i the wt-‘uée: l”, “a ithe league in italy. and the head of the league in italy. and they're saying that the european limits on spending money, they say they are democrats —— have stopped spending money on schools and moderates. but luigi demeo what's the blame very much on the companies who didn't carry out the maintenance. 0n who didn't carry out the maintenance. on one hand, if the company's filed, then there's brothel's fall. they're also checking the media, saying that the reason this company was not investigated by press was because of an italian family have stakes on italian newspapers. they are throwing blame everywhere, and some would say it is unseemly. as we don't know why, especially, as we don't know why, especially, as we don't know why came down in the first place. obsolete unbelievable, but as you were saying, david, this is not a news thing, several big

structures have crumbled in the last five years, and there has been lots of talk about the appalling state of the italian infrastructure for some yea rs the italian infrastructure for some years now. lack of investment, basically. scrambling to fill places, university places. and it's out tomorrow, results are out today. irememberwheni out tomorrow, results are out today. i remember when i got my a level results many moons ago, i did not get the grades i needed... and now look at you, you are on here.” remember worried about not getting into university at all, but now it seems universities are desperate to fill places. applications are low in pa rt fill places. applications are low in part because of demographic changes, and some universities you would not expect to put themselves through clearings, exeter, kings college london, york, these seem to be under subscribed. you know why? £30,000 in tuition fees. it's all about the

dutch. i took my a levels even more moons ago. . . dutch. i took my a levels even more moons ago... 1870, wasn't it? i must be cleared interested in this, i'm proud to be on the council of the university of birmingham, and i was talking to some of my friends and collea g u es talking to some of my friends and colleagues there this morning. it's not just, the colleagues there this morning. it's notjust, the big story here is the demographic, but actually the percentage of is—year—olds who are applying this year has never actually been higher. but of course the number of is—year—olds in this particular year is significantly lower than years ago. but there are other things in these figures today. did you know that the top universities have been spending hundreds of thousands of pounds advertising their wares like an underground stations like central london? did you know that

applications for geography this year are 36% down because of the changes in the curriculum? you are writing a book about michael gove, dare i use the expression, here today, gone to borrow politicians? —— tomorrow politicians? this is his fault, but he should at least be speaking about the impact of the reforms he introduced —— this isn't his fault. he can slip out of that brief on a level results day. onto the telegraph, brexit... level results day. onto the telegraph, brexit. .. fears level results day. onto the telegraph, brexit... fears brexit talks are being bugged? basically the fear here is the eu produced some slides which show that the checkers agreement was never going to be accepted by the eu. this is

before the agreement was agreed to... and in britain, within hours of this meeting, they had rung up angela merkel and told them to ignore the latest. but the fact is the deal has not been shot down, but they're convinced the only way britain will get a hold of this information is that the secret service have bugged the room. anyone who has ever worked in brussels will tell you it is leafier than a steve and a colander. the only way you can get things in the brussels is by bugging the room? that is simply not true. it is an incredibly leaky place. but they been licking all the time for the last two years. —— leaking. i'm interested in your view about this, the momentum, if i can use the politically charged word when it has nothing to do about the labour party, it does seem to be at the moment going a little bit more towards those who are calling for a second referendum. iseem

towards those who are calling for a second referendum. i seem to be hearing more about it, there seems to be more polls suggesting that the support for it is growing.” to be more polls suggesting that the support for it is growing. i think what is happened is that the anti—brexit groups have all come together under one banner, and there are are lots more targets. the attitude of the second referendum in scotland, they're focusing a lot more down to constituencies. they would obviously say there is this increased appetite, but i think it isjust that they're increased appetite, but i think it is just that they're focusing their messaging a lot more now, and i think the checkers agreement, a lot of tories are going around saying this deal is terrible, and the public say it isn't brexit at all. they themselves are making it look like brexit is not happening. that seems to be... that's very interesting. financial times, i seems to be... that's very interesting. financialtimes, i know you have cash around the world, and you have cash around the world, and you have cash around the world, and you have your eye on new zealand. this is new zealand property band

slams the door on the wealthy survivalists. i'm one of those. i have to say, new zealand is a country i have never been to. i need to put that right at some stage in the future, but i would not be buying property there. but it is quite extraordinary that way the country seems to have transformed in recent yea rs. country seems to have transformed in recent years. it used to be the but of central london comedians, telling jokes about more sheep than people than all the rest of it. but did you know for example that this law that they're trying to introduce to stop foreign ownership and purchases follows a 66 0% surging house prices in the last decade, what is quite remarkable? also interesting is his point here about foreign survivalists. these people like living out the backwoods, montana types in the united states. examples

