emma simpson, bbc news. lots more on our website, but that's it from me.am on social media. next it is sport today, and more on andy murray, who had a hip surgery a year ago, saying the australian open could be his last tournament. hello, i'm this is sport today, from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: ahead of the australian open andy murray breaks down at a press conference where he announces he'll be retiring at the end of his wimbledon campaign later in the year due to his injury troubles. jordan are the first team through to the knockout stages of the asian cup after beating syria 2—0. and qatar's nasser al—attiyah extended his overall lead in the dakar rally with victory in thursday's fourth stage. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis and the news that former world number one andy murray has annouced he'll retire from playing after this year's wimbledon championships. at an emotional news conference ahead of the australian open in melbourne, murray left the room in tears before returning a few minutes late

emma simpson, bbc news, bedford.d fourteen of its twenty one shops are currently vacant. the sale is the latest sign of the pressures facing the uk's high streets. the jury in the trial of two men charged over the hillsborough stadium disaster, which claimed 96 lives, david duckenfield, denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 liverpool fans, in april 1989. judith moritz is at preston crown court for us... yesterday the focus was on the police officer in charge, david duckenfield, today attention moved to the other defendant and graham mackrell‘s barrister told the jury he that he had been the club secretary at sheffield wednesday and he said that hillsborough had been the subject of enormous press coverage and controversy over the last 30 years, but whatever the juror ‘s may think they know about the disaster, he said, and if it does not relate to graham mackrell. graham mackrell was a safety officer without any safety training. sheffield wednesday's former club secretary qualified as an accountant, thejury he

emma simpson, in central london, many thanks.ker, emiliano sala, has been suspended tonight. all contact with the plane was lost over the english channel near guernsey yesterday. the 28—year—old argentinian signed for the club at the weekend, and was flying to cardiff after saying goodbye to his team—mates in france. the pilot is also missing, as our correspondentjon kay reports. hoping against hope. tributes at cardiff city for their new star striker. he only signed at the weekend, a £15 million club record. but tonight, emiliano sala is missing without trace. he was so happy tojoin cardiff city. we have a lot of fans and supporters who is very concerned and we can understand the concern and we are, too. he's played for the french team nantes for the last four years and last night, he was the only passenger on board a light aircraft flying from there to his new club in cardiff. but the plane lost contact off alderney in the channel islands. the pilot has not been named. we have now searched over 1,000 square miles of sea by day

emma simpson, bbc news, bedford.ldy, is owned by a pension fund, and fourteen of its twenty one shops are currently vacant. the sale is the latest sign of the pressures facing the uk high street. family and friends have gathered near petworth in west sussex for the funeral of dame june whitfield. the veteran actor died peacefully last month at the age of 93. her absolutely fabulous co—sta rs joanna lumley and jennifer saunders were among the mourners at all hallows church in tillington. reverend debbie smith who led the service described her as ‘an adorable, much—loved woman, known as a national treasure and a role model to many‘. ant mcpartlin has returned to work following months off screen. he stopped his tv work in march, after a conviction for drink—driving. this afternoon, he was back recording auditions for "britain's got talent" with his on—screen partner, declan donnelly. the series will air on itv later this year. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. hello there, we have certainly had a wint

emma simpson, bbc news, liverpool.emy corbyn, says defeat for theresa may in next week's crucial brexit vote should be the trigger for a general election. but, in a speech in wakefield, he indicated he would not immediately demand a vote of no confidence in the government, and he resisted calls to support another referendum. meanwhile, it's emerged the prime minister has held talks with labour backbenchers who want to bolster workers' rights as part of brexit. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. if you don't like the government's brexit deal, jeremy corbyn says there is an alternative but it will ta ke there is an alternative but it will take a general election to get it. if the government cannot pass its most important legislation, then there must be a general election at there must be a general election at the earliest opportunity. that means calling a vote of no—confidence in the government, so when exactly what he pushed for labour will table a motion of no—confidence in the government at the moment we

emma simpson, many thanks.icer has warned that right—wing extremists could exploit what he described as the "febrile" atmosphere around brexit. assistant commissioner neil basu said he was concerned about the "creeping threat" posed by far—right groups. here's our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. march 2017 — the murderous attack by khalid masood outside the houses of parliament was the first of five terror attacks in six months. since that day, police and the security service, m15, have foiled 18 other plots, most of them islamist inspired. four plots involved right wing extremists. they make up a growing amount of work for counterterrorism detectives, and now there are concerns the heated debate over brexit could stir things up further. we saw a spike in hate crime after the referendum. that's never really receded. so there's always a possibility that people are being radicalised by the kind of febrile atmosphere we've got at the moment and we want people to report anything that we think is going to lea

