Are performing a mysterious Synchronised Flying ritual. Good morning from westminster, where later today the bill giving theresa may the power to start the process of leaving the eu is due to reach its final stages in the commons. Last night, the government saw off a potential rebellion from conservative backbenchers, but todays debate could cause more labour rifts. Its mps have been told to back the bill. Heres our Political Correspondent tom bateman. A battle for control over the process of brexit. How much say Will Parliament have . Last night mps ended more than seven hours of debate which contained what some saw as a concession from the government. I can confirm on the final agreement to be approved before both Houses Of Parliament before its concluded. In other words mps will get to vote on any Future Brexit deal before it is signed off by the government and the eu, but theresa mays negotiations with other eu leaders are likely to be complex and some mps are worried about her threat to walk away from the talks rather than take a bad deal. What the house wants is the opportunity to send the Government Back to our eu partners to negotiate a deal if one hasnt been reached. Last night the government saw off a number of attempts to add conditions to the bill which gives it the power to start brexit. But some backbenchers remain unhappy at what ministers offered and the divisions between those who argued for brexit and those who had campaigned against it were plain to see. The bill reaches its final stages in the commons today threatening to expose further rifts within labour and more tough question despite the arguments, the government seems confident it can trigger the exit process next month. Tom bateman, bbc news. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in the Houses Of Parliament. This question about the concession from the government, was it a concession on the timing of when mps can concession on the timing of when mps Ca N Vote Concession on the timing of when mps can vote on a final deal. A lot of people do not think it was a concession because what the government seems to have agreed to is, yes, to allow mps a vote on this d raft is, yes, to allow mps a vote on this Draft Agreement but if they dont like it, that is it, we are leaving the eu. There is no question of them being able to send theresa may back to the negotiating table. Thats why there is a lot of confusion and some angen there is a lot of confusion and some anger. Sergio starmer, who welcomed that current concession, and this morning defended his approach to the whole brexit parliamentary negotiations. It is difficult, we are chipping away, i accept we havent got everything we wanted but we are fighting hard to try and get the right concessions. There is another two years to go and we are not giving up that battle. Of course it is difficult but we are in opposition and we are trying to get more accountability and scrutiny. Where does that leave theresa may . I am joined by owen smith and anna soubry, both prominent campaigners against brexit. Lets start at the labour end of the story. Its a Com Plete Labour End of the story. Its a complete dog s dinner, isnt it . We have got the front bench saying it isa have got the front bench saying it is a good deal and the backbenchers saying it is no deal. I dont think it was a concession yesterday, i think it was a clarification of the ugly truth that we are going to face a choice as a country and a parliament between a Rock Hard Brexit leaving the Single Market and the Customs Union, or worse, falling out of the eu on World Trade Organisation terms, which would be calamitous for the british economy, it would make is poor, and i dont think it is much of a choice. But, anna soubry, you are now at least going to get a vote before a final deal. That is progress. Going to get a vote before a final deal. That is progresslj going to get a vote before a final deal. That is progress. I have been Reading Hansard and if you read what the minister said, he has said that we will get a vote after a deal has been agreed with the commission and the council, so im afraid it will either be a rubber stamping or, as owen smith quite rightly says, it will fall into World Trade Organisation tariffs. I trust my minister, my government, to get a great deal, but i am also a realist. I think we are probably as one on this because to try and get a good deal in two years on the trade, on the Customs Union and on security and all the other things, i fear is going to be impossible and in that event of no deal, make it clear, unfortunately, the minister said, there will be no vote in this house, and it is not about us, it is the fa ct we and it is not about us, it is the fact we represent our constituents. Your viewers are fact we represent our constituents. Youi viewers are now fact we represent our constituents. Your viewers are now being excluded in the most important negotiations, and may i also say norman, we now know that we will leave the eu at the end of the negotiations. We are leaving the eu as soon as we trigger article 50. This is about getting the best deal and article 50. This is about getting the best dealand im article 50. This is about getting the best deal and im afraid this place, yet again, is being excluded. Let me put it to you, if you are right, does it not suggest that many mps who have serious reservations about the possibility we mightjust walk out of the eu have been duped . I dont think it is that they have been duped, we have a real problem. Forgive me, this is where we part company, we might not part company, but kia starmer is a good man but we have got useless opposition. The difficulty for my Prime Minister is rightly and understandably, she wants now to deliver on brexit and she has made it clear that she will do that. She doesnt want to upset the Hardline Brexiteers in the party because she wants a united party and i rebelled against my government for the first time ever, along with six others. You think the Hardline Brexiteers are now driving the show . I gravely fear that is the case. Theresa may is a good woman and if she is good to her word, she is a one nation tory. Whats happening is, sensible, moderate people like me are now finding ourselves excluded and rebelling against my owii excluded and rebelling against my own government and happily, almost, in the same lobby as sensible moderates like owen smith. Lets talk about the labour side of this. Weve heard more suggestions of possible resignations from the Shadow Cabinet. How is it that labour has ended up backing the government on brexit when most Labour Members oppose brexit, many Labour Members oppose brexit, many labour mps oppose brexit and your party seems poised to overwhelmingly endorsed theresa mays approach . How on earth has that happened . That is a question i keep asking myself. I did not come into politics to vote for something i sincerely believe will make my constituents poorer, is not in the National Interest, and especially now we know what theresa may is proposing. She has been utterly captured by the hard right wing of the tory party who have been baying for this ideological exit from europe for the last 30 years. She is giving them what they want, the hardest possible brexit from the European Union. Utterly damaging to my constituents and labour should be fighting back. Labour should be fighting back. Labour should be fighting for what we believe is in the National Interest and that is not leaving the eu on these terms. Let me ask you this, some of your collea g u es let me ask you this, some of your colleagues believe that theresa may has not been captured by the hard right but is having to go along with them temporarily and that she herself is deeply alarmed at the prospect of just falling herself is deeply alarmed at the Prospect Ofjust falling out of herself is deeply alarmed at the prospect of just falling out of the eu. You are absolutely right. I have iio eu. You are absolutely right. I have no doubt whatsoever that the Prime Minister does not want that cliff edge. She knows how bad wto tariffs are and that is why i completely trust her when she says she wants to get a good deal. I dont believe we should be leaving the eu. But i made a promise to my constituents that if they voted leave, that is what we would do, and that is why, if you voted for the referendum, you cant go back on it because you dont like the result. We are going to have to leave it there. Brexit is going to dominate politics for the coming weeks, months, probably years. Thank you very much. Lets talk to a couple more mps we have outside the palace of westminster. Dominic raab and jenny chapman. Dominic, was this and jenny chapman. Dominic, was this a concession that was granted yesterday by the government on the timing of when mps will vote on the deal next year, october next year, we think. Is that a concession . Deal next year, october next year, we think. Is that a concession7m people needed to be a concession to vote this bill through, i am happy to see that. I had always argued for a vote on the final deal but what is important is that no procedural corner has been left and analysed in this whole process and i expect by a similar margin second reading the elected comment will vote the bill through to start the earnest brexit negotiations. It sends a very powerful message to the unelected lords that they shouldnt try to block it. But when theresa may comes back with a deal, there is a vote at the commons but it is a Take It Or Leave it vote. Either they like that deal she has agreed, but if they dont they cant send them back to brussels to start negotiating again. Thats not quite right. There will be different aspects of it, the Divorce Agreement and arrangements for our future relationship. Divorce agreement and arrangements for ourfuture relationship. But lets be very clear, whatever the deal or deals that the government comes back with, parliament will be able to reject them but they will not be able to stop brexit. We gave that decision to the british people and whatever you voted, leave all remain, ithink and whatever you voted, leave all remain, i think there is a strong consensus in westminster that the will of the people needs to be given approval. Your party big gap this concession. Is that how you see it . Some of your people are saying it wasnt. I think there is a huge dose of Politics Around all of this so the government isnt going to say, here we have a concession. The labour party asked for something, we got what we asked for, we wanted this vote, the mps can look at the deal and make a decision about it and we have got that. That is not all we are going to be wanting. The labour party is going to continue to push the government to make sure the voices of the people of britain can be taken into account with this. We have agreed we are leaving the European Union, we have not agreed oii European Union, we have not agreed on what terms and we need to make sure the government doesnt have a blank cheque, which we have now established it doesnt have. I am not going to call it a concession, i dont think it is particularly helpful, what we have is a different stage in the process to the process we had yesterday. One of your colleagues, anna soubry, was saying it is Hardline Brexiteers who are now running the show. That theresa may is being driven by the hardliners. And it is very independent minded politician, i respect her highly, but she is on the small minority who have rebelled on this. By five against one, the commons as a whole, the overwhelming majority of conservatives and labour mps have voted to say, lets put this procedural wrangling to one side and engage in earnest diplomacy abroad. What i want to see is a strong deal on trade, a strong deal on the Free Movement of people and we are looking for a win win, something that is good for britain and europe, and the message the laws will be getting is, do not block this. They have not said they are going to block it. There is a real danger of this high noon narrative following the bill into the lords. There is no reason at all to think the lords intent to block this bill. They will question, they will scrutinise, they made tables and amendments themselves, but there is iio amendments themselves, but there is no reason to think they are going to try and block it. And finally, can i ask you, will there be more resignations from the Shadow Cabinet today . We are hearing clive lewis saying he could resign. He said about the vote tonight, i have still got to make a decision on how i vote. Are you worried about that . |j hope vote. Are you worried about that . hope he doesnt. The reason we are in this position is because of the referendum. People in the labour party represent constituencies