hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm ben brown. today at 2pm... two astronauts make an emergency landing — after their russian soyuz rocket malfunctions en route to the international space station. there has been an issue with the booster and we are standing by for information as we continue to get it from the russian flight control team, but everything seems to be fine with the group. one of the worst storms ever to hit the us mainland continues to sweep across the south—east of the country. our roof came in from the top part to the bottom, so everything is gone but i'm just glad that we may it u nsafe but i'm just glad that we may it unsafe because i thought i was going to be trapped in there and not be able to get out. the former prime minister sirjohn major warns universal credit could be as damaging to the conservative party as the poll tax. a british student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months — accused of spying. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. tributes have been paid to the

former aston villa chairman doug ellis who has died at the age of 94. more on that and all the other sports stories and helen willetts will have the forecast for us. an amber warning is will have the forecast for us. an amberwarning is in will have the forecast for us. an amber warning is in force from the met office after heavy rain in south wales courtesy of storm callum. also coming up, the man who tackled a london bridge terrorist armed only with his skateboard posthumously receives the george medal for bravery. his parents collected the award. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. two astronauts bound for the international space station

have made an emergency landing in the kazakh desert — after a fault developed with the booster rockets on their soyuz spacecraft. a rescue team has located the pair — an american and a russian — who are said to be safe and well. andy moore reports. and there is lift—off of the soyuz msio to the international space station carrying nick hague and alexey ovchinin. this was the launch of the soyuz rocket heading for the international space station. the lift—off itself went fine. but then there was some violent vibration on board. was this the first sign of something going wrong? and we have the escape tower for the soyuz now jettisoned. about three minutes into the mission, the russian cosmonaut reported a problem. hearing there that there has been an issue with the booster and we are standing

by for information as we continue to get it from the russian flight control team, but everything seems to be fine with the crew. we had good comm with them and they are ok. it was the first trip into space for the american astronaut nick hague. his mission was supposed to last six months but it ended with a premature return to earth and a rough landing. before the mission, he spoke about expecting the unexpected. i have an idea of what i think it's going to be like and i've talked to lots of veterans who have flown, and tried to get their impressions of what it's like but until you've been through it, all the sights and sounds and different feelings you're going to feel, you don't know until you're going and you're there. seen here before the flight, nick hague and his russian colleague are now said to be safe and well after the emergency landing. they have been picked up by helicopter. their colleagues on the space station will have their stay extended. how long that will be is unknown. andy moore, bbc news.

our correspondent andy moore is with me. this is quite a rarity because there are this is quite a rarity because there a re lots of this is quite a rarity because there are lots of these launchers that go very smoothly. that is right. most we don't report on. it is like the bus journey up to the space station to replace the group. it is very unusualfor something to replace the group. it is very unusual for something like this to go wrong. the last time something like this happened was up to ten yea rs like this happened was up to ten years ago when the crew had to make this emergency descent back down to earth, but we hear they are safe and well, there are some photographs that we can see now of them back, a p pa re ntly that we can see now of them back, apparently none the worse for there ordeal on the sofas here. astronauts have endured this before and they talk about a really rough landing. they are coming in at eight gee, thatis they are coming in at eight gee, that is not supposed to happen, it can be pretty bad and some astronauts previously injuring landing sites have minor injuries

but the astronauts on the cosmonaut according to nasa are fine. but the astronauts on the cosmonaut according to nasa are finem but the astronauts on the cosmonaut according to nasa are fine. it must have been traumatic and pretty terrifying. absolutely. you have been launched, the launch itself has gone well, we can see pictures of that and after a couple of minutes there is an indication perhaps that something is going wrong. there is this checking image, this vibration you can see here. going into space isa you can see here. going into space is a rough ride but whether that is an indication of something going wrong or not we don't know but a minute or two later they had this problem with the booster and the decision was taken, i think it will be taken by the russian mission control to abort the mission at this stage. the capsule detached from the rest of the rocket, it fell down to the atmosphere when it was lowered down in the atmosphere of the parachutes deployed, and then it had this very hard landing. what are the consequences and what does this mean for the international space station? short term it means the astronauts and the cosmonaut who thought they

we re and the cosmonaut who thought they were coming home tonight won't be, it means they will be staying there foran it means they will be staying there for an indeterminate period, they have been up there for six months, but supplies so in the short term no problem. the bigger problem is what went wrong with this rocket and there will be an inquiry into that. obviously they will be reluctant to launch another rocket until they realise what went wrong with this one. it is a bit of a blow to russian bride, they are the only way of getting people to the space station at the moment. it has been a successful operation but obviously not on this occasion and the russians will want to know what went wrong so russians will want to know what went wrong so they can fix it as soon as possible. thank you very much indeed. two people have died, in the third strongest storm in recorded history to hit the us mainland. hurricane michael brought storm surges nearly 10 feet high to florida, and 155 mile an hour winds. it has now weakened to a tropical storm, and is heading towards the carolinas. cbs correspondent nikole killion has the latest from panama beach city on florida's gulf coast.

