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Following an incident outside a bristol nightclub. What a great shot and tributes for Cyrille Regis, the man who led the way for black footballers in britain who died at the age of 59. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Cabinet ministers have tonight been holding an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the financial collapse of carillion. The firm had government contracts across school catering, hsz, the nhs and prisons, and its demise has left its own employees and many more who work for it indirectly facing a worrying future. Carillion itself employs almost 20,000 workers in the uk. The company has a50 government contracts a massive portfolio. It sub contracted thousands of small firms to do some of that work. Carillions demise has raised questions for government about the way Public Sector projects are handed out to private sector businesses. Heres our business editor, simonjack. This bypass near aberdeen is in scotla nd this bypass near aberdeen is in scotland was my biggest construction project with a price tag of £730 million. Here is another, around lincoln, the cost 100 million. Just two contracts, lynn has been awarded throughout the uk, but it did a lot more than buildings. Through contracts more than buildings. Through co ntra cts to more than buildings. Through contracts to manage schools, prisons and hospitals, it touched the lives of millions. Today the government said it would not support the company with public money. This is, however, the failure of a private Sector Company and it is the companys Sector Company and it is the compa nys shareholders and Sector Company and it is the companys shareholders and its lenders who will bear the brunt of the losses. Taxpayers should not and will not bail out a private Sector Company or private sector losses. Hq in wolverhampton, nervous faces and tight lips. Any comment to make . It was a disaster, there are thousands of some trip subcontractors who will not get paid. Carillions fuel cards are not working this morning so staff are not being able to fill up their advance. The thing is collapsing around us. The government seem to have this they seek their attitude and they have to take steps to assure people of their futures. Carillion is more than the uks second biggest construction firm. It delivers 32,000 school meals a day. It maintains nhs buildings containing 11,500 hospital beds. It provides services to 50 prisons. It has recently been awarded a contract to help build hs2. It was that fact that prompted angry exchanges today in the commons. When did the government first realise that carillion was in trouble . After all, they have had three ceos in a short space of time, three separate warnings for profit and in 2013th 01 warnings for profit and in 2013th or already short selling stock on the stock exchange. So where did it go wrong . Big contracts like this when sarah, profits optimistically bank had to be written off, blown a hole in its finances and with banks are unwilling to lend any more money without government support, its fate was sealed. Carillion was a company that until risley paid big salaries to its bosses and big dividends to its shareholders, despite growing its shareholders, despite growing its bank and its own Pension Scheme £1. 5 billion. The wisdom of awarding Public Sector, Public Service contracts Public Sector, Public Service co ntra cts to Public Sector, Public Service contracts to a Company Without will continue but today the urgent concern is for those thousands of Small Businesses who rely on the big boys like carillion for their payments so they can pay their own bills. Gordon stone surprise Christmas Lights to Birmingham City council to a subcontract. Christmas lights to Birmingham City council to a subcontractlj Christmas Lights to Birmingham City council to a subcontract. I have half a dozen invoices dated back to november of last year when we supplied christmas lighting. This was true corroding. These have not been paid and the total value is about £17,500. What is the knockon effect . The immediate consequences are to cash flow. We have to have a serious look at our cash flow and business going forward. And potentially might mean we have to reduce staffing levels. But were not sure. Furthermore, were not sure we will get paid any of this money. Carillion rackers are being urged to continue to go to work while contracts are really awarded. But with tentacles in so many areas of the economy unravelling with ba n kru ptcy of the economy unravelling with bankruptcy could take many months. 0ur Political Correspondent chris mason is at westminster for us tonight. Anything concrete, debate cobra meeting . Not yet, it got under way about half past six, chaired by david lidington. The Prime Minister was not in attendance but i understand her ministers will be. The idea is that they try and pull together the extent to which the Contingency Planning is working and the continuation of the provision of services that carillion had been responsible. A lot of awkward questions for the government today about contracts it had signed and the Public Sector had signed in the last six months or so since the latest profit warning from carillion, without this afternoon that big contracts have been signed by the Public Sector since july, seven of them nationally by central government, one by leeds city council, which had been agreed but not signed off on, just a week ago. So awkward questions about the extent to which the government was good to carry on signing these contracts knowing that carillion might be in some sort of trouble. The response from the government being that the contracts one with network rail, for instance, ensured that only public money was handed over wenger could be completed. So the taxpayer would not face a bill. What is striking tonight politically is the extent to which labour are jumping on this. We have seenjeremy corbyn putting out a video on social media, making the argument, and ideological argument that involving the private sector in the provision of Public Services is a mistake. He says this is a watershed moment, the outsource first dogma should stop, labour will put an end to the private profits is best laika, he says. I think we can expect more from them on this in the coming days. It is something that lays