emma simpson, bbc news, liverpool. the time is quarter past six.r land rover, the uk's biggest car—maker. still to come, after a five—year wait it's all smiles for this double—hand transplant patient. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, from premier league stalwarts to the doldrums of the championship — we look at the task ahead for new stoke city manager nathan jones, as he starts his newjob. it's almost a year since the collapse of carillion — the building and services group which built up debts of more than £1.5 billion. one of its most high—profile projects was this, a new hospital in liverpool. it was almost complete when building work stopped, leaving the multi million pound project stranded. the bbc documentary series hospital was given access to the deserted building, full of state of the art technology that's just been gathering dust. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. these are the conditions that patients and staff at the royal liverpool hospital are having to cope with — a flood in a&e, the tenth in a year. there was a fra

emma simpson, bbc news.ed the state of texas to press the case for his controversial plan to build a wall along the us—mexico border. he blamed democrats, who are refusing to authorise the billions of dollars needed for the wall, for the ongoing government shutdown in washington, saying they were pursuing an open border policy. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant reports. crowd chants: build the wall, build the wall! the fight over the wall has exposed the angriest faultline in us politics — immigration. chanting: no border wall, no border wall. and a barrier intended to separate america from mexico... go back to your homes! ..is deeply dividing the united states itself. make me leave! for supporters of donald trump, awaiting his arrival at this border town in texas, it has become a do—or—die issue. he ran on it, you know? he campaigned on it, he won on it, so what's the big deal? why is there surprise? we need it, we need it now. we need it done, yes, sir. for opponents of the president, it has beco

emma simpson, bbc news.ush the case for his controversial plan to build a wall along the us—mexico border. he blamed democrats — who are refusing to authorise the billions of dollars needed for the wall — for the ongoing government shutdown in washington, saying they were pursuing an "open border policy". 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant reports. crowd chants: build the wall, build the wall! the fight over the wall has exposed the angriest fault line in us politics — immigration. chanting: no border wall, no border wall. and a barrier intended to separate america from mexico... go back to your homes. ..is deeply dividing the united states itself. make me leave. for supporters of donald trump awaiting his arrival at this border town in texas, it's become a do or die issue. he ran on it, he campaigned on it, he won on it, so what's the big deal? why is there surprise? we need it, we need it now, we need it done, yes, sir. for opponents of the president, it's become a battle for the soul of america.

emma simpson, bbc news.him in a shop has been shown to a jury in worcester crown court. the child, who can't be named for legal reasons, suffered serious burns at a store in worcester in july last year. six men, including the boy's father, and one woman, are accused of plotting the attack. a coroner has ordered that the inquests into the deaths of five people in the guildford pub bombings should be, reopened more than a0 years after they were suspended. four soldiers and a civilian were killed in 197a when two ira bombs went off. four people accused of carrying out the attacks had their convictions quashed and were released after serving 15 years in jail. duncan kennedy reports. the horse and groom had been packed with soldiers and others. a second device went off in another pub. it was here where the deaths took place. five men and women were killed. their inquests were opened, but adjourned whilst the police investigated. that investigation here at what was the pub led to four people being jailed for life.

emma simpson giving us you very much. emma simpson giving us that information there.og with temperatures barely reaching freezing. temperatures will plummet tonight. les cold air in northern ireland, showers into scotland and northern england in the midlands. we could see wintry showers are high ground but not exclusively. we have the risk of icy stretches and freezing fog. here is the warm front introducing warmer air as —— which will make inroads into thursday. it was showers will clear towards the south and east, best of the sunshine through the eastern half of the uk. here it will remain cold with temperatures in low single figures. out to the west where the slightly milderair out to the west where the slightly milder air comes out to the west where the slightly milderaircomes in, out to the west where the slightly milder air comes in, the temperatures will do better. this is bbc news. the headlines. jack shepherd, who was convicted of the manslaughter of charlotte brown, has handed himself in to police in georgia, after months on the run. charlotte was killed in

emma simpson, bbc news.e's share price has suffered a fall, after the technology giant warned investors its latest sales figures will be lower than expected. the company's chief executive tim cook blamed a sharper than expected slowdown in china, and customers not upgrading iphones as quickly as before. our technology correspondent rory cellanjones is here... tell us more first about what apple have said and the significance of this sales warning? it's very unusual for apple to say anything about its finances between its quarterly results. so this letter from tim cook to investors last night was a bombshell, really. apple had in place a prediction for this quarter of revenues of $89 billion. that was already seen as quite cautious with people worried it was lower than they had hoped for. but last night he cut that by $5 billion to 84 billion. so that caused a shock to investors. he put a lot of the blame down to what is happening in china. he talked about a slowing economy in china, making people more reluct

