hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. theresa may's most senior minister, damian green, angrily denies an allegation that pornography was found on a computer in his westminster office. he says the story in the sunday times is ‘completely untrue‘ and a ‘political smear,‘ as more claims emerge about the conduct of mps. good morning, it‘s sunday the fifth of november also this morning — a warning that patients in england are facing a mental health disaster, because of a shortage of consultant psychiatrists. president trump arrives injapan for a visit that‘s expected to be dominated by discussion of north korea. no dictator, no regime and no nation should underestimate, ever, american

resolve. in sport, history makers celtic beat the british record of number of games unbeaten. and matt has the weather. good morning. nota bad good morning. not a bad day for many. a few showers in the north and west but try and sunny than yesterday. it does feel chilly. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may‘s most senior minister, damian green, has denied that pornography was found on a computer when his westminster office was raided by police in 2008. the claim — made by a former senior police officer — is reported in the sunday times. mr green said the allegation was completely untrue, and came from an untrustworthy source. more allegations have emerged about the conduct of mps this morning, as our political correspondent iain watson reports. the allegations in the times that

pornography was found on a computer and damian green‘s offers dates from 2008. this is during a controversial enquiry into home office leaks which briefly led to mr green‘s arrest. as theresa may‘s second—in—command she would not long —— want to lose him from the cabinet and he has responded robustly to the allegation. in a statement he said that the story was completely untrue and he called it a disreputable political smear. he added that the police have never suggested to him that improper material was found on his parliamentary computer. in turn he accuses the officer in charge of the investigation of breaching his duty to keep the details of an investigation confidential. this weekend, allegations of improper behaviour in and around westminster have been filling the front pages. and even when ministers resign, that is really the end of the story. more allegations have emerged about the

past behaviour of sir michael fallon. in the observer, a journalist said she informed them of an incident in 2003. friends of sir michael fallon has not denied the allegation. some of them believe that it allegation. some of them believe thatitis allegation. some of them believe that it is ministerial career ended because it could not guarantee there would be no further revelations. our political correpsondent susana mendonca is in westminster this morning. the newspapers are full of tales from westminster this morning and it is not just one from westminster this morning and it is notjust one political party, many of the political parties have been affected by this. we have seen over the past few days names coming out almost every day. new names, new allegations, people denying the allegations. today, as you hear, we have many allegations in the sunday papers, the sunday times has many including the one about damian green that he denies. damian green is effectively the deputy to the prime minister so he is someone very

important within the cabinet, not someone important within the cabinet, not someone theresa may would want to see go and certainly not after sir michael fallon when last week. in terms of damian green he has denied the accusations and it was certainly not made aware of any pornography tea m not made aware of any pornography team found on any computers when they searched back in 2008. michael fallon, of course, when he resigned there was a whole issue about whether or not he had touched a journalist‘s need. he said at the time that the reason he was resigning was that his conduct had not been up to standards expected by the armed services. we understand he was asked whether or not there were other allegations that may come out and he could not confirm to downing street that there would not be any more. that is why he stood down. thank you. we will do that in more detail later on but also the process is now being used to investigate these and deal with them was in westminster. the royal college of psychiatrists says it‘s found that the number of unfilled consultant posts in england has doubled

in the past four years. the college says the shortage is alarming, and it has led to increased waiting times and lower standards of care, as ben ando reports. good health, it said, is a matter for both body and mind. but somewhat mental health difficulties have to wait months to a consultant psychiatrist. that, according to figures from the royal college of psychiatrists, is because in england one in ten of those jobs are not filled. it is a scandal that if you need to see a consultant psychiatrist you cannot. if you had cancer you would see a cancer special is quite quickly, within a few weeks. if you needed an operation you would see a surgeon. it is not right that people with mental health problems do not go to see a psychiatrist when they need one. in wales, the number of unfilled post stands at 9%, in scotla nd unfilled post stands at 9%, in scotland 6% while in northern ireland at just 2% scotland 6% while in northern

ireland atjust 2% ofjobs are vacant. the department of health says it knows it needs more commissions, especially in the light ofan commissions, especially in the light of an increase in demand for mental health services. that is why it is expanding doctors training places by 2596. expanding doctors training places by 25%. it says that is the largest single increase ever. the training psychiatrist consultant level takes over a decade. mental illness is moving up the health agenda but it will be sometime before the supply of psychiatrist can match the increasing demands. social media giants must do more to stop child sexual exploitation, the home secretary has said, as new government figures show a rise in indecent images of children being reported to the police. writing in the sun on sunday, amber rudd said that companies have a "moral duty" to go "further and faster" in tackling abuse. technology firms insist they‘re doing their utmost to keep their young users safe. president trump has arrived injapan, the first stop on what will be the longest tour of asia by an american president for a generation.

