it's a chance to find out what's going on both in my role as mp for west suffolk and as culture secretarymost importantly it is a chance for you to tell me what you think and to engage with others on issues that matter to you. so, come on, let's get started. the app includes photos and updates from the west suffolk mp, and a message—board where users can communicate. it's designed as a way of keeping in touch with his constituents but since launching has been somewhat hijacked by political journalists and pranksters. political journalist marie le conte has been using the app and joins me now. what dell might give us a sense of what you get when you download this app? as you said, it was supposed to be about his constituents interacting with each other and ten. however, it was kind of taken over by journalist and westminster however, it was kind of taken over byjournalist and westminster bubble dwellers who were posting means about him pretending to be other cabinet ministers. it's quite fun, to be honest. presumably that sort of mischief will eventually die out. do you think the general i

it's a chance to find out what's going on both in my role as mp for west suffolk and as culture secretary

suffolk, essex, kent, surrey. and another area of snow pushing into yorkshire and parts of the west midlands, parts of eastern scotland capable of disrupting things going into the morning. a met office amber warning for this snow. it could be up to ten centimetres in parts of england. that warning is to be prepared for some disruption from this snow. also pushing through parts of wales. tuesday, some parts of avoiding the snow showers and staying dry. feeling colder. and you're watching beyond one and hundred days. russia blinks, just a little, in syria, allowing a brief daily truce to get humanitarian aid in east ghouta. from tomorrow, for 5 hours, there will be a humanitarian pause — but today the bombing continued and more civilians were killed. the united nations pressured moscow to allow some relief after 500 people, including children, were killed in the area last week. brexit will mean brexit — says the government — but the opposition is less resolute — today the labour party laid out its vision with closer ties to the eu. also on the programme. from gun control reform to brexit — as politics becomes ever more

anglia and the south—east, maybe covering parts of norfolk and suffolk, a light dusting some showers producing the covering of snow to the far westperatures below freezing could get down to —11 with snow is lying across the grampians of scotland, be prepared, some ice in the rush hour, still some flurries in the south—east, they will fade as will the showers in the west of england and wales, as the cloud increases, snow in the scottish highlands turning to rain later, some sunshine in the south and east later but still a cold day. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11. the building of a new hospital in liverpool is delayed following the collapse of carillion, as former senior executives from the company face questions from mps. stock markets have experienced further volatility after dramatic moves in global share prices in the past 24 hours. the world's most powerful rocket has been launched tonight from kennedy space centre. experts say it could transform space exploration. and we have heard a lot today about women getting the vote 100 years ago. but the fact that many working class men only got the vote then

this picture comes from suffolk, beautiful blue skies there. more cloud for the wests dry, the best sunshine in the east. clouding over, with rain later in the west. a frontal system working in from the west, bringing some mild air as well asa west, bringing some mild air as well as a little bit of rain. high—pressure holds on towards the east. things looking dry for much of the country. the best sunshine is for northern and eastern scotland. and even under the cloud of it for the west could be some holes in the cloud. some sunny spells breaking through, and temperatures getting into double figures for many of us. rain moving into northern ireland, and that will arrive in western scotla nd and that will arrive in western scotland and north west england and wales. it will drift eastwards overnight. a cloudy and damp night, and not as cold as recent night. a frost free start demanding but cloudy and murky first thing. monday is dominated by this front, a weak affair as is dominated by this front, a weak affairasa bumped is dominated by this front, a weak affair as a bum

combating armed groups across a sale leaders of five west african countries are in brussels to raise two hundred fifty million dollars. now let's go to a suffolk a and rwanda tanzania and uganda in particular because they've banned the import of secondhand clothing and now they could face threats of trade sanctions from the u.s. malcolm webb reports from the ugandan. capital kampala. this sounds tells passing shoppers there's a deal on secondhand clothes for this market in uganda's capital kampala people take their pick from a pile among the more than one hundred fifty million u.s. dollars worth of used clothes ported in east africa every year mostly from the u.s. and the u.k. imports that uganda rwanda and tanzania agreed to ban to support their own textile industries. marjorie doesn't agree she looks after three orphans and gets their clothes here i think it's it's wrong because not everybody can afford for clothes. so that they all people would not afford clothes most of them would make it up to actually about that so it's not good it's not a good idea but some east african government think it is good to support the few local producers like

