As the clock ticks towards the point when it is thought the Secretary Of State will call elections. And we will be taking a health check of the state of the nhs in england. Good morning. It is monday the 16th of january. I am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald trump has promised that a trade deal between britain and the United States will be a priority when he takes office on friday. He was speaking to the former Justice Secretary and prominent Brexit Campaigner michael gove for the Times Newspaper in his first british interview since becoming us President Elect. Heres our Political Correspondent vicky young. Theresa may is about to tell us more about how she thinks the uk can prosper outside of the European Union. Her critics say the economy will suffer if britain leaves the Single Market and is no longer able to trade freely with the eu. But the President Elect donald trump says he will offer britain a quick and fair trade deal with america within weeks of taking office. And he contrasted his approach to president 0bamas. I thought the uk were so smart in getting out and you were there and you guys wrote it and put it on the front page, trump said that brexit is going to happen, and it happened. That was one i was going to lose easily. Everybody thought i was crazy. Obama said they are going to the back of the line, meaning if it does happen and he had to retract. That was a bad statement. In other words, were at the front of the queue . I think you are doing great. I think its going great. Mr trump said his team would work very hard to get a trade deal done quickly and done properly and it would be good for both sides. He alse predicted that other countries would leave the eu, claiming it had been deeply damaged by the migration crisis. Countries want their own identity and the uk wanted its own identity. But i do believe this, if they had not been forced to take in all of the refugees, so many, with all the problems that entails, i think you would not have a brexit. Mr trumps offer of a Rapid Trade Deal is a boost to the Prime Minister who insists britain remains open for business. The President Elect said the two leaders will meet right after he gets to the white house. Vicky young, bbc news. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith now. This will be music to theresa mays leers. If you are going into tough negotiations, you absolutely want the worlds most powerful man on your side and the donald seems to be on our side. He is pro britain and pro brexit and he seems keen to give as a quick trade deal. Understandably the brexiteers are delighted and this was the reaction of the man who did that interview, michael gove. This is another, as i say, card in the Prime Ministers hand, another arrow in herquiver. The Prime Ministers hand, another arrow in her quiver. European union up arrow in her quiver. European union up until now has been assumed to have a better hand to play. But the Prime Minister, we now see, has actually cards in her hand, including candidate trump, which will enable her to get a better deal, i think. How will enable her to get a better deal, ithink. How do will enable her to get a better deal, i think. How do you feel she has done so far . I think she has done an exemplary job. Has done so far . I think she has done an exemplaryjob. Of course the reality of getting a trade deal may be very more difficult than trump suggests because trade deals are ferociously complex. You cant get down to the nitty gritty under eu rules until we have actually left the eu, and you want to get a good deal, so it will take time. Even so, foreign secretary borisjohnson arriving in brussels this morning was similarly enthusiastic about mr trumps words. I think it is very good news that the United States of america wants to do the United States of america wants todoa the United States of america wants to do a good Free Trade Deal with that that was to do it very fast and it is great to hear that from President Elect donald trump. Clearly it will have to be a deal thatis clearly it will have to be a deal that is very much in the interests of both sides but i have no doubt that it will be. So how do labour view this offer . I am joined by Barry Gardiner. 0n the face of it, good news . We would all like to see a good trade deal done with america and if that can be done quickly, and we have the confidence to negotiate oui we have the confidence to negotiate our own bilateral deals in a couple of yea rs our own bilateral deals in a couple of years time, that will be very welcome. There are many things in terms of Small Businesses being allowed to get into access american markets that would be hugely beneficial. But we need to recognise that a quick deal is one that may not be properly scrutinised. I would rather have a deal that we know its going to work in our interests, and there are certainly areas if i were a farmer there are certainly areas if i were afarmer in there are certainly areas if i were a farmer in the uk, perhaps if i we re a farmer in the uk, perhaps if i were a Car Manufacturer in the uk, that i would want to look very closely at any such deal before the government were to sign it. We know that labour was deeply wary of the transatlantic trade deal that the eu was trying to do. If we do go for a quickie deal, how serious is the danger that we could get rolled over commercially . I think what you have got to do is look at what it is america might want out of such a deal. Certainly we know that donald trump wants to protect farmers in the usa. And he wants their Agriculture Business to come over here. What does that mean for us . It means that we have questions over food safety. Of course they use many hormones and things that we do not allow into the food chain in the uk. It also means Animal Protection and animal rights, which they have very different, shall i put it that way, standards to the ones we adopt in the uk. We have very high Animal Welfare protections. If you look at the opening up of the National Health service to privatisation, thatis Health Service to privatisation, that is something that i think all of us must be very wary of because we know that big american corporations and we know in particular that donald trump was against 0bamacare, and he was totally in favour of the privatisation of the Health Service in america, against what barack 0bama tried to do. These are other areas where we have got to be very careful that we get proper scrutiny. It sounds like you think the government should be a good deal more courses than their response indicates they will be. Look, let me be positive in this. We have an american incoming president who says he wants to do a trade deal with the uk. I welcome that. I want to make sure that it is operating in the way that we need for the best interests of the uk, and in particular the Small Businesses in the uk. These big trade deals tend to work for the benefit of the multinational corporations and not the small and medium sized companies. Corporations and not the small and mediumsized companies. Very briefly, there are indications that theresa mays speech tomorrow may be a substitute for the promised paper, possible white paper, an brexit that mps were promised. What do you make of that . Lets be absolutely clear. A speech by a Prime Minister is not a paperfrom a speech by a Prime Minister is not a paper from government. A speech by a Prime Minister is not a paperfrom government. We need to see a paper from a paperfrom government. We need to see a paperfrom government a paperfrom government. We need to see a paper from government that is setting out from the government exactly what the Negotiating Position of our country is going to be over article 50, and we need that before article 50 is triggered. That is what was voted on, that is what was promised, that is what the government needs to deliver. Thank you. That may be one of the flash points we see a emerging around theresa mays speech, whether indeed she envisages her speech at the final word on brexit, if you like. In other words, mps do not get what i thought many of them would get, white paper or potentially a parliamentary Paper Setting Out In Black And White what mrs mays ambitions are for brexit. Thank you. At 11 30am we will have around seven minutes of Donald Trumps interview with michael gove soaked stay with us with michael gove soaked stay with us for that. The pound has hit its lowest level against the dollar for more than three months following reports that britain may be set to quit the eu Single Market as part of its brexit plans. This morning, sterling fell just below 1. 20 before recovering slightly. With me is our business presenterjamie robertson. We have got two messages this morning. The message that it looks like theresa may is prioritising leaving the Single Market, with the primary motivation being controlling migration, and at the same time donald trump saying there is the possibility of a quick trade deal. How other markets reacting . They are concentrating most of what mrs may will say, and the ftse and the stock market are not moving very much as a result. The pound has moved very sharply down below 1. 20 at one point and has come up a little bit. In terms of how significant that is, three months ago the pound had a very brief tumble, a flash crash, down to 1. 18, and it went up again. If you take that out of the equation this is the lowest the band has been against the dollar 32 years, though pretty low. The pound. People are worried about the Growth Prospects in the uk with a hard brexit, coming out of the european Single Market, or if we dont have tariff free access to the european market. Even with the promises of a Free Trade Deal with the us, and we have talked about australia, or anywhere else for that matter, the problem is people are looking at the amount of time it will take to complete that at most people are saying whatever mrtrump at most people are saying whatever mr trump says about doing a quick deal, it is not really up to him. It is up to congress, the negotiators, uk negotiators, to work out a deal. We have been hearing in that interview about the difficulties that could be faced in the deal and that kind of bonus, the brexit bonus from other trade deals, could take a long time to actually arrive. The inquests into the deaths of 30 british holidaymakers killed in a Terror Attack in tunisia are due to open later today. 38 people were killed by a gunman who targeted a beach near the town of Sousse Injune 2015. 0rganisations including the metropolitan police, the foreign and Commonwealth Office and the owner of Tour OperatorThomson Holidays are due to give evidence, as Sarah Campbell reports. Lives lost. 38 people were killed in total, 30 of them british. They included three generations of the same family, married couples and a teenager. All had been staying at the 5 star Imperial Marha Ba hotel in the popular resort of port el kantaoui, near sousse. Their attacker approached from the beach. The Holiday Makers stood little chance against the heavily armed 23 year old man. Seifeddine rezgui would later be shot by security forces. Over the next seven weeks, the Inquest Hearings will be held here in london at the royal courts ofjustice. But reflecting the fact that the 30 victims came from across the uk, proceedings here will be fed to courts elsewhere, including in stirling, newcastle and cardiff. Witnesses will include a senior figure from the Foreign Office, and from tui, which is the Parent Company of thomson, the travel agent used by those who died. The families want to know the answer to the question how did their loved ones come by their deaths . They also, within the scope that the coroners set out, want to know about the Security Arrangements at the 5 star hotel where they were saying, and whether the Travel Advice given by the fco that there was a high risk of terrorism, including in tourist areas, was given to them before or after booking. The attack decimated the Tourist Industry in tunisia and shattered the lives of those who lost family members. Theyve waited a long time to hear in detail what happened to their loved ones, and whether any lessons can be learned. Sarah campbell, bbc news. Northern irelands devolved government looks set to collapse today, after sinn fein again insisted it would not replace Martin Mcguinness as deputy First Minister at stormont. His resignation last week also forced the removal of the Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster as First Minister. Sinn fein has until 5 oclock this evening to name mr mcguinness replacement, otherwise a Snap Election could be called. Chris page reports. For a week, a part of the uk has been without a functioning government. When Martin Mcguinness of sinn