the trip comes at a time of heightened tensions with north korea over its nuclear programme and missile tests. we can speak to our correspondent stephen mcdonnell who is in tokyo. good morning. thank you forjoining us. good morning. thank you forjoining us. i presume those crowds are not for donald trump but there will be a good deal of interest they are when president does arrive. certainly yes indeed. here in the japanese capital people are wanting to know what this trip will bring in terms of developing japan — us relations. naturally, of course, also north korea‘s nuclear weapons because people are quite worried here. everytime the north koreans via one of those test missiles ross it crosses this country and they wonder whether this trip will bring some sort of movement in terms of getting north korea to give up its weapons. are an indication of the reception if you like the donald trump has

received here, you have these japanese people, of course, gathering in the middle of tokyo but if you can swing around here you can see there is also a bit of a protest from americans who have gathered. around about 50 of them protesting against the visit of donald trump. they are basically saying that, you know, to be wary of war and to not be tweeting and aggravating the situation when it comes to north korea. thank you very much. we will continue to follow that visits with interest. there‘s been a major purge in the government in saudi arabia. ten royal princes and dozens of former ministers have been detained in a campaign to stamp out corruption. several hours earlier, a missile, apparently fired from neighbouring yemen, was shot down near the capital, riyadh. there are no reports of any casualties. some tv companies based in britain may have to move overseas in the event of a so—called ‘hard brexit‘. that‘s the view of the commercial broadcasters association, which represents international

media networks such as disney and discovery. here‘s our business correspondent, joe lynam. euro sports, the discovery channel and disney tv are some of the world ‘s most popular channels and they all have their european headquarters in london. allowing them to broadcast over the eu. but they place it could bejeopardised if britain quits the eu without a conference of trade deal. broadcasters say they can only wait a few more months but for being forced to move thousands ofjobs to other eu countries. we estimate that nearly one in fourjobs in the uk broadcasting centre works exclusively or in part on international channels. on top of that you have well over half £1 billion a year investment going in wages, overheads and all the technology that takes to get a

channel on there. there are 2300 tv channels in the eu of which 1100 are based in the uk. of those, 650 are aimed exclusively at eu audiences. the broadcasting watchdog says brexit is the single biggest issue facing the industry and the government said there was working to get the right deal for the sector which makes an important contribution to our thriving creative industries. sales of beer in britain‘s pubs, bars and restaurants have suffered their biggest fall in five years. the british beer and pub association says tax on beer is too high, and it‘s calling on the chancellor to cut it by a penny in next month‘s budget. it‘s thought the decline could be due to people preferring to drink at home, with sales in supermarkets having overtaken those in pubs. if you‘re in the doghouse with your other half this morning, you could try the normal methods of making amends: a bunch of flowers, a cup of tea in bed, or volunteering for some household chores. or you could do something a little more ambitious.

farmer murray graham sprayed the name of his wife, sue, in vast letters onto a field in oxfordshire as a romantic gesture to apologise for being grumpy. it was supposed to be spotted by his pilot son george but was seen first by a police helicopter crew who posted a picture on social media, prompting global speculation over sue‘s identity. there she is. presumably he just p°pped there she is. presumably he just popped some weedkiller on the back of the tractor and then did it. whether or not it resolve the argument all levels of grumpiness, we are uncertain. it shows that he has a sense of humour. well done. don‘t have a look at the papers. you can guess what is in most of them this morning on the front pages. the sunday times, the story that we are reporting on this morning,

allegations that they found pornography on a computer in the office of damian green who, of course, is a key lieutenant for theresa may in her cabinet. he has angrily denied that that was the case. the sunday telegraph this morning is looking at the procedures around the reporting of these kind of incident and how well they were dealt with. there is an allegation that theresa may had several close allies who knew about these allegations but nothing was done about them at the time. also, by the way, notice here on the bottom of the front page a story about facebook and twitter who are asking, 01’ facebook and twitter who are asking, or that they‘ve will. .. facebook and twitter who are asking, or that they‘ve will... —— that children will be banned until they are 13. the problem with this is that we know those age restrictions are already in place for certain sites and what happens is that childrenjust sites and what happens is that children just line sites and what happens is that childrenjust line about sites and what happens is that children just line about their age. the mail on sunday continues with the theme of sleaze. top tory‘s

bathroom pass at a late. let's not go into too much detail about there. on the observer, the story of one of the women who allegedly came up against sir michael fallon and her revealing, when he allegedly tried to kiss her, this was the reason he was forced to quit the cabinet in the end. the sun on sunday has a similar story. the sunday express has a solution, call time on mp‘s to buzz, with his suggestion that alcohol is too freely and cheaply available and this could be a solution. the photo there you will recognise, debbie mcgee.|j solution. the photo there you will recognise, debbie mcgee. i missed it last night. spoiler alert for anyone who is yet to see it, she was incredible. she got for tens.