out well into jeremy days. It is something that lays out well intojeremy corbyns instincts. Com pletely well intojeremy corbyns instincts. Completely against the idea of the private sector being involved in Public Services and though he has a case study in failure to hang that argument on. David lidington was keen to point out the public will not be on the hook for the firms alas, no public money used to bail the company. But the pension fund is in the red. Absolutely, massive numbers that have led to this situation for carillion. So in the short term the focus of the meeting tonight and in the next couple of days will be the short and contingency about ensuring people who turn up to work to provide other services, perhaps in hospitals or delivering school dinners, can continue to do that. Then there is that massive longer term question about the financial viability, particularly around the pension fund that carillion face. And with that, a political opportunity for labour to make the argument that outsourcing stores up all sorts of potential political problems, not just political problems but once that could lead the taxpayer facing a whopping great bill. The government is that the stage insisting the contracts could have signed recently should not incur additional costs to the taxpayer, but you can be served under scrutiny around what it may end up costing is something labour and others will be keeping a close eye on. Chris, thank you for that. Well, we can speak now to alex brummer, whos city editor for the daily mail. This is a company that had a market capitalisation of 2 billion. Contracts capitalisation of 2 billion. Co ntra cts of capitalisation of 2 billion. Contracts of 16 billion. How on earth did it get to this stage . |j earth did it get to this stage . think it has lost financial control. Some of the contracts are very old. It was in bidding wars when it apply for these contracts. And it tended very low so the contracts became an economic. We all know of course the centre whereby we want to put in a new kitchen, and you are told by the contractor that it will be £15,000, but by the time they get the work done they find all sorts of problems, asbestos was the problem at the Royal Liverpool hospital, which they have been building, then the bill doubles. So there are unexpected contingencies which come up. Buta unexpected contingencies which come up. But a good and well run company, more Efficient Company than carolan, wouldve had some of those contingencies looked after and not allowed itself to get into the trouble it has done. So they were so quick to put in the cheapest and lowest tender to get the deal, that they got in over their heads . Think thatis they got in over their heads . Think that is the case. And this is not one company, it is a whole collection of companies which came together over the years. It began with tarmac, adding things like mcalpine and so on. So it did not necessarily right all the contracts itself. Some of them go right, right back to the laika interestingly enough, right back to gordon brown and tony blair. That is where many of the public and private finance contracts were first put together. was talking to the head of public assets at Oxfordshire County Council and they pulled the plug on their deal with carillion, way before, three orfour months deal with carillion, way before, three or four months before the first profits warning last year because they said the work simply was not good enough. Is that the kind of thing the government should have been aware of . What is astonishing, and i think your correspondent just astonishing, and i think your correspondentjust pointed this out, is that the government was still signing new contracts, right up until september of this year, which is bonkers because we knew the share price was sliding and everyone in the city knew what was going on. The debts were piling up, the bank loa ns were the debts were piling up, the bank loans were piling up on the government was still signing contracts. That is why i have suggested, and i will suggest this in my column tomorrow, this was Something Like a ponzi scheme because if you give out new contracts, you give confidence to the company that it can survive, and to the market that it can survive. So each time you give it a new contract, share prices went up, but then fell back again. So it was a kind of artificial inflation of the share price. But how difficult, how much of a problem might it have been at the government had said, after the first profits warning, we are going to pull the plug and were not going to pull the plug and were not going to pull the plug and were not going to give you any more co ntra cts . Going to give you any more contracts . 20,000 going to give you any more contracts . 20 , 000 people going to give you any more contracts . 20,000 people employed in this country, another almost 20,000 abroad, massive contracts, it would have been appalling. The real build up of bank debt has occurred since that first profits warning, so it may have been the cheaper rescue then than it is now, they may have built up further problems over the period. So i think. But they didnt have to come up with a new. Give them new contracts at that point. It is applicable in to sort itself out. There are other outsourcing companies who have been through these difficulties and because they are better managed, they know how to handle their debt, they know how to handle their debt, they were able to get rid of some that deliver bad contracts, they survive. And we have seen them become successful and profitable again. It was not necessary if they had been managed better. Thank you very much. