more to come on that. —— about that call there from labour's keir starmer. but their union, aslef, says it will strike again for another three days later in the month. the drivers are striking over the increasing use of driver—only operated trains. a commuter train derailment in the new york has injured at least 37 people, officials say. derailed early this morning at the atlantic terminal in the borough of brooklyn. the new york city fire department have said that all injuries reported are non—life threatening. when there's an emergency, and people call for an ambulance, there's an expectation that the crew which turns up are fully trained. but the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme has discovered that some staff at a private ambulance company based in essex, had as little based in essex had as little as an hour's training on how to respond to emergencies. james melley has this special report. sirens. when we dial 999 for a medical emergency, most people expect nhs ambulances and their highly trained crews to respond. but, increasingly, nhs trusts are havi

keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary was not in peterborough with us, that was quite odd in itselfeader said we did not know the stance for labour. the whole area seems to be confused. labour mps the whole area seems to be confused. labourmps are the whole area seems to be confused. labour mps are still unhappy with it. union leaders who watched jeremy corbyn to start speaking to the concerns of a lot of their voters. —— who wantjeremy corbyn. a little birdie told me that keir starmer, who is the brexit secretary, didn't have wind of this speech on brexit from jeremy corbyn before the speech was made. i mean, those sorts of things do happen. laughter i don't know whether that is the case but it is possible. 0k. the bigger picture is the jeremy corbyn has been mooted to make a big speech oi'i has been mooted to make a big speech on brexit today, to make clear what his position is. and we are coming away from it and people still aren't clear what his position is. that cannot be a good thing. that's not great, is it? the financial times. another big pillar of his speech wasn't just br

labour's chief spokesman on brexit is sir keir starmer. he said there is sir keir starmer.opportunity for proper parliamentary scrutiny of the government's brexit plans. mr speaker, if the prime ministerfails in her endeavour, the cost will be borne by families, working people and communities throughout the uk, the stakes are high and the role of this house in holding the prime minister and the government to account throughout the process is crucial. labour accepts and respects the referendum result and will not frustrate the process. but we will be seeking to lay amendments to ensure proper scrutiny and accountability throughout the process. that starts, mr speaker, with a white paper or plan, a speech is not a white paper or plan and we need something to hold the government to account throughout the process. we can't have a speech as the only basis for accountability for two years or more. that's the first step. there needs to be a reporting—back procedure and a meaningful vote at the end of the exercise. the government should welcome such scrutiny, not try to resist it,

as you heard from keir starmer, they will say she was wrong to threaten our eu partners, but keir starmerpeople too. in other words, they will be calling for a second referendum. iain, thank you. we'll be talking to the brexit secretary david davis in just a few minutes. thousands of british holiday—makers are being flown home from the gambia because of a worsening political crisis there. the foreign office is advising people to avoid all but essential travel to the country, after its president refused to step down and declared a state of emergency. dan johnson reports. it is a country on the move. under a state of emergency, gambians are fleeing their capital. and mongst all this are thousands of british tourists who have been told to get out. thomas cook has a team heading out there to help. four extra flights are expected to leave today. the company said in a statement, "we will operate a programme of additionalflights into banjul airport over the next a8 hours." it is bringing 985 package holiday customers home. that also means cancelled trips. a surprise for some passengers at manche

the shadow secretary for exiting the eu, sir keir starmer, has written to david davis seeking urgentrification of the government's strategy. in his resignation email, sir ivan fired a strong parting shot across the bows of the government's negotiating team. our political correspondent ian watson reports. in camera shy in public, outspoken in private. sir ivan rogers has exited his role as britain's eu ambassador. when the bbc revealed his private advice that a trade deal with the eu could take ten years, he was attacked by some leave campaigners for being pessimistic. diplomats are supposed to be, well, diplomatic. but in his resignation e—mail, he is anything but. he tells his staff: "i hope you will continue to challenge ill founded arguments and muddled thinking, and that you will never be afraid to speak the truth to those in power." so until recently, a faceless bureaucrat in brussels resigns — why should that matter here in britain? well, the clock is ticking on the uk's departure from the eu. the process has to get underway by the end of march. now, it was sir ivan rogers‘ job

