from the uk around 40 years ago. a festive a festive night out turned into a nightmare for strictly‘s aj pritchard and his brother curtis — when they were attacked in a nightclub in their home town. the professional dancers were left battered and bruised, with curtis needing emergency surgery on his knee. let's find out more from the brothers now. good morning to you, good to see you. we can see quite plainly characters that you still have the crutches, take us back aj, to that night, back together and hoping for afun night night, back together and hoping for a fun night out? yeah, we were in our hometown, ten minutes from our house. we went out for a night out and curtis was violently pushed and we we re and curtis was violently pushed and we were beaten up by eight people and as you can see with his leg he needed emergency surgery straightaway which is had done, thankfully, thank you to the nhs for that. the thing is it was senseless violence, unprovoked and just, there's not much more to say which is the sad t

they bring goods into the uk, they take without the uk, that will get more expensive. they are extremely exposed to fluctuations in the currency. there are all sorts of impacts that swing on from the brexit decisions, no matter where you stand on the brexit debate, these are things that are impacting in reality. jaguar is particularly exposed because it is so heavily based in uk its manufacturing bases. 0k,jim holden, thank based in uk its manufacturing bases. 0k, jim holden, thank you for expending all of that to me. jim holden, thank you. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning. if you are stepping out in the south of england, wrap up warmly as there is a cold start of the day with frost. temperatures in devon at the moment are —4 whereas shetland is 10 degrees, so today it will be mild for some, but not all of us. what is happening is whether from sinking south, and you can see it here. this is the warm front and behind we a pulling in mild air producing a lot of cloud and patchy, light rain. —— weather front. that is weakening all

those boats on the way back to uk waters where they willjoin another cut the way back to uk waters where they will join another cut are the way back to uk waters where they willjoin another cut are already here. the home secretary also said there will bejoint here. the home secretary also said there will be joint patrols with french forces in the channel behind me. trying to persuade migrants not to make the perilousjourney me. trying to persuade migrants not to make the perilous journey across the waters. many of them trying to make it under cover of darkness. trying to break up migrant gangs facilitating those crossings is a priority for the british and french. sajid javid said this is a major incident but it is notjust about protecting uk borders, he is determined there will not be any kind of tragedy in the waters behind me. theresa may has used her new year message to suggest that britain "can turn a corner" if parliament backs her brexit deal. mps are due to vote on the prime minister's withdrawal agreement this month, after a vote on the deal was postponed because of fears it woul

i pressure is with us to the south of the uk. if you have frost, there isa of the uk. if you have frost, there is a chance of fog patches as well -- high is a chance of fog patches as well —— high pressure. equally we will see some sunshine. generally, lots of cloud on saturday. breezy in the north with the highest temperatures, low single figures for some in england and wales. then a few changes, subtle changes saturday night into sunday. a weather front move south, bringing rain. for sunday across england and wales, producing large amounts of cloud, the odd shower, maybe like patchy rain. most will be dry on sunday but what we will see is cloud clearing over the past few days, scotland and northern ireland have the greater chance of longer spells of sunshine on sunday. temperatures can bet on saturday will be lower. for england and wales it could be less cold with temperatures around ten or 11 degrees. overall, it is a dry picture across the uk. coldest this morning in eastern scotland and the south midlands. wrap up well. back to you both. it looks lovely this m

colder air across the uk. it means some frosty nights. colderairacross across the uk. it means some frosty nights. colder air across england and wales as we go through thursday night and friday night, and by day, temperatures stick in single figures. but it stays dry, so if you have got your extended festive break, lots of fine weather to get out and make the most of. that is how it is looking, we will have more throughout the morning. thank you very much, happy new year to you. the industry struggling to attract young people into the profession. 0ur report has been given their access to the pilots on the industry that works 365 days a year whatever the weather. 40 mile an hour winds and two metre high waves, marine pilots are on their way to board a container ship of the east coast. we have one of the strongest tides in the uk and in a shallow water as well, there is lots of sand banks that are shift in and we had to navigate between them to ensure the ship gets there. how do you make sure you don't get seasick? keep looking at the horizon. simon, rachel and iwork kee

