and dirtand she children ensured the willett and dirt and she will be giving evidence which finallyhrough the course of the day. thank you. the government is facing calls from conservative mps to scrap plans to limit access to a key disability benefit. it's thought changes to the rules on who qualifies for the personal independence payment could affect around 160 thousand people. it comes as a key aide to theresa may said disability benefits reforms were needed to roll back the "bizarre" decisions of tribunals. with me is marjorie wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity sane. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. let me read what the head of the policy unit has said. george freeman saying, he came underfire policy unit has said. george freeman saying, he came under fire after suggesting personal independence payment should go to the really disabled people who need it rather than those who are, taking pills at home who suffer from anxiety‘s what you make of that? i'm astounded and sad because this is the adviser to the government

danny willett is one shot off the lead in malaysia.ix birdies to finish the day on five under par. he trails band buys worker. the austrian made an impressive nine under par 63. marc warren lost the lead after a second round of 75. the overnight leader hit three bogeys and a triple bogey on the last six holes as his three over round left him on six under. in a moment we'll have inside six nations from cardiff, but as wales and england prepare to go head—to—head tomorrow, one player who's not playing on the biggest stage is on the verge of breaking the premiership‘s all—time try—scoring record. bristol winger tom varndell, needs just one more try to pass mark cueto's record of 90 premiership tries, and could do it tonight when his side face harlequins, as patrick gearey reports. there aren't many who can keep up with tom varndell, one of the fastest players around, you have the wait for the replay is the captain. with leicester, wasps and bristol he has turned pays into points and one more try will take into the premiership record. scor

tiger woods looked forlorn and the masters champion, danny willett, struggled as well. spot in around which left him six shots off the lead. so who was having fun? look at this from ian poulter, on a long journey back from injury. 5—under, two off the lead held by man. sergio garcia, one of tiger woods ‘s rivals, as it happens, is 7—under par. it was a nice way to start, he said afterwards. a good, solid round. how tiger woods would love to have one of those on friday. marcel kittel has been punched in the face by ukrainian rider andriy grivko during stage three of the tour of dubai. grivko has been disqualified from the event. but kittel says grivko should be banned from cycling for six months, and has rejected an apology issued by grivko's team, asta na. kittel won the first two stages of the race. the third was taken by his former teammate john degenkolb. kittel still leads overall, but was outside the top ten on day three. you had crashed today. can you explain what happened, and how it did affect your race today?” explain what happened, and how it did affect your r

england's danny willett blew a three shot overnight lead and eventually had to settle for share of fifth in malaysia. it was a poor final round from last yea r‘s masters champion, who picked up five bogies and finished with a one over par final round of 73. the tournament was won by paraguay‘s fabrizio zanotti who carded a stunning final round of 63 to win by a shot from america's david lipsky. i think it was probably the best round of my career. i am pretty happy. it was a really good day, i really good victory. i am very happy. really good victory. i am very happy- i really good victory. i am very happy. i been working a lot. i was not that my best. i missed three cuts in a row. but that is in the past. today, i won again, and cuts in a row. but that is in the past. today, iwon again, and it feels great. and the umpire who was hit in the face by a ball during britain's davis cup tie against canada last weekend has had surgery after a fracture was detected. arnaud gabas was hit in the eye after canadian teenager dennis shapovolov reacted angrily to having his serve broken. a fracture of

our washington correspondent david willetts says this is a setback for the new administration.nt donald trump is learning very early on in his presidency the limitations on in his presidency the limitations on the power of that office. this appeals court in san francisco has not gone as far as declaring this travel ban unconstitutional, but it did take issue with the us government's contention that this ban was necessary in order to protect national security here, to protect national security here, to protect the country from the threat of terrorism. the three justices making the point in their 29 page you know must ruling that there was no evidence that anyone from any of the seven nations on this watchlist, if you like, had carried out a terrorist attack in the united states. the appeals court refused, therefore, to lift the temporary restraining order that was put in place why a districtjudge in seattle last week. that means that place why a districtjudge in seattle l. from ek. that means that place why a districtjudge in seattle l. from gifii‘ft means that place why a distri

