really short ends. yes, absolutely. is that difficult for singing then? no, it's better. there's not so much of a diphthong on the end there. in that way, it's a bit closer to the italian. yorkshire is closer to italian? in that way. fantastic. and, to end, i set them a little challenge. could you do this — verdi's la donna e mobile — in a barnsley style? # lasses are brussen things, shift like the seasons...# i think we're onto a winner. we just need that top note now. he hits top note applause david sillito, bbc news, salford. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. hello, over the next few days the

winds are going to be picking up once again and this area of cloud is oui’ once again and this area of cloud is our next storm. it's just been named by the irish match service as storm bryan, wet and windy weather in time for the weekend. things are calm at the moment, we have a lot of wrist and fork which is continuing to lift and fork which is continuing to lift and we could get some brighter skies —— the mist fog which is continuing to lift. earlier in staffordshire, very grey and gloomy. now we have some rain, the wettest weather moving up some rain, the wettest weather moving up across some rain, the wettest weather moving up across east wales, up into the midlands and northern england and we have this rain in northern ireland, given how wet it's been recently there may be some flooding. it's turning wet and windy across south—west wales and the south—west of england. it is calm in the south—east, it should feel warmer. however, we have gales on the way for this evening in the south—west, running through the english channel for a while and it's a messy picture overnight. windy weather across the

south, all those seeing some spells of rain whether winds are like northern england northwards, we'll see more mist, fog and low cloud, particularly gloomy over the hills. a mild night, no frost in store. some early sunshine creeping through in northern ireland, coming into the south—west of england, south wales, whether winds light of further north it will stay grey and gloomy for longer. the rain tending to peter out. later in the day we have more wind and rain arriving, close to northern ireland and the far south—west. temperatures tomorrow where they should be at this time of year. the rain arriving in the west courtesy of cup storm brian, the weather front sweeping through quickly over nor. as the centre of the storm gets closer to the uk the winds will continue to strengthen and the strongest winds will be on saturday across southern and western areas of england and wales, gusts of 50 inland, 60—70 is likely on the coasts and given some big waves and coinciding with spring tides, there may be some coastal flooding as

well. where we have those strongest of the winds. a windy day for many of the winds. a windy day for many of us on saturday. whilst that rain band will have swept through there will be a whole packet of showers coming in from the west and the showers will be rather heavy and prolonged as well. as we head into the second half of the weekend, probably not quite as windy. again, we will find some sunshine and some showers. temperatures a little bit lower on sunday, 12—14d. just behind me here we've got more wind and rain. it really is very unsettled over the outlook. that's all from the bbc news at one. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. good afternoon. there are more questions over the leadership

of the football association after what's been described as a "shambolic performance" in front of a parliamentary select committee yesterday. fa chairman, greg clarke and chief executive, martin glenn were among key fa figures who responded to claims they inadequately addressed claims of discrimination made against ex—england women's boss mark sampson. i have worked with the fa for many yea rs. i have worked with the fa for many years. there is a willingness to change but there is an inability to lead into that change. the evidence now suggests that i don't think anybody would have confidence in whistle—blowing. chairman come, chairman go and we are still circulating with the similar types, similar problems and that is why i keep saying, football needs a structural change, looking at ways of recruiting, how people are recruited and how transparent that

process and opportunities for proper representation for people involved in the game. interim england women's head coach mo marley said she would "100%" consider picking eni aluko. yesterday the fa apologised for comments made to aluko by former manager mark sampson. the chelsea forward hasn't played for england since april last year. marley will oversee a friendly against france on friday, followed by world cup qualifiers against bosnia—herzegovina and kazakhstan in november. chelsea manager antonio conte says manchester united manager jose mourinho needs to "look at himself" and stop talking about his former side. conte has complained about chelsea's injuries this season and said his side were in an "emergency situation"after their 3—3 champions league draw with roma last night. mourinho, who had two spells as chelsea boss, said there are other managers who always "cry" about injuries. i never speak about injuries. other