with very different views on this. You will be seeing that reflected in the decisions people make. I hope that clive stays on but it really is a choice that he needs to be allowed to make for himself. Thank you very much. Amendments being voted on and debated throughout the day here. The final vote on the bill, the European Union bill, around 8pm this evening and then it goes to the lords later this month. That is it from westminster. And update on our headlines. Mps vote on allowing the government to start formal brexit talks, including whether eu citizens will be allowed to stay in the uk. Donald trump fights to reinstate his travel ban. His lawyers tell a court it could keep out terrorists from al shabaab. And in sport, Claudio Ranieri denies there is a crisis at Leicester City despite the reigning premier League Champions being just one point above the relegation zone. The italian has been given a vote of confidence by the board. Fa chairman greg clark says he will quit if the organisation cant win Government Support for its reform plans. Devotion of no confidence in the fa will be debated in the House Of Commons tomorrow. And Alastair Cook says Joe Root Would Commons tomorrow. And Alastair Cook sastoe root would do a very good job if he is voted successor as test captain. Alastair cook set down on monday and said he is sad to walk away. American government lawyers have been trying to convince an appeal court to reinstate President Trumps travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries. A ruling is likely later this week. Our washington correspondent Richard Lister was watching. Behind these walls, lawyers were doing battle in the biggest test of the trump presidency. Should his travel ban be reinstated or thrown out . The proceedings were streamed on the internet. First came the governments lawyer. The Executive Order at issue puts a temporary pause on entry for individuals from seven countries that congress and the last president determined in a similar context pose special risks in terms of Terrorist Infiltration into our country. How many federal offences have we had, been committed by people who came in with visas from these countries and. Ican. The answer was that there havent been any. But those alleging the Ban Harms People in the us was also challenged. Whats the irreparable harm to the State Of Washington . From the Executive Order . We detailed a number of irreparable harms, your honour. We had students and faculty at our State University who were stranded overseas, people from universities stranded overseas. We had families that were separated, we had long term residents who were not able to visit their relatives without knowing they would be able to come back. President trump will have to wait a little longer for the courts verdict. He made clear he will take the case to the Supreme Court if he loses. We are going to take it through the system. Its very important. Very important for the country, regardless of me or whoever succeeds at a later date. We have to have security in our country. He did win one important victory, though. Confirmation of his embattled nominee for education secretary, betsy devos. But only after the Vice President voted to break a deadlock in the senate after two republicans rejected the president s choice. That has never happened before. These Law Enforcement officers joked that mr trump was the new sheriff in town but with his full cabinet still not in place and his Immigration Policy stalled, he is finding limits on his power. Richard lister, bbc news, washington. President trump has reiterated us support for turkey, calling the country a close, long standing partner, following a phone call with the turkish president tayyip erdogan. In their first conversation since trump took office, the two leaders agreed to Work Together against the militant Group Islamic state, the setting up of a safe zone in syria and on the wider fight against terrorism. Turkish Officials Say the new director of the cia, mike pompeo, will visit the country tomorrow to discuss security issues. A court in russia has found the leading opposition figure, alexei navalny, guilty of embezzlement. It means mr Navalny Cannot now run for president in next years elections. The blogger insisted the charges were politically motivated. Lets look at some of todays other developing stories. Plans to treat more patients in the community have so far failed to save money or reduce Hospital Admissions in england, according to the governments Spending Watchdog. The National Audit office says ministers were over optimistic in thinking a scheme, called the better care fund, could save half a billion pounds a year. Robert pigott reports. When residents of this care home in sutton have to go to hospital, an innovative scheme helps cut their stay to a minimum. Their medical and personal details go with them in distinctive red bags so doctors and nurses can make faster and more effective clinical decisions. Its been a great asset for us and were able to pass the information on with a guarantee that its going from ambulance to a e to the ward and following them through. We have been able to reduce time of stay by four days which is massive when you think about how stretched the system is at the moment. But it isnt working everywhere. The National Audit office says the spending of more than £5 billion of Council Money on integrating health and social care has not given value for money. Starting in 2014 15, the scheme aimed to reduce Emergency Admissions to hospital by more than 100,000. But in 2015 16, admissions actually went up by 87,000. Over the same period, the project was supposed to reduce the number of days lost because people were stuck in hospital to just under 300,000 but they had increased. The Public Accounts Committee wants Long Term Solutions rather than short term funding. They need to look at why this isnt working. What is it that is stopping the beds being available even when there is some money being thrown at them, even in the short term. The government says its too soon to judge the impact of the integrated funding. Robert piggott, bbc news. The Supreme Court has ruled that a woman from Northern Ireland should be allowed to benefit from her partners local government pension following his death. Denise brewster and Lenny Mcmullen lived together for 10 years and said shed been surprised to be told she didnt have any claim on his fund when he died. The case is seen as a test of how Pension Firms should treat cohabiting couples. Plans to offer 30 hours of Free Childcare to three and four year olds in england could lead to a shortage of nursery places, according to a new study. The 15 hours per week that children currently receive in term time will double from september, but more than half of councils told the family and Childcare Trust that they were unsure their areas would have adequate provision to cope. The Department For Education says quality, affordable childcare is central to its agenda. Its been revealed that teachers in two schools have begun using body cameras in the classroom to record misbehaving pupils. Staff at the two comprehensives in england are wearing the cameras, which are similar to those worn by police, in a three month trial. Its understood they dont constantly record and only do so when switched on during an incident. Privacy campaigners have criticised the move but the Department Of Education says its a matter for individual schools. Tom ellis, a Criminal Justice researcher, who has contributed to the project, told us the cameras helped teachers take back control of the classroom. We do get quite a lot of complaints from teachers about having to be in charge of controlling the class rather than teaching it and i think this is some way of trying to get rid of the disruption and actually spending more of your teaching hours doing the teaching. One of the Worlds Largest collections of Alice In Wonderland Books and memorabilia will be auctioned today in oxford. The 3,000 items were collected over 25 years by the late Thomas Schuster and his wife. Pieces from the collection have previously gone on display at the tate modern in liverpool and in europe as part of an alice in wonderland exhibition. It has to be one of the most stunning free shows on earth and its currently playing in cumbria in the north of england. Tens of thousands of starlings are performing a nightly ritual, or murmuration. Their Synchronised Flying creates an amazing aerial ballet. The friends of the Lake District has organised a number of Viewing Events before the season ends later this month, as dave guest reports. Its an aerial ballet with a cast of thousands, a mass of starlings flying in mesmerising harmony. The dictionary tells us this is called a murmuration. It also tells us the words been in use for hundreds of years, but why murmuration . Nobody really knows the reason why its called a murmuration. Its an interesting word, because they dont really murmur. Its a very old world. Short answer no one knows why its called that. Why do they form these patterns that move together in harmony . Again, nobody really knows. There is some suggestion that they come together at dusk in a big group because it protects them from predation from the likes of buzzards or kestrels, but why they do this amazing aerial ballet before they settle down for the night, no one knows. And why this spot . Why would they pick this spot . Well, obviously, its a stunning landscape why wouldnt anyone want to spend the night here . And so, an audience gathers at Sunbiggin Tarn in cumbria for one of the greatest free shows on earth. This, one of several Murmuration Viewings hosted by the friends stretch of land midway between kendal and penrith. Im a reporter for my school magazine. You are a reporter . Yes. Sort of. Like me. Yeah so you are going to report on this . Yeah, im going to write it up on a computer. Are you going to be taking some pictures and film as well . Well, yes, hopefully if my mums remembered her phone. The thing is, i have to try and capture it on my camera over there and if i miss anything, can i borrow your shots . Yeah. And so, as dusk gathers, so, too, do the stars of the show. And they dont disappoint. Absolutely beautiful, the noise and the commotion. They are just stunning, the sky turns black and it isjust amazing. Well, i have seen them before in other places, but nothing like as big a show as here. Well, someone estimated there were around 60,000 or so starlings out there. Ill take their word for it. Im not sure how you would count them. Then, as darkness falls, so, too, do the starlings, and its curtain down on another perfect performance. Dave guest, bbc news, at Sunbiggin Tarn in cumbria. 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. Good morning. It felt pretty chilly out there this morning. We are going to find things are not going to chirrup a great deal over the next few days, the rest of this week. We are going to hang onto a lot of cloud. Sunshine more likely in the west of the uk but an easterly wind coming in and that will bring in more wintry showers. Some snow today in the grampians. Mostly rain, a bit of sleep and showers coming in. You can see the cloud. Some sunshine in west wales, Northern Ireland after that for the start and the north west of scotland. In general, it is a bit colder than yesterday and that is noticeable down the eastern side of the uk. More Winter Arenas in the showers. A good deal of cloud on the whole and probably more cloud for Northern Ireland. Other western fringes seeing breaks in the cloud. It is going to be pretty cold out there. It stays that way through the rest of the week. Just getting colder. This is bbc Newsroom Live. The headlines at 11. 