vicki young explains more.e wrong report. we'll come to that story from westminster later. the mother of a 15—year—old boy who died at the hillsborough disaster has told a jury how the football pitch looked like a battleground. dolores steele is the first bereaved relative to give evidence in the trial of david duckenfield, who was in charge of policing at the 1989 fa cup semi final. he denies gross negligence manslaughter. three cabinet ministers have defied government policy to warn that brexit should be delayed if parliament fails to approve a withdrawal deal in the coming days. the ministers made the remarks in a newspaper article. they said unless there was a breakthrough soon, they would be prepared to vote against theresa may, to extend the negotiation process. vicki young explains more. time and time again theresa may has said the uk is leaving the eu on the 29th of march, in just five weeks time. a very different message from these three, david gauke, amber rudd and greg clark, who have all made it cle

this is bbc news, i'm vicki young. the headlines at ten.tions and is filing for administration. all flights are cancelled with effect from today. the government says its main priority has to be the safety of the public when considering the case of shamima begum. the funeral of footballer emiliano sala, who was killed when his plane crashed into the channel, has taken place in his native argentina. a 27—year—old man appears in court charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. and at 10:30 and again at 11:30 we ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers henry mance and anne ashworth — stay with us for that.

i'm vicki young. it's filing for administration. the government says its main priority has to be the safety of the public, when considering the case of shamima begum. the funeral of footballer emiliano sala, who was killed in a plane crash, takes place in argentina. a 27—year—old man appears in court, charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, henry mance and anne ashworth. stay with us for that.

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ling for snow — the colorado hermit who's amassed decades of data on a changing climate. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang — the name itself symbolizing one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own wor

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. how big a move is these zayn?m how big a move is these zayn?ficant because for some time, although it has been official labour party policy since it was passed at the conference last year, to support a further referendum on britain pars mac membership of the european union, jeremy corbyn has not embraced that an labour mps had been frustrated by that. they think it could be something where labour could be something where labour could set itself apart from the conservatives, on brexit, and something they feel would either provide legitimacy to a brexit deal reached by a government or potentially see the uk stake in the eu. the of 0k potentially see the uk stake in the eu. the of ok but isn't that many labour voters and constituencies voted in favour on leaving the eu. this is a significant move because we now have a timeline, a sequence of events in which it could be labour's dominance policy on brexit. they will put forward at deal, including permanent membership of a customs union. that will likely fail and next week or the week after, when th

here's vicki young again — a warning her report does contain some flashing images. party together after a week of turmoil. eight of his mps walked out, accusing him of allowing a culture of bullying, anti—semitism, and intimidation to take hold. now, ian austin has quit too, saying mr corbyn isn't fit to be prime minister. i think underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership there's been a culture of extremism and intolerance that's been allowed to develop, and anti—semitism that's been allowed to develop and has flourished. and i thinkjeremy corbyn has not taken it nearly seriously enough, and i think he's incapable, if i'm honest, of dealing with it properly, and i think he's refused to get to grips with it. mr austin says he's notjoining the new independent group set up this week by other disgruntled colleagues. he doesn't agree with them about the need for another brexit referendum. mr corbyn is in spain today, holding meetings about brexit. this was his response to the latest defection. i'm sorry that he's decided to take that course of action. he was elected, like me, in 2

vicki, thank you, vicki young there.oy who was convicted yesterday of the murder of six—year—old alesha macphail on bute, has now been revealed, after a judge lifted a ban on his name being reported. 16—year—old aaron campbell, who abducted, raped and murdered alesha lastjuly, was initially given anonymity in news reports because he's under 18. but media outlets, including the bbc, made a case for reversing the court order which protects his identity. lorna gordon reports. yo, what's up, guys? it's aaron campbell here... the first images of a teenage killer — freshfaced in the videos he posted on social media, they gave little clue of the cold, cunning murderer that he was. cctv from aaron campbell's own home showed him acting strangely on the night he killed alesha macphail. his mother contacted police herself, hoping the footage would eliminate him from the investigation. his victim was described in court as a sweet, angelic, innocent girl. alesha was just six. she'd been visiting her father and grandparents, who lived

