stuart flinders reporting. has written to all conservative mps urging them to put aside "personal preferences" and support a brexit deal in the commons. the prime minister's plans were rejected in a vote last week. today, in a letter to all tory mps, she says it's time to unite, for the sake of the nation. she said she will return to brussels for further talks with european commission president jean—claude juncker next week and plans to speak to the leaders of every eu member state. a charity is claiming that two thirds of fathers of premature and sick babies are being forced to return to work while their child is in intensive care. more than three—quarters of parents surveyed by the neonatal charity bliss and bbc radio 5 live investigates, said they were not given enough time off. the survey also suggests one in 10 parents had to leave theirjob as a result of their baby's stay in hospital. millions of workers could see their take—home pay fall from april when the amount they have to put into their pension pot

studio: stuart flinders, thank you.for a jihadist group in syria has been murdered in brighton. abdul deghayes, who was 22, was found with stab wounds in a car which had crashed. his twin, abdullah, and younger brotherjaffar were killed trying to overthrow bashar al—assad's government. another brother, amer, is still thought to be in syria. the prime minister has called on conservative mps to put aside "personal preferences" and support a brexit deal in the house of commons. theresa may's plans were rejected in a vote last week but today one of her senior ministers indicated that there might be a solution to the disagreements within the party, that doesn't involve reopening the withdrawal agreement. ben wright reports. the lobbying of eu leaders will continue apace this week as theresa may tries to deliver on her pledge to secure legally binding changes to the irish backstop, the most contentious part of the brexit deal, there to ensure no hard border on the island of ireland. but today, one cabinet minister said change

stuart flinders reports.f how vulnerable small airlines are. 17 aircraft, 25 european destinations — not enough passengers. john carney did use flybmi for business travel. after spending £1500 with them last week, he received a text message yesterday saying his flights had been cancelled. their phone line is now dead. it's annoying. obviously, they must have known on wednesday that they were not going to be in business for very much longer, and they were still happy to take bookings on wednesday. it's just a shame that they didn't give us more warning. flybmi says it can't organise alternative flights or give refunds. flybmi has blamed rising fuel and carbon costs for its problems, but also uncertainty about brexit, which it says has prevented it from negotiating contracts to fly between airports within the eu. but you only have to look at the airline's own figures from last year. 18 was the average number of passengers on every plane, and that's a lot of empty seats. this isn't really because of brexit. flyb

stuart flinders, bbc news, east midlands airport.ditor at flightglobal. good to see you. first, how long has this airline been struggling? more oi’ this airline been struggling? more or less since it got its present name and its present ownership, since 2012. it was savable, but it has been struggling. it has not made a net profit during that time. things have been getting better and more recent years, but were still talking about net losses. it wasn't a good condition. but with the doing wrong? —— what was it doing wrong? not so much what it is doing wrong, it's just sort of an awful lot of competition out there. quite a lot of seats... it was that, really. if there are any nice roots it's operating, easy jet there are any nice roots it's operating, easyjet or ryanair tend to drive it away. and try to specialise on the roots that the big quys specialise on the roots that the big guys weren't that bothered with. and those which would get a bit of business travel. routes to cities you might not have heard of comedy secondary or tertia

stuart flinders has more. travellers have begun their holiday not sure how it will end. i'm in a lay—by off the autobahn in munich. we've been caught up in the bmi saga today. we arrived at bristol airport to catch a flight, only for it to be cancelled at very short notice. we are now off into austria for ourskiing trip, but there is a real concern as to how we're going to get home. flybmi say they can't organise travel with other airlines themselves, nor will passengers be refunded. there are unfortunately going to be a lot of people out of pocket. for those of you, for those people who aren't able to get a refund through their credit card holder, you may also be entitled to claim something back through your insurance. flybmi operates from regional airports, including newcastle and bristol, flying to 25 european cities. the company blames rising fuel and carbon costs for its problems, but in a statement says... the futures of nearly 400 employees both here and abroad are also in doubt. this is flybmi's headqu

thousands of customers have been affected, as stuart flinders reports.are. 17 aircraft, 25 european destinations, not enough passengers. john carney did use flybmi for business travel. after spending £1,500 with them last week, he received a text message yesterday saying his flights had been cancelled. the phoneline is now dead. it's annoying. 0bviously, they must have known on wednesday that they were not going to be in business for very much longer and they were still happy to take bookings on wednesday. it's just a shame that they didn't give us more warning. flybmi says it can't organise alternative flights or give refunds. flybmi has blamed rising fuel and carbon costs for its problems, but also uncertainty about brexit, which it says has prevented it from negotiating contracts to fly between airports within the eu. but you only have to look at the airline's own figures from last year. 18 was the average number of passengers on every plane. and that's a lot of empty seats. this isn't really because of brexit. flybmi is not disappearing simply becaus