who is yet to see it, she was incredible. she got fortens. —— four tends. it was phenomenal and now she is a favourite to win. at 58, that is fantastic. i could not do what she did at let alone 58. here are the main stories from bbc news. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning. theresa may‘s most senior minister, damien green, has denied an allegation in the sunday times newspaper that pornography was found on his parliamentary computer nine years ago. the royal college of psychiatrists says the number of unfilled consultant posts in england has doubled in the past four years. here‘s matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. how is it looking this how is it looking this morning? how is it looking this morning? good how is it looking this morning? good morning. not bad. pretty cold. but not a bad day for many. sunshine

around. a chilly breeze as well, especially in the south—west and north—west. showers in the forecast that the heavy ones in north—west england, north—west midlands, and wales. some in northern ireland and the south—west as well that the showers coming and going in the morning. a few showers towards the east coast later on. for most of you, a pleasa nt later on. for most of you, a pleasant autumn day. wrap up. quite nice. temperatures, 8—10. sun around. pleasant. turning quickly into a cold evening. a touch of frost in scotland. note, fewer showers around. a few in wales. some scraping the coast of yorkshire, lincolnshire, and parts of norfolk and suffolk. england and wales will

have clear skies. a breeze in the south—west. temperatures up through most of the night. notice the blue colours. a widespread frost. most severe in scotland early on. temperatures away from towns and cities may drop as low as this in rural spots. these are the absolute minimum is. —5 in some areas to start monday. temperatures rising through the morning in scotland and ireland. a stiff breeze. outbreaks of rain in the hebrides. to the end of rain in the hebrides. to the end of the day, northern ireland. a few spots of rain. much of eastern scotla nd spots of rain. much of eastern scotland will stay dry. a good part of central and eastern england will stay not just of central and eastern england will stay notjust dry but sunny spells as well. chilly. temperatures slowly rising tempered by the breeze. monday night into tuesday, a wet

night in scotland and northern ireland. snow in the scottish islands. wales and western parts of england. much of central and eastern england, staying dry for a good part of tuesday before the rain comes in. in its wake, sunshine in many parts of the west. temperatures dropping around 8— nine degrees compared to 10-11-12 around 8— nine degrees compared to 10—11—12 towards the south—east corner. that is how we finish on tuesday. rain in england clearing through tuesday evening. tonight, another frost developing to take us on wednesday morning. a sunny start for many. eventually, rain in the west later on. a topsy—turvy week. nothing unusualfor west later on. a topsy—turvy week. nothing unusual for autumn. west later on. a topsy—turvy week. nothing unusual for autumnlj managed a dry bonfire night on thursday. congratulations. good luck to anyone heading out. your

sparklers won't fizzle. good to know. now the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. good to have you back. what have we been watching? so we have kenneth branagh‘s take on murder on the orient expression. killing a sacred deer, the latest from yorgos lanthimos. and the bad mums are back in bad mom‘s christmas. it‘s that time of year. it is. let‘s start with murder on the orient express. it had just a bit of publicity, i think people probably know it is out. you would be hard—pressed to avoid it. the story has been on the big screen and small screen before, most famously as an early 70s version, so this is the new version directed by kenneth branagh who also stars as hercule poirot, the belgian detective with the most unbelievable twin layered moustache.

the moustache should get a billing of its own. he is travelling from istanbul to calais, on the titular train. he has to get somewhere, but once he gets on the train, something is going to happen. there is a virtual cluedo board of famous people. so we have derekjacobi as the butler, willem dafoe, damejudi dench, michelle pfeiffer as a widow and johnny depp as a gangster. something bad is going to happen. here is a clip. well, hello. eyes linger any longer, i'll have to charge rent. i'll pay.

0h. have another drink. are you insulted? hm. disappointed. some men have a good look. all they have to do is keep their mouths shut and they can take home any prize they want. still, the mouth opens. he sniffs mm... i don‘t know why i‘m laughing. i don‘t think i am meant to! you are. there is lot of scenery chewing. i mean, there are scenes of hercule poirot, you know, eating chocolate, enjoying it and so are the cast. they are sinking their teeth into the scenery. a murder is committed. everyone is a suspect. everyone is shocked, but everyone has secrets and therefore everyone has to be interrogated.

what i like about this, and i did like it, is firstly it is old fashioned entertainment. i remember seeing the ‘74 version and with this i knew the story, i know some people won‘t — and if you don‘t you are in for a treat because it‘s a real swiss watch kind of constructed mechanism. but the whole thing takes place on the train, and it‘s shot in 65mm. the camera sashays up and down the train, outside and inside. occasionally you get these wonderful overhead shots. there is a sequence in which we discover the victim‘s body. it is like they have gone to every possible end to make the most visually of this confined space. occassionally some of the exterior shots look a little like bit like the polar express. but what i liked about it was the cast, they all get what kind of movie they are in. they are playing ripe characters, it is all very thumbnail sketches. branagh is clearly enjoying himself enormously. he likes the character of poirot. there is this central thing of poirot is a perfectionist, he is a bit obsessive,