30 the bill to allow theresa may to begin the process of leaving the European Union is in its final stages, including an amendment on whether Hundreds Of Thousands of eu citizens should be allowed to stay after brexit. Lawyers for the American Government say terrorists from al shabab could be entering the united states, as President Trump continues to try and reinstate his Controversial Travel Ban to seven predominately muslim countries. A court in russia has found the leading opposition figure, alexei navalny, guilty of embezzlement. It means mr Navalny Cannot now run for president in next years elections. A Government Watchdog Say plans to treat more patients in the community have failed to save money or free up more hospital beds. Ch now the sport. And in sport, leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has denied that theres a crisis at the club, despite the reigning premier League Champions being just one point above the relegation zone. The italians been given a vote of confidence by the board ahead of tonights fa cup fourth round replay against derby with leicesters owner flying over from thailand for the game. Leicester are yet to win in the league this year. They havent even scored a goal. They sit one point above the relegation zone. Scored a goal. They sit one point above the relegation zonem scored a goal. They sit one point above the relegation zone. It is no crisis. Of course, when you dont win, you lack confidence and its normal. Fortunately, these players are warriors. They are used to fighting. Because they already live this situation. They live good things but also the bad things. Football Association Chairman greg clarke says he will quit if the Organisation Cannot Win Government Support for its reform plans. A motion of no confidence in the fa will be debated in the House Of Commons tomorrow. Thats after five former fa executives said the Governing Body had failed to self reform. Philip larm will retire at the end of the season. Larm will retire at the end of the season. He larm will retire at the end of the season. He announced larm will retire at the end of the season. He announced the it. He will leave a year before his contract expires. And Alistair Cook says joe root would do a very good job if hes to be appointed as his succesor as england test captain. Cook stepped down on monday and says its sad to walk away. Roots the favourite to become skipper. He has something to battle for. He has huge amount of respect in the dressing room. The way bens improved and matured as a cricketer. Hes one of those people people gravitate to. He has that personality. Johnny bairstow, jos buttler did an excellent job personality. Johnny bairstow, jos buttler did an excellentjob in bangladesh. We are very lucky theres a good group of people pushing forward. Whoever gets it, its one of the greatestjobs ever. Wales captain has an unorthodox preparation for the game on saturday. Down the pub jones has been pulling pints of 56789 ylewin. His side topped the table after both sides going into this one unbeaten for that match in cardiff. We could make a big fuss about it, say it will be the difference. That will be an excuse. As domestic teams, regions, we do that quite often. Shorter turn ards with more games. It is something you have to deal with. There is an added intensity, physicality at international level. We experience in the season. We have to get on with if. Alun wyn jones talking about the Injury Problems in the wales squad. An indian batsmans become the first person to score a triple centy in a 2020 match. Mow hats is alot his a huge 300 not out. 49 sixes, 1a, fours off 72 balls. It has earned him a trial with the deli daredevils. Alat was playing in a friends semi professional match. See you later. Thats all the sport. Lets return now to westminster where Wejoin My Colleague ben brown. After three days of debate, mps are expected to give the government the green light to start the process of brexit tonight. But triggering article 50 is only the beginning of our divorce from the eu. So what happens next . We took two people one who voted remain and the other leave to westminster to watch the commons debates and discuss with mps from both sides what the future might hold. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports. The countdown to brexit is picking up pace. After days of debate, the days of Divorce Talks are about to start. In westminster to watch them this week was lance, a remain voter and tony who voted for britain to leave the eu. Just down there is the House Of Commons chamber. From the public gallery, lance and tony watched mps argue about the governments Brexit Strategy and what role this place should have as britain begins to leave the European Union. European union notification of withdrawal bill committee. The speaker order that is why i am voting against this amendment, because ultimately it is a political matter. It is for the Prime Minister to demonstrate her Leadership Skills and Negotiating Skills and to get it right. As we go to that new relationship, please, could we have a say . Not on behalf of parliament but on behalf of all out constituents. Thats why we come this place. Afterwards, we chewed it all over with two mps from different sides of the Referendum Argument in a westminster pub. Tony, do you worry that some mps are trying to slow the whole thing down and even stop brexit from happening . Yes, i do. How do you feel about that . I feel its against the will of the people. The leave vote won but it wasnt by a massive, massive majority. It was by a slim, tiny one. You still have to take into account the 48 of us that voted to stay in. People from every Political Party have questions because there has been absolutely no detail, no transparency, no sctutiny, coming from the government. We have a big job on our hands. I hear a lot of people saying that these objectives are the wrong ones. The key now is to deliver them. The best way to do that is with a united front. So how is brexit to be served up over the next few months . Theresa may plans to formally tell the eu that britain prepares to leave by the end of march and then tough talks in brussels begin. Eu rules say there are two years to sort out a divorce deal with the uk. So, britain will be out of the eu by the spring of 2019. But sorting out a new trade deal could take much longer. Given the difficulty with coming out of the eu, isnt it important that we get the Headline Decisions made first and we sort out the detail later . What is the point of rushing through a decision like this if it is not right for the country . That is my main opinion. After three days of debate, do we have a clear plan . We have a positive plan we can put away european friends. The key now is do we have enough flexibility. At the end of the process we then have the best deal for everyone in the country. Nobody expects a brexit talks to be this civil. And arguments had over real ale will soon move to real world. Lets talk to ms stewart. Leadling campaigner for leaf. It is really important this bill goes unamended to the House Of Lords. This bill is simply about giving the Prime Minister authority to trigger article 50. There is a logic to the timing that we should be able to do that during march this year. I think, we now have to implement the will of the people as of 23rd june. One of the amendments voted on today will be about giving eu nationals who live in this country the definite right to stay here. Isnt it right to give people that certainty . It is right to give them that certainty. This bill is not the vehicle by which you do it. This bill doesnt enshrine it. Whats been quite clear, whether through cross party, been quite clear, whether through cross party, i did a session with british futures, we produce add proper saying how it could be done in House Of Commons all parties agree on that the Prime Minister has given us Firm Commitment this will be one of her first priorities. I wa nt to be one of her first priorities. I want to get this bill through without amendment. Next, want to get this bill through withoutamendment. Next, now, Prime Minister, you need to do this. You wont vote for that amendment which gives eu nationals a right to stay here . It is separate. This is about triggering article 50 and then we need to ensure the Prime Minister honours her commitment. Yesterday, it seems concessions were made where mps will be able to vote on the deal theresa may negotiates before the European Parliament, so probably towards the end of next year. Is that a concession, do you think . M isa that a concession, do you think . M is a welcome concession. Also full credit to keir starmer for having dragged the ministers to state that clearly. It would have been absurd that the European Parliament voted on this before the british parliament. Keir starmer was right to press the government to spell this out very clearly. Now they cant back track. The House Of Commons will have a vote first. The Prime Minister can then go to brussels and the European Parliament and say it is notjust the British Government but also the british parliament. Youre a leave campaigner. What about the remainers in the labour party who are rebelling against the three line whip and will probably go against it in the vote tonight and vote against the bill. What do you think of those people . Going against the whip is never easy. Nobody does this lightly. I think they will have searched their own consciences and felt this was the right act to take. I respect their right to go against the three line whip. If the party means actions have consequences they have to take those too. You think they should be punished . This is a co nve rse they should be punished . This is a converse between the chief whip and the party leader. Thank you for being with us. Now the latest on any potential labour rebellions. Over to our assistant Political Editor norman smith. What are you hearing about the vote for tonight . Thank you. I thinkJeremy Corbyn will face a bigger rebellion. Suggestions up to 60 labour mps could vote against the brexit bill. In part, because theyve looked at Diane Abbotts absence last kwic and think if one ofJeremy Corbyns trusted lute ennants ofJeremy Corbyns trusted lute enna nts cant be ofJeremy Corbyns trusted lute ennants cant be bothered to vote, why should we go in to vote for something we dont really believe in. Also focusing on clive lewis, shadow business secretary seen by some as a potential left wing challenger tojeremy some as a potential left wing challenger to Jeremy Corbyn some as a potential left wing challenger toJeremy Corbyn should he fall under a bus. This morning, mr lewis was sounding very ambiguous about what he might do fuelling speculation he could resign from the Shadow Cabinet. Have a listen. dont know. Ill make my mind up. A lot on my plate, on everyones plate. Well see what happens. You quys plate. Well see what happens. You guys will be the first to know. Plate. Well see what happens. You guys will be the first to knowm it your intention to back your leader . Itss my intention to do whats right by my constituents and my conscience. Whatever that takes. I have to think about the wider labour party. It is a really tough call. I think lots of mps are really having a tough time at the moment on this one. If you defy the whip tonight, will you resign your position in the Shadow Cabinet . think if you do, you will resign. Ive been having a long hard think like lots of mps. Ill make a decision later today. Youll all get to hear about it. Take care. Were a little bit in will he, wont he land. A guessing game. Youd expect a Shadow Cabinet member to be able to say pretty clearly, i am backing my leader. Thats the normal default post is. That is not what clive lewis is saying. We will not have long to wait. The Brexit Debate begins after Prime Ministers questions. Presumably if mr lewis is going to quit, hell have to make some sort of speech or spell out his intentions some time this afternoon. Interesting too, theres been a lot of Tittle Tattle around about whetherJeremy Corbyn himself might be considering stepping down. Just rumours. But one of mrJeremy Corbyns key allies in the Shadow Cabinet, Ian Lave Errie this morning telling me all this talk is nonsense. Jeremy corbyns going nowhere. But, anyway, theres a lot of talk about it. A lot of talk and did thele tattle. You have your ear close to the ground. Well bring you much more live coverage from here At Westminster throw the day with that key vote expected around 8. 