the performance levels, the off field antics, i would be staggered if england got a victory this week. and at a ground famed as a paradise for its pace bowlers, australia are ramping up the pressure. england are only a couple of bad sessions away from losing the ashes, essentially. so you know, we've got to do the basics really well and start this test match well and yeah, as i said, hopefully we can get the result we are after at the end of this week. this will be the last ashes test at this atmospheric ground, for so long australia's western stronghold, but for one final time it could watch the sunset on england's hopes. andy swiss, bbc news, perth. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. good job the schools have gone back because this is what happens to your beautifully crafted snowmen.

slightly less cold air has arrived and things are melting thick and fast and in fact we have got heavy rain. lots of rain around pushing in from the west and some of that quite heavy. as we go through the afternoon some rain down into the south—east corner. some brighter weather and then showers, getting wintry as we go through the evening. from the m4 corridor north you go see combination of rain, sleet and snow, the snow will be quite wet, we do not expect it to cause much disruption but not pleasant to drive in and it might make for tricky rush—hour conditions. so some of those snow showers are little more frequent, settling chiefly above 200 metres. but overnight it will be windy, with gale force wind on

exposed coasts. and temperatures falling away. the ice could be more ofa falling away. the ice could be more of a concern tomorrow morning so worth bearing in mind, there will be some icy stretches out there with temperatures hovering close to freezing. as we go through the day tomorrow, not quite so messy. the wind falling lighter and most of the showers confining themselves towards the west facing coast. central and eastern areas seeing the west facing coast. central and eastern areas seeing some the west facing coast. central and eastern areas seeing some decent sunny weather and not a bad day although still quite chilly. as we move out of thursday and into friday theice move out of thursday and into friday the ice bars are vertical, the wind coming from the north yet again. a cold day but a quiet day, just a few scattered showers and there will be some sunshine around. hopefully helping to compensate a little. the cold air remains with us at the start of the weekend but look at sunday, milder air returning from the west. so on saturday we see

sunny weather conditions and by sunday it looks as if it will be cloudy and wet from the west. and the mild conditions stay with us for the mild conditions stay with us for the early part of next week. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. a blow for president trump — for the first time in 25 years, the deeply conservative state of alabama has voted in a democrat for a us senate seat. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — good afternoon. chris froome has said that uk anti—doping are correct to ask questions

about his "adverse" drugs test. the team sky rider had twice the allowed level of legal asthma drug salbutamol in his urine during this year's vuelta a espana. we can now speak to our sports correspondent david ornstein who is at team sky's headquaters at the manchester veladrome — what could this all mean for froome? incredibly serious. the reputation of britain's most reputational cyclist, the greatest in many people's opinions. four time to the frogs when, and then the espana witches were others took place on the 7th of september. he received confirmation of the adverse finding on the 20th of september. where does he go from here? that means potentially some more testing, team

sky going to have to show some detailed medical records to the uci. he faces potentially being stripped of that title. he recently said he was planning to ride next year's italia, he would become only the third cyclist to hold the three at the same time. a lot riding on this. it is not possible to separate team sky and chris froome. he has been their rider. team sky have been linked to crisis over recent times. questions about the use of therapeutic use exemptions. for froome, this is crunch time. chris froome, this is crunch time. chris froome said he was not exceeding the

permitted amount. thank you. johnny baistow is moved up the batting order to 6th as england have named a unchanged team for the decisive third ashes test which starts tonight. australia lead the series 2—0 and if england lose the series is lost — but the signs aren't good — england haven't won for nearly a0 years in perth. captain joe root says he believes his team have a chance to change that history... it has obviously been spoken about quite a lot. as a group i do believe and genuinely believe that we have got a really good opportunity here. we have done some good things in practice. we have spoken really well asa practice. we have spoken really well as a group and spoken about how we need to go about things this week. it is just making sure we put things into practice. the football association of wales has begun disciplinary action against its chief executive jonathan ford for saying the next wales manager could be "foreign", but "definitely not english". the faw has set up a three—person panel to investigate a bbc sport wales interview with, ford which took place

