0:00:03 > 0:00:06The UK and the EU agree the main principles of a transition deal,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09paving the way towards Brexit.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11A handshake and relieved smiles after intensive
0:00:11 > 0:00:15talks over the weekend.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18The deal we struck today, on top of that agreed in December,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21should give us confidence that a good deal for
0:00:21 > 0:00:23the United Kingdom and the European Union
0:00:23 > 0:00:27is closer than ever before.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31TRANSLATION:A decisive step remains a decisive step,
0:00:31 > 0:00:36but we are not at the end of the road.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39There's still no solution to the problem of the
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Northern Ireland border.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43We'll bring you all the details about what's agreed and what's not.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Also tonight...
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Investigators search a new site in the spy poisoning case
0:00:46 > 0:00:51as international chemical weapons experts arrive in the UK.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53The 26-year-old British woman killed fighting alongside
0:00:53 > 0:01:01Kurdish militia in Syria.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Ant McPartlin is arrested for suspected drink-driving and goes
0:01:04 > 0:01:11back into treatment, his Saturday night
0:01:11 > 0:01:13programme is taken offair.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And the couple whose white wedding lasted a little
0:01:15 > 0:01:18longer than they expected after they were marooned by the mini
0:01:18 > 0:01:19beast from the east.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22And coming up on Sportsday in BBC News, we look back on rugby union's
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Six Nations, which culminated in an Irish grand slam when they won at
0:01:25 > 0:01:34Twickenham at the weekend.
0:01:44 > 0:01:52Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58The UK and the EU have conditionally agreed a part of the transition
0:01:58 > 0:02:00deal that should smooth the way towards Brexit.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Both the EU negotiator Michel Barnier and the Brexit
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Secretary David Davis have called the agreement - for the period
0:02:05 > 0:02:06from March next year to December 2020 -
0:02:06 > 0:02:09a decisive step.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11These are the pages of the transition deal -
0:02:11 > 0:02:12highlighted in green
0:02:12 > 0:02:13is what's been agreed.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15In yellow, close to agreement, in white, the parts
0:02:15 > 0:02:16still being negotiated.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Agreed so far...
0:02:17 > 0:02:21EU citizens arriving in the UK before December 2020
0:02:21 > 0:02:24will have the same rights as those here now, as will UK
0:02:24 > 0:02:27citizens living in the EU.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29The UK will be able to negotiate trade deals
0:02:29 > 0:02:32during the transition period.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35But not yet agreed is the issue of the border with Northern Ireland.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41Our Europe editor Katya Adler has more.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47In the quest to resolve relations after Brexit today was a big moment
0:02:47 > 0:02:54between the EU and UK. An historic handshake to seal a deal, not the
0:02:54 > 0:02:57final Brexit deal but the long-awaited agreement on transition
0:02:57 > 0:03:04to ease the UK from leaving the EU to life on the outside. The EU and
0:03:04 > 0:03:10UK's chief Brexit negotiators were visibly relieved, they had been
0:03:10 > 0:03:16under pressure from business. Businesses need not delay investment
0:03:16 > 0:03:19decisions or rush through plans based on guesses about the future,
0:03:19 > 0:03:24instead they now have certainty about the terms that will apply
0:03:24 > 0:03:30after withdrawal.Certainty, not quite. An oft repeated phrase at ago
0:03:30 > 0:03:37she nations is...Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.The
0:03:37 > 0:03:45transition deal is part of the UK's complex moved to all withdrawal
0:03:45 > 0:03:50agreements from the EU. Areas highlighted in green indicate where
0:03:50 > 0:03:57agreement has been reached but emissions are daring. Like Ireland,
0:03:57 > 0:04:03there is still no solution on how to avoid a hard border between Northern
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Ireland and the republic. The UK hopes an ambitious trade deal can
0:04:07 > 0:04:12solve the problem but just in case, Ireland and the rest of the EU
0:04:12 > 0:04:16insist on a backstop agreement where Northern Ireland stays in the
0:04:16 > 0:04:19customs union and parts of the single market.What Ireland has
0:04:19 > 0:04:25asked for is we would have an insurance mechanisms so I and others
0:04:25 > 0:04:30can say to people in Northern Ireland and Ireland, we will not
0:04:30 > 0:04:35have border infrastructure again. What was agreed today? It will be
0:04:35 > 0:04:41time limited. The UK will continue to pay into the budget, maintaining
0:04:41 > 0:04:45full access to the single market and customs union. It will have to
0:04:45 > 0:04:51follow all EU rules but will no longer be a decision maker though it
0:04:51 > 0:04:56may voice concerns. The UK can sign new trade deals but cannot implement
0:04:56 > 0:05:00them until after transition. But Brexit decision-makers were upbeat.
