mr weinstein has denied allegations of non—consensual sex. the white house has downplayed a major report on climate change compiled by us government scientists. the report says it is "extremely likely" that human activity is the "dominant cause" of global warming. and only half of the fixed speed cameras in the uk are actually switched on, according to data obtained by a freedom of information request. road safety campaigners have described the situation as "co thank you for keeping me company. we will be back at 2pm at all of the day's news. now on bbc news, it's inside out. hello. we are going in search of investors‘s missing money. can we have a chat? we have come to ask where the money is. at the time i thought it was a good return. i did trust that company. could you leave ? get the bleep out. this is no different to handing your life savings over to a man in the pub and hoping he will give it back to you one day. leave the camera.

also coming up, the online love rats breaking hearts and busting bank accounts. it is like part of your world disappears and i also felt quite ashamed that i could have been so silly. and learning the ropes. my attempt to become the uk tree climbing champion. seven minutes remaining. there you go! first, they have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket with no idea where their money has gone. investors in a property scheme have told us they want some serious answers so did their top tip turn into a non—runner? a flutter on the horses can be tempting. especially when that sure bet is looking you right in the eye. and like horse racing,

financial investments stephen was investing for his future and the current low interest rates being offered by banks were not very tempting. i am virtually retired now and i had an amount of capital i wanted to put away and then some income from custom i have two kids —— from, i have two kids at school, they will begin

university before i know it and they are expensive. eager to start investing, stephen found a broker online. they claimed they did all the due diligence, they only offered reliable products so i trusted them. the broker introduced stephen to forbes capital, it was offering a secured two—year investment in a social housing scheme based in chicago. forbes capital was promising high returns. so stephen invested £70,000. records we have seen show investors paid records we have seen show investors pa id {a40 to records we have seen show investors paid {a40 to the company. this man invested £5,000 paid £440 to the company. this man invested £5,000 to help pay for their wedding. invested £5,000 to help pay for theirwedding. —— a40,000. invested £5,000 to help pay for their wedding. —— a40,000. to date, they have not received a penny. 0thers invested lump sums from their pensions. this man was an nhs nurse

for over a0 yea rs pensions. this man was an nhs nurse for over a0 years and has recently retired. he dipped into his pension pot to invest with forbes. i decided to make some investment i invested a0,000 and that was for two years. forbes capital promised to return all of his investment at the end and pay him £a00 every month. even i received a payment schedule from the managing director to tell me how much i would get. at the time i thought it was a good return. that is the main reason i invested. and it was a regular monthly income because since i have retired i am only getting less money every month so that was to make it up, that is the main reason i invested in forbes capital. he only received four interest payments and then they dried up. he contacted forbes capital to ask where his money was but they didn't

return his calls or respond to his e—mails. after a lifetime of helping others, he hoped this investment would help him and his family financially. i am extremely worried about the capital of a0,000 because i worked hard for that. so, who is behind the company? the main shareholder of forbes is this man, peter shuttleworth. he previously was a director for colonial capital which offered an almost identical investment opportunity. that firm went under owing millions. forbes capital is unregulated and for investors that can mean risky business. if you're dealing with an unregulated investment scheme, an unregulated broker, this is no difference to handing your life savings over to a man in the pub and hoping he will give it back to you again one day.

with 30 years experience in the financial services, tom specialises in retirement planning and investments. you have looked at the detail of the forbes capital investment offer, what do you think of it? the two things that really worried me about it were first of all multiple layers of uncertainty around chicago property markets, the us government, and overseas investment. lots of uncertainty is there but more than anything the fact it is an unregulated investment scheme so the uk regulator, the financial conduct authority, has no control over it. it also means if anything goes wrong, you have no comeback. an investment broker based in spain acted as a middleman between investors and forbes capital, but even when investors started reporting they had not received their monthly payments from forbes capital, templar continued to sign people up to the scheme.