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 40 this evening in the papers. Our guestsjoining me tonight are katy balls, Political Correspondent at the spectator and jim waterson, Political Editor at buzzfeed uk. Stay with us for that. This is bbc news. An inquest into the death of 13 month old Poppi Worthington has concluded she was sexually assaulted before she died. The coroner found that poppis death in cumbria in 2012 was caused by asphyxia, after sleeping in a bed with herfather, paul worthington. Mr worthington has always denied wrongdoing and has never been charged with a criminal offence. From kendal, danny savage reports. For five years, the death of Poppi Worthington has been unexplained. Now it is much clearer how she died and what happened to her beforehand. This 30 month old suffocated after being left in an unsafe sleeping position by her father. Being left in an unsafe sleeping position by herfather. She died in this bed, offer a coroner believes Paul Waddington also sexually assaulted her. He had taken herfrom her cot before the assault, which the coroner ruled on the balance of probabilities took place hours before she died. This statement was made today on behalf of poppis mother. She is disappointed that her father choose not to answer questions which might incriminate him. While she understands he is entitled to do this, she considers he should have given the coroner the crucial evidence of poppis last few hours. The coroner has sent paul worthingtons has said the accou nts worthingtons has said the accounts were not complete approval and the evidence did not stand up to scrutiny. Mr waddington was bundled in and out of the inquest by police because of concerns over his city. Worthington. He lives in hiding. In court, he refused to answer questions 252 times. He has gone through all this process over the la st through all this process over the last few years, and everything that has been dumped on him, no, go with the solicitors advice. His sister has stood by him throughout. How convinced you that your brother is innocent . Im not convinced, i know. I would not protect him if he didnt done anything wrong. I would not protect him if he didnt done anything wrong. The first inquest into poppis death was quashed by the high court after lasting just seven minutes. Cumbria polices investigation into the death was so botched that vital evidence was lost. The coroner criticised the forces failings. Poppi and her family deserve a better standard of investigation than the one which was conducted five years ago. But no one is ever likely to be charged over poppis death because of a lack of evidence. Many people will view this as an u nsatisfa ctory many people will view this as an unsatisfactory end to years of investigations into Poppi Worthingtons short life. The mp for barrow in furness, john woodcock, joins us now. Thank you for being with us. First of all, what is your response to the coroners findings . It is a finding that everyone in the community was fearing, that the initialfamily court ruling, that poppi had probably been assaulted by her death, was held up, assaulted before her death, the heartbreaking truth is that it is unlikely, as your report set out, that there will ever be justice for poppi because of the manifest horrific failings in the manifest horrific failings in the police investigation. I think probably the only thing we can do 110w probably the only thing we can do now i want the cbs to look at this again, but probably the only thing we can do now is to make sure that from the very highest level, from the home secretary dan whaites, that actually, we learn the lessons and the failings of this the lessons of the fillings, and this kind of miscarriage of justice, of the fillings, and this kind of miscarriage ofjustice, which has occurred because of the police failings, can not be allowed to happen again. That is why i am calling for the home secretary to order a public enquiry into what went wrong, and how Police Forces are able to act in the aftermath of this ina are able to act in the aftermath of this in a way that allows people who have been held responsible for investigation failings, as has happened in this case, are allowed to retire without being properly held to account. The police chief of cumbria has apologised for police force failings and has suggested that there will be a discussion with the cbs about how to proceed with this. The cps. But the polices handling of the ipcc report into its failings. Everything i have seen shows me he is a man who is deeply committed to improving the police force, people go. They come to work as Police Officers every money to keep people safe. But it is a nonsense that you can have a system whereby individuals who are found by official reports to have been guilty of, in one case of gross incompetence, misconduct, then seve demoted seve demoted, rather than being told they cannot work in the police again. Simply demoted. Then they are able to retire and avoid all accountability. The home secretary as to intervene, let us look of the facts and have an independent enquiry into this, but the home secretary must intervene to restore confidence in this police force and in Police Forces across the country. Because this is not by any means the first time this kind of retirement option, police seeming to close ranks, has happened. We will be that the matter. John woodcock, think you very much. We will leave it there. The headlines on bbc news thousands of jobs thousands ofjobs are risks after the collapse of pirelli. A coroner has ruled that 30 month old Poppi Worthington had been sexually assaulted before dying of asphyxia at her home in barrow in furness five years ago. The lead singer with the cranberries, Dolores Oriordan, has died in london. She was 46. Now, time for all the sports news. Good evening, and well start with Tonights Premier League action from old trafford, where united are hoping to close the gap on manchester city. Manchester united have already scored. They beat jack butland on the edge of the box. Stoke are third from bottom as things stand. Paul lambert will be an interested spectator as his new club take on Manchester United this evening. He is the new stoke manager but wont take over until his sides trip to huddersfield on saturday. Hes signed a two and a half Year Contract and takes over from mark hughes, who was sacked just over a week ago. Lambert has been out of work since leaving wolves at the end of last season. Before tonights game, stoke were 18th and a point from safety. Manchester uniteds record appearance holder ryan giggs has been appointed wales manager on a four Year Contract, succeeding chris coleman, who left for sunderland in november. Giggs was in charge at old trafford in a caretaker role forjust four games after david moyes was sacked in 2014 and spent the next two seasons as Louis Van Gaals assistant. Giggs won 64 caps for wales between 1991 and 2007, but was unpopular with some wales fans for missing many internationals, especially friendlies. But he says he