at the wales sport awards... we have always favoured welsh people, arguably the passion is there. i thought it was a good expression, welsh, definitely, four and possibly but definitely not english. and finally in the last hour — afc wimbledon have announced it can begin construction of their proposed new stadium at plough lane after signing an agreement with merton council. club chief executive erik samuelson says it's a "momentous day" for the club which was formed when wimbledon fc moved to milton keynes and became the mk dons after the club was forced to move away from plough lane. that is all the sport. you can read all of that on the website. all of the details about that complicated and twisted history on the website. and i will be back with more in the next over. a baby born with her heart outside her body has survived surgery at a hospital in leicester.

the mother has been talking about the condition and operation. vanellope hope wilkins was delivered three weeks ago and has had three operations to place her heart back in her chest. the rare condition was picked up in early scans. earlier vanellope's mum naomi findlay and her consultant, frances bu'lock spoke to my colleague victoria derbyshire. naomi started by sharing what chances the medical team had given her daughter before she was born. literally next to none. there was a very, very slim chance that she would survive at all, either she would die in the womb or when she was born, through delivery, she wouldn't survive. and how did you and your husband respond to that? not very well, to be honest with you. it was not something that we wanted to hear. but i think as time went on,

and the more scans we went to, and the more we saw her grow and her heart beat, it wasn't something that we believed was actually going to happen. we believed that she was a fighter. but obviously the first ten minutes of when she arrived, it was a very crucial point. we didn't know, nobody knew how she would cope with being outside of the womb. so very much the first ten minutes, i think everybody was holding their breath, even the medics. she actually came out covering her own heart, she had her hand over her own heart, protecting it, and came out kicking and screaming, she did. and it was a real sense of relief.

i think that then is when we decided it was all right to breath ourselves. the biggest hurdle, as naomi has already said, was getting her born safely and getting it arranged so that all the right things were around at the right time to manage that. there was a big logistical organisation and information discussion to get her delivered at the cardiac unit. we had to have the obstetricians there, the neonatal specialists, and in the cardiac surgical team, get the baby out safely, get the heart covered, and then swap naomi out of the theatre and bring vanellope into the theatre and start the process of repatriating her heart to where it should be. wow. and so how would you say she is now? they are doing really well. she's certainly very active. she had a rough week the week before when we actually got the skin closed, that was a really big operation for her.

caused a lot of swelling. she is getting over that. she opens her eyes, she wriggles, she waves her arms and we have to stop trying to pull her breathing tube out. yeah. so, she is showing considerable promise. the prime minister has promised mps if you should maybe have some music to accompany us, because that seems to where we are heading. be conservative ripples

insisting there are not going to back off, all the signs on a very close vote, at ten o'clock. and listening to the prime minister at prime minister's questions, she was askedif prime minister's questions, she was asked if she would reconsider opposition to the key amendment and she pretty much swept that away. no sign of mrs may backing down. the prime minister and myself have many things in common, including being proud of being called women! difficult my right honourable friend is not in that category for many reasons. he is obviously a man! respected and seasoned parliamentarian and like many on

these benches has been for many decades loyal to the party. nobody wants to be disloyal or to bring about more disunity. the prime minister said she once meaningful vote on brexit, even at this last moment would she be as good to acce pt moment would she be as good to accept the right honourable amendment numberseven, accept the right honourable amendment number seven, in the spirit of unity for everybody here and in the country. my right honourable friend makes an important point about the concerns that people have had in this house, on this particular issue. as i set out in the earlier answer, that is what we will have. we will have a meaningful vote in this house. then an opportunity for parliament to look at the withdrawal agreement and the

