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:00:00. > :00:00.The Government loses its appeal at the Supreme Court -

:00:07. > :00:10.only parliament has the power to trigger the Brexit process.

:00:11. > :00:15.Eight of the eleven judges agreed that MPs and peers,

:00:16. > :00:15.not the Government, should be responsible

:00:16. > :00:22.The Government cannot trigger Article 50 without Parliament

:00:23. > :00:27.Outside the court, the ruling was welcomed

:00:28. > :00:31.by Gina Miller, the woman who'd challenged the Government.

:00:32. > :00:35.Today's decision has created legal certainty based on our democratic

:00:36. > :00:40.process and provides the legal foundations for the Government

:00:41. > :00:55.David Davis tells MPs that there is no going back on Brexit and

:00:56. > :00:59.legislation seeking their approval will be introduced quickly. We will

:01:00. > :01:03.within days introduce legislation to give the government legal power to

:01:04. > :01:04.trigger article 50 and begin the formal process of withdrawal.

:01:05. > :01:07.We'll be examining the significance of the Supreme Court ruling

:01:08. > :01:09.and asking what impact it will have on Brexit.

:01:10. > :01:13.President Trump tells car manufacturers, put your

:01:14. > :01:21.The massacre on a Tunisian beach - an inquest into the deaths of 30

:01:22. > :01:25.British tourists hears from a woman who played dead to survive.

:01:26. > :01:28.On the up - speeding fines for motorists driving well over

:01:29. > :01:36.In sport on BBC News, Bernie Ecclestone says

:01:37. > :01:38.he was forced out as chief executive of Formula One

:01:39. > :02:03.after 40 years following a takeover by Liberty Media.

:02:04. > :02:06.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

:02:07. > :02:10.In a landmark ruling, the government has lost its appeal

:02:11. > :02:13.at the Supreme Court over who has the authority to start the process

:02:14. > :02:15.of taking the UK out of the European Union.

:02:16. > :02:24.Eight of the eleven supreme court judges ruled that

:02:25. > :02:27.only MPs and peers, not the Government,

:02:28. > :02:29.have the authority to trigger Article 50 and begin two

:02:30. > :02:33.The president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, said that leaving

:02:34. > :02:36.the EU would change UK law and the rights of UK citizens -

:02:37. > :02:37.which meant parliament must be consulted.

:02:38. > :02:43.A short time ago, MPs were told the government would introduce

:02:44. > :02:45.legislation within days to stop the formal process of leaving the EU.

:02:46. > :02:49.Our political correspondent Carole Walker reports.

:02:50. > :02:55.This was a case with profound implications. Who should decide the

:02:56. > :03:00.process for taking the UK out of the EU? The decision, taken by 11 of the

:03:01. > :03:06.most senior judges in the land, was delivered to the hushed courtroom.

:03:07. > :03:11.Today, by a majority of 8-3, the Supreme Court rules that the

:03:12. > :03:16.government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of Parliament

:03:17. > :03:20.authorising it to do so. Article 50 begins the formal negotiations for

:03:21. > :03:27.leaving the EU, a process which the judges said would fundamentally

:03:28. > :03:30.change UK law. The referendum is of great political significance, but

:03:31. > :03:34.the act of Parliament which established it did not say what

:03:35. > :03:38.should happen as a result. So any change in the law to give effect to

:03:39. > :03:44.the referendum must be made in the only where permitted by the UK

:03:45. > :03:48.constitution, namely by an act of Parliament. The verdict was clear -

:03:49. > :03:52.the judgment spells out why the court had rejected the government's

:03:53. > :03:56.case. The government will comply with the judgment of the court and

:03:57. > :04:01.do all that is necessary to implement it. The woman who brought

:04:02. > :04:07.the case said the ruling reaffirmed that Parliament is sovereign. This

:04:08. > :04:12.ruling today means that MPs we have elected will rightfully have the

:04:13. > :04:16.opportunity to bring their invaluable experience and expertise

:04:17. > :04:22.to bear in helping the government select the best course in the

:04:23. > :04:26.forthcoming Brexit negotiations. Is this a blow to the government's

:04:27. > :04:29.Brexit timetable, Sir? But the government will be relieved that the

:04:30. > :04:33.court ruled that there is no legal requirement for it to consult the

:04:34. > :04:37.devolved nations, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. So the focus

:04:38. > :04:41.now switches to Parliament. MPs and peers will not try to block the

:04:42. > :04:44.Brexit process, but they could delay it. Opposition parties are already

