back into the hopefully bringing back into the light will change things. there is a quote from somebody from the fawcett society which campaigns for women's rights saying that women are overrepresented in lower paid civil servicejobs and overrepresented in lower paid civil service jobs and underrepresented... that is the main explanations of the 95p~ that is the main explanations of the gap. it is not so much women are being paid less for doing the same sort ofjobs, it is that they tend to have the less well— paid sort ofjobs, it is that they tend to have the less well—paid job. i'd rememberthe to have the less well—paid job. i'd remember the cabinet secretary jeremy heywood was proud of the fact that half of all whitehall departments had a female permanent secretary. i think it has fallen back since then. some progress has been made recently in breaking into the topjobs. for been made recently in breaking into the top jobs. for women. been made recently in breaking into the topjobs. forwomen. but been made recently in breaking into the topjobs. for women. but there hasn't been a woman cabinet secretary yet. no, no, indeed. let's move secretary yet. no, no, indeed. let's m ove o nto secretary yet. no, no, indeed. let's move onto the front page of the guardian, they've got an interview with the eu's brexit negotiator and

he's dropped a bit of a grenade on an important day for theresa may. theresa may has hosted the first brexit war committee, ten key cabinet ministers have spoke about their vision for the trade deal and they hope the uk can get with the eu. michel barnier have come out and said that under no circumstances is the uk going to get financial services as a bolt on to a trade deal, services make up 80% of the uk's economy. just having free trade and goods is no good for us. i think we need to take his point of view with a pinch of salt. the eu 27 member states at the beginning of this process are speaking about what they want, he is going and hard which is to be expected. the mood music i am hearing coming out of brussels is that there is a lot of concern among the eu 27 that the uk if it was cast adrift and have the ability to use state aid, that could

be pretty disastrous for some of the sectors like the rest of the eu. there will be more compromised than is being suggested here. absolutely. if this is a negotiation, he's setting out his position, david davis has set out the uk position which is that they want a canada deal, which is mostly goods, and we wa nt deal, which is mostly goods, and we want to add things to that. michel barnier says you can add justice on defence and criminal cooperation, but you can't add financial services. we will see about that. we british do like to beat ourselves up about what a terrible negotiating position we have. it is a weak position. but theresa may achieved a lot in the first stage of the negotiations and let's wait and see what compromise can be reached on this. let's go on to the financial times which has cyril ramaphosa's

victory in the anc election, the anc leadership election today. lucy fisher, the financial times concentrates on the threat that he now poses to jacob zuma and jacob zuma's position. that's right. he ran against jacob zuma's zuma's position. that's right. he ran againstjacob zuma's ex—wife, the candidate that jacob zuma supporters, an interesting dynamic. this is the story i am fascinated by! fancy having your ex—wife as your candidate to succeed you. but the paper suggests that jacob zuma might then have expected a certain immunity from legal follow—ups given various corruption... it depends how he gets on with his ex—wife. various corruption... it depends how he gets on with his ex-wife. and whether he has dote on her if she tries to sink him, maybe he will try and think her. it is interesting the way this news cyril ramaphosa winning the presidency today, cheers

in the conference call, but not an entirely clear—cut picture because jacob zuma's allies were elected as deputy president and secretary general of the part are also jacob zuma allies. the civil war is going to go on. i should call it civil war, because there has been violence is another pair in the past, but the anc is bitterly divided and this was a very divisive contest. only one by 2500 votes to 2200 5000. it was very close. after a lot of recount and so one. this is obviously not going to be the end of the story. let's go onto the front page of the independent which has got that startling image from the united states of this disaster which is still unfolding. we know there have

been fatalities but we don't know how many yet. six is the latest figure that i've seen, but possibly more. atrain figure that i've seen, but possibly more. a train coming off the tracks at 80 miles an hour is not good. if it's on a bridge over a motorway, that's even worse. those pictures look horrible, don't they? donald trump's reaction telling his first impulse was to tweet about how this dreadful carnage was relevant to infrastructure policies he's trying push through. he followed up with a tweet expressing his somebody‘s after there was backlash about that saying that his thoughts and prayers we re saying that his thoughts and prayers were with the victims. unsurprising the us president has tried to capitalise on this tragedy. another interesting feature about it is this was the first passenger train to go along this line. it was the first joining it was taking. the inaugural run of the route between seattle and

portland down the west coast. terribly sad scenes. the other story on the front page of the independent, nhsjobs on the front page of the independent, nhs jobs crisis leaves 100,000 reels vacant. this is a reminder that one of the big domestic stories of the next couple of years properly is going to be the state of the nhs and whether it can be turned around. the nhs have been under such a squeeze for so long. they are spending more in real terms oi'i they are spending more in real terms on the nhs every year, but the rate of increase is nothing like it was under new labourand of increase is nothing like it was under new labour and the strain is beginning to tell. that's going to beginning to tell. that's going to bea beginning to tell. that's going to be a political problem for the government. it is an extraordinary figure, 100,000 reels. let's go to the front page of the daily mirror. toys " r" the front page of the daily mirror. toys "r" us on the brink. a cheerful christmas story! my