0:05:00 > 0:05:09Good news today? As you see, Springer has sprung with a force
0:05:09 > 0:05:13spreading to these often frosty negotiations. Progress today was
0:05:13 > 0:05:17hailed as a big step forward but it is not all good news for the
0:05:17 > 0:05:22government. It is clear there will not be a final trade deal between
0:05:22 > 0:05:26the EU and UK at the end of these talks, the transition will be used
0:05:26 > 0:05:31to hammer out more details and to get this far, the UK has had to make
0:05:31 > 0:05:38concessions. Like fishing. Far from taking back control as promised by
0:05:38 > 0:05:46the government, EU quotas will continue during
0:05:47 > 0:05:48continue during transition, allowing EU countries to fish in UK waters.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52The transition period is expected to be waved through by EU leaders at a
0:05:52 > 0:05:55summit at the end of the week.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57In a moment we'll be getting reaction from our
0:05:57 > 0:05:58business editor Simon Jack.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00But first, let's go to our political editor
0:06:00 > 0:06:03In a moment we'll be getting reaction from our
0:06:03 > 0:06:04But first, let's go to our political editor
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Laura Kuenssberg in Westminster.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08How is this agreement going down there is it being seen
0:06:08 > 0:06:10as a success for the government?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I think you would have heard the sighs of relief in Westminster in
0:06:13 > 0:06:19Brussels. There had to be compromised to get this far. Some
0:06:19 > 0:06:24budging on the EU side but a lot more from the British Government for
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Tory MPs, particularly on fishing. There has been compromises too far
0:06:29 > 0:06:33and certainly some of the things agreed in the draft deal are
0:06:33 > 0:06:38different from what leave voters were promised in summer 2016. It
0:06:38 > 0:06:43will be almost two years before the government can make significant
0:06:43 > 0:06:48changes to immigration policy and we will play billions of pounds for
0:06:48 > 0:06:54almost two years after leaving. But broadly speaking for the government,
0:06:54 > 0:06:59their priority in terms of Brexit has been to get this transition deal
0:06:59 > 0:07:04done. Today, they believe they have done that. The reason is
0:07:04 > 0:07:09straightforward. They were concerned about the idea of Brexit being a
0:07:09 > 0:07:14shock to the system where we leave next year and were responding to
0:07:14 > 0:07:18demands in their party and the business community that the big
0:07:18 > 0:07:21decision the country took was something that would have to happen
0:07:21 > 0:07:26over time and today is a big building block to making sure that
0:07:26 > 0:07:32agreement is in place but a lot of work still to do and so sighs of
0:07:32 > 0:07:39relief in number 10, but maybe not for long.Simon this gives business
0:07:39 > 0:07:46more certainty, is it enough?The sighs of relief Laura is talking
0:07:46 > 0:07:50about are echoed in the boardrooms of businesses in the UK. It is a
0:07:50 > 0:07:58welcome development in the Brexit process, time to have breathing
0:07:58 > 0:08:04space to prepare for life outside the EU but having said that,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07businesses like banks and pharmaceutical companies, car
0:08:07 > 0:08:11companies, it does not mean the issues will be spirited away, what
0:08:11 > 0:08:16will happen in Northern Ireland, about regulation, investment but
0:08:16 > 0:08:20businesses talking to their employees, who employ EU staff, this
0:08:20 > 0:08:25will be welcome. Bigger businesses have spent hundreds of millions on
0:08:25 > 0:08:30contingency plans and I do not expect them to stop. They will want
0:08:30 > 0:08:36more detail about the final picture and what our relationship will be.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40For the business community, very welcome, a time to draw breath, but
0:08:40 > 0:08:46not a time to relax.Simon Jack and Laura, thank you.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51International chemical weapons experts have arrived in Salisbury
0:08:51 > 0:08:54to examine the nerve agent used to poison the former Russian spy,
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Sergei Skripal, and his daughter.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03It comes as EU foreign ministers expressed unqualified solidarity
0:09:03 > 0:09:05with Britain.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08The focus of the investigation shifted ten miles north of
