Westminster and brussels on the questions being asked about the Brexit Process. Also tonight. The little boy who died after his surgery was repeatedly delayed two doctors talk about the situation in one of britains biggest Childrens Hospitals. The women who could have been Suicide Bombers we report from nigeria on the brutal tactics of the militant Islamist Group boko haram. In the mountains of north wales, a Helicopter Crash has claimed the lives of this couple and three other members of the same family. And we return to homs with the syrian conflict in its seventh year to meet some of the citys children. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News Manchester City women good evening. A day after the Brexit Process formally started, our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Locked inside the tower, preserved for safekeeping. Scrolls and scrolls and scrolls of the laws of our land. But this one that has shaped so much for decades will be disappearing. Repealed. Relied heels. Which currently govern us on the statute books. As we exit the eu and seek a new, deep and special partnership with the eu, we do so from a position where we have the same standards and rules. But we ensure we deliver on our promise to end the Supremacy Of Eu Law In The Uk as we exit. In other words, on the day powers come back to westminster from the eu, the laws will notjust disappear. The repeal bill will essentially cut and paste the lot from brussels books to the uk. But labour is worried the tories might take the chance agenda of the Barmy Army Eurosceptics behind him, he will not get the level of co operation he otherwise would when he talks about pragmatism. But as we leave, its politicians abroad who could really try to make us suffer. Eu leaders were not exactly sunning themselves in the Maltese Capital today. Hunkered in the gloom of the Conference Centre instead. Firm and downbeat about the prospect of a happy ending. Brexit has made us, the community of 27, more determined and united than before. We will remain determined and united in the future. Ministers know they cant just breeze through the nitty gritty of brexit. In control and power. As weve heard, after britain leaves the European Union in two years time, politicians in the uk will have the power to change any of the laws that have been transferred from the eu. The Confederation Of British Industry says there could be opportunities for more flexible regulations, but unions say there is a danger that workers rights could be weakened. Our Business Editor simonjack has been looking at the likely impact on british firms. There isnt a business or a worker in the uk that European Regulation doesnt affect. Rules on the chemicals that are going to our drugs, the components that go into our planes, and how Financial Transactions are made. Once we leave, can the Government Free business from what some of them, like this steel factory in dorset, consider a heavy burden . Its easier for us to export to mongolia than it is to the eu. And the eu has made our product more expensive. We want to protect workers rights, we want to ensure good health and safety, but we have got to get rid of the enormous amount of paperwork and cumbersome regulation that gives no advantage to the business, the customer or indeed the consumer. But some industries are steeped in decades of heavy regulation for good reason, and its unlikely there will be any rapid change. I think its somewhat of an illusion to think that were going to see immediate benefits. Actually, we are suffering from uncertainty. The great repeal bill gives us some degree of certainty, but a lot of devil lies in the detail. So this is actually about life and death. Its making available products for Critical Care for patients, to keep them healthy, to treat cancer, to control epilepsy. Even fairly Simple Companies will never be free of eu regulation if they want to sell their products there. 65 of our bikes are sold within the eu. So to adhere to two different sets of rules, the uk and the european one, really doesnt make sense. Wel have one bike which adheres to the highest standards there are out there. Not all regulation comes from brussels. Some laws are made right here in whitehall. Businesses are never quite sure where eu regulations stop and uk ones start. This is meant to give some clarity, bring it all together for the sake of consistency. And over time we can decide ourselves to get rid of the ones we dont like. But, say some, one persons pesky regulation is another persons important safeguard. We already know some employers lobbies, and also some politicians, are calling for brexit to create the opportunity for there to be a bonfire of rights. But what we are calling on the government to do is to act on the commitments made to protect and to maintain human rights. Businesses across all sectors have begged for clarity and consistency. This colossal cut and paste exercise of eu law into uk law will provide some. But it may not lead to the huge and sudden bonfire of regulation some hoped and some feared brexit would deliver. Two things expected tomorrow the president of the european council, donald tusk, will talk about his Draft Guidelines for the negotiations with the uk. Well be talking to our europe editor katya adler in a moment. But tomorrow will also see