but probably like two chapters in, and i was a bit like, "this is a bit boring." l so while the enid blyton stories are the inspiration, they've had to be adapted for modern tastes. this is kirrin cottage. but as flora showed me around the set and even one of the secret passages, most of it was reassuringly familiar. i think it's a secret passage. however, flora did have one revelation. what's in here? i think it might have ginger beer in it. yeah, i wish it did. we've not had a lot of ginger beer in this series, which is... have you drunk any? no. you haven't drunk any ginger beer? in this series, no. i feel like when this comes out, people are going to be mad because they're like, "where's the ginger beer?" there's only one line where they mention lashings of ginger beer, but we don't actually drink it. david sillitoe, bbc news, kirrin cottage.

the story of the weather now! here's simon king. yes, and five might go on a wintry adventure in cumbria this weekend! mixture of rain, sleet and snow. through the week, it will get a bit less cold. i will start with a temperature anomaly. the blues is where it has been colder than average, the white to red, warmer than average. through the week, we start to see the oranges come back to the map, so we lose the very cold air and sea temperatures rising. today, this area of low pressure has brought quite a bit of rain, especially towards parts of wiltshire, dorset, somerset. that heavy rain moved eastwards, will stay cloudy and quite showery for many parts of england and wales. still quite a bit of snow over the higher ground of scotland and northern england. showers coming in here, but sunny spells for much of scotland and northern ireland. maximum temperatures this afternoon 6-8. maximum temperatures this afternoon 6—8. through this evening, we

continue with that cloud. outbreaks of patchy rain across many parts of england and wales, particularly heavy towards the north—east of england. there could be a little wintriness over the high ground, but with clear skies over scotland and northern ireland, here we will see a frost. england and wales, temperatures about 3—6. during tuesday, we continue with a lot of cloud, some drizzle and showers and places. gradually, that clears towards the east. there will be lovely sunshine across scotland and northern ireland, but it stays quite cold on tuesday. temperatures 3—4 — five celsius. across england and wales, about 6—8. through the evening on tuesday, we start to see showers gradually disappear, and there will be clearing skies across many parts of the uk, but with those clear skies, another widespread frost expected. so we are not done without coal there just yet. temperatures in the glens of scotland, where they are snow covered could be down to —ii or even

-12 covered could be down to —ii or even —12 celsius. a bright start to wednesday, some mist and fog towards the south of wales and england, cloud gradually increasing, with rain arriving in the isles of scilly in the west of cornwall. here, temperatures up to ii, in the west of cornwall. here, temperatures up to 11, double figures. elsewhere again, another chilly day, but from wednesday onwards, we start to see more of an influence of the atlantic. these areas of low pressure moving and give us some strong winds at times and some rain as well, and because of the influences coming in from the atlantic, it means that mile there will eventually move its way in through thursday, friday and into the weekend. temperatures will eventually start to rise. thanks, simon. and that's bbc news at one. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. goodbye. have a good afternoon. hello and welcome to sportsday,

i'm gavin ramjaun. glory at the euros... but after a women's football review, the culture secretary urges the fa to kick on and "set a new standard for women's sport". gone from the gold coast... the commonwealth games won't take place in the australian coastal city in 2026. and can eighth tier ramsgate — the lowest ranked team left in the fa cup — make it into round three? hello and welcome to the programme. the uk government says it will back all recommendations in the women's football review, that was led by former england midfielder karen carney. the report injuly called for the top two women's tiers in england to become fully professional. it also wanted a new regular broadcast slot to be made available.

culture secretary lucy frazer has urged the football association and stakeholders to "set a new standard for "women's sport", saying it's a "defining moment". there is a massive disparity, we need to narrow that gap and make sure their women's game is more commercial. if we do that, maintain professionalism, will be unable to be paid more. absolutely we need to work towards equalisation of pay, we need to do that gradually sort is affordable. the report is notjust about pay, it is also about minimum standards. women are doing a number ofjobs at the same time, it is unsustainable in circumstances with the men don't. they don't get mental health support, they don't get parental leave considerations, they don't get any transitioning support when they the sport. pay is important, but there are a number of

things that we need to do on top of that. at st george's park, the training ground for the team, i was there last week with the lioness is and with a group of schoolchildren played football, and three of that team wanted to become professional footballers. i would need to make sure that we support those people to fulfil their ambitions, sure that we support those people to fulfiltheirambitions, but also fulfil their ambitions, but also make fulfiltheirambitions, but also make sure that theirjourney into it is easier unsustainable. —— easier and sustainable. to the fallout from the weekend's premier league games — and paul heckingbottom could be the top flight�*s first managerial sacking. sheffield united have postponed today's press conference. it's after another heavy defeat for the blades — this time at the hands of fellow strugglers burnley on saturday. heckingbottom, the bbc understands, is set to depart in the next 2a hours. the blades are bottom, on just five points after losing 1! of their opening 14 games. former manager chris wilder is among the leading contenders to take over. a blow for the