managers, they cry, they cry, they cry when some player is injured. i don't cry. i think the way to do it is to ignore the players that are injured. it is to focus on the players that are available, to give confidence on the players that are available. but, ifi confidence on the players that are available. but, if i want to moan and cry like the others, i can cry for the next five minutes. zlatan ibrahimovic, paul pogba, marouane fellaini, marcos rojo, i can cry. but i don't. what is your reaction to that? do you think it was for me? yes. he has to think about his team. to look at himself, not the others. i think that a lot of the time, jose mourinho has two c not what is

happening at chelsea. what do you mean by that? to think of his team. england's women cricketers have played an inter—squad game to prepare for the ashes after two of their warm up games were washed out by rain. the series starts on sunday and head coach mark robinson admits they've not had the ideal preparation. two practice games rained off. we had no opposition today and the ground was still only half of it. we had to put a net up one half of the morning and do some practice. in the afternoon, we managed to get the net down, it was ok. we got some practice. not as good as playing games but at least we have got something in. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the eu's 28 leaders are arriving in brussels this lunchtime

for a summit at which they're expected to conclude that the uk has not yet offered enough in the brexit talks to start to discuss trading relationships. theresa may will have a chance to influence the debate when she speaks this evening. in the past half hour, the prime minister spoke to journalists as she arrived in brussels. this is about taking stock, it is also about looking head to how we can tackle the challenges we share across europe. that means two continue to cooperate, co—operation which must be at the heart of a strong partnership we want to build together. we'll be looking at the progress made in our exit negotiations and looking at setting out ambitious plans for the weeks ahead. particularly, iwant out ambitious plans for the weeks ahead. particularly, i want to see an urgency in reaching an agreement on citizens rights, but also this council isn't just about

on citizens rights, but also this council isn'tjust about our exit negotiations, it is also about various other really important issues, defence, security, counterterrorism and migration. i will be showing how the uk will play a full role. if you are here with the primary role of progressing brexit talks, the eu are saying britain has two compromise, are you willing to budge? i set out in florence, an ambitious agenda for oui’ florence, an ambitious agenda for our future florence, an ambitious agenda for ourfuture partnership. at the heart of that remains cooperation on the keyissues of that remains cooperation on the key issues and dealing with the shared challenges we face. that speech set out that ambitious vision andi speech set out that ambitious vision and i look forward to progress that in the weeks ahead. we will be talking about a variety of issues today. i set out britain's vision in the florence speech and i look forward to discussing that, but also migration, defence, security and the

shared issues across europe and the uk wants to continue to play a full role cooperating with the eu in dealing with these. theresa may as she arrived a short time ago. we will bring you plenty more coverage this afternoon. as sexual harassment and rape allegations mount against the hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, the actor tippi hedren says sexual harassment is nothing new in hollywood and that harvey weinstein is not an anomaly. ms hedren has written about how director alfred hitchcock harassed her, and possibly damaged her career when she rejected his advances. the bbc‘s james cook has been talking to her at home in southern california. i was really angry that he would have pulled that on me. it was so unnecessary and just so, so degrading. because he was essentially saying, sleep with me or

i will essentially saying, sleep with me or iwill ruin essentially saying, sleep with me or i will ruin your career? exactly, thatis i will ruin your career? exactly, that is exactly what he was saying. i thought it was sad because we had such a good working relationship, everything was going so well. then to have that thrown at me and it was something i could not and would not act set under any condition. but this just doesn't happen in hollywood, it is everywhere. the thought that, it is matt cho, this is what boys do, this is what young men do, this is what men do. that is just... wrong. it's very wrong. have we reached a moment where people are beginning to accept that? is something changing? beginning to accept that? is something changing ?|j beginning to accept that? is something changing? i hope they realise this has got to change. and women have to say, i don't have to put up with this. and i won't. no, isa put up with this. and i won't. no, is a perfectly acceptable answer and

