here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. having free cash and seems wherever we wantsh machines. machines. more in the city centre than anywhere else. anywhere else. can take money out for free will be cuts to 20% cash back 20p. can take money out for free will be cuts to 2096 cash back 20p. cuts to 2096 cash back 20p. more atms in quieter rural locations. locations. leicester where the co—op cash machine is the only free 14 miles. machine is the only free 14 miles. someone those may not survive in the long run. long run. every say single atm is an economic outside of a bank branch. outside of a bank branch. that is 20,000 atms. 20,000 atms. all free to use cash machines will disappear. disappear. fall but gradually and only in line with us using less cash. security in the uk with 14 months to leaving the european union. leaving the european union. are aspects of police cooperation which need to be taken into account. which need to be taken into account. chris morris from our reality check team is here to explain. to be worse as a result of brexit. of it has to do wit

simon gompertz, bbc news.ay they'll provide funding to maintain the public services run by carillion, but a spokesperson for the prime minister says taxpayers cannot be expected to bail the company out. jon donnison reports on what went wrong for one of britain's biggest construction companies. carillion has been in trouble for some time. it was injuly of last year that the company issued its first profit warning. the chief executive quit. and the group pulled out of three big middle east projects. there followed two more such warnings over the next six months. at the same time carillion was allowed to take on hundreds of millions of pounds worth of comment contracts, including with hs2 and network rail. —— government contracts. this company issued a three profit warnings in the last six months. yet despite those profit warnings, the government still continued to grant contracts to this company. now this completely contravened the government policy, their strategic management of risks. they were entitled to de

our business correspondent, simon gompertz, explains what followed the firm's collapse.service have been investigating but also the pension regulator because the company had a huge deficit in its pension scheme and they have been tried to get to the bottom of that. on three occasions they made legal orders, section 72, to dominic chappell all of which thejudges section 72, to dominic chappell all of which the judges found he illegally neglect that it refused to respond to and that it is what he has been found guilty of this evening. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this evenings a woman has appeared before magistrates charged with murdering a man whose remains were found buried in a garden at stockport in greater manchester. barbara coombes, who's 63 and believed to be the daughter of the victim, kenneth coombes, is also accused of fraud. she'll appear at manchester crown court tomorrow. the former ukip leader nigel farage says he's on the verge of supporting a second referendum on britain's membership of the european union. he said a second

our business correspondent simon gompertz has more details.ct awarded to carillion despite the warnings? as people depending on carillion wait anxiously to hear about theirjobs, the prime minister was being put under pressure over the government's role in the collapse. these corporations need to be shown the door. we need our public services provided by public employees with a public service ethos and a strong public oversight. as the ruins of carillion lie around her, will the prime minister act to end this costly racket of the relationship between the government and some of these contracts? i might remind the honourable gentleman that a third of these contracts were let by the labour government. what we want is good quality public services delivered at best value to the taxpayer. we are making sure the public services continue to be provided, that the workers are supported and taxpayers are protected. with the blame game kicking off, more detail has emerged about the dire financial state that carillion was in. this multi—billion pound busine

simon gompertz, bbc news.lots of uncertainty for thousands of workers today and still pointed questions for ministers. why were they still allocating work to this company when its financial difficulties were already evident. this was put to the environment secretary michael gove today and he says ministers will be looking at the circumstances leading to the collapse of carillion. it is vital to ensure people who work for carillion and the services they deploy are catered for and it is vital to look back and look at what went wrong and i am sure no stone will be left unturned in order to establishjust stone will be left unturned in order to establish just where the responsibility lies for the collapse of the country. joining us is the labour mp rachel reeves, who chairs the commons business, energy and industrial strategy committee. thanks very much forjoining us. the question michael gove was saying is we will look the same we are the responsibility lies, what is your perspective on that? it appears the govern