fa ct at the withdrawal agreement and the fact that we have that meaningful vote m ea ns fact that we have that meaningful vote means that it has been sated and confirmed by the brexit secretary at a ministerial statement today. we were very clear that we will not commence any statutory instruments until that meaningful vote is taking place. as currently drafted by what the amendment says, we should not put any of those arrangements statutory instruments into place until withdrawal agreement and implementation bill has reached the statute book. that should be at a late stage in the proceedings. it could mean we're not able to have the orderly and smooth exit from the european union that we wish to have. all things brexit, i am joined by the liberal democrat mp, conservative and labour. although we have a lot of talk about giving parliament a proper role, the

real objective is to put the brakes oi'i real objective is to put the brakes on brexit? fit needs to go back to the popular vote. this is why all the popular vote. this is why all the debate that we are having an parliament, to is the most important thing is that it is a time when people can have the final say. we know what the deal will look like, we have more information, it is for the people to confirm what is proposed by this government.“ theresa may is confident about the sort of deal she can strike, this is the deal i have done, you can amend it and change it? try to win the argument rather than just presenting the gun to the head? year going to

have appalled at the end of the process, this is a long and complex complicated process. some people wa nt complicated process. some people want to do anything that they possibly can to frustrate that would come and go against the popular will of the people. what are the consequences of that, if parliament votes against the deal? do we go back and say we're going to have another deal? of course not. it would be no due and nobody wants that. some are very clear that they wa nt that. some are very clear that they want another referendum. what people like you want to fundamentally recast brexit, stating that single market, customs movement, free movement, that is what is really driving this and not if parliament should have a say? it was notjust me. others have said you would be crazy not to stay in the single market, some of them are ardent leavers. the referendum was the

simple question, in or out, nobody said what that would mean. i think the correct thing to do is have this in terms of the general election. it is what worries me try to do in june. she put herversion is what worries me try to do in june. she put her version of brexit to the public and that not receive a majority. she did not get a resounding yes to her version. we need a package, ideal for the country that people can make up their mind on. if we are prepared to tearup their mind on. if we are prepared to tear up trade, have a more american sta ble tear up trade, have a more american stable economy with more regulation, thatis stable economy with more regulation, that is one thing. i do not think that is one thing. i do not think thatis that is one thing. i do not think that is what the british people thought they were voting for. we know that brexit has been divisive. one way to bind people together, this is the deal that we have done. take another look. if we agree? fine? if we do not, third

referendum, fourth? that people need the clear decision, last year. it was inevitable and made very clear by david cameron and george is, and they want that if you thought to leave, we will get on with the job and it will mean coming out of the customs market. and it has to be inevitable. is that not the truth? if you have another referendum, never referendum ? if you have another referendum, never referendum? on and on? several ways of dealing with this. in the manifesto we said as liberal democrats, we were very clear about where we were standing on this issue. it was the labour party making it difficult for the electorate to actually see this as a vote on brexit, in the general

election. it was not clear where the labour party were standing. you need that point, and i would say people did not know the customs union. the chance to reply. my position has been really clear. i spoke to leave and remain voters, the priority was to get the deal done, stealing in the customs union and single market we will get a deal. he said before the law regulation american stable economy but it is not about that. what is it about then? what is this for? what we have not heard, what the government are driving at, what they are trying to achieve? that is why the british public are so unclear. still waiting for the cabinet to decide? after 44 yeasrs

of being members, remain were unable to meet any case why it has been so good for the united kingdom that we should remain. the decision is done. exactly. we are going to come out of the european union despite the frustrations going on, certain people who do not accept the result and the mandate of the people. we need to rally round. it shows it can be done. we can go on forever. we will get a temporary interlude, about seven o'clock. that is when we are expecting the result of the vote. that is good to be a significant moment in this brexit saga. that is a moment to watch out for. the signs are, if it goes to the vote, it'll be close. thank you. in the business news...