00pm this evening on the European Union bill. Back to you in the studio. As pa rt of as part of nhs week we are thrash there are lots of pressures on the nhs to save money. One way to achieve it is to have web camconsultations. Airedale General Hospital in keighley has been doing that. It is about to be rolled out nationally. Jam your coulsons there. Tell us how it works. We here a lot about the problems facing the nhs at the moment. Here at airedale hospital, their use of technology is seen as one of the success stories. Were in the digital care hub which isa were in the digital care hub which is a bit like a call centre. What you can see behind me is a team of nurses who are able to talk to patients in their care homes using a secure videolink. The idea behind this is to cut the number of admissions to hospital, cut the number of ambulances that are needed and cut the demand on gps. Heres an example of how it works. What can i do for you today . Well, im concerned about my legs. They get quite swollen and hot. By using modern technology, 79 year old Pauline 58eder son can be assessed for swollen legs without having to leave the comfort of her care home. Put the camera down so i can see her feet. A secure videolink means she can be seen by a nurse rather than an unnecessary trip to hospital or her gp. It will be very useful to me not being able to get out. Waiting sometimes for a fortnight before you can have a gp appointment. If you can have a gp appointment. If You Canjust Pick can have a gp appointment. If you can just pick that up. This is one of around 300 nursing and Residential Homes that has access to the it. Ele medicine service. They can use it 2a hours a day, seven days a week. He we used to ring 99 foran days a week. He we used to ring 99 for an ambulance days a week. He we used to ring 99 foran ambulance and days a week. He we used to ring 99 for an ambulance and have gps visits. We had seven or eight gps here on a monday morning. Now we dont because we use the it. El lashings mez when we need to. Up to 100 patients like pauline use the Service Every day. Getting help at the touch of a button. So thats how it works. Lets have a chat to rachel binks. How effective has this been . Hugely successful. We keep 90 of the people i in their place of residence. Half we refer on to other services in the community to stop them coming into hospitals unnecessarily. We keep a huge proportionate home. By the very nature of what you do, youre dealing a lot with elderly people. How do they respond to the use of modern technology for their Healthcare Needs . Modern technology for their healthca re needs . Sometimes modern technology for their Healthcare Needs . Sometimes theyre nervous but they get used to it. We had a Telephone Call from the brother of a lady who died who thanked us for the support we gave her which is great. Give us an idea of other things you do. You deal with end of life care . We have a gold line service, end of life service. We have a telephone and ipad service to support those people to stay where they want to be in their last year of life. If this has worked so well for you, why arent we seeing. Worked so well for you, why arent we seeing it. Worked so well for you, why arent we see tilet 5 . . Worked so well for you, why arent we £1491 g think. Will. Worked so well for you, why arent we are tlleji g think. Will. Worked so well for you, why arent we are teat g think. Will. Worked so well for you, why arent we are test; site of rink. Will. Worked so well for you, why arent we are test; site of a rk. Will. Worked so well for you, why arent we are lee t; mflfli of a vanguard we are in the middle of a vanguard programme. We are one of six care homes. Hopefully at the end of this we can show a real difference using that service and that will take it forward. Thank you very much. Lets have a chat with alex. One of the nurses on duty today. Can you take us through the kind of people youve been speaking to today. What youve been speaking to today. What youve been doing . This morning, ive dealt with four residents, one of whom may have a chest infectious. Another lady who had very swollen legs. One gentleman who had a fall, who they felt may have track twort his hip. After examination it turned out that most likely wouldnt be the case. Normally theyd have called an ambulance for this gentleman. Weve been able to keep him in his own home. Youre not seeing these people face to face in the flesh. You are seeing them on screen. How easy is it to work out whats going on when youre remote from them . We use a very hourful High Definition camera. It is powerful enough you can see the hairs on the back of a hand. Im from a Critical Care background where touch is an integral part of the process. I wondered if transferring those skills would be a challenge. In fact, we work closely in partnerships with the careers in the homes where they become our hands. Where we need to touch for patients that works really well. How many calls can you deal with yourself . How many still end up going to ambulances, gps or to hospital . I would say over half we manage to handle ourselves. Thats certainly what the data demonstrates. Do you enjoy it . I love it. I love the fact its wonderful we can keep our most vulnerable elderly people at home in the community. Thank you. Thats one example of how technology is now being used to relieve some of that pressure that is on the nhs. Thank you very much. Tomorrow, on the bbc news channel, well answer your questions and listen to your suggestions on how the nhs can tackle the looming financial shortfall. And deal with the challenges obese and ageing parts of the population are bringing to bear on it. Well have experts to answer your questions and respond to any suggestions you may have. Get in touch by text or e mail or contact us via twitter. In a moment, a summary of the Business News this hour. But first, the headlines on bbc Newsroom Live . 7 mp5 . Mps vote on the government starting formal brexit talks, including whether eu citizens will be allowed to stay in the uk. Donald trump fights to reinstate his travel ban. The lawyers tell the court it could keep out terrorists from al shebaab. Laying solid foundations the House Builder redrow has announced pre tax half year profit up 35 to £140 million, and they bumped their Dividend Payment by 50 to 6p per share. Its also a good day for commodities thats things like copper and iron ore their prices are on the up. Rio tinto, the worlds second biggest producer of iron ore, has returned to profit after a 12 jump in earnings, and they are also increasing their annual dividend thats payments per share to shareholders to 1. 70. A woman who lost her long term partier was denied payments from her late partners partier was denied payments from her late pa rtners ocan partier was denied payments from her late partners ocan passional pension because he failed to fill out a form argue 50ued she was the victim of serious discrimination. Following a long legal fight, victim of serious discrimination. Following a long legalfight, she won her case at the uks highest court. A day after the government launched the housing white paper, toot, it is the return of red row. They published Half Year Results showing revenue up 23 23 to £739 million and they completed nearly 2,500 homes in the last six months. Their ceo john tutte is upbeat about the housing white paper good news that local authorities, theres going to be more pressure on them to allocate their housing and put their plans in place. 60 of local authorities dont have plans in place. To put them under pressure to do that will be good. To test the delivery of those plans will be good as well. And the measures theyre proposing on trying to speed up the Planning System by putting some more resource into planning departments, having fewer conditions on planning permissions, is all good news and should help us bring outlets forward and assist our growth. Im joined now by tom hadley, director of policy at the recruitment and employment confederation. Tom, thank you forjoin ugg us. We keep hearing that the uk is at full employment. Your sir vai backs that up. What happens now when weve too many vacancies and not enough candidates . We have hit a 70month high in terms of demand for staff. The challenge for our members is how we continue pulling rabbits out of the hat to fill those vacancies. Our members are working hard to fill more placements on the permanent and temporary side. We need to think ahead how well do this. Tying in with some of the debates today in westminster around reassuring eu workers. That is so important. People are concerned. If people continue to leave because theyre uncertain it wont help the weighings at all. Looking to the future, if we continue to have a glut of vacancies and not enough people to fill those jobs, some things which could happen are ought mace and businesses shutting down . The feedback we get is some employers, especially International Firms are thinking ahead. Weighing up firms are thinking ahead. Weighing up their options. One of the factors which is part of that decision is will we be able to maintain access to staff and skills. What we are saying to government is we need to maintaina saying to government is we need to maintain a forward looking progressive immigration strategy. We need to maintain access to staff and skills to enable businesses to grow. What sectors in particular are struggling to fill positions . Whats really interesting is it cuts across so many different sectors. It is the usual suspects, engineering, technology. Hard to find staff there. That will perhaps take a long time to build a pipeline of workers for those sectors. Theres a massive shortage of chefs, drivers, people working in the Industrial Blue Collar sector. It cuts across most of those sectors. Tom hadley, thank you for your time this afternoon. The ftse is down slightly despite a huge push from commodities firms. We discussed comoities, they are things like copper, oil, gold, iron ore. They are coming back up after a tough few years. We can see those results. Rio tinto, and we mentioned redrow, the House Builder, increasing their dividend. The share price is up just over 4 . Thats increasing their dividend. The share price is upjust over 4 . Thats it from me. More business throughout the afternoon. See you later Prime Ministers questions is coming up. Well have full coverage for you. After that, the Brexit Debate gets underway. Lots of political Coverage Injusta underway. Lots of political coverage injust a few underway. Lots of political coverage in just a few moments. First, now the weather with darren. Winter is coming. Nota the weather with darren. Winter is coming. Not a great deal to get excited about. Youll need your heating on. Pretty chilly out there early this morning. A lot of cloud this week and into the weekend. It will turn colder. An easterly wind will turn colder. An easterly wind will freshen up. It will blow in more in the way of wintry showers. We have this situation. Earlier in the week a Weather Front moved in from the west. It has got stuck. It is vi weak. Behind it, this block of cold airon is vi weak. Behind it, this block of cold air on the easterly will push further across the uk and drop the temperatures. Well see a bit of snow. Initially over the hills. Weve still some sunshine around. Cornwall, devon also seeing some sunshine. Western parts of wales, Northern Ireland, after that foggy start and maybe some western fringes of scotland. Elsewhere, well be stuck under a cloud. Quite grey and gloomy. Quite dark skies, the cloud thick enough to give us a few showers. Where we get the Sunshine Temperatures could be up to 7 or 8 degrees. Cloud over the bulk of england and into wales a few scattering of showers. Up over the grampians more likely to catch snow. Probably dry in Northern Ireland. Quite bright here. Some sunshine. Something a touch brighter around the western isles, the north west of scotland. For most of us, cloudy. And it will stay cloudy overnight. Easterly breeze freshening up a touch. Wintry showers overnight. More likely for breaks in the west. Not as cold here in Northern Ireland as last night. Even where we keep the cloud, temperatures not far away from freezing. The air is getting colder. Could be icy patches. Showers down the eastern side. More wintry than today. Could lose some of the rain tomorrow. On the whole, a lot of cloud around. Temperatures will continue to drop. Tomorrow will be colder than today. In some places, no better than 2 or 3 degrees. Thats a maximum in the afternoon. Why is this happening . We have this big blocking area of High Pressure over scandinavia. Nothings coming from the atlantic. Were drawing easterly winds. By friday, the winds will be stronger. Youll notice how cold it is on friday if notice how cold it is on friday if not before. Colder in the wind. Cloudy skies. Wintry showers. Almost any part of the country could see a flurry of snow. This is bbc news. Im ben brown, live At Westminster, where the Bill Empowering theresa may to begin leaving the European Union reaches its final stages in the commons today. Lets cross over to the House Of Commons now where Prime Ministers questions is just starting. The headteacher was running the Great North Run for a Cancer Charity but her new schools Funding Formula means that the Junior School now faces the biggest cuts in all of derbyshire. Running for cash is now the only alternative to sacking staff. Will she go to the finish line and tell david short how this Isa Fairerfunding Line and tell david short how this is a fairer Funding Formula . Im pleased to say that in the local authority that covers the Honourable Gentlemans constituency, we have seen an increase of over 17,000 children at good or outstanding schools since 2010. That is down to government changes and the hard work of teachers and other staff in the schools. For a very long time it has been the general view and i have campaigned on this for a long time that we need to see a