fein resigned as Northern Irelands deputy First Minister, he automatically put the Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster out of herjob as First Minister. That is the way the Power Sharing system works. The partys relationship finally failed over a financial scandal about a green energy scheme. But the partnership between unionists and Irish Republicans has always been uneasy. There are many disagreements between them. The stormont stalemate means an election is likely in the next few weeks. However, the british and irish governments have held talks with the parties to try and avoid that. But with no sign of a breakthrough, a breakdown is looking imminent. Today at the Northern Ireland assembly, the dup and sinn fein will be asked to nominate new members forFirst Minister and deputy First Minister. But sinn fein say they will not do so, so the devolved government will officially collapse. The law says the Northern Ireland secretary, james brokenshire, must call an Assembly Election within a reasonable period of time. Negotiations to try and restore Power Sharing would follow, but no one believes it would be an easy process. Devolution has lasted for almost a decade in Northern Ireland, but stormont may not survive its most serious crisis. Chris paige, bbc news, belfast. Annita mcveigh is in stormont for us. So it is crunch day . It is, yes. Good morning. Behind me is the iconic stormont building, home to the Power Sharing Executive almost 20 years. During that time it has weathered so many crises but this time it seems it will not, that there will be no 11th hour deal and no rabbit pulled from the hat to prevent the collapse of this Power Sharing arrangement. And the need for fresh elections. If you think back to the time before this arrangement was set up, before this Power Sharing Executive was set up, it was incredibly difficult to get to that. There were talks about talks before the talks before the deal that led to the creation of this assembly. The big question hanging over all of this today is if this collapses, how difficult will it be to put it back together again . Here to talk to me is the author and journalist brian rowan. Good to have you with me. On the face of it, this crisis turns on a row over Heating Scheme designed to get businesses to move away from fossil fuels and into more environmentally friendly energy, with half a billion almost overspend. But actually it is about much more than that. And what you just mentioned is a jigsaw piece in a much bigger frame. What we have been watching in recent times is a public breakdown in the relationship between the two big parties in the executive, and here we are nearly 20 years after good friday, the agreement that was meant to consolidate and confirm our piece, and talk again about the need for another negotiation and another new agreement. Everyone knows as we edge towards most likely new elections, that after the elections, the fundamental issues will be exactly the same and will still be there to resolve. The election will change nothing. It will not resolve issues or numbers. For republicans there is a fundamental shift in thinking at this stage. They are questioning the viability, the work ability, the credibility of these institutions but also questioning the relationship they have with the dup, which is meant to be about partnership and Power Sharing, and what they would say is that relationship is not working as it should. And that is what needs to be fixed around confirming the principles of the good friday agreement and building a relationship based on respect. On this crunch day what do you think the calculations Forjames Brokenshire i will be . He is thinking about brexit negotiations as well and how Northern Ireland can have a voice in that, especially without the Power Sharing Executive. He has much to think about because he will know that an election will not change the big issues. If this place falls, it is easy to fall, and it will be much more difficult to build back up. There will be the additional concern that you still have a dissident republican threat within the frame, which is a threat always considered severe in Northern Ireland. Severe before the crisis and severe in the middle of the crisis and beyond the crisis. There is that concern that dissident republicans may try to play in this space and in this vacuum. Thank you very much for your thoughts today. After a ny very much for your thoughts today. After any elections, the members of the assembly would have a period of three weeks to try to reform the Power Sharing Executive, but the history of politics here tells us that would be a very short period of time indeed to resolve the many outstanding issues we have been talking about. Beyond that, what would happen . Direct rule from westminster again . Would it be, as on the nationalist side of politics have called for, joint authority between westminster and dublin . The Secretary Of State says he is not contemplating anything other than a return to the Power Sharing Executive. We will keep you up to date with all the development as they happen throughout the date. Thank you. The headlines on bbc Newsroom Live donald trump has said the uk is doing great following its vote for brexit and has promised to do a quick trade deal with britain after he takes over the presidency later this week. The former Crewe Alexandra coach Barry Bennell has pleaded not guilty to eight child abuse charges. The inquest opens into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed on a Tunisian Beach Injune 2015. And in sport andy murray has got his Australian Open campaign off to a winning start. The world number one beat Illya Marchenko in straight sets. Hes attempting to win his first Australian Open title after five final defeats. Dan evans is also through to the second round. He beat Facundo Bagnis in straight sets and will play marin cilic next. But aliaj bedene is out. Commonwealth games champion fran halsall retires from swimming. The three time 0lympian said after a Ten Year International career she is ready for the next chapter of her life. I will be back with more stories on thatjust after 11 30am. The former Crewe Alexandra coach Barry Bennell has pleaded not guilty to charges of eight Child Sex Offences at his Court Appearance this morning. All of the offences are alleged to have happened between 1981 and 1985 when the alleged victim was under the age of 15. Andy swiss is at Chester Crown court for us. Tell us what happened. Well, Barry Bennell did not appear here in person. Instead he appeared via video link from Woodhill Prison in milton keynes, where he is on remand. Wearing a bluejumper he spoke only to confirm his name and plead not guilty to eight charges of Sexual Assault against a boy aged under 15. These offences are alleged to have happened between 1981 and 1985 at three separate locations. At furness vale in derbyshire, nantwich in cheshire, and at butlins holiday camp. Barry bennell is a former Football Coach, a former youth coach with Crewe Alexandra, and he also worked with a number of other clubs across the north west including stoke city and Manchester City. He has now been remanded in custody until his next hearing here at Chester Crown court on march 20. Thank you. As part of our day of coverage of the nhs in england weve been looking at pressure on the nhs. Doctors leaders say a system designed to check decisions made by gps is leading to unacceptable delays in diagnosis and treatment. A bbc investigation has discovered that hundreds of thousands of patients in england are having referrals from their Family Doctors reviewed by third parties. Nhs managers say it helps them keep costs down, but the British Medical Association claims it puts a barrier between patients and specialists. Jenny walrond reports. For traceyjeffries, housework is no longer a painful chore. But only because she paid nearly £3,000 for an operation on her leg. I was in so much pain with my leg, 2a hours a day. I wasnt sleeping properly, i was struggling to get through my work. The pain was caused by varicose veins. Her gp wanted them treated on the nhs but his referral was rejected. Tracy had to go private. If a gp feels that a specialist needs to look at you then the nhs should be supporting that and theyre not. Tracys treatment was blocked by something called a Referral Management centre. Some are run by doctors, others by admin staff. Last year they screened 2 million referrals on behalf of the nhs, a rise of almost 30 compared to two years before. 4 , more than 811,000, were rejected, mostly for admin reasons, like missing information. Doctors leaders are strongly opposed to what they say is a blunt form of rationing. These centres, which are taking a crude approach to scrutinising all gp referrals, can be inefficient, cost more to run than any potential saving, but crucially in the process delaying patient care. There are 60 Referral Management Centres in england and one in wales. Gatekeeping what are often expensive hospital based services. Weve not found similar set ups in scotland or Northern Ireland. Those Who Commission Nhs Care said the system delivers value for money. We dont want to squander any money. We have limited resources so its really important the resources we have we spend most effectively and get the best value for our population. Referral management is, for now, a relatively small part of efforts to manage rising demand. But its use is increasing and that means more gps, like tracys, are likely to see their decisions scrutinised and even overturned. And throughout the day well be bringing you reports on the nhs from our inside out teams and viewers across england can also see a special programme tonight at 7 30 on bbc one or on the iplayer. Well have another report in the next half hour. Now some of todays other developing stories. A Turkish Cargo Plane has crashed in kyrgyzstan killing at least 32 people. The boeing 747, which was en route from hong kong, Crashed Into Houses near Manas Airport in the kyrgyz capital bishkek. Rescue workers say the dead included all members of the crew, as well as several children. Visibility was poor because of thick fog at the time, but the cause of the crash has not yet been confirmed. The funeral will be held today for two young cousins who died after being hit by a car on new years eve in 0ldham. 12 year old Helena Kotlarova and Zaneta Krokova who was 11 were Holding Hands as they crossed the road, when they were struck by a vehicle. Four men have since been charged in relation to their deaths. Streets will close later today for the Funeral Cortege to make its way through the town. Unconfirmed reports say five people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a music event in mexico. Eyewitnesses on social media say the gunman fired through an open window at the Blue Parrot Club in playa del carmen. The club was one of several venues holding a Closing Party for the bpm festival. Australia says it is deeply disappointed that japan has continued whaling in the Southern Ocean after anti whaling activists published a photograph of a dead whale, and two days after australian and japanese leaders discussed the issue. Australia has long opposed japanese whaling and the contentious issue was reportedly raised in talks between Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull and japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe in sydney on saturday. The worlds eight richest individuals all men have as much wealth as the 3. 6 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world, according to 0xfam. The charity is calling for action to address what its called a warped Global Economy as its revealed that there is a much wider gap in the distribution of wealth than previously acknowledged. Critics have called the claims misleading, saying the welfare of the poor is improving every year. Premier League Football clubs should face legal action if they dont do enough to ensure access for disabled fans, according to a report by a Cross Party Group of mps. The culture, media and Sport Select Committee says its disappointed some top clubs arent doing more, after a bbc investigation in 2015 found that 17 out of 20 failed to provide enough wheelchair spaces. The clubs say Making Alterations to older grounds is difficult to do quickly. For a full summary of the news you can go to the website and get more details on the trump interview with michael gove. Also the latest on what is happening with the pound, head of theresa mays speech on brexit ahead. That much anticipated speech is happening tomorrow. Now the weather. How are things looking . It is pretty grey with outbreaks of rain today but no snow in with outbreaks of rain today but no snow in the with outbreaks of rain today but no snow in the forecast with outbreaks of rain today but no snow in the forecast for with outbreaks of rain today but no snow in the forecast for this with outbreaks of rain today but no snow in the forecast for this week. It will stay relatively mild across the uk. Just the risk of a bit of frost across south eastern areas tonight. But for most of us it is cloudy, damp and not particularly cold. Across these Western Areas of the uk today, temperatures will be closer to ten or 11, so quite a big change to what we had last week. You can see a lot of cloud on the satellite picture. The winds coming in from the south west, bringing thick cloud and bits and pieces of drizzle. Later on, around midday, we are seeing a bit of sunshine developing across eastern parts of scotland. For most of us at lunchtime, you can see a fair bit of cloud all the way down to the sounds and temperatures no higher than six in the east and around 10 degrees in the south west. Goodbye. This is bbc Newsroom Live with joanna gosling. The headlines at 11. 