hurricane michael is leaving behind a trail of damage and destruction, just take a look here. we have this huge tree down, a power pole down and some pieces on these wires and because of all this damage and devastation local authorities have imposed a curfew here until the sun comes up, imposed a curfew here until the sun comes up, they really want people to stay off the road so they have time to dry and clear up some of this debris. in terms of the power we understand from utility companies that may not be restored for days, perhaps even wakes at this point. the governor of this state rick scott has said that his response will be aggressive and that he would do everything possible to try to help these devastated communities. in panama city, cbs news for bbc news. the govenor of florida rick scott earlier today gave thanks for the support his state has recieved as the storm struck.

the entire nation and world have watched as this montrose storm has devastated our gold coast in panama. the love and support we have received from so many has been overwhelming and we really appreciate all the resources that have been offered. on behalf of the gold coast i want to thank the nation for your prayers. following the storm we must all come together and work together. during disasters floridians take care of each other. we saw this after other storms. floridians are strong, resilient. we will recover and we will do it together. florida is unbreakable and we will get through this together. hurricane michael cannot break florida. sirjohn major has warned that the introduction of universal credit could prove as damaging to the conservative

party as the poll tax. it proved so unpopular it led to riots. the former prime minister says voters will see it as unfair that low—income families risk losing out from the new system that combines six separate benefits for working—age people into one monthly payment. downing street says £3 billion has been set aside to ease the introduction of the system. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. millions will be affected by what is the biggest change to the welfare system in decades. universal credit, which merges six benefits into one, is designed to simplify the system but it has faced long delays. now a former conservative prime minister has this warning. in order to introduce something like universal credit, you need to look at those people who in the short term are going to lose and protect them or you will run into the sorts of problems the conservative party ran into with the poll

tax in the late 1980s. the poll tax was a change to the way local councils were funded, so unpopular it led in part to the downfall of margaret thatcher as prime minister. the man whose big idea universal credit was says the problem is not the system but the cuts the government has made to the benefits budget. if the money wasn't taken out, there would be an exact parity so i make no bones about it, in the past i have been called for that money to be put back in. the government has put 2 billion of the money back in and use other changes at christmas last year... do you acknowledge some people are still... going forward i think we should direct the money back into universal credit exactly as it was originally planned to be rolled out. after reports last week the work and pensions secretary said some families would lose £2000 a year under universal credit, today she admitted some people would lose out. some people could be worse off under this benefit but 1000 people each

and every day since 2010, each and every day 1000 people have gone into work. until now only people making a new benefit claim have been put onto universal credit. from the new year the vast majority of people will be transferred across from old—style benefits. that logistical challenge, added to concerns many people could be worse off as a result, has led to some mps to say it could be time to put universal credit on hold. it's easy when you have small numbers to have lots of staff around to work things through, but if you have complicated cases there won't be this level of resource so we have to make sure the system is working properly. labour says universal credit is not delivering and should be scrapped in its current form. the government says the system ensures work always pays and those who need support receive it,

but it is listening to concerns. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. you're imagining at the end of your report about labour saying it should be scrapped and we have been hearing more from the labour leaderjeremy corbyn on this. he has been speaking the last hour or so saying the system as it is has to change dramatically. he said that labour would propose a more comprehensive system essentially he said that their benchmarks would be nobody should be worse off and nobody should be worse off and nobody should have their house but that risk because of universal credit. it is interesting to hear that because labour's position is shifted around are ever so labour's position is shifted around are ever so slightly in the last couple of weeks after the mounting criticism of people losing out under universal credit. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said universal credit. the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell said last weekend that it was at the point now where he thought universal credit should be scrapped, but quite what labour would put in its place or how