west. an additional 1 to 2 inches of rain. we're still looking at quite a bit of rain here. the flood watch is in place across the region with the exception of suffolk county, delaware. this will last through the evening. it's only 5:30 this morning. it lasts the rest of the day as the rain accumulates, particularly talking the streams, creeks and rivers across the region. more water could stack them up to flood stage. it's not as bad as it was a bit ago now that the rain has picked up a bit. nonetheless, still down to a quarter mile of visibility in reading which is difficult to see and drive in. philly at 1.5. 1 in millville. you can drive in this level of visibility. i did it several hours ago and it is a slower drive you'll have to take. we're at 49 in philadelphia. what we're looking at is that line of stronger storms is going to push along as warmer air wedges in. it's going to be difficult to track exactly where it sets up. we'll make it to the low 50s around lunchtime. upper 50s to low 60s this afternoon with the rain continuing into the afternoon hours. >> thank you, krystal. the reason a local charity cannot afford to send as many care pac

suffolk. notice that there are still some clouds. that will be the case throughout the day. there will also be some sleet and snow over high ground. further westthose of sunshine and it won't feel too bad at five or 6 degrees. eastern scotland seeing a few showers. maybe the odd one skipping across the pennines into cumbria and lancashire. for wales in the south west, dry weather, but blustery winds. across the east midlands east anglia and the south east, strong winds and showers. with the strength of the wind it will feel more like freezing orjust below. this evening and the knights, the north—easterly winds will feed wintry showers into the south—eastern corner. a lot of showers by this stage in the early hours of monday most of them will be falling as snow away from the coast. perhaps a few centimetres of snow which could cause disruption tomorrow morning. a cold night wherever you are. some freezing fog patches as well. the risk of snow and ice across parts of the south east tomorrow morning that could cause monday morning travel headaches. stay tuned to the forecast. generally speaking not a bad day, crisp with blue skies. temperatures b

a few centimetres of snow tonight in parts of norfolk suffolk, a slight dusting around london and the south—east, show is at times across the westt, 0rkney, shetland and caithness, sunshine turning hazy, a bit more cloud in northern ireland but most places dry and pride by this stage, show is pushing through pembrokeshire into cornwall, we start as well as with ice with that cloud across the south—east corner, that will decay as this ridge of high—pressure, this is produces the cloud initially but the cloud will thicken and produce snow of the scottish highlands, to ten centimetres in places, i would not be surprised if there were a few fla kes not be surprised if there were a few flakes of snow mixed in with rain in northern ireland, nothing wet, cloudy into the afternoon, south—east and east anglia, it will be sunny in the afternoon, here are frost should form quickly into wednesday night. they chilly start on thursday morning, as the cloud. the frost for the most part, and bricks of rain every now and again, northern england and wales, turning heavier into the west on thursday, temperatures could reach double figures, scotlan

down the eastern side of england, east yorkshire, lincolnshire, norfolk and suffolk, some showers here. clear spells further westn showers. not very pleasant through the day. further west, lighter wind and a good deal of dry weather with some sunshine for friday. temperatures about six or eight celsius, feeling that little bit more pleasant further west compared to today. how about the weekend ? further west compared to today. how about the weekend? running through the weekend we have a weather front thatis the weekend we have a weather front that is moving in. then it is going to stall on the spine of the uk. it will weaken as we go through sunday. it means we will continue to have this wintry feel. 0n it means we will continue to have this wintry feel. on saturday, snow over scotland, northern england, perhaps low levels as well. lots of cloud, outbreaks of rain and temperatures four or six celsius. by sunday, a drier day. still a bit of cloud for england and wales. the best of the sunshine coming across scotla nd best of the sunshine coming across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures again in the mid—s

