midfielder frank lampard announces his retirement from football. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last few minutes, the government has been giving details of its strategy for leaving the european union. in its white paper, it says the uk wanted a bold and ambititous free trade agreement with europe and other countries around the world. the brexit secretary, david davis, told mps that the uk s best days were to come. but labour s shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, said the white paper contained nothing. here s our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. we are on our way out, that much is clear, but what will life outside of the eu look like? the prime minister s long asked for plan finally presented to parliament. the brexit secretary outlined the details of the white paper.m confirms the prime minister s vision ofan confirms the prime minister s vision of an independent truly global uk and an ambitious future relationship with the eu. controlli
any more. it s not going to happen any more. it s not going to happen any more. a controversial human rights lawyer s been struck off for acting dishonestly in bringing abuse claims against british soldiers in iraq. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has published a white paper setting out its aims when negotiating britain s exit from the european union. brexit secretary david davis told mps that the uk will approach the talks in a spirit of goodwill. but shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer was heavily critical of the way the paper had been published. here s our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. we re on our way out, that much is clear, but what will life outside the eu look like? the prime minister s long asked for plan finally presented to parliament. secretary david davis. the brexit secretary outlined the details of the white paper. it confirms the prime minister s vision of an independent, truly global uk and an ambitious future relations
but it comes with a warning on inflation. a human rights lawyer is struck off, for acting dishonestly in bringing abuse claims against british soldiers in iraq. and the midfielder who became chelsea s record goal scorer, frank lampard retires from football. it s 5 o clock. our main story is the denial, by the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, that he was aware of any allegations of physical abuse, made against a barrister who worked at a christian summer camp for boys in the 19705 and 1980s. bbc news has spoken today to the barrister‘s daughter, who says her father must face justice if the claims are borne out. john smyth, who s now in his 70s and lives in south africa, has denied any knowledge of the allegations. the church of england has admitted it ‘failed terribly‘ by not reporting the allegations to the police sooner than it did. we ll be hearing from john smyth s daughter in a few moments, but first our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has more detai
hard pressed finally, it seems some good news for ha rd pressed commuters were finally, it seems some good news for hard pressed commuters were you are? yes. that s right. commuters i have spoken to this evening say they are tentatively optimistic that this might see an end to the months and months of misery that they have been through. just trying to get to work. it began in april with the rmt beginning there are strikes, the aslef drivers joined in beginning there are strikes, the aslef driversjoined in december. commuters have been telling me about how difficult their lives have become. one man i spoke to earlier isa become. one man i spoke to earlier is a teacher in his first year. he says he is regularly late for work. you can imagine the impression that is making on his pupils. another man said he and his wife are barely seen each other at the moment. she has to regularly stay overnight with friends in london. he said it sjust as well they don t have children, otherwise