good afternoon. tens of thousands of spanish unity supporters are demonstrating in barcelona this lunchtime. it follows the spanish government's decision to take direct control of the region of catalonia after politicians there voted to declare independence on friday. the sacked catalan separatist leader carles puigdemont has called on his supporters to show ‘democratic defiance‘ of direct rule by the government in madrid. but supporters of spanish unity have been calling for him to be jailed. gavin lee is in barcelona for us this lunchtime. gavin. so far this weekend we've seen the flags and heard the independence supporters singing in the street. the organisers of this demonstration say the silent majority are coming out. the police say there are 300,000, the organisers say more than a million. here is what has

been developing. claiming back their streets. thousands of protesters marching through barcelona, saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by there are now posted government. this is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. it is becoming a familiar noise, it is a pro—spanish unity demonstration. we have seen separatists, but the dogs are in their with the voices shouting for spain. if you listen to them individually, people want very different things. we have never been out like this before but now we have to because we cannot stand it any more. we feel european, spanish, and catalan. we are catalan, we were born here, and we feel forgotten by

i cry. it is not possible. the key moment will be what happens to this man, carles puigdemont. he's been removed from office by the spanish government along with his cabinet and more than 100 officials. hisjob in all but title has been transferred to the deputy prime minister until elections in december. what do you want the spanish government to do to him? do you want them to take over forcefully question might he needs to prison. independence supporters are being urged to democratically resist any attempt to forcibly resist any attempt to forcibly resist the leaders but a flash point could come tomorrow if mr puigdemont tries to return to his position. he could face charges of sedition and rebellion. as i was walking through the crowd i met a number of off—duty

police officers who said they did not want to be identified but they we re not want to be identified but they were pro—unity, and many of their collea g u es were pro—unity, and many of their colleagues feel the other way and it is causing deep divisions. this is the wider question. whilst we have ca rles the wider question. whilst we have carles puigdemont returning to work, how will what about wider society? how will it work when they return to work, tall that there controlled by spain but the de facto leaders are not going anywhere. complaints about inappropriate behaviour and sexual harrassment by mps have now led to a government minister being investigated to see if he broke the ministerial code of conduct. mark garnier asked his secretary to buy two sex toys in soho. he's described the incident as "good humoured high—jinks". meanwhile, theresa may has written to the house of commons speaker asking him to look at setting up an independent body to which allegations about mps' behaviour can be reported. here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. mark garnier has been an mp for

seven years. in the mail on sunday, his former secretary said in 2010 he asked her to go into a shop to buy six toys. she accuses him of using derogatory language. mr garnier has not denied these accusations. he's told the newspaper he will take it on the chin, but he has described it as hijinks and says it does not constitute harassment. but aware of other recent reports, the government was quick to respond. these stories are obviously totally unacceptable these stories are obviously totally u na cce pta ble if these stories are obviously totally unacceptable if true and the cabinet office will conduct an investigation. as you know, the fa cts investigation. as you know, the facts a re investigation. as you know, the facts are disputed. i say that there are mums and dads who have daughters who are politics students hoping to get a job in westminster, and they must be able to be

confident that if they get the job, their daughter will not be subject to some of these behaviours that we have been seeing. westminster has been braced for accusations against mps. those in public life are facing renewed scrutiny. last week, the labour mp jared o'mara was suspended. long serving mps say things have changed but there is more to be done. it is partly to do with the fact that it is a very male environment — just 20 odd women when i went there, and partly to do with the idea that all these men are away from home. it is partly to do with the fact that there were eight bars and very long hours, and the bars were open as long as we were sitting. and partly the notion that what happens in westminster stays in westminster. it was worse, it is better now, but there is a long way to go. with a fresh focus on harassment, the prime minister has written to

the prime minister has written to the speaker of the house of commons asking for a new procedure to report abuse. theresa may has asked for advice on how the culture at westminster ca n advice on how the culture at westminster can be changed. it's been reported that the bbc has suspended radio 5live presenter george riley following claims that a number of women who have complained about his behaviour. george riley presents rugby league, snooker and darts and is a regular voice on radio. the bbc said it could not comment on individual staff members. riley has yet to comment on the claims. officials at heathrow airport are investigation after details of its security procedures were found on a memory stick in the street. it was found by a homeless man, who was able to view the material as it wasn't encrypted. let's speak to ben ando who's at heathrow for us this lunchtime. ben, bit embarrassing this? embarrassing and worrying too. all