29am the us President Elect, donald trump, has promised a quick and fair trade deal between the United States and britain. He said the uk was doing great following its vote for brexit. The former Football CoachBarry Bennell has denied eight charges of child sexual abuse. The 63 year old, who worked at Crewe Alexandra among other clubs, appeared via videolink at Chester Crown court. The inquests into the deaths of thirty british tourists killed in Tunisia Injune 2015, has opened in london. The attack was carried out by a lone gunman on a beach resort near sousse. Members of the devolved assembly in Northern Ireland are to gather at stormont, facing the prospect that the Power Sharing administration will collapse. Elections look likely after the resignation of the deputy First Minister, Martin Mcguinness, in a row over a flawed Renewable Energy scheme. Sterling has regained some of its early losses today against the dollar, but is still down against the euro. The falls followed speculation that theresa may will indicate shes prepared to leave the Single Market, when she reveals some plans for brexit tomorrow. Letsjoinjessica for lets joinjessica for all the sport. Thank you, good morning. Andy murray has got his Australian Open campaign off to a winning start. He beat ukraines Illya Marchenko in straight sets although the world number one was made to battle by the world number 95. The match took two hours and 48 minutes in the melbourne heat. Murray faces Russias Andrey Rublev in round two. I think he played well, with very aggressive, so that made it hard. Also the conditions, it was playing very fast out there, the balls were very fast out there, the balls were very lively, which it hasnt been in the practice week. Ifound it hard, but managed to get through. Dan evans is also through to the second round. He beat argentinas Facundo Bagnis in straight sets and is up against seventh seed marin cilic next. But british number four aljaz bedene is out. He lost to Victor Estrella burgos. And there may be a Shock Brewing for number four seed stan wawrinka. Hes been taken to a fifth set against slovakian martin klizen. The three time grand slam champion was two sets to one up. Its currently two sets all and 4 1; in the deciding set at the moment. And in the womens draw, defending champion and world number one Angelique Kerber is through to the second round. She was also taken to a decider. The german beat Lesia Tsurenko of ukraine in three sets. Commonwealth swimming champion fran halsall has announced her retirement from the sport. During an International Career lasting over a decade, halsall made her 0lympic debut at beijing 2008 and narrowly missed out on medals at both london 2012 and rio 2016. She won over 30 medals at world, european and commonwealth level, but says shes ready for a new chapter in her life. Four time olympic champion laura kenny has pulled out of the british Track Cycling Championships with a hamstring injury. A statement from British Cycling says kenny will miss the event in manchester at the end of the month and is having treatment. The injury casts doubt on her participation at the World Championships in april. Premier league clubs have been accused of prioritising their finances, over improving disabled access in their stadiums, according to a report by the Culture Media sport committee. In 2015, the premier league promised to improve Stadium Facilities for disabled fans by august of this year. But several clubs including the likes of watford, chelsea and liverpool are expected to miss that deadline. A statement by the premier league says they are working hard to enhance Disabled Fan Access will report on each clubs progress at the end of the month. Pep guardiola says Manchester City are out of the premier league title race. City lost 4 0 to everton yesterday, and are now three points behind second place tottenham and 10 points behind League Leaders chelsea. Ten points is a lot of points, of course. The second one is the three points. So you have to see. I spoke to my players the last three weeks or more, forget about it, the table, focus on the next game and we try to do our best and make what you want to do to win the games and at the end of the season we will evaluate our level, our performance, how was the coach on the players and afterwards we are going to decide. Liverpool missed the chance to go second after a late equaliser from Zlatan Ibrahimovic held them to a 1 1 draw against manchester united. Jurgen klopps side are level on points with tottenham. 80 minutes, high, intense football, its really hard. When i saw the boys, i hoped we had a bit of luck, u nfortu nately boys, i hoped we had a bit of luck, unfortunately one situation we had, and the next one know, but all good. Thats all sport for now. More in the next hour. Thank you, jess. Theresa may is set to outline her plans for brexit in a major speech tomorrow. A report published today, backed by former chancellor lord lawson, is calling for for ms may to make a clean break from the eu, by explicitly ruling out remaining in the Single Market. It comes as a group of mps and organisations from both sides of the Brexit Debate have launched a campaign called brexit together, which is calling for all sides to leave the Referendum Trenches and join forces in the national interest. I can now speak to the author of that report called clean brexit, dr gerard lyons, and im joined from westminster by labours Caroline Flint one of the mps Backing Brexit together. Thank you forjoining us. Tell us what you want. Had brexit by another name . Had brexit doesnt add any value. The value is what we have donein value. The value is what we have done in this report, the co author and i, and it has been backed by lord david 0wen, we have basically said, lets look at it from a pragmatic perspective, look at the issues. What it comes down do is you can have a messy deal, acrimonious, that gets us and a lot of dead ends and is not good for the british economy or the European Union, or you can take a clean approach. We are advocating a clean approach, which has to imply if you want to control migration, and if you want to focus on the Service Sector and move your economy forward, to be outside the Single Market and Customs Union. Against that backdrop, to have not only future Free Trade Agreements with countries around the rest of the world but a future Free Trade Agreement in the next two years or more likely it will take a little longer, with the rest of the European Union. What is the difference between that and had brexit . I hate these phrases a lot of people dont understand what they mean. That key thing with the clean brexit is its under your own control. Like in any negotiation, if you have a negotiation, we have a negotiation, in any negotiation you need to be prepared to walk away. Walking away under a clean brexit is like to outside the european. You are saying walk away first, forget about trying to get involved . We have to have a sensible relationship but we shouldnt kid ourselves it can easily be solved within two yea rs. Can easily be solved within two years. Its about positioning ourselves under world trade 0rganisation rules, the way trade ta kes pla ce 0rganisation rules, the way trade takes place across much of the globe, to have that as a backdrop and to have a clean and sensible approach, in terms of trading across the globe. And maybe before you pass over, the data on this always tends to be taken out of perspective. 8 of uk companies, in fact 5 in terms of uk companies, in fact 5 in terms of those who paid taxes, trade directly with the European Union. 0ver directly with the European Union. Over 90 of our companies, particularly small and medium size ones are constrained by being in the Single Market and. 4496 ones are constrained by being in the Single Market and. 44 of uk total exports go to eu countries. Of our exports, it used to be 61 20 years ago. Its becoming more important. The rest of the world on the European Union. Lets bring in Caroline Flint to respond to that. You campaigned for remaining in the referendum, you say both camps need to put aside their differences and unite. What do you think about what we just heard that . I think its important the Trench Warfare we had during the referendum is left behind, and today our initiative is about bringing voices from the League Campaign and remain campaign in parliament and outside, together to see what Common Ground with god and how we can take their Chief Concern of those who voted leaves, which is about concerns on sovereignty and immigration and the concerns of remain voters to make sure we have as much access as possible to the important Single Market. Sorry to interrupt, what would a compromise look like . Its difficult to square the ambition of being part of the Single Market while controlling immigration. Isnt the only way around that to decide firmly one way or another and increasingly looks like the government is saying it will be outside of the Single Market . Let me finish what i was going to say, which is it is quite clear that wanting reform of freedom of movement, particularly about the open access to low pay and low skilled jobs, which is a Chief Concern among those who voted leaves, it isnt going to be the same as it has been in the past. It wont be about as being in the Single Market as weve known it. I think there is a way through this, with goodwill and particularly in the uk and the government led by theresa may, to be much more open and inclusive. In doing so, look at how we can tackle some of the concerns around freedom of movement, and they are concerned that other Member States within also have. Speu Member States within also have. Spell out how you see the uks mention above the Single Market . The uks mention above the Single Market . The uks mention above the Single Market will change because we have tabs on changes to immigration. What i believe we will end up with is a compromise, where we have a bespoke deal agreed with the European Union in order for us to work with the European Union but in a different way. When it comes to the Customs Union, i think its important to make the difference here, the Customs Union is about the trade deals with those countries outside the eu. In that particular area, unless the eu 27 are prepared to offer some exemptions, it is quite likely that we will have to come out of that and do our own individual trade deals. But we could still have a situation where we work to the best of our efforts within the Single Market. The important thing is theresa may has an opportunity tomorrow to be more open and inclusive, so we can get the best deal bringing everyone together for the biggest decision for generations in this country. What do you say, you think that would be messy . dont agree at all. In terms of the report, if you look for it reiterates some of the points you just heard from caroline. I think the challenge is often in the debate people ive talked about being in the Single Market and having access to the Single Market. We need to differentiate, as hasjust been touched on. Most of the rest of the world outside the eu has access to the Single Market. The uk market is that want access to the Single Market can still have access. They will have to abide by eu rules and regulations, as if we were exporting to the us, we would have to abide by us regulations. In terms of migration, we need to fit it into the domestic agenda. In the last 20 yea rs the domestic agenda. In the last 20 years uk markets have not invested enoughin years uk markets have not invested enough in the workforce. We not only need to have migration that suits our domestic needs, but to tie in with the domestic agenda, to keep wages