cant wait to start. Iam going i am going to give it my all. Like i have always done. When i played for my country, i give it my all. I love playing for my country. And now is probably the proudest moment of my life, to lead the welsh nation into the next two to four years will stop the next two to four years will stop the euros, then the world cup. We havent been in a world cup since 1958. I want to get this group of players there and i want to be part of that, obviously. Bbc sport understands phil neville is on the verge of being appointed england womens Football Team manager. Neville has previously coached at former club Manchester United, as well as valencia and england under 21s. Mo marley has been in temporary charge since mark sampson was sacked in september. The fa had planned to make an appointment by the end of last year, but several potential candidates dropped out of the running. England cricketer ben stokes has been charged with affray over an incident outside a bristol nightclub. The disturbance in september left a man with a fractured eye socket. Stokes missed the ashes series, with the england and Wales Cricket board saying he would not be considered for england until further notice. The 26 year old has been charged along with two other men. Over to melbourne now and kyle edmund is through to round two of the Australian Open for only the second time in his career. He might be the only british male in the draw, but he enjoyed his biggest win to date, beating the 11th seed Kevin Anderson in five sets. Hell face denis isstomin next. Just overawed, for personal satisfaction, the hours you put in, the training, etc. So many things like that. Just those terrible results just make it really feel good and worth it, basically. So, really happy. Rafa nadal took just 24 really happy. Rafa nadal tookjust 24 minutes to beat the dominican player with a loss of just three beat the dominican player with a loss ofjust three games. And nadal beatin loss ofjust three games. And nadal beat in alaska but my final by roger federer. The runner up in lasts womens single is out. Venus williams was beaten in straight sets by belinda bencic, who is 17 years younger than williams. A 16th to win in a row. The 20 rolled dropped to 318 in the world last year due to injury but she is making rapid strides up the rankings again, helped by this win. With Serena Williams not defending her title in melbourne, it is only the third time in 20 years that neither of the sisters has reached the second round of a grand slam. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in sportsday at 10 30. Five months after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Refugees began to write in bangladesh, officials met today to discuss the return. But they see that rohingya are still being persecuted in myanmar. But in bangladesh many of them are living in what is now the Worlds Largest refugee camp. Four year old anwar has just been diagnosed with diphtheria, a respiratory clinic disease that can kill. He was brought in by his mother to this clinic, set up from scratch by the uk emergency medical team. Thanks to the treatment he is now being given, he should soon recover. It is for you to feel better. If a patient with diphtheria coughs or sneezes of another person, that can set off an infection. In a situation where people are slipping five or six to a room beside each other, if a person who has defeated, he can spread to all the people in that space very quickly. A person who has diphtheria. This boy hasjust arrived at the clinic and is being checked at the triage point. He has very enlarged glands and he has a membrane extending towards the back of the throat. He is taken through onto the ward, where the team want to start treatment right away. But there is a problem. So, the husband is working away, she is here with the two children but there are three children also . In the camp, and they are not with any of those . We are doing it to protect him from getting more ill. Through a translator, the doctor tries to explain why staying to be treated is so essential. M doctor tries to explain why staying to be treated is so essential. It is really life threatening stuff and in this environment, it is very difficult, so hopefully what we will try and do his calm things down a little and at least begin to explain to the mother so they understand what treatment is required. But it doesnt work. His mother needs to get back to her other children and he will not stay on his own. It is hard. We know the treatment he needs, but it very much feels like he is out of the game. It is not a good feeling. In the end, he did return, and was given the anti diphtheria medication. The work of this clinic does not stop with the patients who are treated here for diphtheria. They then try to identify everyone who lives with that patient or has come into contact with them. And each of those people are then treated with a course of antibiotics. That is what happened with the family of little anwar, who is back at the clinic for a checkup. How is he doing . Years one of 11 siblings. His mother tells me he is fine and she is relieved none of his brothers and sisters fell ill. But Living Conditions in the camp mean the risk of any Infectious Disease spreading at any time will always be high. Michelle hussain reporting from bangladesh. Time for a look at the weather. A breakjanuary night lies ahead, are a breakjanuary night lies ahead, a re really a breakjanuary night lies ahead, are really showing a fall of us, but across england and wales the showers will be primarily of rain. Further north, turning increasingly wintry with some lying snow developing at lower levels. That is because here it is going to be cold with temperatures falling below freezing. Further south, staying just above freezing. But it will be a windy and shall restarted tuesday. Down to the south west, we keep the showers of rain but further north, it will be a cold and icy day with some snow showers accumulating at lower levels. In that northwest wind it will feel really quite raw. As we move into wednesday, it could be a similar start, with plenty of scattered showers in the west. But look at the end of the day on wednesday, a deep area of low pressure likely to move in. It could be some disruptive snow across central and southern parts of scotland. But more importantly, gill forced