he keeps trying to straighten people‘s ties, and at one point he says, i see the world as it should be and i can‘t relax if something is out of kilter. you have to go into this thinking it is an agatha christie, there is... does it need to be remade? it looks beautiful but i don‘t know... does that matter? i thought it was big screen entertainment, like a variety show, the train becomes a stage, we have all these famous stars come on, do their bit — i really enjoyed it. i went in feeling trepidatious, smiled all the way through and despite the fact i know the plot, i thought its revelations were handled well. i know some critics have been sniffy about it. ijust think it‘s a good, solid piece of old fashioned entertainment. and it looks good. it looks really good, that is not a little thing. 0k. the killing of a sacred deer. i mean, i have seen the trailer so many times and i am

terrified just by the trailer. that really looks good, but terrifying. yorgos la nthimos has worked in black comedy, social satire before. this is something more disturbing. colin farrell is a heart surgeon, he has a perfect life. he has a glamorous house and two lovely children. he has a strange relationship with an awkward teenager called martin, who turns up at work and bothering him at work. at first he seems to be innocent but then he starts to look like a young norman bates. there‘s a little touch of we need to talk about kevin. the story is becoming a weirdly surreal revenge drama. so you start laughing, as you often do with his films, then it starts moving into the territory of the shining. there are cameras creeping through corridors, strange ovwerhead shots. we look to some extent towards a film like haneke‘s funny games, so painful to watch. the thing i like about it, and yorgos lanthimos would like too, i spent the film not knowing where it was going. yes, it‘s a horror movie on one level, on one level it‘s saw for the upmarket, art house crowd. on another level it‘s a strange distance black comedy. you never quite relax into it. i felt very uneasy and i‘ve thought a lot about it

since i saw it and i think that‘s a recommendation. ok, is there going to be a recommendation for bad mom‘s christmas? i haven‘t thought about it a lot. three women decide to rebel against the tyranny of being a super mum, largely with the help of swearing and alcohol. along comes christmas, this time they rebel against the tyranny of the most stressful season of the year. here is a clip.

i'm just like a giant stress ball from november to new year's. ijust want to enjoy christmas again. yeah... well, then let's do it. what? guys, what is wrong with us? have we learnt nothing? we are mothers, and if things are not going our way, then what do we do? we hide in the bathroom. no. we don't, we don't do that. we stand up and we fight back. yes. so, if we want to do christmas our way this year, then we're going to do christmas our way. i laughed during that clip. when i saw the first one, i went in thinking... i had low expectations and i enjoyed it. in the case of this same thing, i went along thinking i enjoyed the first one and it was nothing like as funny, partly it is not as funny because this time the bad mums are having to deal with their own bad mums, so it‘s almost like three separate stories. that said, i counted how many times i laughed and i laughed seven times. i have this thing which is a six laugh rule. if you laugh six times it‘s

officially a comedy. yes, it is all over the place, it doesn‘t make sense, it doesn‘t have anything like the joyous simplicity of the first one, but i kind of laughed. i liked the characters, it‘s very very much a retread of the only thing, once again, the solution involves alcohol and swearing, but i would be lying if i said i didn‘t laugh. well, that‘s christmas! best out is a rerelease? so the remake of wages of fear — it did really badly a0 years ago and nobody got to see it. now it‘s back in a restoration and it is one of the most brutal, gruelling, muscular, visceral american action movies of the 19705. it is an extraordinary piece of work, you need to see it on the big screen. you need to seek it out because it‘s coming out on blu—ray on monday. if you get a chance to see this film projected. score by tangerine dream, i know you‘re a fan, it‘s a brilliant cinema experience. i was about to say i‘m going to borrow your blu—ray, but actually you‘re saying watch it on the big screen? blu—ray is great, but need to see it on a big screen,

this is a film they worked out, two—years in the making, and then it came out and it came out the same time as star wars, and the audience decided they didn‘t want a gruelling visceral thriller. that, you know, a story that starts at a point of no hope and goes downhill from there. 0k. dvd for anyone who wants to stay in? it comes at night, it‘s a chiller. it‘s not a horrorfilm. it‘s a story in a near future in which a virus has attacked mankind. a family are hiding in a cabin the woods. it‘s all about it comes at night, but actually the danger is from within. it‘s about people turning on each other, distrusting each other, paranoia, it has a lot to say about the modern political landscape and it‘s not a film that relies on gory shocks, it has an atmosphere of creeping dread. i have brought a dvd along that i‘m going to give to you as your homework, because you are going to like horror films in the very near future! you have said woods, cabins and paranoia. you do that to me deliberately.