commonwealth games now. the gold coast in australia, has withdrawn it's bid to host the next event in 2026. organisers have now said they may have to postpone or cancel the games in three years�* time. the gold coast hosted the 2018 commonwealths, and mayor tom tate had insisted they could do it again after the australian state of victoria had pulled out due to cost concerns. but he's failed to gain support from federal and state governments and said it leaves australia's reputation on hosting global sports of the like in tatters the news comes after the only contender to host the 2030 games — the canadian province of alberta — also abandoned its plans. this has been the logins that majlis has been the longest saga for no result. —— this has been the longest saga for no result. still, we're back to that same point. no host for the commonwealth games. it does sound justifiable, we cannot be spending that money on an event that

at the moment not everyone is in love with, so what is it going to do for us? but when you go into the inquiry that has been ongoing around the cancellation of the games, and also how much money not to host them, you cannotjust pull out of hosting the commonwealth games are not expect repercussions, there is a readier $380 million bill in terms of compensation that the victorian government has to pay. england's women cricketers are preparing for the first match of theirtourof india. they'll play three t20 matches, starting on wednesday, and then a four—day test from 14th until the 17th december. heather knight will lead both sides. it is something i have always looked forward to and wanted to be a part of. for me to develop my game and learn of others and how they go about it and see where i can take my spin bowling as well. we want to be

attacking, look to take wickets whatever the conditions are. it is adapting to how we take those wickets. it is not changing your mindset. we have kept that mentality. foras mindset. we have kept that mentality. for as it has been able to do that in different conditions. it is something else that i can learn. we are training they are this evening. i will get to see what it is like and have a play around with that, and still be positive despite the conditions. i speak to the senior players but what i can learn. it is a two—way street. keep learning.

as pa rt of as part of warwickshire�*s disability access team, one of more than 70,000 disabled people to play across england and wales. it is feeling wintry, but it is always ticket whether. warwickshire�*s disability access team having their weekly training sessions. it is brilliant. cricket is at the forefront for sports to make it as inclusive as possible. the forefront for sports to make it as inclusive as possible.— forefront for sports to make it as inclusive as possible. the steam is all about inclusion, _ inclusive as possible. the steam is all about inclusion, for _ inclusive as possible. the steam is all about inclusion, for one - inclusive as possible. the steam is all about inclusion, for one of - inclusive as possible. the steam is all about inclusion, for one of the l all about inclusion, for one of the longest serving members it has been life changing. i longest serving members it has been life changing-— life changing. i tried to play football when _ life changing. i tried to play football when i _ life changing. i tried to play football when i was - life changing. i tried to play football when i was ten - life changing. i tried to play football when i was ten or l life changing. i tried to play. football when i was ten or 11. football when i was ten or ii. cricket was welcoming. when he was ten he started playing for his local team, he was spotted

by shane warne. i took a lot of knowledge from him. a lot of tweaks, little things that helped me throughout playing cricket. he helped me throughout playing cricket. ., ., ~' helped me throughout playing cricket. . , ., cricket. he took those techniques to warwickshire- _ warwickshire. he is a testimony to perseverance, determination, bloody—minded, to stay involved. that is what we encourage any of our players to do. cricket is a game for everyone. he has gone on to be included in england's pathway answer please county and club cricket also. plenty to celebrate this season. last year they were crowned regional champions, which means a tougher challenge awaits next year, they are going up a level into the national authority over hardball league.

and for his mother, another example of the sport opening the doors. it is a massive family, everybody looks _ it is a massive family, everybody looks out — it is a massive family, everybody looks out for each other. finally — the last fa cup second round match takes place this evening. and the lowest ranked side left — ramsgate — will be dreaming of a third round tie against championship side ipswich. the team from kent are away at afc wimbledon. here's how ramsgate — who play in the isthmian league south east division, the eighth tier of english football — secured their place in round two. a memorable 2—1 win over national league side woking. looking atjust what it means to them to make it this far, it's fair to say the club are excited. a really good team. i am so excited. ramsgate _ a really good team. i am so excited. ramsgate have a chance of winning it. it ramsgate have a chance of winning it. , .,

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a report by the think tank has warned the uk is facing a toxic combination of slow growth and high inequality — with the average worker losing out on more than £10,000 a year because wage growth has flatlined. the chancellor has said the report ignores some of the wider context. i mean, what we had was the worst financial crisis since the second world war, which affected lots of countries, not just our country. and since 2010, we've actually grown faster than spain, portugal, france, italy, the netherlands, austria, germany, japan. in fact, the majority of the countries that torsten was comparing us to, we've grown faster than them. so i think it's absolutely right to say, why have all of us fallen into this low growth paradigm and what can we do to get out of it? but i don't think this is something that we are uniquely in a bad situation.

i think this is affecting all western nations and you have to have a plan to get out of it. the only thing we have to go on for your plans for the next five years, where you do have them would be the autumn statement. and if you look there, you actually have real public investment declining. is it sensible to have declining public investment? i don't think you want declining public investment. and i very much hope we'll be able to get back into a place where we don't have to do that. but i think it's also important to say, that in 2020, the capital budget, which is the closest proxy you have to public investment, went up by its highest ever level by 21% from £70 billion to £100 billion. so we are now spending in terms of public capital spending, £30 billion a year more in real terms. but it's still it's risen as a share of gdp.