down to a memory stick about the size of this one, not much bigger than your thumb. they can carry thousands of pages of data. this one was unencrypted with 174 files including the location of cctv cameras around the airport, the type of id you might need to move. information about the route the queen would use to come here. the sort of information that could be worrying if it fell into the wrong hands. they are confident the process is hands. they are confident the process is secure. hands. they are confident the process is secure. the number one priority. they will want to know how a memory stick like this was taken out of the airport. britain's anthonyjoshua has retained his world heavyweight boxing titles after beating the french—based cameroonian fighter carlos takam. joshua stopped his opponent in the 10th round in cardiff last night.

david ornstein reports. the name, the face, the fighter they had all come to see, more than 70,000, the biggest—ever crowd for an indoor fight, cardiff transformed into joshuatown. this guy is box office. a career still young, only 20 fights in, yet already, the entrance, the aura of a king. by round two, a king with a cut — the damage done by carlos takam's head. nobody said pugilism was pretty. in round four, joshua's power began to prevail, and soon it was his opponent nursing the wounds. ta kam had just 12 days to prepare for the contest. he was nothing, though, if not durable, courageous, awkward for the champion. eventually, however, the big shots came out and the referee stepped in, a debatable call. takam felt he could have gone on. many in attendance, too.

the celebrations, therefore, muted. joshua had done what he needed to do. the 100% record intact. another important step on the path to bigger goals. without winning, people won't want to watch. that's what i said to you: the most important thing about tonight was making sure we won. you know, we didn't make mistakes. when i started getting a bit too cocky and confident in the ring, the corner do theirjob to kind oftell me to focus, because at the end of the day, whether there's five people or 5 million people watching, ijust have to focus on winning. so, with the curtain coming down on joshua's year, he can now look forward to what could prove a career—defining 2018, with the aim of becoming the first man to hold all four heavyweight belts at the same time, and turning a good fighter into potentially one of the all—time greats. david ornstein, bbc news, in cardiff. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at 5:35pm — until then, have a good afternoon. hello.

you're watching the bbc news channel. it is1:10pm. nicola sturgeon is to apologise on behalf of the scottish government to gay men convicted of now—abolished sexual offences. the first minister will make her statement next week to coincide with new legislation to grant automatic pardons to those affected. the law will also allow the removal of such crimes from criminal records. catriona renton reports. until 1981, all sexual activity between men was a criminal offence in scotland. the law was then changed to decriminalise sex between men over the age of 21. in england, that law was changed in 1967. but it took another 20 years for the age of consent to be reduced to 16.

last month, the first minister, nicola sturgeon, announced convicted of these crimes. she will publish this and make an apology at holyrood on the seventh of november on behalf of the scottish government for the treatment of homosexual men under previous governments. by offering you this ring... gay marriage became legal in scotland in 2014, but looking to the past, the scottish government said the new bill will give justice to those criminalised simply because of who they loved. those who have convictions will also be able to apply to have them removed from central records. in england and wales, there is no automatic pardon, except for those who died before february this year. those who are living will receive a pardon after their convictions have been deleted because the secretary of state is satisfied that the conduct is no longer criminal. catriona renton, bbc news. let's speak now to sophie bridger, policy and research officer at the lgbt charity stonewall scotland.

she's in our edinburgh studio. how significant do you think this is for nicola sturgeon? how important? well, we are certainly pleased to hear the scottish government's announcement this morning. as you have already said, gay and bisexual men were criminalised in scotland for a rail on men were criminalised in scotland fora rail on time, untilthe 1980s, fora rail on time, untilthe1980s, simply for who they were unblocked, so we simply for who they were unblocked, so we think this is very significant and will bring a great deal of comfort to those affected and will help us draw a line under that dark period of scotland's past. what does it in terms of the individualindividuals concerned? this individualindividuals concerned 7 this point in the 1980s, you could have been sent to jail for being gay 01’ have been sent to jail for being gay or bisexual in scotland. that would have meant obviously a prison sentence, pm added to your community, potentially to your