:04:45. > :04:48.setting out the changes they will try to make to the coming

:04:49. > :04:52.legislation, changes which could affect the government's whole

:04:53. > :04:58.approach to the negotiations over Britain's departure from the EU. We

:04:59. > :05:01.are very clear. We will hold them to account to protect jobs. We will

:05:02. > :05:04.hold them to account to make sure British industry does have market

:05:05. > :05:10.access, and we will not allow ourselves to become some kind of

:05:11. > :05:14.offshore tax haven. That is not what people voted for. Unless the

:05:15. > :05:17.government concedes a new deal for the British people so that the

:05:18. > :05:20.British people have a say over the final arrangements between the UK

:05:21. > :05:28.and the EU, I will vote against article 50. The SNP say they will

:05:29. > :05:31.table 50 amendments. The Prime Minister set out last week a path

:05:32. > :05:35.towards the hardest of hard Brexits. I don't believe there is a majority

:05:36. > :05:37.for that in the House of Commons. I certainly don't believe there is a

:05:38. > :05:40.majority for that across the country, so this is an opportunity

:05:41. > :05:44.for the House of Commons to assert itself and to have a say not just on

:05:45. > :05:48.the narrow question, but on the broader terms of the negotiation as

:05:49. > :05:52.well. Downing Street said today's ruling will not affect the timetable

:05:53. > :05:56.for Theresa May to begin negotiating with other EU leaders. The

:05:57. > :06:00.government will introduce a bill in the Commons within days. This will

:06:01. > :06:04.be the most straightforward bill possible to give effect to the

:06:05. > :06:08.decision of the people and respect the Supreme Court's judgment. The

:06:09. > :06:12.purpose of this bill is simply to give the government the power to

:06:13. > :06:16.revoke Article 50 and begin the process of leaving the European

:06:17. > :06:20.Union. But the scene is set for some tough parliamentary clashes before

:06:21. > :06:22.the bigger battles with the rest of the EU can even begin. Carole

:06:23. > :06:25.Walker, BBC News, Westminster. Well, in a moment we'll talk

:06:26. > :06:27.to our assistant political editor Norman Smith -

:06:28. > :06:29.but first our legal How much of an impact could this

:06:30. > :06:45.ruling have on Brexit? Well, as you heard, this is a ruling

:06:46. > :06:48.which removes power from the government and gives power to

:06:49. > :06:53.Parliament. The government didn't want it this way, but they have got

:06:54. > :06:57.it this way. Now they have to introduce a bill to parliament that

:06:58. > :07:02.could be subject to a number of amendments. The real significance of

:07:03. > :07:06.today is that this ruling has really defined the limits of executive

:07:07. > :07:12.power, the power of ministers and government. And it has underscored

:07:13. > :07:16.the foundation of our unwritten constitution. We don't have a

:07:17. > :07:19.written constitution in this country, but we have one founding

:07:20. > :07:23.principle to our constitution, which is that Parliament is sovereign.

:07:24. > :07:28.Parliament creates the law and only Parliament has the power to change

:07:29. > :07:33.the law. And it was that that came through in the ruling of the eight

:07:34. > :07:38.Supreme Court justices who ruled against the government today. The

:07:39. > :07:40.government now has a much more difficult task ahead of it, and far

:07:41. > :07:49.less control over the process. Norman Smith is in Westminster. The

:07:50. > :07:53.government lost today. How confident is the Prime Minister going to be

:07:54. > :07:58.that they can still stick to the timetable, this date in March? It is

:07:59. > :08:03.a funny old paradox. You are right, the government was defeated, and yet

:08:04. > :08:08.frankly, ministers are oozing with confidence that they can get Article

:08:09. > :08:14.50 triggered and yes, by Mrs May's self-imposed deadline of March. The

:08:15. > :08:16.reason for that above all is because Parliamentary opposition in this

:08:17. > :08:22.place to triggering Article 50 is by and large crumbled. Tory rebels

:08:23. > :08:26.don't want a fight now. Peers in the House of Lords don't want to be seen

:08:27. > :08:29.to be defying the result of the referendum, and crucially, the

:08:30. > :08:34.Labour leader has said his party will not stand in the way of

:08:35. > :08:38.triggering article 50, even though some of his MPs will rebel against

:08:39. > :08:42.that. And on top of that, the court decided that the Scottish Parliament

:08:43. > :08:47.did not have a right to have a vote. So ministers are extremely

:08:48. > :08:51.confident, and the expectation is that a pared down bill will be

:08:52. > :08:54.introduced in the next few days. A word of warning, though. One thing

