is certainly on the time available is certainly more the challenge, but i think eu leaders were very much signalling this week that they acknowledge it would be in their interests to reach a sensible trading arrangements, so iremain a sensible trading arrangements, so i remain optimistic that is what has grown to be achievable. thank you very much. time for the weather now. as storm brian weakens, there is still blustery out there. whether turning brighter and drier as the day goes on. showers into western scotland, perhaps northwest england and into south wales. the best sunshine in the midlands, east anglia and southeast england into the afternoon. temperatures around 12 degrees. into tonight, showers fading, dry and clearfor a time. there is longest in eastern scotland and northeast england. rain coming

back to northern ireland, edging into western scotland and western england. milder air into western scotland and western england. milderair coming into western scotland and western england. milder air coming with this system which will take rain eased across the uk tomorrow. even into the afternoon, still close to southern and eastern parts of england, elsewhere, brighter skies coming back and feeling warmer. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the government's considering ways of making buying and selling houses faster and less stressful in england and wales. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, has warned that unless the government makes changes to the eu withdrawal bill, labour will side with conservative rebels to try to inflict a defeat parts of britain have been hit by storm brian with violent winds and rough seas. gusts of more than 120 kilometres an hour were recorded in some places. political leaders in catalonia have compared the spanish government to the former dictator, general franco, after madrid announced it would impose direct

control over the region. coming up in a few minutes our sunday morning edition of the papers — this mornings reviewers are the spectator‘s katy balls and the journalist and broadcaster rachel shabi. before the papers — sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jessica creighton. good morning. a very good morning to you. in the last suker she made its, a former fa board man has told the bbc she thinks dan ashworth's position as senegal director at the fa is untenable. the fa apologised on wednesday, racial we describe the remarks made by the former women's manager mark samson to striker any illegal. more football, and horrors

of field claim the highest profile scalp in their premier league season, it condemning manchester united to their first defeat of the season. united to their first defeat of the season. coupled with their victory over burnley, it has opened up a s—point gap at the top the table. three cheers for huddersfield town. eight teams tried and failed to beat manchester united this season, most of them failed to even score. former city midfielder aaron mooy soon that right. the portrait ashton gate to earn huddersfield a first wind over united since 1952. at a mistake for brazil town! everyone at the stadium could feel within the first few minutes one team wanted to compete and be aggressive, and one sense i was ready to give up absolutely everything and another team was not ready for that. the best team won.

that manchester city the chance to capitalise, and they make the most of it. sergio aguero became city's joint leading goal scorer and a 3—0 wind over burnley. last year's champions burnley were struggling again. antonio conte was feeling down, three goals in the last 20 minutes and proved his mood. the is did somebody to celebrate with. so the pressure eased on the chelsea boss. lester's was just finding what it was all about. michael atherton‘s first game in temporary charge latin overjoyed , first game in temporary charge latin overjoyed, honest. as a stoke two, the weather wasn't one of them, but,'s wind was. andrew surman sending them on the way to a second wind of the season. that's how to do it. was this worth waiting for. here's scores, a brilliant goal from

the substitutes, sofiane boufal! the 1-0 the substitutes, sofiane boufal! the 1—0 wind takes them tenth. same scoreline at st james' park, where mikel merino's goal left crystal palace rooted to the bottom of the table. and two big premier league games today. liverpool travelling to wembley to face spurs in a temporary home. before that, struggling everton facing arsenal with ronald koeman under pressure. the position in the table is not the position where everton needs to stay in the position on the table. that's what we need to change. i still believe in the players and i still believe in the players and i still believe in the signings we did in the summer. rangers will be aiming to make it an old firm scottish league cup final when they face motherwell this afternoon. celtic booked their place in the final with a four to max

victory over heads. the scottish office have now gone 60 domestic games unbeaten. tent of getting for goals was absolutely brilliant, cited my hat to them, because it could have been a real banana skin for us today, and i'm sure a lot of people thought that. but we don't have well and we get to our third final ina have well and we get to our third final in a year. meanwhile, in the premiership, bottom side partick thistle and their first wind of the season. thistle and their first wind of the season. it was a 21 wind of the season. it was a 21 wind of the season. there has been much success for this senior england men's team recently, but the teams are doing well. the under 17 side are through to the final after beating the united states. there was a hat—trick in the game, two before half—time, one in the second half will stop

next up, brazil germany. australia have won the opening one—day game of the women's ashes series by two wickets. this was achieved with just five balls remaining. a thrilling end to this one. the wind gives australia a 2—0 lead in the multiformat series ahead of the second one—day game on thursday. it is the dave lewis hamilton wraps up a fourth formula 1 world title. you'll be in pole is this and for tonight's grand prix in texas. his main rival sebastien bassong be alongside him on the front row. hamilton must finish at least first 01’ hamilton must finish at least first or second to stand any chance of wrapping up the title with three races to spare. saracens team narrowly beat ospreys concealing their 100% start to the championship defence. saracens got the decisive