gusts of wind. Gale force. Hello, you are watching bbc news. The top stories. Thousands ofjobs are at risk after the collapse of the giant construction and Services Firm carillion. The company employs 20,000 people in the uk but has gone into liquidation with debts of £900 million. The government has defended giving them contracts despite known financial difficulties. We have been monitoring carillion since its first profit warning in july 2017 monitoring carillion since its first profit warning injuly 2017 and since then have planned extensively in case of the Current Situation and have robust and deliverable contingency plans in place. A coroner has ruled that 13 month old Poppi Worthington had been sexually assaulted before dying of asphyxia at her home five years ago. The lead singer with the band the cranberries has died in london, she was 46. Scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned that a hard brexit could cost the country more than £12 billion a year. Tributes have been paid to the former west brom and England Forward Cyrille Regis whos died at the age of 59. As a black player hes been described as a pioneer. Coming into the game in the 1970s he suffered racial abuse even when wearing the england shirt. His wife said cyrille came into football the hard way and never lost his passion for the game. Both friends and fans in his hometown have been paying tribute to the late star. He gets the last 20 minutes or so. mean, the three degrees, they not only bloke the glass ceiling, you know, inspired generations of black footballers to come through, but they were exciting footballers and he was that exciting Centre Forward that every teams fans love and i think other fans of teams other than we st think other fans of teams other than west brom respected and loved that and you speak to people they would always talk about the goals scored at theirground as always talk about the goals scored at their ground as well as the ones scored here for west brom. Regis taking it well on the chest. A lovely piece of control by regis. 0h, lovely piece of control by regis. Oh, whata oh, what a great shot oh, what a goal very upset, obviously. Very upset, i thought so much of him and the only thing i can say is god must be short ofa thing i can say is god must be short of a striker, he has chosen the right one. He was an icon in more ways than one with his charity work and other things he did away from football. So, its a loss not only for football, i think a loss for the world and what he has done because you mention the name Cyrille Regis andl you mention the name Cyrille Regis and i am sure people around the world know who he is. Heros dont die, they become legends, thats the only way to sum it up. Lets talk now to raj athwal who spent 14 years as part of the Management Team at coventry football clu b Management Team at Coventry Football Club and was a close friend of the late footballer. One reflection in that piece suggested god must be short of a striker. I suspect the almooty would be looking at cyrilles pace, strength and fineese that delighted to many over the yea rs. That delighted to many over the years. Cyrille was a fantastic player, we were all devastated, gutted, tearful, he appealed to the common person as well, to all of us. Asi common person as well, to all of us. As i said, he was a fantastic player. At all the clubs he has been at. My great memories are at coventry, and especially the 87 cup final. You are one of the longest serving ethnic minority i suppose officials in the backroom of a major football club. You are a bit of a pioneer yourself. Butjust detail for me how much of a pioneer Cyrille Regis was. Its fair to say he was head and above any of the players i know when it comes to legacy. In the modern game we talk about how football is probably one of the only industries i of that breaks down barriers and stereo types, lets not forget this started in the 70s with cyrille, brendan and lawrie and they created what we have today. He has talked about just created what we have today. He has talked aboutjust dealing with the shouts and the monkey chants and abuse that he got from the terraces, its part of the job, he dealt with it. Is that how he talked to you about it behind the scenes when he wasnt on the camera, did it ever get to him all of that . wasnt on the camera, did it ever get to him all of that . I mean, cyrille, some of the things he told me, you just think it wouldnt happen, but it did. He dealt with it in his own way, mentally, it made him stronger. Itjust made him play even harder and work harderjust to prove a point. As i said, even behind the scenes when ijoined coventry in the mid 90s, he was monumental in helping my career and certainly i have learned from his experiences and to stay strong and keep going. To be abused like that, while he is at his place of work, on the football pitch, we simply wouldnt stand for it these days, wouldnt stand for it these days, would we . Absolutely not, and i think football has moved on a lot. Of course there is challenges and things we need to look at and address but on the whole due to various reasons it has certainly moved on and its not like it was in the 70s and 80s and we can say that. But yeah there is challenges. The terraces are much friendly place now. He represented his country as well. Obviously, that must be must have been a proud moment when he put on the england shirt. have been a proud moment when he put on the england shirt. I remember him telling me at the time and him telling me at the time and him telling me at the time and him telling me how proud he was to play for his country. And to wear that shirt and as much as the clubs hes played for, he always said to play for his country was Something Else for his country was Something Else for him and it meant so much to him. Absolutely. 