coming together to produce flashes of inspiration, we are rated the capital of innovation. we etion port more tv channels than any country in europe. five times more than the french. we export a programme to cambodia. a programme to cambodia... the name of it means, he wants to be a millionaire? applause it is thanks to the triumph of conservative values that you are allowed to become a millionaire in cambodia these days without being dispatched for re—education by some ays ha dispatched for re—education by some aysha yatimjohn dispatched for re—education by some aysha yatim john mcdonnell. —— asiatic. we lead the world in bioscience and many tech and some

branches of artificial intelligence, cybernetic. what was corbyn‘s first response on hearing the news that we lead the world on cybernetics? he wa nts to lead the world on cybernetics? he wants to tax robot! make them join the union. did manchester come great by taxing the spinning jenny? we have a growing space programme run by my brother, joe johnson. have a growing space programme run by my brother, joejohnson. and i have a candidate, my friends, for the first man we gently blasted into orbit. and that is the superannuated space cadet from islington. and i know he has an innocent and bold are, but his domestic policies, jeremy corbyn‘s domestic policies, would rack up debt that our children and grandchildren would be unable to pgy- and grandchildren would be unable to pay. and his foreign policies would

imperil notjust pay. and his foreign policies would imperil not just this pay. and his foreign policies would imperil notjust this country but our friends imperil notjust this country but ourfriends and imperil notjust this country but our friends and our neighbours as well. conference, we cannot allow it to happen. 200 years ago, people yea rs to happen. 200 years ago, people years to come to this city to see something revolutionary, the beginning of the modern world. but once again, this country has had the guts to try to do something new and different. to challenge received wisdom with a democratic revolution that we can turn into a cultural and technological and commercial renaissance. there are people who say we can't do it. we say we can. we can win the future because we are the party that believes in this country, and we believe in the potential of the british people. we conservatives have been privilege, collectively, to be placed in charge of this amazing country. at a critical moment in our history. we

are not the lion, we do not claim to be the lion. that role is played by the people of this country. but it is up to us now in the traditional nonthreatening and genial self—deprecating way of the british to let that ryan rowe. thank you very much. —— to let the lion roar. studio: cheers and applause for borisjohnson then. so often the darling of the conservative party conference. and lots of laughter during that speech as well. in which he talked about how the cabinet is united by every syllable of the prime minister's recent speech on

brexit in florence. he said that the whole country owes theresa may a debt for hearst that bertens must in taking britain forward —— a debt for hearst that fastness. her stea dfastness. hearst that fastness. her steadfastness. borisjohnson making it clear that he is behind the prime minister. vicki young is in manchester. a display of great loyalty from boris johnson. manchester. a display of great loyalty from borisjohnson. lots of people have questioned his loyalty to mrs may. that's right, he does what no other cabinet minister can do here. he goes in there and make those jokes, he makes do here. he goes in there and make thosejokes, he makes the kind of speech that the others can't really get near. as you would imagine, the conservative crowd in the absolutely love it. his main message was, look you are being far too gloomy about the prospects for britain outside of the prospects for britain outside of the european union. he was trying to lift them, saying, you've got to

believe in yourself. you know, we won the election committee said. it has felt this week here is that the conservatives have lost the election. in brighton with labour they were talking as if they had won when in fact they had lost. that is what he is trying to do, to give some confidence and some backbone to this party, which feels slightly broken this week. but his message on brexit completely loyal on that, saying that he totally went along with what the prime minister said in her speech in florence. he said the cabinet we united around all that. he went more broadly as well. talking about the economy, saying that we have to make the case again about white it has to be a free market open economy. —— why it. a lot of people don't remember the i970s. lot of people don't remember the 1970s. he is ranging pretty wide in that speech, as well as of course talking about foreign affairs, which is of course his domain as foreign secretary. he was being very

carefully scrutinised today for any signs of disloyalty, and there weren't any. but in recent weeks, some of those newspaper articles in which he has talked about his own personal red lines for brexit negotiations, which some have interpreted as rather different from the prime minister's? yes, that's right, and there is no question that thatis right, and there is no question that that is what a lot of people here are talking about, it's about boris johnson, what is he doing? is that him simply talking about brexit or is he preparing for some kind of leadership? he had insisted to friends and colleagues, look, this is just about him wanting to make sure that there is no backsliding, as he would have it. he made that case again there. it is no good britain being in some kind of halfway house where we have technically left but everything is the same and then we cannot take advantage, as he would see it, of some of the opportunities that there are outside of the european union. again, making that case in that, and