emma simpson, bbc news, liverpool.says defeat for theresa may in next week's crucial brexit vote should be the trigger for a general election. but, in a speech in wakefield, he indicated he would not immediately demand a vote of no confidence in the government, and he resisted calls to support another referendum. meanwhile, it's emerged the prime minister has held talks with labour backbenchers who want to bolster workers' rights as part of brexit. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. and like the government's brexit dealjeremy corbyn says that there is an alternative possible take a general election to get it. and the government cannot pass its most important legislation then there must be a general election at the earliest opportunity. that means calling a vote of no cover this and the government. when exactly witty push for one? labour will table a motion of no confidence and the government at the moment we judge it to have the best chance of success. clearly labour does not have enough mps at the moment

emma simpson, bbc news.a fall, after the technology giant warned investors its latest sales figures will be lower than expected. the company's chief executive, tim cook, blamed a sharper than expected slowdown in china, and customers not upgrading iphones as quickly as before. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here. whole a? and it was a bombshell when keeping cook released this quite a lengthy letter. i think it's been 15 yea rs lengthy letter. i think it's been 15 years since they issued any guidance of this kind. i think he had to do it because they have figures coming in and they released an estimate backin in and they released an estimate back in september for this quarter, which people already thought was a bit low. quite often, they release low estimate and alight outperforming them. this time, it's the other way round. they are going to make £5 billion less in revenue this last quarter than they expected. still turning over issues out of money but obviously really worried about what i

emma simpson, bbc news, liverpool.ise and win support for his controversial plan to build a wall there. before leaving the white house the president again raised the threat of declaring a national emergency — if congress doesn't give him the 5.7 billion dollars he wants. the democrat—controlled house of representatives has rejected the demand, calling the wall unnecessary. the dispute has led to a government shutdown that's lasted almost three weeks. on and on and on to declare a national emergency, i am on and on and on to declare a national emergency, iam not prepared to do that yet, —— i have the right to declare a national emergency, i am the right to declare a national emergency, iam not the right to declare a national emergency, i am not prepared to do that yet, if i have two, i will. here is the weather. it has been another cold data daily across parts of southern england and wales but there is milder air coming from the north but that is bringing closed. brea ks north but that is bringing closed. breaks beginni

our business correspondent emma simpson is here. for the supermarkets? a bit. today we had morrisons, one of the big supermarkets, reporting christmas numbers. overall, sales we re christmas numbers. overall, sales were up 3.6%, pretty healthy. but that was largely driven by its wholesale business. if you look at what has been going on in its core supermarkets, the growth was just 0.6%, a slowdown compared to the previous quarter. the boss said today consumers have become increasingly savvy, i think what he means as we were shopping around christmas. he said there was a sense that consumers were a bit more cautious and careful with spending, given the wider political uncertainty. that chimes with the broader industry data from cancer worlds panel out today showing there was overall growth in the grocery aisles, we spent more this year than last, £450 million more, but the rate of growth has been the slowest for a year. i don't think anybody will be popping the champagne corks, but there were winners. aldi and lidl, the discounters,

emma simpson, bbc news. just a reminder.d brexit confusing... you can use our online jargon busting guide to check the most used terms and phrases. all you need to do is go to bbc.co.uk/brexit or the bbc news app — and click on brexit jargon explained. lets go back to the severe weather thats hit parts of southern england and wales — heavy snowfall has brought chaos to the roads and warnings of power cuts and communities being cut off. the met office has put a severe weather warning in place — an amber warning, which means people should prepare themselves for disruption and delay — and is forecasting more snow overnight. 0ur weather forecaster alina jenkins is here. we are hearing already that the snow has arrived in parts of the west country. bring us up—to—date with the picture. of the west country. bring us up-to-date with the picture. we have been looking get this for a couple of days. it started off as heavy rain, almost one inch. quickly as it moved this way north and eastwards come we saw it falling to snow and 110w c

emma simpson, bbc news, liverpool. rare double hand transplant. corinne hutton, who's 47, had been waiting five years for limbs that were a match for her size, blood group and skin tone. the 12—hour procedure was carried out by surgeons at leeds general infirmary. lorna gordon has more. karine hutson, a week in hospital and relieved and thankful after 12 hours of surgery for a double hand transplant. i've got hands. i'm so excited, they're absolutely brilliant. they lookjust excited, they're absolutely brilliant. they look just like excited, they're absolutely brilliant. they lookjust like mine. thanks to the team. i've got fingers and they can move, i've managed to move them as well, sol and they can move, i've managed to move them as well, so i shouldn't be doing that right now, but they have already moved and it'sjust absolutely incredible. the 47—year—old lost her hands and feet five years ago, after nearly dying from pneumonia and sepsis. she set up from pneumonia and sepsis. she set upa from pneumonia and sepsis.