fairer Funding Formula for schools. What the government has brought forward is a consultation on a fairer Funding Formula. We look at the results of that formula and we will bring forward our firm that formula and we will bring forward ourfirm proposals in due course. Over the course of the last 12 months as part of the Defence Committee i have had the opportunity look at the Iraq Historical Allegations Team and how we as a country more broadly deal with historic allegations against our service men and women, not only for those of us who have served but for many others across this house it has been a disturbing experience. Will the Prime Minister commit to redouble her and her governments Effo Rts Redouble her and her governments efforts to get a grip with this process so that never again will our service men and women be exposed . am sure the whole house want to join me in praising the bravery and commitment of all those who serve in our armed forces and i would like to thank my honourable friend for the work he is doing on the Defence Committee because he brings personal expertise to that work. Those who serve on the front line deserve our support when they get home and i can assure my honourable friend of the governments to that. All troops facing allegations receive legal aid from the government with a guarantee this will not be claimed back. We are committed to reducing the caseload to a small number of credible cases as quickly as possible and i recognise that the action that has been taken in relation to the individual he referred to, i think it is absolutely appalling when people try to make a business out of chasing after our brave troops. Jeremy corbyn. Thank you, mr speaker. Nine out of ten nhs trusts say their hospitals have been at unsafe levels of overcrowding. One in six accident and emergency units in england are said to be closed or downgraded. Could the Prime Minister please explain how closing a e departments will tackle overcrowding and ever growing Waiting Lists . Will tackle overcrowding and evergrowing Waiting Lists . First of all, can i extend my thanks and that of the whole house to the hard working staff of the whole house to the ha rd working staff in of the whole house to the hard working staff in the nhs. They doa hard working staff in the nhs. They do a greatjob day in and day out treating patients. Yes, we recognise there are heavy pressures on the nhs. Thats why this year we are funding the nhs at £1. 3 billion more than the labour party promised at the last election. He refers specifically to accident and emergency, what is our response . We see 600 more a e consultants, 1500 more a e doctors and 2000 more paramedics. Its not about standing up paramedics. Its not about standing up and making a sound bite and asking a question, its about delivering results and that is what this conservative government is doing. Congratulating a e staff is one thing, paying them properly is another. I hope she managed to see the bbc report on the Royal Blackburn A E Department Which showed that people had to wait up to 13 hours and 52 minutes to be seen. A major cause of the pressure on a e is the 4. 6 billion cuts in the Social Care Budget since 2010. Earlier this week, liverpools very esteemed Adult Social Care director resigned, saying, frankly, i cant see social services surviving after two years. Thats the absolute maximum. People are suffering and we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg. Mr speaker, what advice does the government have put the people of liverpool in this situation . Order. Its bad enough when members who are within the curtilage of the chamber shout, those who are not absolutely should not do so. Its a discourtesy to the House Of Commons. Nothing more, nothing less. Please dont do it. He referred in an early stage of his question to blackburn. Im happy to say that compared to 2010, there are 129 more Hospital Doctors and more nurses in the east Lancashire Hospitals nhs trust. He then went on to talk about west Waiting Times and they can be an issue. Where is it that you wait a week longer for Pneumonia Treatment . You wait a week longerfor heart Pneumonia Treatment . You wait a week longer for Heart Disease treatment . That you wait seven weeks longer for ca ta ra ct that you wait seven weeks longer for Cataract Treatment . 11 weeks longer for Hernia Treatment . And 21 weeks longerfor a hip for Hernia Treatment . And 21 weeks longer for a Hip Operation . For Hernia Treatment . And 21 weeks longerfor a Hip Operation . Its not in england, its in wales. Who is in power in wales . Labour mr speaker, my question was about the comments from the director in liverpool and why the people of liverpool are having to suffer these great cuts. Liverpool has asked to meet the government on four occasions. The crisis is so bad that until yesterday, david hodge, the conservative leader of Surrey County council planned to hold a referendum for a 15 increase in council tax. And at the last minute, it was called off. Can the Prime Minister tell the house whether or not a special deal was done for surrey . The decision as to whether or not to hold a referendum in surrey is entirely a matter for the local authority in surrey. But the right Honourable Gentleman has raised the issue of social care which we have exchanged on across this dispatch box before and as i have said before, we do need to find a long term sustainable solution for social care in this country so i recognise the short term pressures, thats why we have enabled local authorities to put more money into social care, we have provided more money. Its why we also need to look at making sure that Good Practice is spread across the whole of the country. We can look at places like barnes speak, st helens, rutland, towards the end of last year they we re towards the end of last year they were virtually no delays in those councils, but we also need to look long term and that is why the Cabinet Office is driving a review with the relevant departments to find a sustainable solution which the labour party ducked for far too long. My question was whether they had been a special deal done for surrey. The leader said they had had many conversations with the government. We know they have because i have been leaked copies of text sent by the tory leader david hodge intended for somebody called mick, who works for ministers in the Department For Communities And Local Government. These text reads, i am advised that dc lg officials have been working on a solution and you will be contacting me to agree a Memorandum Of Understanding. Will the government now publish this Memorandum Of Understanding and, while they are about it, well all councils be offered the same deal . What we have given all councils is the opportunity to raise the 3 precept on the council tax for that to go into social care. He talks about understanding, what the labour party fails to understand. Order there is far too much noise. Order. Mr rotherham, you should reserve your shouting for the stands at anfield. Prime minister. All councils have the opportunity to raise the 3 precept to put that funding into the provision of social care. What the labour party fails to understand is that this is notjust a question of looking at money, It Isa A Question of looking at money, it is a question of spreading best practice and finding a sustainable solution. I have to say that if we look at social Care Provision across the entire country, the lasting social care providers need is another one of labours bouncing cheques. I wonder if it is anything to do with the fact that the chancellor and Health Secretary both represent surrey constituencies. But, mr speaker, there was a second text from Surrey Castle cup Surrey County Council Leader and in the second text it says the numbers you indicated are the numbers that i understand are acceptable for me to acce pt understand are acceptable for me to accept and call off the art. I have been reading a little bit Ofjohn Mccarrick and apparently it means referendum. And it goes on to say in his text, if it is possible for that info to be sent to myself, i can then revert back soonest really wa nt can then revert back soonest really want to kill this off. Those quote so want to kill this off. Those quote so how much did the government offer surrey to kill this off . And is the same sweet deal on offer to everyone , every same sweet deal on offer to everyone, every council facing the social care crisis created by the government . I have made clear to the right Honourable Gentleman what has been made available to every council, which is the ability to raise the precept. I have to say to him. Order as colleagues know, i never mind how long Prime Ministers questions take. The questions must be heard and the answers must be heard. Prime minister. Yet again, what we get from labour are alternative facts. What they really need is an alternative leader. Mr speaker, my question was, what deal had been offered to surrey that got them to call off a referendum and will the same deal be offered to every other Council Going through a social care crisis . Mr speaker, Hospital Wards are overcrowded, a Million People are overcrowded, a Million People are not getting the care they need and family members, mostly women, are having to give up work to care for loved ones. Every day that the Prime Minister fails to act, this crisis gets worse. Will she finally come clean and provide local authorities with the funding they need to fund social care properly so that our often elderly and Vulnerable People can be treated with the support and dignity that they deserve in a civilised society . The deal that is on offer to all councils is the one i have already set out but let me just be very clear with the right Honourable Gentleman because as ever he stands up gentleman because as ever he stands up and consistently asks for more spending, more money, more funding. What he always fails to recognise, what he fails to recognise is that we can only spend money on social ca re we can only spend money on social care and the National Health service if you have a Strong Economy to deliver the wealth that you need. There is a fundamental difference between us. Order. Im sorry, there is still too much noise in the chamber. People serving our proceedings want the questions heard and the answer is heard and they will be. There is a difference between us. When i talk about half £1 trillion, that is the money we will be spending on the nhs this parliament. When labour talk about half £1 trillion, it is the money they want to borrow. Conservatives investigating in the nhs, labour bankrupting britain. There are significant challenges facing this great nation of ours, one of which is tackling Mental Health, particularly for young people. The pressures ofjuggling school life, family life and staying safe and feeling valued online are more difficult than ever. With the Prime Minister agreed to meet with me and my team to discuss a Mental Health application we have been developing to give young people a tool box to help them in their times of crisis . Iam very help them in their times of crisis . I am very interested to hear of the work my honourable friend is doing in this important area. I think Mental Health is an area where we do need to put more of a focus and make real progress. More people are aggressive accessing Mental Health every day but more needs to be done. We do need to put more money into improving Mental Health ca re money into improving Mental Health care through digital innovation, which fits right into what my right honourable friend is looking at. We have a particular focus on that with children and young peoples Mental Health in mind. He might want to look out for thejoint health in mind. He might want to look out for the joint Green Paper Thatis look out for the joint green paper that is going to be published on this in october. Angus robertson. Last night, parliamentarians from across the chamber and across the parties voted overwhelmingly against the uk governments brexit plans in the uk governments brexit plans in the Scottish Parliament. If the United Kingdom is a partnership of equals, will the Prime Minister compromise like the Scottish Government and reach a negotiated agreement before invoking article 50 or will she just carry on regardless . As the right Honourable Gentleman knows, when the uk government negotiates, it will be negotiating as the government for the whole of the uk. We have put in place the jnc arrangements the whole of the uk. We have put in place thejnc arrangements through various committees, which enable us to work closely with the devolved administrations to identify the particular issues that they want to see represented in, as we put our views together. We