being on the stage here, he had to being on the stage here, he had to be loyal, but it won't stop people wondering whether he still has that ambition to be prime minister, is he still biding his time? you know, does he still think there is a possibility that theresa may may not last until the next election and that his time may come again? but there is absolutely no consensus here about whether that is going to happen or whether it will be a good thing or a bad thing for the conservative party or for the country. vicky, many thanks. vicki young at the conservative budget conference in manchester. the time is for oh 7pm. you watching bbc news. —— 407 pm. police in las vegas are still trying to work out what drove a retired accountant to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern american history. overnight vigils have been held for the 59 people who were killed and more than 500 who were injured when the 64—year—old gunman fired on them with an automatic weapon from a hotel window. police have now established that

stephen paddock was a millionaire, a former accountant, who had a large arsenal of guns and ammunition. he had more than a0 guns. but it's still not clear why he decided to unleash such horror on so many in las vegas. today, donald trump's suggested america may have to reconsider its gun laws. speaking to reporters as he boarded a helicopter at the white house, he praised the police for what he said was a miraculous response to the attack, and he said, we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by. 0ur correspondent richard galpin reports. two days after the deadliest mass shooting in modern us history, the identities of some of those feared to have been killed are now being made public. sandy casey, who was with her fiancee at the concert, was a teacher from california, who was described as being absolutely loved by her colleagues and students. 34—year—old charleston hartfield was a las vegas police officer, a military veteran and a football coach, who'd been off duty at the concert. and dana gardner, who was 52,

was a county employee in california. she was described as a dedicated public servant. everybody in this community has been so touched by the loss of these lives and the horror of that mentally sick horrible human being, who has taken into his hands devastation, and imprinted in our minds forever a day that really doesn't belong in our fabulous, beautiful city. but already the people of las vegas have been coming together, holding vigils like this one — to grieve but also to demonstrate solidarity, in the face of such overwhelming violence. and people have also been getting involved at a more practical level. here, hundreds queue up to give blood. the need is great — more than 500 were injured in the attack. but mystery still surrounds

the motive of the wealthy 64—year—old retired accountant, stephen paddock, who was responsible for murdering and injuring so many. he lived in this quiet town north—east of las vegas, with a woman who is now injapan. neighbours here did not see much of them. he was very quiet, and kept to himself. i've heard that you wouldn't even notice he was here, except the trash cans would come out, and they would go back in. so far, police searches of the house have not provided clues about his motives — although his father, who was a bank robber, was described by the fbi as a psychopath with suicidal tendencies. what was found in this house was a large cache of weapons and ammunition. even more was found in the hotel room in las vegas from where he opened fire. it is reported he had high—velocity

assault rifles similar to those used on the battlefield. detectives are combing through evidence to uncover the motive behind the shooting, and any other pertinent information that will help shed light on this horrible event. we have recovered 23 firearms at mandalay bay and i9 firearms at his home in mesquite. today, president trump add this to say about the gunmen. he's a sick man, a demented man. a lot of problems, i guess. and we're looking into him very, very seriously. but we're dealing with a very sick individual. and as for any debate on gun control is now... we'll talking about gun laws. the chair would ask all present to rise, for the purpose of a moment of silence. but back in washington,

with politicians pausing in memory of all those killed. there is likely to be increasing pressure for gun control is to be put on the agenda once again. richard galpin, bbc news. a sick individual says donald trump. we can speak to our correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, in las vegas. dave lee is at the university medical centre, where some of the injured are being treated. we heard president trump calling the gunman sick and demented. what more do we know about him? what else is emerging about this man? well, that is the key question, why did he do this? certainly that is the focus of investigators. we know that stephen paddock was wealthy. he lived in a retirement community not too far from here in las vegas, about a 90

minute drive away in a place called mesquite. he was 64 years old. as neighbours say, as they often do in these situations, that they never saw this coming. although some to describe him as weird. but this property in mesquite is one of the focuses of the investigation, as is of course the building behind me, the mandalay bay hotel, which he checked into one thursday night. a few days before he carried out this brutal attack on sunday evening at the country music festival. now, he was staying on the 32nd floor. if you look closely, you can't see it, but i can see it from the building behind me, you can actually see the broken window from where he fired his bullets. now, in his room as well, as richard said in that report, as well as recovering a huge cache of weapons, investigators also found a laptop or computer belonging to him, as well as some hard drives. so they are still searching for

emotive. fbi swat teams are also at another property in the state of nevada on the other side of the state in reno, where they are also looking for more evidence. because they are asking people to be patient. 0fficers they are asking people to be patient. officers say they don't wa nt to patient. officers say they don't want to be drawn on a motive. they don't want speculation as they continue their investigations, ben. dave lee is that one of the hospitals in las vegas treating the injured. and astonishing number of injured, dave, more than 500. a huge numberfor the injured, dave, more than 500. a huge number for the medical facilities there in las vegas to try and deal with. yes, an enormous number. in this particular facility, with. yes, an enormous number. in this particularfacility, 104 of with. yes, an enormous number. in this particular facility, 104 of the injured came on sunday night. as the day progressed on monday, the injured came to hearfrom other hospitals to get specialist treatment. at the moment we can tell