should be respected. when i sailed out the door, when he said i will ruin your career, i said, do what you have to do. when i walked out, i slammed that door so hard. the entire film crew knew what he was trying to do and they knew that i was ina trying to do and they knew that i was in a day—to—day battle with just staying out of his way. i remember, we we re staying out of his way. i remember, we were in a building and there was an elevator and alma, his wife was there. she said, i am so sorry you have to go through this. i mean, thatis have to go through this. i mean, that is what i did... but you could stop it. do you think the expose of harvey weinstein's behaviour is going to make it easierfor women

harvey weinstein's behaviour is going to make it easier for women to say no? i think it will. i think it will. i hope it will. a bbc investigation has discovered that more than 500 families have objected to a deceased relative donating an organ over the past five years, despite them being on the donor register. nhs blood and transplant says the most common reason for families overriding a loved—one's wishes, is that the donation process takes too long. mark hutchings reports. for many, becoming an organ donor is a crucially important life—and—death decision. now, data from nhs blood and transplant shows that since 2012, 505 people who had signed the donor register had that wish vetoed by their families. in the past year, the number of deceased donors was 1400, but 91 cases were blocked. under legislation, relatives don't have a right to override their loved one's pledge, but in practice, objections are being adhered to. the most frequent were from relatives who thought the donation process took too long, with other common complaints that the patient had suffered enough, or that there was divided opinion in the family.

one teenager who signed a register is clear her views should hold sway. i want the final say of what happens to me i die. when i signed, i wasn't aware of the whole thing that my family had to be supportive of the decision. and it seems like, well, what's the point of signing up if it could be overruled anyway? in 2015, in addition to the register, the welsh government introduced a policy of deemed consent under which it's assumed an individual has no objection to donating organs unless they've said otherwise. though families are still consulted. similar changes are planned in england and scotland. and the message from those promoting organ donation is, whatever the law, it is as important as ever to discuss your wishes with loved ones. mark hutchings, bbc news. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: thousands of rohingya muslims are continuing

to flee violence in myanmar and they're finding themselves stranded on the border with bangladesh. sir tom jones has become the latest celebrity to speak out following the sex scandal in hollywood involving harvey weinstein, saying that sort of behaviour happens in the music industry with both men and women. in the business news. the uk chancellor has asked financial regulators and the serious fraud office to review whether the banks hsbc and standard chartered are linked to a corruption scandal in south africa. former cabinet minister lord hain has raised concerns the banks may "inadvertently have been conduits" for laundered money. neither bank has yet commented. theresa may has vowed to make it as easy as possible for eu citizens to remain in the uk after brexit ahead of a key summit of european leaders. in a facebook post,

the prime minister insisted the application process for settled status would be "streamlined" and the cost "as low as possible". campaigners have welcomed her message but said it seemed more aimed at persuading the eu to progress brexit talks. one in four low paid workers are permanently stuck in poorly paid jobs in the uk with little chance of earning more, according to the social mobility commission. the government body says low pay is ‘endemic‘ in the uk, with women more likely to get stuck on low pay. more on this in a moment. peter hain has raised concerns about whether banks were inadvertently used to launder money siphoned out of the country. we spoke to him earlier and a number of

whistle—blowers have spoken to him and he told us what they have alleged. a massive scale of money laundering has been going on through standard chartered, hsbc and other banks, which come under uk jurisdiction and it is welcome the chancellor's referred to this to the authorities, the financial authorities, the financial authorities, including the serious fraud office because it is vital britain is taking action to identify the money, track it down and return it to the south african treasury. it is money stolen from south african taxpayers and should go back to the south african treasury so it can be spent on schools and hospitals, housing and other essential needs, not corru ptly stolen by housing and other essential needs, not corruptly stolen by those running the country politically and their business cronies. low pay is ‘endemic‘ in the uk — according to new findings from the social mobility commission. according to the government body, a quarter of low paid workers are permanently stuck in poorly paid

