this is bbc news, i'm rachel schofield at the headlines at 8pm. why we will never... coughs. excuse me. theresa may had promised to fix the housing and energy markets in between a coughing fit at the conference. letters fulfil our duty to britain and renew the british dream. but she had to deal with a prankster who handed her a fake p 45 form. he claimed at the request of the foreign secretary. boris asked me! boris, please, say you did this! president trump is in las vegas to pay his respects after the mass shooting. he praised hospital staff for their professionalism. after sunday's band referendum, catalonia

prepares to declare independence from spain. but the european parliament's biggest from spain. but the european pa rliament‘s biggest blocs from spain. but the european parliament's biggest blocs on the left and right worn catalans not to do it unilaterally. they call it pointless and irresponsible. and the twin brothers who finally have an a nswer twin brothers who finally have an answer for what happened to their father in world war ii. police in las vegas say the gunman who shot 58 people and injured more than 500 before taking his own life had installed cameras in and around the hotel suite from where he carried out the killings. they have also released a new footage from the body cameras warned by police officers that night, as they react

to the shooting and try desperately to the shooting and try desperately to get people to safety. in the last few minutes president trump has visited victims of the shooting at the university medical centre in las vegas. this is what he had to say.|j just have to tell you that ijust met some of the most amazing people. we met patients that were absolutely terribly wounded. the doctors, the nurses, all the people at the hospital have done a job that indescribable. they were full the night that it happened, before it happened, and they found room for many people. we had 100 come in and we admitted 50. what i saw today is an incredible tribute to professionalism. what they have done is incredible. we never want to see it again, that i can tell you. and the patients, the bravery. some were

very badly wounded, and they were badly wounded because they refuse to leave, they wanted to help others, they saw people going down. it's an incredible thing to see. tremendous bravery. the police department, incredible. the people themselves, incredible. the people themselves, incredible. people leaving ambulances to have help someone else who was hurt even more so. the professionalism of the doctors and medical staffs at this hospital and other hospitals. john, say in few words to the press. we couldn't be more proud of the community response. every hospital took serious patience and everybody took ca re of serious patience and everybody took care of them well. we have exercised out care of them well. we have exercised our disaster plan care of them well. we have exercised ourdisaster plan in care of them well. we have exercised our disaster plan in las vegas. it was rolled out flawless. our disaster plan in las vegas. it was rolled out flawlesslj our disaster plan in las vegas. it was rolled out flawless. i have to tell you, it makes you very proud to be an american when you see the job they have done. people that would not be around today are up there and

would be leaving the hospital in two weeks, five weeks, and in some cases, even in a few days. it's amazing, one in a few hours. we never would have believed it. ijust wa nt to never would have believed it. ijust want to congratulate everyone, it's incredible what you have done. we have met quite a few people and believe me, they are lucky to be here. inaudible question the only question i would say is we are with you 100%. we have invited a lot of them over to the white house, if you are in washington, come to the oval office. believe me, i will be there for them. but the message i haveis be there for them. but the message i have is that we have a great country and we are there for you. and they are there for us. what about the gun violence problem ? are there for us. what about the gun violence problem? we're not going to talk about that today. not yet. i can tell you it's a very sick man, hea can tell you it's a very sick man, he a demented person. we haven't

seen he a demented person. we haven't seen that yet, but you will know very soon, if we find something, we are looking very hard. i'm going over to the police department. the fa ct over to the police department. the fact they were able to locate that zone and get in there, they say in 11 minutes. whatever it was, they kept him busy, he stopped firing because he knew they were coming in the door at some point. i think they did an incredible job. the door at some point. i think they did an incrediblejob. the professionalism has been amazing. i wa nt to professionalism has been amazing. i want to thank you all. we are going over to a police headquarters. doctors, thank you very much, we appreciate it. president trump speaking to medical staff in the last few moments. we will be getting more from our correspondent dave lee in las vegas shortly. theresa may has "vowed to renew the british dream", by fixing the broken housing market, in an eventful closing speech to the conservative conference in manchester. but her speech was overshadowed by interruptions —

first from a prankster and then a persistent cough. the prime minister did announce a number of new policies including plans to end what she called "rip—off energy prices" with a new cap on bills and making £2 billion available for 25,000 council homes or social housing. our political editor laura kuenssberg was watching the speech at the conference in manchester. her report contains some flash photography. a wobble. a wave. and a long, lonely walk. her colleagues fixing those smiles for the camera. clearing the throat before what was meant to be a comeback. sorry was not the hardest word at all but it was the first important one. we did not get the victory we wanted because the national campaign fell short.