:08:55. > :08:58.we have learned from the whole Brexit process and successive prime

:08:59. > :09:04.ministers have learned in our relations with Europe - nothing ever

:09:05. > :09:09.goes smoothly. Parliamentary trapdoors can still open without

:09:10. > :09:14.warning. Norman Smith, thank you. Six months after the EU referendum,

:09:15. > :09:15.what the voters make of today's ruling? Our correspondent Danny

:09:16. > :09:22.Savage has been finding out. When it came to the decision on

:09:23. > :09:27.whether to leave the EU or stay, Leeds voted to remain, but only

:09:28. > :09:32.just. Months later, what do the 49.7% who voted to leave think now

:09:33. > :09:36.that the issue is going back to Parliament? Reverted to get out, so

:09:37. > :09:41.why can't we get our? It is simple. We voted for the Prime Minister come

:09:42. > :09:46.in, the Prime Minister comes in. We look to leave, and a store and

:09:47. > :09:51.stall. It's wrong. A lot of countries want to do business with

:09:52. > :10:00.England, Trump for starters. We don't like the guy, but that's not

:10:01. > :10:04.the point. Let's get back for us. Never mind other people, let's get

:10:05. > :10:07.this country going again. But remember, the majority in this city

:10:08. > :10:14.voted to stay and many haven't changed their mind. Shamal is from

:10:15. > :10:21.Iraq and thinks Europe should stick together. I don't know what is going

:10:22. > :10:26.to happen. Would you rather they stopped Brexit now and kept in

:10:27. > :10:32.Europe? Yeah. I was totally opposed to Brexit and I voted against

:10:33. > :10:36.leaving the EU. At a nearby butchers, Jim believes things would

:10:37. > :10:40.be different if we had known then what we know now. I know people who

:10:41. > :10:42.voted for Brexit who did not understand the circumstances and

:10:43. > :10:48.consequences of what we were voting for. I think before the referendum,

:10:49. > :10:51.we were not totally told what it implied with Brexit and what it

:10:52. > :10:57.means to stay in the EU or to leave. Do you wish Brexit would just go

:10:58. > :11:01.away? If I could turn the clock back 12 months and start all over again,

:11:02. > :11:05.I think the lead up to the referendum should be different.

:11:06. > :11:08.Broadly speaking, those who voted for Brexit just want the government

:11:09. > :11:13.to get on with it unhindered. Those who didn't are still against it, but

:11:14. > :11:18.see it as inevitable. Danny Savage, BBC News, Leeds.

:11:19. > :11:23.Let's get reaction from the rest of Europe with our correspondent Damian

:11:24. > :11:28.Grammaticas, who is in Brussels. What have they made of the ruling

:11:29. > :11:31.there? Here, what we have heard from the European Commission is that they

:11:32. > :11:35.will not comment on internal legal matters of a member state. They are

:11:36. > :11:43.waiting for that article 50 negotiation. But they did make clear

:11:44. > :11:48.in their view, once the 50 trigger happens, there will then first beer

:11:49. > :11:52.negotiation about separating. Only after that, negotiations on a trade

:11:53. > :11:56.deal. The EU commission said if you spit and want to remain on good

:11:57. > :11:59.terms, you have to settle things first and then your future

:12:00. > :12:04.relationship. One thing the ruling today has not clarified as whether

:12:05. > :12:08.once Article 50 is triggered, it can be revoked. Can you go back on that?

:12:09. > :12:12.The assumption in the ruling is that you trigger article 50 after two

:12:13. > :12:18.years you are out of the EU am a good deal, bad deal, whatever. There

:12:19. > :12:21.is a question that some are raising in the UK and was raised to date

:12:22. > :12:27.singer that can be revoked? Here, they would not be drawn on it, but

:12:28. > :12:29.expect more challenges through European courts, perhaps, on that

:12:30. > :12:32.issue. Damian Grammaticas, thank you.

:12:33. > :12:34.President Trump is meeting American car manufacturers today in a bid

:12:35. > :12:41.He's going to tell them that if they want to sell cars

:12:42. > :12:43.in the states, they need to build their new car

:12:44. > :12:47.Yesterday one of his first acts as President was to withdraw

:12:48. > :12:49.the United States from a major Asia pacific trade agreement -

:12:50. > :12:55.Our correspondent Richard Lister reports.

:12:56. > :13:01.If there was one thing that lifted Donald Trump to power,

:13:02. > :13:05.it was his pledge to create jobs, and the way to do that, he says,

:13:06. > :13:08.is to rip up some trade agreements and start again.