have said that we will intensify the discussions within that arrangement and that is exactly what we will be doing. When the Prime Minister was in edinburgh on the 15th ofjuly last year, she pledged that she would, and i quote, not trigger article 50 until she had an agreed uk wide approach. Given that the Scottish Parliament has voted overwhelmingly against her approach and all bar one mp representing a scottish constituency in this House Of Commons has voted against her approach, she does not have an agreed uk wide approach. Mr speaker, as the Prime Minister knows, a lot of people in scotland watched Prime Ministers questions so will she tell those viewers in scotland whether she intends to keep her word to scotland or not . We are ensuring that we are working closely with the Scottish Government and indeed with the other devolved administrations as we take this matter forward. I would just remind the right Honourable Gentleman of two things. The Supreme Court was very clear that the Scottish Parliament does not have a veto on the triggering of article 50. The bill is giving the government the Power Article the power to trickle article 50. He constantly refers to the interest of scotland inside the European Union. An independent scotland would not be in a European Union. Mr speaker, the people of my constituency warmly welcome the housing white paper. When it comes to providing more security for renters, building more Affordable Homes and helping people buy their own home, it is this party that fixing our broken Housing Market . I am very happy to agree with my honourable friend. Our broken Housing Market is one of the greatest barriers to progress in britain today and the housing white paper brought out by my right honourable friend, the Secretary Of State for communities and local government, sets out the steps we will take to fix it and it is the conservatives in government who are going to support local authorities to deliver more of the right homes in the right places, to encourage faster build of developments. Im sure everybody recognises the problems of planning. We are calling for action, we are setting out responsibilities of all parties in building the homes that britain needs. Patrick rainey. Does the Prime Minister agree that in a 21st century Prime Minister agree that in a 21st ce Ntury Parliament Prime Minister agree that in a 21st Century Parliament the rules should not enable any member to speak for 58 members minutes in a three hour debates. Should the rules be changed to prevent filibustering and to make sure that members on all sides of the house have their fair share of the Time Available . sides of the house have their fair share of the Time Available . I have to say, ifind share of the Time Available . I have to say, i find that a rather dubious question from the Honourable Gentleman. Last night i was out of the house between the two votes, i switched on the bbc parliamentary channel and i saw the Honourable Gentleman speaking. I turned over to something else, i switched back. Gentleman speaking. I turned over to something else, iswitched back. I switched back to the parliamentary channel and saw the Honourable Gentleman still speaking. I switched over to something else. I switched back and the Honourable Gentleman was still speaking. He is the last person to complain about filibustering in this house. Theresa villiers. As we prepare. Order you seem to be in a state of permanent overexcitement. As we prepare in this house to take back control over our laws on agriculture, will she agreed to use brexit as an opportunity to strengthen not weaken the rules which safeguard the welfare of farmers . Anglers . Which safeguard the welfare of farmers . Anglers . My right honourable friend does raise an important point which i know is of concern to many people in this house and outside and we should be proud in the uk that we have some of the highest Welfare Standards in the world, indeed one of the highest scores for Animal Protection in the world, and leaving the eu will not change this. I can assure my right honourable friend that we are committed to maintaining and where possible improving standards of welfare in the uk while making sure that our industry is not put at a competitive disadvantage. Last week the russian decriminalised Domestic Violence against women and children. I trust the government will encourage russia to rethink this approach which trivialises Domestic Violence. The priority should be based on ending gender based violence. I am proud that in this country we have strengthened the law on Domestic Violence and violence against women and girls. We see this asa against women and girls. We see this as a Retrograde Step by the russian government. It sends out absolutely the wrong message on what is a global problem. We havejoined others in europe and the osce in criticising this decision. Iain stewart. Each year the nhs reportedly spends £80 million more thanit reportedly spends £80 million more than it needs to on prescriptions for basic painkillers that can be sourced much more cheaply. At the same time, secondary Breast Cancer patients face being denied life extending drugs. May i ask my right honourable friend to review this poor allocation of resources and give Breast Castor Breast Cancer sufferers the hope they deserve . This is a very important issue that my friend has raised. I understand that on the point of basic medication, it is not the back that the nhs pays more for basic painkillers than on the high street, their prices are lower. And in the case of similar drugs, similar difficult decisions are made. I understand there is a Copper Offensive Assessment and in the meantime the drug is Still Available to patients. Tom elliott. Last month, sir anthony hart published his report on historic institutional abuse in Northern Ireland. If the executive is not that and running again within the month, will the Prime Minister commit to implement ina Prime Minister commit to implement in a Report On Historical implement institutional abuse . In a Report On Historical implement institutional abuse . This was an important review that was undertaken and we have our own enquiry into historic child abuse in england and wales. I recognise the point the Honourable Gentleman makes about looking ahead to the future. We obviously have the elections on the 2nd of march and they will then be a limited period of time for the executive to be put together. I would encourage all parties to work very ha rd to would encourage all parties to work very hard to make sure that an executive can be put together in Northern Ireland to maintain the devolved institutions. I dont want to see the benefits of progress being undone at this stage. I am sure that looking ahead, whatever is necessary will be done to ensure that the findings of that report are taken into that the findings of that report are ta ken into account that the findings of that report are taken into account and acted on. James morris. The Prime Minister has been Crystal Clear in her Negotiating Objectives as we prepare to leave the European Union. But what the Prime Minister agree with me that regions like the West Midlands, part of which i represent, needs a voice in those negotiations to make sure that we take the opportunities presented by brexit to raise investment in education, skills and infrastructure in the region to make sure that her vision ofa region to make sure that her vision of a Global Britain represents the interests of all the regions of england as well as the broader United Kingdom . I agree with my honourable friend, when we negotiate as the uk, we will be negotiating for the whole of the uk and taking into account the interests of every pa rt into account the interests of every part of the uk. We have a real ambition in terms of making the midlands and engine for growth. It is about growing the economy, making morejobs. But the is about growing the economy, making more jobs. But the West Midlands will be getting a strong voice nationally with a directly elected mayor in may. In welcoming the Honourable Gentleman back again to the chamber, i call mr ronnie campbell. I am looking pretty slim as well. Mr speaker, i had five months in depth into the nhs in newcastle under professor griffiths, a marvellous surgeon. I think he just about saved my life. But there isa flip just about saved my life. But there is a flip side. That is the best side of the National Health service. That flip side is what we are seeing today. We have designated nurses, you could call them corridor nurses, and they are in the corridor looking after patients on trolleys. Quite honestly, that is not the way we wa nt honestly, that is not the way we want our Health Service to run, we wanted to run the way it saved me. Get your purse open and give them the money they want. get your purse open and give them the money they want. I welcome the Honourable Gentleman to his place again in this chamber. I commend all those, the surgeon and all those who have treated him in the National Health service, that has enabled him to be here today and continue his duties. There are surgeons, doctors, nurses, other staff, up duties. There are surgeons, doctors, nurses, otherstaff, up and duties. There are surgeons, doctors, nurses, other staff, up and down the nhs, day in and day out, saving lives. We should commend them for they do. The north east is a very good example of some of the really good example of some of the really Good Practice that we see in the National Health service. What i want to see is that Good Practice being spread across the nhs across the whole country. Doctor sarah wollaston. I am not alone in hearing from families long settled in britain who are deeply worried that they could be separated after we leave the European Union. I know that the Prime Minister will not wa nt that the Prime Minister will not want that to happen and i wonder if today she could reassure all our constituents that those who were born elsewhere in the European Union who have settled in the uk, married or in partnerships with british citizens, could be reassured that they will have the right to remain . My they will have the right to remain . My honourable friend obviously raises an issue which is of concern to members across this has and she says that concern to many individuals outside this House Who Wa Nt individuals outside this house who want reassurance about their future and as want reassurance about their future and as i have said, i want to be able to give that and expect to be able to give that and expect to be able to give that and expect to be able to give that but i do want to see the same reassurance for uk citizens living in the eu. What i can say is when i trigger article 50,i can say is when i trigger article 50, i intend to make it clear that i wa nt 50, i intend to make it clear that i want this to be a priority for an early stage of the negotiations so we can address this issue and give reassurance to people concerned. Dawn butler. Just two weeks ago, a 15 year old left school and was stabbed four times and died. Three days earlier, another 19 year old was stabbed to death in wembley and just a few months earlier, two of my young constituents were killed and the police say it was a case of mistaken identity. Next week, i am eating the deputy mayor of london to discuss this issue and other issues meeting the deputy mayor of london. Will the Prime Minister meet with me to discuss this issue and the sycamore project . Cani can i first of all express the condolences of the whole house to the families and friends of all those who she has referred to in her question, who have been so brutally stabbed and attacked, suffered from the knife attacks she refers to. We obviously, this is an important issue. It is particularly an important issue for london but one that we want to see addressed. A lot of good work has been done. Im not aware of the psych more project but am happy to hear more bee dales. From medics to hospital to staff at growing electronics businesses, kingstons workforce is enriched by highly skilled workers from abroad. Can my right honourable friend confirm after we leave the eu, we will continue to welcome highly skilled workers from the eu and beyond . Well, i thank my honourable friend for his question. Weve been very clear we do want to bring the numbers of net migration down but we wa nt to numbers of net migration down but we want to ensure the brightest and best are still welcome here in the uk. Thats why, i think people want to see the uk government making decisions about people coming here from the European Union. But we are clear about the importance, as i said in my speech in lop caster house, there will be immigration into the uk. We want to ensure the brightest and best can still come here. Yesterday, the Brexit Minister claimed that the parliament will have a meaningful vote on the time eu deal. Can the Prime Minister confirm that under her plans, parliament will either have to accept what the government offers or fall back on wto rules. In the event theres no deal, therell be no vote at all. Isnt the reality, this is just Take It Or Leave it and it isnt a meaningful concession, its a con . I will reiterate what was said by the minister in the debate yesterday. We have looked at this, i said in my Lancaster House speech there would be a vote in the final deal. We will bring forward a motion. It will be on the final agreement. It will be for approval by both Houses Of Parliament. We expect and intend that will happen before the European Parliament debate and vote before votes on the final agreement. Prulet nosed the ed Prime Minister knows trafford schools are the best 23469 country but are also in one of the worst funded areas. Perversely, the draft Funding Formula would actually cut Funding Formula would actually cut Funding Formula would actually cut funding for trafford schools not increase it. When she reviews the d raft increase it. When she reviews the draft proposals, will she look, please, for a new formula that guarantees that all of the worst funded areas are increased in funding not cut . My honourable friend raising an important point which is a matter on the minds of a number of honourable and right hop rabbled friends. The Current System of funding is unfair. It is not transpar ept. I think it is out of date. I want to see a system which supports our aspiration to ensure every child has a good school place. In looking at these reforms, i can assure my ron rabble friend we want to get this right. Why we will look closely at the responses to that consultation. Npower announced a 9. 