so what next for nuclear power in the uk? the spy master shows his hand, marcelo bielsa — the boss of leeds united — admits that he's spied on every team he's faced so far this season and gives the press a lesson in pre—match analysis. and it's notjust humans who need to eat better and exercise more — vets say half of all horses in the uk are overweight. good morning. it's a cold and frosty start to the day. the risk of highs on untreated surfaces. rain, sleet, and snow the forecast. most of us will have a cool and sunny day. i will have a cool and sunny day. i will have a cool and sunny day. i will have more in minutes. good morning. it's thursday the 17th of january. our top story: theresa may has called on mps to "put self—interest aside" and "work constructively together" to find a way forward for brexit. the prime minister made a late night statement in downing street, just a few hours after her government survived a motion of no—confidence in another day of high drama the house of commons. a warning alex for

day across the uk. 0f people on our project every day across the uk. of those 11,000, 4500 are eu workers. that is notjust us, the supply chain as well, we rely on the supply chain as well, we rely on the supply chain to deliver projects like this. so it's important we maintain these skilled workers because they are essential to efficiency, productivity and making sure we can deliver new homes like this across the country. so given that scenario for a no—deal brexit or indeed what you've already heard about theresa may's deal how do you make sure you have staff to build what you've committed to? we are working with the supply chain that, a, we continue with the workforce, and recently through the construction leadership council is try to bring in together to help those workers across the uk, about 160,000 eu workers in the construction sector, how we can help them to maintain what is called settled status, so we want to try to work with the supply chain, our companies who work, subcontractors and thei

across the north and west of the uk and also up across parts of the uk and also up across parts of the uk and also up across parts of the east, still snowing in kent. through the course of today, a little ridge across us so it will be a quieter day for many of us. met later, clow building in from the west. we start where we have seen the snow showers with them still in the snow showers with them still in the south—east a lot of those will fade through the day. wintry showers in northern ireland will turn to rain through the day but hanging onto them across the north and west of scotland, even to lower levels. bush east and we will see some sunshine for some more cloud coming in across northern ireland, with no showers. more cloud across pembrokeshire and south—west england. here, you will find the temperatures are that little bit higher. for the rest of us, a cold day. but there will be a fair bit of winter sunshine around. through this evening and overnight, we still have the wintry showers in the north and west. a new system then produces some wintry showers across south—west s

it's 80 days until the uk leaves the eu. so how is british business preparing for the biggest change to our economy in a5 years? over the next 12 weeks, we will be on the road, looking at the 12 largest economic sectors. nina is kicking things off at a food market in manchester. a very good morning to you. good morning, louise. a indeed, we are at manchester's mis—field market this morning. it is one of the biggest markets of its kind in the north of england. here at spots, these ones from lincolnshire. these prices are likely to stay the same. pavarottis potatoes, imported, you guessed it, from italy, will find out price of those when we find out what the deal is post—brexit from the eu. are you worried? not all, ithink it is is post—brexit from the eu. are you worried? not all, i think it is all a storm in a teacup really. i think there might be a bit of a squeeze there might be a bit of a squeeze the first two or three days, there might be a few price changes, but after all, everybody has got to eat. yes, ok, so he

but it won't work in the same way after the uk leaves the eu. paul lewis has been looking into this for us. morning, paul. with them routinely, and it give them if it is an accident or some old problem flaring up, they can get health care in any eu country as if they were a local of that country, normally free in most cases. once we leave the eu, that card will no longer operate. we are leaving on march 29, as far as things stand at the moment, we never know with parliament meeting on tuesday, but if we have theresa may's deal, there will be a transitional period up to december 31, 2020, and throughout that period, the ehic will work. but once we do leave, whether it is on march 29 or 2020, or a different date, once they have actually left, that card will no longer work. so, the uk government has to do reciprocal deals with every one of the other 27 member states to make sure that we have those arrangements in place. spain has said it is keen to do such a deal, but they all have to do such a deal, but they all have to be negotiated, and the secr

esther mcvey said the uk is prepared for a no—deal brexit. said the uk is prepared for a no-deal brexit. we've got the licence is in place so that medicines can come to and from, we also know that because we will be in charge of borders, things will be imported into the country because we are in charge of that. those stories that you are talking about, whether it isjohn that you are talking about, whether it is john major, that you are talking about, whether it isjohn major, matt hancock, the chancellor, they are remainers, they voted to remain, and they are wanting to turn around the vote of the people. what happened was parliament, the house of lords, said, let the people have a say. people have had a say and they said that they want to leave the eu. it is up to politicians, civil servants, all of us to get that sorted. at least five people have been killed by unusually heavy snow in the alps this weekend. two workers at a french ski resort died as they were trying to use explosives to trigger controlled avalanches. in austria, three german tourists were killed by an avalanche and a f