simon gompertz, there.behind that, killing off the shells. killing off the shells. wind and breeze that keeps the temperatures up —— the combination. temperatures up —— the combination. will be clouding up in the afternoon. in the south west. but the rate keeps on coming in the far north of scotland —— the rain. far north of scotland —— the rain. it eventually comes down across the british isles on wednesday. british isles on wednesday. sunshine and some wintry showers, as well. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. period of 21 months after brexit during which little would change. against the government. president donald trump repeatedly accused of political bias, has quit. of three teenagers in a car crash in west london. offences, including five murders. position for the next phase of the brexit talks. and to give businesses time to adjust. during the transition period. barnier had to say. transition will last for 21 months until the 31st december 2020. until the 31st december 2020. whole eu will conti

here's our business correspondent simon gompertz.minister, while the contract awarded to carillion despite the warnings? as people depending on carillion await anxiously to hear about theirjobs, carillion await anxiously to hear about their jobs, the carillion await anxiously to hear about theirjobs, the prime minister was being put under pressure over the government's role in the collapse. these corporations, mr speaker, need to be shown the door. we need our public services provided by public employees with a public service ethos and a strong public oversight. as the ruins of carillion lie around her, will the prime minister act to end of this costly racket of the relationship between government and some of these companies? i might first of all remind the right honourable gentleman that a third of the carillion contracts with the government were let by the labour government. what we want... what we want is to provide good quality public services, delivered at best value to the taxpayer. we are making sure in this case that public s

here‘s our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. link says there are just too many. our towns and city centres are getting crowded with cash machines and here in leicester there are more in the city centre than anywhere else. walk only 400 metres from here and you will pass 68 machines, the banks are fed up because when you take money out it is often from a rival bank machine or non—bank machine. then it is free to you but your bank must pay a fee. link says that that cost to your bank for each withdrawal is 25p and that will be cut to around 20p over four years. we certainly want to have less machines in busy city centres. we don‘t think we need more machines there and it is growing at the moment. we don‘t think it‘s right when the use of cash by consumers is dropping. but we want the same or more free atms in quieter, rural locations. here is one of those locations, a village outside leicester weather cash machine in the co—op is the only free miles. link says some of these were all machines will be subsidised. free withdrawals wi

our correspondent simon gompertz reports. the sort of work, painting offices in newly built flats that the carillion collapses putting in question. a london decorating company which had 30 people turn up for a job to find suddenly there was nothing to do and £2 million of orders had disappeared. carillion took on the contract then farmed them out to subcontractors. re—employ everyone, carry out the work, by the materials, train the people, all on that level down. the stock market has had its money and the investors have had their money, and i'm sure they've had good times in the past and we find it unbelievable how business can lose £1.5 billion. that anger amongst many who were depending on carillion, the royal liverpool hospital now expected to be delayed, is beginning to focus on what it was paying its top people. and the fact it changed its policy on bonuses so that it was much harder to claw the money back if the company hit the rocks. there will have to be an investigation. you can't say for certain exacting what happen

here's our business correspondent simon gompertz. minister, why will contract awarded to karelian despite the warnings? as people depending on karelian wait anxiously to hear about theirjobs, karelian wait anxiously to hear about their jobs, the karelian wait anxiously to hear about theirjobs, the prime minister was being put under pressure over the government's role in the collapse. these corporations need to be shown the door. we need our public services provided by public employees with a public service ethos and a strong public oversight. as the ruins of carillion lie around her, will the prime minister act to end this costly racket of the relationship between the government and some of these contracts?|j relationship between the government and some of these contracts? i might remind the honourable gentleman that a third of these contracts were let by the labour government. what we wa nt by the labour government. what we want is good quality public services delivered best value to the taxpayer. we are making sure the public servi

simon gompertz there in brighton. has pledged to eliminate avoidable plastic waste within 25 years — as part of a plan to improve britain's environment. she has urged supermarkets to introduce aisles where shoppers can buy products with no plastic packaging. a small charge for disposable plastic bags will also be extended to all shops, notjust big retailers. theresa may called plastic waste "one of the great environmental scourges of our time". but some campaigners have criticised the plans, saying they lack "urgency, detail and bite". our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. what do you think i should look for? a grand vision, we were promised, a plan to look after the spaces around us for years to come and the prime minister trying to spot political opportunity, too. the environment is something personal to each of us but it is also something that collectively we hold in trust for the next generation and we have a responsibility to protect and enhance it. top of the list, cleaning up plastics that harm wildlif