jobs in the uk. with little chance of earning more. it claims women are more likely to get stuck on low pay. and industries with the lowest paid jobs are retails and hospitality. alan milburn, the chair of the social mobility commission, joins us now from westminster. thank you for talking to others. you say this is endemic, why are so many people unable to move up into better paid jobs. i think it is mainly the correlation between low skills and low pay. we do have an endemic problem. we have a higher rate of low—paid in britain than in other camp parable countries. it is good news a record number of people are in work, but too many of the jobs that are created or low quality, low skill and low pay. the consequence, women especially, are being caught in this low pay trap, which has little chance of escaping and has

dire consequences for the family finances. a spokesman said the national living raise has delivered the fastest pay rise for the lowest earners in 20 years? it is true and it is extremely welcome and is helping millions of people, but it's not enough. there is more to be done and we have to find a way of breaking this vicious cycle of low skills leading to low pay in low qualityjobs. it skills leading to low pay in low quality jobs. it means skills leading to low pay in low qualityjobs. it means changes in what government does and changes in what government does and changes in what employers do. employers will have to think much more in the future about how they create, not justjobs, but how they create careers, so we get justjobs, but how they create careers, so we get this golden triangle of more pay, higher productivity and better promotion prospects for more members of staff. the difficulty seems to be with part—time workers, many of them women. they cannot get the career progression. there have been

projects put in place, the 30 hours free childcare for three to four—year—olds. that must have helped but what other initiatives are needed? we need a different mindset. this is the biggest social problem facing our country. there are more people in work and in poverty today than there are people out of work and in poverty. that is a huge change, 5 million people, mainly women, trying to do the right thing, they are not shirk is, they are strivers but they don't earn enough to escape poverty. the government needs to make this the top priority. the chancellor needs top priority. the chancellor needs to reflect that in his forthcoming budget. if we can improve pay, we could also improve productivity and the trick is, for employers in particular, think about ways of designing their internal labour market so there are genuine opportunities for people to move up and get on. thank you very much for

talking to us. lets take a look at some other business news we are following today growth in china has slowed slightly. the world's second largest economy grew 6.8% in the three months to september — down from 6.9% in the previous quarter. china is trying to rein in debt and contain a housing bubble without hurting growth. those efforts are expected to have weighed on economic activity in some areas, but growth has been supported by higher—than—expected rise in trade and bank lending. the figures come as china holds its communist party congress to determine the country's direction for the next term. you might remember we told you about japan's kobe steel that was at the centre of a scandal over faked test results. well, today, toyota, honda and mazda have come to its defence saying its aluminium components are safe to use. this has eased fears that kobe's scandal could have affected the safety of its products. hundreds of other companies around the world are still checking their products. and the creative industries federation has warned that uk—made films, music, adverts and video games could be hit by a post—brexit restriction on immigration, harming the economy. according to the trade body — the sector generates $87 billion a year —

it warns that could be at risk if more limits are put on who firms can hire. just checking with the markets. we had some disappointing retail figures. that has pushed down the pound. it did help offset some losses early on the ftse 100, pound. it did help offset some losses early on the ftse100, which is still in negative territory. there is an inverse relationship between the ftse 100 there is an inverse relationship between the ftse100 and stirling. many international companies did get a boost when overseas earnings were converted. there was a weak third—quarter update from unilever, whose brands include dove, marmite, ben and jerry ‘s. share price down 4.9%. we have the nasdaq, wall street is still to open but

yesterday after trading for an hour we had results from ebay, which were lower than expected. the online marketplace is relying on lending to catch up with amazon. it still sold goods worth nearly 22 billion in the months to september. that's all the business news. this week's women 100 scheme is tackling sexual harassment on public transport. we have been following a tea m transport. we have been following a team of five experts as they attempt to come up with novel and bespoke solutions. it may look like an ordinary bus but in 2a hours, it will be completely transformed. it is a big part of some of the solutions experts have been coming up with. they have had brainstorming sessions, focus groups and gone through countless cups of

coffee as they try to persuade countries around the world that this is not too big to tackle. let's start with hannah, you drove a train on the london underground for 13 yea rs. on the london underground for 13 years. sexual harassment on public transport is a big problem, but it is severely underreported, why is that? it is down to society, we are either too busy, we are embarrassed. you are ashamed, i think there is a lot of shame in ladies this has happened to, which is completely wrong. because they did not do the bad act. some people don't know it has happened to them and some people are thinking, just let me get out of here because the effect, i am shaking, iam here because the effect, i am shaking, i am sweating and really upset, so let me get out of here.