:13:09. > :13:11.He began by pulling America out of a deal with 11 other

:13:12. > :13:16.In truth, it had long been stalled in Congress,

:13:17. > :13:19.and President Trump said he would have a different approach.

:13:20. > :13:23.We're going to have trade, but we're going to have one-on-one.

:13:24. > :13:28.And if somebody misbehaves, we'll send them a letter

:13:29. > :13:31.of termination and they'll either straighten it out or we're gone,

:13:32. > :13:33.not one of these deals where you can't get out

:13:34. > :13:38.But some of those like Japan who signed up to the deal Mr Trump

:13:39. > :13:40.has rejected argue that it would have balanced Chinese

:13:41. > :13:43.Others say if Washington won't join their trade

:13:44. > :13:53.We want to have more opportunities with more markets.

:13:54. > :13:55.We already have a China-Australia free trade agreement.

:13:56. > :14:02.Certainly, there's the potential for China to join the TPP.

:14:03. > :14:04.Tackling China's economic influence is a priority for the Trump team,

:14:05. > :14:07.so now it has to try to fill the potential trade vacuum

:14:08. > :14:12.And it's worried about the South China Sea too.

:14:13. > :14:15.It carries 40% of the world's trade and is being fortified by Beijing

:14:16. > :14:26.If those islands are in fact in international waters and not

:14:27. > :14:29.part of China proper, then yeah, we are going to make sure we defend

:14:30. > :14:30.international territories from being taken

:14:31. > :14:33.China responded bluntly today that its policy wouldn't change.

:14:34. > :14:36.The Foreign Ministry warned Washington to act cautiously.

:14:37. > :14:38.Donald Trump's focus on putting business first went down well

:14:39. > :14:41.with these American union officials yesterday, but it's a strategy

:14:42. > :14:46.which will have a major impact abroad as well as at home.

:14:47. > :14:53.Well, let's speak to our correspondent Gary O'Donoghue,

:14:54. > :15:02.We know from his Twitter feed that he has been up for a while, but

:15:03. > :15:07.President Trump's first on his agenda are the car manufacturers. He

:15:08. > :15:10.certainly has a busy day ahead. Yeah, he is hauling in Ford, Fiat

:15:11. > :15:16.Chrysler and also General Motors into the Oval Office this morning.

:15:17. > :15:20.Effectively, they were on the receiving end of some of his

:15:21. > :15:23.harshest criticism during the campaign for shipping jobs and

:15:24. > :15:28.manufacturing out of the United States to Mexico in particular. He

:15:29. > :15:33.has also claimed credit for some of those jobs coming back subsequently,

:15:34. > :15:38.and those big manufacturers have announced some investments in the US

:15:39. > :15:41.as a result of Donald Trump's win. But there are still a lot of

:15:42. > :15:46.manufacturing going on outside. Ford employs something like 8000 people

:15:47. > :15:50.in Mexico and is building a new plant there. Donald Trump is

:15:51. > :15:55.threatening to impose huge terrace if they continue to assemble those

:15:56. > :15:59.cars and bring them in, 35% tariffs. Of course, he has got the unions on

:16:00. > :16:04.his side on this one and he will know that. The other thing to

:16:05. > :16:07.remember is that the American people know that the auto industry was

:16:08. > :16:13.bailed out big time after the financial crisis. So they have a lot

:16:14. > :16:16.of pressure on them at the moment to deliver what Trump once. Gary, thank

:16:17. > :16:18.you. A woman who was on holiday

:16:19. > :16:21.with her husband in Tunisia to celebrate their 30th wedding

:16:22. > :16:23.anniversary has been describing what happened when a gunman

:16:24. > :16:25.started shooting at tourists Allison Heathcote

:16:26. > :16:27.was shot five times. She told an inquest that

:16:28. > :16:30.she played dead as she lay next to her

:16:31. > :16:32.husband's body. Our correspondent Richard Galpin

:16:33. > :16:44.is at the Royal Courts of Justice. We are in a very important phase of

:16:45. > :16:47.this inquest is now, it began this week, this particular phase, looking

:16:48. > :16:53.into the evidence relating to the deaths of each of the 30 British

:16:54. > :16:58.tourists who were attack back in 2015. This morning we heard a very

:16:59. > :17:06.moving statement by the daughter of a couple who were killed, this was a

:17:07. > :17:09.Raymond and Angela Fisher. She, the daughter, read out the statement

:17:10. > :17:15.itself in court. It was a very brave thing to do, spoke about how her