higher, boosting investment and innovation and Infrastructure Spending as well. I think in terms of whats justin said from spending as well. I think in terms of whatsjustin said from caroline, i think its not so much adding the its moving forward in the countrys best economic and domestic interests. The spokesman for theresa may says they welcome what donald trump had to say about working on a trade deal with britain. He makes it sound quick and easy, can it be . M is people and companies to trade, not politicians and bureaucrats. If you other a product someone wants to buy, you can sell it provided you abide by the rules, laws and regulations. We seem to think that has to be behind closed doors. Thats part of the problem with the European Union. Thats why so many young people across the European Union are unemployed. We need to think more globally. I am not endorsing what donald trump says but i think he has a much more pragmatic attitude towards trade and his comments were very attitude towards trade and his comments were very positive for us. Caroline, you backed remain in the campaign, how do you see it now . think we are in uncharted territory. With that it makes it complicated. Nobody, i think, with that it makes it complicated. Nobody, ithink, can with that it makes it complicated. Nobody, i think, can really say this is an easy process and we have all the answers. But i do believe that actually we can take this forward and bring most of our voters with us, whether they voted remain all leave and attended their Chief Concerns. Thats about looking at how we continue to have a relationship with the European Union and europe. Its notjust about trade, its about security and other matters as well. Its about the Consumer Protections weve already signed up to, Environmental Standards and importantly, no going back on employees rights at work. Those are all aspects of our manifesto today, which we think about whether we voted leave or remain should be enshrined in our leaving package. Iagree it remain should be enshrined in our leaving package. I agree it wont be business as usual, but its about making sure we get the best out of this for our country. Thank you both very much. As we were discussing, donald trump has promised a trade deal between britain and the United States to be a priority when he ta kes states to be a priority when he takes office as us president on friday. He was speaking to the former Justice Secretary and prominent Brexit Campaigner michael gove for the Times In His First British interview since becoming us President Elect. Lets listen to a little of what he said. The uk, my mother was very ceremonial. I think thats why i got this aspect, because my father was brick and mortar and my mother sort of had a flair. Donald trump talking to michael gove. In a moment a summary of the Business News this hour but first, the headlines on bbc Newsroom Live donald trump has said the uk is doing great following its vote following its vote for brexit, and has promised to do a quick trade deal with britain after he takes over the presidency later this week. The former Crewe Alexandre coach, Barry Bennell, has pleaded not guilty to eight charges of Sexual Assault against a boy under 16. The inquest opens into the deaths of thirty british tourists, killed on a Tunisian Beach Injune 2015. Good morning. Iam good morning. I Amjamie Roberts on. In the Business News. The pound has hit its lowest level for more than three months on Reports Britain was set to quit the eu Single Market as part of its brexit plans. Sterling fell below the 1. 20 level before recovering slightly on monday. Analysts said traders were reacting to reports that uk Prime Minister theresa may would use a speech on tuesday to signal a so called hard brexit. You may not have heard of luxottica and essilor, but they are massive players in what might be called the eye wear market. Essilor makes lenses and luxottica makes sunglasses, ray ban among them. They are merging and together will be worth about £40 billion. The worlds eight richest individuals have as much wealth as the 3. 6 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world, according to 0xfam. Not everyone agrees with 0xfams figures, which have been criticised by organisations such as the Adam Smith Institute. You can find analysis of the story on our website, bbc. Co. Uk news business. The pound has had another tumble against the dollar down briefly below 1. 20. The last time it was this low was three months ago when there was a sudden one day collapse in the currency. The reason expectations that tomorrow minister theresa may will set the scene for an exit from the eu that will see the country lose access to the Single Market. Joining me now is james hughes, chief market analyst at gkfx. Why is that idea so damaging to the pound . Of course its not necessarily its damaging to the pound. I dont think its necessarily any of the actual specific reasons which are damaging to the pound, and the real answer to that question is we dont know how damaging to the pound it will be. If the overall uncertainty, and the problem with the brexit discussions and what it does to the pound is that everything that comes out, every headline we hear is just that, just a headline or a rumour. We dont know any of the facts behind it because the amount of information about brexit is so small. These are just rumours about what were going to hear from theresa may tamara. Evenif to hear from theresa may tamara. Even if we do hear that from theresa may tomorrow, we dont know what it entails or how much it will affect us. Are you saying if we had clarity, supposing they were saying tomorrow, we are leaving the eu and the Single Market, we are leaving the Single Market, we are leaving the Customs Union, that is it, that is certain, are you saying the pound would recover modulo im saying there would be a much more certain market. That pound wouldnt go anywhere near as low, its uncertainty that make the markets fall the way they do. Not the news stories. We dont know what brexit will be like the uk, we have no idea. We dont know if its good news or bad news. What we do know at the moment is we dont have any clue about what the plan is or what the plan will be. After tomorrow there may be some sort of movement and we could go lower, but what tomorrow will bring us from theresa mays speech is certainty. From a market point of view, that is exactly what we want. Thats what stops the big squeeze on the market. What is the effect of this falling pound on the economy . We all think its going to beat inflation. We havent seen that much inflation yet, will it get worse . We havent yet. We do have to look at the likes of inflation and it has come from quite a low base. Still, a higher pound is going to bring Inflation Higher. Thats inevitable. But like mark carney said last week, the real Headline Downside that brexit could cause is going away a little bit. Were not as worried as we had been before. As you say, inflation is moving higher but not as quick as we thought. Even when oil prices havent been moving higher as well. With those two things we would expect Inflation Higher prices to be higher than where they are. With inflation the government has a target of around 296, 22. 3 government has a target of around 2 , 22. 3 and government has a target of around 2 , 2 2. 3 and were not in that range yet and we are talking Inflation Being at a worrying point. For a long time weve wanted to get inflation to 2 and all of a sudden when we get there, its too high. We have to choose if we want at 2 or not. Thank you, james. Lets take a look at some of todays other business stories. Nearly half of working fathers would like a less stressfuljob, so they can spend more time caring for their children. Thats according to a report form the Charity Working Families which also said employers are not doing enough to help dads take a more active role in childcare. Facebook is introducing new tools in germany to help combat the spread of fabricated news stories. The Worlds LargestSocial Network said it would enable german users to flag potentially false stories. The stories will then be passed to Third Party Fact checkers and if found to be unreliable, will be marked in users news feeds as disputed. Bt has said it recorded more than 31 million Nuisance Calls in a single week before christmas. The company, which supplies 40 of the landlines in the uk, said more than 12 million of those were about accident claims. Bt is now launching a new service for its customers which it says could block up to 30 million such Nuisance Calls a week. A quick look at the markets. Its been hovering around one point 120. Normally when we see a fall in the pound, we see the ftse going up but i guess the market is waiting to see what theresa may says tomorrow. I think were not going very far on those Stock Markets today. That is the Business News, for now. Were going to go straight to storm on. We expect to hearfrom were going to go straight to storm on. We expect to hear from the First Minister imminently. Turmoil following the resignation of Martin Mcguinness of sinn fein last week. We can listen in to Arlene Foster. I willjust wait i will just wait for our colleagues. 0k, i will just wait for our colleagues. Ok, i will make a brief statement. We are going into the chamber very shortly and then be saying Something Else at the end of the day. The assembly will be dissolved in the next number of days, and that of course is deeply regrettable, that Northern Ireland will have no assembly and Functioning Executive over the coming period. We all want, andi over the coming period. We all want, and i particularly want to resolve the renewable Heat Incentive Issue so we can get back to the issues that really matter to the people of Northern Ireland, like fixing our Health Service. The only way to get to the bottom of what really happened is to have a full, frank and open and transparent enquiries. An inquiry and cost controls will solve the renewable heat incentive difficulties, not an election. Northern ireland does not need, nor does its people want an election. With the triggering of article 50 to leave the European Union, a new president in the United States of america, a volatile Global Economy, now, more than ever, Northern Ireland need stable government. We, asa ireland need stable government. We, as a party, have done all that we can to maintain government in the Northern Ireland assembly so the real issues like health, education and brexit are addressed, but instead of trying to work with us, as we have done so many times in the past with sinn fein, they have chosen to pursue political self interest. They did not like the election result last may and therefore they are looking to have another go at the election. They have forced an election that risks Northern Irelands future and its stability and suits nobody, apart from themselves. They will take every vote for them as an encouragement that they can bring down the Northern Ireland executive. Whenever they dont get their own way, what ever the cost of Northern Ireland. Again and again and again and again. We want to see devolution working and we will seek a mandate for the strongest possible unionist voice after the elections whether its in a restored assembly or into fresh political negotiations. Thank you very much. Arlene foster saying she absolutely does not want there to be an election in Northern Ireland. It looks like thats the way its going. There is a deadline of five oclock today, when sinn fein needs to put forward a new deputy to Arlene Foster. Shes the First Minister fostered Arlene Foster. Shes the First Ministerfostered sinn fein showing absolutely no indication it will do that, and therefore that means that the devolved government would colla pse the devolved government would collapse and it would pave the way for there to be elections. Arlene foster accusing sinn fein of pursuing political self interest, because she said they did not like the Election Results last may. Weve got Anita Mcveigh storm on throughout the day. We will keep you updated. The rspca is urging the public to double check before raising the alarm after the charity received a string of calls from People Mistaking inanimate objects for live creatures. In november the charity was called out to investigate reports of an owl that had sitting been sitting on a roof for four days only to discover it was made of plastic. An endangered baby rhino has been filmed Meeting Herfatherfor the first time that mostly safari park. The calf is only a year old and was born as part of a special breeding programme. They say she is a bundle of energy. Sounds like a lot of kids. Viewers in the northwest can see more on that. The headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. In