employer, but also carrying that criminal record with you up until now. it is notjust the impact from the past but it will have come with them through their lives, so the impact has been, for some individuals, huge. in your view, what is happening now with the scottish government is overdue? absolutely, and we are very pleased it happened today. what is interesting is, on this, you have variations around the united kingdom, do you not? absolutely. this was dealt with differently under english law under scottish law. those offences were different in different parts of the uk. it is only appropriate that they are dealt with differently now, as the scottish parliament to take this forward , scottish parliament to take this forward, that is only right and proper. from your point of view, does the campaigning continue? absolutely. the apology, we think, is very significant, but they will also be a piece of legislation coming forward and we will be working with the scottish government to make sure that we get the best outcome for gay and bisexual men who

we re outcome for gay and bisexual men who were affected by these laws. that legislation, just explain exactly what that will be then. legislation, just explain exactly what that will be thenlj legislation, just explain exactly what that will be then. i am afraid we'll have to wait until we see the detail of that when the legislation is brought forward, but what we are hoping to see is information about how gay and bisexual men convicted of these offences could be pardoned and potentially have this removed from their criminal records. as they say, we will have to wait to see the detail. all right, thank you very much for being with us. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: tens of thousands of people are marching through barcelona in support of spanish unity and against catalonia's unilateral declaration of independence. the international trade minister, mark garnier, faces an investigation after he admitted asking his secretary to buy sex toys. heathrow airport says it's investigating how details of its security procedures were found lying in the street. more on one of those top stories

now, complaints of sexual harassment by mps at parliament. the conservative mp anna soubry is calling for an urgent statement from the leader of the house about what action will be taken to deal with complaints of sexual misconduct by mps. we have got to make sure that everybody who works in parliament, whoever they are, enjoys exactly the same protections of other workers. i very much welcome this. arguably, this should maybe have happened a long time ago. we hear stories of harassment have been going on for decades, but until now it has been very difficult to work out who you complain to.|j it has been very difficult to work out who you complain to. i have to say that it is my understanding that my chief whip, and certainly the previous deputy chief whip, and milton, very much shares that view and have shared that view for some time but found it difficult to get all of the agreement is necessary, but i know what they think and we are where we are and are now making much progress. my chief whip and

previous deputy chief whip certainly wa nted previous deputy chief whip certainly wanted this done some considerable time ago. that has an interesting point. let us move on that has an interesting point. let us move on to the much anticipated eu withdrawal bill, which will finally be debated. you have put your name to an amendment which is calling for a vote on the final agreement in essence. do you really believe that will be a meaningful vote that will be offered to the commons? yes, if you look at the terms of the amendment, it would deliver exactly that. it would give members of parliament the opportunity to debate it and most importantly to opportunity to debate it and most im porta ntly to vote opportunity to debate it and most importantly to vote on it. a little earlier, i spoke to a political commentator who has been talking about political harassment at westminster and says she suffered asa at westminster and says she suffered as a young lobby correspondent there. this was 14 years ago, a long time ago, but i went out for a lunch with a conservative mp, as lots of journalists do. we had a couple of glasses of wine with lunch and on

the way back from the lunch, i would describe it as an unpleasant lunge towards me, and it was... it was sort of humiliating. very unpleasant. but because i was so taken aback by his behaviour and had been out for lunches and everybody else had been perfectly fine, i did not challenge him and ijust sort of shrank away and run back up to my office, and i did not say anything because i was firstly worried about being blacklisted by this mp, and if he told his colleagues i was not to be trusted at lunch. but also that i thought of thought that this was kind of what happened in westminster and did not say anything about it, and did not say anything about it, and actually i am worried now that i maybe should have said something and i now feel guilty that, you know, it's this mp is still behaving in a similar way, that concerns me. do you think that is still a culture at westminster? obviously all of this is much more under the spotlight

