i'm emma barnett and i'm joanna gosling.t's just under two months to go now until the 29th march — the date on which the uk is due to leave the eu. over the next half an hour or so we'll be answering your questions about how life might look after brexit with the clock ticking down. given the current uncertainty, is there anything you can do to get ready — whether you're a business, or a private individual? and how might life be different after 11pm on that all—importa nt friday. you can get your questions in now — use the hashtag #bbcaskthis, if you want to text us, the 5 live text number is 85058 or you can email us on askthis@bbc.co.uk. joining us to help answer those questions we have two experts with us. arne mielken is from the institute of export & international trade and has worked with the world trade organisation on different projects. and the bbc‘s reality check correpondent chris morris is with us. and bbc business correspondent colletta smith is in trafford park where she'll be taking to businesses and experts ab

i'm joanna gosling.eign secretary, jeremy hunt, has that britain may need to delay its exit from the european union in order to pass crucial legislation if a deal is agreed in late march. the uk is due to leave the eu injust under two months‘ time — on the 29th march. the foreign secretary's comments come as the non—partisan think—tank, the institute for government, warns that the uk is un—prepared for a no—deal exit. they warn that a lot of legislation to replace eu laws with uk laws after brexit has yet to be passed — including bills covering trade, agriculture, fisheries, immigration and financial services. the research also raises concerns over whether it's possible to implement the changes needed — including new processes, systems and staff required — in time by the end of march to avoid disruption. if a deal can be agreed between the uk and the eu in the next few weeks, then brexit on the 29 march will be followed by a 2i—month transition period. let's go now to westminster where i'm joined by our

i'm joanna gosling.ters are at downing street this morning for their first meeting of the new year — and it's expected to be dominated by the latest developments over brexit. theresa may is still trying to drum up support across all parties for her withdrawal deal from the eu, with a crucial commons vote just a week away. let's take a look at the main events today. that cabinet meeting is still under way. this afternoon, the commons debates the finance bill. mps who don't want the uk to leave the eu without a deal have tabled an amendment that would limit the government's ability to raise taxes if it happened. later today, the prime minister is due to meet some of those 200 mps who signed a letter urging her to rule out no deal. and more than 50 mps have written to the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick, calling on her to take action against abusive protesters outside parliament, after confrontations following tv interviews yesterday. our correspondent norman smith is at westminster. those ef

i‘m joanna gosling at westminster.mining their victims in the family court. a teenager has appeared in court charged with the murder of 14—year—old jaden moodie in east london. and early this morning sky watchers witnessed a rare total lunar eclipse as the "super blood wolf moon" turned red. good afternoon. theresa may will outline her next steps as she tries to find a way to break the brexit deadlock. she‘ll make a statement to mps this afternoon, following talks yesterday with her cabinet. it‘s thought the prime minister will try to persuade tory brexiteers and democratic unionist mps to back her by promising to find a solution around the northern ireland backstop. let‘s just remind ourselves exaclty what the so—called backstop is all about. after brexit, the two parts of ireland could be in different customs and regulatory regimes, meaning goods may need to be checked at the border. neither the uk, eu or the irish government want that. so the backstop is a saftety net that only comes in to play should the uk and the

i'm joanna gosling.he car manufacturer jaguar land rover is due to announce this afternoon that it's cutting around an eighth of its workforce in the uk. the news comes on top of a number of cuts made by the manufacturer last year when the company announced a restructuring plan to save £2.5 billion in costs. 1,000 jobs have already been cut across plants in the uk and it's understood that up to 5,000 more could go. a number of issues are understood to behind the lay—offs including a slump in diesel sales which has hit the company hard. at the end of 2017, 90% of land rover cars were diesel and the company has been criticized for being too slow to refocus on hybrid and electric vehicles. and brexit is thought to be a factor. jaguar land rover‘s supply chain is dependent on frictionless cross—border trade. the ceo has called the prospect of no deal horrifying, warning it could cost the company over £1 billion a year. and exports to china is also a factor as car sales in the country fell for the first time

hello, it's friday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm joanna gosling. new plans to change food labelling laws are being considered by the government after the death of 15 year old natasha ednan—laperousewho had an allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette on a plane. natasha's parents are here to talk about the pressure they've put on the government to take action after their daughter's death. experts predict the number of people from ethnic minority and south asian communities affected by dementia will rise seven fold in the next 20 years. i got off the bus and instead of crossing the road to go to the post office, i started walking back and walked about ten minutes. i didn't know where i was. relatives of patients have told this programme there's a lack of care services with the right resources and understanding to deal with the community's specific cultural needs. and fewer young women are going for their cervical screening tests, because of embarrassment and concerns about it hurting, and figures suggest that screening rates among all ages are a