in a subtle way! that subtle paranoia that i so love. thank you. it is my early christmas present. it is a delight. thank you very much. try harder next week. a reminder, you can find all our previous programmes on the iplayer as well. that‘s it for this week. i‘ve got a fun week ahead! thanks for watching, enjoy your cinema going. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. good morning, here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. the first secretary of state, damian green, has rejected allegations by a former senior police officer that pornographic material was found on one of his commons computers. the claims in the sunday times date back to 2008, when mr green‘s

offices were raided by police investigating leaked information from the home office. he is currently under investigation after a woman alleged that he made inappropriate advances to her two years ago. meanwhile, a journalist has claimed the former defence secretary michael fallon attempted to kiss her after they had lunch together. writing in the observer, jane merrick said the incident left her feeling humiliated and ashamed. the royal college of psychiatrists says it‘s found that the number of unfilled consultant posts in england has doubled in the past four years. the college says the shortage is alarming, and it has led to increased waiting times and lower standards of care. the department of health says it has announced the largest ever expansion in doctor training places. social media giants must do more to stop child sexual exploitation, the home secretary has said, as new government figures show a rise in indecent images of children being reported to the police. writing in the sun on sunday,

amber rudd said that companies have a "moral duty" to go "further and faster" in tackling abuse. technology firms insist they‘re doing their utmost to keep their young users safe. president trump has arrived in japan — the first stop on what will be the longest tour of asia by a us president in twenty—five years. mr trump‘s trip comes at a time of heightened tensions with north korea over its nuclear programme and missile tests. he‘s already met the japanese prime minister shinzo abe at a country club for a round of golf. cordon brown has said they were missed led over the extent of the wmd stockpile of iraq. he said that information from us intelligence was not shared with the uk before they

entered the war. most 20—year—old cars with more than 140,000 miles on the clock would struggle to attract much interest from potential buyers — apart from the odd scrap dealer. but an advert for a 1996 honda accord has been viewed nearly two million times after its american owners pulled out all the stops to make a good impression. film—maker max lanman adopted the style of a luxury car commercial to market his girlfriend‘s humble motor, nicknamed greenie, at a starting price of 499 dollars or just under 400 pounds. the highest bid on an online auction site is currently 100,000 dollars. i always worry about things like that. it could be a fake bid. you never know with those will happen or

not. wow. it would be worth the investment in glossy marketing... it's investment in glossy marketing... it‘s the voice—over. that voice—over that projects a certain lifestyle. i realise that as i looked at the camera. iforgot realise that as i looked at the camera. i forgot to realise that as i looked at the camera. iforgot to put my realise that as i looked at the camera. i forgot to put my glasses on and! camera. i forgot to put my glasses on and i was wondering why everything was blurry. the reason is because we have been watching on our small screens here debbie mcgee‘s performance in strictly yesterday. that led to. substrate! unbelievable. —— that led to. —— that leg. so straight. issue the favourite to win now. she is. she has been for a few weeks now. there

will be stiff competition. a vintage yearfor will be stiff competition. a vintage year for strictly and if i am a segway, a strict —— vintage year for celtic. —— and if i may segue. celtic‘s unbeaten run in domestic matches now stands at a british record of 63. to break the record they beat stjohnstone, who just happened to be the last team to beat them back in may 2016. 4—0 the score. it means everything. it is an incredible effort from the players and a wonderful example of professionalism, of playing and creating high standards everyday. they have faced everything is football players. elsewhere in the scottish premiership — aberdeen could only draw with hamilton which extends celtic lead at the top — hibs beat dundee two —1, rangers won three nil at home to partick and ross county held

on to beat motherwell 3—2. west ham manager slaven bilic says he is under "big pressure" after his side were thrashed 4—1 at home by liverpool in the premier league. bilic says he‘s nowjust waiting to see what the club will do. thousands of fans left early for the second home game in a row. west ham are nowjust one point above the bottom three. i can‘t talk about application, the attitude and all of that and about determination and the effort. especially not today. the players tried, they gave but it is not working. there is a definite lack of concentration for a few. but... it is not the effort and it is not the application. elsewhere in the premier league, bournemouth left it late but managed a 1—0 win at newcastle, thanks to steve cook‘s injury—time header. eddie howe‘s side move out of the relegation zone. there was also an away victory for burnley at southampton. sam vokes scored the only goal

of the match nine minutes from time to move them level on points with chelsea and arsenal. there were also wins for brighton and huddersfield, while leicester drew at stoke. there are four matches in the premier league today. tottenham, who beat real madrid in the week, host bottom side crystal palace in the early kick—off — before several huge games. manchester city will extend their lead at the top of the table if they beat arsenal at 2:15. at four o‘clockjose mourinho returns to stamford bridge to take on chelsea with manchester united, while second bottom everton host watford. the fa cup first round proper delivered the shocks we were hoping for, with three non—league teams taking down bigger opposition and plenty more upsets along the way. drew savage takes us through the day‘s action. it is partly about the anticipation. you can hope you will be going home saying i was there. but it is far from guaranteed. this was the national league springing a surprise

to be coming from behind to defeat blackpool. and now they fancy going for a bit of a run. i look at lincoln and sutton last year. why not? why not. i know we have only defeated black pool but why not? something is going to go on march andi something is going to go on march and i would not mind manager of 13. in chelmer, a day out to remember in every sense of the world. three golfer before half—time including this beauty. 11—2 it finished. hereford edgar street ground has been the scene of some famous shops. like the opponents, they are a mixed clu b like the opponents, they are a mixed club formed after predecessors folder —— folded. slatter had a great day at the office at gainsborough trinity. a hat—trick helped them win six mil away against a team who are one level above them