it was too scripted, too presidential. and it allowed the labour party to paint us as the voice of continuity when the public wanted to hear a message of change. i hold my hands up for that. i take responsibility. i led the campaign. and i am sorry. applause. for her husband and closest staff, this speech was to take the party by the scruff of its neck and move on. but then... it's the conservative party... just as she was finding her stride, out of the corner of her eye a piece of paper was proffered. in the buttoned—up guise of a tory activist and man interrupted theresa may. stand—up comedian simon brodkin handing her a fake p45. boris, job done, i've given her the p45. to start with neither the prime minister or anyone else knew what was going on. a stunt during the biggest speech

of the most powerful politician in the country. go, go. go away. thank you. with terribly british polite irritation the cabinet tried to get him to leave. boris asked me! boris, please say you did this, you asked me and now you are denying it! before eventually security guards and chanting from the crowd got him out. you gave her a p45? yes, from boris. it was allegedly a joke, nothing to do with the foreign secretary. the man bundled out and chased by reporters. there could be trouble for the organisers, a man cleared by tight security here. causing trouble within inches of the prime minister. ending up in handcuffs.

cheering and applause. back in the hall, an ovation in support to will her own. in support to will her on. even though there has been chatter about her suitability for thejob for weeks. it was at least good fodderfor a joke at the labour party's expense. i was about to talk about somebody i would like to give the p45 too, that isjeremy corbyn! as she tried to press on, to make the case for markets, new plans for housing, schools and capping energy bills... coughs. ..she began to falter. stuffed with a cold all week. what were meant to be bold statements were repeatedly choked by coughs. the deficit is back to precrisis levels. it sounds as if my voice is not on track!

more than an hour on the podium. in some moments it felt like she wouldn't go on. hear, hear. the home secretary telling colleagues to get to their feet for ovations, to give the prime minister time to recover. the chancellor, yes, the chancellor passing cough sweets to try to help. i hope you noticed that, the chancellor giving something away free! this was an ordeal. miles from a heart—swelling speech. and as if a prank and a dreadful cough are not enough, watch this. theresa may's slogan literally falling apart as she spoke. but word by word, phrase by phrase, she doggedly ground on to the end.

let us fulfil our duty to the british people. let us fulfil our duty to the country. let us fulfil our duty to britain. and let us renew the british dream. thank you. trying to contain her cough, but perhaps distress as well. it was clearly a feat just to get through it. those who eye herjob wearing their loyalty today. imagine this happening to you on your most important day at work of the year. her husband comforting rather than celebrating with her at the end. but she led the party into an election she did not have to call, losing her majority and much of her authority. a precious commodity, today's speech was intended to restore. it was less the british dream, it felt like a nightmare, it was a struggle and notjust

because of her voice. i don't think it felt like a struggle at all, it was ambitious with clear proposals for reforms, ambitious on housing which we know needs to be addressed. it was a brilliant speech and the most important thing is she set out her vision of how to renew the british dream. she fought through and came out triumphantly despite having problems with her throat. great speech. we nt went through the things that matter. some of the audience clearly dumbfounded by what they had just seen. she needs to resign, the sooner she goes, the better for the she needs to resign, the sooner she goes, the betterfor the party. so what if she had a bit of a cough, she is human. good on you, keep going. conference speeches can make or break political leaders and it's as simple as that. the air in here was deeply awkward at times, the crowd willing the prime ministerjust to get through it.

no leader wants a sympathy vote. but theresa may's allies are already praising the resilience that she showed today. there is drift in this party — the conference was a chance to set direction again, to stop power deserting her. the prime minister has put her arguments but will they be really be heard? this was her answer to her terrible luck this afternoon. now for her party, and for you, to answer her. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, manchester. despite the battle to make her voice heard, mrs may did make a series of policy announcements in her speech. our deputy political editorjohn pienaar takes a look now at the detail of the prime minister's pledges. theresa may's big speech was meant to be a crowd pleaser. pledges and policies to show those feeling the pinch she's on their side and try to get tory doubters back on hers. let me tell you something... so she came with plans to help out in the housing market and give

a hand with fuel bills. the tories promised to cap energy bills before the last election, then dropped the idea. the treasury never liked what it saw as crude interference in the market. energy companies claim losing revenue could mean cuts in vital investment, but mrs may was out to help ha rd—pressed customers. the energy market punishes loyalty with higher prices. and the most loyal customers, the most loyal customers are often those with lower incomes, the elderly, people with lower qualifications and people who rent their homes. those, who for whatever reason are unable to find the time to shop around. that is why next week, this government will publish a draft bill to put a price cap on energy bills. it has become hard or impossible for many to afford a home or pay the rent. councils want freedom to borrow the money for building but the government says no