the delivery of a letter from Nicola Sturgeon to theresa may. Lets talk about that with our scotland editor, sarah smith. The crucial letter makes a formal request to the Prime Minister on independence. The Scottish Government have released a Picture Tonight of Nicola Sturgeon sitting on the sofa, hearst shoes kicked off, her legs tucked underneath her, as shes putting the final touches to the letter. Couldnt be more different than the very formal portrait of theresa may signing the article 50 letter in downing street. Very different images, and believe me, that is no accident. But while the picture might look quite casual, the picture might look quite casual, the contents of this letter are not. We are deeply serious. In it, the First Minister asserts that she has a clear mandate to ask for another referendum since the Scottish Parliament voted to back her arduous day, and she repeats her request for a vote in 18 24 months time. She says by of the brexit deal will be clear. But she knows what the Prime Minister is going to say in reply. The Prime Minister has said she doesnt think now is the time to talk about another referendum. Shes not prepared to enter into any discussions about a possible referendum until after the uk has left the eu, and maybe for some yea rs left the eu, and maybe for some years after that. Lets go to brussels and katya adler will stop donald tusks statement tomorrow, an idea of what the guidelines will be. What do you make of that . Actually this is a very big moment in a momentous week. The week the 55. , 55 555 25 . Mg m 52. 552 theyll be expanded. Theyll be expanded on. Guidelines. Theyll be expanded on and finalised at a summit of eu leaders who are in brussels at the end of next month. But we will get a much clearer idea of where they are going, and crucially, after months of veiled threats and teeth baring between two sides, we will now have two clear and cool documents on the table. One from theresa may, delivered here to the eu yesterday, and the other, the Draft Guidelines from eu. Well be able to compare and contrast them, see where there may be easy agreement and whether two sides will probably fall out. We dont expect any big surprises tomorrow. The European Commission and key leaders like Angela Merkel have been pretty clear. For example, no Cherry Picking when it comes to the single market. They want to make headway with Divorce Proceedings before talking about trade in the future relationship. For the eu, this is a tricky balancing act. It wa nts to this is a tricky balancing act. It wants to keep britain close for economic, political, security reasons, but on the other hand it wa nts to reasons, but on the other hand it wants to make this process unpalatable enough to put other eu Member States off wanting to leave as well. So for the eu this isnt all about brexit. Its about safeguarding european unity. Katya adler, thank you, in brussels and sarah smith, a in edinburgh. Senior staff at one of the uks biggest Childrens Hospitals have warned that pressure to cut Waiting Lists is putting the safety of patients at risk. They say the death of one little boy whose urgent care was delayed could have been avoided. Two senior surgeons at the royal manchester Childrens Hospital have told the bbc that the focus on reducing Waiting Lists has taken priority over treating emergencies. The hospital has denied that pressure is being exerted on surgeons. Our Health Editor hugh pym has this exclusive report. One and a half year old kayden. He was admitted to hospital for emergency surgery, which should have been straightforward, but after repeated delays, he died. His family say their lives were torn apart. You dont expect to take a baby to hospital and come away without them. It was just horrific. His grandmotherjulie spent a harrowing week at royal manchester Childrens Hospital in april last year. Nobody would listen to how much pain he was in, and he was in a lot of pain. His mother was too upset to be interviewed. Kayden was diagnosed on a monday. Doctors saying hed needed an operation for a hernia in his chest which affected his breathing. By friday it hadnt happened. He became critically ill and never recovered. His care was appalling. He was basically put in a room and left. And all we got, nearly everyday, was, hes not having the operation today, hes not having the operation today. Surgeons at the hospital have told the bbc that kaydens death could have been avoided. They said for some time before that they were Warning Management about the shortage of operating theatres. Basem khalil, a paediatric surgeon, says there was a top down focus on bringing down Waiting Lists for planned or elective surgery, rather than emergency patients. One of the consultant surgeons had offered to cancel his elective lists, so with elective patients on it, that doctor, he believes, felt he didnt have the authority to change his planned surgery to accommodate kayden. Safety had been compromised. The hospital did not take any substantive actions with regards to warnings that were given by myself or my colleagues. And how do you feel about that . I feel that the children are being let down, that despite the amazing work that we are capable of doing and are doing, we have been let down, and now a child is dead
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