0k, thank you for your reflections. Ali robertson who played with Cyrille Regis joins us as well now. Thank you for being with us. Its a very sad day. What are your main reflections and thoughts on Cyrille Regis . I wish i wasnt calling you today on this, but its so sad its happened to cyrille. But he was the most genuine loveliliest lad you could ever wish to be friends with. We were so lucky to have a legend like cyrille, he was absolutely fantastic. You played with him for quite a while. What was he like as a teammate . Again we all got on absolutely fantastic together. It just shows you that 40 years on we all still go out together and cyrille has been a fantastic player within the club and when you hear what everybody has been talking about and saying about him today, every single thing is completely right. He was the nicest, loveliest person you could ever wish to meet. You kept in touch off the pitch, when was the last time you saw him . We were at the arsenal match together. We were laughing and joking about all the things that happened, we i helped run the form of players, so we kept in touch, its just so sad forjulia and his family for this to have happened. The abuse and the racism that he faced from the terraces while he was on the pitch, how did he talk, did he ever talk to you about his feelings about those days and those problems that he had to go through, that all black players had to go through in the 70s and 80s . Because we had the three black lads in our club, lawrie, cyrille and brendan, we used to stick together and the abuse that they got was disgraceful. But to be fair to cyrille, the three of them, to be fair to them, we all just got on with it and we got through it. It would never happen in this day and age. But at that time they were the first black players coming in and they took it in their stride but what a lot of other teams didnt realise that the most stick they gave to those lads, the more we all stuck together and the harder we tried because we wanted to win those games to make sure that brendan, cyrille and lawrie could come off and it would be fantastic. Thats interesting. The abuse that those players got, it actually galvanised the rest of the team to work harder, do you think . Yes, it did. Because they were our friends. They werent just footballers, we were all friends together. We were all like brothers and in that dressing room you would kill for each other. The more stick that we got because of that, the harder and longer we stuck together. We never ever, ever had any problems within our dressing room with those lads. None whatsoever. 0k, thank you for your reflections. Its so sad whats happened, so sad. Thank you for that. You are welcome. Reflections on Cyrille Regis, a pioneer in so many ways who has died at the age of 59. The lead singer of the irish band the cranberries, Dolores Oriordan, has died at the age of 46. The band enjoyed fame in the 1990s with hits including linger and zombie. David pearson reports. The death of dolores oh riordan is a massive shock for her fans, band and herfamily. A massive shock for her fans, band and her family. A statement said she had beenin her family. A statement said she had been in london for a short recording session. And requested privacy, saying family members are devastated. The cranberries shot to internationalfame the cranberries shot to International Fame with their 1993 debut album everybody else is doing it, so why cant we featuring the smash hit linger. Do smash hit linger. Do you have to let it linger. The band went on to sell over 40 million records worldwide. The singer was born in limerick and a lwa ys the singer was born in limerick and always classed it as home. Ireland will always be our home. People there have been paying tribute. Shocked and saddened just to hear the news. Someone so shocked and saddened just to hear the news. Someone so young. And i remember herfrom the news. Someone so young. And i remember her from the early days starting out in the city when she was very naive and shy. Wouldnt even face the crowd when she was singing. A legend in limerick. Only read it about ten minutes ago, cant believe it. Its devastating, oh, my god, she was so well liked and loved in the city. She is an inspiration, we are all doing performing arts and we are all doing performing arts and we look up to people from limerick that have been global. Very sad. If that have been global. Very sad. If you, if you could return. After taking a break, the cranberries regrouped and last year announced a tour including dates in europe, the uk and the United States. However, in may, shortly into the european tour, the cranberries had to cancel the remainder of the european dates as a result of o riordans health issues. The band cited medical issues associated with a back problem. Before christmas she posted on facebook saying she was feeling good and had done herfirst bit of gigging in months leaving fans to believe she would soon be performing again. The news of her death came late this afternoon and the metropolitan police said her body was found at a hotel in park lane. Tributes have been powering in across social media with the irish president Michael D Higgins saying she had an immense influence on rock and pop music in ireland and internationally. More now on the news that the government has promised that essential Public Services will be maintained following the collapse of the building and out sourcing firm, carillion. One of the project that is first saw problems emerge for the company last year was the contract for the Royal Liverpool hospital worth £335 million. Tonight the nhs trust which ru ns million. Tonight the nhs trust which runs the hospital is assuring patients the much needed new facility will go ahead under a new contractor amid concerns it could be seriously delayed. Andy gill reports. There were carillion workers on site in liverpool today but nobody was building anything. Carillion was one half of the private finance initiative or pfi company constructing the new royal. The other partner who are Asset Managers can now seek other building firms to finish thejob. The pfi company is contractually obliged to deliver a new hospital but the Hospital Trust boss cant say when. Its very frustrating. I am as frustrated as anybody else. But obviously with all thats happening with the company its impossible to give a date at the moment. The new Hospital Company do have the rights to appoint new contractors to finish the hospital and until thats done we wont be clearer. The current Royal Liverpool opened 40 years ago. And is showing its age. Its notjust carillion jobs which are at risk in the north west and elsewhere. The federation for Small Businesses says carillion hasnt paid a number of subcontractors for months and if they dont get their money, their future could be in doubt too. The new royal was originally meant to