you there are still 25 people in critical condition at this facility. we know that recently, as soon as two weeks ago, experts, doctors from 0rlando two weeks ago, experts, doctors from orlando and they were here visiting the hospital to advise doctors on how to cope with something of this nature. so it does seem like they we re very nature. so it does seem like they were very well prepared for something like this to happen. and i think overall they've been very encourage by how they have dealt with this enormous number of casualties. but as i say, there are 25 people at the moment is still in critical condition. and of course they are working hard to make sure that they are treated as best as possible. dave, thank you very much indeed. dave lee at the university medical centre, and rajini vaidyanathan medical centre, and rajini vaidya nathan near the scene medical centre, and rajini vaidyanathan near the scene of the shooting. and you can get all of the latest on the shooting in las vegas, online at bbc.co.uk/news. lots of details and analysis there as well.

the headlines on bbc news: president trump has said america will have to talk about its gun laws, after a retired accountant, stephen paddock, shot dead 59 people ata stephen paddock, shot dead 59 people at a music festival in las vegas. borisjohnson at a music festival in las vegas. boris johnson tells at a music festival in las vegas. borisjohnson tells the conservative budget conference that theresa may will make a success of brexit, and that the cabinet is united behind her recent speech on brexit in florence. thousands more passengers have flown back to the uk after the colla pse have flown back to the uk after the collapse of monarch. the airline's boss says he is ever stated. and in sport... gareth bale has been ruled out of wales' shall world cup qualifiers against georgia and the republic of ireland due to injury. another big football injury. chelsea striker alvaro morata has returned to london to begin treatment on the hamstring industry that has ruled him out of spain's forthcoming world cup qualifiers —— hamstring injury.

after losing five matches in a row, johanna konta has pulled out of next week's tournament in hong kong. i'll be back with more in the next hour. the boss of monarch says he is absolutely devastated after the airline collapsed yesterday. andrew swaffield said the decision to cease trading meant the company had to stop flying immediately. thousands more passengers are being flown home today on planes specially chartered by the civil aviation authority. it's thought around 100,000 remain abroad. theo leggett reports. after half a century of flying, monarch was grounded for good on monday. the company was simply losing too much money. now the civil aviation authority is carrying out a major operation to bring home passengers. day one has gone really well. we brought back 12,000 passengers yesterday. day two, we are planning to bring back the same number, and the first flights have already landed. that leaves us the rest of the 15—day programme with 86,000 passengers to bring back.

but for some passengers, like these people in turkey, the experience has been a stressful one. no one rang me from monarch. no one rang me from any other company to tell me, no e—mails, nothing. in hindsight, we should have expected it, because they had to borrow a lot of money last year. although the caa's been able to help people who had already travelled abroad to get back home again, some 800,000 people who bought package holidays or airline tickets will have had their plans disrupted. and for some of them, getting their money back may prove difficult. this is going to be people who can't get to their destination and have a non—refundable hotel or car hire. it's worth checking the travel insurance, if you have it, but be prepared — only about half of travel insurance policies will cover what is called scheduled airline failure. monarch collapsed due to competition. its former chief executive told the bbc it was put in an impossible situation.

last year has really seen a massive oversupply of flights into our network, really the root cause of which is terrorism closing markets like turkey, tunisia and egypt, and then flights being squeezed into a smaller number of destinations. monarch isn't alone. rivals air berlin and alitalia have themselves bankruptcy proceedings, victims of intense competition in europe's crowded skies. theo leggett, bbc news. while the focus in the mainland us is on las vegas right now, the american territory of puerto rico is still struggling with the devastating effects of hurricane maria. president trump is due to arrive in puerto rico in the next hour, after he sharply criticised the mayor of sanjuan for her poor leadership at the weekend. she had urged a faster

response to the crisis, saying people are dying. 0ur north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, is in puerto rician capital sanjuan ahead of the visit by president trump. there has been something of a war of words amid all of the destruction and the chaos there in puerto rico. no question about it. there's been a lot of criticism of donald trump and his administration on what many people here feel was a very slow response. there are around 10,000 american military and emergency personnel here now. this is of course a us territory. but it took awhile to get going. and most people across this are still feeling the impact of hurricane maria. it came through on the 20th of september. nearly two weeks ago. it ripped right across put a record, and island of nearly 3.5 million people.

