And ben stokes is back. Good afternoon. He is. The ecb have cleared him to return to england to just two days after he was charged with affray. He is likely to be playing in their short form series against new zealand ex month. All the details later in the our. Thanks, hugh. Susan powell has the weather, it is in the news. Lying snow and ice causing problems, buti in the news. Lying snow and ice causing problems, but i think this afternoon for many, pictures like this in edinburgh, the sun is out. But it is the calm before the storm, more strong winds to come tonight and another spell of heavy snow for southern scotland and Northern England. Thank you very much. Also coming up could it be a french stitch up . The grand diplomatic gesture by president macron which means the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly a thousand years and be loaned to britain. But why now . Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. If yourjob is dependant on the outcome of the carillion mess, you may have watched Prime Ministers questions a short time ago hoping for some answers. But the sometimes angry exchanges between theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn over the collapse of britains second largest Construction Business will have done little to ease workers anxiety. And as the politicians traded accusations, the true depth of the trouble carillion got itself into was becoming clear. Heres our Business Correspondent simon gompertz. Prime minister, why will contract awarded to karelian despite the warnings . As people depending on karelian wait anxiously to hear about theirjobs, karelian wait anxiously to hear about their jobs, the karelian wait anxiously to hear about theirjobs, the Prime Minister was being put under pressure over the governments role in the collapse. These corporations need to be shown the door. We need our Public Services provided by Public Employees with a Public Service ethos and a strong public oversight. As the ruins of carillion lie around her, will the Prime Minister act to end this costly racket of the relationship between the government and some of these contracts . |j relationship between the government and some of these contracts . I might remind the honourable gentleman that a third of these contracts were let by the labour government. What we wa nt by the labour government. What we want is good quality Public Services delivered best value to the taxpayer. We are making sure the Public Services continue to be provided, that the workers are supported on taxpayers are protected. With the blame game kicking off, more detail has emerged about the dire financial state that carillion was in. This multi billion pound business had just £29 million in cash when it went under on monday. Set against that was £i. 3 billion of debt, a figure which rises above £2 billion when all the money owed to banks is taken into account. This senior insolvency expert says dealing with the carillion mess is an unprecedented challenge. If someone is owed money by carillion and is hoping they will get that back from the official receiver, what hope do they have . This is one of the biggest insolvencies i have come across in my career, and i cant stress enough how terrible the situation is. Individual contractors will probably have to wait years before they were even know definitively whether they will receive anything or not. Interserve is working to support and enhance our customers. The share price of interserve has dropped sharply, it also has cleaning, security and other contract with government. Later the Cabinet Office said it wasnt in a comparable position. This flooring business in hampshire told today how it had narrowly avoided being taken down by carillion by deciding to refuse work without being paid upfront. Eventually it does become principal, thatis eventually it does become principal, that is the thing. When it is your own business and your own money, the principal kicks in, no, you are not going to treat us like this. You jump going to treat us like this. You jump through hoops to do the work, and you do the work to a good standard, so pay me when you need to pay me . Nine in ten of carillions private service customers, not builders, have indicated they will provide funding, so workers can continue to be paid. Simon gompertz, bbc news. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is in westminster. If you are a worker, you are none the wiser today. The government is under a lot of pressure to reassure people when it comes to the Public Sector contracts, they have to some extent done that, because the services are still required. But the government itself is coming under pressure, particularly from labour, of course we heard Jeremy Corbyn making this point that everyone knew that carillion was in a certain amount of trouble. There were profit warnings and the questions from labour are wired for the government still handing out lucrative contracts still handing out lucrative co ntra cts to still handing out lucrative contracts to this company knowing that they were on a watchlist, if you like. So that is the answer is they were having to come up with. Theresa may and the government are making the point that only one of the contract that was handed out after those profit warnings was not after those profit warnings was not a so called joint venture. What that means is that when you hand out a contract, it is to a team of companies, if you like, and if one goes under, the others have to step in and provide that service. So it really does lower the risk, so that is their argument that they were across all of this, they hadnt taken their eye off the ball, that is the argument, and one of these contracts is the very well known one, for the high speed link hs2, and Chris Grayling, transport secretary, for the first time has defended the decision that he and others made