is a new rift opening up at the top of government over brexit? this time over the possibility of leaving without a deal. theresa may vows to spend money now preparing for a no deal brexitjust after the chancellor says no cash till the last moment. every pound we spend on contingent preparations for a hard customs border is a pound that we can't spend on the nhs or social care or education or deficit reduction. we are preparing for every eventuality. we are committing money to prepare for brexit, including a no deal scenario. and there are reports of a row about it in cabinet. we'll bring you the latest. also tonight... the government is forced to defend its welfare reform amid accusations it's driving people into poverty. she's sold everything. she told her telly. she sold her mobile phone. she sold everything. she's got really nothing left apart from the couch we are sat on and the bed she sleeps in. she's got nothing left.

hollywood power broker turned pariah. harvey weinstein‘s wife announces she's leaving him as allegations of sexual harassment mount up. now you can safely dip your soldiers into runny eggs, thanks to a chicken vaccination programme. and lights, camera, aktion! why have english novels set in cornwall been a hit tv series for decades — in germany? and coming up on sportsday on bbc news. a lionel messi hat—trick spurs argentina to the world cup in russia next year. they'll be joined by cristiano ronaldo's portugal. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister and her chancellor appeared to be at odds today in planning

for the possibility of the uk leaving the eu without a deal. philip hammond told mps that taxpayers‘ money will not be set aside for a no brexit deal until the very last moment. butjust over an hour later, theresa may said the government is committing money to prepare for every brexit eventuality, including "no deal" — £250 million this year. pro brexit mps rounded on the chancellor, with one calling the treasury's behaviour incompetent, bordering on dishonest. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. number 11, where the money is counted. number 10, where decisions are made. and behind that scaffolding, number 9 downing st, where brexit plans are made. but when it comes to paying insurance policies in case it all goes wrong, the government can't yet agreed. chancellor.

the chancellor this morning saying we shouldn't pay that much, at least not yet. i don't believe that we should be in the business of spending, of making potentially nugatory expenditure until the very last moment when we need to do so. so we will be ready, we will spend the money in a timely fashion to ensure that we are ready but we will not spend it earlier than necessary. in other words, he's not in the mood to sign off brexit billionsjust in case there is a deal. yet cabinet sources suggest when ministers met yesterday, when they actually got in... front door, please! that there was a row around the table about precisely that. number 10 admits there was a brief conversation but denied a ding—dong. yet brexit backers are cross with what they see as the treasury's resistance and are demanding promises now. he needs to do the sums and i think you need to set aside precisely the sort of sums that we need which i would imagine would run into billions of pounds. but what we can't have is a state

of affairs where if we do terminate the negotiations or the eu indicates that it is not prepared to do a deal with us, we are then left scrambling. i think the treasury's behaviour, both in the run—up to the 23rd ofjune last year and subsequently, has been incompetent and bordering on the dishonest. it is certainly no secret many of her backbenchers are suspicious of her next—door neighbour. and the prime minister was oh so sadly given the chance by a prominent brexiteer to give her view. could she confirm then that all money necessary will be allocated as and when required to this project? we are preparing for every eventuality. we are committing money to prepare for brexit, including a no deal scenario. in some cases, departments will need to spend money before the relevant legislation has gone through the house. where money needs to be spent, it will be spent. he nodded along but to the brexiteers' ears, that

sounded like a slap on the wrist for philip hammond. but for labour, another sign of tory wars. everywhere you look, it's a government in chaos. she is afraid of the most right—wing rabid elements in her own party. she was having none of that. the honourable lady could not be more wrong. the chancellor's team believe hisjob is to be realistic about the future. chancellor, have you got the brexiteers onside? but he's a target for brexiteers who don't believe he's optimistic enough about what is next. daily demands, daily tensions, right inside the government machine. number 10 is playing down any sense of division over this issue. on paper it is true. what ministers, different ones in different departments are saying about how prepared we should be for a no deal

brexit is not very different. we'll believe there should be contingency planning and the government is spending hundreds of millions on putting some kind of arrangement in place. there are tensions there. it is just another fault line in this complicated process and another proxy for the real soul—searching inside the tory party of the kind of approach they want to take over the whole brexit process and the kind of country they really want us to be after we leave. laura, at downing street, thank you. theresa may has defended the extension of the government's flagship welfare reform amid concerns even from her own backbenches. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says universal credit, which merges six working—age benefits into a single payment, is driving up debt, poverty and homelessness. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has met one young woman who's had to sell virtually all her possessions as eight months after first claiming the credit, she's still not received a penny. hello, holly! hello.