the uk moving away to an extent from the european union. there has been a big argument about the extent to which that is wise or narrow. we'll come to my jargonjungle as wise or narrow. we'll come to my jargon jungle as i wise or narrow. we'll come to my jargonjungle as i have decided wise or narrow. we'll come to my jargon jungle as i have decided to go with. we are at the university of bedfordshire in luton, looking at all of these battling terms that people like me ramble on about the whole time, as i try to avoid tripping over the easels that we've set these boards on. we can rattle on about these terms, but even the term brexit is about because it is a bit like beauty, it is in the eye of the beholder. i will enterjuicy to some guys from luton, locals and stu d e nts some guys from luton, locals and students from the university. we have got some terms on the table. how are you on this brexit malarkey? brexit is everything. we are studying brexit as students 24 hours a day, seven days a week. it has an affect on so many levels. even tal

one man, armed with a knife, bringing violence and fear to uk cities. this was the scene at manchester victoria station just before 9:00pm yesterday evening. the man being restrained by police officers had allegedly stabbed two people, a man and woman aged in their 50s, as they waited on the platform. a british transport police officer who went to help was stabbed in the shoulder. all three suffered injuries described as serious but not life—threatening. i don't want to say it's this or it's that... bbcjournalist sam clack was waiting for his tram home when he saw the attack. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink. they've probably — it's just a fight, it'll fizzle out in the next few seconds. but then, ijust heard the guy shout, as part of a sentence he shouted "allah", and then i thought that, hmm, doesn't sound good. but, at the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto tracks, he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered. theyjust kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. greater manchester police said that, while there was no evide

, and it would be good for the uk, and it would be good for the uk, and it would be the eu's choice if they ta ke would be the eu's choice if they take the deal or we leave on wto terms. you described things there as intransigent, but donald tusk has been clear, there will be no changes? we always hear in the immediate aftermath from all of the sticklers, but there are many other voices across the commission, and i think there will be thinking long and hard about this. we are very close to the wire for the eu always ta kes close to the wire for the eu always takes the negotiations to the 11th hour. parliament has strengthened the prime minister's hand. the ball is now in the eu's court, they have a choice to make and it is a very clear and straightforward choice. we can make the changes and get it through parliament or leave on wto terms at the end of march. i prefer a deal, i've always said that. the path to brexit is clear. many of your listeners and viewers, if they voted to leave or remain, they want some finality to the process, get past the haggling. i think we got that from parl

my name is janna, and i've lived in the uk for eight yea rs. i've lived in the uk for eight years. eu citizens will need to apply to continue to live after 2020 in the uk. so what do i think about it? iam in the uk. so what do i think about it? i am not necessarily offended by it? i am not necessarily offended by it or upset by it. i think that one way or another people will have to register that they are eu nationals, as there is no longer free register that they are eu nationals, as there is no longerfree movement of people. we have to pay for you to stay here. personally i think the country should be able to determine who comes here and who doesn't, and for that to happen you need to register. yes, i for that to happen you need to register. yes, lam not offended by this, at all. if i'm brutally honest, i hope brexit will not happen and that we don't have too apply for a settled statement at all, and just continue with our lives as they are. my name is george kontakos, i've been running the 0live kontakos, i've been running the olive grove for 16 years, and i've been here for lon

plant in the uk, talk of some of thejob cuts being in the uk at some point. will they be in production? we are not too sure yet but again, with brexit, nothing is off the table. they say that if there is no deal, we will have to reassess everything. honda gave a simple story which was to do with brexit. a said we need a six—day production shutdown of our factory in the uk where we make a civic and honda. just to make sure almost as a backup, whatever disruption there is, it will give us a few days after we leave the european union to hand over all put pans —— plans in place. we will be talking about it a lot obviously. thank you very much. it is six minutes to seven. this is a handbrake turn. we will talk about moral and hardy now. regarded around the world is the greatest comedy act ever. many people have been inspired by their work and why they have perfected the art of slapstick, it wasn't always a laugh a minute. a new film ‘stan and ollie' tells their story during the final throws of their career. i've been to meet its stars, john c reilly and st

another weather front approaching the north—west of the uk which will throw high cloud in. we'll see ahead of at throw high cloud in. we'll see ahead ofata throw high cloud in. we'll see ahead of at a lot of high cloud around which could skewer the skies. it is touch and go. this system, however, looks much more active than the one we had yesterday, the one that we have got today. it comes late in the day. the most part we start off cold. quite a bit of cloud around, sunshine and early—morning fog to clear away. mostly dry and bright skies, until the afternoon when the sets an, it turns readily to snow for the hills of scotland and northern ireland. as it averages following tomorrow evening and the weather front makes inroads across the bulk of the mainland, it is to snow readily across the scottish mountains, the pennines, the welsh mountains, the pennines, the welsh mountains, the pennines, the welsh mountains, the hills of the midlands and for the south and east. it is not likely to settle in the south but we could see several sentiment that make centimetres across the