openin new royal was originally meant to open in march last year. Then carillion said it would defer the handover to the end of this february. That date too was in doubt, even before the company collapsed. I am extremely concerned about the new Royal Liverpool hospital. The completion has already been delayed. It was due to be finished next month, clearly thats not going to happen. Liverpool people must not suffer because of the failure of carillion and i want a firm date for when that hospital can be completed. Carillion is involved in other projects in the north west. It is part of the Team Building high speed rail hs2 due to come to crewe and manchester in the 20205. Its the main contractor for more than 1,000 student flats for manchester university. And it is building a new school in cheshire. Bosses at the royal are hoping carillion workers will be back on site tomorrow. Our Political Correspondent chris mason has more ofan correspondent chris mason has more of an update on that cobra meeting. Yeah, evening that meeting under way at 6. 30 this evening, its broken up at 6. 30 this evening, its broken up in the last half hour or so. People represented from across government at the meeting. Chaired by david lidington, the Cabinet Office minister. The extent to which carillion pressed to all different corners of the Public Sector, providing those services on behalf of the government. We have Just Services on behalf of the government. We havejust had services on behalf of the government. We have just had this update from the Cabinet Office minister after that meeting in the last couple of minutes. The message today was that day one had gone pretty well, people were turning up to work. We had not had reports of any serious disruption to Service Delivery but we also had a report from pwc working as the special managers for the official receiver that took us through the advice theyre providing to concerned employees and contractors on their website and through the helpline. It was an opportunity for ministers to test what is going on, what sort of concerns test what is going on, what sort of concerns are being expressed ap to decide how we should best address those and provide reassurance people want. Clearly in the shortterm at least that remains the ongoing challenge for the government, ensuring that employees of carillion turn upfor ensuring that employees of carillion turn up for work, that when theyre delivering Public Sector work that theyre paid for by the government and then hoping in the medium term via the official receiver that as smooth a process of unravelling carillions responsibilities and finding other people to take on their work is arrived at but its a massive challenge. Huge. And the Pension Scheme as well is in hoc to half £1 billion. Is the taxpayer going to have to deal with that . Thats the question that we are asking the government. They are pressing at the moment back and saying as things stand, as far as the contracts are concerned, particularly the ones around about eight that were signed by the Public Sector sincejuly when eight that were signed by the Public Sector since july when carillion posted a profitings warning and some we re posted a profitings warning and some were saying the company could be in trouble off the back of that, theyre insisting that those contracts wont involve loss to the taxpayer because they would have only paid for work that had been completed, rather than work that was pending, but there is a huge question around the pension liabilities and what we are getting now is an argument between the conservatives and labour around the far bigger philosophy, the bigger question about the rights and wrongs of involving the private sector in the delivery of Public Services. Jeremy corbyn has used his social Media Channels tonight to record a video to his supporters saying that this kind of involvement of the private sector in delivery of Public Services is a mistake and its something a Labour Government wouldnt do. The argument if you like from them is that they dont like from them is that they dont like it but theyre also using a means of communication that was seen to be useful for communicating with voters in the Election Campaign of last year. David lidington, the Cabinet Office minister we heard from there trying to make the opposing, if you like, idea logical argument, which is to say if you involve private sector firms in the delivery of Public Services like carillion, then this instance proves the extent to which they as private firms and shareholders shoulder the financial burden, rather than necessarily the Public Sector. But as you say, the big question is could it end up being a bill that eventually lands on the governments, ie taxpayers doormats, eventually . Thank you for the update. Our top stories. Cabinet ministers have been meeting in emergency session to discuss the collapse of the construction and services giant carillion. The coroner has ruled that 13 month old Poppi Worthington had been sexually assaulted before dying of asphyxia at her home five years ago. The lead singer with the cranberries has died in london, she was 46. There is the market numbers. This is how londons ftse and the dax ended the day. And the nasdaq and dow. The Scottish Government today published figures they say show what leaving the eu might cost each and every scot. The Scottish Government analysis suggests that, by 2030, staying in the eu Single Market will cost the scottish economy £4 billion, or £688 per person. A Free Trade Agreement similar to canadas deal with the eu would cost the scottish economy £9 million or £1610 per person, while reverting to wto trading rules would cost the mignolet £30 million or £2263 per person. These figures relate specifically to the scottish economy, but they are very much intended to persuade people and politicians across the whole of the United Kingdom that the uk could stay in the eu Single Market once we have left the European Union itself. Staying in the Single Market is the only option that makes sense. Theresa may has been incredibly clearfrom the beginning that she believes the uk has to leave the Single Market. Do you really think you would change your mind . I dont want to be facetious, who knows whether theresa may will even be Prime Minister by the time these negotiations conclude. The house of commons can, if it