perhaps that it was because of the harvey weinstein allegations, and sexual harassment in all sorts of different walks of life and industries is now under much closer scrutiny perhaps. it is, and i think things have changed. there are mob e—mailmps around things have changed. there are mob e—mail mps around on the sort of slightly more... a culture of equality, but i have been contacted by women who work in westminster in the last two days and say they have complained and labour parties and also to parliamentary authorities and they feel like they have not listened to or not enough has been done. i think women need to have confidence that they are going to be listened to and they will not be recriminations. but this is being taken recriminations. but this is being ta ken seriously. i recriminations. but this is being taken seriously. i think part of thatis taken seriously. i think part of that is that we have not had any high—profile names out because actually women find it very difficult to talk about these things. we talk about the bravery of those women in hollywood who spoke out, but it is also... not speaking out, but it is also... not speaking out does not mean you lack courage, but you find it difficult to talk

about. diane abbott was a scene today on the andrew marr programme, she thinks in some ways things have got better. there are, for example, more women mps. when she was first in the gym, there were something like 20. male mps, in that there pit atmosphere, would jeer at the women sometimes. do you feel it has improved or not early? it has in that there are more women and that of the better atmosphere but there are still incidents going on. we have had these accounts of unnamed mps that are not safe in lifts and taxes. i have heard, separately, allegations of things happening, happening in private, and i think not only needs to be a culture of acceptance... or acceptance that this cannot go on, but also that women are going to be supported. theresa may thing today that she is going to write to the speaker actually, the sunday times has reported that she gets weekly briefings of indiscretions by the mps. what has she done about it so far7 is thisjust mps. what has she done about it so far7 is this just stuff that is used

by the whips as they have done for years, that they gather collateral damage and use it as leverage? what has she actually done about this behaviour? do you feel that women at westminster are, in a sense, organising themselves? we hear of what subgroups were they are communicating —— we hear of group messaging where they communicate about stuff at westminster who they should be careful of. is that an important tool for women, really, to have that method of communication with each other? yes, it is very useful technology and i see some people have said it is like a witch hunt. actually, this is a great opportunity for women to share their experiences where they have not been listened to before. that was jane merrick, the political commentator, speaking to me a little earlier on. the health secretary has hinted that nhs nurses might get a pay rise. in an interview on the bbc‘s andrew marr show, jeremy hunt said the chancellor had told him there was scope to talk about higher pay.

along with other public sector workers, nurses have had pay rises capped at 1% since 2010. police are appealing for information after a suspected acid attack on a group of doormen in salford. police we re group of doormen in salford. police were called to a nightclub in the early hours of this morning after a man who had earlier been asked to leave from the club returned with a knife and through an unknown liquid at your stuff. two men are currently in hospital receiving treatment for burns. their injuries are not said to be life—threatening. the winner of the royal institute of british architects‘ most prestigious award — the stirling prize — will be announced on tuesday. the nominations to become britain‘s best new building 2017 include a rejuvenated seaside pier on the south coast of england, a london housing development and an extension to the british museum. today, we look at the studio of the fashion photographer jurgen teller by 6a architects. essentially, jurgen wanted a studio, a place to work.

but in his world that is quite a few different things. it means shooting photographs of course and also making books, making exhibitions as well as receive lots of people. so that is where the idea of several buildings and several gardens, somewhere where lots of different types of shoots can happen in a very natural setting. jurgen used to share his home with a studio. we wanted to make this new building have the same kind of moments of intimacy. so he still has the kitchen table which is where he meets clients and where he works. there is a library, there is a sauna and a gym. there is a really private inner world to the studio and then there is the big studio in the middle where he lays out and does shoots and things. and then there is the public building at the front, which has different collaborators and staff and an archive. there is equality between garden and internal space all the way through the building. it is a really beautiful part of it. that really reduced material palette that has texture but allows

it to be background, and jurgen's work and photography to be the foreground always in this space. there is a quality of light, both within and in the gardens, which is almost archaic. and i think that makes an amazing setting for the work thatjurgen does. i am using every single centimetre of the space. and i have photographed every bit of it and it is tremendous fun, it is like a haven of quietness and freedom and madness. it is just brilliant. for me, it's excellent. and you can see all the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and find out who is the winner of the riba stirling prize for architecture is live on the bbc news channel next tuesday between 8.30 and 9pm. time for a look at the weather.