keir starmer, thanks very much. thank you. that was the keir starmer and labour view. are others who want a more clean break and they want it all to happen more quickly, with less pandering to endless negotiation and transition deals. lord lawson, for example, is more or less arguing that we should move asap to the rules of the world trade organisation, accept there would be some tariffs in trade with the eu, and that we should not entertain fantasies about the other members wanting to negotiate a new trade deal with us. don't waste time is his message. let us talk now though, to michael gove, former justice secretary and co—convenor of the vote leave campaign. if you've not been hiding in a cupboard all day you'll also know he's just back from america where he's been interviewing donald trump. good evening. do you agree, it seems to be settling around the customs union, the single market is gone, as an issue, it is the customs union there was a period in the aftermath when some argued we should remain in the single market. that was a big issue. it seems like the divid

keir starmer therefore labour. we will be back in the commons after 2pm.om the eu with theresa may. now, we will catch up with the weather. good afternoon. there is some decent sunshine here at the moment outside my front door but you get the sense that it my front door but you get the sense thatitis my front door but you get the sense that it is not the case everywhere. the discerning point is there is more contiguous thicker swathe of cloud in the midlands to the north—east. if you have spent the day underneath that, you will not see any sunshine. the sky is pretty leaden. it is on the cool side and there is some bits of rain as well. east anglia and the southeast including london, what cloud7 it is glorious here at the moment. 0ur weather watchers have captured that weakening weather front. i say it is wea k weakening weather front. i say it is weak but if you are under it, you will know all about it. further north and west, the milder air is flooding in from the atlantic. 13 celsius across the north—east of scotland. despite the sunshine, three celsius

you — here's how london's the brexit secretary david davis has been urged by his labour shadow keir starmert follows an attack on the government from sir ivan rogers britain's departing eu ambassador, following his resignation yesterday. sir tim barrow, political director at the foreign 0fficer will replace sir ivan rogers. in an email to staff informing them of his decision to leave — sir ivan said the government did not have a plan for the negotiation. he went on to say:

i will speak to shallow brexit secretary keir starmer. —— shadow brexit secretary.o'clock, we'll have ongoing coverage of theresa may's speech on brexit — including reaction from westminster and brussels. what does the brexit blueprint mean for british businesses? i'll be discussing the potential implications with the federation of small businesses at 7.30. and at10.1i0, we'll look at tomorrow's main headlines in the papers. that's with this evening's guests — media commentatorfrom the telegraph, neil midgley, and the former labour advisor and comedian ayesha hazarika. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm 0lly foster, these are our sportsday headlines this evening. wales make alun wynjones captain for the six nations and warburton has to fight for his place. konta is one of 5 british players into the australian open second round, the most in 30 years in melbourne. and it's a big night in the fa cup...six third round replays, including non league lincoln looking to shock championship ipswich once again. evening. we told yo

the brexit secretary david davis has been urged by his labour shadow keir starmer to clarify the governments plan for leaving the eu. it follows an attack on the government from sir ivan rogers britain's departing eu ambassador, following his resignation yesterday. sir tim barrow, political director at the foreign officer will replace sir ivan rogers. in an email to staff informing them of his decision to leave — sir ivan said the government did not have a plan for the negotiation. he went on to say: those of the words of sir ivan rogers in an e—mail to staff. with me is seema malhotra, labour mp who sits on the brexit select committee. he didn't mess around easy? there is a bigger issue here. it was a stark public warning that six months on from the referendum you don't seem to be any further forward will stop what is quite shocking is that sir ivan, his comments about muddled thinking did not surprise me, he is saying that as an insider he did not know what theresa may and her ministers actually wanted to do and achieve and for those of us who observed the power premier list and her minist

let's speak to shadow brexit secretary keir starmer. are you pleased?ay to set out plans but there are a number of gaps. we have also been calling on her to provide orfight for the also been calling on her to provide or fight for the fullest possible tariff free access to the single market and that is a demand that we made within days of her party conference speech last autumn. today amongst your objectives, are fighting forfull amongst your objectives, are fighting for full tariff free access to the single market and ensuring there are no new impediments. that is what we have been asking for for the past few months along with trade unions and business will up so the question now is can she deliver against these objectives and that is where the detail is missing. there are bits unexplained. but insofar as she has said that our demands are the right demand and she has turned into objectives, i think our response has got to be, deliver. there is an unfortunate twist in the tailand there is an unfortunate twist in the tail and that is that having set out t