there is yourfood parcel. when you have nothing, small mercies can mean everything. this is holly sargent‘s umpteenth food parcel. she first applied for universal credit eight months ago. she is still waiting for her first payment. without her mother's help, she would be destitute. how have you got by, beyond your mother, what else have you had to do? starve. everything she owns, she has sold everything. she sold her telly. she sold her mobile phone. she sold everything. so why have you got a telly in the corner that doesn't work? it makes it look more homely. it doesn't look like a gap, like something is missing. holly sold her working tv to make £40. this broken one came from a friend. basically the next thing that is going to go will be the sofa. and i will be sitting on the table. admin failures with universal credit, problems at the job centre, and vulnerable mental health all

contributed to eight miserable months. asa as a parent it is soul destroying, to listen to your daughter on the phone telling you she is starving. i am sorry. phone telling you she is starving. i am sorry. and not being able to physically help her. the problems now with universal credit where predicted in the welsh valleys three yea rs predicted in the welsh valleys three years ago. housing association here to pa rt years ago. housing association here to part in a government commissioned research project which showed just 6% of housing benefit recipients had any savings. the social housing provider warned ministers people would struggle to go weeks without money. they knew it in 2014. inexcusable really back in 2017 we have a ship that has sailed in terms of the universal credit coming in but the lifeboats have not been built and but the lifeboats have not been builtand are but the lifeboats have not been built and are only being launched after the event. for charities tackling poverty in one of the poorest areas in britain, universal

credit is yet another challenge. daily they meet the families who simply cannot cope. these people are suffering. we should not be having that. so people like us need to voice, stand up for everybody, and stop it. hi, holly. my mother back at holly's that her support worker arrives to begin another universal credit claim. this will be the tenth claim full she has had no money since february, nothing at all. every time i see holly you can see more changed in her. i'm here to help and i am physically struggling to help her. holly's lack of money means her son who lives with her mum is no love able to stay the night. what is the worst part? not being able to see my son. i cannot sit and

watch this for much longer.m able to see my son. i cannot sit and watch this for much longer. it has come to a point where my child does not even know who i am. all she is asking for is £54 a week. michael, it is harrowing to hear that story. universal credit, simplifying the benefits, was generally welcomed by most. what is going on? it is welcomed for the reason that it simplifies the benefits system and bring six of them into one monthly payment. what them into one monthly payment. what the government is saying is for the vast majority of people it is working well and they have been paid within the expected six—week period. they have evidence it is moving people into work faster and keeping them in work longer than previous benefits would have done. if you are out of a job and have universal

credit you have potentially have some savings. the problems they are having our with the most vulnerable. people who cannot find work. money apply their benefits stopped and they have to wait up to six weeks for that money. they are finding these people simply can't cope for that length of time. that was a government commissioned study. in 2014 research was there to prove people on housing benefit did not have any money. ministers have said if you're struggling for money you can getan if you're struggling for money you can get an advance payment. what is happening in a lot of places is people are saying they're not being told about the advance payment and then when they get it you have to begin paying almost immediately leaving them financially short. the spanish prime minister has given the catalan government until monday to confirm whether the region has declared independence or not. mariano rajoy has also rejected any mediation to resolve the crisis. it follows a declaration of independence by the catalan government yesterday but for it to be suspended. our europe editor, katya adler, is in barcelona.