double figuresjust about uk — wide. 0ne keeping temperatures up in double figuresjust about uk — wide. one or two spot of 212 or 13. going into tonight, rain around at times, eastern areas in particular, windy across the board. it means temperatures will not drop much, maybe one degree or two in what we have seen in the afternoon with some spots in single figures into tomorrow morning. it is because of the high—pressure centre towards the south—west of us. far enough to allow a weather front to toggle through and the breezy developing so we will feel it is a rain at times through sunday. showery rain moving southwards across england and wales, maybe during the morning with a little bit of sunshine here and there. further north, more sunshine developing through the second half of the day but showers continuing through parts of north wales, both england, northern ireland and the north and west of scotland were winds will be at strongest with 40-50 winds will be at strongest with 40—50 miles an hour gusts possible,

almost1 billion jobs in uk in the electric market. almost1 billionjobs in uk depend on it. thank you very much, thank you. coming up, talking new year's, new diets and dr michael mosley. how is 800 calories a day sound to you? does not sound like a lot. you can have as mashed avocado and dark rye bread and then passed and pesto salad. that takes is 785, on day one. i count only two neils there. you're right. that is they want. —— day one. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. the mayor is being urged to give more information about plans for the ultra—low emission zone, which will see greater charges for driving in the capital in three months time. the federation of small businesses says more than 60% of businesses believe their operating costs will increase as a result of the scheme. transport for london says pollution is a public health crisis, which it's committed to tackling, and it's working to support businesses in preparation for the new zone. a londoner who survived being stabbed seven ti

and the daily mail leads on what it describes as the "uk's sugar time bomb". it also has a picture of gordon and tana ramsay, who've announced they‘ re expecting their fifth child. so, sal, where will you start? where we have that selfie between roger federer and serena williams. the inside page. you have a better version? go on, it is bigger. a great selfie. and they said such wonderful things about each other. federer said he was really nervous about returning her serve, because you never know where it is going to go. it is worth explaining it is a mixed doubles match as part of the hopman cup. that is how it has arisen that they are playing on opposite sides of the net. both of them talking about each other‘s serves and the respect they have. and the selfies all over the papers this morning. 0ne and the selfies all over the papers this morning. one of the stories which is really interesting in the guardian today about chris froome and geraint thomas, geraint thomas won the tour de france this year, hugely successful for him, and won the tour de france t

it has only been out for one week officially at the uk box office. it is helping to drive people towards a film they would not go to see, very much to do with the fa ct go to see, very much to do with the fact that 0livia colman is such a popular figure. she has become, fact that 0livia colman is such a popularfigure. she has become, she assad six bafta nominations in the television category before, this is her big breakthrough —— she has had six. she is getting that success here that she had at the golden gloves. people are falling for performance as queen anne. supported by rachel weisz and emma stone. she won the global —— golden globe at the weekend. it doesn‘t always mean big success on the night, having the most nominations. we will find out soon. most nominations. we will find out soon. bohemian rhapsody not that far behind with seven. 0ne soon. bohemian rhapsody not that far behind with seven. one of the most popular films that the british box office. rami malek was in there. he won at the golden globes and is nominated for his supe

uk—eu relations. your organisation does what? we're a network of academics and we are funded to let people know what the research says. we are not allied to any side, we have to be impartial, we simply have to say, i have carried out research on, for example, the economics of brexit, and this is what i have found out. timely, with his newspaper review, we will go through the issues that have been surrounding brexit this week. starting with theresa may and the cabinet. this is one of the fundamental issues shaping how brexit is not proceeding, which is that cabinet cannot agree on a way forward. we have some cabinet ministers being relaxed about the possibility of leaving with no deal, other ministers saying, actually it will be really bad, we should not have no deal. cabinet cannot agree amongst themselves which is one of the reasons we have this gridlock. and all sorts of rumours flying around the people will resign as more votes, and parliament. people working on fact checking. it never was ok for w