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Salisbury, to the village of Durrington.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Here, officers examined and then removed a car that was used
0:09:14 > 0:09:18to pick up Yulia Skripal from the airport
0:09:18 > 0:09:21the day before she and her father, Sergei, were attacked with
0:09:21 > 0:09:25nerve agent.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Nearby, at the military research complex of Porton Down,
0:09:27 > 0:09:31inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog the OPCW were due
0:09:31 > 0:09:33to start analysing the nerve agent that British experts believe came
0:09:33 > 0:09:35from Russia,
0:09:35 > 0:09:40a process that officials say could take some weeks.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43In Brussels, the Foreign Secretary was talking to Nato and European
0:09:43 > 0:09:46allies, trying to maintain the diplomatic pressure on Russia -
0:09:46 > 0:09:48looking not just for statements of support, but tangible, joined-up
0:09:48 > 0:09:51action.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54There are things we can and must do together, tackling
0:09:54 > 0:09:56disinformation from Russia, and the UK has been
0:09:56 > 0:09:58helping to fund that at
0:09:58 > 0:10:01an EU level.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Tackling cyber together.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Sharing intelligence about what Russia is up to.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08And for now, at least, allies standing shoulder
0:10:08 > 0:10:11to shoulder.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14All 29 Nato allies stand united.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18We stand in solidarity with the United Kingdom.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21And the UK is not alone.
0:10:21 > 0:10:28Earlier, EU foreign ministers gathered to
0:10:28 > 0:10:31discuss the attack and issued a joint statement expressing
0:10:31 > 0:10:34unqualified solidarity with the UK, saying they took its assessment that
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Russia was to blame extremely seriously.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37What is absolutely clear is that solidarity with the
0:10:37 > 0:10:40United Kingdom and our extreme concern about what has happened,
0:10:40 > 0:10:41that is really unacceptable.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45But in Moscow, the defiance continued.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50As President Putin began his fourth term of office, his spokesman said
0:10:50 > 0:10:53the UK must prove Russia's role in the poisoning of Mr Skripal or
0:10:53 > 0:10:55apologise.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58As for Russia's diplomats in London, well, some of these
0:10:58 > 0:11:02officials and their families will be heading home tomorrow -
0:11:02 > 0:11:0423 in all, with a similar number of British
0:11:04 > 0:11:07diplomats leaving Moscow shortly.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12Tomorrow, the National Security Council will meet to decide
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Britain's next steps and there is a live debate within government -
0:11:15 > 0:11:18should they retaliate and escalate, or simply do nothing?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Should they kick more Russian diplomats out of
0:11:20 > 0:11:25the Embassy here or should they find new ways of penalising Russia?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27The question is, what further diplomatic
0:11:27 > 0:11:28price is the Government prepared to pay?
0:11:28 > 0:11:32James Langdale, BBC News.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35A British woman who was a volunteer fighter with an all-female Kurdish
0:11:35 > 0:11:39armed unit has been killed in Syria.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41It's understood 27-year-old Anna Campbell, who was from Lewes
0:11:41 > 0:11:45in Sussex, died last week in the town of Afrin along
0:11:45 > 0:11:47the northern Syrian border, where Turkey has been fighting
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Kurdish forces since January.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Emma Vardy has been speaking to her father.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Anna Campbell was a principled and determined young woman,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57according to her family.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00She had qualified as a plumber in the UK but she left
0:12:00 > 0:12:07Britain to travel to Syria last year.