we'll hear from michael gove and from labour's brexit secretary keir starmer too.d evening and welcome to bbc news. reports in turkey this evening say that the man suspected of carrying out the new year's day gun attack on an istanbul nightclub has been captured. 39 people were murdered in the attack. the suspect was reportedly arrested in a police raid on a housing complex in istanbul. we'll be getting the latest on this emerging story from our correspondent in istanbul, mark lowen, shortly. theresa may has been finalising her long—awaited statement on the government's ambitions for the forthcoming talks on leaving the european union. in tomorrow's speech, the prime minister's expected to spell out what kind of brexit deal she wants and what sort of future trading relationship with the eu she envisages. earlier, the us president—elect donald trump promised to negotiate an early trade deal between america and the uk. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports on what we might expect based on the evidence so far. heard the one about leaving the european union? br

let‘s talk to keir starmer. good morning to you sir keir starmer.lease? firstly, we welcome thejudgement. it is really important that parliament has a proper role. if it is going to have a proper role we need a white paper that sets out the objectives. i know we had a speech, but we need a formal document setting out what the government is seeking to achieve. we need an ability to hold the government to account during the two yea rs government to account during the two years and parliament needs a say on the outcome because that‘s meaningful involvement. the prime minister said in her speech that she will offer a vote to parliament on the final deal. we need to make sure that‘s a meaningful vote and there is an anxiety if it is a vote between the deal on the table and no deal that wouldn‘t be meaningful. meaningful. this is about making sure now it is established that parliament should have a proper role, that it is a role that means something. ok. i'm sorry to be stupid, but what do you mean by meaningful? we have got to have a vote at a point in w

keir starmer. can i thank the house. keir starmer. can i thank the secretary of state.ticle 50 issued. given the issues involved, that is quite right and the prime minister was wrong to attempt a sideline parliament in this process. this bill is only to be introduced because the prime minister has been ordered to do so. i hope in the aftermath, they will not be the attacks on ourjudges that they were when the high court gave its judgment. it is the duty of all of us to defend them if they do. and to do so quickly and i hope the secretary of state willjoin me in that endeavour. the question now moves the proper role of parliament. the supreme court said nothing about the particular fall of legislation. on issues as important as this, it would be wrong for the government to try to minimise the role of parliament or to seek to avoid amendments. i asked the secretary of state to confirm he will not take that approach. this is a question of substance, not process. last week, the prime minister committed herself to swapping the known benefits of single market membership of th

tafs keir starmer talking about the issues that labour have here. have been speaking to one shadow cabinet minister who said they would be willing to resign from they would be willing to resign from the post in order to vote against article 50. even though the post in order to vote against article 50. even thoutheremy corbyn is likely to order his mps not to block the process. so some interesting times ahead for labour. i'm joined by neil carmichael. what do you make of what theresa may had to say of a white paper. something that you were after? i said yesterday that's what we wanted and isaid it yesterday that's what we wanted and i said it frequently before that. yes, it is a good day for us. it's a clear admission that parliament should be properly involved. tell me really what difference does it make? it isa really what difference does it make? it is a government document, the prime minister's official spokeswoman told us it would be based on theresa may's speech and she said mps know the plan. she told them what the plan is. the expectation is

joining me now from our westminster studio is the labour mp sir keir starmer.adow secretary of state for exiting the european union and has written to david davis today, to seek urgent clarification about the government's plan for brexit following the resignation of sir ivan rogers. why have you done this? the fact of sir ivan‘s resignation, but also the terms, and the fact that he has set out that there still isn't a plan, it's not probably structured or finance, and civil service advice is welcome these are serious charges. on these issues, there has been com plete on these issues, there has been complete radio silence. downing street issued a statement saying he was leaving early and he was due to leave in november anyway. but they haven't dealt with the substance. we are now io—ii haven't dealt with the substance. we are now 10—11 weeks from the start of this negotiation. we need a top tea m of this negotiation. we need a top team to negotiate, and they still haven't dealt with the charge that there isn't a plan. if you are in government, would you want on

keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary for labour, is in the times today saying that there is going some sort of accommodation within the brexit steel that recognises that immigration was a massive issue for millions of people. when you look at the detail of that, you get a sense of the challenge the prime minister will face an under negotiation table. do you have a restriction that means that people coming to the uk have to have a job before they can get here? could that's the trade—off for favourable access to the single market? there is a lot of detail to be worked through and this will only be the beginning of the process. there will be a couple of months of shadow—boxing between the triggering of article 50 and then there will be a lot of detail talked about. we have been talking about how the british people ask article about political leaders and politicians as a class, they are down there with journalists and other lowlife, this prime minister, there must be a degree of sympathy for the task ahead because there is a monumental task. yes, for the task ahead because there is a