try. both sides managed to gain a bonus point. lester tigers put seven tries against the french side. the only bonus point by half—time, and three more tries in the second half, including that one from johnny made. a team who might not make it through to the next round as glasgow, losing against leinster place, despite taking an early lead. irish trainer aidan o'brien has equalled the record for top—level winds in a flat racing year. they won at a scots, meaning that he has drawn level with the american bobby frankel. he could have beaten the record, but was twice denied in other races yesterday. two—time olympic champion jayjones praised yesterday. two—time olympic champion jay jones praised the yesterday. two—time olympic champion jayjones praised the loud london cloud as she won her first title of the year. completing, jones showed a

confident display. it avengers her defeat to the south korean end the world championships back injune.|j just want to get gold all the time. to do it in london, and to beat the girla to do it in london, and to beat the girl a beat to do it in london, and to beat the girla beat in to do it in london, and to beat the girl a beat in the world championships, it is great. bianca walkden underlined his status as one of the best in the world, gold medal in the six and kilograms class, easily beating her policy opponents to claim her third grand prix win of the season. and that is all the sport for now. now it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

with me are katy balls, political correspondent of the spectator and journalist and broadcaster rachel shabi. let's have a look at this morning's front pages then. the sunday express says what they call rogue estate agents are being targeted under tough plans drawn up by the government. the sunday times says britain's online betting industry is facing its biggest crackdown on child gambling, thanks to a campaign by the newspaper. the sunday telegraph claims theresa may is set to make concessions on universal credit, amid fears it could become her "poll tax". the observer says spain has been plunged into crisis after the prime minister, mariano rajoy, announced that he was stripping catalonia of its autonomy and imposing direct rule from madrid in a bid to crush the regional leadership's move to secede. and the mirror features a story from a soldier on the frontline, who says he was sent into a warzone with ptsd. right, let's plunge in and begin

with the sunday times. labour to back tory rebels on brexit bill. what's going on? this is the government's not so great repeal bill. they had to rename it. this is what the ideas to transpose you're into british law. we expect that come to parliament last week or this week, but website that will not happen because there are so many objections to it. around 300 amendments, these coming from tory mps are not happy with it. that means the government have a big job on their hands trying to stop those rebels. keir starmer is saying he will help theresa may on the condition... very nice! on the condition... very nice! on the condition that that she can seize his six red lines. that means writing a transition period into the bills and also a it was no deal. and

if she doesn't, he says his party will back the tory rebels with their amendments. this is a legislative nightmare that the prime minister is facing, not least but having a parliamentary majority of her own. it's interesting how the labour party are urging as the room. they are trying to mop up a mess that has been made by a government that is clueless about brexit, has not done it well and is by merrily in itself divided over how it should be done, and that has seemingly consumed the party more than the thought of the national interest. so it is quite interesting to see the shadow of sectors a come in and say, you're not going to get this through, you need to get it through, the clock is ticking, if you want to get this through then here is how. and what here's asking for are things that

arejust to do here's asking for are things that are just to do with basic accountability, keeping parliament accountable for the process, which i think is should be an democratic terms. do you get a sense of tory unease over the legislation. theresa villiers was here before, she was saying, it is posturing, it is there already, the government has said there will be a vote at the end of this process and of course the transition period will be part of the agreement. why do we need it in the agreement. why do we need it in the bill? maybe it is headline grabbing, but it won't amount to much? definitely a sense of unease, a lot of tory mps went along with the bill. just smile now,, then you can complain. i don't think the whips thought we would complain as

much as we did. these red lines, lots of them are accepted but there it is so much involved in this negotiation, it is hard to see how much you can give parliament. if parliament say no, what happens? the eu parliament, does theresa may go back to the negotiations? there are a lot of questions in how you can tie the government's hands if you are going to get brexit through. let's move on to the telegraph, rachel. there have been some bullish state m e nts rachel. there have been some bullish statements from the welfare secretary last week. the only concession the government gave over universal credit is we will. charging people 55p a minute to call the helpline. now the paper suggest there might be something more substantial going on? they saying theresa may is looking at climbing down over universal credit, which we know has been widely condemned for