a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two first, we leave you with for a look at the weather. Looking pretty great for most of us today. Not particularly cold in the Western Isles of scotland at the moment, temperatures hovering around 10 degrees. Here is the rain across central areas of the uk. Not an awful lot of it, but there is at least some. Eastern and south eastern areas today will be chilly, temperatures only around 5 degrees. This is one spot around the country where there may be frost first thing. There could be some frost on the cards but for many areas further north and west it should be a frost free night, with a fair bit of cloud and some rain. Tomorrow, for most of us another cloudy day. Very similar to what we have right now. The best of the weather probably across the south eastern areas. Maybe some brightness further west. As far as wednesday and thursday are concerned, very little change. Cloudy and relatively mild. Thats it from me. This is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11am. This is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. Donald trump promises a trade deal between britain and the United States will be a priority when he takes office on friday. Obama said youre going to the back of the line. Meaning if it does happen. That was a bad statement. So we are the front of the queue . I think youre doing great. Northern irelands devolved government is on the verge of collapse, sparking elections. In the last few moments, Arlene Foster, who was until last week the First Minister of Northern Ireland, has said that Northern Ireland doesnt want or need an election but is unavoidably heading towards one. She accused sinn fein of choosing to pursue political self interest. The former Football CoachBarry Bennell pleads not guilty to eight charges of Sexual Assault against a boy under the age of 16. The inquest opens into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed on a Tunisian Beach Injune 2015. The names of all the victims were read out as the inquest got under way. And throughout the day on bbc news we will be taking a health check of the state of the nhs in england. Good morning. It is monday the 16th of january. I am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald trump has promised that a trade deal between britain and the United States will be a priority when he takes office on friday. He also said he thought the uk was doing great following the vote for brexit. He was speaking to the mp and prominent Brexit Campaigner michael gove for the Times Newspaper. Heres our Political Correspondent vicky young. Theresa may is about to tell us more about how she thinks the uk can prosper outside of the European Union. Her critics say the economy will suffer if britain leaves the Single Market and is no longer able to trade freely with the eu. But the President Elect donald trump says he will offer britain a quick and fair trade deal with america within weeks of taking office. And he contrasted his approach to president 0bamas. I thought the uk were so smart in getting out and you were there and you guys wrote it and put it on the front page, trump said that brexit is going to happen, and it happened. That was when i was going to lose easily. Everybody thought i was crazy. Obama said they are going to the back of the line, meaning if it does happen, and he had to retract. That was a bad statement. In other words, were at the front of the queue . I think you are doing great. I think its going great. Mr trump said his team would work very hard to get a trade deal done quickly and done properly and it would be good for both sides. He alse predicted that other countries would leave the eu, claiming it had been deeply damaged by the migration crisis. Countries want their own identity and the uk wanted its own identity. But i do believe this, if they had not been forced to take in all of the refugees, so many, with all the problems that entails, i think you would not have a brexit. Mr trumps offer of a Rapid Trade Deal is a boost to the Prime Minister who insists britain remains open for business. The President Elect said the two leaders will meet right after he gets to the white house. Vicky young, bbc news. Northern irelands devolved government looks set to collapse in just a few hours time. The Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has just said that the assembly will be devolved in the next few days but she wants to resolve the issues in order to get on with Thejob Resolve the issues in order to get on with the job of government. Theresa may has telephoned mrs foster and sinn feins Martin Mcguinness in a last ditch effort to try to prevent the collapse. Martin mcguinness resigned as deputy First Minister which also forced Arlene Fosters removal as First Minister in around overa fosters removal as First Minister in around over a green energy scheme. Sinn fein has untilfive oclock this evening to name a replacement for Martin Mcguinness otherwise a Snap Election could be called. Annita mcveigh is in stormont. Is it looking like there will be any way of resolving this before the five oclock deadline . Will be any way of resolving this before the five oclock deadline . M isnt. We will talk about this in more detail in a moment, but what is happening inside the Assembly Chamber right now is the Nomination Process , chamber right now is the Nomination Process, whereby Arlene Foster would be nominated to return as First Minister of Northern Ireland, but then we expect either one member of sinn fein or more than one member, a group of sinn fein members of the assembly, will say they are not putting forward a nominee for the post of deputy First Minister to replace Martin Mcguinness. That effectively means that come five oclock this evening, the Power Sharing Executive collapses. And the Secretary Of State will them are in,james and the Secretary Of State will them are in, james brokenshire, it is thought, may then call elections. Secretary of state for Northern Ireland. Arlene foster came into the great hall of stormont a moment ago. She said she is admitting that there will be no Functioning Executive beyond today. She says it is deeply reg retta ble beyond today. She says it is deeply regrettable that we will have no Functioning Executive. She said i especially want to resolve rhi, the renewable heat Incentive Scheme that has caused such controversy and has been the straw that has broken the camels back in all this. She had said he wants to get back to other business. She wants to have an inquiry and not an election. That is interesting because before this crisis came to this point, she was asked by sinn fein to step aside without prejudice while an inquiry was held into this Heating Scheme. But she said she wasnt going to step aside. In last few minutes she said she would prefer to have an inquiry and not an election but he didnt want to step aside. She said Northern Ireland doesnt need or wa nt Northern Ireland doesnt need or wantan Northern Ireland doesnt need or want an election, and then there was an attack on sinn fein. Stared in stead of trying to work with us they have chosen to pursue political self interest. She said instead. They are forcing Northern Ireland to go through an election that risks its stability. Strong words from there. I am sure sinn fein will say they asked to step aside without prejudice to her position so that an could be held. That is where we stand at the moment. It is a difficult situation and there are a lot of issues to be resolved in Northern Ireland way beyond this Heating Scheme which was running half £1 billion over budget. At the moment it looks like we are heading towards the elections and a difficult period afterwards, when there is a big . 0ver whether the parties can pull this Power Sharing arrangement back together. Thank you. Assembly members are gathering for what is likely to be the final session at stormont for a while. The nominations process is under way, so lets listen in. To comply with the ministerial code of conduct. Paragraph six of the St Andrews Agreement says that we believe that the essential elements of the board we re the essential elements of the board were Law And Order include endorsing fully the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the criminaljustice system, actively encouraging eve ryo ne system, actively encouraging everyone in the community to cooperate fully with the psni in tackling crime in all areas, and actively supporting all the police and women of justice actively supporting all the police and women ofjustice institutions, including the policing board. Police and criminaljustice institutions. I would proceed with the Nomination Process. In accordance with section 16 of the act, i have received notification from the nominating officer of the Democratic Unionist Party, advising me that lord moral would serve as a nominating officer for the party today. I would recall nominating officer for the party today. Iwould recall the lord nominating officer for the party today. I would recall the lord to nominate a memberof today. I would recall the lord to nominate a member of the assembly to be the First Minister. Thank you, mr speaker. Following the action just eight months ago, i had the honour and the pleasure of nominating the dup party leader Arlene Foster. Everyone in this house will be acutely aware that the people spoke very clearly at that election in may and they said that they want Arlene Foster to be the leader and the protector of unionism. That was demonstrated very, very clearly. Not only was she elected, she was elected with the highest personal vote of any member of this house. That was not the decision of this house. That was the decision of the people from tyrone. However it seems to be that forever from that day there has been an array of attempts to ta ke there has been an array of attempts to take Arlene Foster down. And it hasnt always come from the nationalist and republican wing. Ulster unionists have indulged in that also. And today they should be ashamed of themselves. However i am nominating Arlene Foster to be the First Minister. It is her rightful position. Not alone because the dup said it but because 202,000 people in the country say it, and we, as the dup, we will decide who the leader of our party is, not someone else sitting in this chamber. We dont dictate to others who should be their leader and no one is going to dictate to us today who the leader of our party, which transpires to be the leader of unionism here in Northern Ireland. Mr speaker, i very readily and with some degree of pleasure nominate Arlene Foster to be the First Minister. Thank you. Mrs foster, are you willing to take up the office of First Minister and to affirm the pledge of office . I am. In accordance with section 16 of the act, i have received a letter from a nominating officer of sinn fein, advising me that mrs Michelle Oneill will serve as nominating officer for the party for this item officer for the party for this item of business. I call mrs Michelle Oneill to nominate a member of the assembly to be the deputy First Minister. I want to start by paying tribute to my friend Martin Mcguinness. For over ten years as deputy First Minister, Martin Mcguinness has worked tirelessly to make these institutions were, to make these institutions were, to make sure they deliver for all of our people. Unionists, nationalists, and everyone else in our society. He took a Leadership Role to promote equality, respect and reconciliation. His record, his commitment at the Limitless Energy he brought to this process is beyond question. During that time he has faced threats, a lack of respect, and afailure faced threats, a lack of respect, and a failure by the dup to reciprocate his trojan efforts. He persevered because it was the right thing to do. The dup have again treated these institutions and sections of the community with co nte m pt sections of the community with contempt and arrogance. They have displayed disrespects towards women, towards the gay community, towards ethnic minorities, the Irish Language and irish identity. That has diminished the credibility of these institutions. The rhi scandal was created by the former First Minister when she was in the economy department. Her refusal to step aside shows a total disregard for the concerns and outrage of the public. Tim mcguinness resigned as deputy First Minister because that was the right thing to do. Martin mcguinness. We will not tolerate the arrogance and the disrespect of the dup. Sinn fein and the public will not tolerate financial scandal, incompetence or waste of public money. The institutions can only function with the support of the people and can only operate on the basis of equality