templar invest is currently being investigated by the financial conduct authority. it says it ceased trading and it, too, was misled by forbes capital. but that is of little comfort to stephen when the company he invested in isn't paying out what they promised. since you invested the money in forbes capital, have you had any contact from them? no, the only contact i had was the bond certificate and payment schedule and a covering letter that came in the post back in april. since that time, i have sent e—mails, left phone messages and nothing. when you realised that perhaps this investment hadn't worked out, how does it feel? £70,000 is a huge amount of money. well, obviously i was upset. and i tried everything, i contacted the financial conduct authority, the financial ombudsman, action fraud hotline, the serious fraud office, my mp,

i wanted answers as to what had happened to this money. are you resigned to the fact of not seeing that money again? virtually. i think i have had to admit that probability or possibility otherwise i would not sleep at night and would spend all my days worrying about it. after weeks of searching, we finally found mr shuttleworth here at this caravan park in essex. time to get some answers. hello, peter shuttleworth. it isjohn from bbc inside out. can we have a chat? we have come to ask where the investors money is. can you get the bleep out before i phone the police, thank you. peter, where is the investors‘s money? are you deaf? i said no. leave the camera. you have taken tens of thousands of pounds, peter shuttleworth, you owe them at least

an explanation,. £70,000 from mr perry, not a penny paid back. you can't even be bothered to talk to them, why not? they would really like to hear your side of things. anything at all, mr shuttleworth? tens of thousands of pounds of investors‘ money and you can't even be bothered to talk to them. nothing to say. last chance. you are quite a hard man to track down. and you are a very hard man to talk to. well, clearly peter shuttleworth doesn't want to talk to us today. tens of thousands of pounds of investors‘s money, investors have asked him what has happened to the money, we have asked him what happened to their money and he has nothing to say.

now, an update for you on that story. since we confronted mr shuttleworth, he sent us an e—mail stating that all investors would receive a full refund by the end of november. we will keep you posted. still to come... i quickly regret trying to become the uk tree climbing champion. seven minutes remaining. next, online dating is more popular than ever but would you believe it, not everyone using the sites and the apps is telling the truth. here is emma thomas. this is val. having lived alone for some years after her husband's death, she decided to give love another try. and after venturing online, she thought she had found it with a man called peter. we were quite a good match because the site we used did

profiling so we came up as the same. we would chat for four hours a night on messenger, i felt like this was someone i had a real connection with. it was that thing about feeling really connected. it was like i had found love again. her new—found love said he was a major in the british army stationed in baghdad. then one day he went out on patrol and i didn't hearfrom him the following morning and i always had and so i was really distressed and didn't hearfrom him for a8 hours, which felt like a lifetime because it triggered all the memories of my husband's death. and then he came back online to say it had been very harrowing, he had lost a couple of men in battle and he wanted to get out of the army. peter said he wanted to start a new life with val but needed money to buy himself out of the military. he told me where to send some money to so i sent it and naturally that

wasn't going to be enough money, so i ended up very foolishly sending two more lots of money totalling just over £8,500. this lady runs a dating agency in brighton called south downs introductions. she doesn't run an online service but introduces people face—to—face. tara also happens to be a former detective for sussex police. there are some victims that have lost up to 1.6 million, others have lost 800,000. they are life changing amounts of money to lose. to some people, 8,000 could be a life changing amount of money to lose, some people are bankrupt as a result of the money they have given to some of these fraudsters and the sad reality is there not likely to ever it back. nearly a,000 cases of romance fraud were reported to authorities last year. in fact, this type of crime is now so widespread, you can get fraud kits online that come complete with template e—mails to persuade people to part

with their money. dave hazell has also been looking for love. he enjoys dancing and has always found it a great way to meet people. but after a spell as a singleton, dave thought he had found his special someone online in canada. the pair exchanged countless e—mails and phone calls. "i miss you so much, you have become something "necessary for my soul. "i dream about the children we will have in the future, i love you." so, quite emotive language. how do you feel when you read that? i felt really excited and happy and i thought my life was going to change for the good.

dave sent his online lover £15,000 to help with medical expenses she said she had and to pay for flights to the uk. ifelt over the moon, happy and ifelt that i had got —— neal masters from action fraud is familiar with many of the common tricks fraudsters use. if you say you have been divorced, they will say they have been divorced. it is about looking for that attachment that they can then use in order to help reel the victim in. his profile was that he was widowed and that he had joined the army because of the grief and so it felt like we had an instant bond because we had been through a similar grief experience. having parted with more than £8,000, val heard nothing more from her online love. i did a search on the internet, sat up all night and searched and found the story of a lady who had been

