is at aslef headquarters in central london. as they point out this was agreed by aslef leadership so what is it the drivers don t like? we heard from another union involved, the rmt, they describe this deal as a scandalous sell outs and a disgrace. the leadership has said the deal would only have in certain circumstances, exceptional circumstances, exceptional circumstances, would there only be drivers but other unions and some of membership themselves felt there we re membership themselves felt there were too many exceptions to that. so were too many exceptions to that. so we had the rank and file membership overturning a deal done by the leadership. the results of the ballot have come through in the last half hour, and about 900 drivers work for aslef on southern, there was a turnout of about 72%. they we re was a turnout of about 72%. they were asked the question, do you accept the proposed agreement on driver only operation and related issues? 54% voted no. driver only op
good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan s n
Will see some drizzle and hill fog at times. a few showers peppering parts of lincolnshire, yorkshire, for example. still he showers continuing the far north of scotland. temperatures seven to about 14 degrees. tonight they will be some breaks in the cloud. still a few showers. the rain comes and across northern ireland and pushes steadily northwards across scotland. preceded by some snow. the rain will be heavy in preceded by some snow. the rain will be heavy in the preceded by some snow. the rain will be heavy in the western preceded by some snow. the rain will be heavy in the western isles. thank you. we will talk to you in a while. 12 minutes past seven. two former senior managers at mental health care provider the priory group have told the bbc they had concerns about the safety of patients and staff. the whistleblowers claim they felt pressure to cut costs and fill beds. the company denies the claims and says it successfully treats tens of thousands of patients each year. the pri
-6. it in the highlands, the temperature is 6. it has crept up from 7 in the last hour. there is some frost around. we have a ridge of high pressure across us. we have a weather front coming in from the atlantic bumping into it. it is a fairly weak affair. it is bringing in cloud and drizzle and hill fog at times. there we will start off with early sunshine in the midlands, for example, and also in the east, the cloud will build during the course of the day. some of that will be low cloud. in northern ireland when northern england and scotland there are areas of cloud but we will see some brighter spells. wintry showers for a time in the northern isles and a few rain showers down the north east coast of england. these are the seven to 14 north to south and breezy. pollen levels are high. we still talking tree pollen. grass pollen kicks in at the beginning of may. this evening and overnight still a fair bit of cloud around.