jessica parker, bbc news.eld in sri lanka one week on from the deadly suicide bombings carroied out by islamist extremists. at least 250 people, including many tourists, died in a series of co—ordinated attacks at churches and hotels on easter sunday. the archbishop of colombo called the atrocities "an insult to humanity". from sri lanka, clive myrie reports. seven days ago, st anthony's church was filled with the screams and cries of the dying. bells ring. and today, bells marked their passing. the bombers mainly attacked christians, but buddhists commemorated the horrors of last week too. it doesn't matter what they've done. we are coming from, like, buddhists, hindus, islamics, or whoever. we have to pray, then to live in harmony. inside st anthony's, members of the sri lankan navy tried to wash away the stain of violence. to restore this house of god. this is the exact spot where the suicide bomber detonated his backpack to devastating effect. you can see the walls pockmarked with the holes of ball bearing

let's cross to the houses of parliament now and speak to our political correspondent there, jessica parker by a brexit supporting conservative mp for stop your reaction to nick boles quitting the whip in some dramatic fashion tonight? nick's amendment was heavily defeated, given mathematics in the house at the moment, so i can understand is upset. but leaving aside all political considerations, there is a great deal of respect for him in the house because we all know he fought a long, courageous battle with a very serious illness. he has made a decision, everyone will have to become accustomed to that. i'm not going to criticise nick boles because he fought off cancer and we come all of us, respect that. —— week, all of us. living up to the results of the votes, what you make of the fact that nothing got a majority? best micro—musing on to. what happened was there was basically an attempted coup in the house of commons this evening, whereby a number of prominent mps like 0liver lead to, in cahoots with members of the cabinet and others, attempted to stop brexit, that was their sole aim bec

jessica parker, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker.ing pretty good. a bright day on

jessica parker, bbc news.g in your area by going to our website: bbc.co.uk/politics. 0pioid painkillers will now feature prominent warnings about their addictive nature. the measure was announced by health secretary matt hancock, over concerns about a rise in the number of people addicted to opioid medication. 0ur correspondent katharine da costa is here. what is the background to this? 0pioids like morphine and fentanyl and over—the—counter drugs like codeine can help severe pain but if people are on them too long, doctors say they can become highly addictive. 0ver say they can become highly addictive. over the past decade, opioid prescriptions have increased 60% from 1a million in 2008 to 23,000,02018 while the number of codeine —related deaths in england and wales has more than doubled. the health secretary matt hancock has said the situation here is not as bad as the crisis in america but clearer labelling is now needed. that has been welcomed by health experts, but the bma, the doctor's union, is also cal

in a conference next week information around this situation coming up this morning, and sara jessica parkern sj.p.'s new venture. >> dagen mcdowell, "the wall street journal" global economics editor jon hilsenrath, michael block great to see you. >> great to be here. >> thank you for being here. >> great to be here waiting on adp important equalizing as important is the border battle that is what we want to talk about right now what if president shuts down border impacts the economy, the president is standing by his threat to close the southern border if mexico does not stop the flow of illegal immigration into the country. >> we are going to finally secure our nation's borders. >> i really wanted -- now mexico says no, no, no, first time in decades, we will not let anybody get through, and they've apprehend over 1,000 why the held didn't somebody do that first place they don't want border closed you know who else touvent want the border closed the democrats, trade and consumers, and -- making money for our country all very important. but to me the most important job i have is the security

jessica parker, our political correspondent, thank you. hello. overall, a much calmer day to day compared with yesterday, but still a bit of a keen breeze across some parts of england, especially eastern counties through this afternoon. that will keep things a little on the chilly side, a few showers for east anglia and the south—east. lighter winds north and west, but cloud continuing to bring some outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, working its way eastwards. turning damper through parts of pembrokeshire, ceredigion and into devon, too, as well as the channel islands later. 11—13 degrees here. but elsewhere, with some sunny spells, into the mid—teens, perhaps 16, i7 celsius across some parts of scotland where the sunshine will be at its best. through tonight, with clearer skies, lighter winds in the east, some mist and fog patches forming. still lots of cloud in the west. patchy rain or drizzle which becomes lighter as we go through the night. keeping temperatures up, but in between north and eastern scotland and north and eastern

let's cross to our political correspondent, jessica parker.looks like we are no further forward. that was the message from stephen barclay, who said that they had failed to reach a consensus. but now, ian blackford, on the motion the snp brought forward, which talked about a number of things, including potentially revoking article 50 in order to avoid an ideal brexit, you fell short by 151 votes, so you did worse than all. yes, but 121 labour mps abstained. if they had voted with us tonight we would have one, because we need to recognise that next week there is a real danger that the uk falls out of the eu with no deal. that would be catastrophic for everyone, so i really do question what on earth where the labour party doing? we could have stopped no deal as a serious prospect, and the labour party didn't step up to the plate. some recriminations are beginning, of course this whole process, the idea behind it was to bring the house of commons to a consensus, but thatis house of commons to a consensus, but that is not happening. our position h