:17:16. > :17:19.parents had been planning their 50th wedding anniversary during their

:17:20. > :17:24.holiday in Sousse. And also said that they had never been able to see

:17:25. > :17:27.their first grandson, who was born, actually, just before this inquest

:17:28. > :17:33.began earlier this month. And she then went on to ask the court to

:17:34. > :17:37.read out the very graphic details of the postmortem is carried out on

:17:38. > :17:43.both her parents so that everybody would know what the impact those

:17:44. > :17:47.high velocity rounds would be on the body, and everyone would know,

:17:48. > :17:50.therefore, what the gunman had done to her parents. Also, we've heard

:17:51. > :17:56.some critical evidence coming from some witnesses, who have talked

:17:57. > :17:59.about, really, the absolute pandemonium at the hotel, the fact

:18:00. > :18:03.that the staff were panicking, had no idea what to do to try and help

:18:04. > :18:09.the people who were running, and trying to escape from the scene. And

:18:10. > :18:13.also saying how there had been absolute no lockdown procedure at

:18:14. > :18:17.the hotel, so some very damning evidence of what the staff should

:18:18. > :18:19.have been doing but were not capable of doing at this critical time.

:18:20. > :18:20.Richard Galpin, thank you. The Government loses its appeal

:18:21. > :18:25.at the Supreme Court - only Parliament has the power

:18:26. > :18:30.to trigger the Brexit process. And coming up,

:18:31. > :18:34.how much is your signature worth? Here at a unique auction,

:18:35. > :18:36.1000 signatures are going under the hammer from some

:18:37. > :18:41.of the most famous names in history. In sport, Roger Federer

:18:42. > :18:44.is through to the semifinals of the Australian Open after beating

:18:45. > :18:47.Misha Zverev in straight sets. He'll face his Swiss compatriot

:18:48. > :18:48.Stan Wawrinka People caught driving

:18:49. > :19:03.well above the speed limit will now face much bigger fines

:19:04. > :19:06.in England and Wales. Those found to be travelling

:19:07. > :19:09.at more than 50 mph in a 30 limit could be hit with a penalty

:19:10. > :19:13.of up to ?1000. are being issued to magistrates

:19:14. > :19:18.by the Sentencing Council. It follows concerns

:19:19. > :19:20.by road-safety campaigners. Our correspondent

:19:21. > :19:24.Daniel Boettcher has more. Thousands of motorists are fined

:19:25. > :19:26.for speeding every year, and the penalties already vary

:19:27. > :19:29.depending on how bad but under changes

:19:30. > :19:33.to sentencing guidelines, exceeding the limit

:19:34. > :19:35.by a large margin Magistrates will set a sentence

:19:36. > :19:40.from a starting point that's up from the current

:19:41. > :19:49.starting point of 100%. The increase will apply to those

:19:50. > :19:52.cases judged to be the most serious, and that means on motorways,

:19:53. > :19:55.where the speed limit is 70, In a 20 zone,

:19:56. > :20:02.it would apply after 41 mph. There is, though, as now,

:20:03. > :20:04.and other limit for fines - ?2500 on motorways and ?1000

:20:05. > :20:08.on all other roads. The changes have been welcomed

:20:09. > :20:10.by safety campaigners The prospect of higher fines

:20:11. > :20:15.may change behaviours. What it will do is act

:20:16. > :20:21.as a deterrent, potentially, but what we also need is

:20:22. > :20:24.effective enforcement on our roads, and we have fewer

:20:25. > :20:25.road-traffic police officers The tougher penalties

:20:26. > :20:30.are part of broader guidelines set out by

:20:31. > :20:31.the Sentencing Council for magistrates

:20:32. > :20:35.in England and Wales. These guidelines were last updated

:20:36. > :20:37.in 2008, and while there are significant changes

:20:38. > :20:40.for motorists caught speeding, they also cover a whole range

:20:41. > :20:44.of other offences That includes the non-payment

:20:45. > :20:49.of the TV licence fee. There'll be a new option

:20:50. > :20:51.for magistrates for cases judged to be at

:20:52. > :20:56.the lowest level of offending. The Sentencing Council

:20:57. > :20:59.says the changes should help magistrates sentence

:21:00. > :21:02.fairly and proportionately. They're very important

:21:03. > :21:04.to ensure consistency, so whether you're in Hackney

:21:05. > :21:06.or Halifax, you'll have the same

:21:07. > :21:08.approach, the same starting point, the same range being looked

:21:09. > :21:12.at for a similar offence. The changes for speeding

:21:13. > :21:14.and the other offences covered by the new guidelines will be

:21:15. > :21:18.brought in towards the end of April. A barrister defending

:21:19. > :21:23.the veteran entertainer Rolf Harris has told Southwark Crown Court