hello it's thursday, 10 o'clock, i'm joanna gosling. the man convicted of the manslaughter of speedboat victim charlotte brown has handed himself in in georgia and efforts have begun to bring him back to the uk. i hope thatjustice will be done and my appeal will succeed and that i... that everyone can move forward with their lives. it comes after charlotte's dad made a direct appeal to jack shepherd on this programme yesterday — calling on him to give himself up. we'll have reaction from graham brown, and charlotte's sister katie, in a few minutes‘ time. cases are being dropped and criminals are going free because a new computer system is "unfit for purpose" — that's according to serving police officers who've talked exclusively to this programme. it is overly bureaucratic. it doesn't understand police investigative process at all. we are at breaking point already. and this could probably tip some officers over the edge, i would say. we've used actors to speak the words of those serving police officers — because they put theirjobs at ri

i'm joanna gosling. secretary, jeremy hunt, has acknowledged that brexit might have to be delayed, if a deal is agreed only at the last minute. speaking to the bbc‘s today programme on radio 4 the foreign secretary said that some extra time may be needed to pass the necessary legislation. this morning, the leader of the house of commons, also told mps they should expect to continue sitting the brexit impasse. during the february recess in order to try to resolve the brexit impasse. but in the last few minutes the prime minister's 0fficial spokesman has reiterated that the uk will be leaving on the 29th march. let's go to westminster where i'm joined by our assistant political editor, norman smith. crikey, norman, what is it, then? we definitely leaving or not on march the 29th? maybe we are leaving on march the 29th, maybe we are not. at least the foreign secretary seems to have opened up that possibility, saying that if the latest batch of negotiations go right up to the wire in late march, we might hav

hello, it's friday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm joanna gosling.ts are here to talk about the pressure they've put on the government to take action after their daughter's death. experts predict the number of people from ethnic minority and south asian communities affected by dementia will rise seven fold in the next 20 years. i got off the bus and instead of crossing the road to go to the post office, i started walking back and walked about ten minutes. i didn't know where i was. relatives of patients have told this programme there's a lack of care services with the right resources and understanding to deal with the community's specific cultural needs.

i'm joanna gosling.moped. police believe it was a targeted attack. the military is helping police at heathrow airport after sightings of a drone temporarily halted flights yesterday. i'm at heathrow airport, and i'll be bringing you the latest on the police investigation into what happened here yesterday.

hello it's thursday, 10 o'clock, i'm joanna gosling.that everyone can move forward with their lives. it comes after charlotte's dad made a direct appeal to jack shepherd on this programme yesterday — calling on him to give himself up. we'll have reaction from graham brown, and charlotte's sister katie, in a few minutes' time. cases are being dropped and criminals are going free because a new computer system is "unfit for purpose" — that's according to serving police officers who've talked exclusively to this programme.

i'm joanna gosling at westminster where theresa may will today set out how she hopes to break the brexitdone deal. third is delay and fourth, a long way behind, is not leaving at all. millions of eu citizens living in the uk can apply for settled status from today. it allows them to continue living and working here after brexit. and in today's other news: china reports its slowest growth rate for nearly three decades.

you're watching bbc newsroom live with me, joanna gosling. the headlines at 11: the government is facing a vote of confidence after suffering the biggest commons defeat in history — theresa may's brexit deal is defeated by 230 votes we have tabled that. and it's because we genuinely don't have any confidence in theresa may's government to be able to negotiate the deal that we want. the real issue that i think people might need to focus on today is how devastating a jeremy corbyn government would be for this country. there's fierce debate in the european parliament as european leaders react to the government's commons defeat. we regret profoundly this vote, as presidentjunker has said, and regret that this judgment is also linked to the intense work we have done together with you. coming up within 15 minutes, we will be live in westminster, where theresa may faces a no—confidence vote in higher government. she has to facejeremy vote in higher government. she has to face jeremy corbyn. vote in higher government. she has to facejeremy corbyn. we

i'm joanna gosling.er main stories this morning: a 14—year—old boy is stabbed to death by three men in east london after being knocked off his moped. police believe it was a targeted attack. the military is helping police at heathrow airport after sightings of a drone temporarily halted flights yesterday. i'm at heathrow airport, and i'll be bringing you the latest on the police investigation into what happened here yesterday. the airport says it is operating as normal today. the police have launched a full criminal investigation. president trump demands congress pays for his long—promised border wall with mexico, in his first televised address from the oval office. and another nomination for olivia colman, as dark comedy the favourite leads the bafta race with 12 nominations. good morning and welcome to westminster, where mps will this afternoon begin five days of debate on theresa may's eu withdrawal plan, nearly a month after she postponed the crunch commons vote on her agreement. in an attempt to ave