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.and turkey — that match the european union's own preferential agreements — will not be signed in time for brexit day, set to take place at the end of march. the international trade secretary, liam fox, has been seeking to replicate around a0 free trade deals before britain's scheduled departure next month — having predicted in 2017 that this would be achieveable. the mother of a young boy who was allegedly crushed to death behind a car seat has been found guilty of child cruelty, but cleared of his manslaughter. alfie lamb, who was three, died while sitting in the rear footwell of a car. his mother, adrian hoare, had been accused of manslaughter by gross negligence. it was alleged her boyfriend stephen waterson crushed alfie behind his seat, but the jury couldn t reach a verdict on the manslaughter charge. a huge fire has swept through an historic part of dhaka, in bangladesh killing at least 78 people. the blaze started in a residential building which had chemicals stored on its groun

i'm vicki young. the headlines at 11: the regional airline flybmi suspends all its flights and says it's filing for administration. the government says its main priority has to be the safety of the public, when considering the case of shamima begum. the funeral of footballer emiliano sala, who was killed in a plane crash, takes place in argentina. a 27—year—old man appears in court, charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, henry mance and anne ashworth. stay with us for that. the airline flybmi has cancelled all flights, and says it is filing for administration. the east midlands based airline, which operated more than 29,000 flights last year, blamed recent spikes in fuel and carbon costs. some passengers have posted messages online saying they only found out about it after turning up at airports this evening. our business correspondent rob young reports. flybmi, no longerflying. it's cancelled all flig

our chief political correspondent vicki young is in central lobby. symbolic and non—binding. before this, the government was asking mps to back it because they did not want to send the wrong signal to brussels. you must assume that the government now think they are sending the wrong signal. at a time when theresa may is saying that she has a stable majority in the house of commons. if they give her the changes she's asking for, it would go through the house of commons. i am would go through the house of commons. iam nowjoined by anna soubry. you had an amendment down which you decided not to push. the government agree that we will meet, identified the documents, and they will publish the documents. i am absolutely delighted to have effectively won at that. that shows that when common sense does break out and you do things in the national interest, it has got to be the guiding principle. this is quite a big symbolic defeat for the government, what do you think this is about what is going on in the comments? the prime minister has been dealt yet anothe

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.round the world are meeting at the vatican to confront the issue of the sexual abuse of children by clergy. pope francis convened the four—day summit, saying the world expects "concrete measures" to be taken to tackle the continuing scandal. 0ur religion editor, martin bashir, reports now from vatican city. a sombre rendition of morning prayer marked the opening of this gathering of bishops, where the agenda has not been set by scripture but by scandal. before any speeches, synod hall fell silent to acknowledge the suffering of those abused. pope francis outlined the purpose of this summit. translation: we must listen to the shout of the little ones that demand justice. may the virgin mary illuminate us to try to heal the serious wounds of the scandal of paedophilia. all eyes are on the vatican, as pope francis seeks to develop protocols and practices that could be applied across continents, and in a church that numbers more than 1.2 billion. one survivor, who was abused by a priest in

hello this is bbc news with vicki young. the headlines. in the last hour, the regional airline, flybmi, has announced it has ceased operations and is filing for administration. all flights have been cancelled with effect from today. thejustice secretary has said the government's main priority has to be the safety of the public, when considering the case of shameema baygum. the funeral of the footballer emiliano sala, has taken place in his native argentina. he died in a plane crash in the english channel last month, as he headed for his new club cardiff city. a 27—year—old man has appeared in court charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. thousands of criminals in england and wales will be tagged with gps trackers to allow authorities to trace them 2a hours a day. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday, i'mjohn watson, with me is karthi. the headlines this evening... city's stars survive an early...and late scare and knock newport county out of the fa cup we report on the non league side taki