just causing unnecessary delays, which have this horrendous knock—on effect. the trussell trust reported in areas where universal credit is already rolled out, they have seen a spike in foodbank usage. citizens are advised talk about people being evicted, divorce rates. just agonising misery, avoid a break. all of this is completely unnecessary. no wonder the government is facing this huge pressure to alleviate some of this distress, but it is very embarrassing for the government. this is one of their flagship programmes. as we saw in parliament would the opposition day, they face another defeat. what sort of concessions to the papers think they are moving towards? the times say they are looking at trying to get down the delay, on average it is six weeks. they are looking at times to try to reduce that to a month. but a

month is still a month too long. for people who are dependent on benefits, a couple of days could tip people into a really precarious and desperate situation. do you get the impression this is something the government has known for some time, it would have to give ground on? at some point, a pressure point would be reached because of the number of complaints there were getting from behind—the—scenes from their constituents? i get that impression to some degree, but this is a government that has so many fires it has to put out with brexit. they knew there were problems with universal credit but they didn't realise how angry some tory mps were. we saw that last week in the labour opposition day debate. they we re labour opposition day debate. they were worried they were going to lose the vote and they to take extraordinary measure to get members to go to the debate, but not vote. then it is a less significant

defeats that shows the hot water they are in. a lot of people are used to getting paid, having to wait up used to getting paid, having to wait up to fourweeks, used to getting paid, having to wait up to four weeks, so it is like the halfway point, two weeks in, two out. so that seems like a halfway point. rachel, people are paid in arrears, but in employment. so there is no reason benefit shouldn't follow that? i don't think it is a comparison. people in salaried worker or in a different situation to people who are reliant on welfare, often with families and children. not everybody who's getting this is only reliant on benefit, a lot of people will be in receipt of universal credit but also earning? yes, multiple fronts, that is another point. if people were not reliant, the amount of in work

poverty has arisen and again it is something else this government doesn't seem able to deal with. let's move on to the observer. photograph on the front of the observer under the red, yellow and blue of the catalan flag the president of catalonia. he is invoking the shadow of franco in this debate. it is a pretty bad sign, rachel when people start arguing about franco's legacy?m sign, rachel when people start arguing about franco's legacy? it is arguing about franco's legacy? it is a terrible mismanagement of the situation by the spanish prime minister. this is the worst, of a series of mistakes i think the government, the spanish government have made, starting from 2011 when the catalan region was asking for more economic autonomy, was ignored.

the leading up to this referendum where there was a severe crackdown with people wanting to vote. now it looks like a coup, saying to the cata la n looks like a coup, saying to the catalan region, we will take back your powers. i am not sure how they going to manage that. are they going to forcibly evict regional offices from their seats, if so, it looks like spain might be looking at clashes to come. not that i want to pre—empt violence, but it does seem like a quite authoritarian reaction and it's not going, it's not going to lead to a situation where either side can take a step back and try and figure this out politically. that is the problem, somebody is going to have to back down, somebody will have to swallow their pride and it is look like either side is willing to do that. the government said, all we are doing is enforcing

the constitution, however the cata la ns the constitution, however the catalans feel, the rules are the rules ? catalans feel, the rules are the rules? like rachel said, you wonder how they got to this point. people talk about civil war and it sounds far out, but you wouldn't have expected to be here now where you have had police stopping people from voting. it is a very grim situation. direct rule will only exacerbate tensions. the spanish government are trying to play down what that means. they say all it is is taking certain powers back, rather than everything. but in the basque counties, they have more fiscal autonomy. there was once an argument for independence, we nt once an argument for independence, went away because they found a compromise. that is what the situation needs but it is look as though it is inside. it sparks so many fears iran europe, why europe

is taking such a tough line because it is terrified of expressions of desire for independence, especially in the north of italy and mainland europe. it is disappointing the eu has so solidly supported rajoy in legalese way and said, he should do what is the law. but when you look at the independence claim the catalan, it has had the effect of pushing people into the arms of separatists. lots of people who wouldn't necessarily have been thinking in that way, are now beginning to. which is symbolic of a massive midge managements of —— mismanagement. you could say rajoy is gambling with the future of spain and carles puigdemont as well. let's stay with the subject of gambling and the sunday times which is real

gambling, real people and a lot of them under the age of 18? gambling, real people and a lot of them under the age of 1mm gambling, real people and a lot of them under the age of 18? it looks like the betting industry is facing a crackdown, particularly over these gambling sites which are appealing to children by using cartoon characters, peter pan, 450,000 children are gambling in england and wales every week, which seems like an extraordinary number. we don't have a breakdown in ages, but to expose young children to something thatis expose young children to something that is so highly addictive and so destructive, in this manipulative way, using appealing figures, of course you would want to see some sort of curb to that taking place. it looks like the regulator, have been given credit for acting quickly? yes, you do feel like there is this crackdown on gambling, perhaps a year ago, they weren't