thousands of homes are destroyed. lots of people are still in shelters, staying in schools, on classroom floors because they have nowhere else to live. but the big impact on people of —— across the to recover is that people have been without powers as the hurricane, around 90% of mobile phone coverage. around half of the people on this island are without running water. when us government officials are calling the us response a good news story, there are a lot of people here who would reject that.|j story, there are a lot of people here who would reject that. i think people saying that the response in florida for example was much quicker. what sort of reception will donald trump get when he arrives. we have been asking people that as we have been asking people that as we have travelled around puerto rico because people don't have

communications and they don't now how mendis of their own families are in other parts of the island because so few have electricity or television. a lot of people had no idea he was coming or this row that has been going on between the mayor of sanjuan and donald trump. the mayor of someone of sanjuan and donald trump. the mayor of someone had criticised the response of the american government, saying they had been killing people here for the inefficiency. as you said, donald trump reacted to that by criticising the mayor here. but a lot of people simply don't know that is going on. they have day—to—day struggles to deal, immediately much more immediate things to deal with like being able to get through each day without power, without running water, without cellphone coverage. thank you, aleem maqbool in puerto rico waiting for donald trump's visit there. can you smash the glass ceiling in a week? that's a question that the bbc‘s 100 women season is asking this year. a team of female academics and tech experts have been brought together

by the bbc in silicon valley to try to find solutions to gender inequality in the workplace. they've got until friday before they have to reveal a prototype. nuala mcgovern reports. she is in san francisco right now. in silicon valley, in the newsroom of aussie .com. i have a number of women with me today, and we are doing something really exciting this yearfor doing something really exciting this year for the bbc‘s doing something really exciting this yearfor the bbc‘s 100 doing something really exciting this year for the bbc‘s 100 women season. we're not just year for the bbc‘s 100 women season. we're notjust talking about year for the bbc‘s 100 women season. we're not just talking about the issues, we're going to try and create something in a week that could help tackle that issue of the glass ceiling. i'm really happy to have marilyn here with me. you calling that —— you calling that term 40 years ago, did you think we

would still be talking about it by now? i didn't, i thought would still be talking about it by now? i didn't, ithought we would still be talking about it by now? i didn't, i thought we would have figured it out by now and be solving other problems like global warming that are still ahead of us. to be still talking about the glass ceiling in 2017 is a bit depressing. we do know that only one in ten senior positions are held by women in this particular tech industry. you are of a different generation and you are planning on creating something along with our team of experts to try and narrow that gap. yes, thank you marilyn, i feel like you are the rosa parks of the gender diversity issue. and you kind of calling this term that people have something to talk about, it's about awareness. we know that this issue exists, and as women in tech we are all facing it. i'm super excited to have this week to use design and technology and the tool that it provides us to create products that will actually help women. so, what could we be talking about? it sounds

exciting, right, marilyn? yes, it does. we know that women aren't a male dominated industry. it is a two—way street. men also need to be educated about this issue, and women need to be self—aware about the undermining habits that they might have. so we are looking at products that would be towards women to kind of build that confidence and self—awareness, and also for men to get educated on these issues. we have artificial intelligence experts, coders, product designers, all going to be in this room for what we are calling a global brainstorm and we are asking our listeners and viewers to get involved as well. but they have only got until friday, so the pressure is on. are you feeling it? yes, of course. i'm keeping my fingers crossed. we will see it likely what happens in this room, we are really excited to see what transpires. it

will be revealed on friday. tuesday with the bbc for an update on the progress, and you can find a lot more online, too. is great stuff, thanks to you and your guests. the team want to hear your ideas and suggestions. find out how to get involved at bbc.co.uk/100women. let's checkout the weather prospects. many of us started with glorious sunshine and wall—to—wall blue skies. the cloud has been slowly building through the day. you can see on the satellite picture it is feeding down from the north—west creating showers in parts of scotla nd creating showers in parts of scotland and north west england and northern ireland. we keep a few showers through this evening, they should fade across england. the showers across scotland will become persistent and sing southwards towards the borders and northern ireland, perhaps some getting into northern england. further south, clearer skies, a touch chilly, particularly in worrall spots. here

is where the rain is tomorrow morning —— rural spots. is where the rain is tomorrow morning —— ruralspots. it is where the rain is tomorrow morning —— rural spots. it continues pushing southwards into northern england, eventually into northern parts of wales by the afternoon. to the north, bright, fresh and breezy. further south should be a fine day. quite a major double breeze. this area of rain will persist through tomorrow evening, becoming quite heavyin tomorrow evening, becoming quite heavy in places. the winds will try that and we could find some local gales across northern parts of england and into wales. a blustery night. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: police in las vegas are trying to establish a motive for the mass shooting on sunday which left at least fifty—nine people dead. as details emerge of some of those killed — president trump condemns the gunman as sick and demented and suggests america may have to talk about its gun laws following the tragedy. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has pledged his total support for theresa may's position on brexit. the scottish government has announced a ban on fracking

following a public consultation that found widespread opposition to shale gas extraction. now the sport. some breaking news. britain's dan evans has been banned for one year by the international tennis federation after testing positive for cocaine earlier this year. the former british number one failed the test at the barcelona 0pen former british number one failed the test at the barcelona open in april announcing the news at a press conference in june. the announcing the news at a press conference injune. the ban has been backdated meaning he will be eligible to play in april next year. johanna konta has pulled out of next week's tournament in hong kong. the official reason is a foot injury, but it is not thought to be serious.