to more public debt. today, the prime minister called it her mission to solve the problem, not nearly the kind of cash councils and campaigners want, but there would be more. for 30 or 40 years, we simply haven't built enough homes. as a result, prices have risen so much that the average home now costs almost eight times average earnings. and that has been a disaster for young people in particular. today, i can announce that we will invest an additional £2 billion in affordable housing, taking the government's total affordable housing budget to almost £9 billion. applause. so more promises of more state intervention. too much for some tories. on health, organs could automatically be used for transplants in england unless people deny permission before death. on education, the prime minister promised 100 free schools will be set up each year to give more choice.

the tories have set themselves the job of rebuilding faith in free markets and their ability to manage them before they face labour again at the next election. but they are confronting huge problems with very little money, as one senior minister said to me, we could never hope to rebuild our popularity this week. that will take years. john pienaar, bbc news, manchester. and we'll have more on theresa may's speech at 8.30 when we'll be speaking to dia chakravarty from the telegraph and stephen bush from the new stateman. in the last few minutes president trump has been visiting people injured in the las vegas mass shooting, as well as the doctors and nurses treating them at university medical centre in the city. afterwards president trump said there was still no indication of a motive that led gunman stephen paddock to shoot dead 58 people. our

correspondent dave lee is at the hospitalfor correspondent dave lee is at the hospital for us. correspondent dave lee is at the hospitalfor us. i believe the president has left in the last few moments? yes, hejust president has left in the last few moments? yes, he just left. president has left in the last few moments? yes, hejust left. he spent almost an hour in the umc trauma centre, the hospital that took in the most injured on sunday night, more than 100 people coming through their doors in quick succession. president trump was cheered into the hospital by a small crowd of people, mostly medical staff, and he waved back. after he came out he had kind words for first responders, saying people were incredible, saying the response to the attack in terms of how well people were looked after, he said it makes you proud to be american. as he came out somebody asked about the gun regulation question, to which he said, we are not going to talk about that now. we know he's now on his way to speak to police chief sheriffjoseph lombardo. we don't know exactly what

they will talk about, but that debate might come up there as well, some speculate. president trump has just left from one of his many stops on this short. what while the president makes these visits, the investigation into what could have motivated this man go on. the focus of the investigation right now is on marilou danley, the girlfriend or roommate of suspects stephen paddock. they are questioning her now, we believe. she landed in los angeles last night. they are following up a couple of leeds, the strongest of which is $100,000 reportedly wired to her from stephen paddock to where she was, marilyn da nley paddock to where she was, marilyn danley was, in the philippines. —— marilou danley was. right now it seems that it's the girlfriend who holds the only key to any kind of motive or understanding the motive of this man. dave lee in las vegas.

theresa may promises to fix britain's energy and housing markets , but struggles through her speech to conservative conference. president trump is in las vegas, meeting some of the injured survivors of the concert attack, in which 58 people were killed. the catalan leader says mediation is required with spain after the result of the band independence vote. and coming up, the twin brothers who've finally discovered what happened to their father in world war ii. time for the sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sports centre. is not the first time he has appeared to announce his retirement, but tyson fury has announced on twitter he will not be applying for

a fresh boxing licence. the former world champion has not fought since july of 20 14th when he beat wladimir klitschko in dusseldorf. he had his licence revoked last year and is charged with a doping offence injune. and is charged with a doping offence in june. harry kane and is charged with a doping offence injune. harry kane says captaining england will not affect his performance on the pitch will stop the tottenham striker will lead the tea m the tottenham striker will lead the team out as captain for the third time for the world cup qualifier against slovenia at wembley tomorrow. manager gareth southgate has yet to appoint a permanent captain since the international retirement of wayne rooney. england need just two more points to qualify for the world cup in russia next year. i don't think having an armband on yourarm year. i don't think having an armband on your arm makes any difference to how you play, or if you difference to how you play, or if you score difference to how you play, or if you score goals. we have plenty of leaders in the team. whoever wears the armband, there's plenty of us who will speak up and try to help each other on the pitch and when things get tough, be there for each other, you know? for me, it's another game to try to help the team