suffolk. not the same everywhere, more cloud is rolling across northern ireland, wales, western scotland and england. this afternoon we will keep the sunshine in the east and further rain arriving the westront moving in from the west, it's bringing those outbreaks of rain over the next few hours in parts of northern ireland. across england, scotland and wales it is fairly bright. the best of the sunshine in east coast and particularly across the north—east of scotla nd particularly across the north—east of scotland too. most of us have double figures or high single figures further north. that rain initially from northern ireland pushing into western parts of wales, into scotland. 0vernight it continues to progress east. many parts of the country will see a lot of cloud and light drizzle overnight. with the cloud it to be particularly cold. a mild and frost free start on monday. monday's weather dominated by the fact we've got this warm front in eastern parts of the country. it is bringing us the mild air, the yellow colours in place across the country on monday. colder air not far away. monday is murky and great, a lot of cloud. 0utbreaks murky and great, a lot of cloud. outbreaks of ra

across norfolk and suffolk, we could get 2-3 norfolk and suffolk, we could get 2—3 centimetres of snow in one or two spots. a few wintry showers in the westk in blue, with rural areas between —5 and —11 to take us into tomorrow morning. a crisp start for many, a few wintry showers in the south—east to begin with, a risk of ice during the morning rush hourjust about anywhere across the country. whilst most will start with sunshine, we've already started to see changes towards the north—west of the uk. during morning rush—hour, is, with increasing cloud towards the north—west of scotland. southern and eastern areas under north—west of scotland. southern and eastern areas under sunshine. i see in northern ireland, cloud increasing. much of england and wales, cloud in the sky, sunny start, wintry showers down across the far west of wales into cornwall, it could get a slight dusting. and a slight dusting of snow thanks to the weather front in the south—east corner. that will fade away, but the weather front you saw towards the north—west will continue to push in throughout wednesday. scotland and northern ireland turning cloudier, snow on the

west. temperatures staying above freezing. tuesday, staying cloudy across eastern areas, outbreaks of rain affecting east yorkshire, into suffolkday, wants cloud around, mist and fog, for most of us, a dry day. the best of the sunshine across the north and west. temperatures dropping by a couple of degrees. into the end of the week, this high pressure, the scandinavian high, is becoming established across the uk, settled, dry and that will bring in winds from the east and you can see those dark blue arrows, very cold towards siberia and parts of russia and that cold air is gradually filtering towards us. it will get colder towards the end the week and next week, colder still there is some uncertainty, so do stay tuned to the forecast. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. a paedophile university lecturer who posed as a woman online to target more than a0 victims is due to be sentenced later. —— has been sentenced to 32 years in prison. there were victims in australia, the united states, all over england and wales, and in scotland. the spiralling cost of university tuition fees — the prime ministe

west but into the afternoon, for many of us, that should clear away and some lengthy spells of sunshine, but it will feel colder compared to yesterday. this afternoon, cloudy and wet, lincolnshire, yorkshire, suffolkreas will ease down, cloud gathers in the west, with outbreaks of rain eventually moving in through tonight. in between a bit of a frosty start on saturday morning, day on saturday, heavy rain and strong winds, by sunday, things improving, colder, but sunny spells and some snow showers. this is bbc newsroom live, our latest headlines. the daughter of an aid worker killed in syria by two british jihadis who were part of the so called islamic state says she's relieved they have been captured. david haines was murdered by the group in 2014. they have destroyed a big part of my life and hopefully they'll get some justice. eu negotiator michel barnier warns that a transitional deal after the uk leaves the eu "is not a given". he says that substantial disagreements between britain and the eu need to be overcome. the charity oxfam has condemned the behaviour of seven former members of its staff in haiti, after newspaper allegations that the aid workers regularly used prostitutes when statione