scammed using the same story, the same picture and everything. it is like part of your world disappears. and i also felt really quite ashamed that i could have been so silly, that is what i felt. dave was awaiting the arrival of his new love but then he got an e—mail saying she was visiting relatives in ghana and was stuck at immigration. she needed yet more money. dave showed the letter to his bank manager who immediately smelled a rat. it was only through the bank he said that that isn't genuine. how did you feel when you heard those words? i was devastated. i could not believe it had happened. the fraudster had sent dave these photos to encourage him to hand over the cash but the police confirmed it was a con, the photos could have been stolen from a genuine dating profile. they told dave not to

send any more money. it made me feel really low, cheap and i could not trust anybody, —— former detective tara says there are people things can do to keep the online sharks at bay. the main one is to stay on a dating site, never move to private e—mails or private messaging. there are checks and balances in place online dating sites where certain e—mails, if they are worded in a certain way then they'll be pulled to one side and checked, they may remove that person if they believe them to be a scammer. be wary of someone keeps asking you lots and lots of questions about you and your background and you suddenly find you are not getting much back from them. but you are giving a lot of information about yourself. you should never even consider giving out money to anybody you have never met or that you do not know. his enduring love of dancing is helping dave get over his online experience. i go dancing which helps me to relax and focus on different things so my mind is not on it

all the time. val says she has learned from what has happened and is no longer ashamed about telling her story. if it does help someone else, if somebody is watching this who is wondering maybe this is a scam or not, to take a step back because if someone genuinely loves you, they are not going to put pressure on you to do something that doesn't feel right for you. emma thomas reporting. don't forget you can find out more about the show on twitter... finally, when was the last time you climbed a tree. if you're anything like me, it has been a while but whether uk —— when the uk national tree climbing championships rolled into town, guess who got roped in? there was a time i would spend more of the day up a tree then down it. but time has passed.

a lot of time. if i am to stand any chance in a tree climbing competition, i need some serious help. and that is wherejo comes in. by day, jo works as an arborist or tree surgeon. but she is also a three—time world champion tree climber. hi,jo. you must be john. how are you. yeah, good. this is your challenge for today. get up this beautiful oak tree. things have moved on since i last climbed a tree. these days it is all about helmets, harnesses and ropes and first you have got to get the ropes up the tree. for that, you need to throw line. so, we need to get this up into the canopy. it turns out it is more technical than just chucking it. missed. that is telling you we need to be letting go when your arm is more up here. i hit a branch. they do get stuck. in competition, you get points for safety, speed and technique. i missed the entire tree.

i am wearing a helmet so one out of three isn't bad. but this doesn't bode well. good bit of power and height. finally, it is up. let's go. am i using both hands? after only two hours i am giddy three feet the ground. you are using a thigh muscle more than your arms. it is not the most elegant. what is it about trees that got jo looked ? —— hooked. some people have a job, go to work, 9—to—5, and that is it and they have their own sports they want to do and my sport happens to be what i do for a job. in fact, tree climbing means so much tojo... that she even had her wedding ceremony in this very tree. complete with a vicar in a cherry picker. lovely. lean back. during the competition, not only will i have to climb a tree

but also complete a series of tasks against the clock. i am not as graceful as you. keep stepping your feet down. finally, i start making progress. while i'm still searching for my inner monkey, in surrey one of my rivals is also preparing for the competition. trees are amazing. they are incredible organisms when you think about it. scarlett works at the royal horticultural society's garden at wisley where she is training to be an arborist. i worked in gardens and saw the team working in the trees above me and thought, hey, i would be up here and not on the floor. i do find it quite scary sometimes but everyone does. they would be lying if they said they didn't sometimes. scarlet has been learning the ropes for two years and the uk open will be only her second competitive climb. a few weeks later and it is the day

of the uk open tree climbing championships in the new forest. i am up against 13 other climbers from across the country. jo's husband, john, will be one of the judges today. no favouritism, i hope. this makes you realise how technical it is and how professional these guys are. there was a lot more that goes on, gone are the days where you just hang on for dear life and cut bits off. there is a progression all the way through to become world champion and in the tree climbing world, that is a big thing. jo is three—time ladies world champion. have you been sizing up the opposition? yeah, quite a few of them. there are quite a few new faces which is good to see. three, two, one. go! as the competition gets under way, it doesn't take long for me to realise what i have let