we are nowjoined by our political correspondent, jessica parker. significance of these remarks and this recording?m what is the significance of these remarks and this recording? it is possible this could be read in a number of different ways. there may be people who see this as an example ofjeremy corbyn be people who see this as an example of jeremy corbyn taking be people who see this as an example ofjeremy corbyn taking a personal interest in a matter that has dogged the labour party for much of his leadership. the labour party have said this showsjeremy corbyn has my desire to make procedure is as robust as possible and rebuild trust with the jewish robust as possible and rebuild trust with thejewish community. however, others may see it as a relatively stark and relatively recent admission that perhaps there are issues within the compliance system. interestingly, today in a letter to the sunday times, several labour mps are calling for a fully independent body to deal with complaints of racism, harassment and bullying. they claim the current c

here's our political correspondent, jessica parker.tminster has seen rising tensions in recent times. now, mps have departed parliament for an easter break, urged to reflect on the current deadlock. but cross—party talks between the government and labour are set to continue this week. a man who is very much involved in those discussions, the prime minister's de facto deputy. he says an agreement hinges on both sides giving ground. while we will do our best to try and reach a compromise with the main opposition party, it would mean compromise on both sides. if that doesn't work, then what we will want to move towards is to put before parliament a set of options with a system for making a choice and parliament actually having to come to a preferred option, rather than voting against everything. talks have been described as constructive but can a deal really be done when it comes to issues such as how to craft a future customs policy? there are fears in labour, too, that any compromise agreement will only survive as survive as long as the

our political correspondent, jessica parker, explained to me more about howjeremy corbyn is trying toe problem of anti—semitism in the labour party. i think people will, potentially, interpret it in a couple of different ways. perhaps some people will look at the words he is saying and say that it is good that he is taking a personal hand in trying to tackle this issue, and it shows his personal commitment to doing that. and indeed the labour party, as you were mentioning before, are saying that this shows jeremy corbyn‘s desire to make procedures as robust and efficient as possible and to rebuild trust with thejewish community. however, others might look at it and say, "well, it is one of the starkest and relatively rather recent potential admission that maybe the complaints procedure isn't doing the job that it needs to do." and, interestingly, in a letter to the sunday times today, seven labour mps, including dame margaret hodge, are calling for a fully independent body, as they describe it, to deal with complaints of racism and harassment and bullying. and they say, in their view,

jessica parker, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker.airly quiet on the weather front today compared to what we had yesterday. tomorrow it is looking pretty good. a bright day on the way with some sunshine, tuesday and wednesday will gradually warm up, temperatures up to 20 degrees. this afternoon will be fresher than that, typically 13 to 15 but notice across western parts they will be a bit more cloud, bits and pieces of light rain, mistand more cloud, bits and pieces of light rain, mist and murk overnight in the southwest, welsh hills but many central and eastern areas should have plenty of clear weather and it will be nippy, temperatures down to low single figures out of town. tomorrow's forecast and a lot of bright weather around but not necessarily clear blue skies for many of us. central areas may be cloudy, cloud across the west of the country but temperatures in some spots around 17 degrees. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: britain's fracking tsar quits after six months in thejob. natascha engel says ministers ar

jessica parker, our political correspondent.say there's increasing evidence that poverty is damaging the education of children in the uk. the national education union says more pupils are struggling because they come to school hungry or without a good night's sleep. sarah walton reports. overcrowding in homes, so children do not have space to do homework. children attending school with no coats, no socks and without other essential items of clothing. most of my class arrive at school hungry and thirsty. just some of the quotes from an online survey of more than 8,000 teachers. 91% of them said poverty was a limiting factor in children's capacity to learn. ahead of its annual conference in liverpool, this week, the national education union says its members are seeing more families struggling financially. and one school in watford says it's often left to them to help. we've had situations whereby parents have had maybe an oven stop working, or a fridge stop working, and they literally can't replace it. thankfully, we have quite a