and score my goals. and hopefully qualify for the world cup. in the women's champions league, manchester city and chelsea are both in action in theirfirst city and chelsea are both in action in their first legs of the final 32 stage of the competition. chelsea leading 1—0 at home to bayern munich while city 3—0 up in austria. glasgow city facing elimination at the last 32 stayed for the third running, losing their first leg the last 32 stayed for the third running, losing theirfirst leg 3—0 in kazakhstan. wales scrum—half rhys webb will leave ospreys at the end of the season to join toulon on a three—year contract. he won two caps on the summer tour of new zealand for the british and irish lions. the news of another star pars departure will be another huge blow to welsh by. will be another huge blow to welsh rugby. only once before has a professional has rory mcilroy a season professional has rory mcilroy a season without victory, but he for that prospect as he gets ready for the alfred dunhill jabbing

that prospect as he gets ready for the alfred dunhilljabbing chip in scotla nd the alfred dunhilljabbing chip in scotland starting tomorrow. hampered bya scotland starting tomorrow. hampered by a persistent rib injury, he has told the bbc he is planning to get ready for full fitness by next year. it hasn't been quite what i wanted. i had it hasn't been quite what i wanted. ihad grand it hasn't been quite what i wanted. i had grand ambitions at the start of the year and felt i would have a really good year. i had a really good off—season and practised really well. but then this injury set me back. it hasn't been the year i wanted, but i'm looking forward to playing my last event of the year and hopefully end on a positive note. you had a bit of time off. what have you planned to make 2018 a real success and come out of the blocks firing on all cylinders? just try to get myself healthy, that's the most important thing. it has really hit home this year, if i want to have a long career, and i want to play to the best of my ability for a long time, my body needs to be in the right place. this year it hasn't been. just trying to get healthy and fit and give myself the opportunity to play 25 or 30 weeks a year and

give it my best every week i placed upright finally, plans to stop rain delays at cricket matches by covering pitches with a giant mess tent are being discussed by the sport's governing body. the mcc and ecb are looking at options to put an end to those frustrating interruptions. there are an enormous number of challenges and issues, but that's not to say we can't look at it seriously. technology is changing all the time, see—through sight screens and drop in wickets. we need to keep looking forward. do everything we can to maximise the amount of play for spectators and broadcasters. that's all the sport for now. i will have a full round—up on sports day from 10:30pm. ' the president of catalonia's devolved government is due to make a televised statement this evening. he said mediation is now important

following sunday's chaotic referendum. but it was essential to apply the result of the vote. his announcement came as protests continue against spain's handling of the referendum. although banned, it has resulted in an unofficial results. there have been calls from the eu for him to agree to talks with the madrid government. a homeless man has beenjailed for life for a minimum of 30 years for murdering a mother and son who had helped him. 24—year—old aaron barley admitted murdering tracey wilkinson and her 13—year—old son pierce. ben ando reports. flowers outside the home of a woman murdered by the homeless man she had tried to help. tracey wilkinson, aged 50, and her 13—year—old son pierce were knifed to death in march. the killer, aaron barley, who she had seen sleeping in a cardboard box in stourbridge. with the help of home—cooked meals, cash and kindness, he'd got back on his feet, but earlier this year,

things went wrong. he'd lost his job and been thrown out of his flat, we believe. he might have been back on the streets and he decided to come and take his misfortune out on the people who tried to give him a lift in life. cctv at the family home showed barley in dark clothing and a balaclava lurking in the garden. when mr wilkinson left to walk the dog, he went inside. afterwards, he stole the family car in a failed attempt to get away. their daughter lydia was away at college. they were such givers in life, they were helping people, they loved people. the fact that they've now gone and at the age of 19, i'll never get to see my mum or my little brother again, is heartbreaking, it's indescribable pain. aaron barley has a borderline personality disorder and his parents, who died when he was very young, were related to each other as uncle and niece. but the judge was told

there were no grounds for a plea of diminished responsibility. only aaron barley knows why he launched such a ruthless attack. he was sent to prison for at least 30 years and after that time if still considered a risk to the public, he may never be freed. a comfort, perhaps, to those who feel they've lost everything at the hands of a man they tried to help when he had nothing. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this afternoon. a court has heard that an army sergeant, emile cilliers — here on the left — on trial for attempted murder, tried to kill his then wife by removing vital parts of her parachute, causing her to spin thousands of feet to the ground. he is also accused of trying to kill his wife on another occasion by deliberately causing a gas leak. mr cilliers denies all charges. amazon faces paying more than £220 million in back