emma simpson, bbc news.y announced it was expecting lower earnings than previously forecast. the firm is blaming economic weakness in china, and the trade war between the us and china. welljoining us now is global business analyst, ryan patel. thanks for being with us. is this all about china do you think? there is multiple things. 0bviously all about china do you think? there is multiple things. obviously there is multiple things. obviously there is this china piece where the economic is affecting, and a lot of the news or talk about us companies and us consumer spending, the news or talk about us companies and us consumerspending, but the news or talk about us companies and us consumer spending, but with ceo tim cook talking about how it is slowing down in china particularly about purchases of their product, but also don't forget there is a piece that the iphone sales are a pa rt piece that the iphone sales are a part of this. they have obviously declined a little bit because there are declined a little bi

our business correspondent emma simpson is here. this is not your usual high street collapse?ting a lot of profits. cafe and cake. but in october a black hole was discovered in its finances, a case of potential fraud and then the company said it was far worse than expected. sauber have been rescued talks with lenders which have failed and it is now in administration. and tonight the administrators are saying that 70 outlets are to close straightaway and the remaining 121 will continue to trade while the search for a buyer begins. they hope that there will be interest in the job losses will be significant. it was a stock market darling and has gone from hero to zero in four months. shareholdings wiped out. and one of the best known entrepreneurs in the uk is going to lose a large chunk of his fortune. the world anti—doping agency has decided against imposing further punishments on russia, despite it failing to provide data from a laboratory by an agreed deadline. russia's drug—testing agency was reinstated in september — more than two years after it was suspended over accusatio

our business correspondent emma simpson has more details.s business was valued at half £1 billion just for months ago, it was supposed to be generating healthy product profits, selling cakes from around 200 stores, employing more than 3000 staff but it really was plunged into crisis when this huge and potentially fraudulent accounting irregularities were discovered. last week, the company said it was much worse than it had initially expected. today, it failed to secure a financial lifeline from the banks and the administrators we re the banks and the administrators were called in. in a sign ofjust how dire finances were, 70 stores and concessions are closing immediately. so that is going to affect about 900 jobs, including this one here. there is a sign in the window saying it is not going to be opening tomorrow, is that quick. 121 profitable stores were told, profitable outlets, are still going to be trading as normal while the administrators are looking for a buyer, and the evidence that there will be interest. meanwhile, the shareholders

our business correspondent emma simpson says this isn't a typical high street company collapse., generating lots of profits, cafes and kicks, but it was plunged into crisis in october when a big black hole in its finances was discovered, a case of potential fraud, and the company said that the situation was worse than it thought. it is now in administration after failed talks with the lenders. and administrators are seeing 70 outlets will close straightaway and the remaining 121 will continue to trade or search for a buyer. they are hopeful there will be interest but the job losses will be interest but the job losses will be significant. hello, iam ros hello, i am ros atkins. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... political deadlock continues in washington, as the us government shutdown hits the one—month mark. we will bring you some of the main stories from bbc world service. hundreds of protesters blocked a main road in one of khartoum's most populous neighbourhoods today. sudanese police fired tear gas to try to disperse the crowd. protests bega

emma simpson has been to spain to find out how the industry is affected there.art of a long journey for the tomatoes. we grow a lot of tomatoes so it is a big amount. 60 million? and a third of them end up on our dining tables. it isa them end up on our dining tables. it is a well oiled machine but have at this trade flow after brexit. out the truth is with no deal, we will have more costs to the chain. that could be at least another 10% from extra staff to process custom forms to potential terrorists. we cannot absorb any more. —— tariffs. we will have to decide to do something else. if you want information, you can go to our bbc website. the trial of "el chapo" is coming to an end in new york. to give him his real name — this is joaquin guzman. he's charged with trafficking vast quantities of cocaine, heroin and other drugs into the us as leader of the sinaloa cartel in mexico. the trial spanned 10 weeks. it included evidence like this diamond encrusted pistol and bricks of cocaine. his defence claims the cartel‘s real leader is still at large. nada tawfik was

emma simpson was at court — she has more.being abandoned. the upshot is that four years on, the sfo has failed to secure any convictions in this high—profile case. tesco has already paid £129 million when it entered into what is known as a deferred prosecution agreement with the sfo, a deal to avoid prosecution. those details were made public today and the three defendants were named in this document as being part of that fraudulent activity. but yet in a criminal court, they were acquitted. carl rogberg has been speaking today with damning words. he said, "i should never have been charged and there was a rush to judgment to do this deal with the sfo". travel agents and tour operators are reporting a rise in bookings for summer holidays. figures show sales are up by 5% so far this january compared to the same period last year, with many in the industry busier than they'd expected to be. destinations outside the eu, including turkey, egypt and tunisia, are doing particularly well, as simon gompertz, reports. door bell rings. n