hopefully in the future, these people will come back and report it, but we know it is severely underreported at the moment. as we have seen with other incidents of harassment, with the #metoo, there has been a lot of silence around this issue. that is something the experts have been thinking about. what kind of solutions are you thinking about? when we were looking for solutions, it is a big problem and we can tackle it in different ways. the way we have chosen to tackle it is how we can educate people more about what they need to do, eitherasa people more about what they need to do, eitheras a bystander, so to safely intervene, or what they need to do if something has happened to them. but to mobilise the people on public transport to do something. because there is not only silence and underreporting from people it

has happened to put a lot of silence that goes on around these incidents on public transport. we are going to transform the bus. up stores here will be inexperienced that talks about the issues, because people don't realise how serious it is and how pervasive it is. and downstairs will be more about the education, it will be more about the education, it will be more about the education, it will be fun and performative and then we have a tech solution as well, will hopefully be something we will prototype, but hopefully revert suture allows both people who are victims and people around them. all in 2a hours! it will be unbelievable to see what you come up with. solutions here on the 100 women's challenge this year. let's have a look at the weather. our second name storm has been named

as storm brian. this hides a deepening area of low pressure that will bring wind and rain in time for the weekend. things are calm and we have had a lot of mist and low cloud thatis have had a lot of mist and low cloud that is lifting. low cloud across many parts of the country. it will brighten up in the south—east, in kent by example. different story earlier in staffordshire where we had the low cloud. it rained quite heavily, running away from east wales across the midlands and into northern england. at the same time we have more rain in northern ireland and that could lead to more flooding as it turns wet and windy across the west wales and the south—west of england. karma in the south—east and it should feel warm the sunshine does come out. the wind is picking up for a while in the south—west in the english channel and quite likely. misi picture overnight. a lot of cloud overnight and we will see rain from time from time to time. wind is strong in the south and lighter in the north

weather will be more missed, fog and like cloud. no frost once again. that has been a theme this month. gradually improvement through the day as the rain peters out but we have a lot of low cloud where the winds are still light in northern england and scotland. the winds pick up england and scotland. the winds pick up later in northern ireland in the far south—west, more rain on the way. temperatures where they should be at this time of year. here is storm brian arriving in time for the weekend. the rain moves through quickly, but it is the centre of this deep and large area of low pressure gets closer to the uk, so the winds will start to strengthen. the strongest winds will be across southern and western part of england and wales. inland, 50 miles an hour. around the coast, 60, 70 miles an hour. this is saturday, the peak of the wind. combined with spring tides, we may get some flooding in

coastal areas. windy day on saturday, not just coastal areas. windy day on saturday, notjust across the southern and western areas but for many parts of the uk. eastern parts of the uk not doing bad for sunshine but showers packing into the west and they will be heavy and persistent. the centre of the low pressure i’u ns persistent. the centre of the low pressure runs away to the north of scotland, so the pressure is rising and that means the winds will not be and that means the winds will not be a strong on sunday. 12 or 13 degrees. sunshine and showers on the way but the next band of rain accompanied by strong winds is waiting in the wings for the start of next week. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy.

today at 2pm. deal or no deal — theresa may is urged to give an ultimatum to the eu summit in brussels. that speech that i've set out in florence set out that ambitious vision and i look forward to us being able to progress that in the weeks ahead. recorded crime passes the five million mark — for the first time in 10 years. there's a particular rise in violence. deepening crisis in catalonia — as spain triggers the process of direct rule. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — hugh. the fallout to that parliamentary inquiry into the fa. yes, simon, good afternoon, we'll have more on as you say, the big fallout from the fa's appearance in front of a parliamentary inquiry yesterday, many calling for a change at the top of english football's governing body. thanks hugh, and darren has all the weather —