taxes after a european crackdown. the european commission said the online company had been given an over generous tax deal in luxembourg. amazon denied receiving any special treatment. a scottish scientist has won the nobel prize for chemistry. the method developed by richard henderson alongside swiss scientist jacques dubochet, and the german americanjoachim frank, involves freezing biomolecules to reveal processes never previously seen. the nobel prize committee said their work had moved biochemistry into a new era. twin brothers who've spent a lifetime trying to find out what happened to their father during the second world war have finally discovered how he died and where he was buried. royal irish fusilier edward graham's grave was honoured by his 74—year—old sons in a service this morning. our correspondent robert hall has the story. the irish brigade,

the royal irish fusiliers came over those rivers in that direction. so in this direction. across the misty slopes of mount etna, edward and sydney graham are following a personal trail which has lasted a lifetime. so, this building behind us, which is pockmarked, is where the germans had one of their positions. the trail of a man who fought his way across sicily in 1943, with no idea that he would become father to twin sons. he would never meet them. the latest instalment of the war in sicily... the allied landings in sicily led to six weeks of fighting across difficult and heavily defended terrain. the twins' father, also called edward, serving with the royal irish fusiliers, fell during a night attack. edward, sydney. this is the end of the journey. last night, as fog swirled around the volcano, researcher richard o'sullivan took the brothers to the area where he died. it does bring it into perspective and it does make it more real, when you are actually here on the site.

he was one of many brave men who participated in the liberation of europe. i feel enormously proud. fusilier graham was never identified, buried as unknown among more than 2000 in this cemetery at catnaia, cemetery at catania, but after decades of dogged research, edward graham believed he had found his father's last resting place. we were able to narrow it down quite easily, the royal irish fusiliers, in sicily, who had no known grave and then at that point, it was just a case of narrowing down their final locations through war diaries. today, there was a new headstone alongside those of fallen fusiliers. edward graham's sons could finally be with their father. i am pleased that he has the dignity of a proper resting place and i am delighted that it is here amongst all his comrades. it is a day that will live

with me for ever and, yes, it is the end of the trail. robert hall, bbc news, in sicily. let's get a look let's get a look at let's get a look at the let's get a look at the weather... let's get a look at the weather... hello, some wet weather and windy weather overnight. the rain, which has been quite heavy in northern ireland, south—west scotland and north west england, eases off overnight. this rain band moving southwards. ahead, gusts of up to 60 mph locally. clear skies in the north, turning chilly. some mild cloud and blustery weather in southern areas early in the morning. when they move away, wind comes through. showers in north—west scotland. some moving over the irish

sea into north—west england. the midlands too. it will feel chilly in the wind. a chilly start friday morning. we could have a touch of frost across scotland in particular. stronger winds up away by friday after a crisp start, sunshine around. cloud in scotland later. and around. cloud in scotland later. and a bit of rain. hello. this is bbc news. in a faltering speech to the conservative conference, which was interrupted by a prankster, theresa may promises to fix the housing crisis and cap energy bills, and reasserts her vision for the country. let us for fill let us forfill our duty let us for fill our duty to britain, and let us renew the british dream. thank you. president trump is in las vegas to pay his respects to the victims of the mass murder of 58 concert goers, he praises the professionalism of hospital staff.

catalonia's calls for talks with spain after the band independence vote but says the result of the referendum must be applied. and coming up before nine, the man rescued after falling down an old tin mine in cornwall tells the bbc he didn't think he'd make it out alive. let's return now to the speech made earlier today by theresa may in manchester. beset by a cough and interrupted by a prankster, colleagues have described the prime minister's performance as ‘battling'. but critics say she was bumbling and chaotic. coughs so... excuse me. while

our opponents flirt with a foreign policy of neutrality and prepare for a run on the ground... some people say we've spent too much time talking about jeremy corbyn's say we've spent too much time talking aboutjeremy corbyn's past. coughs excuse me coughs we will never hesitate... cheering applause the innovators and entrepreneurs... coughs coughs thank you. modern britain, in all its diverse

city and strength that was shared around the globe. despite the interruptions — the prime minister did make several policy announcements on housing, the energy market and the organ donor register. that is why next week, this government will publish a draft bill to put a price cap on energy bills. meeting our manifesto promise, and bring and n —— bring an end to rip off energy prices once and for all. ican off energy prices once and for all. i can announce that we will invest an additional £2 billion in affordable housing, taking the government's total affordable housing budget to almost £9 billion.