unemployment fell to 1.4 million in the last quarter, so it remains the lowest it's been since 1975. but it's not great news on wages — those aren't rising as fast as inflation. walt disney is close to confirming a deal to buy the entertainment business of 21st century fox. the deal is reported to be worth almost £16 billion and would include fox's interest in sky. profits at dixons carphone have slumped 60% in the first half of the year. apparently it's because we're putting off upgrading our phones and holding on to our old ones for longer. the firm is warning of "challenging trading conditions". now... we all like to think we're quite savvy when it comes to spotting a fraudster. but even the most canny of us can fall for a bogus story. so how would you feel if a police officer showed up to warn you just as you were taking out cash from a bank to give to someone who's actually a bit dodgy?

well there's a scheme to do just that — and it's averted about £9 million worth of fraud in its first year of operation. thank you for an. tell us how this works. it is really targeting vulnerable customers going to bank branches and withdrawing or moving large sums, unusual sums. the bank staff are trained to spot this and ask questions and if they think that the customer is being duped, then they can call 999. get the police to attend and hopefully get the arrest. what is the most egregious fraud you have averted? we have whole range is being targeted. everything from someone being targeted. everything from someone posing being targeted. everything from someone posing as a being targeted. everything from someone posing as a police officer,

the customer part of an undercover operation and needs to move money from one account to another, to dodgy tradespeople who are targeting victims again and again. coming back to do driveways, again. drawing out unfeasible sums of money. people a lwa ys unfeasible sums of money. people always persuaded when they actually see the real policeman? is it not intimidating? it is handed sensitively. they tell the customer what is happening, it is notjust about the police turning up, it does mean that the police are committed to turning up in a short time and have been able to make arrests. what is next for this? plans to expand? we started the pilot in london and have been rolling out gradually from

the united kingdom. a couple more areas to go. we will have got com plete areas to go. we will have got complete coverage in the united kingdom. it is a really good initiative. thank you forjoining us. and some other business stories around today... we can expect cheaper water bills according to the regulator, but not until 2020. ofwat says bills will eventually fall by as much as £20 a year. sports direct shareholders have rejected a proposed £11 million payment to the brother of its founder, mike ashley. the vote was 70% against john ashley receiving the sum. meghan markle has been named the year's most googled item in the uk. the numberfour item might reveal what many kids want for christmas — fidget spinners. bitcoin is also featured as one of the year's most popular searches. and we can take a quick look at the markets. as you can see, dixons recovering.

that visit from the. back to you. we can takea that visit from the. back to you. we can take a look at the latest weather. but one thing, it is milder. helping to thaw snow. some outbreaks of rain, some of that clearly moving from the west. going to continue through the afternoon and it could be a wet end to the afternoon in the south east. it looks as though we

could see wet weather, anything from the m4 corridor north, rain, sleet. wet snow. hail. that could make for some tricky driving conditions. not expecting the snow to be too disruptive but it is worth bearing in mind. across scotland and northern ireland, plenty of showers, winter mix. and those are going to continue through the night. blustery, if not gale force winds. it is going to be a tricky story throughout the night. temperatures close to freezing yet again. ice could be an issue in the morning. we start on thursday with the cold icy start, but the wind is gradually going to start to ease. most of the showers, at the west facing coasts. the chance of some more sunshine. top temperatures, around 1—7. might see nine at the channel islands.

thursday, into friday, isobars vertical. north winds return. things are going to get a little bit colder but noticeably quieter. not bad on friday. good deal of dry weather and some sunshine around, highs of 4—9. not as cold as we have seen. cold air is going to stay with us at the beginning of the week but some subtle changes to the story as we move to sunday. mild air set to return. that means it is going to be cold with some sunshine on saturday, more cloud on sunday and indications of getting a little bit milder. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 2pm: a blow for president trump as the democrats take a senate seat in alabama for the first time in a quarter of a century. the prime minister promises mps that they will get a vote on any final brexit deal as she tries to avert a possible government defeat tonight. we expect the uk parliament to vote

ahead of the european parliament so we fully expect parliament to vote well before march 2019. we fully expect parliament to vote well before march 20 19. and britain's most prolific drug smuggling gang who used drones to get drugs and weapons into prisons. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with katherine downes.