0:12:07 > 0:12:14I was alarmed but not surprised, really, because I know her.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17She's always had a desire, a wish, a tendency to protect
0:12:17 > 0:12:25the vulnerable.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27If I wanted to participate in the revolution of women...
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Anna Campbell had joined the all-female Kurdish armed group,
0:12:29 > 0:12:30the YPJ.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33She saw them as a movement representing women's
0:12:33 > 0:12:35liberation in the Middle East but Turkey considers them as an
0:12:35 > 0:12:38extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party, which, it says, is a
0:12:38 > 0:12:40terrorist organisation.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45At first she became involved in fighting against
0:12:45 > 0:12:47so-called Islamic State where IS has been holding the last of
0:12:47 > 0:12:49its territory.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52But, in January, the new front in the conflict opened up.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Turkey began attacking the Kurds along the northern Syrian border,
0:12:55 > 0:13:00around the town of Afrin.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03In a statement, the YPJ said they tried to keep Anna Campbell away
0:13:03 > 0:13:06from the front lines but that she had insisted
0:13:06 > 0:13:07on joining the operation.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11British police have repeatedly warned against travelling
0:13:11 > 0:13:13to Syria and have advised that becoming involved with any armed
0:13:13 > 0:13:16group could lead to prosecution.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Since 2015, seven British men have lost their lives
0:13:18 > 0:13:21while assisting the Kurds.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Others, who have returned to the UK, have been arrested.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27It is in Afrin that Kurdish commanders say Anna
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Campbell was killed by Turkish air strikes and friends
0:13:29 > 0:13:31informed her family.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I know she would never have forgiven me if I had
0:13:34 > 0:13:38stopped her from going but I feel like I could have done
0:13:38 > 0:13:42more to raise awareness of what was going on.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Anna Campbell is the first British woman fighting with the
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Kurds to have died.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Her family say she was driven by a belief in creating
0:13:50 > 0:13:53a better world and was prepared to put her life on
0:13:53 > 0:13:54the line.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Emma Vardy, BBC News, in Lewes.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03One of the largest inquiries into the alleged abuse of teenage
0:14:03 > 0:14:05British army recruits has collapsed after a judge halted the first
0:14:05 > 0:14:10of three court-martials.
0:14:10 > 0:14:18It had been alleged 16 instructors ill
0:14:18 > 0:14:22ill treated 28. The judge said a three-year investigation by the
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Royal Military Police have been seriously flawed.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29The TV presenter, Ant McPartlin, says he will seek further treatment
0:14:29 > 0:14:31after he was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33He was detained yesterday afternoon following a collision involving
0:14:33 > 0:14:34three cars in south west London.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37ITV says his Saturday night programme broadcast with his partner
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Declan Donnelly will not be broadcast this weekend.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Our Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba has more.
0:14:43 > 0:14:49Moments after the mini he was driving was involved in a collision
0:14:49 > 0:14:53with two cars, Ant McPartlin at the scene of the crash. When police
0:14:53 > 0:14:58arrived he was taken away under arrest after failing a breath test.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02A number were treated for minor injuries and a child passenger taken
0:15:02 > 0:15:09to hospital for a precautionary checkup. The evening before, Ant
0:15:09 > 0:15:12McPartlin have presented ITV's Saturday Night Takeaway. He returned
0:15:12 > 0:15:18to TV last year after going into rehab visitation to treat addiction
0:15:18 > 0:15:32to alcohol and painkillers. This afternoon, the broadcaster said...