england‘s danny willett is well placed to win golf‘s maybank last years masters champion will head intofinal two holes. this week marked one year to go until the winter olympics, which could be team gb‘s best—ever. they achieved a record—equalling four medals, in sochi three years ago, but that figure could yet increase, as inevstigations into russian doping continue. the gb bobsleigh team, may be upgraded to bronze, but have remained quiet on the issue, until now. they‘ve spoken exclusively to our 0lympic reporter nick hope. the british four—man team delivered an impressive fifth place at sochi 2014, but could they have been celebrating greater success? russia finished first and fourth, but the host nation‘s results have since been discredited, with the damning mclaren report alleging over 1,000 russian athletes benefitted from a state sponsored doping programme. for me it‘s the biggest sporting scandal of my lifetime. i think it is huge. do you feel like you are the bronze medallists? i suppose i kind of do. we were that close and we know that we competed clean. if i had a bronze meda

england's danny willett blew a three shot overnight lead and eventually had to settle for share of fifth and finished with a one over par final round 73. the tournament was won by paraguay‘s fabrizio zanotti who carded a stunning final round 63 to win by a shot from america's david lipsky. rugby league champions wigan made a winning start to their super league title defence with a 26—16 win over salford. in the days other game... last years runners up warrington were beaten away at catalans. this try with the final play of the game saw it end 20—12 in favour of the french side. ryan day will play barry hawkins in the final of snooker‘s world grand prix later today. day beat marco fu by 6—4, after coming back from 11—2 down. hong kong's fu hit two century breaks in the match, but day held his nerve with a clearance of 27 to seal the match. now before we go have a look at these pictures. they're from the opening round of the air race world championship in abu dhabi. the objective is to navigate an aerial racetrack featuring air—filled pylons in the fastest possible time, incurring as few p

helen willetts has the latest. it is a cold forecast for the next couple of days.e some sunshine. we have had some at port talbot in the western side of wales. for the majority, this is probably much more how it looks out of the window at the moment. there is the extent of the cloud. it is called as well with that cloud being brought in on an easterly wind. —— cold. there are a few wintry flurries out there. not amounting to a great deal, the snow. the chances are that overnight we could see some at lower levels, as well. it is not likely to amount to much, except over the hills. it will be frosty and we will be scraping ice off the cars tomorrow morning. it will be fairly great, as well. that easterly wind continues to strengthen. at least that allows the rest —— the best of the sunshine to be across the welsh mountains and the south west up to the north of scotland. still cold, only between 1—3dc in east anglia and parts of the south—east. something a little wintry in those showers. further north, sunshine for cumbria and parts of northern ireland and the west of

danny willett is well placed to win golf‘s may back championships.hing it is on the bbc sport website. that mac goodbye for now. good evening. for many of us, it has been a cold and raw day, still some snow in some places as we head into the night. quite low levels across eastern counties of england, and further snow on the peak district in the pennines. temperatures close to freezing, icy stretches around as we head into sunday morning. the best of the sunshine on sunday, reserved for the far north—west of scotland. a lot of cloud around come rain, sleet and snow and the focus for disruptive snow will be in the peak district and pennines. rain and sleet further down the hills. the best of the sunshine in the far north—west. nowhere will it be warm, and temperatures struggling to get up and temperatures struggling to get up to two, three degrees. signs of spring? it will be a struggle through the early part of next week, but by the middle of the week it will feel a whole lot nicer, particularly in this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm... president t