to give that contract to carillion after the profit warning. It has been clear for some time that carillion has had issues, but many have had issues over the years. Hsz did not have a contract on this project with a single company, it a contract with a consortium, and the whole venture is responsible for delivering the project. From our point of view, the judgment has to be, is the contract intact, will the work begun . It is not for government author hsz to exclude firms and possibly push them under because of the impact on the business. It could be illegal to do so because there is iio be illegal to do so because there is no legal reason to exclude them. What we have to do is make sure that the contract is deliverable, there is no financial cost, the staff are cove red, is no financial cost, the staff are covered, and if the right Due Diligence was done, there will be no impact of this tragic loss of carillion on the h52 project. The Insolvency Service has just said that bonus payments to executives have been stopped after the date of liquidation. This is clearly the government trying to grab something from this mess . They know that that particular issue about directors and former directors, the bonus is that they took, the way that they seem to have changed the system having those bonuses so that if the company did go under they can still qualify for them, all of that absolutely infuriated people, notjust the politicians here but of course workers who are affected by all of this. What is unclear is how much can be clawed back from the previous months, so that is still to be resolved. The government is in a slightly tricky position here obviously because they are not the Insolvency Service, but there will be pressure being put on political pressure being put on to make sure that that is somehow sorted out. There is a glimmer of good news today, also from the Insolvency Service, a statement about those private companies. The official receiver says that in the past 48 hour is, they have managed to contact 48 hour is, they have managed to co nta ct a ll 48 hour is, they have managed to contact all of carillions customers, so that is the private Sector Service customers. They have contacted all of them, and over 90 of these have indicated that they wa nted of these have indicated that they wanted carillion to continue providing the service in the interim while we wait to see if other suppliers can come forward. And that means they will provide funding, and that enables the official receiver to retain the employees working on those contracts. So that statement was repeated by the Prime Ministerss official spokesman, and that could be good news for the workers not just on that could be good news for the workers notjust on Public Sector contract but on private sector contractors well. Thank you very much. Drivers are being warned to avoid some sections of the m71; in Dumfries And Galloway, after heavy snow forced hundreds of motorists to spend the night in their cars. Mountain rescue teams were sent to help people who were stuck. Traffic scotland say gritters had been working to clear routes, but efforts were hampered by jack knifed lorries. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has this report. The snow fell hard and fast. Blizzard conditions overnight on one of scotlands most important routes. Motorists faced treacherous conditions on the steepest riches of the m74, the line of traffic slowing toa the m74, the line of traffic slowing to a standstill, stranding drivers. Some were stuck for hours. |j to a standstill, stranding drivers. Some were stuck for hours. I have been stuck since half past one yesterday, but not a lot you can do about it. You just think in this day and age that these things shouldnt happen. Lots of idiots in the third lane to fast. Happen. Lots of idiots in the third lane to fast. Steady, but it lane going to fast. Steady, but it was getting worse, so i chose to stop here, im not going on to glasgow. Mountain rescue teams were turned from the hills to the roads, checking the drivers were safe. We we re checking the drivers were safe. We were called in by Police Scotland to go and check the welfare for the people in their vehicles. They had been there for quite a serious period of time, so it was ourjob to go and check the welfare and make sure they were ok. Go and check the welfare and make sure they were 0k. With conditions so bad overnight, those that occurred got off the motorway and parked up where it was safe. And this stretch of the m74 is, for now, open once again. But the weather is deteriorating, and the snow is continuing to fall. These pictures from North Lanarkshire showed just how challenging driving in the snow and ice can be. One lorry driver struggling to maintain control. Throughout the country, the gritters we re throughout the country, the gritters were out, clearing routes. But all schools in the borders and many elsewhere throughout scotland were closed because of the snow. Many schoolchildren in Northern Ireland are also missing classes, where nearly 300 schools have been shut for the day. Hundreds of homes remain without power. The Emergency Services struggled through the difficult conditions. In halifax in yorkshire, the public helped out after an ambulance responding to a 999 call got stuck in the heavy snow. Some places have had more than a foot of snow. The views are stunning. But there are warnings of more bad weather, snow and ice, to come. Lorna gordon, bbc news, abingdon. Lets cross live now to our correspondent catriona renton, whojoins us from abington in lanarkshire. Its still coming down, and that forecast worry many, because it forecast must worry many, because it is going to get worse again . Just for you, simon, it is going to get worse again . Just foryou, simon, it has is going to get worse again . Just for you, simon, it has got an awful lot