the spanish prime minister is ratcheting up the pressure on the catalan leader. he is. here's piling on the pressure as much as he possibly can. in fact, he has given the catalan president only until am on monday to decide if he is declaring independence or not. if he is the spanish by mr has threatened the spanish government with launching article 155 of the spanish costa bish —— constitution. it means giving the right to take away their own powers and governed region early customer is known as the spanish primers to's nuclear option. the catalan president has his own nuclear option, to declare unilateral independence from spain. neither man wants to be the first to press the red button until they are trying to throw the ball into each other‘s ought. at the same time they

are both under enormous pressure from the own political circles to stand firm and not link first. cata la ns stand firm and not link first. catalans here are telling us they find all this tension and uncertainty exhausting about desperately hoping it can all be resolved peacefully. buckingham palace has announced that the queen will not lay a wreath at the cenotaph on remembrance sunday this year. the prince of wales will lay the floral tribute on her behalf. the queen and the duke of edinburgh will observe the ceremony from the foreign office balcony. the british wife of hollywood producer harvey weinstein has announced she's leaving him following a torrent of allegations of sexual harassment and rape from a number of actresses. she described her husband's alleged behaviour as "unforgivable". angelina jolie and gwyneth paltrow are the latest women to come forward and the obamas have added their voice to the condemnation of a man who was one of the most powerful in hollywood. bafta has suspended mr weinstein's membership. nick bryant reports. the namesjust keep on coming. from a—list actresses to women who just wanted to break

into the movie and tv industry. one after one, claiming harvey weinstein sexually abused or harassed them. he denies many of the accusations. but now his wife of ten years has decided to leave him, horrified by what she has been hearing. the british fashion designer georgina chapman described her husband's actions as unforgivable and said, "my heart breaks for all the women who have suffered tremendous pain". the new zealand model zoe brock claimed the producer harassed her the cannes film festival in the late 1990s. harvey walked out of the room and came back in naked. he came back naked? naked. what did you say? and he said that he wanted a massage, could i give him a massage? and i said, no. the british actress romola garai says she was left feeling violated when weinstein auditioned her as an 18—year—old. harvey developed a love of reading... from a stage at the white house

michelle obama once lauded this major democratic party fundraiser. this is possible because of harvey. he is a wonderful human being. but finally the obamas, whose oldest daughter malia conducted an internship at the weinstein company this summer, have issued a statement saying they are disgusted. silver linings playbook. but this joke at the oscars nomination ceremony four years ago begs the question, what did hollywood know and when did it know it? congratulations, you five ladies no longer have to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. this is the mew york headquarters of the weinstein company, which sacked its co—founder on sunday. it is said to be considering a change of name. the company faces the same questions as the industry as a whole. did it protect him? did it enable him? was this an open secret that friends and colleagues simply chose to ignore? as the revelations keep coming, so do the repercussions. bafta has just suspended weinstein

from its membership, effective immediately. the call for accountability is getting louder. all of this harassment, it's absolutely horrible. i feel terrible for the women and i'm glad they are speaking out. i think it takes a lot of guts. maybe we are at a tipping point. weinstein is said to be seeking treatment but friends and colleagues are repelling a mogul who this time last week was one of the most powerful and most magnetic personalities in movies. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. our top story this evening. new differences appear to open up at the top of government, this time over the possibility of a no deal brexit. and still to come — a fashion show with a very different message. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. we pay tribute to manchester united and england legend sir bobby charlton on the special occasion of his 80th birthday.

if you love your eggs runny, this is good news for you. for the last 30 years, the advice has been to make sure they're hard boiled if you're pregnant, elderly or a young child, because of fears about salmonella. but now the food standards agency says it's fine to eat them even if they're runny or even raw. the new advice comes after a vaccination programme and improvements to animal welfare. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. eggs. tasty, nutritious, full of vitamins and cheap. but nearly 30 years ago, a scare over salmonella in eggs meant vulnerable groups like pregnant women and small children were advised to avoid having them runny. it was the then—conservative junior health minister edwina currie who in 1988 wrongly declared that most eggs were infected with salmonella. that prompted a collapse in egg sales and mrs currie's resignation.