my first boss warned me that. this isa my first boss warned me that. this is a new category, it is sad on the eve of christmas that a toy company like toys "r" us would be making profit, it turns out it is £500,000 in debt. after all the money i have spent there! you echo my sentiment entirely! but presumably this is again online trading...|j entirely! but presumably this is again online trading... i remember moving to the toys "r" us website many years ago after going to the actual shops and the website wasn't great. there isjust so much competition. you can buy toys from amazon. we are not allowed to mention other brands, are we! online shopping is a highly competitive business and toys "r" us have obviously failed to take their competitive advantage into the online world. i amjust

competitive advantage into the online world. i am just really quite devastated that 3200 employees are facing the sackjust before christmas. it is sad. it is very sad indeed. the front page of the times has a different sort of story, loosely linked to children. white children get a taste for punishment... lucy knows all about the times stories. this is an interesting story, it is the age at which you derive some sort of pleasure from seeing others punished. scientists also think it's the age at which you have a sense of fair play coming into practice. they've carried out experiments with children were children have been able to sacrifice a token for which they have been given a sticker in order to see a bad puppet being beaten up. it is a rather convoluted experiment! there is a moral in there somewhere. it is amazing that there somewhere. it is amazing that the whole nation's schools are run

oi'i the whole nation's schools are run on the basis children want to have stickers. but they mightjust on the basis children want to have stickers. but they might just want to look at puppets. children like to pull legs of spiders, they can be quite cruel. i'm surprised to see sadists at six years old. six years old is quite late. for a sense of fair play and justice, i would imagine three—year—old can scream that things aren't fair. there you go. it's three times, it must be true. let's go to the front page of the express which has perhaps my favourite headline of the year, socialising can beat diabetes. canet? a social life low the risk of developing diabetes. —— lowers the risk. i will have to get some people ra nt risk. i will have to get some people rant over christmas. it makes sense to me ina rant over christmas. it makes sense to me in a certain way, you are going out, you are in a bit more active. if you enjoy fruit in a convivial way with friends, you are

possibly going to be posing a bit more, being a bit more moderate for the sake of manners, a better appearance rather than sort of... i can bea appearance rather than sort of... i can be a bit more greedy if i'm sitting on my couch with my takeaway pizza. there is some common sense in that. you don't look convinced, john? i'm wondering about causation and correlation, whether if you are healthy you are more likely to have an active social life anyway. i haven't read the small print of the science. it is in the journal bmc public health whatever that is. i haven't had a chance to study it in detail. you don't look like you're going to. i am very taken by the picture... i going to. i am very taken by the picture... lam going to. i am very taken by the picture... i am very puzzled by why the duchess of cambridge, what is the duchess of cambridge, what is the new look? she looks exactly the same as before. you haven't been paying attention. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. pages of the papers online

it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, john rentoul and lucy fisher. goodbye. the last few hours has seen for developing more widely across england and wales and becoming denser, too. nothing to shift things, high pressure dominating for much of england and wales, not much wind but some moisture towards the north—west. we are going to find stronger winds which will blow when more cloud to northern ireland and scotland, keeping temperatures up. some close working into the far north of england, west wales and the south—west. we have got temperatures

close to freezing through east wales, across the midlands towards the south—east and we are going to find most of that fog as well. it's not only going to cause problems for motorists, but there may well be from travel disruption in the airports. there has been some disruption at manchester airport. keep up—to—date on bbc local radio. a tricky start the morning tomorrow, a lot of fog around, it will lift for most areas. as cloud continues to come in from the west, there may well be more fog over higher ground. lots of much towards the north—west, some rain in the far north—west of scotland, there will be some sunshine in moray firth and temperatures reaching 1a degrees. we may see temperatures getting close to double figures across western fringes of england and wales. after default lists, temperatures are slow to rise to the midlands, we could see sunshine in east anglia and the south—east but there may also be fog patches lingering and making it feel

quite cold. a range of temperatures through the day. not as much for during tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, more in the way of cloud. rather misty and murky. this band of rain coming southwards across scotla nd rain coming southwards across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures at about six or 7 degrees. this weather front is stumbling southwards, grinding to a halt in the afternoon. sight of that, a mild today, temperatures ten 01’ that, a mild today, temperatures ten or11, that, a mild today, temperatures ten or 11, maybe even 12 degrees. there will be lots of cloud further north as well. some sunshine in northern scotland, a touch cooler. we have got mild, west to south—westerly winds, some incursions of cold air in the finals but only. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: in the us

state of washington, multiple fatalities, after a high—speed train derails from a bridge onto a highway. many more were injured. an inquiry into the murder of a refugee in bristol four years ago. police and the city council are accused of institutional racism. south africa's deputy president cyril ramaphosa is elected leader of the ruling party, the anc, promising to fight corruption. and, coming up, deciphering all things brexit, a special televised year—end edition of the bbc‘s brexitcast podcast.