worse while we have been waiting to go on air you will see that the road is clear at the moment, and thatis road is clear at the moment, and that is of course a very different picture to what lorna was just telling you about. Now we have an amber warning telling you about. Now we have an amberwarning again telling you about. Now we have an amber warning again for the south west of scotland for the parts of the country, strathclyde, lanarkshire ayrshire and also the borders, those are the areas that we re borders, those are the areas that were affected badly last night, and expecting it to be bad again tonight. The police have already put out warnings saying that people should try not to travel, the Scottish Government, we havejust learned, has said that all travel in these areas should be avoided. It has been a horrible situation for people last night, and it looks set that the police will be fully stretched, the Emergency Services fully stretched again tonight. So again, that guidance from the Scottish Government to avoid all travel in these areas, to avoid a repeat of what happened last night. Catriona renton, ithink, thank repeat of what happened last night. Catriona renton, i think, thank you very much more nurses left the nhs in england last year thanjoined. The statistics , given exclusively to the bbc , reveal that more than 33 thousand gave up jobs with the service , thats 3000 more than signed up. The Royal College of nursing says more must be done to support younger nurses at the start of their careers. Heres our Health Correspondent, dominic hughes. She became a nurse to help people, excited at the prospect of making a difference, but in the end, thejob overwhelmed mary trevelyan. I would still often end up in tears during a shift because there was just so much pressure and stress. A never ending list of things to do, guilt over not having enough time to care for patients. Stress led to depression, and mary has had to leave the job she loved. I want to be a great nurse and i want to give my patients my best, but i feel that i cant do that at the moment because were just too short staffed, too busy. Theres far too many things for us to be doing. Weve analysed the number of nurses working in the nhs in england. Last year, more than 33,000 nurses walked away from their Health Service jobs. Thats a 20 rise, compared to four years ago, and leavers outnumber new joiners. And almost one in four of those leavers are relatively young under30. All of this has potentially serious implications for a sustainable nursing profession. Well, this is incredibly worrying because this is a time when were meant to be recruiting extra nurses because of the vacancies weve already got. As well as planning really for increased demand on health care in the future, we should really be training many, many more nurses, and so we should have been for the last few years. Many nurses are thinking about, or have already left the profession, and thats just one reason why so many hospitals are struggling to recruit properly trained staff. And yet, the government tells us that thousands more nurses are working in the nhs today than there were in 2010. In order to retain staff, to keep them on the books, they need to give them new opportunities. And thats what nurses like sarah dalby are making the most of. Shes now able to perform surgery, thanks to Specialist Training developing new skills that are taking her a long way from the traditional nursing role. I think its always nice to have an option to develop into another pathway, or another opportunity, if thats what you want to do. Its not for everyone. Because nursings so varied. And it is a real privilege to be a nurse. We care for patients at such a vulnerable time in their lives. And its challenging, certainly challenging at the moment, but that doesnt deviate from how rewarding it is as a career. Mary has not turned her back on nursing altogether. Like some of her friends, shes now thinking of working abroad. But todays nhs is not for her, and many other nurses appear to be reaching a similar conclusion. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Youre watching afternoon live. These are our headlines theresa may faces angry questions from Jeremy Corbyn in the commons over the collapse of building giant carillion. Haemorrhaging nurses new figures show one in ten leaving the nhs in england each year meaning there are now more leaving the profession than joining. Fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk after hundreds of drivers spent the night stranded in their cars. In a moment, a group of divers discovered what is believed to be the biggest flooded cave on the planet. And in sport, ben stokes has been cleared to play cricket for england again. The all rounder has been suspended after an incident outside a nightclub in bristol. He has since been charged with affray. He is expected to join up with the rest of the england team in new zealand next month. British number two kyle edmund has hailed his new found confidence at the australian open. He cruised past Denis Istomin in straight sets to reach the third round for the first time. And eddie jones has signed a new deal to stay as englands rugby Union Head Coach until 2021 but no longer. The rfu say successor will be named a year prior to his departure. Ill be back with more on those stories just after half past. A court has heard that a man kidnapped two women and cut their throats before leaving one of them ina bin throats before leaving one of them in a bin outside a house. Jon donnison gave us this update from the old bailey. In setting out their case today, the prosecution allege that injuly case today, the prosecution allege that in july last year, the case today, the prosecution allege that injuly last year, the man kidnapped celine and another woman who cant be named for legal reasons. He took them to a di