8 increase on dual fuel bills which even the former boss of npower described as shocking. Edf have announced an 8. 4 Electricity Hike and british gas is looking at a 9 increase. Ofgem have moved to protect those on pre payment metres with a cap on their energy bills. I ask the Prime Minister why not demand similar protection for the majority of customers who are being ripped off by £1. 6 billion a year . The right honourable lady might have missed the fact we said where we think markets arent working we will look at measures needed and the Energy Market is one of those we are looking at at the moment. In the spirit of neutrality, speaker, the Prime Ministers Lancaster House speech was a rally call to put the divisions of the referendum behind us and unite behind a bold vision for a stronger, fairer more Global Britain. Is this a vision everyone in this house should support, as the more united we are, the stronger our Negotiating Hand will be 12k3w4r6789 the speaker , the honourable gentlemen must be heard finally, does she share my surprise certain rt hon members opposite havent learned disagreeing with their Current Party leader can cause headaches . Cani can i say to my honourable friend, he is right, i think the country wa nts he is right, i think the country wants us in this house and everybody in the country wants to unite behind the governments work to ensure we get the best possible deal for the uk as we leave the European Union. I believe we can get a deal that actually will be in the interests both of the uk and of the eu. I had hoped i was going to be able to welcome the shadow Home Secretary to the frontbench in time for the vote thatis the frontbench in time for the vote that is going to take place later tonight . Perhaps members of the labour party are starting to realise the only read headache is their leader thank you mr speaker. Does the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with the Director General of the World Trade Organisation that if britain were to leave the eu on wto terms it would cost £9 billion in lost trade each year . What we want to do is to ensure we negotiate a deal with the eu that enables us to have the best possible deal in trading with and operating within the eu Single Market in goods and services. I believe thats possible precisely because as ive said in response to my honourable friend, that is a deal thatis my honourable friend, that is a deal that is good notjust for us but for the eu as well. The Prime Minister rightly argues for true parity of esteem between mental and physical health. But parents in york have been told their children must wait up been told their children must wait up to been told their children must wait uptoa been told their children must wait up to a yearfor an been told their children must wait up to a year for an assessment by the child and adolescent mental Health Services. As the Department Of Health does not currently record these figures, would the Prime Minister consider making the monitoring of Waiting Times be a requirement . My honourable friend raised an important point. We will be looking, reviewing the operation of camhs services across the country. I recognise some of the concerns members have raised about this. We want to ensure children and young people have easy access to Mental Health because of the evidence a significant proportion of Mental Health problems later in life start at the age of children and adolescents. We have made more money available to support transformation in children and young peoples Mental Health bithe shadow Health Secretary, sorry, the Health Secretary. Hes in his place as well i hope the shadow Health Secretary will agree with me, we need to review calm services and are giving the right support to children and young people, adolescents with Mental Health problems. Well look at issue my honourable friend as raised. Many on rabble members in this house recently made the long journey up to west cumbria for the copeland by election and will have experienced the terrible state of our roads and local railways. Its taken a by election for Transport Ministers to look seriously in this situation. Can i ask, is the Prime Minister planning a trip herself so she too can experience why we need proper investment from this government into our Transport Infrastructure in west cumbria . We are putting more money into Infrastructure Investment across the country. I have to say to her, the labour party had 13 years to improve transport in west cumbria and didnt do anything about it. transport in west cumbria and didnt do anything about it. I recently visited Woodall Nicholson, a world class visited Woodall Nicholson, a world class Coach Building Manufacturer based in my constituency. Heard about their exciting plans for the future. Will my right honourable friend join me in emphasising the importance in skills and manufacturing for our economy, especially as we look to leave the European Union . Can i thank my honourable friend for drawing our attention to Woodall Nicholson and say how pleased we are to hear they have those good plans for the future. Can i say, hes right, as we leave the eu, well be doing that from a position of strength. Skills and manufacturing are important parts of our economy for the future. We are looking at how we can develop the excellence we ed have in the uk for the prosperous growing economy for the future. The Prime Ministers right honourable friend, the memberfor rushcliffe, last week pointed out that her aspiration to achieve barrier free, tariff free trade with the Single Market, getting all the benefit but paying none of the costs was actually akin to disappearing down the rabbit hole to wonderland. Mr speaker, i think she makes a very interesting choice for alice but if she doesnt manage to achieve that higham bigs, would she produce an analysis of what trading on wto rules would actually mean for our economy so we can make a proper choice . Can i say, i commend my right honourable friend, the member for rushcliffe for the Significant Service hes given to this house and his constituents over the years. He andi his constituents over the years. He and i have worked well over a number of years. I have to say, when i was Home Secretary and he wasjustice secretary, i used to say i locked them up and he let them out. Can i say to the right honourable lady, as far as this government is concerned, we believe it is possible within the two year time frame to get the agreement notjust of our withdrawal from the eu but the trade arrangements which will ensure we have a strong Strategic Partnership with the eu in the future. My right honourable Friends Meeting with mr netanyahu honourable Friends Meeting with mr neta nyahu this week. Honourable Friends Meeting with mr netanyahu this week. Did she press the only way to get a lasting peace settle m e nt the only way to get a lasting peace settlement is for Young Palestinian janes and israelis to look forward toajob, a janes and israelis to look forward to a job, a share in prosperity and a life without fear. Does she agree the only way to achieve this is face to face negotiations . Will she join the israeli Prime Minister in pressing the Prime Minister of palestinian authorities for face to face negotiations . Palestinian authorities for facetoface negotiations . My right honourable friend makes a very important point about this. We continue, as a conservative government in the uk, to believe theres two state solution is the right one. That means a viable palestinian state but also a safe and secure israel. Of course, it is for the parties to negotiate. There are others on the International Arena who are doing their work to facilitate an agreement in the middle east. But, ultimately, it is for the two parties to agree a way forward. Prime ministers questions. The Brexit Debate will pick up. Lets go to norman smith. As expected, of course, there was a lot on brexit a very interesting story potentially em repellinging, claims of a sweetheart deal being agreed between the government and Surrey County council over the social care situation . Yeah, very interesting. Surrey have taken in unprecedented step of announcing they were going to hike council tax by a staggering 15 to pay for social care. They we re 15 to pay for social care. They were going to hold a referendum to get the go ahead because they were desperate for this extra money for social care. The only way to get it was by this huge hike in council tax. That was profoundly awkward for ministers. Jeremy hunt is a local mp. More than that, it underlined the sense of crisis in social care, if youve a tory authority saying we cant cope, we have to have a whopping increase in social care. Yesterday or the day before, surrey announced, were not going ahead with this referendum. This lunch time, Jeremy Corbyn citing leaked text between the leader of the council and an official in the Department For Communities And Local Government referred to as nick is suggesting there was a sweetheart secret deal done to make sure surrey didnt go ahead with this referendum which would be profounding embarrassing. If you bear with me one sec, i think ive been sent the texts. Here is one of the texts. If icanfind texts. Here is one of the texts. If i can find it. This is one of the texts from david hodge to this unnamed official nick. I received clarification from my chief executive who confirms have spoken and the numbers you indicated are the numbers i scanned understand are a cce pta ble the numbers i scanned understand are acceptable for me to call off the r. Presumably the referendum. If its possible for that info to be sent to myself, i can revert back. Really wa nt to myself, i can revert back. Really want to kill this off. Now, that sounds, weve not heard from surrey cou nty sounds, weve not heard from Surrey County council, we dont know their version of events, on the face of it, it sounds like some secret sweetheart deal was done to avoid this politically embarrassing referendum. Norman, thank you very much. Well have much more from westminster in a few moments. First, lets bring you some breaking news from the courts. The entertainer rolf harris has been cleared of three sex offences and the jury at Southwark Crown court has been discharged on other counts. Over to danjohnson discharged on other counts. Over to dan johnson outside the discharged on other counts. Over to danjohnson outside the court. Dan, bring us up to date. Yes, quite a dramatic end to this trial. The jurys been deliberating for over 26 hours over the course of almost a week. Today, they came back into court and told the judge they had cleared rolf harris on three of the seven counts he faced but were unable to reach verdicts on remaining four. The charges he was found not guilty of. A claim of indecent assault against a girl who said she was under 16 in the 1970s when she approached rolf harris for an autograph. She