:21:24. > :21:27.that the jury in his first trial in 2014 got it wrong when they found

:21:28. > :21:31.him guilty of indecent assault. The 86-year-old,

:21:32. > :21:34.who's pleaded not guilty, is being tried on seven charges

:21:35. > :21:37.of indecent assault and one of sexual assault against

:21:38. > :21:42.seven victims between 1971 and 2004. Our correspondent Dan Johnson

:21:43. > :21:54.is at Southwark Crown Court. Yes, this was the day when Rolf

:21:55. > :21:58.Harris' defence team started putting the case on his behalf, but we were

:21:59. > :22:01.told we will not hear from Rolf Harris himself, his defence

:22:02. > :22:06.barrister saying that his memory isn't good enough to recount events

:22:07. > :22:11.30 or 40 years ago. He told the jury, if the defendant can say no

:22:12. > :22:17.more micro to Uihlein, I cannot remember being there, the evidential

:22:18. > :22:22.importance is quite weak. -- can say no more to you. They have been

:22:23. > :22:29.picking up hard evidence given when he was convicted previously, and a

:22:30. > :22:32.number of witnesses have been saying that they could not remember him

:22:33. > :22:36.being at a community centre in Portsmouth where he was convicted of

:22:37. > :22:39.assaulting an 18-year-old girl, questioning his previous convictions

:22:40. > :22:42.and whether the prosecution can rely on those convictions to show a

:22:43. > :22:46.pattern of defending in this trial as well. His defence barrister said,

:22:47. > :22:51.in short, we say the jury got it wrong in the first trial, we have

:22:52. > :22:56.enormous faith in the system, but it is not infallible. Well, Rolf

:22:57. > :23:00.Harris, appearing via video link, denies the seven counts of indecent

:23:01. > :23:02.assault. Dan, thank you.

:23:03. > :23:04.Thousands of migrants, including children on their own,

:23:05. > :23:06.are sleeping rough in the Serbian capital, Belgrade,

:23:07. > :23:09.Some of the children are as young as eight.

:23:10. > :23:11.The Serbian government says many are refusing shelter

:23:12. > :23:14.Our Europe correspondent Gavin Lee sent this report.

:23:15. > :23:18.This is how migrants are living in the Serbian capital, Belgrade -

:23:19. > :23:20.sleeping rough with temperatures dropping as low

:23:21. > :23:27.But the people here have a choice - the Serbian government says

:23:28. > :23:31.warmth and food is available in official shelters.

:23:32. > :23:33.But many fear deportation and keep trying instead

:23:34. > :23:39.to cross illegally into Hungary and on to other EU countries.

:23:40. > :23:45.6,000 migrants are housed in official centres across the country,

:23:46. > :23:48.waiting for a chance to be among 20 people a day

:23:49. > :23:54.On the Belgrade streets, eight-year-old Aziz is alone,

:23:55. > :23:59.his brother detained on the Croatian border.

:24:00. > :24:03.I mean, Aziz, you don't sound well - is he OK?

:24:04. > :24:06.Yeah, he's OK, he has a little problem of flu,

:24:07. > :24:10.he have a flu and chest problems, cough problems.

:24:11. > :24:12.He would at least be, like, safe and warm...

:24:13. > :24:16.Extremely ill, we alert aid workers to Aziz's case,

:24:17. > :24:25.We've seen, over the last few days, children that are eight, nine, ten.

:24:26. > :24:29.I was speaking to a 12-year-old Afghan boy yesterday

:24:30. > :24:32.in this warehouse that's been here for three months.

:24:33. > :24:34.He's waiting for a call from a smuggler,

:24:35. > :24:38.because he thinks that's his best option.

:24:39. > :24:42.With older migrants looking out for him, saying their chance

:24:43. > :24:44.of crossing the border is greater with him in tow,

:24:45. > :24:47.two days on, Aziz is still sleeping rough in the warehouse

:24:48. > :24:50.where there are dozens of other unaccompanied children.

:24:51. > :24:57.The head of BT Europe is to resign over an accounting scandal in Italy

:24:58. > :25:01.that will dent the parent company's profits.

:25:02. > :25:07.Well, with me is our business editor, Simon Jack.