wales will be without their star player, gareth bale for theirfinal world cup qualifiers against georgia and the republic of ireland over the next week. he picked up a calf strain playing for real madrid. wales are in second in their group and have to stay there to have any chance of reaching the play—offs. here is bbc wales football correspondent rob phillips. they had some inkling of this, of course, because he has been a doubt for sometime, but they had a scan with him yesterday and then in dialogue with real madrid bale was pulled out this morning. it leaves chris coleman, he called up tom bradshaw from barnsley, but really the question is how do you replace gareth bale for crunch games like this? he is not really set the world alight for wales in the last few games it has to be said and you could argue their best performance

was a draw in serbia when he wasn't there, but that said, any team in there, but that said, any team in the world would miss a star player like gareth bale. it is yet another hurdle for chris coleman to overcome. 0ne overcome. one other football line. one of bale's former team—mates could be out for more than a month with a hamstring injury. he scored seven goals sincejoining the hamstring injury. he scored seven goals since joining the champions from real madrid in the summer, but he was injured on saturday. he will miss spain's world cup qualifiers against albania and israel. avon & somerset police say they weren't expecting any significant developments in the ben stokes case for another two to three weeks. the england all—rounder was arrested last week on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm in a brawl outside a bristol nightclub, but he hasn't been charged. form england captain michael vaughan said the situation might have been avoided had england management taken stronger action with stokes earlier this sum summer when he went out

drinking. the story came out, this week, that ben stokes was out to 3am during a test match in manchester. i knew that at the time. i knew that. it was the talk of the media centre. the story was ripped out of the papers. it wasn't allowed to go in. they fought tooth and nail to make sure the story didn't reach the papers. he made a massive mistake. i have no sympathy for ben stokes for what he put himself into. but i will say the management of the england tea m say the management of the england team have to look themselves in the mirrorand team have to look themselves in the mirror and say, "could we have done a bit more? we we have been a bit stricter?" england women have overta ken stricter?" england women have overtaken australia who they face in the ashes series later this month. the captain says it is flattering and a sign of progress. that's all your sport for now. i will have more in the next hour. bye for now, ben. bye, holly, thank you very much. see you later. huge crowds have gathered in barcelona to demonstrate

against the government crackdown on sunday, when police tried to stop people voting in a referendum on independence for catalonia. a general strike is being held across the region, schools and shops have closed, and only a quarter of buses and trains were running during the rush hour in barcelona, causing gridlock. gavin lee reports from barcelona. the streets of barcelona today — working life on hold, thousands of catalans united behind the new momentum for independence, and against the violence of spanish police in sunday's banned vote. shutters down, shops shut. a region—wide strike affecting public transport, the city's museums and monuments. barcelona football club too, all closed. this is the biggest demonstration in many years. in the whole of catalonia and barcelona, we are defending our rights, our legal rights and civil rights against the attacks of the government. across the catalonia region,

the sounds and signs of separatism on the streets are loud and visible with thousands of people responding to the calls for independence. but what you can barely hear are the politicians right now. separatist parties and the spanish government are watching each other and waiting, and working out their next moves. 0utside one of barcelona's polling stations where police were filmed kicking voters and pulling women by the hair, flowers have been laid and there are signs of peaceful protest. last night, in madrid, this was one of spain's star players, the catalonian—born gerard pique, being booed as he trained with the spanish team. signs of a wider public divide across the country. and this town is ten miles from barcelona, where police officers involved in seizing sunday's ballot boxes were expelled from their hotels. told to leave by catalan management. the catalan government is now calling for all spanish police to leave the region. the first thing we demand is the withdrawal of police forces,

the hostile spanish police and military police. this is the shame of europe. mariano rajoy is an embarrassment for the world. the spanish government is accusing separatist parties of fooling the public into an illegal vote, and are failing to hear the views of millions of catalans against independence. both sides are talking of the need for political dialogue but since sunday, there has been little sign of that. royal make workers have voted to go on strike. this is a dispute over pensions, pay and jobs. about 110,000 members of the communication workers union have been voting on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action which would be the first national strike to hit the royal mail since it was privatised four years ago. it is being seen as a test of the government's trade

union act. cwu said it would be a watershed moment for the unions as well as for the royal mail. royal mail workers voting in favour of going on strike ina voting in favour of going on strike in a dispute over pensions, pay and jobs. the scottish government has said that fracking "cannot and will not take place in scotland". energy minister paul wheelhouse told msps that the existing moratorium should go on indefinitely, after consultation showed overwhelming opposition. fracking is also on hold in wales at the moment — and the government has said it too will impose a ban when it gets new powers next year. earlier i spoke to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon who was at a scale gas process site in grangemouth. this has been a long anticipated

