salmond rift. this is what used and salmond rift. this is what used to be called russia today. it broadcasts from the uk and i have been interviewed on there several times. nicola sturgeon is saying alex salmond, who is no longer an mp, has set up a production company and will have a weekly show on this channel. nicola sturgeon is saying that she does not think this is right and that he shouldn't be doing that because he is supporting the regime of putin, where journalists and people with sexuality and all sorts of people are being harassed and to actually partake in that does not look good on him. but, you know, to be honest with you, people accuse the bbc of being a state broadcaster. the fact about is the media. igo broadcaster. the fact about is the media. i go on there to talk about very important issues like child how campaigns in this country. when i thought about it, i thought that

maybe they want to make written that bad, ex—offenders have been on there to talk about british jails. it bad, ex—offenders have been on there to talk about britishjails. it is whether it is a tool of the state or just another broadcaster. they do serious journalism, but just another broadcaster. they do seriousjournalism, but it just another broadcaster. they do serious journalism, but it is from the perspective of the russian government and you have to thing with this, what suits russia and vladimir putin. alex salmond will be very critical of the british government and britain as a country and he obviously wants an independent scotland. he is somebody who were tears in his interest to make the british government embarrassed and to humiliate them, not because he is doing the bidding of russia, who are paying him but thatis of russia, who are paying him but that is because it is his personal belief. will they get someone who paints the west and britain in a positive light? of course not. someone who makes a very good point in this article, a liberal democrat, says on his show, will he interview people who are critical of the

russian state? that would be a test, wouldn't it? apparently he has editorial control, he says he has editorial control, he says he has editorial control. will he interview people who have been critical of vladimir putin. in the past he has spoken of admiration for putin and the way he has restored russian pride. are either of you interested in the fact that nicola sturgeon has been really quite outspoken in condemning his move. do you read anything into that? she is very strong. she comes across very strongly in this article i think she's quite angry about and you can tell that from the comments in the article. it was interesting following us on twitter and looking at how the scottish nationalist perception change from this being 0k people shouldn't criticise him and then nicola sturgeon k criticised and then they all said he shouldn't be doing it. she clearly is the voice of scotland in that sense and people do follow where she leads.

let's go to the front page of the financial times now under story we have been running today about this taxi company losing its case in court over the position of its workers. yes, it was a tribunal upheld again rose the app should treat its workers as workers. i was thinking about minicab drivers and black cab drivers and how most black cab drivers i know a may work for themselves they might work with a couple of other guys but also minicab driversa couple of other guys but also minicab drivers a lot of the time a self—employed as well and you made the point that actually cab—drivers are saying it is wrong because uber are saying it is wrong because uber are being held on the but the app brings them together so it is quite confusing thing. i am freelance and ido confusing thing. i am freelance and i do not get holiday pay and i don't get sick pay and stuff like that but it isjust that get sick pay and stuff like that but it is just that you do feel with this company that they are trying to

shirk their responsibilities and not ta ke shirk their responsibilities and not take care of their workers. i don't use take care of their workers. i don't use uberandl take care of their workers. i don't use uberand i knowa lot of take care of their workers. i don't use uber and i know a lot of people do and they say they are very cheap but there is probably a reason for that. the financialtimes but there is probably a reason for that. the financial times broadens it out and says this is the most high—profile uk test of the premise that people who work on geek apps are independent and not employed by anyone. it the wider question of the gig economy. you brought up your freelance and a lot of people freelance and a lot of people freelance and a lot of people freelance and have —— multiplejobs. there are gay gaps for everything from music to catering and tuition and all kinds of things. the anger about this shows that we do not have categories anymore that are able to explain how a lot of people are working now and a review was meant to address this. we have employed and self—employed categories but a lot of people fall into a new area in between the regulation hasn't really caught up so rather than trying to force uber into the

categories that we already add, maybe we need to think more generally about the way that our labour market is starting to work. let us move on to the front page of the daily telegraph ran top of the page, about charities dodging the begging ban. this is a big issue, especially if you know older people, about how marketing is being done to raise money for charities. this is very aggressive. we all know the people we see in the street to come up people we see in the street to come up to us and ask... this is about the royal mail delivering hundreds of thousands of letters to people, sometimes vulnerable people, and the amount of complaints they have been getting about this and actually what is really good, that i read in this article is that actually the relatives of elderly people have been complaining and saying that these mailshots are coming through these mailshots are coming through the door thick and fast and that it is not always, it is not good for

older people to have these because they might do things and they might be voting with their heart. it is a very aggressive trade i think, raising money for charities these days. does seem to be about a loophole because a fundraising regulator was set up after a very well—publicised case of a woman who was said to take an error in life after being bombarded with these requests. apparently charities have found a way around the new regulations. yes, if they do it anonymously, mass mail outs, then they're risen to way to stop them from delivering to a certain address. 240 million anonymous letters were sent in 2013. it is extraordinary. no huge number. there are also sending presents and gifts like christmas cards and pens. i used to look after an elderly lady and she left the freebie but along with that there is a begging letter

and there is just whether it with that there is a begging letter and there isjust whether it is fair and there isjust whether it is fair and aggressive? and then why is the money being spent on that rather than the cause itself? going further down the front page of the daily telegraph, the bbc pulls us christmas special over rape claims about a star. i remember him from gossip girl which is the show that i think made him famous. this is ed westwick who has been accused of rape and denied all claims and obviously we don't know what happened at what is interesting for me is that the show that made him, he plays a character, it is all about rich new yorkers going to parties and getting drunk and in the very first episode of the show his character does attempt to rate on a girl at the party and that is kind of glamorised in a certain way. obviously that is the character and not the actor but itjust made me think that this was a really popular show that ran for six or seven seasons and was all about

