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of the 1950s and 60s — has died aged 89. and on newsnight, as it heads into the busy winter season the nhs is already operating at full pelt without any slack so how will it called for the next few months? we have an inside look at queen elizabeth hospital birmingham to see just how stretched things are. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk economy grew slightly faster than expected in the three months to september, raising the prospect of a rise in interest rates as early as next week. an initial assessment by the office for national statistics, suggests the level of gdp, or the total amount of goods and services produced in the uk, rose by 0.4%, with strong performances in the services and manufacturing sectors. however construction, is continuing to perform poorly. here's our economics editor kamal ahmed. not exactly firing on all cylinders but today better news on the economy that will have cheered the chancellor. he visited the francis crick

research centre in london, just the kind of high—skilled innovation he would like to encourage. well, it's a solid performance by the uk economy in the third quarter and it's outperformed market expectations, as the uk economy has done overall since the referendum last year. and what it shows is the underlying fundamental strength of this economy. manufacturing, retail and services were all stronger. a little bit of autumnal sunshine fell on the economy today and the chancellor is certainly in a better mood. but at the treasury they don't quite believe it's time to hang out the bunting. that brexit risk is still there and productivity a continuing problem. that's our ability to create wealth, which leads to wage rises. for people like sadie and cindy who live near leeds, the household economy is still stretched. working for the public sector, we haven't had a real

pay rise for years. i mean, it's been capped, hasn't it? so, no. so that to me, yes, if i could say i was going to get a decent pay rise, maybe something above inflation, then that would help. there's hard working people out there that, if anything, need recognition. yeah, that pat on the back and that pay rise to say "you are doing a good job." these are the kind of people that labour wants to speak to, arguing that the present government is not delivering. oecd, imf, the obr, all those independent forecasters have said growth is pulling back. wages stagnating, but also, more importantly, productivity stagnating, so we're falling behind our competitors. in this budget that's coming up, he's got to change direction. the chancellor is also facing other noises—off about how to boost the economy. your cabinet colleagues are saying a way to do that would be to borrow more for investment, sajid javid has said for housing, other cabinet members i have spoken to have said we should borrow more,

record low interest rates, it's a good time to borrow more. do you agree with them? we still have a very large deficit and we have a debt which is 90% of our national income. that leaves us very exposed to any future shocks to the economy. so we want to continue to get the deficit down. all attention now on the bank of england, which will decide next week whether to raise interest rates. with growth stronger and inflation higher, many now believe that they will, for the first time in 10 years. kamal ahmed, bbc news. the government's made it clear, there will be a vote in parliament before britain leaves the european union. it follows some confusion today, after the brexit secretary david davis, suggested a vote on a final deal, might have to take place after the uk officially leaves in march 2019.

0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports. brexit‘s about britain taking back control — the promise to the country before the eu referendum and since. but will the uk parliament be guaranteed a vote on the historic deal to leave the european union before it's done? welcome secretary of state. today, the minister in charge brexit answered "no". he told mps getting a deal, if there is one, could go down to the wire, the last moment before britain leaves. it's no secret that the way the union makes its decisions tends to be at the 11th minute. sorry, the 59th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day and so on. and that's precisely what i would expect to happen here. so what about the government's promise parliament would have a meaningful vote on the deal? the undertaking we've given, the undertaking we've given. could be after march 2019? it could be, yeah, it could be. it depends when it concludes. i mean, mr barnier,

remember, has said... the vote, sorry, the vote of our parliament, the uk parliament, could be after march 2019? it could be. did he mean that? ministers had promised mps a vote ahead of brexit. when you said that it is possible that parliament might not vote on the deal until after the end of march 2019, i'm summarising correctly what you said? yes, that's correct. in the event we don't do the deal until then, yeah. so theresa may's government could strike a deal without getting parliament's backing first. sounded clear, but then came the time to explain that to mps. can the prime minister please explain how it's possible to have a meaningful vote on something that's already ta ken place? i'm confident because it is in the interest of both sides and it's not just this parliament that wants to have a vote on that deal, but actually, there will be ratification by other parliaments that we will be able to achieve that agreement in that negotiation in time for this parliament to have the vote if we can admit it. that wasn't a guarantee mps would get a vote before britain leaves,

just an intention, and expectation, and david davis was equally clear he expects a nailbiter. the greatest potential danger facing the government, if parliament does throw out a brexit deal when it's done, that would shatter the government's authority, even call its survival into question. tories worried about brexit are insisting they want the vote they believe they were promised. a lot of the reason people voted to leave the european union was about taking control back, and that control has to come back to this sovereign parliament. and i think our constituents will expect us to have a say before the deal is finally concluded and before the european parliament has had a say. and that's what the prime minister has promised us. there is no easy route to brexit. here and in europe each day seems to bring a new set of problems, a fresh set of doubts. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. an independent review, has found that energy costs in britain are too high.