in the league structure. oxford city of national league south a 56 places below colchester. they have never defeated a league side until this weekend. matt paterson as their hero as they go into the second round for the second time in their history. island face papua new guinea in the rugby league world cup this morning. —— islands. they took the lead in this match, crossing early. it was converted to give ireland lead before papua new guinea responded with a try of their own. the latest scorers hate—62 papua new guinea. a tight one there at the rugby league world cup. england‘s victory over lebenon yesteday morning in the rugby league world cup has been marred by an allegation of biting. the claim was made by lebanon captain robbie farah against england wingerjermain mcgillvary. as you can see farah‘s arm makes contact with mcgillvary‘s mouth. farah — who is wearing a gumshield — has protested his innocence. the incident has been placed

on report for the match—review panel to discuss. couple of good tries coming up for you — starting with the barbarians against new zealand at twickenham yesterday. with the game already lost the barbarians decided to do something a bit different place kicking the ball across field. the ball was juggled amongst the players before sam carter broke free to score to end game on a high for the twickenham crowd. the game finished 31 — 22 to new zealand. meanwhile ulster narrowly beat the southern kings in an amazing 12—try match in port elizabeth in the pro 1a. the score was 36—all with just three minutes remaining, but robbie diack powered over for the visitors to steal the win. elsewhere, edinburgh beat ospreys and there were wins for cardiff and connacht. in golf, england‘s georgia halljust missed out on winning

the abu dhabi open for the second year in a row. despite a joint—best round of 66, she finished runner up to the indian teenager, aditi ashok, missing out by a single shot. hall said her putting let her down. to cricket now and both england‘s men and women are in live action this morning. joe root‘s side are continuing their ashes preparations with their first warm up match against a western australia eleven. just a two—day match. england posted a score yesterday of 349 and in reply today, western australia are 117- reply today, western australia are 117— four. the women are gearing up for the standalone ashes test match against australia starting on thursday. in their second innings, england 233— seven. three wickets remaining and england are doing battle on both men‘s and women‘s fronts. the first ashes test for the

man is november 23. the women are in the thick of it. the test tends to bea the thick of it. the test tends to be a fita the thick of it. the test tends to be a fit a little moment. the thick of it. the test tends to be a fit a little momentlj the thick of it. the test tends to be a fit a little moment. i must mention. england‘s deaf rugby team on tour in new zealand at the moment and beating the all blacks is almost impossible but they did it. i don‘t know how long the series is but they defeated them 36— 27. phenomenal. know how long the series is but they defeated them 36- 27. phenomenal. we will look for that so it is good to see the pictures. we will hunt around and see if we can find a record of that. just after 20 to seven. this week we have seen the private lives of politicians become public with the newspapers crammed with stories and a steady stream of accusations of inappropriate behaviour. what kind of change will this week‘s revelations lead to? we

joined with a lecturer from the university of leads. in general terms, what you make what you have heard coming from westminster over the last week and does it surprise you? iam the last week and does it surprise you? i am not surprised in the slightest. you have an environment thatis slightest. you have an environment that is dominated by power, by money, buy... huge decisions. it seems at the sort of environment that would be a cauldron that kind of activity. and there was minimal oversight to be i think a lot of people who are not necessarily involved in this would be surprised that you have researchers, advisers and all of these individuals who are employed by mps. they are not employed by mps. they are not employed by mps. they are not employed by parties by parliament. it is essentially 650 small businesses with no oversight. explain what you mean about not a lot of oversight. in any other company you can make a complete 20 hr department or whatever... under normal circumstances if you work for

a large company you have hr department and you could go to your manager‘s manager to discuss things or try to find another route. in parliament that does not exist. if you work for an mp you work for that mp. they are your boss, your hr, your everything. your employment is dependent upon them. very often those individuals are very temporary employment. if the mps defeated, uber was well. if the mp decides they do not wish you to be employed any more, they can make that decision and attempt to remove you from that position in ways that are set in legal framework. there is from that position in ways that are set in legalframework. there is no real recourse in that regard. the parties... you not employed by them so parties... you not employed by them so you parties... you not employed by them so you can parties... you not employed by them so you can upload them. you are not being employed by parliament either. so really, your livelihood and now a career are dependent upon the continued good wishes of the person employing new. when you look through the papers today you would be forgiven for thinking that westminster was rife with this

activity. we know it is not every mp nor every politician. nonetheless there does seem to be a gap between these things being reported and dealt with properly and a suggestion that some people may have known and sat on the sort of information which, in itself, is completely unacceptable. there are 650 mps and these, the bandying about of terms like witch—hunt suggests that everybody is out to get everybody. there are hundreds of mps who are carrying on with their daily business, doing the things they do as mps and that is fine. they have nothing to worry about because they act in the wake of normal individuals to act in business. there doesn‘t be a small group of individuals who appear to have been essentially shielded by the westminster bubble. people who have allowed them to get away with things because, well, boys will be boys or it is the corridors of power... keep quiet, it will not bring the party into disrepute. and the suggestion that information is being withheld because it is useful for whips to