here's helen willetts. not as spectacular as both stunning starlings. back to the uk and winter has come. this isjust a couple of hours ago and we have snow showers falling across the grampians of scotland. further west some sunshine and in cumbria west is best today. so just and in cumbria west is best today. sojust a and in cumbria west is best today. so just a couple of weather watchers showing those beautifully sunny pictures. and where the sun is shining it is around 11 degrees for the contrast that with just three degrees at the moment on the east coast. that is because the cold air has arrived, this weather front giving wintry outbreaks. behind that is high pressure and an easterly wind. subfor is high pressure and an easterly wind. sub for the rest of the week the cold air is with us. we will find that sleeping west right the way across into northern ireland. at the moment we have some sunshine, further east it is grey. damp as well in a few places with just some drizzly showers. a little bit of sleet over the pennines and the grampians. some go

england's danny willett is one shot off the lead after the second round at the european tour event inpion made six birdies to finish the day on five under par. he trails bernd wiesberger. the austrian made an impressive nine—under—par 63. scotland's marc warren lost the lead after a second round of 75. the overnight leader hit three bogeys and a triple bogey on the last six holes as his three—over round left him on six under. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much. let's bring you some news coming into us from scotla nd some news coming into us from scotland yard. they are saying a 44—year—old man from hertfordshire has been arrested that gatwick airport after getting off a flight from iraq on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks. officers from the counterterrorism command attended gatwick airport and stop to 44—year—old man from hertfordshire under schedule seven of the terrorism act after he had disembarked from that flight from iraq. we will bring

champions wigan made a winning start to their super league title defence england's danny willett blewd to settle for share of fifth place in the maybank championship in malaysia last year's us masters champion had five bogies and finished with a one over par final round 73. the tournament was won by paraguay‘s fabrizio zanotti who carded a stunning final round 63 to win by a shot from america's david lipsky. champions wigan made a winning start to their super league title defence with a 26—16 win over salford. in the day's other game. last year's runners up warrington were beaten away at catalans. this try with the final play of the game saw it end 20—12 in favour of the french side. now, before we go have a look at these pictures. they're from the opening round of the air race world championship in abu dhabi. the objective is to navigate an aerial racetrack featuring air—filled pylons in the fastest possible time, incurring as few penalties as possible. you have to say it's quite a breathtaking spectacle. martin sonka of the czech republic won the opening round that's all the sport.

england's danny willett is well placed to win golf‘s maybank last years masters champion will head intod successive 67. willet made six birdies, including one on each of the final two holes. now leigh's return to super league got off to a disappointing start as they were taught a lesson at castleford. the tigers run in seven tries including this one. elsewhere huddersfield beat widnes 28—16. you can keep up—to—date with those stories on the bbc sport website. sophie will have more in the next hour. i think before then, aren't we going to see some #y0u6r adventures in snowdonia. if you want to? it was terrifying but incredible. i shows me how much fear becomes greater when you are older. i look forward to see that. thanks mike. a £34 million inquiry into allegations of abuse by british forces against civilians in iraq is going to shut down after mps called it an "unmitigated failure". a report yesterday blamed the ministry of defence for allowing law firms to bring cases on "an industrial scale", many of which were not backed by evidence. some of the complaints were brought by phil shine

danny willett is in a three shot overnight lead but had to settle with a share of fifth place.robably one of the best rounds of my career so i'm pretty happy. every good day, a really good week. i am very happy. i have been working a lot and i was not in my best now, missing three in a row. but that is the past already and now today i win again and it feels great. have a look at these fantastic pictures. they are from the opening round of the airbase world championship in abu dhabi. the objective is to navigate an aerial race featuring eric build power runs in the fastest possible time in coming as few penalties as possible. breathtaking stuff. the czech republic won the opening round. well done to him. now time for the travel show. thank you. we'll go to the travel show shortly but before that a few more stories for us to catch up on. more than 200 pilot whales stranded on a remote beach in new zealand, have now been helped back out to sea with the help of a high tide. they were part of a second pod of whales which had beached themselves at farewell spit on the country's south

