone. morgan barnard, lauren bullock and connor currie died after the incident outside the greenvale hotel in cookstown on sunday night. a number of other teenagers were also treated in hospita

anna holligan reporting from the hague.rs. no details at the moment and we cannot say how bad the entries are. police say how bad the entries are. police say several shots were fired inside the tram and several people have been injured. helicopters are at the scene. no arrests have yet to be made. more on bbc news throughout the day. thank you for your company. we are back tomorrow at ten o'clock. have a good day. good morning. we have an east — west split across the uk at the moment. across many western areas it is quite cloudy with outbreaks of rain but in the east, still some sunshine. that is in lincolnshire at the moment. we continue to see sunny spells across eastern england and the east of scotland this afternoon, and we could catch the odd shower here, but further west to cloud and outbreaks of showery rain in western scotland, northern ireland, england and wales. temperatures nine to 11 degrees today. overnight the cloud moves further east with clear spells across the east, making it quite chilly, with temperatures

anna holligan has been finding out. in the lead is approaching her finals, but she is distracted.t she is distractedlj in the lead is approaching her finals, but she is distracted. i am supposed to be focusing on my exams, and instead i am spending time on brexit trying to find out what my rights are in three weeks. i feel lost and alone, either nowhere to turn to find information. i felt it physically the pain of it, not knowing what will happen. i don't knowing what will happen. i don't know what i can do next year, if only to go back to the uk. more than 2500 british students are doing their masters degrees in the netherlands. the dutch government offers financial incentives to entice bright young minds and university education is more affordable here. lr's psychology degree cost 2000 euros a year. in england it would be more than three times that amount. there is such a feeling of uncertainty that it is putting people on edge. uncertainty is about travel, costs, my right to remain. my —— people are close to breakdown because of the uncertainty of how their lives will be after

our correspondent anna holligan has just sent this report from near the scene bring us up—to—date withing on? well, as you heard from the police, the city here in utrecht is essentially in lock down now. extra security has been put in place. in the hague, outside parliament, outside mosques. people in utrecht are being asked to stay inside. there is the sound of helicopters and drones and this is the tram where the shooting took place at around 10.45 local time. 9.4sgmt. a number of people injured. you can see the police tape and the police suspect it was a lone gunman who is still now at large. the counter terror police here in the netherland have raised the threat level to 5, which is critical. that means a terror attack is expected imminently. the dutch prime minister, mark rutter, has convened an emergency meeting and all campaigning for wednesday's local elections has been halted. many thanks. ana holligan there. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera is here. police are treating this as a possible terror attack, what do we know about the security situation in holland? they are

joining me now from rotterdam is the bbc‘s anna holligan.e are actually on a tour of the port right now. the dutch strategy from the start has been hoped for the best, prepare for the west. what we are witnessing here is their contingency plans. parking spaces, they are building more than 700 extra parking spaces. there is a buffer zone, they've hired hundreds of extra customs officers. there are more than 3000 trucks going between this port and the uk every single day and their assessment is that about ten to 15% of them will not have their customs declarations in order by the time they reach the port. so the realfear order by the time they reach the port. so the real fear is we will see trucks backed up unless they have this special space reserved. no one is more familiar with these preparations then the manager of the report, marks, an extra two weeks to prepare, a sense of relief that they could be more time to get things ready? definitely relief, if it's going well and it will be actually the 12th of april. however, we are still prepari

let's speak now to anna holligan, who is in utrecht.ng, what more can you tell us good morning, what more can you tell us about this investigation? you can see here the trams are running again this morning, it is almost up to normal. schools and universities have reopened, and really the only indication of what happened here yesterday are these roses laid behind us by people on their way to work. more detail has been emerging today about the suspect, about his criminal past. he was actually released from custodyjust criminal past. he was actually released from custody just two weeks ago. he is still facing very serious sexual assault charges, and we have also been hearing more about the vic is. they have been named in local media, identified as a 19—year—old girl, who according to multiple eyewitnesses may have been the intended target. another one of the three victims shot dead on this tram yesterday was a father of three and the local football coach, who yesterday was a father of three and the localfootball coach, who his clu b the lo