contracts to carillion even after it was clear the company was in difficulties. 0ur correspondent simon gompertz latest. the bigger they are, the harder for everyone when they fall. carillion was the new name for a huge business taking in age—old construction brands like wimpy, alfred mcalpine, tarmac and mowlem. they don'tjust build, they manage hundreds of operating theatres for the nhs, maintain many prisons and army accommodation, and serve and provide school dinners. all that with the weight of £900 million in debt, and the deficit in the company pension fund of 590 million. the impact of not being able to carry on is already being felt. it's a disaster. there are thousands of subcontractors, agency labour, suppliers who won't get paid. we're already being told people aren't being paid. carillion‘s fuel cards are not working this morning. so staff trying to get to work in carillion vans cannot fill up their vans. the thing is collapsing around us. the government has this laissez faire attitude. they have got to take steps to assure people of their futures. there were desperate and fruitless

our business correspondent simon gompertz is here.they say carillion wriggled out? pension scheme in order to pay the pensions they promised. pensions they promised. pay packets for those on top whilst underfunding the scheme. underfunding the scheme. in 2008 and then every three years since then. since then. schemes and allowed them to put off contributions last year. contributions last year. to contribute to a scheme to shore it up. it up. place, another one has been launched, how significant is that? launched, how significant is that? they try to hone in on who is responsible. responsible. booked their income, also the pension scheme promises. pension scheme promises. possibly years, to find out exactly what happened. thank you. two british skiers have died while on holiday in the french alps. chamonix—mont—blanc region. the alarm on sunday morning. which was well—known and popular. mounting tensions among conservative mps. mps. revealed the whereabouts of american army bases abroad. pyeongchang. neutrals. the third attack in the a

simon gompertz, bbc news.ical reaction to this now from our chief political correspondent vicki young. more and more questions and fewer and fewer answers. the unions are due to meet greg clark later this afternoon, labour say they should have called them earlier to give more reassuring sees. there is some issues, one is about safeguarding the role of those that are public sector employees, but there is growing concern about those who are private sector employees who have only been given a8 hours worth of pay, that is all that has been guaranteed for them and that could mean guaranteed for them and that could m ea n lots guaranteed for them and that could mean lots of uncertainty for very many people. labour are asking how do you even define who falls into which category? it's such a complicated system, carillion are such a huge company in so many areas that even that is not straightforward. the other political issue that could prove troublesome for the government is the issue of the pay bosses and former dire

simon gompertz. two british skiers have died while on holiday in the french alps.rm on sunday morning. which was well—known and popular. in england and wales. being made a criminal offence. to tackle the issue, as graham satchell reports. lauren wasjust ten when she started going online. and eventually persuaded her to meet. we have changed lauren's name and voice to protect her identity. the physical, sexual abuse has been extremely traumatic. i have flashbacks, and have to have medication to control those. when i was about 12, he wanted to meet up with me in person. he had all the power, completely. be punished for this. i was absolutely terrified. lauren's abuser, a man in his 30s, was never prosecuted. it has been illegal to send sexual messages to a child. victim a girl ofjust seven. social media sites — facebook, instagram and snapchat. when it comes to keeping children safe. these issues more seriously. a new grooming algorithm. and then send an alert to both the child and the police. rather than waiting until harm has been done. struggling to cope. they wou

our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is here. investigation into the auditing ads can logog in. yes, by the financial reporting council. reporting council. see it has been done fairly and properly. they have swooped in. we had been expecting this move. had been expecting this move. have confirmed they are going to investigate. investigate. and also how it accounted for its promises to pensioners. promises to pensioners. to now a huge array of investigations that are going on. investigations that are going on. first of all, we have the financial conduct authority. conduct authority. profits last year, when they were plummeting. plummeting. investigation into the directors in the run—up to the collapse. the run—up to the collapse. behind the scenes too, we have got mps. they work and pensions committee. committee. as well, for them to account for their role in it. their role in it. they did theirjobs properly and responsibly. responsibly. the phrase being used, of the obligations to pensioners. obligations to pensioners. what does that mean? that mean? looking at how this wh