this announcement today that fracking would be banned in scotland. there has been years of controversy surrounding the subject. there was a moratorium that was imposed in 2015. a lot of public campaigning in the communities where licences had been bought up and today, the scottish government's energy minister announced that after a lot of research and a huge public consultation which garnered 60,000 responses, the vast maiority of them against the idea of fracking, the scottish government today announced that that ban would stay in place. it is our responsibility as a government to make a decision, we believe is in the best interests of the people of this country as a whole. we must be confident that the choices we make will not compromise health and safety or damage the environment in which we live. having

considered this matter in considerable detail, it is our view that the outcome of our public engagement shows in those communities which would be most affected there is no social licence for unconventional oil and gas to be taken for unconventional oil and gas to be ta ken forward. the for unconventional oil and gas to be taken forward. the research does not provide a strong enough basis to address those communities concerns. presiding officer, taking all of this into account, and balancing the interests of the environment, our economy, public health and public opinion, i can confirm that the conclusion of the scottish government is that we will not support the development of unconventional oil and gas in scotland. applause that was the minister for business, innovation and energy in the scottish government. does that decision against fracking, do you think that chimes with public opinion in scotland, lorna?|j think that chimes with public opinion in scotland, lorna? ithink it chimes with those who chose to respond to the public consultation. the vast majority of those

respondents and there were a great many of them, 60,000 plus, the majority of those were against the idea of fracking. there has been a lot of opposition in most of the communities where the licences have been issued. and there has also been opposition from all the political parties in scotland bar the conservatives. indeed, some of the other parties in the scottish parliament would say that this ban doesn't go far enough. the scottish government is basing it on the idea of planning restrictions. they say that's as much as they can in the current climate, they don't control the licences themselves. they are still reserved to westminster. they we re still reserved to westminster. they were at some point meant to transfer up were at some point meant to transfer up to the scottish parliament, but that has not yet happened, but they say this more ra mor tum, this ban will be in place and will be imposed through using the planning process. the scottish conservatives however, they are not happy. they say this is

a missed opportunity. they described it as a missed opportunity. they described itasa a missed opportunity. they described it as a second oil boom and they say that economicjobs it as a second oil boom and they say that economic jobs that it as a second oil boom and they say that economicjobs that would have been created through fracking will now go elsewhere. a homeless man has been pleaded guilty stabbing a woman and her son. the eu's chief brexit negotiator has told the european parliament that not enough progress has been made in talks with the uk. michel barnier said more needed to be done on the issues of citizens‘ rights and the border with ireland as well as a financial settlement, before they could move on to talks about a trade deal.

our correspondent adam fleming is at the european parliament in strasbourg — where members have overwhelmingly backed a motion critical of the uk's stance in the brexit negotiations. there was a vote by meps on a motion that was critical of the british government's stance on brexit. on a whole range of things from the rights of eu citizens, living in the uk after the uk leaves, the uk's attitude to its financial obligations to the eu after it leaves, even what to do about avoiding a so—called hard border on the island of ireland. now, this vote was largely symbolic because meps don't have an actual final say until there is a final brexit deal on the table. right at the end of the process. this was about sending a clear message to eu leaders who are going to meet in a summit in brussels at about two weeks' time where they will do their own stocktaking exercise of where the brexit process has got to, but what really struck me today is that mep after mep could not help themselves

talking about the tory party conference and the gossip going on at the top of the government. just listen to this, this is european parliament's brexit co—ordinator. if you are at the other side of the negotiation table there is a lack of clarity. there is even disunity. there are oppositions between hammond and fox. there are oppositions and divisions i should say betweenjohnson oppositions and divisions i should say between johnson and may. it oppositions and divisions i should say betweenjohnson and may. it is difficult to make sufficient progress and it is difficult to make the steps towards the second phase of the negotiations. that is rejected by the brexit department in london. they think that substantial progress has been made on the talks so far and the uk government's focus is on the next round of brexit talks which will happen in brussels next week. the prosecution is continuing

to outline its case against three former tesco executives — who are charged in connection with false accounting which overstated the supermarket‘s profits by £250 million. emma simpson has been following the case at southwark crown court. this is day three as the prosecution continues to outline its case in this high—profile trial. remember three former tesco executives are accused of fraud and false accounting in connection with the accounting in connection with the accounting scandal that rocked britain's biggest retailer back in september 2014. all three deny the charges. now, we have been hearing this morning how a whistle—blower worked behind the scenes to raise the alarm over the growing gap in tesco's financial accounts. one was a senior kyoto treatiant in tesco and the prosecution said that he and other colleagues told the three

accused about the growing gap. the qc said that two staff felt so compromised that they resigned. one manager quit after saying the current environment had broken him and described staff as being in tea rs and described staff as being in tears fearing the loss of their accountancy qualifications over what they were being asked to do. the court heard how the alleged misrepresenting of income was the biggest kept secret in tesco and if it was to get out it would not be a good thing. one of the defendants said that the shortfall could be as much as £600 million by the end of the financial year. soon afterwards, he told colleagues the whistle was about to blow. the fight starts now. he said. it is one i have to if tesco is to become betterment he will be the first witness to take the stand.