that's at 6.30, but first here's helen willetts with the latest on the weather. good evening.h a lot of cloud. you can see the weather fronts lining up, lot of cloud. you can see the weatherfronts lining up, so lot of cloud. you can see the weather fronts lining up, so that is pretty much the set up for the weekend ahead with a few significantly windier and wetter spells. at the moment the rain peters out southwards, we have that breeze coming in off the atlantic so with the cloud and breeze it will be a mild night. a wet one for the far north—west of scotland and increasing amounts of coastal and hill fog as we head towards dawn, so grey to start with, monday morning, gusty winds with that hill fog and that rain, across the eastern parts of the pennines, east of scotland. the rain eases away later on so fresher but brighter weather here, eve ryo ne fresher but brighter weather here, everyone where we have the cloud it is ten, 11, in some sunshine if it brea ks is ten, 11, in some sunshine if it breaks out of the south, we could have 16 degrees, stilljust about breaks out of t

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england's danny willett blew a three shot overnight lead and eventually had to settle for share of fifthmalaysia. last years us masters champion had five bogies and finished with a 1—over par final round 73. the tournament was won by paraguay‘s fabrizio zanotti, who carded a stunning final round 63 to win by a shot from america's david lipsky. now before we go have a look at these pictures... they're from the opening round of the air race world championship in abu dhabi. the objective is to navigate an aerial racetrack featuring air—filled pylons in the fastest possible time, incurring as few penalties as possible. you have to say it's quite a breathtaking spectacle. martin sonka of the czech republic won the opening round. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more than 200 pilot whales stranded on a remote beach in new zealand, have now been helped back out to sea with the help of a high tide. they were part of a second pod of whales which had beached themselves at farewell spit on the country's south island, conservation officials say there's a chance the survivin

david willetts, thank you. let's come back to domestic issues. it is bafta made.on who is winning and who gets what. we have just paid on who is winning and who gets what. we havejust had paid on who is winning and who gets what. we have just had the first announcement. the outstanding british film that has been picked is i. british film that has been picked is i, daniel blake. that wins the outstanding british film award. it was directed by ken loach. throughout the evening, the intention is to bring you the latest from the baftas as the prizes are announced. an enormous number of very well—known people have been on the red carpet. lots of movies being celebrated and we are looking for winners. we will bring you them as they come through in the course of they come through in the course of the evening. the whole event is being attended by the juke and duchess of cambridge, prince william and his wife adding that special touch of celebrity lustre. —— the duke and duchess. the headlines on bbc news: the white house has responded to north korea's latest ballistic mis

here is helen willetts. it is spot the difference with the weather today.the cloud is making its way across the cumbrian fells. a few showers around cornwall at the moment, more cloud for northern ireland, and the continuation of the feed of wintry showers into northern areas and overnight, across central and eastern parts of england. there could be the odd, light dusting of snow with the showers and temperatures falling to freezing it will be a touch i see tomorrow morning. those wintry showers getting a little bit further west tomorrow. the wind is strengthening. the best of the sunshine will be in north—west scotland. it will be quite chilly even with the sunshine in the west. only around four or five celsius. and colder this weekend. goodbye. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: a&e waiting times in england hit their worst levels since targets were introduced 13 years ago. figures leaked to the bbc suggest record numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed once seen in a&e. the government rejects criticism, as it ends a scheme

england's danny willett is one shot off the lead after the second round at the european tour event intrails bernd wiesberger. the austrian made an impressive 9—under—par 63. scotland's marc warren lost the lead after a second round of 75. the overnight leader hit three bogeys and a triple bogey on the last six holes as his 3—over round left him on 6—under. tiger woods has withdrawn from the next two events on the pga tour next week's genesis open and the honda classic with ongoing back spasms. the 14—time major winner pulled out of this month's dubai desert classic before the second round with the injury. he only returned to action in december after two back operations. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in sportsday at 6.30pm. you are watching the bbc news at five. let's get more on our top story, the news that emerged in the last hour and a half, a government investigation into the alleged abuse of iraqi civilians by british soldiers is to be closed. it comes after strong criticism from mps who called it