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.s comments about shamima begum, the 15—year—old who ran away to islamic state, she is now 19, ran away to syria. he says she has a right to return to the uk. our correspondent daniel sandford is at the home office tonight. jeremy corbyn's argument is that she was born in britain and therefore she should be allowed to return to britain and face justice. allowed to return to britain and facejustice. he said it is obviously clear she will need some help when she gets back, presumably help when she gets back, presumably he means the radicalisation, and that she has some difficult questions to answer. but he says it would be an extreme manoeuvre to ta ke would be an extreme manoeuvre to take away her british citizenship when she is someone who after all was born here and has lived all of her life here. sajid javid the home secretary had insisted he had taken senior advice from lawyers and from officials before he made the very dramatic decision to take away her citizenship, but he is runnin

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. —— you upset another. minister has just returned home from egypt, where she held talks with some eu leaders at an international summit. mrs may will update mps on the latest negotiations tomorrow, and she insisted today that it was still possible to reach deal by the 29th of march, when the uk is set to leave the eu. but one european leader warned the prime minister that the uk was in danger of sleepwalking into a no—deal scenario. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, was travelling with her. her report contains some flashing images. theresa may must be rather used to grinning and bearing it by now, waiting for the cameras to leave before yet another vital conversation. and with every day, more clamour for her to say she would wait too. the prime minister wants to stick to the timetable, leave the eu next month. but if mps don't say yes to a deal before then, might she let that slip? what i have sensed in all of my conversations with my fellow leaders here, both here in sharm el—sheikh and in recent day

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.eath of 13—year—old amber peat, who hanged herself in nottinghamshire in may 2015, said she was "not been able to determine" if she'd the intention of killing herself. amber was found dead three days after she walked out of her family home, following an argument about chores. the coroner said a number of professionals had missed chances to help amber, and that her parents had "very little consideration for her welfare" at times. a man fatally stabbed in front of a group of teenagers at a youth club in south london has been named locally as 23—year—old glendon spence. he died at the scene of the attack in brixton yesterday evening, in what police have described as a "premeditated and ta rgeted" assault. at least one person has died and several others have been injured in clashes at venezuela's border with brazil. local media report that security forces fired on a group of people to stop them from crossing the border. the president, nicolas maduro, has closed that border in a row over hu

and now to vicki young.hat the reaction has been to talk of special places in hell from donald tusk. you can imagine those responses, especially from the brexiteers. we interviewed the dup, sammy wilson. he said donald tusk was a devilish euro maniac and this is what nigel farage had to say, and the theme here which many people have expressed, it shows why we should be leaving the eu. being bullied by unelected bureaucrats, they say. not everyone felt like that, others said donald tusk was just voicing what many people feel, that there were people who led the brexit campaign who did not have a plan and that is why we are in this situation with 50 games to go and seemingly still no deal on the table, but it is not the best language and the best atmosphere for theresa may as she heads to brussels looking for a compromise, the words from downing street, they feel that donald tusk and leo varadkar and others are saying they want a deal and they don't want the uk to leave without one. the logical consequence of t

vicki young, many thanks again, with the latest from westminster. adam, it is interesting that one of the most prominent voices in this process is actually pouring cold water today it seems on the likelihood of negotiations being at a crucial stage. what do you make of this? yes, the brexit coordinator for the european parliament which is meeting in strasbourg, he hasjust tweeted,"despite meetings with uk representatives including the prime minister theresa may, david lidington, the duchess of lancaster, in the cabinet," i have yet to hear ofa in the cabinet," i have yet to hear of a proposal, he says, to break the brexit deadlock. he says the way forward is cross—party, not kicking the can towards a disastrous no deal. that is what he has just tweeted, so he has obviously not been that impressed by the messages over the last couple of days, which i think will be dismaying to the people delivering those messages, including the prime minister. what they have been saying to the eu,"look, this is not theresa may going back on the deal she previously ne

we havejust correspondent vicky young. what can you tell us? for a brexit deal on wednesday. if they are voted on, which they will be, they will then move toward supporting another referendum. remember, the labour party policy thrashed out amongst a lot of disagreement a few months ago was that they would press for a general election first. they have tried that and it did not work. after that, they would push for a public vote, a people's thought, as it is called by the campaign. but of course, hugely significant of the labour party, and jeremy corbyn, who had seemed very lukewarm about this for a long time. that would be a very significant move. so, the pressure if they have put out saying that they feel they will also back yvette cooper's plan to try and take no deal off the table, but saying they will put forward or support an amendment in favour of a public vote to prevent, as they put it, a damaging tory brexit. there have been, of course huge arguments in the labour party about all of this, and many of their party members have wa nted and

