for thursday, south—eastern areas. for thursday, we are forecasting a day of sunny spells, some showers, a little breeze, but on the balance a on the way. temperatures will get to 21 degrees in newcastle, sheffield, and leeds. mid—20s in london. some showers are coming. not a completely dry picture on the way. quite breezy on friday. most of the showers, i think our across western and north—western areas. the best of the weather will be along the channel coast on friday. on saturday, a blustery day on the way. it will feel a little cool. some showers around. what we are watching, is this hurricane inc, hurricane gert, which is going to get mixed up in oui’ which is going to get mixed up in our own weather which is going to get mixed up in oui’ own weather as which is going to get mixed up in our own weather as it crosses the atla ntic our own weather as it crosses the atlantic and we will get some wet and windy weather as we get to sunday. a bit of a blustery weekend

on the way. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, first the headlines at 11:30pm. the government has published proposals for a temporary customs union with the eu after brexit. labour has criticised the plans, but the brexit secretary says the ideas will help minimise disruption to business. president trump has again blamed both sides for the violence in virginia over the weekend, accusing what he called alt left activists of attacking white nationalists. the actions of kensington and chelsea council will be examined as part of the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. at least 80 people died when a fire quickly spread through the tower block in june.

millions of rail passengers will see a 3.6% increase in fare when prices rise in january 2018. the price rise will affect season tickets and some off—peak fares in england and wales. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and former conservative advisorjo—anne nadler, and the broadcaster david davies. a reminder of what is on the front pages. the express leads with new figures that suggest house prices have soared by 10,000 pounds on average since last year's brexit vote. the i claims the government is to announce there is be to no land border with the ireland after britain leaves the eu. the guardian reports that a government plan to mirror european customs controls after brexit is being ridiculed in brussels.

the ft carries a picture on the indian prime minister celebrating the 70th anniversary of his country's independence. the mirror headlines calls from campaign groups for the government to freeze rail fares after an increase of 3.6% was announced for january. the telegraph claims the number of babies left brain damaged following nhs blunders has increased by almost a quarter in one year. the daily mail says mps could review plans to restore big ben after claims that some weren't aware the famous bongs would be silenced for four years. beginning with the guardian, the plan for eu negotiations to ensure that frictionless trade continues? yes, i have a feeling that the expression frictionless trade is now going to enter the lexicon as yet another of the racks at expressions we have come to know and love —— brexit. i think that's perhaps david davis is aiming for the expression,

friction—light —— david davies. so the papers are talking about the transition between the existing customs union arrangements and what the post brexit trade deal will look like. this is a negative headline but the text is a bit more positive. business leaders have said it is a critical first step. nonetheless, business leaders have said it is a criticalfirst step. nonetheless, i think that the government are clearly going to have their work cut out if they want to avoid further negative comment. it is quite difficult, what their proposal is. at first reading, it does sound like a tautology. they are essentially

proposing to leave the existing customs union and... reinventing the wheel? there is a similarity in that. that saying, if it looks like a duck, it quacks like a duck... that is only half the issue. we are also talking about trade on the continent, also how we would attract more trade. the thing that seems more trade. the thing that seems more confusing is the external element of the customs union that will remain unchanged during this transition period. we need more detail. a lot more detail. from my point of view, the big question is, is the eu's first negative reaction from certain senior officials... perhaps one of the least... the word

fa nta sy ha s perhaps one of the least... the word fantasy has been used. the brits are fantasising again already. we are looking at what we would like to be, rough—and—tumble early negotiations, or is this more serious? there is the view of nigel farage, occasionally you have two reminds him that he does not any longer represent anybody, as far as i am aware. he is not a leader of a party. his party doesn't have any mps. is he right when he says nobody, nobody voted into brexit referendum for transitional arrangements at all? he may be right. the logic of that point is to say that there should be a second referendum at the end of it all. i