have this information for a later date. that has long been a concern about whips. it used to be that they used to have information, supposedly, full of information. but still, the idea of spreadsheets and information being forced —— held... on the idea of disrepute. the expenses can scandal did nothing to enhance the standing of politicians. how does this compare? this is more complicated. expenses was a relatively easy, if awful, scandal because people could say that this was wrong and i have problems with vested in there is a whole series of things being bundled up here. everything from interoffice relationships right the way through to sexual assault and rape. they have been bundled together is one thing and therefore the waters are muddied. some individuals will be able to say well, maybe, maybe people are being oversensitive when, actually, that is not really what the big problem is about. it is not

about people being oversensitive, it is about people being sexually assaulted in the workplace. at the warders are muddied and things are not clear—cut. i would be surprised if it had to reckon passions that the expenses scandal had. if you have comments, send them in. the weather. a lot of bonfire parties on friday and saturday. todayis parties on friday and saturday. today is guy fawkes night. the fifth of november. not looking bad tonight. most places will be dry. a few showers. chilly. colder than last night in many areas. the forecast coming up. more cold tonight. not a bad day. pleasant for

many. sunny spells. a bit chilly. a few showers this morning. heavy ones in the midlands and parts of north—west england, wales, south—west england as well. sporadic showers in this area. less showers. away from them, a bit of cloud in the midlands drifting towards the south—east this morning. good and long sunny spells. chilly. sunshine compensating. when you get rid of it, it will get cold. if you have held off for the bonfire fireworks display, tonight, temperatures are turning frosty in scotland. most places are dry. a few showers in dumfries & galloway. coasts of yorkshire and norfolk and suffolk as well. a few showers in wales in south—west england. mostly dry.

south—west england, breezy today. that will go down tonight. giving temperatures up. scotland, england, widespread frost. temperatures away from towns and cities could be freezing. these are the ultimate lows. —4 and —6 to take us into the more morning. temperatures in scotla nd more morning. temperatures in scotland at their lowest tonight. by monday, rising. cloudy for tomorrow morning. breezy. most will start tomorrow dry. ice scraping in parts of england and east scotland. cloud increasing during the day. the odd bit of rain in northern ireland and the western fringes of england and wales. mostly dry. the best of the sunshine on monday the further east you are. a cold day. monday night and tuesday morning, wet weather. snow in the scottish mountains will slowly push eastwards. a different day to begin tuesday. that is how it

is looking. thank you very much. not too bad. here is click. if it feels like the weather is getting weirder, well, that‘s because it is. in many parts of the world, meteorological records seem to be in many parts of the world, tumbling virtually year after year. and as it gets more erratic and extreme, the need for accurate forecasts becomes vital. this is the bbc‘s weather centre at new broadcasting house. this is where they take their best guess at what the next few days are going to look like. we kind of take it for granted, these days, but as you would expect,

there‘s an awful lot of numbercrunching that goes on, which is what ben is doing right now. hi, ben. hi, spencer. you might recognise ben, he‘s on the telly! ben is taking raw data from the met office on this screen and turning it into something more akin to what we see on the tv. it all goes to make up that familiar weather map that we know and love. and for the uk, each 4km square gets its own individual forecast from the met office. other services can provide an even more granular forecast. but swing around to africa, and it‘s a very different story. here we‘re working at much lower resolution. the squares here are only 25 kilometres across. one of the reasons is because data is particularly thin on the ground here. now, over the coming month or so, we‘re going to be looking at how technology is changing this continent. and to start ourjourney, dan simmons has travelled to tanzania to meet a chap who used to work here, but who is now on a mission to improve the forecast for africa.

sub—saharan east africa is lush. the soils are rich. it‘s the end of a very wet rainy season. too wet for some farmers, who saw their crops rot. angus and asha farm in lushoto. they tell me climate change has made it difficult to predict the seasons. they‘ve gone from droughts to flood in recent years, and lost harvests in both. next door, peter‘s been planting jeska, type of runner bean which can take as little as six weeks to grow. in september to october, the rainfall are very harsh. it rush the topsoil to down there. but last season, he lost his entire crop to sudden,

heavy, early rains. the farmers here know what they are doing, theyjust don‘t quite know any more what the weather‘s up to. former bbc weather presenter and keen gardener, peter gibbs, wants to do something about that, and he‘s found a pretty neat way to explain it to me. i think you‘re like this, though. all right. the big reveal... oh, wow! oh my word! look at this! is that grand or what? that is huge! that goes on forever, doesn‘t it? it just. .. yeah. this gives you some idea of the scale of africa. the drop here is about 1,000 metres from where we are. no, no, no, that is close enough! that‘s not... from the west usambara mountains, where we‘re standing, down to the masai plain. we‘re looking at an area here of just hundreds of square kilometres. lots of weather going on. you can see clouds building over in the distance. most of its farmed as well...