chooses to, decide not to allow theresa may to go down the road that in her narrow Party Political interest to go down. The uk government dispute the figures. Anybody can make end of the world type predictions, but rather than focusing on the most negative scenario, we should be doing is working together to get the best possible deal. Cathy and Alistair Carmichael represent the great brexit divide. She voted to leave, he to remain. What they make of today s figures . The snp is making the case for scotland, and trying to get as good a deal as possible for scotland and the rest of the uk, but particularly for scotland. But identity would be a good deal if you are half in and half out. Then five years time we will all be laughing about the fact that we all said we were going to hell in a handcart. And so the debate goes on in the cunningham family, and far beyond. Sarah smith, bbc news, hoyt. Seoul says north korea has agreed to send a 140 strong orchestra to next next months Winter Olympics. The development follows a meeting of officials from both countries about arrangements for pyongyangs artistic contribution to the games in south korea. Its one way in which north and South Koreans may be able to stand side by side at the games. Sophie long reports from seoul. Its not often lead singers of north korean girl bands have business in the heavily fortified demilitaryised zones the heavily fortified demilitaryised zones that separates the two koreas. But leaders of the arts world from both sides of the border came here to discuss the details of the art troop pyongyang has said it will send to the Winter Olympics. Despite their narrow cultural agenda, these, like most that take place n here, are delicate discussions. So too is what is said about them. On sunday, north korea showed its distaste after the south korean president credited donald trump with helping to start these new inter korean talks at a press conference. It said it will not overlook any foul behaviour that powers cold water over the talks and that the coach or train that will transport its delegation to the games is still in pyongyang, implying it could yet stay there. It illustrates just how little room the south korean president has to manoeuvre. While some people here are gearing up for a Winter Olympics theyre calling a festival of peace, others are acutely aware ofjust how easily these talks could falter. The south korean government, whilst they really want to have dialogue and slightly improved gradually relations and reduce the tension on the korean peninsula, theyre constrained as well because they have to be in line with the United States and they are also constrained by the Security Council resolutions now that prevent how much economic interaction you can have with the north korean state a lot more than previously. More discussions about the norths delegation to the games will take place on wednesday. On saturday, the two sides will meet at the International Olympic Committee Headquarters in switzerland to decide how many North Koreans will compete in the Winter Olympics. Lets take a look at some dramatic pictures of a fire from the usa, where a child was caught by a fire fighter after being thrown from a burning building. The fire took place on the 3rd january but this new footage hasjust emerged. The incident took place in the state of georgia. 50 people were made homeless by the fire, only 12 hospitalised with minor injuries, mostly smoke inhalation. Time for a look at the weather news now. Good evening everybody. Its been a miserable start to the week really with a lot of rain. The rain cleared and then much colder behind. That cold air is set to stay with us for a couple of days at least. All the wind coming down from the north west, its going to be quite raw on exposed north west coasts, a cluster of showers over the next few hours across scotland and Northern Ireland and north west england and you can see theyre turning increasingly wintry. Temperatures hovering just above freezing. Rain further south. The showers are set to continue tomorrow morning. Tricky conditions with ice on the roads and a mixture of rain, sleet and snow through scotland and Northern Ireland, the same for north west england. Might have a few wiptry showers but isolated across north wales and the midlands. The sous, you might start off dry south east. But a cluster close to the Bristol Channel and down to the south west, these will be of rain. They will continue through the day. They will continue through the day. The westerly wind driving those showers in, sheltered eastern areas perhaps escaping the worst. On exposed coasts when you factor in that wind direction coming all the way from the nosht west its going to feel raw, particularly from the scattered showers continuing. A couple of extra layers i suspect for tomorrow if you are out and about. Into wednesday, not that much change. Although the showers should be lighter and less frequent through the day. Still wintry to the north west. Some sunny spells coming through, not very warm, though. The change will come through wednesday night into thursday. There isa wednesday night into thursday. There is a deep area of low pressure set to drive in from the atlantic. On the southern flank of that low we are going to see gales or severe gales, so not pleasant. On the Northern Edge there will be for a time some snow through central and southern areas of scotland. So, first thing on thursday morning thats worth bearing in mind, the severe gales will be more of an issue than the snow but there will be snow around through scotland, so some disruption is possible. This area of low pressure really rattling across at a pace. By the early half of thursday morning it is in the north sea and we see a dramatic improvement, still not particularly warm but highs of around three to ten at the very best. Cold and showery on friday. After a frosty start it will be quieter with lighter winds and more sun for saturday. Thats it. Take care. Hello, welcome to outside source. We are going to report from a wells biggest refugee camp in bangladesh, home to more than 570 rohingya muslims, and there is a deadly threat of disease. Donald trump has been denying he is a racist after the row broke out over his reported use of offensive language to describe african nations. 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