we will change that system, shifting the balance of presumption in favour of organ donation. working on behalf of organ donation. working on behalf of the most vulnerable. that gives you a flavour of some of her speech. to discuss where this conference and speech leaves theresa may, i'm joined by stephen bush from the new statesman and dia chakravarty from the telegraph. thank you for coming in. before content, let's talk about presentation, it was unfortunate, to say the least. your tweets were "this is grim, i have had this exact nightmare". you've had this nightmare? i have an anxiety about losing my voice speaking, it was unnerving seeing that nightmare played out before my eyes. it was a moving experience in the hall, all of the activists and mps were willing her on, clapping to give her

time to collect herself. i was impressed, in that situation i would have had to fight the urge to hide behind the desk and run away. she did a very good job performance wise considering her cold and the prankster, etc. the prankster, dia, it added to a lack of flow and it made some people... some people said it was an anxious listen? yes, i think you are absolutely right. i agree that it was a testament to her resilience that she stood there and finished her speech. i don't think i could have done that. it was moving, actually, to see everybody standing up actually, to see everybody standing up and giving her that support. i saw somebody tweeting that the prankster finally managed to unite the conservative party, which hasn't happened for a very long time! all of that was there that you cannot get away from the misfortune of it all. we haven't seen tamara's papers

but in some ways, the metaphor is there. she has lost her voice, the set is falling apart around her. it isa set is falling apart around her. it is a headline writer's dream. they could be paying for headlines. deep ands write themselves. —— the pun write themselves. the delivery wasn't what she hoped for, but it helps to obscure the fact that the policy package isn't that great either. you felt that content wise, there was not as much as they could have been? in terms of the big question, the future of the country and the conservatives, can they get more people on the housing ladder? get more hence build? we are talking about a commitment which means a more houses per local authority which is well below what is needed. they are stoking up demand by pumping in £10 million more in to help to buy. this is not a speech that would have benefited from us all listening to the content, to be

called —— to be crueller about it. weir would have to agree with steven, there isn't much of a silver lining really bert it concealed the fa ct lining really bert it concealed the fact that it wasn't a very good speech at all. there were mixed messages. on one hand, a tax on —— attacks onjeremy messages. on one hand, a tax on —— attacks on jeremy corbyn but the policies put forward were all interventionist. i think it was ed miliband who first talked about the energy capa miliband who first talked about the energy cap a little while ago which was then dismissed as marxist by the conservative party. it was a confusing speech, it lacked the energy it needed even before the prankster moved in and that serious security breach happened. the speech really wasn't very good. and what about the leader in theresa may? many have said that was the most personal of speeches she has given

in her tenure as prime minister?m was more candid, she talked about her struggle to have children and her struggle to have children and her growing up her struggle to have children and hergrowing up in her struggle to have children and her growing up in the conservative party, she has been an activist for a very long time. partly because of her vulnerability and partly because she knows the other group of voters turned off in this election voted forjeremy corbyn because they did not like systems of nowhere. that was one really good policy in this. it shows... on organ donation? it shows a more warm conservative party which is what they got to do to win people back. dia, the prankster, no suggestion it had anything to do with the foreign secretary, he was making a pun of year is your p45 from borisjohnson. making a pun of year is your p45 from boris johnson. how making a pun of year is your p45 from borisjohnson. how much of a distraction has he been? the inability resulted from that devastating result for her, for

theresa may and her party that we saw injune. she is not in a position to sack anybody, let alone someone with quite a lot of grassroots like borisjohnson but you can see how he frustrates his fellow mps, if you like. he is popular with the grass roots but not so much as colleagues. he goes and says things like the comment he made on syria yesterday, then you have other colleagues on radio 4 whatever, trying to defend him. it is distracting and takes away from the focus. nobody really appreciates that. pool all that together, where does this leave theresa may? what we re does this leave theresa may? what were the mutterings, it's all in the coffees and the lunches, and the gossip in the corridors? it doesn't really change the picture, mps know that they looked for getting of someone that they looked for getting of someone for having a cold, they want rid of her that they cannot do that during brexit negotiations. pete

transition —— the transition could create a sense of dread in the conservative party that the next couple of years will not be happy for them and these policy solutions will increase a sense in the labour party that the conservatives will not make changes they need to do to defeat them properly next time. the where —— the wear and tear on a government remains to be seen that thatis government remains to be seen that that is where we are now. food for thought, thank you to both of you for your time this evening. the spanish government had not accepted it. let's get the latest on this story from our correspondent, gavin lee, you are in barcelona for us. gavin lee, you are in barcelona for us. what is the latest on this argy—bargy? us. what is the latest on this argy-bargy? the sense is, the