don't know about that. is not necessarily logical to go to that extent, but they seem to have come together in acknowledging that there will have to be various transition arrangements. most people see that as... pragmatism in the end. as long as... pragmatism in the end. as long as it doesn't delay the ultimate exit. another transitional arrangement is what happens in the republic and northern ireland, if one wants to stay out and one remains in. the customs story today, the publication of plans in terms of what will happen on the island of ireland, the headline is that there would not be a hard border.m ireland, the headline is that there would not be a hard border. it would be sad if we wound up with one almost by default. there has not been any indication from government sources that they would be heading in that direction. this is a way of

reassuring people it is not going to happen. five paragraphs down in a story in the guardian is a link with today's issue, whether it will be possible to avoid any border checks will be dependent on what customs deals the uk manages to reach with the eu as the talks progress. that is the complication, these things are inextricably linked. moving onto the times. this is kind of an annual story, a rather strange arrangement whereby the actual... it is a bit like benefits being pegged to a particular type of inflation. in august, we announced the railfare prices forjanuary. inflation could plummet between now and january. these rises were not so bad then. we

know it is going to be 3.6%, this is a big story. a big story, and the sta ple a big story. a big story, and the staple diet story for this time of year. i staple diet story for this time of year. lam staple diet story for this time of year. i am a great defender of the railways, i was brought up close to union station. i remember denationalisation in the days of the thatcher government. i understand the arguments on both sides of the government. the key thing is that the government can do something about this if they choose to. chris grayling, a former bbc colleague in this very early in, if he chooses to do something about it... i suspect he may. he very well made, but this will be a very big political story. also within the conservative party.

the conservative party seems to have become afraid of making the case for free enterprising competition. they have veered towards saying we have to place caps on prices. ifear that thatis to place caps on prices. ifear that that is the direction they may go m, that is the direction they may go in, rather than taking a slightly more radical approach. all that this process is about is slowly but surely shifting the cost of the ra i lwa ys surely shifting the cost of the railways away from the general taxpayer. many of whom don't actually benefit from ray ways like that in the part of the country that i come from. there is a very limited rail service in the far south—west of england. most people don't commute by train. people in the south—east of england are more likely to commute by train. they say that commuters should pay a bit more. but how much more? if you come from the west midlands, the highest increase was on a virgin trains is

an ticket between birmingham and houston, which had risen by £2539 since 2010, two over £10,000. 20% of some people's income, that is ridiculous. moving on, buti some people's income, that is ridiculous. moving on, but i think that government story will come back —— to. this is a disturbing story which nobody can give any trite explanation for. it needs a lot more work. the telegraph are running with this story. they have looked into the numbers involved. there seems to have been quite an alarming spike in the number of claims for compensation against hospitals for the very tragic issue of babies being born with brain injuries. the indication in the article is that

this has something to do with the greater... not fashion for, but tendency for, the move towards having births that don't have any sort of medical intervention. that is what they are drawing a relationship with, that in this increase over the last year that something like 160 of these claims we re something like 160 of these claims were made in the previous year, last year it was more in the region of 230. that is a huge increase in numbers and the proportion of numbers. apparently the royal couege numbers. apparently the royal college of midwives has ceased campaigning so actively on the move towards what they call more normal births. i always thought that expression would be natural births. that seems to be the focus of this article. clearly it is very

upsetting. we are at a stage in our history which is one where the health of newborn babies, the prospects of a child being born alive and other dying have both been transformed, in the last half century. that makes these kinds of stories even more disturbing. in terms of prenatal and post—natal, things have been transformed. but as i understand it, it is different in oui’ i understand it, it is different in our country as it is too many european countries. a story you liked at the top of the news briefing page at the top of the telegraph about schools and the a—level results. telegraph about schools and the a-level results. those are coming on thursday and i make a forecast that oui’ successes toitioi'i'ow thursday and i make a forecast that our successes tomorrow night and on thursday night will be talking about

a level results and the row that there is going to be about the new, tougher a—levels introduced by... maybe they have been fixed a little bit? are we going to have the usual annual vitriol about standards dropping? today, in the telegraph, we we re dropping? today, in the telegraph, we were told of a former chairman, former headmaster of a leading school, talking about 1969 when he was a student. he was offered a place to do physics at a london university at the absolute top school... what is this story? this story is saying that there are too

many pupils in private schools, which the person who has this statement... students feel forced to go to university. i saw an article in the telegraph last saturday