myself in for. you are seriously moving up there. try to be. it is a lot of practice i suppose but there were a few slips i shouldn't have had. a few things i could have changed, i was shaking a lot. you are trying to be fast but it ends up slowing you down. he has got to be on the ground before the time runs out and unclipped. there you go. tony darbyshire is one of today's judges and eight tree climbing trainer. there has been a lot of talk about equipment and... there is so much to learn. showing guys different systems that the guys are using. we have the bestjob in the world. we climb trees. what could be better than that? over on the challenge,

jo is showing why she is three—time world champion. clea r, clear. jo, how was that? it was good fun. you will enjoy it. you think you have done all right? no blood! newcomer scarlet is also showing off her skills. stand up, go on. keep going. i stayed on this side. which i think helped because i was leaning away from my rope. unclip! it was all right, wasn't it? i can't put it off any longer. this could all end in total humiliation. out of my league! clear.

first, getting a line in. just missed it. second time lucky. no. third time lucky? come on! with my line in i have to get my gear on. i am getting more help than everyone else but i am going to take it. it is a timed event. halfway through, i am still on the ground. ten minutes remaining. come on, john! hand over hand. i am heading for the bell. getting there. yes! next i have to throw a lock in the basket. first go, honest! time for my speedy descent. one minute remaining. the clock stops when the ropes are down. i am not catlike yet

in the branches. sluglike. a bit harsh, tony. after a long day, the uk open championship goes to graham bird. jo has to make do with runner—up and scarlet takes a well—deserved fifth. as for me... in 12th place, my friend from the bbc. john. that is 12 out of 1a. unbelievably not last. though the other two were disqualified. but technically speaking that means i am the 12th best tree climber in the country. i guess i have quite a remarkable talent. me and trees, i think we have something going on. you're right, i won't give up the dayjob.

don't forget the e—mail. .. see you soon. bye— bye. good afternoon. the weekend has not got off to the most promising of sta rts got off to the most promising of starts everywhere. we have had quite a lot of rain, particularly in central and eastern areas. that was how it looked in derbyshire earlier on today. it is the second anniversary of weather watchers

today. the cloudy wet ones and the brighter ones. some blue skies across parts of scotland. that sets up across parts of scotland. that sets up the story for the rest of the day. this rain trudging away from the south east, the cloud breaking up, spells of sunshine but showers also rushing in from the west. some will be heavy, perhaps thundery with some hailstones, and wintry showers over the hills in the north. by the end of the afternoon, just 7 degrees in glasgow, maybe clinging on to double digits towards the south east. if you are off to a fireworks display, prepared for it to be chilly. clear skies across some clear skies for western scotland but a very few showers as well. heavy, foundry and wintry ones over high ground. showers for northern ireland. some of these just trickling across south east england into the midlands. much of eastern england try by this stage. plenty of showers for wales and the south—west, but with some drier spells sandwiched in between. it will be windy, though, across the south—west and will stay that way

through the night. some showers continuing to feed and across western areas. the best of the dry weather further east. clear skies and slightly later when they are, thatis and slightly later when they are, that is where we are most likely to see a touch of frost into tomorrow morning. quite a chilly start to tomorrow. still a fair few showers around to the first pa rt part but gradually they should tend to fade. take a while to clear from parts of central and southern england and wales. by the end of the day, most places seeing spells of sunshine. not particularly warm, though. as we head to sunday night, bonfire night itself, of course, it will be dry. it will be largely clear. very small chance of a shower but it will also be cold, particularly across the eastern half of the british isles, we will see quite a widespread frost into monday morning. monday getting off to be a chilly start but a bright start for many, particularly in the east. more cloud starting to roll in from the

atlantic, some outbreaks of rain as well. very slow—moving, though. not really getting into northern ireland and western scotland through the day. it will take until tuesday to bring that are much further south and east. but pretty chilly for any fireworks displays this weekend. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 2. labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, calls on all the main political parties to agree a new independent system to tackle sexual harassment at westminster. when all the political parties meet, my view is that there should be an element of independence in there, particularly for support as well so people can feel confident about where they can report these things and at the same time how it can be dealt with. the conservative mp for dover, charlie elphicke, denies any wrongdoing after being suspended by the party over serious allegations. police in new york say they are investigating a credible allegation of rape against the film producer harvey weinstein. us climate scientists clash

with donald trump as a major report says human activity is driving global warming.