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ollowing the developments for us at westminster. he told me why ian austin has chosen not to join the new independent group. the big difference is brexit. basically, ian austin is from a part of the country that voted for brexit. he has largely been on with plans to deliver brexit. he has been amenable to the government's plans and so far, whereas of course the others are all completely against brexit. and actually the one thing that's holding that independent group together now, that includes the three conservatives of course, is opposition to brexit and the belief that there should be another referendum. so, yes, it's another sign of how brexit has redefined in some ways political allegiances in this country. but for ian austin, it's not a case of leaving the labour party tojoin in this new group, for now anyway. and on the issue of brexit, the prime minister coming back to the commons next week and a new signs that she could face yet another defeat and perhaps resignations from her

this is bbc news with vicki young. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment with henry mance and anne ashworth. first, the headlines: regional airline flybmi has announced that it has suspended all flights and is filing for administration. thejustice secretary has said the government's main priority has to be the safety of the public, when considering the case of shamima begum. the funeral of the footballer emiliano sala, who died last month in a plane crash, has taken place in his native argentina. a 27—year—old man has appeared in court, charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. and thousands of criminals in england and wales will be tagged with gps trackers to allow authorities to trace them 2a hours a day. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times, and anne ashworth, associate editor of the times. most of tomorrow's front pages are now in. the sunday times claims t

vicky young at westminster.tside the european union has hit its highest level for 15 years. the figure is rising, as the number of people settling in britain from eu countries continues to fall. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is with me. take us through the figures. overall migration to the uk remains historically high, in terms of immigration. in terms of the net migration figure, the difference between people arriving and coming to live here and those emigrating, thatis to live here and those emigrating, that is 283,000. it is well above that is 283,000. it is well above that target that the government has less tha n that target that the government has less than 100,000. when we break it down, and we now split it between eu and non—eu, we can see a clear pattern. since the referendum in june 2016, eu immigration has fallen, and that figure is 57,000, thatis fallen, and that figure is 57,000, that is the lowest number for almost a decade. 70% down since the time of the referendum. the steepest drop i

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. deals with japan and turkey — that match the european union's own preferential agreements — will not be signed in time for brexit day, set to take place at the end of march. the international trade secretary, liam fox, has been seeking to replicate around a0 free trade deals before britain's scheduled departure next month — having predicted in 2017 that this would be achieveable. so, with the march 29th deadline approaching, what can we expect over the next few weeks? this sunday — theresa may attends a summit of the eu and the league of arab states in sharm el—sheikh, egypt. brexit is not officially on the agenda but it's a chance to speak to presidentjuncker again and to lobby eu leaders with one to one meetings on the fringes. if a revised brexit deal hasn't been agreed by tuesday the 26th, the prime minister will make a commons statement and table an amendable motion. the commons would then debate and vote on this motion on wednesday the 27th of february the labour mp, yvette coop

let's talk to our political correspondent vicki young at westminster. what more can you tell us? been under huge pressure on his brexit policy as well. the policy was to push for a general election, if that does not happen, to move towards another referendum. he has even had defections from his party, partly driven by unhappiness over brexit policy. the suspicion was thatjeremy corbyn was dragging his heels over backing another referendum. tonight he has had a meeting with his mps in the house of commons where he will say he has shifted his position. labour will put forward all support and an amendment in favour of a public vote. but there are a lot of u na nswered vote. but there are a lot of unanswered questions. what with the question on the ballot paper before this referendum? would there be an option of staying in the eu, or would it be a referendum on theresa may's deal? secondly, would it get through parliament? jeremy corbyn has a split in his parliament as well, there are dozens of mps who do not want another referendum. a lot of questionsjeremy corbyn will be answering