cata la n argy-bargy? the sense is, the catalan president spoke in his palace, to the region, and said that what he wants to see is calm, it is a message of serenity. there are moments to come which will be unpredictable but we can do this smoothly. he said that he was aware that yesterday there was the flag and this —— the catalan flag and the spanish flag all over. 700,000 people were demonstrating. it wasn't only for independence but because they were condemning violence by police at the ballot boxes of the band referendum on sunday. he talked about the king, saying that he missed a chance. he said yesterday, when the king gave the tv address to the nation, but it could bring together both sides and he missed it, he took the government line in condemning the break of the constitution and being angry, calling the instigators of

separatist parties. he spoke in spanish to say that he wanted to express solidarity for all of those in spanish regions like madrid to say those small protests, he appreciated them but stepping back on it, he said this is a man who can do this. but he did not explain how, on monday, the day we think there will be a unilateral declaration of independence, he did not explain how it would work. detail is lacking from him and that will be speculation from lawyers and government experts perhaps, on how this could potentially move forward, if at all? this is howl see it this could potentially move forward, if at all? this is how i see it come on monday morning there will be an extraordinary meeting held by the cata la n extraordinary meeting held by the catalan government. they will talk about this transition and they want the act and transition to independence. they only agreed on it about a month ago. there was a lot of uproar in the spanish government

because only the catalans agreed to it but it is claiming judicial control and policing control, in days, weeks or months, they will set it in motion here in barcelona in parliament on monday night. if it happens, the next chess movement will be to enact article 155 of the constitution to take over the cata la n constitution to take over the catalan government. it's interesting, because carles puigdemont was asked by the bbc yesterday whether he was hoping will people were the streets to galvanise public support because it is worth saying since the police attempted to suffocate the band referendum, more people have told me and colleagues that they are on the streets and won the right to referendum or to independence because of what has happened. it is interesting how this plays out we are days away and the ppe party of mariano rajoy, the sponge prime minster, calls on people here and elsewhere to rise

up. using the flag to show your strength of unity in days to come. webb gavin lee in barcelona, thank you. these are the headlines on bbc news. here, theresa may promises to fix britain's energy and housing markets but she struggles through her speech at the conservative conference. president trump is in las vegas, meeting some of the injured survivors of the concert attack in which 58 people were killed. and, as we havejust heard, the catalan leader calls for mediation with spain over the band independence vote. but, he says the result must be applied. and an update on the market numbers for you. let's return to one of those

headline stories. as we've been hearing, president trump is in las vegas to meet families of the victims of sunday's mass shooting. police still haven't established the motive of the gunman, stephen paddock, who killed 58 people. in its wake, gun control advocates are renewing calls for tightening regulation on firearms, but the president has said any debate on the issue is "not for now". clive myrie reports. the right to bare arms in america comes from the constitution that founded the nation, but how easy is it to get one? i want to buy a gun, i've come in off the street. what's the process? you know what you're looking for? i want a gun for self defence. to protect my family in my home. ok, how often do you plan to shoot this firearm? only if there are bad guys around. so maybe once in a blue moon? i'm hoping never. this is a revolver. wow, that's big. he'll check my id and, crucially, contact the fbi to check out my background. stephen paddock, the las vegas massmurderer, his background checks

were as clean as a whistle. you're selling killing machines. currently were not selling killing machines, we're selling anything from sporting to self defence to recreational to hunting right now. what the maniac, the psycho behind the gun decides to do with it, that's not our intention. i asked to see the most powerful weapon in the shop and i trigger a visceral response from andy, feelings ingrained in the soul of middle america. these look very military style, what would you use these for? why would anyone buy one of those? the government has it and i should be able to have it. is that the reasoning? it's one of them, it's one of the reasons the second amendment was written. if the government has more powerful weapons than we do, then they can overthrow us. distrust of federal power forged this nation and today fires up the gun lobby. like anyone, most gun shop owners were sickened by last sunday's mass shootings but they,

like millions of americans, believe these weapons are the only guarantee of freedom. no freedom, no life. gun—control advocates beware. we know exactly what you are trying to do which is demonise those with firearms and gun owners. there's going to be a time when we put our foot down and i hope it's not any time soon, i hope we never have to. but there will be a time when it will come. clive myrie reporting. the bbc‘s 100 women season is challenging a team of female experts in silicon valley to come up with a product to help women in the workplace. they have until friday when they'll reveal their prototypes to a group of experts. nuala mcgovern is following their progress. welcome to the playground at silicon valley, where geeks come to invent things and we have a team of women experts for the first ever bbc 100