said thats when she was touched inappropriately by her. The former entertainer rolf harris cleared of that charge. Also cleared of indecently assaulting a blind and disable young woman in the late 1970s at moorfieldsle high hospital. Also, not guilty of the Sexual Assault of a woman in 2004. Those three charges rolf harris has been found not guilty of. Four remaining counts of indecent assault which he faced which the jury has been unable to make a decision on after more than 26 hours of deliberating. The jury has after more than 26 hours of deliberating. Thejury has been discharged. The prosecution now has one week to decide whether it will push for a retrial of rolf harris on those remaining four charges. Well, he has been remanded in custody. Hes already serving a sentence because he was convicted here in 2014 of indecently assaulting four other women. For the time being, rolf harris will be returned to prison to serve his existing sent he is. There will be nothing hadded to that sent he is for the moment. We are waiting to see what the prosecution wants to do about the four outstanding charges the man accused of murdering his fiancee, the writer helen bailey, says that she had taken sleeping tablets which had been prescribed for him. Ian stewart is giving a second day of evidence at st albans crown court. He is alleged to have drugged and killed ms bailey at their home in hertfordshire in april last year. Bring ugg up to date, ben. In the witness box, ian stewart, whos in the second day of giving evidence in his own defence, was taken back to january last year when he had a cancer scare. He said at that time, i was not sleeping. Helen was not sleeping. He went to see his gp who prescribed him the sleeping drug. He said helen was always somebody who would Research Things for herself. She went on google and found out he shouldnt take that drug because he suffered from a different conditions. An auto immune condition which led to him spending long periods previously in hospital. She took them away from me and told him, you shouldnt have these but they might be something i could take. Later, sea said she had taken some of the sleeping tablets. Hed been askedif of the sleeping tablets. Hed been asked if he ground them up and dropped them in her tea . He said no, they had a mat he willic bitter taste and helen bailey had an extraordinary good sense of smell. He was asked about the finances. It is the prosecution case that on the day she disappeared in april last year he changed a Standing Order on their account to pay him £4,000 instead of the £600 that was normally paid each month. He said, i had no reason to kill her. Our life was idyllic. I was extremely lucky. I had more money than i could spend. It wasnt him who had change that had Standing Order. The trial continues. The scriptwriter alan simpson has died at the age of 87 after a long battle with lung disease. His manager said he was famous for his writing partnership with ray galton. Weve seen europe and the nhs debated at pmqs. Now to westminster to get more. After Prime Ministers questions, it is back to debating brexit and the European Union bill. The third day of debate and voting on that and the crucial vote this evening at about 8. 00 on the final vote on the European Union bill which will empower the Prime Minister and the government to formally begin the process of negotiating britains withdrawal from the eu. If it goes through successfully in the House Of Commons it goes through to the lords later this month. How do you see it going for the rest of the day here . So far, weve amendments to vote on later. So far, the governments carried those with a majority well in excess of its working majority. I hope and anticipate well get the bill through without amendment. The third reading this evening at around 8. 00. Then the bill goes off to the House Of Lords where pierce are not elected and wont try to overturn what the elected house or referendum and the Prime Minister can trigger article 50 by the end of the march as she said last autumn. Yesterday, the government offered what was seen by some as a concession where they said mps will be able to vote on the final deal before the european ian parliament does. In other words, probably towards the end of the next year. Was that a concession . A lot of people are saying its a hobsons choice. You either vote for the deal or its no deal. I listened to the minister set it out yesterday. And keir starmer was clear it was a significant move. When he came back to the House Of Commons later having looked at all the things the government said before, he welcomed the clarity on both bits of the deal, the exit and future trading relationship, the fact it will be before the European Parliament. I think he was clear it was a significant move by the government. I think that was reflected by the fa ct we i think that was reflected by the fact we got a significant majority in the votes yesterday afternoon. I hope that will continue for the rest of today and get the bill off to the House Of Lords. Weve seen a few rebels on the tory and labour side. Asa rebels on the tory and labour side. As a were toer chief whip, should these people be voting with their party or do you understand this is a matter of conscience . Party or do you understand this is a matter of conscience . party or do you understand this is a matter of conscience . I would rather they were voting with the party and they were voting with the party and the position the Prime Minister set out. Europes been an issue which has divided across parties. The vote yesterday was interesting. There we re yesterday was interesting. There were a small number of conservatives, seven voted with labour on conservatives, seven voted with labourona conservatives, seven voted with labour on a particular amendment. There were six labour mps in the government lobbies voting with the government. There are a small number of people on both sides who have not been entirely happy with the position. The governments majority has been Pretty Healthy all the way through. Weve set it out in the white paper. The vast majority of conservative colleagues are happy to follow her lead as she takes us into these tough and difficult negotiations. It is interesting looking back, in the old days it was the anti eu conservatives who were the anti eu conservatives who were the rebels on the backbenches. Now its the remainers like ken clarke who are the rebels . Its funny how the world comes full circle. I was on the remain side of the argument. Im a democrat. We argued to give this choice to the public. The leaflet said it was the publics choice and the government would do what the public said they wanted us to do. They were clear. It is our job to get on and deliver that. Having worked with the Prime Minister when i was at the home office, you couldnt have a better person leading your team. If i was in negotiation, id rather she was on my team than the other side. Mark, harper, thank you. We expect voting on those amendments about 6. 00 and the substantive vote on the European Union bill at around 8. 00pm this evening. Evening evening. Some beautful pictures to show you of one of the most stunning free shows on earth. Tens of thousands of starlings are performing a nightly ritual, or murmuration. Their Synchronised Flying creates an amazing aerial ballet. The friends of the Lake District has organised a number of Viewing Events before the season ends later this month, as dave guest reports. Its an aerial ballet with a cast of thousands, a mass of starlings flying in mesmerising harmony. The dictionary tells us this is called a murmuration. It also tells us the words been in use for hundreds of years, but why murmuration . Nobody really knows the reason why its called a murmuration. Its an interesting word, because they dont really murmur. Its a very old word. Short answer no one knows why its called that. Why do they form these patterns that move together in harmony . Again, nobody really knows. There is some suggestion that they come together at dusk in a big group because it protects them from predation from the likes of buzzards or kestrels, but why they do this amazing aerial ballet before they settle down for the night, no one knows. And why this spot . Why would they pick this spot . Well, obviously, its a stunning landscape why wouldnt anyone want to spend the night here . And so, an audience gathers at Sunbiggin Tarn in cumbria for one of the greatest free shows on earth. This, one of several Murmuration Viewings hosted by the friends of the Lake District, who own this stunning stretch of land midway between kendal and penrith. Im a reporter for my school magazine. You are a reporter . Yes. Sort of. Like me. Yeah so you are going to report on this . Yeah, im going to write it up on a computer. Are you going to be taking some pictures and film as well . Well, yes, hopefully if my mums remembered her phone. The thing is, i have to try and capture it on my camera over there and if i miss anything, can i borrow your shots . Yeah. And so, as dusk gathers, so, too, do the stars of the show. And they dont disappoint. Absolutely beautiful, the noise and the commotion. They are just stunning, the sky turns black and it isjust amazing. Well, i have seen them before in other places, but nothing like as big a show as here. Well, someone estimated there were around 60,000 or so starlings out there. Ill take their word for it. Im not sure how you would count them. Then, as darkness falls, so, too, do the starlings, and its curtain down on another perfect performance. Dave guest, bbc news, at Sunbiggin Tarn in cumbria. In a moment, the news at one. First, the weather. Good afternoon. The sunshine isnt as abundant as yesterday but we still have some of it to be found. And some snow. This was aviemore late this morning this, the sunshine across in cornwall. Were seeing plenty more sunny pictures coming in. Notjust across the south west of england but through wales, Northern Ireland, north west england and western scotland. There an abundance of sunshine. That cloud in the east is tied in with this Weather Front. It is the east is tied in with this weatherfront. It is behind the east is tied in with this Weather Front. It is behind that where we have that really cold, Continental Air making its immewence felt across the uk. Were into the cold air now. Well stay that way until the end of the week at least. The best of the sunshine will continue to be around the south west of england, the Western Parts of wales. Further ouse, quite grey. There are some outbreaks of drizzle. Mostly light. Perhaps wintry over the wolds, North Yorkshire moors. Most certainly over the grump yens. They are coming in on that south easterly winds. Temperatures struggling at 5 or 6s at best. Sunshine in Western Areas winning through. With the clearer skies remaining, cold air. Well have issues with ice where we keep the showers going, particularly where theyre windyy. Frost elsewhere. A colder night. Not quite as cold in the west as it was last night. We start the day to scrape the cars once again first thing tomorrow morning. One or two icy patches, particularly on untreated roads and pavements. Rather grey weather in the east. Not as grey as today. Margely brighter. Well pick up cloud further west. But brightest here. Wintriness in the showers over the hills by day. By night, theyll fall to lower levels. Colder tomorrow. Even in the west. 2 4 celsius. Add on that breeze, it will feel pretty bitter. Those Weather Fronts being kept at bay by this saeb eastern pressure. Threatening wintry showers on friday. They wont amount toa wintry showers on friday. They wont amount to a great deal but it will make it feel cold and quite wintry. Thats how it continues into the weekend. By then, the wintriness mostly weekend. By then, the wintriness m ostly o n weekend. By then, the wintriness mostly on the hills. Government attempts to ease the pressure on englands nhs by integrating health and social care arent working. The governments Spending Watchdog says merging the two has neither saved money nor cut Hospital Admissions. Meanwhile questions in the commons this lunchtime over whether the government offered a council a special deal to stop a potentially embarrassing referendum on social care funding. Also on the programme. A major brexit milestone, mps vote tonight on giving the Prime Minister the authority to start the formal process of leaving the eu. A woman denied her late long term partners pension wins a landmark Supreme Court appeal that could affect millions of co habiting couples. Rolf harris is cleared of three historic sex offence allegations. A jury fails to reach a verdict on four other charges. 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