:25:08. > :25:14.Shares in the company have fallen sharply, what is going on? Really

:25:15. > :25:17.sharply, down 20%, the worst day they have had since they were

:25:18. > :25:21.privatised, and that is bad news for the 1 million small shareholders who

:25:22. > :25:25.still own shares since then. This has been an Italian accounting

:25:26. > :25:30.scandal, they thought it was going to cost ?140 million. Now they think

:25:31. > :25:35.it is to cost ?500 million, and the head of BT Europe will be out of

:25:36. > :25:39.post, let me put it this way, by later this afternoon, I am told.

:25:40. > :25:43.Believe it or not, it is not the worst of their problems, they also

:25:44. > :25:45.said that their revenue from their biggest customers, those are public

:25:46. > :25:50.sector bodies, big international customers, which stomach will be

:25:51. > :25:54.much weaker than they thought, and that is what investors even more.

:25:55. > :25:59.What be blasting to me is that when a coming as big as BT says it's

:26:00. > :26:03.biggest customers have stopped spending money, it can be a bad sign

:26:04. > :26:08.for the economy. -- what people are saying to me is that when a company

:26:09. > :26:10.as big as BT. It is a bit of a canary in a coal mine.

:26:11. > :26:13.Bernie Ecclestone's 40-year reign as the head of Formula One is over,

:26:14. > :26:16.after it was sold to a company called Liberty Media

:26:17. > :26:20.Mr Ecclestone, who's 86, said he'd been forced out.

:26:21. > :26:22.Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss reports.

:26:23. > :26:24.He's the former used-car salesman who came to rule

:26:25. > :26:33.But for Bernie Ecclestone, it's finally the end of the road.

:26:34. > :26:36.Over 40 years, he turned Formula One from a niche interest

:26:37. > :26:39.into a multi-billion pound powerhouse.

:26:40. > :26:45.But now it has new owners - American company Liberty Media.

:26:46. > :26:47.They believe the sport can promote itself better,

:26:48. > :26:55.and so they put a new man, Chase Carey, in the driving seat.

:26:56. > :26:57.I would expect this is difficult for Bernie,

:26:58. > :26:59.it's a big change for him, he's run the sport,

:27:00. > :27:01.he's run the sport as a one-man...

:27:02. > :27:06.he's run it as a one-man dictator for a long time.

:27:07. > :27:10.I think the sport needs a fresh perspective.

:27:11. > :27:13.Tough and uncompromising, Ecclestone's business brain

:27:14. > :27:16.brought him famous friends and huge personal fortune,

:27:17. > :27:21.but it's also brought controversy.

:27:22. > :27:28.Off the track, he had to settle a bribery case in Germany,

:27:29. > :27:31.while on it his decisions have raised eyebrows - taking races

:27:32. > :27:33.to countries like Bahrain, with questionable human rights

:27:34. > :27:35.records, tinkering with the rules, and skewing prize money

:27:36. > :27:41.After so long in power, many feel a change in direction is overdue.

:27:42. > :27:44.I think the most important thing is getting back

:27:45. > :27:48.to the basics of outright racing, engaging with the fans,

:27:49. > :27:51.engaging with the public, and perhaps de-complicating the cars

:27:52. > :27:55.a little, and going back to man and machine

:27:56. > :28:00.Ecclestone will still have an advisory role, but a man

:28:01. > :28:06.so used to being the puppet master is no longer pulling the strings.

:28:07. > :28:09.At 86, his reign is over, and Formula One, indeed sport,

:28:10. > :28:13.will surely never see his like again.

:28:14. > :28:19.A signature on a cheque from Charles Dickens,

:28:20. > :28:21.a lock of hair from the Duke of Wellington,

:28:22. > :28:24.a postcard from the great train robbers

:28:25. > :28:32.They're just part of a huge collection of autographs,

:28:33. > :28:34.letters and historic documents that are going under the hammer today.

:28:35. > :28:38.Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports.

:28:39. > :28:47.Which Royal do you think this is? Does this help? How about this

:28:48. > :28:55.writer? And does this help? This ruler is probably more recognisable,

:28:56. > :28:59.but what about this? In fact, they are Queen Victoria, Rudyard Kipling

:29:00. > :29:03.and Napoleon, but it is their signatures, not their faces, that

:29:04. > :29:09.often travel better through history. They are part of a unique single

:29:10. > :29:13.collection of 1000 signatures being auctioned today. There is the mark

:29:14. > :29:19.of everyone from mad King George III to the Duke of Wellington, and from

:29:20. > :29:24.Gordon of Khartoum to Ronnie Biggs, the great train robber. Some of the