women challenge and we've asked them to create a prototype of something that will help us to smash the glass ceiling by friday... no, that isn't then... this is then! hello, how are you getting on? day three, how is it looking? is looking great, and feeling very enthusiastic. one thing that spoke to us was how one of our case studies mentions she's got a ha rd case studies mentions she's got a hard time being heard in meetings and speaking up, i think we can all attest to that so we want to build something that will address that need not just by something that will address that need notjust by empowering the individual but by soliciting others to be their allies. so, what with that look like? we have a role for the ally and the authority. we set an intention before the meeting and an intention before the meeting and a mobile app recording the meeting and doing a bunch of natural language processing. so it is an app, tech paste, we are in silicon

valley. what do they come to you for? teams are put together in order to have experts contribute to the solution but it doesn't always happen. so it isn'tjust an issue of one case study but in general, in a group of eight only three people will speak 67% of the time so what they are developing will help everyone. we keep making sure of what we know about research. are we on track? absolutely! the optimism! our other team... on track? absolutely! the optimism! ourotherteam... ican on track? absolutely! the optimism! our other team... i can see at the desk already, come on in! hello, you have a lot of pictures here. how are you getting on with the challenge? it is going really well, we have two streams of work going on. the first is wearable technology that we talked about yesterday, and it is for women. you have prototypes from the printer? can you show us? they are right here, we were working on

the form factor and as you can see, it has to be discreet and small. we also had to put in electronics. that is why we are also working out the form factor. you need to put technology in this small prototypes. that is similar, one part that is very easily accessible. and the other part? to bring in our allies, the men, we are working on an exponential installation that will help men experience how it feels to bea help men experience how it feels to be a woman in tax. ok, this is day three and it is just the beginning of day three. day three, day four, day five... can they achieve it? can women change the world in one week? stay with us. it's the bbc‘s 100 women on the bbc. you can follow the progress of the task at bbc.co.uk/100women. the man at the centre of a complex rescue operation from a disused

mineshaft in cornwall has told the bbc he didn't think he'd make it out alive. andrew williams from south wales spent six hours underground near st just. he's now recovering from a broken pelvis and spinal injuries in hospital — and has been talking exclusively to clare casson. trapped underground, deep beneath the cliffs. for andrew and his rescuers, it was a test like no other. he had been on an organised group walk when they went to check out a tunnel. so how did he end up 50 feet below? how did you cope? should he have been there, and could it happen again? so, i got my torch and started walking. i knew some other people were walking behind, then the floor just other people were walking behind, then the floorjust dropped away. there was a big chasm below. i thought, i don't want to fall down there. but there was... somebody had

made a bridge, it looks like railway sleepers. as i stepped across and stood on the second, itjust broke. down i went. banging each side as i was falling down. then i remember stopping and feeling a searing pain. the coming hours were crucial, focusing on family and friends got andrew through it. i thought of my children while i was down there. and my mum. and erica, she was there with me. but it was... yeah, i really didn't think that i would come out of there. i did think that this could be... this could be it. i deal it... yeah, i was thinking the worst. and what about that moment when you did see the sky, finally?

ooh, i never thought it would come. it was such a relief, i cannot thank them enough. he was shaking, he was blue. he was covered in the mine. it was quite scary. i shed many tears while i was down there from the pain but i shed a tear of emotion when i saw the sky and i remember clearly seeing the light come. the mine entrance is right on the coastal path, so anybody walking along that coastal path will see that mine entrance. there is nothing to stop anybody walking in there. anybody could walk in there, children could walk in there. how do you feel about that now? and the i understand if somebody fell down there about 20 yea rs somebody fell down there about 20 years ago, in exactly the same spot that i did, ifeel like it has happened once, it has happened

twice. i believe in access to everybody for these things but with some everybody for these things but with so m e safety everybody for these things but with some safety limits. and a lucky backpack. as i fell, my backpack took the impact for what would have been my back and the back of my head. i think if i did not have a backpack on, i think it would be com pletely backpack on, i think it would be completely different. so yeah, we are best friends now, my backpack and i. we have been lots of places together but i believe that was pivotal in me getting away with my life that day. they are now raising money to buy the rescue was more specialist equipment, just a small way, they say, of showing their thanks. a fantastic rescue story there. china has been holding its annual lantern light festival. the show, which dates back more than a 2000 years, marks the return of spring — with the lighting of

feet high and 300 feet long. among the biggest attractions was a 3d light display depicting the full moon on the lake. you saw it glowing beautifully over the water. time for a look at the weather. thank you. good evening. we have some thank you. good evening. we have some water falling from the sky, it has been quite a wet day in south—west scotland and northern ireland, north—west england. it pushes further south at the moment. south of the weather front, squeeze in the wind overnight, gusts of 40, 50, even 60 mph. a little bit of travel disruption but it should be on

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