we will look at how the financial markets closed, but before that, our headlines: president trump says america will have to talk about its gun laws after a retired accountant, stephen paddock, shot dead 59 people at a music festival in las vegas. borisjohnson has told the conservative party conference that theresa may will make a success of brexit. and that the cabinet is united behind her recent speech in florence. thousands more passengers are flown back to the uk after the collapse of monarch, the airline's boss says he's devastated. hello — i'm egon cossou with the business news. the ftse has held onto recent gains — although trade today was a little lacklustre. in europe the dax was closed for a holiday.

but in spain the ibex — is still under pressure — investors are spooked by the fall—out from the disputed independence vote in the catalan region. let's take a closer look. it's been a healthy quarter for greggs. sales were up more tha 8.5% with sales at breakfast time especially strong. it's also seen more sales of its healthy eating range. the construction sector has been doing well on the ftse — that's after news that the government is extending its help to buy scheme. the boss of monarch says he's "absolutely devastated " about the collapse of the airline . he said the decision to stop trading came when it became clear the company would lose well over £100 million next year. james bevan from ccla investment managementjoins me now. this airline has been doomed for some time surely.

there was more competition for the overcrowded spanish flights and monarch couldn't compete with the larger players that are economical and pricey. do we think that the people brought in to look after the administration of the company will be able to find a buyer for parts of it? they will find buyers for the slots at gatwick and for some of the ha rd slots at gatwick and for some of the hard kit. of course, monarch doesn't own most of its aeroplanes, they are on lease and the lease owners will be taking the aeroplanes back. let's look now at the construction sector. good news for them, that the help to buy scheme is being extended, but what about the accusations that the seem what about the accusations that the seem just helps to inflate house prices? well, the real problem in the uk is of course, a relative lack of planning permission. the last time there was a significant expansion in house building activity

interestingly was the 1930s when neville chamberlain was chancellor of the exchequer and he removed planning permission on all, but 70,000 acres. we had a riotous growth of housing as evidenced in most cities. we will not see that now and until we get a big change in planning laws, i don't think we will see a significant expansion in supply in the places where people really wa nt supply in the places where people really want to live. greggs, is its healthy eating range paying off? really want to live. greggs, is its healthy eating range paying offlm is. it is 10% of the product line. they imagined to get a hike in the price of sausage rolls. their major selling item. it doesn't appear to have put off the customer. a great set of numbers. james, you don't look look like a sausage roll man to me. thank you. let's ta ke me. thank you. let's take you to puerto rico where air force one has just landed and president trump is about to begin a visit to puerto rico after it was

hit by hurricane maria, causing devastation and two weeks after that, many people there in puerto rico are still struggling with basic necessities so donald trump going to show solidarity with survivors, but there has been criticism of him particularly from the mayor of the capital of puerto rico who criticised the response of the us federal government to the hurricane and then donald trump in turn criticised the mayor for poor leadership. he said that some people on the island want everything to be done for them. so there is there has been a war of words between the mayor there in the capital of puerto rico and donald trump. people saying that they are still in a pretty desperate situation there.

some people saying that citizens affected by hurricanes in florida for example have got speedier and better help from the government than they have there in puerto rico. but there is the president and the first lady arriving with a wave in puerto rico. quite a controversial visit in some ways because of that criticism of the federal government from some portricans of the federal government from some portrica ns and the of the federal government from some portricans and the criticism that's come back their way from donald trump where he said that some people on the island want everything to be done for them. the economy on puerto rico, which is home to about 3.5

million people was already in real trouble, in recession and hurricane maria just added to the huge economic problems. it has wiped out the island's power grid and less than half the residents have got running water and two weeks after hurricane maria, it is still hard for residents even to get a mobile phone signal or to get fuel for their generators. so people suffering some real problems there. donald trump is also expected after this trip to puerto rico to go to las vegas and visit the scene of the mass shootings there which 59 people died and he was just talking before there which 59 people died and he wasjust talking before he there which 59 people died and he was just talking before he left for this trip to puerto rico before he left, washington saying that the killer in las vegas was sick and

demented and also hinting that perhaps america does need to look at its gun laws in due course. so there we are, donald trump on that visit to puerto rico two weeks after hurricane maria caused so many problems there and caused so much destruction. more on that later on. one of the best selling musicians of all time, tom petty, has died in los angeles, at the age of 66. he'd suffered a cardiac arrest. the guitarist found fame with his band, the heartbreakers, selling 80 million records. paul mccartney and bob dylan are among the stars who've been paying tribute to him, as david sillito reports.