this is bbc news, i'm vicki young. the headlines at seven. in the last few minutes — the regional airline — flybmi — announces it has ceased operations and is filing for administration. all flights are cancelled with effect from today. as the family of shameema baygum ask the government to help bring her home — thejustice secretary says the main priority has to be the safety of the public. the funeral of footballer, emiliano sala, who was killed when his plane crashed into the channel, takes place in his native argentina. a 27—year—old man appears in court, charged with the murders of 3 elderly men in exeter. thousands of criminals are to be monitored 2a hours a day — using gps tracking technology. and as this thumping header leads millwall to victory at afc wimbledon, sportsday has all of today's fa cup action in half an hour. in the last half an hour the uk—based airline flybmi has announced it's filing for administration. all flights have been cancelled with effect from today. the airline which had its headquarters based at east midlands a

this is bbc news, i'm vicki young. the headlines at seven. operations and is filing for administration. all flights are cancelled with effect from today. as the family of shameema baygum ask the government to help bring her home — thejustice secretary says the main priority has to be the safety of the public. the funeral of footballer, emiliano sala, who was killed when his plane crashed into the channel, takes place in his native argentina. a 27—year—old man appears in court, charged with the murders of 3 elderly men in exeter. thousands of criminals are to be monitored 24 hours a day — using gps tracking technology.

our chief political correspondent, vicki young has more.as said the uk is leaving the eu on the 29th of march, in just five weeks time. a very different message from these three, david gauke, amber rudd and clegg —— greg clark have all made it clear that they would not accept a no deal scenario. it now publicly for the first time scenario they are saying that wrecked it would have to be delayed as parliament does not back a deal —— brexit would have to be delayed if parliament does not back a deal. in the daily mail they have a stark warning for their colleagues, it is time they said that many of our conservative parliamentary collea g u es conservative parliamentary colleagues recognise that parliament will stop a disastrous no deal brexit. if that happens they will have no—one to blame but themselves for delaying brexit. this is happening because on wednesday there will be an attempt by mps to seize control of that wrecks at recess. these three suggesting they will be prepared to resign in order to break that move. this is piling the pres

this is bbc news, i'm vicki young. the headlines at ten. the regional airline flybmi announces it has ceased operations and is filing for administration. all flights are cancelled with effect from today. the government says its main priority has to be the safety of the public when considering the case of shamima begum. the funeral of footballer emiliano sala, who was killed when his plane crashed into the channel, has taken place in his native argentina. a 27—year—old man appears in court charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. and at 10:30 and again at 11:30 we ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers henry mance and anne ashworth — stay with us for that. the uk—based airline flybmi has announced it's filing for administration and has cancelled all flights with immediate effect. the company which was based at east midlands airport operated flights to aberdeen, munich and hamburg. well, a little earlier our business correspondent rob young explained what's caused the company to cease trading. flybmi is

hello, this is bbc news with vicki young. headlines: the regional airline flybmi has announced this evening that it has ceased operations and is filing for administration. all flights have been cancelled with effect from today. thejustice secretary has said the government's main priority has to be the safety of the public when considering the case of shamima begum. the funeral of the footballer emiliano sala, has taken place in his native argentina. he died in a plane crash in the english channel last month, as he headed for his new club, cardiff city. a 27—year—old man has appeared in court charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. and thousands of criminals in england and wales will be tagged with gps trackers to allow authorities to trace them 2a hours a day. now on bbc news, what's it like being born to immigrant parents in a country where there is growing support for anti—immigration parties? bbc africa's daniel henry investigates how young people of african heritage are making their way in europe's big ci

but as vicki young explains, it's not clear what the terms of the referendum would be. has been accused of dragging his feet, reluctant to swing behind another brexit referendum, even though that is what many labour party members want. tonight, he has taken a step in that direction. jeremy corbyn‘s allies say he is trying to keep the country together. whilst we have respected the result of the referendum, and we have been trying to make sure that we leave in a sensible way, with this prime minister, it is really very difficult indeed. and you would campaign to remain, if we got to the point, would you? of course i would campaign to remain, because i do think that's what's best for britain. and jeremy corbyn? and i think — of course, if it was a disastrous tory brexit or remaining, then jeremy would campaign to remain. some, though, suspect this announcement is designed to stem the flow of disgruntled mps from the party. most of those who left last week have been pushing for a so—called people's vote. with brexit day drawing closer, former colleagues think this is the ri