0:15:37 > 0:15:42From Britain's Got Talent through to I'm a celebrity so much of ITV's
0:15:42 > 0:15:49deterrent is built on Ant McPartlin as well as his co-host, Declan
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Donnelly foot appear they will be trying to wreck what one of this
0:15:52 > 0:15:57will mean for the long-term future of one of it's biggest stars. --
0:15:57 > 0:16:03trying to work out. Police say inquiries into the collision are
0:16:03 > 0:16:09continuing.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10The time is 18:15pm.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Our top story.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Britain and the EU shake on a Brexit transition deal -
0:16:13 > 0:16:15but there's still no agreement over Northern Ireland.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Still to come..,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18A heroes' welcome for Britain's Paralympians
0:16:18 > 0:16:26as they return from their most successful Winter Games.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33Coming up in the sport, as a new favourite for golf Masters in a
0:16:33 > 0:16:38couple of weeks it is Rory McIlroy after he won the Arnold Palmer
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Invitational yesterday, his first tournament victory since September,
0:16:42 > 0:16:442016.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Doctors have restored the sight of two patients with the most common
0:16:47 > 0:16:50form of blindness in the UK.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53More than 600,000 people in the UK suffer from age related macular
0:16:53 > 0:16:55degeneration and doctors hope the treatment could be widely
0:16:55 > 0:16:57available within a few years.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00The team at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London used surgery to insert
0:17:00 > 0:17:02stem cells at the back of the eye.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07Here's our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Before his pioneering stem-cell treatment,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Douglas Waters was completely blind in his right eye.
0:17:14 > 0:17:20Now he can see.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Everyone wanted to go outside when the...
0:17:21 > 0:17:22rain finally stopped.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24That's perfect.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27So, this is an amazing improvement, Mr Waters.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31I just couldn't believe it.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34And each morning, I picked things out in the bedroom to look
0:17:34 > 0:17:35at, out of the garden.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36I'd do this.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37And it's unbelievable.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I'm really chuffed, I suppose you could say!
0:17:39 > 0:17:43And so is his surgeon.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Two patients with age-related macular degeneration had
0:17:45 > 0:17:46the sight-restoring treatment at Moorfields Eye
0:17:46 > 0:17:52Hospital, in London.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55We are able to show that we could take someone that
0:17:55 > 0:17:59could not read at all, that could not see the book
0:17:59 > 0:18:03that they were supposed to be reading from, and taken them
0:18:03 > 0:18:07to reading around 60-80 words per minute with their
0:18:07 > 0:18:08normal reading glasses.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10For us, this is a fantastic breakthrough.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12And it could help other patients with age-related
0:18:12 > 0:18:14macular degeneration, who can lose all
0:18:14 > 0:18:15their central vision.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18So what causes AMD?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Well, if we open the eye, the macular is at the back.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It's the part of the retina responsible for central vision.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Now, if we pull out a section, here are the light-sensitive cells,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29the rods and cones.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33AMD is triggered when a crucial layer of support cells -
0:18:33 > 0:18:36seen here in green - die.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38As a result, patients gradually lose the ability to read
0:18:38 > 0:18:42or to recognise faces.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Scientists use stem cells from human embryos and turn them
0:18:45 > 0:18:48into the support cells needed.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52They were put onto a tiny patch like this, which was placed
0:18:52 > 0:18:55at the back of Douglas's eye.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57You can see it here.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01The stem cells repaired his vision.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Regenerative medicine's goal is to restore a person's health.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09I think this is one of the first indications from regenerative
0:19:09 > 0:19:12medicine that that can be achieved.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16We can stop people from going blind.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Douglas, who's 86, says the stem-cell therapy has given him
0:19:18 > 0:19:23renewed independence.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Moorfields says it should be no more expensive than other AMD treatments,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28and potentially could help save the sight of
0:19:28 > 0:19:32thousands of patients.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Fergus Walsh, BBC News.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38The Government has been told it needs limit the amount of money
0:19:38 > 0:19:41people can spend on fixed odds betting machines.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45They've been described as the 'crack cocaine of gambling' -
0:19:45 > 0:19:48with people being able to bet up to a hundred pounds a time.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50The Gambling Commission is advising the maximum stake
0:19:50 > 0:19:51should be 30 pounds.