you're watching bbc news at 10:00am with me, joanna gosling. the headlines...imum recommended sugar intake for an adult by the time they are 10. the foreign secretary sets out what britain can achieve in asia following brexit in a speech in singapore. could it be you? a uk ticket—holder scoops a £115 million jackpot in the new year's day euromillions draw. and spurs look like title contenders again. their pursuit of liverpool at the top of the premier league is back on, as they return to form. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 10:00am. millions of rail passengers are having to pay more for their journeys from today as fares in england and wales rise by an average of more than 3%. passenger groups have criticised the government for not freezing fares after a year of disruption caused by timetable changes, strikes and upgrades. latest figures show cancellations and long delays are at their highest rate in 17 years. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. passengers in the north of england suffered the most in 2018. but across britain, delays

well let's return to westminster now — joanna gosling is there for us. before christmas because it was clear the scale of the opposition amongst mps to that vote meant there was no way of getting it through. let's speak to one of those mps now, chair of the brexit select committee hilary benn. hgppy happy new year. happy new year. so how much has changed? nothing has changed, it seems to me because as you were hearing at the council meeting before christmas, the eu had some warm words about best endeavours but fundamentally i don't think the prime minister will have anything she can say to the house on the eu side about changes to the agreement. the eu has made it clear it will not change the withdrawal agreement and therefore we will be back to where we were before the vote was originally pulled. at the moment it is unlikely the prime minister will get her deal through. the groundswell is for mps to become involved with different mechanisms to try to stop and no deal brexit. there is the letter that was sent saying they want the prime minister to be exp

i'm joanna gosling, the other stories at 11: the supreme court rules that the disclosure of multipleinal record checks breaches human rights. a "polar vortex" will bring potentially life—threatening low temperatures to parts of the united states in what's being seen as a once—in—a—generation deep freeze. and here, overnight snowfall across the uk leads to motorway accidents, flight delays and disrupted trains. good morning. theresa may is set to seek changes to her brexit deal with brussels after mps supported plans for negotiations to reopen with the european union. however, some eu leaders, including the french president emmanuel macron and the the european council president donald tusk, have said there will be no revisions to the deal. in a separate development, the head of the cbi says uk companies are now likely to speed up their no—deal brexit plans. well, let's look at the key points from last night. mps voted by a majority of 16 in favour of an amendment — calling for alternatives to the border arrangements for northern ireland — after the prime minister promised to seek lega

earlier he spoke to my colleague joanna gosling and told her what it was like being in the middle ofharassing a sitting mp, getting up in herface, and harassing a sitting mp, getting up in her face, and physically stopping her from entering parliament, in her face, and physically stopping herfrom entering parliament, her place of work, that clearly crosses a line. what were the police doing, we re a line. what were the police doing, were their police around? yesterday i went were their police around? yesterday iwent up were their police around? yesterday i went up to a police officer and shook his hand, before the incident with anna soubry because i was grateful for the work he was doing and the work all of them were doing, keeping on top of protesters, when i arrived at parliament, they were putting one into a police van, it was only because they were distracted doing that, that they started abusing me, because police we re started abusing me, because police were distracted, they were generally doing a good job. given the fact anna soubry had been in an incident withjames goddard, a

he spoke to my colleague joanna gosling a little earlier.ith bitcoins, just pure scams. the majority then were on facebook, which is why i launched this action, and of course i don't do ads, so any ad with my name and face in is a liar and ad with my name and face in is a liarand a scam, ad with my name and face in is a liar and a scam, which is why it was so liar and a scam, which is why it was so frustrating that they kept being republished, when pretty much if it has got me in it, it is a scam. that is why i took the case, and i set out three things, i promise from the start if i won anything it would go to charity in the lawsuit. number one, i wanted to see real, tangible change to the processes about how scam ads are policed, and we now have the new scam ad reporting button, unique to the uk, it won't be anywhere else in the world. the press that button, anyone can do it, it goes to a new direct dedicated tea m it goes to a new direct dedicated team in facebook, again only the one in the world, in the uk, on the back of this case. numbe

you're watching bbc news at nine with me, joanna gosling — the headlines: the eyes to the right, 202.he noes to the left, 432. the government is facing a vote of confidence after suffering its biggest commons defeat in history — theresa may's brexit deal is defeated by 230 votes. theresa may doesn't want there to be a no deal situation, and she will want a legacy of having secured a deal, an exit from the eu, but without fatally undermining our economy. policy seem to go wrong at chequers, and from then on it's been following an approach that was never going to work with a large number of conservative mps. the government needs a policy that is backed by its own party, the party of government has to agree. the confidence vote will happen this evening after what labour calls the "sheer incompetence" of the govenment. we've tabled that and it's because we genuinely don't have any confidence in theresa may's government to be able to negotiate the deal that we want. the real issue that people may need to focus on today is how devastating a jeremy corbyn government would be for this country