# well, i won't back down # no, i won't back down.#. i won't back down was just one of a string of hits in the late 80s for tom petty, but this was far from the beginning. he'd been performing, at this point, for 20 years. # you want me to think that i'm being used # you want her to think it's over...#. it was in britain that he'd had his first real taste of success. the songs were straightforward rock and roll, rooted in real life. his band the heartbreakers, old friends from his home state of florida, that he'd just bumped into one night. i came down to the studio and this band was in the room, and they were all people i've known, so we played that night, and it was so good. i really enjoyed it, so i'm going to get this one together... we formed the band within hours, really. we were on the album the next day. # you can sit around and wait for the phone to ring # the end of the line... it was another encounter that led to him joining bob dylan, george harrison, roy orbison

and jeff lynne in the traveling wilburys. and bob dylan today led the tributes to his old friend. paul mccartney, mick jagger, brian wilson, all expressed their sadness. he was kind and gentle and sincere. i think that's one of the things that people most admired about him, that he wanted to rock and roll. he was in a rock and roll band. he loved what he did. he didn't want people telling him what to do, and he kept true to his music all the way through. # well, i started out down a dirty road #. his final tour ended only a month or two ago, and he said it would probably be his last. he wanted to make the most of the time he had left. from the moment he'd first seen the beatles as a teenager, rock and roll had been his life. the musician, tom petty, who has died at the age of 66. the latest on uber the taxi service

in london. it had its licence revoked by transport for london, but there have been talks between uber and tfl, the london transport authority and tfl are saying they have had a constructive meeting with uber today. a quote from tfl "it centres on what needs to happen to ensure a private taxi where everyone operates to the same high standards. further steps will take place in the coming weeks." uber also saying that those talks have been constructive, saying, "we hope to have further discussions over the coming weeks as we are determined to make things right in london." it does look like there are talks, well, we know there

are talks under way and that those talks between uber and the london transport authority, tfl, both sides saying they are constructive. so it looks like they might be edging towards some compromise or agreement whereby uber does keep its licence after all. we will have to see. but they have been talking. right, that's it from me. let's get the latest weather forecast. we have had gales, rain, chilly nights, but yes also sunshine. the best of this this afternoon across eastern and southern fringes of the england, a fine end to the day. we have had this area of high pressure building. a different story further north. there is that squeeze in the isobars. it is windy asouthern cross scotland. the linon's share of the showers across north—west england

and for northern ireland. a good day for rainbows. for much of england and wales overnight it becomes dry. the showers across scotland give way toa the showers across scotland give way to a more persistent spell of rain. these are the values in the centre of town, but head out into the countryside and it could turn chilly particularly for southern and central parts of england. so here is where the wet weather is tomorrow. across the central belt of scotland stretching across to northern ireland. again, it will continue to sink towards through the day and no northern parts of england and into the far north—west of wales by the end of the afternoon. but further south, it's mainly dry with sunshine. and there will be mente of sunshine. and there will be mente of sunshine behind the rain band across the north the north and east of scotland. and a wet end to the afternoon. across northern ireland, south—western parts of scotland and north—west england and into the north—west england and into the north—west of wales. further south and east, more cloud than we will

see have seen through the morning. the winds will be stronger, and it will be cooler, but it should be a dry and pleasant day, but the winds becoming gusty and it becomes wet across northern ireland, northern england, as that rain band slowly sinks south and eastwards overnight tomorrow, it is heavy rain in places and it is notjust wet, it's also windy too. we could see gales across parts of northern england, and nirl and maybe wales. —— northern ireland and maybe wales. —— northern ireland and wales. it is a blustery start to thursday. strong winds. the wind clearing away from south—east england and behind it, aside from one or to showers, much of the country will have a dry day, but it will feel cool in the strong, north—westerly winds. the winds slowly ease. as we go into friday, there could be a touch of frost under clearer skies. a chilly end to the week, but it will be bright with sunshine for much of friday. more cloud across western areas. highs between 11 and 16 celsius. it will feel cooler than those values suggest thanks to the strength of

the wind, but it should stay mainly dry. bye—bye. today at five, president trump says america needs to talk about its gun laws after the mass shooting in las vegas. stephen paddock, a wealthy retired man, shot dead 59 people and injured hundreds more, but so far there's no sense of his motives. wea k weak he was a sick man, a demented

man with a lot of problems and we are looking at it seriously, but we are looking at it seriously, but we are dealing with a very sick individual. among the dead were an off—duty policeman and a teacher, as more details emerge about the victims. iam i am clive myrie in las vegas, a city still try to come to terms with the horror and carnage of what happened here on sunday night. we'll have more from las vegas, and we'll be looking at the renewed