exactly. there‘s lots of people living out there, but no weather station you can see. so how do you do a good forecast here without that information? that‘s incredible. you know, back in the uk, you would have, at least, half a dozen, perhaps 15 weather stations in that sort of area. so you can see the problem. so the satellites can‘t do it. because we have satellites, don‘t we? the satellites can do a bit of it. the satellites can pick up some of the clouds we can see, but can‘t estimate the rain how much rain one of these shower clouds can produce. you need those measurements of the ground. was the other parameters, like temperature, humidity, and pressure... you know, it‘s like any commuter programme, garbage in, garbage out. peter‘s advising a start—up, kukua, that wants to pepper africa with these. fully automated, self—reporting low—cost weather stations. they can be monitored from anywhere, looking up to africa‘s extensive mobile cell network. kukua placed their first station last year and will have more

than 100 operating by christmas. so what do we get on our fully automatic weather station? well, we‘ve got a bucket up here, which measures the rainfall. there‘s a little seesaw device in there which goes backwards and forwards for every drip that comes through. that tells us how quickly the rain is falling, as well as how much rain is falling. an anemometer a bit of giving us the wind speed and direction by the vane there at the very, very top. this is the solar panel, which powers the whole thing and is also rather cleverly used to tell us how much sunshine we‘re getting. just behind it in this hive kind of affair is the temperature gauge. it also measures humidity and it‘s stuck in there so it can‘t be affected by direct sunlight or more heat coming from the ground, which is dissipated by this housing. all of that data has to be collected by a panel round at the back, which is sent to this

communications unit. it has a sim card that works in every african country. what some of us would do for one of those... and then it uses this transmitter to send it all back to base. that goes back to europe, and then from the guys in europe, they will produce a model, which will give people back here a more accurate weather forecast. it‘s already making a difference. farmers like peter get daily text alerts, giving them a steer as to what to expect. and this farmer told us his texts have helped him decide when best to add fertilizer and pesticides. we can actually make a massive difference to the farmers themselves. up to 80% yield increases. that would be the difference between eating to stay alive and sending your children to school. and it‘s not just the personal impact.

health agencies can use improved forecasts to better predict outbreaks of malaria or cholera. and insurers want to know if they need to pay out on policies. this information gap is holding the continent back. the coco belt in west africa is shifting. multinationals want to know which way and by how much. and it‘ll be selling on the big data kokua collect that will help pay for what‘s looking like a pretty big job. well, across the whole of africa at the moment, there are around 500, just 500, reliable reporting weather stations. to get good coverage, you need to get up to something like 20,000. from my point of view, after my years in meteorololgy, i think it‘s fantastic that i feel i can make use of that experience, to actually make a difference to people‘s lives. that was dan simmons with peter gibbs in tanzania. we‘ll have more reports from the african continent later this month on click. microsoft boasts its new xbox one x is the most powerful games console in the world! they‘ve stopped short of calling it the most powerful console in the galaxy, i suspect they‘re saving that accolade for the machine

comes after this one. but there‘s good reason for all this talk of power, and that is down to what lurks under the hood of this console. it has an eight core processor running at 2.3 gigahertz, a six teraflop gpu,12gb of memory and a 4k blu—ray player thrown in for good measure. this means that the machine can throw out 4k 60 frames per second graphics in hdr. stunning... what those numbers and specs mean is that this box is capable of producing much sharper,

crisper and more detailed graphics than the old xbox one s, which had a maximum resolution of 1080p, which is eye—offending high definition, as it‘s now probably now know. look at this porsche that i‘m driving in forza. i‘ve managed to crash it and scrape it of a couple of times, and you can see every single dent and ding that i‘ve put in the car, every single little bit of chipped paintwork. it really is very detailed. the one x can play games made for the older xbox, but some titles will be enhanced, like rise of the tomb raider here, which boasts upgraded 4k graphics and a higherframe rate, which makes everything look smoother. these enhancements won‘t be standardised, though. microsoft says it is up to developers to choose how they will use the brunt the one x provides.

this new digital virtuosity is great if you own a 4k tv. but if you are using a hd screen, the one x can give you a graphics bus, as well, making games look better than they would on the old machine. but how do they achieve this? witchcraft? or more precisely, super sampling, a technique that allows all the detail and information in a 4k image to be scaled down to fit into a 1080p screen, which, i suppose, is a form of silicon sorcery. apart from prettier visuals, the new machine should enjoy faster load times and, unlike its 4k console rival, the ps4 pro, the one x has a 4k blu—ray play fitted as well. so the box does more stuff than the ps4 pro, but it‘s also more expensive than the ps4 pro as well. microsoft is keen to see this in the world‘s most powerful console, but it is also the most expensive, at £449. and i think that might be the biggest hurdle that the xbox one x has to overcome, its price. and, as the games the machine plays

are essentially the same as those on its least powerful older sibling, the one s, this console is probably appeal only going to appeal to those with spare cash burning a hole in their pocket, or those with a 4k tv on which to watch the prettier pictures the console produces. that casts gloom over everything, doesn‘t it, lads? what a drag he is! thanks for watching and we‘ll see you soon. hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and rachel burden.