for now, jessica parker, a political correspondence, thank you.on has said the uk government must make its own decisions about whether to let huawei build the 5g network. the us says the chinese telecoms firm is a security risk. (tx 00v)but writing in the sunday telegraph, the ambassador said britain should resist pressure and choose independent decision—making. the scottish national party leader, nicola sturgeon will warn the government in westminster this afternoon not to stand in the way of a second independence referendum. earlier this week the first minister said another referendum should be held by 2021 if the uk leaves the eu. 0ur political correspondent lynsey bews is in edinburgh for us. tell us a little bit more about what nicola sturgeon is likely to say this afternoon. nicola sturgeon will be addressing snp members in a keynote speech here at the conference this afternoon. she is expected to focus her members' mines on building the case for independence, because it's building that case which will increase support, which nicola sturgeon

sarah jessica parker's carrie bradshaw famously elevated shoe acquisition almost to a religion. >> sheng about a woman in central kansas who bought more than 200 pairs of shoes in one fell swoop. >> not for herself. addie tripp bought out every last pair of shoes at her local payless shoe source, which is undergoing a nationwide liquidation sale. >> she negotiated a fair price, just $100 for all 204 pairs and donated all of them to flood victims in nebraska. most of those shoes were for babies. i love her so much. addie, that is well done. >> we salute you. >> speaking of babies -- jack wants to clap. go ahead, give it to her, yeah. >> addie deserves that. >> yes, completely. speaking of babies, we just can't get enough of one tot caught on camera in a moment of pure wonder and joy. >> it happened when a little boy heard the violin for the very first time. here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: the story of a baby boy hearing the violin for the first time. thomas, just 11 months old, transfixed, walking straight toward the violinist. studying her and her sound. he was at a music class f

next few weeks, so that the uk can avoid electing meps on 23 may. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parker sit here at the european parliament? many now suspect it is inevitable and with the polling date just weeks away the conservatives are saying they are still aiming to avoid it. as a government our first priority is to not have to fight the european elections. we should do everything we can to respect the 2016 referendum. what of a cross—party deal? walking time and again into talks with the government, labour say they are no bar to progress. the discussions have been productive. we've gone into a lot of detail. there seems to be a lot of willingness on both sides to move toward some sort of consensus. as yet we haven't seen the government move on any of their redline. there are those who are not fussed about finding a deal, theirfocus instead is stopping brexit altogether. but the lib dems have been left frustrated in their quest to form a remain alliance. it is a shame those remain supporting parties were not able to come to an agreement to be fighting that together. but the wider is

our political correspondent jessica parker is at westminster. some areas. there are some known sticking points between the two sides, labour want to be in a customs union with the eu while the conservative government, theresa may, say that could limit the uk's ability to strike trade deals. does before the talks began this afternoon, the shadow secretary sir keir starmer had this to say. we had resuming discussions with the government this afternoon about brexit and we are looking forward to hearing their position on some of the key issues where there are fundamental issues between us. we are resuming talks and we have been exchanging correspondence between need to know what their position is on the issues that remain between us. for as long as these talks go on, the longer they go on, the more the pressure will mount on both sides to overproduce a result or admit they haven't managed to any progress. for theresa may, particularly, she set a timetable for herself. she said she was to get a deal ratified in time for the uk to avoid taking part in

let's cross to jessica weren't prepared to compromise. let's cross tojessica parkergot anna soubry with her. anna soubry from the independent groupjoins me anna soubry from the independent group joins me now. anna soubry from the independent groupjoins me now. first, nick boles resigned the conservative whip in dramatic style, do you think he willjoin you on the independent group? i don't know but he would be very welcome. i share his values, he shares mine, we both came into parliament at the same time, he is a sensible, great brain, so much to offer, he is a sensible, moderate, one nation conservative who, like the other three of us found that it's not us that's changed, it's the party that has changed. and i think increasingly there are exactly the sort of conservatives realising the party is not only falling to pieces but actually the future of it, we saw with dominic grieve, the vote of no confidence in him, is moving to the right and it is moving to the right at a very, very fast pace. to be clear, you didn't have any prior discussions with nick boles? be clear

let's get more from our political correspondent, jessica parker.ing has been published by the sunday times and is another twist in this long—running saga? yes, a long—running saga. jeremy corbyn‘s leadership has for some time been dogged by this problem of anti—semitism within the party and how the party leadership has handled the issue. he has had criticism from members of his own party. we saw some mps quit labour recently citing anti—semitism is one of their chief concerns. one of his fiercest critics, dame margaret hodge, this recording has come from a conversation she had withjeremy corbyn. in it he is talking about his plan to recruit lord faulkner to review the party's complaints process. just to reassure you, he is not going to be running the system. he is not entitled to do that. the point is he will look at cases, the administration, before it's put before appropriate panel. it has either been mislaid, ignored or not used. it's interesting that jeremy used. it's interesting thatjeremy corbyn talked about his concern. what have labour said