0:19:51 > 0:19:58Campaigners and opposition MP's had called for the limit to be no
0:19:58 > 0:19:59more than £2.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Danny Savage has more.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02They are found in nearly every high street bookmakers.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Traditional-looking fruit machines with a very modern twist.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09You can gamble up to £100 a spin but now it's been
0:20:09 > 0:20:15suggested the maximum bet should be £30 or as low as £2.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Terry White lost a quarter of a million on them.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22He was addicted to playing the games on a digital screen.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24£5 became 10, became 20.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Next thing I didn't realise how much I was putting in.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31And, strangely, because you're putting the money in quickly,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34it's not like you're dealing in caah face-to-face over the table
0:20:34 > 0:20:37or in a private card game or somewhere, it's just a number
0:20:37 > 0:20:42on a screen and that also makes it easier for you to lose control.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44These three bookmakers in Sheffield all have the
0:20:44 > 0:20:48machines and around them are signs warning people not to gamble more
0:20:48 > 0:20:50than they can afford.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Now nobody coming out of these shops today wanted to talk to us on camera
0:20:54 > 0:20:57but they all believed that limiting the amount of money you could bet
0:20:57 > 0:20:59would not necessarily solve the issues of so-called
0:20:59 > 0:21:05problem gambling.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Have you got an app on your smartphone, a gambling app?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Justin Larkham lectures on gambling awareness.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Today he was talking to academics at the University of Hertfordshire.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17He's a former gambling addict and is concerned that betting shop
0:21:17 > 0:21:21punters will just go elsewhere.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Actually it might drive people to go online betting,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25which potentially is more dangerous and hidden.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27So I also think that a reduction from £100
0:21:27 > 0:21:33down to £30 will make a difference.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36A maximum bet of £30 is being suggested for non-slot
0:21:36 > 0:21:40machines like these ones, where you can play roulette but,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43where's that figure come from?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46The evidence we looked at showed that you need to come down to at
0:21:46 > 0:21:49least £30 in order to have a significant impact upon the harms
0:21:49 > 0:21:51and risk of harms that people face.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54What was clear though was there was no individual figure that acted
0:21:54 > 0:21:57as a magic bullet, which is why we're suggesting £30 or less.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Bookmakers say the machines account for half the revenue taken in their
0:22:00 > 0:22:04shops and they say, if maximum bets are limited,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08the odds of finding one of these on your high street will be slashed.
0:22:08 > 0:22:16Danny Savage, BBC News, Sheffield.
0:22:21 > 0:22:35Uber has announced it is ending testing cars with no drivers.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42The mini beast from the east brought snow and biting winds for much
0:22:42 > 0:22:49of the UK over the weekend.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Among the worst affected areas was the south west of England
0:22:52 > 0:22:54where hundreds of drivers were stranded on the A30 last night
0:22:54 > 0:22:57with police closing a 60 mile stretch between Exeter and Bodmin.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Jon Kay has the story of one couple who got stuck
0:23:00 > 0:23:01at the most unfortunate time.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02A white wedding.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04But Sarah and John Lund had no idea their honeymoon
0:23:04 > 0:23:05would be even whiter.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Fun driving conditions.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08After the confetti, a blizzard of snow, as
0:23:08 > 0:23:15they headed through Devon on the A30 last night.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18So, they abandoned their car on the edge of Dartmoor and began
0:23:18 > 0:23:20married life in an emergency rescue centre.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23We did see accidents on both sides of the road and other cars
0:23:23 > 0:23:25driving in a haphazard way.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29We went very slowly and we just knew we needed to keep each other safe.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32So, this ended up being the marital bed -
0:23:32 > 0:23:40on the floor of the school classroom with 80 other rescued motorists.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45No, wasn't expecting that at all.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Yeah, lots of potential scenarios go through your mind before your
0:23:48 > 0:23:52wedding night but never imagine snow in Okehampton.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54So, after a night they will never forget, the
0:23:54 > 0:23:59newlyweds checked out of their unlikely honeymoon suite...
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Retrieved the wedding car, and got their marriage back
0:24:02 > 0:24:04on track, heading to their hotel in Cornwall before
0:24:04 > 0:24:08another storm arrived.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11With temperatures falling yet again, and
0:24:11 > 0:24:14more severe ice predicted, motorists here in the south-west of
0:24:14 > 0:24:17England are being urged to stay off the moors overnight and not to drive
0:24:17 > 0:24:23at all after dark.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Not that Mr and Mrs Lund planned to drive anywhere this evening.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29They have made it to their hotel in Cornwall where the
0:24:29 > 0:24:33sun has been shining and where tonight they finally have a room
0:24:33 > 0:24:34to themselves.