and respect. Sinn fein will only be part of institutions which work and deliver for all in institutions which work and deliver forall in our institutions which work and deliver for all in our community. There can be no return to the status quo. If something is broke, you stop and you fix it. That is the sinn fein approach. Today sinn fein will not renominate for the position of deputy First Minister. Sinn fein has honoured all agreements. We have striven to make these institutions work. Martin mcguinness has acted at all times with integrity, with dignity, and with respect. He has taken personal and political risks to build a process of reconciliation. If we were to return to this chamber, then there must be real, meaningful change. There must be respect and equality for all sections of our society. These institutions must operate to the highest standard, with no place for arrogance or malpractice. It is now over to the people to have their say. So that is the moment, as anticipated. Sinn fein will not be nominating a replacement for Martin Mcguinness as deputy First Minister, which does mean that Northern Ireland will now go to elections. The comment there that it is now up to the people to decide. Lets go back to annita mcveigh. Theresa may had stepped in with a last ditch attempt to try to get some kind of resolution to avoid Northern Ireland going to the polls, but as we are hearing, with the events in stormont, there will be elections. Yes. I honestly dont know at this stage what theresa may could say to cut through all of that. As you have heard, there is a lot of disagreement, a lot of distrust between the two former partners in this Power Sharing assembly. The dup, for the unionist community, and sinn fein for the republican community. And what we heard their sets us up for a very difficult election period. James brokenshire, the Secretary Of State for Northern Ireland, has said he is concerned about creating further divisions, and leading on from those elections, you can clearly hear from the language being used, there are of issues to be resolved. After the elections there would be a period of three weeks for the assembly members, to make their agreement to set up the Power Sharing Executive once again. That Northern Ireland really doesnt do short period of negotiation and it is difficult to see how the issues that have been raised could be resolved in a short period of time. We heard from Arlene Foster just before she period of time. We heard from Arlene Fosterjust before she went into the Chamberfor Fosterjust before she went into the chamber for that Nomination Process. She said instead of trying to work with us sinn fein have chosen to pursue political self interest, forcing Northern Ireland to go through an election, which risks instability. Then you heard from michelle 0neill, for sinn fein, confirming that sinn fein is not nominating anyone to be deputy First Minister. She spoke about the arrogance and disrespect of the dup. She said there could be no return to the status quo here at stormont if something was broken it was sinn feins policy to stop and fix it. Lots of issues to be sorted out, for example the approach to gay marriage, something sinn fein was backing and the dup was not, and brexit. Sinn fein didnt want brexit and the dup did. And lots of other legacy, policing and justice issues in Northern Ireland. In terms of the post election period, any discussions that could go on could be very protracted indeed. Back to you. Thank you very much. Breaking developments at stormont. Sinn fein not nominating a replacement as deputy First Minister which means that Northern Ireland will go to the polls. You can follow the latest on that story on page of the bbc news website. On the live page. There isa paid website. On the live page. There is a paid Northern Ireland politics and if you scroll through you can access the Northern Ireland parliament feed, so you can watch live the events there and see all the background to what has triggered this latest crisis at stormont as well. Now lets go back to the comments by donald trump to michael gove. We can talk more about that interview that donald trump gave to the Times Newspaper. He gave his thoughts on britain and brexit. Norman smith, it will have been very welcome for theresa may to pick up the newspaper this morning and see what was said in the interview. suspect the only thing that will have irked theresa may was that michael gove nipped in to see donald trump before she pops over, probably next month. If you are going into difficult negotiations, you absolutely one the worlds most powerful man on your side. From this interview, it seems pretty clear that donald trump is pro brexit, pro britain, and pro giving the uk a swift trade deal. He insisted that brexit would be good for the british economy and that britain was wise to t economy and that britain was wise to opt out of the eu, Questioning Whether other eu countries might follow britains example. No surprise that the man who gave that interview, michael gove, was pretty enthusiastic about the response that he got from donald trump. This is another, as i say, card in the Prime Ministers hand, another arrow in her quiver. The European Union until now has been assumed to have a better hand to play. But the Prime Minister, we now see, has actually cards in her hand, including, no pun intended, a trump, which will enable her to get a better deal, i think. How do you feel she has played her hand so far . I think she has done an exemplary job. It will not necessarily be easy or quick because trade deals on notoriously difficult. And Barry Gardiner in an interview this morning warned that britain needed to be careful with negotiations with the us. We have an incoming american president saying he wants to do a trade deal with the uk. I welcome that. I want to make sure it is operating in the way that we need for the best interests of the uk and in particular for Small Businesses in the uk. These big trade deals tend to work for the benefit of the multinational corporations and not for the small and medium sized companies. I am joined for the small and medium sized companies. I amjoined now by for the small and medium sized companies. I am joined now by the chairman of leave means leave. Realistically how easy will it be to doa realistically how easy will it be to do a quick deal . Any deal is possible when both sides have a like minded approach, businesslike approach, to getting a deal done. I understand from my sources that actually it is really in the interests of the usa to do a quick deal with like minded nation. They need to be seen to be internationalist and not protectionist, and to free trade on the right terms. It is in their interest and it could be in hours. I understand they want to do it in about 180 days, which is a real opportunity for us. It could be in our interest. The question is whether the diplomats can respond quickly enough and that is a crucial question. They need to be told. We lacked trade negotiators because we have relied in the past on the eu to do our negotiations. We do not have the diplomatic power to do this sort of negotiation and therefore the danger is that we get rolled over. There all sorts of myths about this. We have been offered negotiators from all parts of the world, firstly. Secondly it is not as difficult as people make out. There are literally dozens if not hundreds of people from the private sector, expert negotiators, who would probably do as good if not better job and they should be brought in and given clear mandate. You dont need to agree everything. The way to approach it is say there are difficult things that we cannot agree on and put that in the face two box. Agree on a limited stuff where you do want to do a big deal, like wine, cars and meat. More jeeps, less mercedes on the streets, that will mean pressure on angela merkel. And yet we hear from the commission is this lunchtime that categorically Britain Cannot Begin Trade Negotiations until we leave the eu in 2019. They would say that, wouldnt they . It is complete nonsense, legally and practically. We are entitled to talk with whoever we wa nt we are entitled to talk with whoever we want to about our relationship is after we have left. What are the eu going to do about it . The reality is that it going to do about it . The reality is thatitis going to do about it . The reality is that it is in our interests and it will turn out to be in the eus interest because it will help them understand that we should have a sensible tariff free deal with them because we are negotiating such deals with other countries around the world. Thank you for your time. We may indeed get more on this tomorrow when theresa may makes her big brexit speech. 0ne tomorrow when theresa may makes her big brexit speech. One of the key issues will be our future trading relations with the rest of the world of course. Thank you. The former Crewe Alexandra coach Barry Bennell has pleaded not guilty to charges of eight Child Sex Offences at his Court Appearance this morning. All of the offences are alleged to have happened between 1981 and 1985. 0ur correspondent andy swiss spoke to us a little earlier from Chester Crown court. Well, Barry Bennell did not appear here in person. Instead he appeared via video link from Woodhill Prison in milton keynes, where he is on remand. Wearing a blue jumper he spoke only to confirm his name and plead not guilty to eight charges of Sexual Assault against a boy aged under 15. These offences are alleged to have happened between 1981 and 1985 at three separate locations. At furness vale in derbyshire, nantwich in cheshire, and at a butlins holiday camp. Barry bennell is a former Football Coach, a former youth coach with Crewe Alexandra, and he also worked with a number of other clubs across the north west including stoke city and Manchester City. He has now been remanded in custody until his next hearing here at Chester Crown court on march 20th. The full inquests into the deaths of 30 british in Tunisia Injune 2015 have opened in london. They were killed by a lone gunman at a 5 star beach resort near sousse. The court heard it took Tunisian Police more than 30 minutes to reach the hotel and shoot the gunman dead. It remains the deadliest Terror Attack on britain since the 7 7 bombings in london in 2005. The victims were aged between 19 and 80 and included three generations of the same family. As concerns continue about the state of the nhs in england, throughout the day were taking a closer look at pressures the system is facing up and down the country. This hour we report from essex where the number of patients forced to wait at least a week to see their gp has been steadily increasing in recent years and according to gp surveys, the crisis in the service is worse than ever. In essex 10 of gp surgeries are refusing to take on new patients, leaving them to seek a doctor elsewhere. David whiteley has been examining the health of gp practice in essex. Tim ward has type 2 diabetes. He has regular checkups with his private gp. For him, paying to visit his doctor is worth every penny. Do i think my health is more important than £400 a year, half the cost of a holiday or Something Like that . The a Nswer Holiday or Something Like that . The answer is my health is more important. And he is not alone. Here in essex, private gp practice is thriving. I think in the last two yea rs, thriving. I think in the last two years, 18 months, we are seeing an increasing number of new patients, who are here because they cannot get an appointment with their nhs gp. Across the county, practices are struggling to keep up with demand. Takej struggling to keep up with demand. Take j wick. Struggling to keep up with demand. Takej wick. Here, a combination of an ageing population, doctors retiring, and Problems Recruiting have led to a huge strain being put on the local gp surgery. Doctor peter skew joined the on the local gp surgery. Doctor peter skewjoined the green and medical practice five years ago. His aim . To turn around failing practice. The practice had not had a regular doctor for two practice. The practice had not had a regular doctorfor two or practice. The practice had not had a regular doctor for two or three yea rs. Regular doctor for two or three years. The patients were fed up of seeing repeatedly different doctors. He concentrated his effort on recruitment, offering things like defined hours to attract gps to the practice. Never said we had five regular gps and one long term locum. Now the surgery has five regular gps. Because we know that patients dont come back to us if we dont get it right, we have a much stronger driver to get it right, to problem solving. I hate to say this, but locums do not have that ongoing responsibility. This doctor has turned his surgery around so what is to stop other Nhs Practices doing the same . Surveys of gps suggest that it the same . Surveys of gps suggest thatitis the same . Surveys of gps suggest that it is becoming the Workload Issue which is becoming more and more of a crisis. That plays into your ability to recruit and retain gps. The government says it is responding and is committed to spending more and maintaining free access to gp practice. It is not just the nhs, it is what does society want from their Health Care Providers . If they can only get it privately, we have failed. David whiteley, bbc news. And throughout the day well be bringing you reports on the nhs from our inside out teams and viewers across england can also see a special programme tonight at 7 30 on bbc one or on the iplayer. Well have another report in the next half hour. Now the other developing stories today. A Turkish Cargo Plane has crashed in kyrgyzstan killing at least 32 people. The boeing 747, which was en route from hong kong, Crashed Into Houses near Manas Airport in the kyrgyz capital bishkek. Rescue workers say the dead included all members of the crew, as well as several children. Visibility was poor because of thick fog at the time, but the cause of the crash has not yet been confirmed. A funeral is being held today for two young cousins who died after being hit by a car on new years eve in 0ldham. 