danny willett is well placed to win golf‘s championship in malaysia.ies including one on each of his final two holes. native river has beaten two rivals at newbury this afternoon. he was a co mforta ble at newbury this afternoon. he was a comfortable victor in what was an unusually small field of just three horses. the gold cup takes place on march 17. that's it for now, you can keep up—to—date with everything on the bbc sport website. we will have the bbc sport website. we will have the latest from the wales, england game, wales leading 13—8, and it is still 0—0 between liverpool and totte n ha m. still 0—0 between liverpool and tottenham. we will have more at 6:30pm. there's a warning that public parks are at risk of falling into neglect because the funding to maintain them is under pressure. a committee of mps says opening hours have been cut, play equipment removed and litter left uncleared, as john maguire reports. what have parks ever done for us? we've taken up tennis. we're not very good! we're not wimbledon standard. it's got all the facilitie

with me is our weather presenter helen willetts. how bad is storm doris? we were expecting? it's about spot on. we were looking at the progress of this and fine tuning the details on sunday. it is not a nice storm, probably the most vicious this year. which part of the country isa this year. which part of the country is a particularly hitting? there have been two ages to the sword so we had the snow across scotland —— edges. still over higher part of scotla nd edges. still over higher part of scotland and northern england and then we have been seeing all the disruption caused by the severe gales. it's quite unusual to get severe gales inland. it's unusual to get deals on land never made severe gales —— gales inland. a a few more hours of that ago so the amber warning doesn't finish until 8pm this evening so it encompasses the rush—hour. we've had storm force winds across some of the coast. it is quite a nasty storm. where has it come from? it's developed across the atla ntic come from? it's developed across the atlantic in time with the jet stream. the big

england's danny willett blew a three shot overnight lead and eventually had to settle for share of fifths won by paraguay‘s fabrizio zanotti who carded a stunning final round 63 to win by a shot from america's david lipsky. ryan day is through to the final of snooker‘s world grand prix in preston. he beat marco fu by six frames to four, after coming back from 4—2 down. hong kong's fu hit two century breaks in the match, but day held his nerve with a clearance of 27 to seal the match. he'll play barry hawkins in the final later today. now, before we go have a look at these pictures. they're from the opening round of the air race world championship in abu dhabi. the objective is to navigate an aerial racetrack featuring air—filled pylons in the fastest possible time, incurring as few penalties as possible. you have to say it's quite a breathtaking spectacle. martin sonka of the czech republic won the opening round. and they are filled with air? yes. so if they had them, parts of them can be destroyed and then they rebuild them again. so the plane isn't destroyed, it is the tower? yes, the

england's danny willett is only one side —— one shot off the lead in the european tour tournament inw. i will be back in the next hour. this morning, we've been asking for your questions and suggestions you may have on the increasing pressure faced by gps. before discuss that, here's a quick flavour of what we've been seeing this week as part of our special coverage of the nhs. 0ur correspondent mark norman visited a so—called super gp practice in whitstable, which is aiming to help reduce the flow of patients who need to go to hospital. i'm in the back of an mri scanner. it is an articulated lorry that is parked right outside agp's surgery invites whitstable. they care for around 36,000 patients here but they are around 20 miles from the nearest accident and emergency unit, so the nhs here have to think carefully about how to manage complex needs locally and not let so many people go to hospital. so what can gps do to help a system that is increasingly under pressure? and how are the gps themselves coping? here with me now to answer some of your questions and talk about any suggesti