0:24:34 > 0:24:42Jon Kay, BBC News.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Britain's Paralympic team arrived home today after their most
0:24:45 > 0:24:48successful Winter Games.
0:24:48 > 0:24:55Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide Jen Kehoe became Britain's most
0:24:55 > 0:24:57decorated winter Paralympians - with one gold, two silver
0:24:57 > 0:25:00and a bronze at this year's Paralympic Games in South Korea.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Andy Swiss reports.
0:25:03 > 0:25:11They left as hopefuls and have returned as history makers.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14returned as history makers. Four medals including the best base save
0:25:14 > 0:25:21till last. Fitzpatrick has less than 5% vision. She followed her guide to
0:25:21 > 0:25:26gold for slalom. They told me it is barely sinking in.It means
0:25:26 > 0:25:30everything to me. I have always had a dream since I was little to come
0:25:30 > 0:25:35away with a medal at the Paralympic games. 2018 was always that goal
0:25:35 > 0:25:41from ever since I first started. I am immensely proud to have done it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Hopefully it will inspire others to go out there and do the same and get
0:25:45 > 0:25:52out and try something you never know where it will lead.This is a
0:25:52 > 0:25:57simulation of what Fitzpatrick sees when she is skiing. Following her
0:25:57 > 0:26:03guide potluck bright orange beard at up to 70 miles an hour. Her parents
0:26:03 > 0:26:10first took her skiing when she was five.How things have changed! She
0:26:10 > 0:26:15used to follow me down the slope in a bright orange coat. She used to
0:26:15 > 0:26:19shout me to wait for her and I am having to shout at her to wait for
0:26:19 > 0:26:29me.The pair are already targeting the next Games. For now they say
0:26:29 > 0:26:34they will celebrate with a cup of tea.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:39 > 0:26:46When will it be over? It has stopped snowing and the lying snow will melt
0:26:46 > 0:26:54this week will stop we have lost the bitterly cold wind. Things will
0:26:54 > 0:26:58become lighter and then there will be a change in wind direction which
0:26:58 > 0:27:03will bring rain from mid week onwards. A lot of dry weather at the
0:27:03 > 0:27:08moment and a lot of snow lying, particularly over the hills. The
0:27:08 > 0:27:15drifting snow has been the problem today. Looks much more like spring
0:27:15 > 0:27:21in Belfast. Not everywhere covered with snow. It will turn icy tonight.
0:27:21 > 0:27:27We have Cloud loitering in the North Sea. There may be one or two drizzly
0:27:27 > 0:27:34showers, heightening the risk of icy patches. It will be colder in the
0:27:34 > 0:27:37West and north, particularly in Scotland and Northern Ireland where
0:27:37 > 0:27:43we have clear skies and light winds. The high pressure has pushed away
0:27:43 > 0:27:53the snow showers and it has dropped the wind as well. A lot of the
0:27:53 > 0:27:58showers will break up and we will get some decent sunshine. Further
0:27:58 > 0:28:02north some thicker cloud to give some drizzly showers allowing
0:28:02 > 0:28:05sunshine to develop in northern England. All the while plenty of
0:28:05 > 0:28:10sunshine in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures higher than
0:28:10 > 0:28:15today. Still a chilly wind in the East of England. It will lose that
0:28:15 > 0:28:20on Wednesday when will start to pick up a milder, Atlantic wind. Much
0:28:20 > 0:28:24more cloud on Wednesday. Outbreaks of rain most of it in western
0:28:24 > 0:28:31Scotland over the hills. We could see Tebbutt is up to 10 Celsius.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36Lucky us. -- temperatures up to 10 Celsius.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Lucky us. -- temperatures up to 10 Celsius.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Britain and the EU have agreed a traditional Brexit transition deal
0:28:41 > 0:28:45but there is still no agreement over Northern Ireland.