the bbc‘s anna holligan is there.liament? you are com pletely been seeing in parliament? you are completely right, the netherlands is considered to be the uk's closest ally and best friend in the eu so it is especially telling that last night the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, who is a self—confessed anglophile, was expressing the most frustration i have actually seen from him, saying look, the uk needs to make up its mind. what does it want? it is up to london to decide. so the cross continental consultation mission starts today, right here, and the dutch prime minister's official residence in the hague, donald tusk, who negotiates on behalf of the eu national governments, will be here to discuss three things, really. so do the members want to give the uk this extension? if so, how long will that be, and what, crucially, will the terms be? what they want to avoid here in the netherlands and right across the year is any extension of the procrastination and uncertainty that we have seen throughout the last two years

we can cross o anna holligan in the hague. a government, a tram, possibly one dead.ice are asking people to stay away from the scene. we understand one person has been killed according to eyewitness reports. the dutch government is no meeting, calling together ministers for a crisis meeting and that is about all we know from the police at the moment. there are last tweet confirmed that as a possible terrorist motive. the counter tenor head talking about having crisis talks, trauma helicopters, eyewitnesses suggesting several shots fired and the gunmen may have a slide by car. it seems the gunman or gunmen are still at large. several shots were heard. still not entirely clear whether the shots were fired on board the tram of the tram stop. it happened in utrecht, a city in the heart of the netherlands saw 9115 gmt, just after russia. no further information is yet from the police, just asking people to stay away from the scene. it is that several people have been injured as well as reports of one dead. just before that we leave you to gather more information, a questio

anna holligan reporting.ls to work with parents to tackle the issue, saying the work needs shanae dennis reports. it's not something i have been told about. most of the time it is why people talking about. people were just saying, get it. schoolgirls across britain like these students in bristol ‘s arm of —— offered the hpvjab in year nine. but health officials have noticed girls from white backgrounds are more likely to have the jab than girls from ethnic minority backgrounds. i am investigating why that is and why it matters. human papilloma virus is a very popular virus which affects men and women. over 95% of cervical cancer cases are caused by it. most people can be exposed to the virus when they become sexually active. that is why the vaccination is offered to teenagers in school. so why would people want the jab? natalia, a mother from why would people want the jab? natalia, a motherfrom north london, did not want her 14—year—old daughter to have the jab.” did not want her 14—year—old daughter to have

more now from our correspondent anna holligan who has trevelled to his home town.le sister, we have spoken to childhood friends who described him as a quiet and timid boy, and that background is fuelling the sense of frustration in the netherlands that someone afforded all the privileges of dutch middle class life chose to sacrifice it all to travel tojoin middle class life chose to sacrifice it all to travel to join the so—called islamic state. his friends say he went on a jihadi holiday, it went wrong, and now he wants to come home. so can he? as you say, he has been sentenced to six years in his absence, he is on the dutch terror watchlist, he is subject to sanctions, but crucially his dutch citizenship has not been revoked, so we have been speaking to the dutch justice ministry, and i say if he was to present himself at a dutch embassy or consulate, then he would be escorted back to the netherlands by the military police to serve his jail term. now, as by the military police to serve his jailterm. now, as faras by the military police to serve his jail term. now

anna holligan is in utrecht.sked to stay inside while they conduct this manhunt. police are still here at the scene and you can see behind me this is the tram where the shooting took place, at around 10:a5am. the scene has been cordoned off and the manhunt is under way for a 37—year—old man who has been identified as the prime suspect in this, a turkish boy a man called gokmen tanis. we are hearing reports he has some history with the police but none has appeared to be terror —related so it is not yet known whether he was on a terror watch list. peter pollan is up next to the tram behind us. the —— the tarpaulin. three people have been confirmed killed and others injured. the terror threat has been raised to five meaning critical and and attached is imminent. people travelling to the netherlands has been won't to show —— might warrant to show extra vigilance. the prime minister described the attack as abhorrent. people had been warned not to approach the man on the run, a 37—year—old man called gokmen tanis, at t

our correspondent anna holligan is in utrecht.cutor in which they say first, it seems as though the victims were chosen at random, which indicates the shooting may not have been linked to a family dispute as was speculated over night. we have found out more about who those people were and there was a 19—year—old woman who worked in a sandwich shop, and a father of three who was a local football coach, and a 28—year—old man. in terms of evidence, they are referring to a note, apparently left in the getaway car. the suspect was arrested not farfrom car. the suspect was arrested not far from the scene of the shooting ina far from the scene of the shooting in a house, in possession, police say, of a gun at the time. we have spoken to people in utrecht and the overwhelming sense is that this was a random attack and they felt vulnerable afterwards. the city was in lockdown. the main line of enquiry for police now is whether or not this was terror —related. enquiry for police now is whether or not this was terror -related. they have thre