england's danny willett is one shot off the lead after the second round at the european tour event inlost the lead after a second round of 75. the overnight leader hit three bogeys and a triple bogey on the last six holes as his 3—over round left him on 6—under. that's all the sport. more in the next hour. we've been asking for your questions and suggestions on nhs finance. do you think the health service budget needs to bigger or whether money could be spent more efficiently? we've got two experts here to answer your questions — anita charlesworth from the health foundation and professor neena modi from the royal college of paediatrics and child health. but first, our health correspondent smitha mundasad has been looking this week at the finances of the nhs and how britain's ageing population is increasing demands on our health system. this graph shows that funding for the nhs has pretty much gone up year on year. last year, it was around £1a0 billion. that's ten times more thanit £1a0 billion. that's ten times more than it was 60 years ago. that isn't the whole picture, though. from

england's danny willett is one shot off the lead after the second round at the european tour event ine 9—under—par 63. scotland's marc warren lost the lead after a second round of 75. the overnight leader hit three bogeys and a triple bogey on the last six holes as his 3—over round left him on 6—under. former world number one tiger woods, will miss his next two tournaments after pulling out of the dubai desert classic last week due to back problems. that's all sport for now. john watson will have more in the next hour. the health secretaryjeremy hunt has conceded the nhs in england is facing "completely unacceptable" problems. he said there was "no excuse" for some of the difficulties highlighted during the bbc‘s nhs week. mr hunt told our health editor hugh pym that the government has a plan, but it will take time to deliver. 0verall, there are positive things as well as negative things and there is huge commitment in the nhs to sort out those negative things and the particular pressure point we haveis the particular pressure point we have is a&e and we need to find ways of treating,

england's danny willett is well placed to win golf‘s maybank championship in malaysia.l after shooting a second successive 67. willet made six birdies, including one on each of the final two holes. barry hawkins is into the final of snooker‘s world grand prix in preston. he eased past liang wenbo of china 6—1 — finishing in style with a break of 127. he'll now face either marco fu or ryan day on sunday. in tennis great britain's women continue their fed cup campaign this morning. it's all rather complicated, but if they beat croatia in today's promotion play—off they'll progress to another play off. if they win that they'll get into the second tier of the competition. so far it's going well — heather watson is one set up in the first rubber. heather watson has just won heather watson hasjust won her first rubber to give great britain a 1-0 first rubber to give great britain a 1—0 lead. for years now snowdonia in north wales has been establishing itself as a centre for extreme adventure sports, with europe's longest and fastest zipwire — and a unique surfing lake. now fo

i am going to leave you tantalisingly at the start of the weekend, because helen willetts will be here an "independent and truly global united kingdom" — the brexit secretary, david davis, outlines the uk's strategy for leaving the eu. whatever the outcome of our negotiations, we seek a more open, outward looking and confident uk that works for everyone. a deal to end part of the dispute which has caused misery for passengers on southern rail appears to have been reached. an announcement between the company and the driver's union, aslef, is expected shortly. an inquest hears how the fiance of carly lovett, the 24—year old woman shot dead during the tunisian terror attack — tried to save her life. president donald trump says america is going to do things differently from now on as he ruffles more feathers internationally. he says that its generosity is being exploited and it will not be taken advantage of any more. when you hear about the tough phone calls i am having, don't worry about it. it is time to be tough. we are taking advantage of by every country in the world, virtually. it's

helen willetts has been there, not in the last few days i have to say, but that looks absolutely spectacularand problems abroad, we have had most ofjanuary back home, and problems abroad, we have had most of january with rather settled weather but you can see now the atmosphere is very active across the atmosphere is very active across the atlantic. we have got rained today, rain to come tomorrow and more rain on friday, which could potentially turn into a named storm. that actually quite ferocious and the question is will come across our shores are in the northern france. between all of those systems we have a least a least a bit of sunshine, here in moray, and this morrison lee in bedford. at least it has brightened up, really very soaking this morning, i can be testament to that. these are the showers i was talking about, clearing out of the way. some clearer skies but really it is all about tomorrow's weather system bringing that the south and west through the night, at north. the only real risk of any frost overnight as the far north—east of scotland. for most of us just mild, cloudy, d