the report commissioned by the government, says households aren't benefiting, from falling wholesale prices. the review is also critical, of the government's support of renewable energy policies, as our business editor simonjack reports. how do we make sure we have enough energy to keep the lights on while keeping bills down in a way that doesn't cost the earth? the author of today's independent report commissioned by the government says customers are paying too much, and it doesn't have to be this way. the fossil fuel price has halved, the costs of renewables are tumbling. the costs of dealing with the intermittency from the wind, wind particular, that's tumbling, too. you know, big problem for my report to look at is, why haven't we have the benefits of these substantial falls in cost in our bills? the dilemma, or trilemma, is this: fossil fuels like coal are cheap and reliable, but emit tonnes of carbon. renewables can't be relied upon all the time, and bills are on the rise.

so, what's the answer? first, show the cost of existing policies to support renewables as a separate item on the bill. they can add up to 20% of the total cost. introduce a simple and lower charge to generators for emitting carbon and instead of an absolute price cap, have a cap on the profit margin excluding those other charges made by the suppliers. providing energy which is secure, sustainable and affordable is a problem which has beset governments and regulators for yea rs. there have been countless interventions and one of those three areas, including the recent proposal for an absolute price cap. but according to this review that kind of complex intervention is not the answer, indeed, it's part of the problem. what government should stop doing is tinkering. you cannot solve our energy problems by simply adding some more sticky plaster to the problems. what you have to do is stand back and say, we need to radically think about what kind of energy market and what kind of interventions are needed. the government said it was still digesting the report's findings,

but the labour party offered it a cautious welcome. i think the framework that is being put forward, if it is followed, could actually produce both cheaper electricity, better decarbonisation over the next period, and, which is the most important thing, making sure that we've got secure energy suppliers for the future. although commissioned by the government, this isjust the view of one academic. it's not the first attempt to crack a stubborn problem, and is unlikely to be the last. simon jack, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories. the mp for sheffield hallam, jared 0'mara, has been suspended from the labour party. in the last few days there've been a series of revelations about racist, sexist and homophobic comments, he made online more than a decade ago. a woman is now claiming that earlier this year, he insulted her using sexist language. he denies the allegation. the hollywood producer

harvey weinsteen is facing the prospect of losing his cbe. the bbc understands the removal of the honour, is being ‘actively considered' by the forfeiture committee. it follows a number of allegations of sexual assault, which he denies. the government has announced it won't introduce its planned cap on housing benefit in 2019. the measure had been criticised for its potential impact on vulnerable young people in social housing, and those living in supported housing. the decision to reverse the cut will cost the treasury around half a billion pounds a year. fats domino, one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s, has died. he was 89. his best known songs included ain't that a shame and blueberry hill. nick higham looks back on his life. # one day, you'll cry. # i won't come back to you.

# just wait and see... antoine "fats" domino started playing piano in the bars of new orleans, rolling rhythm and blues with its rich jazz and latin roots. # but i love to see you with a smile... # oh well, goodbye. # although i'll cry. # ain't that a shame... but soon he developed a much more popular style, one of the first black artists to top the white—dominated charts. the genial fats delighted crossover audiences and, in the process, found he'd helped to invent rock and roll. # i've found my thrill. # 0n blueberry hill... blueberry hill, his biggest seller, was one of 30 top a0 hits, though one he didn't write himself.

he made millions and gambled much of it away, but went on playing into old age. when hurricane katrina hit his home town in 2005, he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. later there was a visit from george w bush to replaced fats domino's presidential gold medal, lost in the floods and looting. as for his music, it remained as appealing and infectious as ever. quick look at some of the front pages, the financial times leading with a story of how companies are making billions of pounds from a boom in pension transfers as people cash in their schemes for a lump

sum. the times says the nhs could start using spare rooms to host patients under a scheme being proposed by private companies to help free up beds on hospital wards. and that is also the lead in the guardian, people could be paid up to £1000 a month to provide accommodation and cook food for patients recovering from minor surgery. patients recovering from minor surgery. it also says campaigners are warning it could lead to patients being abused. the daily mirror says the trial is taking place in southend in essex and the daily mail claim that professors at leading uk universities have been openly supporting the remain campaign. the telegraph leads with news that households could be out of pocket because ministers locked taxpayers and contracts which overestimate the cost of renewable energy. that's a look at the front pages tomorrow for you. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight — now on bbc news it's

time for newsnight. try not to get sick this winter. the nhs is overstretched as it is, and will struggle to cope with too much more. the way that things have become in a&e over the last two years, we're at breaking point. it can't carry on. the queues on the corridor and the situation the patients are in, and the department's in, it's unsafe.