the bbc‘s chief political correspondent vicky young is at westminster and says jeremy corbyn has beenwas hammered out after much arguing behind the scenes at their party conference in the autumn and the plan was, push for a general election if you can't get that, keep having on the table including a referendum but many suspected jeremy corbyn was dragging its heels over this, he didn't really want this, but many labour party constituencies voted to leave the eu in some say it's a betrayal of that first referendum but of course, there were some defections last week. people leaving the labor party partly because of unhappiness over labour's brexit policies that would explain why this is happening now but there are many, many questions, first of all when would labour lay down the cement than to try and bring this about? possibly in the next couple of weeks, were not sure. what would the referendum beyond? would remain beyond the ballot paper? a referendum on theresa may's deal or no deal or staying in? all of these questions, we don't know the answer to. one of those labour mps has been

our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminsterfor us.ps over all of this. effectively, she had said to them, give me more time, at least a couple more weeks. she will be having more meetings, the question is what can she achieve because much can she get the changes that the house commons once? they try to pin her down, because the feeling amongst many, not just those on because the feeling amongst many, notjust those on opposition benches is that they simply don't really know what her plan b as she has won. or is she forging ahead with plan a? hilary benn, wanted to know whether the pram and was coming around to the pram and was coming around to the idea that she was going to have to extend article 50, that means the idea that she was going to have to extend article 50, that ms delay brexit. strength in pursuit of a principle is to be admired, inflexibility and denial in the face of the fact is not, especially when the future of the country is at stake. the facts are alternative arrangements for the northern ireland border were examined

and thank you, vicki young in the houses of parliament.f aberdeen, and all the stuff that is down here will get sold this morning. these boxes of haddock down here go for about £120 this morning, caughtjust in the waters here. so what could brexit mean for the fishermen and the communities that rely on fishing here in scotland? well, with me is elaine from the clyde fishermen's association. good morning. it's so funny, isn't it? you see all of this here, yet most of it destined for europe, and any delays at the border, in the event of a no—deal brexit, could be disastrous for this industry, couldn't it? yes. these stocks are mainly fin fish, but yes, a lot of this goes to the eu. any fresh product, yes, any delays are disastrous, particularly as well for anyone who's fishing shellfish, because about 87% of that goes to the eu. and that's a time—critical market. 66, 68, 68... most uk fishermen voted overwhelmingly to leave the eu, so why? and what could brexit and specifically a no—deal brexit mean for fishermen? jimmy is with me from the s

this report from our chief political correspondent vicki young contains flashing images. intimidation to take hold in the labour party. nine of jeremy corbyn's mps have walked out this week and he is under pressure to do more to stop others heading for the exit. ian orson is leaving after more than 35 years in the party, he has been one ofjeremy corbyn's fiercest critics saying it is not fit to be prime minister. —— ian austin has been. intolerance has been allowed to develop and anti—semitism has flourished. i thinkjeremy corbyn is not taking it nearly seriously enough. he is incapable of dealing with a properly and he has refused to get to grips with this. mr austin said he is not joining the new independent group set up by other disgruntled colleagues. he does not agree with them about the need for another brexit referendum. he is holding meetings about brexit and this was his response to the latest affection. i'm sorry he decided to make that course of action. he was elected alongside me on a manifesto that pledged to deal with poverty, injustice and equality, that is

our chief political correspondent vicki young joins us from westminster.hat speech in belfast, but she does seem today to be between a rock and a ha rd today to be between a rock and a hard place in terms of what the eu and arlene foster are saying? yes, she will offer reassurance today, saying the uk has no intention of going back on that promise to make sure there is no hardboard on the island of ireland, but how she achieves that is the problem she now faces. cabinet met today, theresa may saying she is determined that the uk will still leave on the 29th of march, in not many weeks, but before that, she has to make sure she gets these changes to the withdrawal agreement. we know she is going to brussels on thursday, and she will meetjohn claude junk out there. i think the big question is, what will she suggest? will she finally say, we need to reopen and renegotiate that agreement at cabinet double dell? we know there are working groups carrying on with urgent work at downing street. one is about alternative arrangements of the backstop. another is abou