:29:25. > :29:29.signatures are connected, like these three men, who all took part in the

:29:30. > :29:34.charge of the light Brigade in 1854. There is Lord Lucan, who gave the

:29:35. > :29:41.order, the Earl of Cardigan, who led the charge, and Private William

:29:42. > :29:46.Bird, one of the 600 who survived. ... Daisy, Daisy... #

:29:47. > :29:55.You might not recognise Francis Warwick, the mistress of the future

:29:56. > :30:01.Edward VII, who inspired the song. Others speak for themselves. That is

:30:02. > :30:05.one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. It was the late

:30:06. > :30:09.John Evans, a post-war British magician who conjured up this

:30:10. > :30:15.collection, but in a world where signatures seem to be giving way to

:30:16. > :30:18.selfies, is the intimacy of handwritten names being lost?

:30:19. > :30:23.Collecting signatures in days gone by, and I think it will continue, is

:30:24. > :30:27.on a park with selfies today. What we do today with selfies is only the

:30:28. > :30:32.same as collecting a bit of excitement decades or centuries ago.

:30:33. > :30:39.Today's auction in Worthing attracted local and international

:30:40. > :30:46.buyers. Neil Armstrong's signature went for ?2500. Ronnie Biggs' 564.

:30:47. > :30:50.There is still money in a moniker, especially from those fashioned by

:30:51. > :30:52.the hand of history. Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, in Worthing.

:30:53. > :30:56.Time now for a look at the weather with Chris Fawkes, lots more fog

:30:57. > :31:04.around today. Yes, once again causing problems for

:31:05. > :31:09.the airport in south-east England, and in the Wembley area, rather

:31:10. > :31:13.foggy conditions, the sun just trying to peep through the low

:31:14. > :31:18.cloud. There is Wembley, out in the fog banks, sunshine across good part

:31:19. > :31:21.of England, cloudy and to the north-west, a beautiful to the

:31:22. > :31:24.morning in Staffordshire. Temperatures overnight dropped like

:31:25. > :31:38.a stone to leave icy conditions, a pewter. Still today. -- a beautiful

:31:39. > :31:43.view. A few fog patches linger on to the Vale of York and the Salisbury

:31:44. > :31:47.Plains, cloudy for Wales and north-west England. Damp weather

:31:48. > :31:51.getting into Scotland. Northern Ireland should stay dry, and for the

:31:52. > :31:57.north of Scotland, sunny spells, both having relatively mild weather,

:31:58. > :32:00.10-11d. Overnight and night, risk Atlantic winds over the north and

:32:01. > :32:06.west of the UK will keep the frost and fog at bay across the north-west

:32:07. > :32:11.of the country. Indeed, a mild night here, ten or 11 degrees in the

:32:12. > :32:14.mildest spots. Cold air in central and eastern England, and again we

:32:15. > :32:20.will see a sharp overnight frost forming. Temperatures probably as

:32:21. > :32:24.low as minus four degrees Celsius, so again some icy stretches on

:32:25. > :32:30.untreated roads, and the fog will be back again, particularly across

:32:31. > :32:33.south-east England and East Anglia. There is a risk of further

:32:34. > :32:38.disruption. It will clear through the morning as low cloud comes in

:32:39. > :32:42.from the near continent, bringing drizzle, even snow is possible,

:32:43. > :32:47.don't be surprised by a bit of wintriness. Sunshine into Wales and

:32:48. > :32:52.north-west England, cloudy for Northern Ireland and western

:32:53. > :32:55.Scotland, mild weather in the West, ten or 11 degrees. Through Thursday,

:32:56. > :32:59.we started to squeeze the isobars closer together across the UK, so

:33:00. > :33:04.although the weather should stay largely dry, the winds will be a

:33:05. > :33:09.major feature through Thursday, and quite a cloudy start to the day, but

:33:10. > :33:13.things should brighten up with sunny spells coming through. Temperatures,

:33:14. > :33:17.we are looking at highs of 5 degrees or so in London, but feeling

:33:18. > :33:21.significantly colder in the wind, feeling below freezing for some.

:33:22. > :33:25.Things will change towards the end of the week and on into the weekend.

:33:26. > :33:28.We will see the temperatures generally rising, and in London by

:33:29. > :33:30.Saturday temperatures up to 10 degrees.

:33:31. > :33:32.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.

:33:33. > :33:34.The Government loses its appeal at the Supreme Court -

:33:35. > :33:40.now only Parliament has the power to trigger the Brexit process.

:33:41. > :33:44.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me,

:33:45. > :33:47.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.