doing this. i think what is odd is the fact that a lot of these games are for 18 the fact that a lot of these games are for18 and the fact that a lot of these games are for 18 and over but they use these childlike graphics. and that is what they are cracking down on. if you are aiming for someone who is an adults, why are you using unicorns? have either of you had a go on these games? no. you are too busy. real horses for me. bit of an insight into katie's live. let's move insight into katie's live. let's move to the observer and this is an interesting argument, a debate, rachel because the government line had been at the financial crisis, we have to reduce public sector pay because public sector workers are paid better than private sector workers, but now things are even in god? it was always one of many

tenuous arguments for justifying what was an ideological measure, austerity cuts were ideological driven. it is only because the gmb, which represents a lot public sector workers, the nhs, ambulance drivers, forced the government to these figures to show that actually, public sector workers are paid 0.6% less tha n public sector workers are paid 0.6% less than private sector workers in comparablejobs. less than private sector workers in comparable jobs. it is extraordinary that these are government figures, but the government injuly, phil hammond was saying, actually, public sector workers are really well paid. it is extraordinary. it is a ba refa ced it is extraordinary. it is a barefaced lie, if he had the information to hand, that wasn't the case. he isn't here, so we cannot put it to him. but the treasury does put it to him. but the treasury does put the statement as to why the figures didn't come out when they said this. part of this debate has

been over pension contributions, so people in the public sector have more pension contributions from their employer. the government has said pension contributions are higher in the public sector.|j said pension contributions are higher in the public sector. i think the quote was they were overpaid. but that was regarding pension contributions, which are larger in the public sector. but the problem is, even if that does add up, i think the government have lost the argument with the public on this. the public will is public sector workers... let me ask you about the sunday times. how we spend our sundays and how it has changed? the still very much and it's one

thing i can do, kind of cook. flying the flag. what about you, rachel?|j really the flag. what about you, rachel?” really like this, i think this kind of photography is really beautiful and interesting. as a friend from childhood? and interesting. as a friend from childhood ? it and interesting. as a friend from childhood? it seems to be. i quite like having a day where you can unplug, whether you are religious or not, it's nice to have a date you can switch off and it seems we don't really get the chance to do that any more. thank you both so much. i hope it hasn't disrupted your sunday too much. whether you are cooking the sunday roast. thanks so much for your company. i will be back with the news at the top of the hour. hello. no doubt about the main

weather story so far, all about the wind as storm brian sweeps across the british isles. here is a picture from a weather watcher at swansea, the wind slowly easing as we go through the day, still lust ray, improving, turning drier and brighterfor improving, turning drier and brighter for many of us. storm brian out in the north sea, still close enough to give us this wet and windy start for sunday. slowly on the mend. some of us turning drier and brighter, some sunny spells, one or two showers to be found here, wet weather in northern england, looking drier through the afternoon. showers coming across north—west england, show are starting to come back into southwest england and wales, fairly hit and southwest england and wales, fairly hitand miss, bright southwest england and wales, fairly hit and miss, bright skies and sunny spells outside of this. fine weather through the east midlands, east anglia, the wind direction west

north—westerly, feeling cooler. berrer that in mind if you're heading to the premier league football, couple of games here, sunnier skies for tottenham against liverpool. looking at things tonight, mainly dry, clearest for longest overnight down the eastern side of the uk, chilly spots in north—east england, scotland, getting into single figures, rain coming into northern ireland overnight, fringing western scotland, wales, western england. milderaircoming in with scotland, wales, western england. milder air coming in with this weather system, taking the rain eased across the uk, not amounting to too much, misty and perky, lingering towards the south coast, eastern parts of england. elsewhere, prior to its guys coming back, the odd showerfor northern prior to its guys coming back, the odd shower for northern ireland, northern and western scotland, temperatures are little higher at 14-16d. temperatures are little higher at 14—16d. tuesday, outbreaks of rain to the north and west, breezy day, this weather systems to link through

central parts of the uk, edging northwards, that process happens, then starting to turn warmer. a week of changeable weather, some wet weather around, not as windy as recently, warm air pushing northwards through the uk, a little bit of a change. this is bbc news. the headlines: ministers pledge a big house—building programme and consider ways to make selling houses faster and cheaper. everybody knows what gazumping is. one in six people who go through the process say it puts them off and i think it's good to look at that and see what more can be done. labour's brexit spokesperson says the party will back conservative rebels — to force changes to the repeal bill. officials in catalonia say they will

continue to go to work until they are physically prevented from doing so. also in the next hour — lewis hamilton could win his fourth world title — at today's united states grand prix. hamilton will clinch the title if he wins the race — and rival sebastian vettel finishes lower than fifth.