here... idon't types in the united states. examples here... i don't think it's quite those people, basically it says here, its billionaires who are expecting a worldwide revolt at any moment, like the proletariat will expecting a worldwide revolt at any moment, like the prol and at will shake off their chains. and hopefully those people just write out this global wave of marxism, and the government has said that you cannot come here and by strips of land in and of the apocalypse. wasn't there something here about wealthy television presenters? the bottom line is this, i have been off there the last few days, and i was in south island trying to buy some land, and they told me no, not you. edwards, maybe. you ? land, and they told me no, not you. edwards, maybe. you? no chance. i know it's all happening. let's go to the front page of the guardian, bbc

faces bill for millions after dropping cliff richard appeal, bbc has decided it will not go to the court of appeal to try and get this case overturned. cliff richard won last month, his privacy case against the corporation. the bbcjust did not think it would win. there comes a point when you have to cut your losses, and the economist said this is an example here, there is a statement that any appeal at the expense of legal cul—de—sac, one that would simply prolong sir clifford's distress. this is the right decision, why will more taxpayers money be used to appeal this? it's more common sense breaking out, but we still have to pay lots of money to cliff richard. you make the point about taxpayers money, let's be quite clear about that, that is the first thing you make an assessment of the public mood, and the public mood is one my judgement, it is overwhelmingly that

this has run its course. but the issue on the one hand, freedom of the press, but on the other hand, you're right to privacy. that remains, andi you're right to privacy. that remains, and i am not overwhelmingly confident that this government in its current state will address the issue. the approach to the attorney general, the suggestion is from his office, he is not even sure it that this is his purview ana if he is able to deal with this thing. there was a question asked to theresa may about whether there'll be a cliff law or alternative. it did not seem like she was up for it, and i know you say this about the government, but will they really pick a fight with the press over this kind of thing? perhaps they won't, and they might take the easy way out and not have this argument right now. but wait until they regain power, and they have different ideas.|j wait until they regain power, and they have different ideas. i want to let a government inquiry, i was a

very senior person in broadcasting —— date told me that they could take a very long time over the inquiry, and think —— then include the absolutely nothing should be done. and that is what i suspect might happen here. so we are especially a rule commission on this. it will ta ke rule commission on this. it will take months and months, and nothing will actually be done. but there are other members of the media establishment that believe that the bbc has a point in this case? there are, and there are people who will defend that, and this is the point where you find allies across the establishment that are not normally allies of other things. the daily mailand guardian allies of other things. the daily mail and guardian agree on this issue. but the appetite to take on the media? the labour party may think something different.|j the media? the labour party may think something different. i think people would think that the bbc has not got a point, but the dilemma remains. we will leave you there. you'll be back in 45 minutes for a

second helping, a second dose of the papers. i know you're all excited about that. that's it for the papers this hour. you'll both be back at 11:30pm. goodbye. good evening, the further north and west you are across the uk today, the more likely you are to spend your day under cloud with outbreaks of rain. but in the far north in shetland, things have been brightening up a little bit through the latter part of the day. at the same time, things cloud overfurther south because on the satellite picture, you can see the type of cloud, a couple of stripes of cloud, a couple of weather fronts which are now seeking southeast words and bringing some outbreaks of rain. behind the frontal systems, some cooler air is spreading its way across the country, so a very different feel to things tomorrow. picking up the story through what is

left this evening and tonight, we see our stripes of rain moving across the midlands into the southwest. this is largely dry across the southeast, generally something much cooler and fresher across something scott —— scotland and northern ireland. a bright start across southeast tomorrow, but rains moving across the southwest will eventually reach east anglia and the southeast as the day wears on, a much—needed dose of rain here. behind that, the sky is bright, buffer northern ireland and scotland here, still some sunny spells, but also some heavy and thundery showers. it will be breezy, and across the board, temperatures will be well down, i6—20d at best. we lose the ring from the southeast thursday afternoon, high pressure builds its way back in the southern parts, but further north, are frontal system will bring some outbreaks of rain again on friday across parts of northern ireland and the western side of scotland.

further south and east, we should hold onto some spells of sunshine, cloud amounts tend to increase throughout the day. a breezy day wherever you are, particularly to southwest, 40—45 kph when gotze, and temperatures further southeast will begin to creep upwards again. heading into the weekend, high pressure still holding on torso south, a few different areas of low pressure drifting in from the atlantic, light rain across the northern and central portions of the uk. a bit of uncertainty as to whether that wet weather will turn up, but the driest weather towards the south and east. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: the number of dead after the genoa bridge collapse is now 39, with emergency crews still searching for survivors. people were running, screaming,

shouting run. out of cars. so we just literally, kids, run, run. because we didn't know what was happening. the authorities have released the identites of some of the victims, one as young as eight years old. police have been given more time to question 29—year—old salih khater, the man arrested after the suspected terror attack in westminster. the bbc will not appeal after losing a high court privacy case brought by sir cliff richard over its coverage of a police raid on his home. president trump has revoked the security clearance of the former cia directorjohn brennan. the white house says mr brennan used his access to sensitive information to make unfounded allegations