there was a problem with salmonella and eggs, although not on the scale suggested by mrs currie. now flocks like this one in the lake district are salmonella—free. that's down to a massive vaccination programme launched in the 1990s, along with improvements to animal welfare. and there's also the red lion mark, detailing which farm an egg comes from and a best before date, guaranteeing the eggs are now safe. we know from back in the ‘80s when all the scare started, there was an issue with eggs. but the lion standard is a fully independently audited code of practice that makes sure that we have standards on the farm that makes sure we can't have any of those disease problems ever again. now, my generation pretty much grew up on soft boiled eggs and soldiers as very much standard fare. but in the wake of the salmonella egg scandal 30 years ago, where does all that leave today's youngsters? they are the perfect food for growing children. alice, just seven months, and her sister lucy, nearly four, love their eggs.

packed full of vitamin d, protein and valuable omega 3 fatty acids, mum catherine finds they are the ideal quick meal for both lucy and the baby. she is just learning about food now and eggs are brilliant because you can boil them, you can break them into bits and she can handle them, so we can do baby—led weaning with it. and when you are in a rush, they are dead easy. british chickens produce more than ten thousand million eggs a year. now we know those carrying the lion mark can be enjoyed by young and old alike. dominic hughes, bbc news, the lake district. the energy regulator says it will extend its price cap on energy bills for a million low—income households, saving them on average £120 a year. but a wider cap, proposed by the prime minister last week for millions more customers, is unlikely to happen before the winter. schools in england are focusing on tests and exams rather than giving pupils a good grounding in a wide range of subjects. that's according to the head of ofsted, the education watchdog.

amanda spielman says the focus on gcses and national curriculum tests, known as sats, can at worst leave students with only a flimsy understanding of the subject. a gang of moped robbers who carried out 103 phone robberies injust 18 days have been jailed for more than 13 years. one of those targeted was the former chancellor, george osborne, seen here at the zebra crossing. ringleader claude parkinson and two other teenagers singled out pedestrians texting or making calls before mounting the pavement and snatching their phones. as we've reported before, there's been an alarming rise in the number of acid attacks on british streets. plans to restrict the sales of corrosive substances are now under way. in bangladesh, where acid attacks were a common occurrence, new laws have seen a dramatic fall. bangladeshi women who've survived attacks are now raising awareness here in britain. tulip mazumdar has met some of them and just to warn you, some of their injuries are very severe.

these women were expected to run and hide from the world after they were attacked with acid. today, though, they‘ re doing the opposite. but it has been a long and painful process for them to get to this point. i put lipstick on my lips and i changed my hairstyle. so really looking nice. nahar was 15 when she rejected the advances of a teenage boy in bangladesh. and one night, he came to her house and doused her in acid. after my attack i started my life off. i had to go back to my studies, but now i'm more confident and i think i cannot change my face but i can change my life. this is your dress, it is beautiful. sonali was just two weeks

old when she was splashed with acid as she slept between her parents. that was over a dispute about land. disfiguring a girl is seen as robbing her of her most valuable asset, her beauty. bangladesh has made some progress. the government there has put restrictions on the sale of acid which has helped reduce the number of attacks to fewer than 100 every year. but countries like india, pakistan, columbia and uganda continue to see hundreds of cases annually. and most attacks still go unreported. the uk is also tightening controls on acid sales after a sharp rise in cases here. more than 400 have been reported in less than a year. these were mostly criminal gangs attacking men. with the help of actionaid uk, these women are standing up and standing proud, showing the world that they are strong and they are defiant.

translation: i have come so far after such a devastating attack. we did not lose hope. we did not hide in the house. we want other women to see us and be inspired. tulip mazumdar, bbc news, london. tulip mazumdar there with that report on some extraordinary women. they are quintessentially english romantic novels set in the rugged cornwall countryside. not that well known here, but for 20 years, they've been a fixture of sunday night viewing in a hit tv series in germany. and german fans of the cornish author rosamunde pilcher are coming in droves to cornwall to see the locations that feature in the series, and adding tens of millions of pounds to the cornish tourist industry, too. here'sjon kay. it's one of germany's biggest shows. an everyday tale of cornish folk.