the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer is saying today that he thinks there does have to be some sort corbyn has sounded much more liberal around immigration. from the prime minister's perspective, the real slog of the nitty—gritty of brexit is what 2017 is going to be all about. the triggering of so—called article 50 within the next couple of months. and then the whole business of a long, long, long negotiation. she's optimistic there can be a good outcome to that, but it will take time. the continuing fight against terrorism is going to be another big story of 2017. the security minister ben wallace has been talking about so—called islamic state having an aspiration to use chemical weapons in the uk. we have been talking over new year about the enhanced security around the new year celebrations, thinking about those lorry attacks in nice and berlin particularly. but these chemical attacks, that's what ben wallace is talking about. yes, he is saying that isis have an aspiration to use chemical weapons within the uk. he says there is no moral objection from them to the use of chemical

keir starmer has said that the government is taking on many of labour's desires, and jeremy corbyn says on? i think our position is pretty clear. we have had an assist and supported by others across the house that there should be a plan to to parliament. frankly, it is a stepping stone yesterday. we need to see more as ken clarke and anna su be made clear at prime minister's questions. —— anna soubry. this fall short of the hard brexit some on the right of the conservative party were looking for. it insists on access to the single market which is something we we re the single market which is something we were pushing for. how does potentially falling out of the eu without any deal at all not entail the hardest of hard brexits? that's not the ambition the prime minister laid out yesterday. jeremy corbyn was right. he highlighted, as indeed keirdid, that we was right. he highlighted, as indeed keir did, that we don't want to see these threats. the prime minister firing at the same sort of lines is borisjohnson, this firing at the same sort of lines is boris johnson, this threatening rheto

little wonder that the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, is said by some labour mps to deserve aent among his colleagues. it's a film that tells the story of a young african—american coming to terms with his sexuality, and it's received no less than eight 0scar nominations. last season's awards were criticised for their lack of diversity. but its writer and director, barryjenkins, insists the film is not a response to that. he was speaking to chi chi izundu. you're my only. i'm your only. listen. to who? to you? moonlight tells the semi—autobiographical story of director barryjenkins, a young boy growing up in miami with a crack cocaine addicted mother. his own mother is now in rehab and is still one of the few in his inner circle not have seen this film. i don't know if she wants to see herself in that way. a friend pointed out to me, "oh, no, i think she probablyjust doesn't want to see the main character, who is essentially you, be taken through this rough life, because it might bring out the guilt and shame". and i get that. but i hope what she would see is the movie was not

keir starmer is staying today that he thinks there has to be some sort of immigration control imposedctive, the real slog of the nitty—gritty of brexit is what 2016 —— 2017 is going to be all about. the triggering of article 50 within the next couple of months. and then the whole business ofa months. and then the whole business of a long ago she asian. she is optimistic that can be a good outcome to that, but it will take time —— the negotiation. outcome to that, but it will take time -- the negotiation. the continuing fight against terrorism is going to be a big story of 2017. the security minister ben wallace has been talking about so—called islamic state having an aspiration to use chemical weapons in the uk. we have been talking giving new year about the enhanced security around the new year celebrations, thinking about those lorry attacks in nice and berlin particularly. but these chemical attacks, that's what ben wallace is talking about. yes, he is saying that isas have an aspiration to use chemical weapons within the uk. he says there is no moral objection from them to the use

out of the european union without a deal, or do we get a vote that is meaningful, which is what keir starmernd others are pushing for, and they are right to do so. ed miliband, thank you very much. as we've just been talking about, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn‘s doesn't want his mps to block the triggering of article 50. trouble is — not all his mps are playing along with that plan. a clear decision that we want all of oui’ a clear decision that we want all of ourmps to a clear decision that we want all of our mps to support article 50. but no commitment to a three line whip? it's clearly a three line whip. it is a vote on article 50. my constituents voted to remain in the european union. i am leaning towards voting against article 50 because i'm here to represent their views. and if i have to resign my shadow ministerial position because of the stance i take, it would be unfortunate, but i am here as the mp for hampstead and kilburn. i'm joined now by our political editor nick watt and the mps did indeed resign. that's right, sojeremy corbyn faced a mini rebellion today, at one point it l