12 year old Helena Kotlarova and Zaneta Krokova who was 11 were Holding Hands as they crossed the road, when they were struck by a vehicle. Four men have since been charged in relation to their deaths. Australia says it is deeply disappointed that japan has continued whaling in the Southern Ocean after anti whaling activists published a photograph of a dead whale, and two days after australian and japanese leaders discussed the issue. Australia has long opposed japanese whaling and the contentious issue was reportedly raised in talks between Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull and japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe in sydney on saturday. Premier League Football clubs should face legal action if they dont do enough to ensure access for disabled fans, according to a report by a Cross Party Group of mps. The culture, media and Sport Select Committee says its disappointed some top clubs arent doing more, after a bbc investigation in 2015 found that 17 out of 20 failed to provide enough wheelchair spaces. The clubs say Making Alterations to older grounds is difficult to do quickly. For a full summary of the news come you can go to the website and get more details on that trump interview with michael gove and the latest on what is happening with the pound ahead of theresa mays speech on brexit tomorrow. And now the weather. The ground looks pretty wet outside. I dont think its raining with us at the moment. Sadly it is not dry everywhere. Quite a bit of frontal action and moment across some parts of the British Isles. 0ne action and moment across some parts of the British Isles. One on its way into the north west of scotland, this one weakening all the while, but if you are stuck under it is a damp lunchtime. That continues on into the first part of the afternoon from the North East England down to bristol and the south coast. Cooler in the east, the chance of some brightness. The rain continues to fizzle across the midlands and down towards the south west overnight. That frontal system coming down towards the borders. The cloud keeps temperatures up but under clear skies in east anglia and the south east, a bit of a frost, a cold day. A bit of sunshine perhaps the eastern side of scotland. The mildest of the air across northern and western parts. After that cool start, never better than 4 5, despite the sunshine. We keep that disparity of temperatures going through to midweek. This is bbc Newsroom Live with joanna gosling. The headlines at 12. 31pm the us President Elect, donald trump, has promised a quick and fair trade deal between the United States and britain. He said the uk was doing great, following its vote for brexit. Fresh Assembly Elections for Northern Ireland look likely to be called this afternoon. Sinn fein has formally declined to nominate a replacement for Martin Mcguinness, who resigned as deputy First Minister in protest at the handling ofa minister in protest at the handling of a Controversial Energy renewal scheme. The former Football CoachBarry Bennell has denied eight charges of child sexual abuse. The offences are alleged to have happened in the 1980s, when he was a coach at Crewe Alexandra. The inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed in Tunisia Injune 2015, has opened at the high court in london. The attack was carried out by a lone gunman on a beach resort near sousse. The court heard it took police more than 30 minutes to reach the scene of the attack and shoot the gunman dead. Sterling has regained some of its early losses today against the dollar, but is still down against the euro. The falls followed speculation that theresa may will indicate shes prepared to leave the Single Market, when she reveals some plans for brexit tomorrow. More now on our top story this afternoon, and donald trump has promised a trade deal between britain and the United States will be a priority when he takes office as us president on friday. He was speaking to the former Justice Secretary and prominent Brexit Campaigner michael gove for the Times Newspaper. Lets listen to a little of what he said about his impressions of britain. That is just a short clip of that interview between donald trump michael gove. And you can watch full coverage of Donald Trumps inauguration as the 45th president of the United States here on bbc news. Lets return to the news that the full inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed in Tunisia Injune 2015 have opened in london. This morning the court heard evidence about the time it took local Security Units to attend the scene of the attack. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin is following developments at the royal courts ofjustice. It was a very poignant and very sombre start to this full inquest for the attacks in sousse in tunisia in 2015. The coroner called for the names of all 38 people killed, 30 from great britain, to be read out in court. That was followed by a minutes silence. It was of course an horrific attack by the gunman, who rampaged along the beach, shooting people dead systematically, who were lying on sunbeds and swimming, enjoying themselves. He then moved further into the hotel, killed more people and it took more than 30 minutes before the Tunisian Police managed to reach the area and shoot him dead. What weve also heard at the opening of this inquest this morning is the coroner laying out the kind of scope of what he can do. This is very, very important. Of course, we are going to hear how each person was killed. Its going to be very distressing details for the families who are in court and watching around the country. We will also hear about that gunman himself, this 23 year old student who was responsible for the attack. Then critically, what the coroner has said as they will also be at the hotel itself. Was it sufficient or not . And also going back to an earlier attack in tunisia, just three months before the attack in sousse, and attack in the capital at a key museum, in which foreigners we re a key museum, in which foreigners were targets. 22 were killed, including one from britain. They are going to be looking at those really key areas, and also another point he said as they will be looking at the adequacy of Travel Advice given by the Foreign Office and the travel companies, in terms of the risk of an attack taking place in sousse. Some really important areas which he will be digging down into. He can make recommendations for future action, to try and prevent attacks like this and people being killed on such a scale, and of course that will be uncomfortable, potentially, for the travel companies, the hotel and the Foreign Office, with a lot of allegations flying around. Richard galpin reporting. The worlds eight richest individuals all men have as much wealth as the 3. 6 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world, according to 0xfam. The charity is calling for action to address what its called a warped Global Economy, as its revealed that there is a much wider gap in the distribution of wealth than previously acknowledged. Critics have called the claims misleading, saying the welfare of the poor is improving every year. That show you who those eight wealthiest individuals. It is on the website, if you want to go do it, you can find these details. There it is. There are these stats on how much they individually are worth. Top of they individually are worth. Top of the list, bill gates, 75 billion. Ben southwood is head of research at the Adam Smith Institute a free market think tank. Hejoins me from our Central London studio. Thank you very much forjoining us. It is obviously a headline grabber. But is it a good way to look at wealth and poverty . It has come from credit suisse, back to a report on global wealth, but i think the message it is giving is misleading. In their report 0xfam Focus On Tech Billionaires because they make up an increasing number of the top richest people in the world and they have a case study on vietnam. Actually both of these are good examples as to how the Global Economic system is broadly working. Tech millionaires make their money out of products that Benefit Millions of people, like facebook, in the developing world on mobile internet, traditional style mobile phones. Secondly, vietnam, vietnam is a good example. Since the 1980s vietnam has implemented lots of reforms like china and india, market reforms. The gdp capita has gone up in that 20 to 30 year period. Everything isnt solved, but we are clearly going in the right direction. 0xfam is misleading us by presenting a picture where billionaires are taking from the poor rather than that improvement. Some of the men on this list list are great for, bill gates and warren buffett. That is another side effect, although i dont think the justification should be that they give their money away. We could take their money off them and spend it how we think is best. The point is doing so would risk the very growth that sees Living Standards across the bottom improved. Do you think. People are saying the 0xfam report is misleading because global poverty is actually coming down. Do you think thatis actually coming down. Do you think that is the case mondello in 1980 the number living under 2 a day we re the number living under 2 a day were about 44 of the entire world. Now, correcting for inflation, that number is about 10 . Clearly 10 of the world of 700 Million People are living in this incredible extreme poverty and there is more we can do, however that 34 we have seen come out of that extreme level, that is a massive improvement. 0xfam ruby doesnt talk about this at all. What is it that has led to that drop in poverty . What lessons can be learned . The two biggest contributors are india and china. We see massive growth in those countries, largely due to the opening up to World Markets and implementing reforms so they werent being run along an entirely state directed economy, with some capitalism. Those lessons at work, that has worked in vietnam and various other countries around asia and south america and so on. However, we havent seen the same improvement in sub saharan africa. The number living under two or 1 a day has come down steadily in the last few decades, but this is where the biggest yet to be made. Thank you very much indeed. Then southward. Lets bring his news are just getting from the coroners court. We are hearing that a young mother who died just hours after she gave birth to her second son was a result of failures, and inadequate treatment at the hospital caring for her. The 38 year old died at Tunbridge Wells hospital in kent shortly after giving birth to her son by caesarean section. She suffered heavy bleeding and was anaesthetised but went into Cardiac Arrest and died in the afternoon of the 9th of october, 2012. She was a schoolteacher. There hasjust been the 9th of october, 2012. She was a schoolteacher. There has just been a ruling from a coroner, talking about the death being the result of failures, inadequate diagnosis and treatment at that hospital caring for her. That just treatment at that hospital caring for her. Thatjust through. We will bring you more reaction to that as we get it. As part of our day of coverage of the pressures facing the nhs in england, weve been to the isle of wight. Nhs figures show the souths Health Service could face a £2. 