and here's the result. every week, hundreds of fans turn up on a pilcher pilgrimage, to visit locations they've seen on tv. prideaux place near padstow has featured in 20 of the films. linda, her mum and grandma have come from dortmund. we saw the scenes when someone heart's reaking and someone crying on the stairs and then they fell in love together. it's incredible to be here. last year, pilcher tourism brought £50 million into the cornish economy. here at prideaux place, 80% of the tour groups now come from germany. they put in lots of fake flowers.

and the real—life owner can't believe her luck. it's wonderful. they're booked in already for next year. it's really helping keep the roof on the house. really? it makes that much of a difference? it makes that much of a difference. what would your message be to rosamunde pilcher herself? thank you, thank you, thank you. action. just outside newquay, they're shooting the 120th movie and there's no sign of them stopping. super. cut. as well as this one, there's another pilcher film being shot in cornwall at the moment and a third about to start. the films are all made in german by germans, for germans, but about cornwall. every character, all our names are english, everything is english, but we speak german. what do you think british people will make of this? a lot of them don't even realise it's going on. they think we're nuts. rosamunde pilcher is 93

and recovering from a fall. but she's said to be delighted her stories are benefiting her beloved cornwall. this is what she's so proud of, is that she's actually putting back some sort of money back into the place that she was born. pilcher‘s writing may have been underrated sometimes but there's no underestimating its value now. jon kay, bbc news, cornwall. time for a look at the weather with philip avery. the weather certainly playable today but did nothing for the cumbrian tourist industry today, 211 millimetres in the past 24—hour into the environment agency gauges, not representative of what went on across the whole of cumbria but still around 50—60 millimetres and it looked a bit like that. keswick was in there somewhere! it all came

from this great raft of cloud stretching from the south—west right up stretching from the south—west right up through the heart of wales and on towards the midlands and the north—east. it moved, thankfully, so brighter skies to be had when it got out of the way and nowhere better the idowu is. but there was a bit of shower activity in the brighter skies and the frontal system gets away, not with the intensity i've already described and underneath clearing skies, even some major towns and cities in the north down in single figures and widely in the countryside, the temperatures will be well into single figures. a chilly start to the new day but at least a sunny one and for the most pa rt least a sunny one and for the most part dry so if you see more than enough rain, this could be the day for you, not wall—to—wall sunshine come the afternoon, and is speckling of showers across northern parts, maybe the odd one in northern ireland. fresher but still a best of 17 or 18. make the most of it because on friday, a new set of france will bring cloud, wind and

rain back across scotland and northern ireland and northern and western fringes of england and wales. generally speaking, the further south and east due on friday, the greater your chance of staying fine and dry and a taste of the warmth that some of us will get to see over the weekend. i'm managing expectations, i and my collea g u es managing expectations, i and my colleagues will give you lots of chat about the temperatures getting in excess of 20 degrees into the weekend but across the northern parts of the british isles, it will be the mid—teens or so with clout and wind and rain to go with it. that is all from the bbc news at six. on bbc one, it is time for the news where you are. and an even and news. the headlines: theresa may

says she is preparing to spend money to prepare for a no deal brexitjust after the chancellor said he wouldn't spend any until the very last moment. film producer harley weinstein is suspended by bafta over allegations of sexual harassment. the academy says such behaviour has no place in the industry. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy it's it gives the catalan government until monday to say whether it is declaring independence, warning it could impose direct rule. the energy regulator ofgem says it will extend its prepayment price cap to 1 million vulnerable households this winter. buckingham palace has announced the queen will not lay a wreath at the cenotaph on remembrance sunday. the prince of wales will lay it on her behalf. ina in a moment it will be time for sports day but first a look at what else is coming up this evening. we will have the latest on the wildfires that have been ravaging

california's northern wine region, in which 17 people have died. thieves on mopeds to carry out over 100 crimes have been locked up from 13 years. we will bring you the full story. and we will review tomorrow's front pages at half past ten, or thereabouts.