our chief political correspondent, vicki young is at westminster.byn has sent to the prime minister, because they have infuriated some in his party. some mps are even talking about leaving the party, they are so angry, especially because there is no mention anywhere of another referendum. yes, and that is the point here that we know very well about the splits in the conservative party over europe, but labour has its own problems too. there are some in the party have been pressing for another referendum. they managed that the party conference last year to get that put in, that it would be one of the options, once a general election was ruled out, but it has been pretty clear thatjeremy corbyn is not too keen on the idea. we also know that len mccluskey, the leader of the largest union and really the one that funds the labour party, he is not very keen on the idea either. so this letter is significant partly too because it takes one of the previous conditions, which talked about having the exact same benefits we currently one it comes to the single ma

we can cross to the houses of parliament and speak to our chief political correspondent vicki young.ening in belfast and brussels but what is happening in westminster? the reaction to donald tusk‘s words have been pretty interesting. as you can imagine, people are surprised that this senior diplomat is using such undiplomatic language. he also talked about the lack of leadership on the remain side of the argument. i thought that was very striking from somebody who has long hoped that the uk might change its mind, have another referendum on decide to stay in the eu. it sounded today as if he was someone who had given up on that idea. it might have quite a bearing on negotiations as we go ahead but obviously not much sign of compromise and goodwill in those words. this is the reaction, first of all, from the first cabinet member andrea leadsom as a brexiteers. the man has no manners, it is unhelpful, but it is a matter for him. since the prime ministers question has begun, the president of the european council has said that there is a special place in hell reserved for brexiteers. i do

in the moment we will speak to a chief political correspondent vicky young to get the latest from westminsterre the business community there reacting to the prime minister's speech this afternoon? it was a fine line theresa may had to walk today, because she is publicly saying that she is willing to try to get some kind of alternative arrangement to the backstop which is already in her deal, but as far as the people of northern ireland are concerned, certainly businesses, they want to make sure that that alteration does not affect in any substantive way the idea of the backstop. that is the idea of the backstop. that is the exact tension but she is having to negotiate this way, this difficult path in northern ireland, where only one hand you had many businesses backing the original withdrawal agreement with the backstop in it, seeing it as a guarantee that they would be able to continue trading much as they do now, and on the other hand, the very firm opposition to the backstop and withdrawal agreement from northern ireland's democratic unionist party in the brexiteer is at westminster. there

vicki young is following politicians in westminster. up on that point, fascinating here in brussels to see how the eu doesn't see this just about replacing the backstop or changing it, they would much prefer to reach a softer version of brexit. the question is whether that can command a majority in the commons. firstly a permanent customs union, something that today is being proposed by the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. the other question is whether theresa may would go for it. she's made a clear decision since that historic defeat on her own deal. she had a choice, can she read out and try and soften the brexit and have a closer relationship with the eu after brexit and maybe get some labour party mps the eu after brexit and maybe get some labour party mp5 on side or was she still determined to get her own eurosceptics onside and her partners, the dup, and that is the rotary has decided to go down. that hasn't stopped jeremy corbyn coming up hasn't stopped jeremy corbyn coming up with what he says is a genuine offer listing the things he

our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster.brexiteers in the conservative party not willing to back that motion. we will have to see what other ideas mps put forward. what is it you want to put down as an amendment tomorrow and what are you hoping to achieve? lam told, and what are you hoping to achieve? i am told, and you would expect this to happen, that the civil service at the behest of the cabinet, has looked at the implications on trade and business, british business, if we we re and business, british business, if we were to leave the european union, crashing out without a deal. and diane told it does not mince its words and it makes it very plain that outcome would be disastrous —— and diane told. in the words of the business secretary, ruinous for british business if we leave without ideal. i want the government to publish that paper. it has been to cabinet. some members of the cabinet argued it should be published and it they were overruled. it is critical. my constituents, not just they were overruled. it is critical.