the uk and us has always had the strongest relationship, the uk is our best ally and i have said that consistently since i have been here. you can see the men and women at raf lakenheath, how dedicated they are. i know that when they heard this, dan, this idea, i guarantee they jumped on heard this, dan, this idea, i guarantee theyjumped on it. it's such a good idea. it's true. i promise to tony and i thought i can't not deliver on a promise and i managed to speak to your office quite soon after that. raf lakenheath were within 24 hours, they said we will do all we can as long as we get the clearance from germany and italy and the us and get you on board. the raf had been involved so many people, tony... have kept this from me! you are not alone, and me! iwasn't have kept this from me! you are not alone, and me! i wasn't allowed to tell anybody for security reasons. i know we spoke a lot in between. i just told you i would do all i could. amazingly, tony, 70 people have got involved and so many people want... this is important to state, this is not about tony —— so many people hav

widely frosty in the uk. just notice, to throw in the contrast, the isles of scilly, positively balmy, eight degrees, and some western areas, northern ireland, south—west england and wales, frost free at the moment, blue colours on the chart indicating subzero temperatures. showers in the night means icy conditions for eastern coastal counties. rain, sleet and snow along the east, rain at lower levels as we go through the day. northern and eastern areas will be dry with the best of the sunshine in north—east scotland, lovely, crisp winter day with parts of the grampians around one degree throughout. cloudy in the west, more ofa throughout. cloudy in the west, more of a breeze, showers for the western isles, dumfries and galloway, northern ireland will brighten up. rain in northern england and the pennines turning to sleet and snow over high ground. rain for wales later. patches of rain for the south—west, the odd heavy bursts and rumble of thunder can't be ruled out. that will push north and eastwards.

there are some others but we won't see the entire duration in the uk. when is a good time to see this? the period of totality when it will look red, depending where you live, between a:45am and 5:a5am tomorrow morning with its maximum at 5:15am. the eclipse starts when the moon moves into the shadow of the earth, at 2:30am. it could be 7:a5am when the moon completely comes out of shadow. there is a long period of time to see it. it will only look red right in the shadow between 5:a5am toucher a:45am and 5:45am. give us a sense how exciting this is, given how read these things are to coincide. is it worth looking at? if it is clear, that is the big thing. if it is cloudy, stay in bed. we don't need binoculars? you can see it with the naked eye. unlike a solar eclipse, you don't need special equipment. you will be up to watch anyway? if it is clear. you have to wake up to note it is clear! thank you for such brilliant props. last year we had an orange. let us hope some of us managed to see that tomorrow. it looks like it will be spectacular. you will be b

it is for alzheimer's research uk. and basically, mark bus pa rents research uk. and basically, mark bus parents sadly passed away. one with cognitive impairment, which became full set on alzheimer's, and his mother with vascular dementia. as a result of that i thought, if i'm going to do a walk such as this, let's do the best i can in terms of fundraising. we are raising money for alzheimer's research uk. there has to be a breakthrough for this terrible illness. that is the plan. a £100,000 target. must mean a lot to you, mark? a tremendous amount. we saw my parents in their deteriorating years. it never holds back. it keeps getting worse. you see back. it keeps getting worse. you see people you love and care about this cheery raging in front of your eyes and there is nothing you can do about it. —— deteriorating. this is about it. —— deteriorating. this is a great opportunity to raise awareness and to raise funds for a worthwhile charity. how do people support you? basically, i have got a sort of call sign or a handle, it is called, the penny rolls on.

that is uk time. this is in training on saturday. they are way ahead. this is him having a knock up on the right labour court against grigor dimitrov. not playing a full match. —— the rod laver court. he seems to be moving 0k. —— the rod laver court. he seems to be moving ok. we spoke to annabel croft. she said she was watching. she saw bit of it. he did look a bit ginger when he was walking around. she has got a more trained eye than i have. but credit to him, he is moving. it could be the last game of his career on monday. grigor dimitrov is a close friend of his. and above described this very well, pa rt and above described this very well, part of his game has always been chasing balls down. —— annabel. when he is going at full pelt, the pain has been kicking in. that is when he can't continue. it is when he pushes at crucial moments in big games, big moments of the game as well, that the pain starts. then it gets worse. they will miss him. murray's great rivals are going to miss him for sure. in a moment we will hear from rafael nadal. b