security concerns associated with this and really a conflict that i think is characterised by a psycho willett ignorance and perpetuation of ignorance by groups. ignorance to form hatred and the hatred to justify violence. it remains to be seen just how justify violence. it remains to be seenjust how much justify violence. it remains to be seen just how much freedom the new national security adviser will have as he takes on one of his first challenges, smoothing over reported tensions between the white house and the intelligence community. let's speak to jane 0'brien who's in washington for us. we are alla we are all a bit bereft there has not been a tweet from the president today but we are hoping to see him soon? we are indeed, he is off to the new american museum for african—americans which i i believe he's arriving now but what we're all talking about here in washington is is the national security adviser. the man that he has chosen to replace mike flynn who was forced to resign last week after misleading the vice president over his contacts with russia. that is what we are focusing on and

let‘s go to helen willetts with the latest. uk, heading its way our direction. these masses of cloud have been bringing rain, so there is more rain to come, and also the potential is there for some very strong winds. we have had some rain moving through then it has brightened with a few showers. another low—pressure racing in for some rain tomorrow. this ominous looking mass of cloud to me at least is rather ominous looking because it could well turn out to be a storm as we head into friday, and a storm that may come to the uk or northern france. that is the question at the moment, but we have had a little bit of brightness in between the rain bands. this was the rain earlier in the day. it certainly was soaking. further west, our next band of rain coming in, and that will head north and east with through the evening, so not particularly pleasant for the rush hour. it tends to peter out, then strengthening winds. then another band of rain coming to the south and west, heading their way northwards and eastwards, driven by a stre

david willetts, bbc news, hollywood. a night like no other. you can say that again.ntil it clearly wasn't. what a tough way for la la land to find out they lost and what a tough way for moonlight to find out that they won. they couldn't enjoy the moment as well as they might. la la land was so classy about it. what did you think of moonlight as a winner. we should be talking about that as a deserving best picture. nobody is going to forget who won best picture at the 2017 academy awards. for a film made for $1.5 million, a film about a marginalised group, and made by a film—maker who hadn't made a film for 12 years, it is a cinderella story really. naomi harrisjust walking past. we are going to get her to join walking past. we are going to get her tojoin us... she said she walking past. we are going to get her to join us... she said she will be back. sorry. moonlight, what is your view about representation of race and other diversity and whether it has broadened out over the past year? this is a very good showing, not only in front of the camera but behind the camera

david willetts is our washington correspondent.'s also bear in mind he was talking to the russian ambassador before he even had an official addition, and that is against the law in the united states, isn't it? —— official position. it is, under rather arcane laws here, absolutely. this has been a day of growing pressure as far as michael flynn is concerned. there was a moment after a weekend of radio silence from donald trump by way of support for michael flynn, that kellyanne conway, the white house counsellor, came out and eff?” that michael flynn continues to enjoy "the full support of the president". well, less than an hour later, sean spicer, the white house press spokesperson, came out with a statement which said that donald trump was evaluating the role that mr flynn had been playing any events that have unfolded over the last few days. then just over an that have unfolded over the last few days. thenjust over an hour ago that have unfolded over the last few days. then just over an hour ago we had words that michael flynn ha

helen willetts. we will have the latest weather forecast at 430 by. —— at 4:30pm.ropped to 273,000 in the year to september. the fall is the first time net migration has dipped below 300,000 in two years, and the lowest level recorded since june 2014. but it is still well above the government's target figure of under 100,000. earlier, i spoke to our home affairs correspondent danny shaw, and he told me what the office of national statistics thought of the figures they've released. the figures are not statistically significant. the reason for that is because it is based on a survey. the survey has a margin of error, which means that they fall of 49,000 on their estimate is not something you can read very much into. however, it is politically significant. politically significant because the government has got this target to get net migration down to below 100,000. and these figures indicate that at last it is going on the right direction, although it is still a long way off. it is also significant politically because these are the first figures which really ta ke the