glamorising the high life in bad boys and all of that. there was a cultural issue here and the fact that this show has been pulled because of the allegations, even though we do not know what the outcome will be, sort of shows that we are experiencing a cultural shift in the last few weeks and broadcasters aren't actors and directors don't want to be associated with that kind of messaging anymore. things are being pulled left right and centre, we've heard about kevin spacey. the bbc i'iow heard about kevin spacey. the bbc now has to fill that hole in the schedule and that is going to cause a problem and i think it might be a bigger problem in times to come because there will be more and more of these allegations.|j because there will be more and more of these allegations. i should add that ed westwick strenuously denies the allegations. we can move onto a christmas story. it is only november the daily mail says christmas sales are on already. we haven't even done black friday yet! every year i take a photograph when i see the first thing in the local supermarket and i did that a few weeks ago. it really

is ridiculous. we are all being siphoned of our money. you don't have to spend it. we don't but you feel... the biggest thing for me as halloween and how that has changed. all of this, there are lots of items you can buy for halloween now. i remember people saying it is american and not the british tradition but it has become, because it is run by the shops a commercial and the need to up their profits and thatis and the need to up their profits and that is what life is a bike, i'm afraid. christmas ravens starting july before we know it. they have hit panic button and the idea is that sales have been slow so they are hyping up christmas early in order to try and get people to spend more earlier. i always think, does this work? it must work do it. i think people will

spend a certain amount for christmas, whether that is the week before christmas or the month before christmas, it will be a similar amount. maybe that is just me. christmas, it will be a similar amount. maybe that isjust me.|j have friends who save lots of money and they start in january. lemmy creeping in one more christmas story on page three of the times. let the festive countdown bgn! ouch! this is about posh advent calendars. really posh. gin, whiskey, make up. money. one of them was trending and make up advent calendar that was trending on google in august, so that goes to show. i don't really get this. again maybe i just don't show. i don't really get this. again maybe ijust don't get it but i think an advent calendar, the fun is opening its anger in the little chocolate. if you are spending lots of money to get the more expensive gifts, wouldn't it make more sense to just buy the gift that you wanted and have the calendar separately. am ijust and have the calendar separately. am i just not getting and have the calendar separately. am ijust not getting it? i am with you! you didn't mention the £10,000 one! i think it is for children and adults want to do it... advent

calendars for children. adults who wa nt calendars for children. adults who want to sit and be children an open and drinking every day, good luck to them. if they have the money, good luck. one word for the pork scratching calendar for those who prefer their advent calendar is a bit more down—market. thank you both very much. that is it for the papers tonight. the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week. if you missed the programme any evening you can watch it later on the iplayer. thank you both. goodbye. hello. it will turn much colder as the weekend goes on. it may not feel like it at the moment but for some of us we have tropical air. this tropical storm is in with all of the cloud that has been spilling into

northern ireland and is now pushing its way into england and where is. it will bring with it some rain, not huge amounts, but steady and the odd heavy burst at times with wind is picking up across southern england and were. that will keep it mild. in scotla nd and were. that will keep it mild. in scotland most of that rain will be missed with just a few wintry showers and a touch of frost. the temperatures are not far from freezing. the rain soon clears away from northern ireland tomorrow morning and then sinks to the south in england somewhere where it could linger on and off through the afternoon. a zone of cloudy weather and more sunshine as you head further north. showers continuing the far north of scotland and a touch wintry over the hills. a cold day with sunshine. more clout than northern ireland through the day. largely dry. sunshine in the north of england. it will feel pretty cold as temperatures struggle to rise. it will be somewhat milder in southern england and south wales where it will stay dull and damp and miserable for most of the day. a bit

of rainfor miserable for most of the day. a bit of rain for the start of the rugby season, the autumn international ‘s, games at cardiff and twickenham but sunshine there at murrayfield. it will be quite cold beer and the temperatures fall quickly. further south of the spread of rain will run across wales in southern england. heavy bursts overnight. showers follow one behind this is where we start to see the colder air beginning to do again. the weather system beginning to do again. the weather syste m m oves beginning to do again. the weather system moves out of the way and we can system moves out of the way and we ca n follow system moves out of the way and we can follow the isobars up to the arctic. this is proper arctic maritime air that arrives on sunday. it gets colder and the wind is strengthening as well. most of the showers to begin within northern ireland and wales and the south—west and the ease off on the same time we tra nsfer and the ease off on the same time we transfer those showers into the north sea coast. wintry showers in northern scotland but for many inland areas it will be dry and sunny but it will feel cold, especially in the wind. we could start with a frost on monday

morning. a cold day monday morning before temperatures rise in the coming days. a lot of cloud and some rain but not much. this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 11:00: eu chief negotiator michel barnier has given the uk a two week deadline to prepare for the next level of brexit talks. theresa may wants to push ahead with her resolve to "make brexit happen", as she unveils plans to enshrine the time and date of transition into law. wales' first minister has called for an independent inquiry into how he handled allegations about carl sargeant who died earlier this week. ping upfor ping up for poor service:

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