the brexit secretary david davis has been urged by his labour shadow keir starmer to clarify the government'sowing his resignation yesterday. the senior diplomat sir tim barrow who is currently political director of the foreign office will be his replacement and he is described as just the man to get the best deal for the just the man to get the best deal forthe uk, by just the man to get the best deal for the uk, by borisjohnson. just the man to get the best deal for the uk, by boris johnson. he was a reminder of what sir ivan said. —— here is a reminder of what's ivan said. earlier the conservative mp iain duncan smith said sir ivan rogers might have had the government's trust anyway. it's not my arm passion talking to ministers and downing street that there is a lack of preparation. i think they are getting on with it. theresa may vetiver clear statement backin theresa may vetiver clear statement back in october at the conference when she set out very clearly what the government would be looking to do, take back control of our borders are no longer be subject to european law and be able to

keir starmer, their spokesman, made his speech in a very solemn tone, explaining why labour would becle 50. have the outcome been to remain, we would have expected the results to have been honoured. that cuts both ways. a decision was made on the 23rd of june last year to leave the eu. two thirds of labour mps represent constituencies that voted to leave. one third represent constituencies that voted to remain. this is obviously a difficult decision. i wish the result had gone the other way. i campaigned passionately for that. but, as democrats, our party has to accept the result. a real dilemma for many labour mps, wrestling with their conscious. many would like to block out of 50, but feel it would be betraying their constituents. jeremy corbyn has ordered them to pass article 50, to get the negotiations started. there will be some rebels. we will find out tomorrow how many. on the other side of the chamber, ken clarke also a pro—european all his life, he said when hejoined a pro—european all his life, he said when he joined parliament a pro—european all his life, he said when hejo

shadow brexit secretary keir starmer made it clear that labour's official position is to support thewe would have expected the result to be honoured. and that cuts both ways. a decision was made on the 23rd ofjune last year to leave the eu. two third of labour mps represent constituencies that voted to leave. two thirds of labour mps represent constituencies that voted to leave. one third represent constituencies that voted to remain. this is obviously a difficult decision. i wish the result had gone the other way. i campaigned passionately for that. but as democrats, our party has to accept the result. we have spoken about this before, america's populist revolution is moving at a dizzying speed. from this side of the atlantic it looks like britain is moving at a snail‘s pace with brexit. will that vote in parliament tomorrow finally speed up the process? david davies says he isn't amending decision that has already been made. the people took the decision lastjune. the delay has been in the legal battles that finished just the other week. we reported on it last week. it was at the su

we have had len mccluskey and we have had also keir starmer who queried his stance on freedom of movementthe next election and potentially for sometime. he has ridden so many storms, hasn't he? you must wonder whether the appetite sta rts you must wonder whether the appetite starts to wane after that? jeremy corbyn is's career has been riding storms. that's not going to change. 30 years of behaviour won't change over the next 12 months. in some ways, there is an interesting comparison where the labour party membership is on corbyn. they said, "we voted for this. we want you to make a success of it." they are not going to blame the person they voted for, they are going to blame remainers for not making brexit work and labourmps for remainers for not making brexit work and labour mp5 for not making corbyn work. let's turn to european politics. you mentioned it and obviously, rachel throwing up the prospect of what happens if the incumbents lose in france and germany. in germany, 59% according to polls want angela merkel to continue as chancellor after the election in february. how will you

yesterday, we had keir starmer saying that we are on the way to a bargain basement economy.thing is, in contrast to labour, the prime minister has set out a clear plan. it is notjust clear but realistic, it isa it is notjust clear but realistic, it is a plan that accepts we have to leave the single market, and the customs union, so we are dealing with hypotheticals here. it is a deliverable scenario. the prime minister is not going to recommend it to the british people, to the house of commons, unless she thinks it is deliverable. given that she set out that realistic scenario, it will be delivered. she depends on other eu leaders saying, we're happy to deal with you on that basis. already we've had the prime minister of malta, which holds the eu presidency, accusing her of detachment from reality. of course, in negotiation, each side is going to take a hard position, but the clarity that we have got from the speech yesterday was to say, if that position persists all the way through, the europeans not willing to do through, the europeans not willing todoa through, the europe