with me now is our chief political correspondent vicki young. has been a strong brexiteerfor many years. what was interesting is that his view on it has always been that his view on it has always been that the referendum result, although it was a clear win for leaving the eu, he felt he could understand that there were many people in the country who were not happy about it, and for him, that meant that a no deal exit or a very sharp break with the eu, even though it might be very attractive, he felt the country probably hadn't voted for that kind of departure. so, it's interesting thatis of departure. so, it's interesting that is why he has gone along with the prime minister's deal, as he says, and when it comes back to the house of commons he will vote for it again. his problem, though, has been what has happened this week. that was the moment where theresa may really was forced into agreeing that parliament would, in the end, have a vote that might lead to brexit being delayed. he said here, i have been open to the idea of using our existing m

we can cross over now to westminster and speak to our chief political correspondent, vicki young. the prime minister, because of the threats of resignation, has had to accept what mps would have foisted on her anyway tomorrow. we're in a situation where if her is rejected next month, then mps would have the option of giving their sanction for a no—deal brexit or going against it oi’ a no—deal brexit or going against it or possibly an extension. a lot of talk about what that would achieve. let's talk to the labour mp gareth snell. you don't want a no—deal brexit. how does the possibility of an extension help to solve anything? mo said that mps must start making decisions. —— theresa may said that. i'd think it does not take it off the table, it makes it longer. if it is an extension so that the prime minister can reassess her red lines from the political declaration and have a meaningful conversation with the labour party about the kind of deal that would be acceptable, then i'd welcome that. she could have done that many months ago. if it's an extension to kick the can down the ro

our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster.test defections today. how significant are they coming from the conservative benches? they are, because it shows they have more of a ci’oss because it shows they have more of a cross party support. purely in terms of the numbers, being a block of ii, if it were to rise further, in a hung parliament, a group like that could further down the line become pretty influential. today was about more thanjust pretty influential. today was about more than just the numbers. it was about the direction of the conservative party, according to the three mps who defected today. they wa nted three mps who defected today. they wanted to talk about compassionate conservatism, the the modernisation of the conservative party. the reaction from conservative mps, some of them sounding pretty sympathetic and appalled that three mps with those views felt that was not the home for them any longer. in the longer term, for this group of mps, this independent group, can it go to the next stage and form a political

up with the shenanigans in westminster, as they would see it. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki youngrexit news today! excuse me, if i can get my voice going. let's talk about lord david trimble, who was so instrumental in the northern ireland peace agreement. he said today that he wants to take the government to court over the backstop because in his view, it breaches the good friday agreement. he has not set an awful lot more than that today but he has talked about this in the past and written articles about it in the past. his view is it goes against the good friday agreement because the institutions set up to make sure that this cross—border co—operation between northern ireland and ireland would end up after brexit under this scenario, with the backstop, it would mean, he says, effectively that northern ireland becomes an eu protectorate, and under those circumstances, as he puts it, it would mean that the northern ireland assembly does not have a say. so this issue of consent, which is so central to the good friday agreement disappears. he would say it would mean the eu and dubl

released a statement — let's get reaction to those votes from our chief political correspondent, vicki youngift for the prime minister, she is not going to love this. what can she do in the course of the next two weeks when the next critical boats are held in order to try and get europe to give her something that makes her it would all agree more palatable. her something that makes her it would all agree more palatablelj think would all agree more palatable.” think most people listen to that statement from the comet will raise any eyebrows, blaming it onjeremy corbyn and labour mps when they couldn't persuade dozens of their own side to bachmann. two weeks ago, parliament voted for something and today, they couldn't agree on what they voted on two weeks ago. i think it shows a lot of anger being directed from one section of the tory party against those, they are the pro—brexit territories. we have heard a lot of these threats of resignations from the remains side of the argument. none of those have happened. interesting to hearjeremy corbyn that she cannot simply run down the clock and carry