2 billion cash crisis by 2020. Thats according to figures compiled by local health trusts seen by inside out. Senior Health Officials say plans to redesign services can save that sum and improve patient care, but some proposals are already proving controversial. Jon cuthill reports. The nhs, in action, on the isle of wight. We can get that all sorted out for you, cant we . Thank you. Running the Health Service here is especially challenging. The isle of wights got particular problems. Weve got an ageing population, so 26 of our population are over the age of 65. So, the islands nhs is under pressure. Its £4 million over budget this year, and faces a potential £52 million black hole by 2020. Theres a huge challenge, which ever number you look at, its a really big number. We need to go through each of our services and make sure were doing the right for people. Does that mean cuts . Thats absolutely not in our plans. But there will be big changes. All the health trusts in the south have until 2020 to find a combined £2. 2 billion. We will see gp surgeries closing, because there are a lot of them, they cost a lot of money to run and many of them are running out of money. Well see hospitals close, well see a es merged. Chanting no ifs, no buts, no nhs cuts. Health bosses sayjoining together services and pooling expertise will be better for patients, but as those plans begin to emerge, scenes like this are likely to become more and more common. And throughout the day well be bringing you reports on the nhs from our inside out teams and viewers across england can also see a special programme tonight at 7. 30 on bbc one or on the iplayer. The headlines on bbc Newsroom Live donald trump has said the uk is doing great, following its vote for brexit and has promised to do a quick trade deal with britain after he takes over the presidency later this week. Fresh Assembly Elections in Northern Ireland are likely to be called this afternoon after sinn fein formally declined to nominate a replacement for Martin Mcguinness. The former Crewe Alexandre coach, Barry Bennell, has pleaded not guilty to eight charges of Sexual Assault against a boy under 16. Some women with terminal cancer who were expecting to be able to take a life extending drug to give them an extra six months of life, have been told theyll no longer get it. The drug is called kadcyla, it costs £90,000 a year far more than the £20,000 £30,000 normally spent on life extending drugs. Nice the body in charge of the nhss Purse Strings has decided it can no longer fund the drug. Bonnie fox has told the bbcs Victoria Derbyshire programme shes completely devastated that kadcyla will no longer be available on the nhs and shes considering trying to raise money to pay for it herself. Its so frustrating, its so upsetting, its just. I think its the fact that you know that drug is there, and you know that drug is good. I think if it had never existed, then i wouldnt be, then i wouldnt have this hope of being able to use it. My names bonnie fox, i was diagnosed with both primary and secondary Breast Cancer when i was 37, when my little boy was just four months old. Wed tried for quite a while to have him, as well, so it was quite a long road to have him. So, yeah, we finally thought, wed moved house, finally got pregnant, i spent my pregnancy quite anxious thinking something was going to go wrong, and then he was finally delivered safely. And you think, finally, everythings going in our favour, and then, yeah, a few months down the line you get told Something Like this, so you just kind of think, seriously, what else . what have i done to deserve all this rubbish, basically. Im hoping i get to see him go to school, but i dont really even let my mind kind of wander even further, exams, university, him getting married, having children. Ive just assumed that im not going to be here for things like that, so i try not to think about them, i guess, i try not to dwell on them. But, yeah, its a horrible. Theres no way to describe it, really, its just feeling heartbroken, i think, thats the only way to describe it. And youre at a point now where the drugs youre currently taking, you know at some point theyre going to become ineffective, and thats when the next course of treatment would be kadcyla . Yeah. We found out recently that this is probably no longer going to be available on the nhs. How did you feel when you first heard that news . It makes me feel worried, it makes me feel angry and frustrated, angry with the Drugs Company and with the nhs that they havent been able to find a way through to agree a way forward, basically. In my head, ive thought about how long i can last on each drug, ive got kind of a rough, i guess, timescale laid out. If i have this drug and then i can have this drug for a couple of years, then maybe this drug. And you kind of bank on those years, theyre so precious to you, its so important that you can squeeze as much time as possible out of the drugs, and to have that suddenly taken away. Itjust feels so cruel, really. I mean, everything feels really cruel as it is, but to have that taken away from me when im really depending on those extra years, its just adding a huge amount of anxiety onto already an incredibly anxious situation. And i think thats the hardest thing, i cant begain to explain how it feels when you go for scan results, its the worst kind of anxiety, and my life is, its already pretty stressful, ive got this enormous black cloud, i think, hanging over me, that i try to push away as best i can but its always there, and this is just additional worry, really, additional anxiety. It keeps me awake at night worrying. Taking kadcyla away, there isnt a next step for me in place, so if im told that my drugs arent working, then literally the next day im going to need that new drug, and if thats not there for me, then what do i do . What else do i do . I have to have a drug to stay alive, so i need to find find a way, basically. Do you think about having to raise the money yourself if its not available . Yeah, thats always in the back of my mind, thats a real possibility. When youre told that you have cancer at such a young age, you just think, why me . Why am i this one person thats, you know, somehow been singled out to get this bit of bad luck . And then, yeah, to be told that a drug is taken away from you that could extend your life is just, yeah, its unfairness on top of unfairness, i think. Its just making you feel even more cheated then you already do, really. And you can find out more about this story on the Victoria Derbyshire programme page. Thats bbc. Co. Uk victoria. Donald trumps election to the white house followed one of the most bitter and divisive campaigns in history, and many have questioned how the new leader will unite the country. To find out, our correspondentjon kay on a road trip along the iconic route 45 travelling from north to south straight through the heart of america. Today, in the first of a week long series of reports, hes in winsconsin, a state that elected mr trump by the narrowest of margins. Milwaukee, known for its harsh winters, for making cheese and beer and now for its role in americas fragile new politics. Go go, right now. This is no place forfragile junior ice hockey. This is the green bayjunior gamblers. Jonathan is coaching the under 9s. He likes donald trump because he is different, a nonpolitician, an outsider. Itjust goes back to an alternative that is outside of the box, a different viewpoint. He is a billionaire, not exactly every man. No, hes certainly is not but i think theres something to be said for him being able to relate to a plumber, a welder, a teacher. Cheering. The state of wisconsin switched sides in this election. The large White Working Class electorate normally votes democrat, but this time they chose trump. They like giving new things a try here, even if its risky. Your gloves and nearly as big as my hands, arent they . Engineerjason is confident. After nine redundancy threats in six years, he says its time for a businessman in the oval office. Itll be nice to have a little bit more stability in the job front. Im hoping, from an economic stand point, that trump reflects giving that stability back to the country. Some of americas top ice athletes practice on this rink. I understand you like to do this thing, but youre not stopping to do that, youre not doing that as much, correct . Nancy was an 0lympian and is now a coach. Its time to be a little risky. She told me donald trump can bring a winners mindset to the white house. Trump makes a decision, he gets it done. Do you have any reservations about his personality, i mean, the things hes said about women, for example . Yeah, i think everybody who is behind him has some reservations, because they really do not know the truth behind that and they are just hoping at this point in his life, he has put that behind him. Wisconsin may have voted trump, but only by 1 and some here are still struggling with the result. This is one of the most importantjobs in the world, and im not certain that hes prepared for it. But this hockey mum is willing to give the new president a chance, even though, as a muslim, she is worried by some of his comments. I try to look at the bright side. I think we have to just wait and see what happens. You sound to me like maybe youre a little nervous . Yes, i might be. We heard that a lot here, a desire to unite, but an acceptance that it may not be easy. Now for a check on the weather. A cold front approaching the North Western quarter and then this weather front has had North Western quarter and then this weatherfront has had enough North Western quarter and then this weather front has had enough cloud about it to be producing some rain through the eastern side of the British Isles through the rest of the afternoon i think that will push gradually further towards the west. All the while that weather system in the north west will close in, thickening cloud and producing rain all the way down towards Northern Ireland. The odd hint of brightness in some eastern spots but by this afternoon it will be raining across the north of england and down through the West Midlands down towards the south coast. In the North Eastern quarter the cloud may break overnight and you always have been under the influence of continental air, rather than stuff coming in from the atlantic. Thats why there is a disparity in the temperatures. 5 9 for most but under the influence of the continent, 1 2 and a frosty start to tuesday for east anglia and the south east. The frontal system weakening on that diagonal down towards the south west, but still that mild air flooding in around the High Pressure to dominate across scotland and Northern Ireland. That is the way it is going to be for the early part of the week, and into the middle part of the week as well, where we will keep that air flooding in from the atlantic. That will keep the temperature degree or so either side of 10 degrees, but it will be a different kettle of fish or together in east anglia and the south east, where in the first part of the week in the middle part of the week we will see their daytime maximum never better than about 5 degrees after those rather chilly starts. There is a huge difference if youre getting yourairfrom a huge difference if youre getting your airfrom the a huge difference if youre getting your air from the atlantic or the relatively cool continent. This is the maximum daily temperatures for wednesday, even in madrid to know better than minus one. No surprise to tell you if you are importing yourairfrom to tell you if you are importing your airfrom the to tell you if you are importing your air from the continent rather than the atlantic we will keep that disparity going until well on into the week. Thursday just disparity going until well on into the week. Thursdayjust beginning to see a little bit of milder weather in the far south east. The President Elect donald trump promises a quick trade deal with the uk after he takes office on friday. Mr trump said the uk was doing great after the vote to leave the eu and was so smart for getting out. Obama said theyll go to the back of the line. Meaning, if it does happen. And then he had to retract it. That was a bad statement. And now were at the front of the queue . I think youre doing great. Well be asking how realistic a quick trade deal will be . Today, sinn fein will not renominate for the position of deputy First Minister. Crisis at stormont Northern Irelands Power Sharing government looks set to collapse today sparking fresh elections. The inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed at a beach resort in tunisia in 2015 opens at the high court in london. Former Football CoachBarry Bennell appears in court and pleads not