it is, but uk wide incredibly mild if you are about to step out. six to eight degrees which is what you should be seen by the afternoon at this time of year. the mild theme will continue this weekend, tempered a little bit by strengthening winds. a little bit damp across northern england, patchy rain and drizzle clearing the something a little bit lighter. but across wales, east anglia, southern midlands, staying fairly cloudy here. brightening up further north, a lwa ys here. brightening up further north, always a bit brighter eastern scotland, but clouds merging into longer spells of rain through the afternoon yet again. northern ireland shouldn't fare too badly but it is breezy there. we could see winds touch gale force in one or two makes pots, but coming in from the north—west and off the atlantic it a reasonably mild breeze with temperatures climbing to between nine and 11 celsius for most of you into the afternoon. through the night we will see further rain at times in northern and eastern parts of the country in particular. south and west

at the moment, the lower sitting across the uk into this weekend. we have got a lot of showery, mostly rain across wales and the south—west began is a little bit of sleet over the hills as we start this morning. the best chance of sunshine is really have the cold is this morning across the north of scotland. currently minus three degrees in inverness. just a few showers without sunshine and mostly dry and fine but come further south, we come into the remnants of yesterday's weather front, which we come into the remnants of yesterday's weatherfront, which is giving a wintry mix across the eastern side of yorkshire, down to lincolnshire and the midlands, and even the south—east, as i drove through, there was a little bit of wintriness in amongst the rain and drizzle. in amongst the thunder, hailand drizzle. in amongst the thunder, hail and lightning, which we hope these this afternoon to allow the skies to buy into wales and the south—west, a little bit of sunshine possibly the east anglia as well. you can see how messy, for all of us though the

. —— by the uk. the government spokesperson said the arrangement with switzerland replicates the existing one as far as possible, and we know that more details will be forthcoming. but if these 39 odd agreements are to pass through parliament in time for a possible no deal brexit, thatjust leaves the ii possible no deal brexit, thatjust leaves the 11 weeks —— leaves 11 weeks to avoid disruption with many trade partners. more than 20 people have been killed and two are missing following the collapse of a roof at a coal mine in northern china. 87 people were working underground in the shaanxi province mine at the time of the accident on saturday. the search for the two trapped miners continues while 66 others have been airlifted to safety. an investigation is underway to establish the cause of the accident. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says he is optimistic that washington and turkey can agree on a way to protect america's kurdish allies in syria after its troops leave the country. mr po

further trials are being conducted in israel, china and soon, the uk. and whilst it might be simply sci—fi, the idea of alexa in the future alerting me about my health is at once appealing, yet unsettling. that was nick. and now, we're gonna go back in time to the consumer electronics show in las vegas from last week, where voice was a massive deal. and we asked lara lewington and richard taylor to check out the big talk at the show. it's only taken a few years for voice—activated smart assistants to become an integral part of every self—respecting techie's lifestyle. amazon's alexa started out as a small, self—contained box four years ago. today, it's enjoyed a phoenix—like rise, compatible with over 28,000 smart devices and myriad gadgets of all shapes and sizes. alexa, run the video. this bot vector isn'tjust cute, it can also order you a pizza. and when you're feeling the creative juices flowing, you can always kick back with your smart instrument. if you're a keyboard player, you know it can be really frustrating navigating your way throu

do you think that will help fundamentally change things here in the uk? definitely, i think the more netball is in the spotlight the more netball is in the spotlight the more netball is in the spotlight the more people will realise it is a great game and it is good to back itself. we need more commercial backing. that is what they have in australia. hopefully we'll get the same and the game grow. and having one be commonwealth games, obviously australia were they are. —— won the. when you look ahead to the world cup injuly, is that a significant step up, or have you actually already played the best in the world? because that was mostly a commonwealth sport, the best teams are at the commonwealth games. so the world cup is really attainable? yes, it is the same top teams. so it is definitely attainable. but we only one by one goal, so the top teams are really close. they really are. talk about the impact on other people, i know people who have taken a netball, and you don't have to be as tall as you are. you can even be my age and do netball, can't you

for scotland, wales and northern ireland, but gp recruitment is known to be problematic across the uk. nick triggle, bbc news. donald trump and kim jong—un will meet for a second summit at the end of february to build on their historic first meeting in singapore lastjune. the white house said they would discuss the denuclearisation of the korean peninsular. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher has the details. the white house said the summit would take place at the end of february, but it didn't say where, although vietnam seems to be at the top of the list occasions according to a series of multiple media reports. the announcement was made after series negotiationsthat has persisted , , , , sanctions is one of the main issues of disagreement. the united states says that they should be lifted only after the north koreans have fully dismantled their nuclear weapons programme. kim jong—un says they should be lifted in phases, beginning now, and it seems that he wasn't getting anywhere with the emissaries the president was sending, so perhaps that is why he wants to speak to the man