how is it looking, chris? hello, ben, yesterday temperatures reached 70 degrees across parts of aberdeenshire in scotland. today, about 8 degrees in the same area. we have this cold, arctic air arriving across our have this cold, arctic air arriving across oui’ shores. as have this cold, arctic air arriving across our shores. as that care medicine, increasing amounts of sunshine. that is the last of sunshine. that is the last of sunshine. that is the last of sunshine. that is the latter weather front bidding southwards. the behind disco, the cooler air is working in. london started off the day with temperatures around 15 degrees. at the moment, 12. temperatures are dropping through the day. plenty of sunshine around and with those clear skies overnight, it is going to turn cold. one of the colder nights of the autumn, actually, with a fairly widespread frost developing the countryside. temperatures at the lowest getting down to about minus 2 degrees in scotland and northern england as well. let‘s pick up our weather story for monday. a big area of high pressure is with us. keeping

the weather finance settled however we do have these weak weather fronts trying to make inroads across the north—west of the uk. for monday, a cold, frosty start in the countryside but plenty of sunshine around. just like today. across the north—west, the cloud will tend to thicken we will start to see the breeze freshening. working across the highlands for a time but otherwise, try. a cold start to the day. those temperatures in the afternoon a bit lower. for tuesday, oui’ afternoon a bit lower. for tuesday, our area of afternoon a bit lower. for tuesday, ourarea of high afternoon a bit lower. for tuesday, our area of high pressure hasjust slipped a little bit further southwards. that allows south—westerly winds to moving across the uk. those driving up milderairon across the uk. those driving up milder air on tuesday. quite a bit of cloud around across western areas. we will have some rain across the north—west of scotland. first, from bright and sunny spells across the east. temperatures milder, 13, 14 celsius. for wednesday, still got those malls, southerly winds pushing up those malls, southerly winds pushing up across those malls, southerly winds pushing up across most of the country. the exception, the far north of scotland. this slow—moving weather

front continues to bring somewhat weather across western areas of scotland, particularly in the feel. when they made, that weather front pushes southwards. behind .com slightly colder air moving in. towards thursday, that cold air will be arriving across the northern half of the uk, but at the same time, it little more in the way of sunshine poking through the clouds. 9—12d across the north, so cooler. temperatures are still newer average towards london. for friday, we finish for with another low pressure system dragging another front in across the north—west of the uk. this bringing a streak of rain across parts of scotland and northern ireland, with across parts of scotland and northern turning with across parts of scotland and northern turning quite breezy. to weather. turning quite breezy. to the east, bright sunny spells but failing to towards the end of the week. hello, this is bbc news. the latest headlines. hundreds of thousands of people

are marching through barcelona in support of spanish unity and against catalonia‘s unilateral declaration of independence. the international trade minister, mark garnier, faces an investigation — after he admitted asking his secretary to buy sex toys. heathrow airport says it‘s investigating how details of its security procedures were found lying in the street. scotland‘s first minister is to apologise on behalf of her government to gay men convicted of sexual offences which have since been abolished. parents will no longer be able to use a legal loophole to avoid paying child maintenance, under new laws to be brought in within months. now for a look at the sport. it was a huge night for anthonyjoshua as he successfully defended both his heavyweight titles

in cardiff last night — and the world champion is already looking ahead to his next bout. cementing a record—breaking year, he beat carlos takam in front of 78 thousand fans at the principality stadium — but it was less than straightforward with the resiliant frenchman resisting heavy punishment until referee phil edwards controversially intervened in the tenth round — a decision joshua defended afterwards. the referee‘s job... the referee‘sjob... it‘sjust interesting because my opponent was showing signs that... his eyes lily hanging off, from the cuts, they we re hanging off, from the cuts, they were deep. he wanted to continue fighting, but that is a fighting instinct. for me, stoppage is fine. birmingham are taking on aston villa in the west midlands steve bruce‘s side start the day in the play—off places,

the match kicked off at 12 o‘clock still goaless in that game. it is still goalless with around 20 minutes remaining. there are two premier league fixtures this afternoon. brighton are just kicking off their match at home to southampton, while at four o‘clock it‘s leicester at home to everton. both teams will be showcasing new managers. claude puel has replaced craig shakespeare at leicester, while david unsworth