it would manage that change is unclear. as you heard there from jeremy corbyn‘s comments ijust mentioned, stopping short of saying the system should be got rid of and replaced with something else. just scrapping it in its current form. the reason for that really is it is it is such a huge undertaking to that the system of universal credit in place in the first place, and also to consider what might happen if it needed to be changed again, that it will be unworkable to just get rid of it overnight. so that notwithstanding there is badly of criticism for universal credit in its current form, the way it has been ruled out, and delayed and although the government said for many people it is working, now in the areas where it is in place, as you heard the report there is esther mcvey the work and pensions secretary admitting now that some people will lose out and will receive less in benefits as a result of the cuts made in the last couple of the cuts made in the last couple of years. just a quick word on brexit because we have got this

cabinet meeting at five o'clock this evening, they will be updated on the latest on the talks? that is right. theresa may holding a meeting of her most senior ministers in ten downing st. select group of those she is hoping really to keep on board with her brexit strategy. we don't expect this to be a big decision moment, but what it is is the prime minister updating her ministers on the progress such as it is on the brexit negotiations this week, and making sure that they are in the loop with that, because downing street will wa nt to that, because downing street will want to avoid any suggestion or perception that it is bouncing people into a decision, getting all the detail bun and saying to ministers there you go, take it or leave it, this is an update from the prime minister on those negotiations which are reaching a critical days ahead of that summit in brussels next wednesday. jonathan, thank you very much indeed. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. two astronauts make a safe emergency landing — after a rocket carrying them to the international space station malfunctions on ta ke—off.

one of the worst storms ever to hit the us mainland continues to sweep one of the .orst storms ever to hit the us mainland continues to sweep the former prime minister sirjohn major has warned the conservatives that rushing out universal credit plans could be as damaging to the party as the poll tax. and in sport, the former aston villa chairman doug ellis has died at the age of 94. in his two spells in the role he made 13 managerial appointments. the club said they are deeply saddened by his death. john terry has been appointed as the club's new assistant manager and he will work alongside dean smith who has been appointed following the sacking as steve bruce. and kyle edmund will face alex zverev in this quarter finals edmund will face alex zverev in this quarterfinals in the edmund will face alex zverev in this quarter finals in the shanghai masters. more on all those stories of around half past. the president of turkey has urged

saudi arabia to release images to prove that a missing saudi journalist left its consulate in istanbul. jamal khashoggi was last seen entering the consulate last week, and turkey believes he was murdered while in the embassy. saudi arabia strongly denies this. our turkey correspondent mark lowen joins us from istanbul. we have been hearing in the last hour or so from president trump on this. this is becoming a story of international concern. it is, but donald trump is really much quieter and slower to respond than i think turkey would have wanted. he took several days to address the issue and only in the last couple of days has he said that it is something thatis has he said that it is something that is a very serious situation and that is a very serious situation and that he had raised it with the

highest level authorities in saudi arabia. because partly i think they are waiting for the inclusion of the turkish investigation here, but also because of donald trump's personal relationship with crown prince of saudi arabia who was arguably his closest ally in the middle east and has a close relationship with jared kushner, donald trump's son—in—law. the us has been very reluctant to weigh in to hard and i think there would be questions as to whether this would really change policy towards saudi arabia given that the critics would allege that the west has turned a blind eye to plenty of abuses by saudi arabia in recent yea rs, abuses by saudi arabia in recent years, not abuses by saudi arabia in recent yea rs, not least abuses by saudi arabia in recent years, not least the kidnapping of the lebanese prime minister.m raises so many questions about allegiances and alliances with saudi arabia but recap for us, what we know so far about what happened, because you were showing yesterday in your report yesterday,

extraordinary images that have been released of those private jets coming in from saudi arabia, the vehicles outside the consulate, piece together what we know about this man and what is the possibly to have happened to him. what we know for sure is that mr khashoggi entered the consulate nine days ago to get documents relating to his upcoming marriage to a turkish woman who waited outside and was told to alert the authorities if he didn't emerge. she did so about three and a half hours after he went in and then the manhunt began. cctv footage has been released showing privatejets from saudi arabia touching down here in istanbul that very same morning and photos and details of 15 men who the turks allege were so the hit squad sent here expressly to murder jamal khashoggi. there is also cctv

are black vehicles moving between the saudi consulate and the consul general‘s residents. could they have contained mr khashoggi's body? the saudis have flatly denied anything u ntowa rd saudis have flatly denied anything untoward went on towards mr khashoggi and that he left the consulate that same day but they provided no cctv footage to show him leaving, so the allegation from 30 stands this was be meditated murder. jamal khashoggi had long been close to the saudi government but then became a critic the degree of crown prince mohammed bin salman and lived in self—imposed exile in the us for the last year were criticised the clamp—down on dissent in saudi arabia and other policies so the question is how ruthless the saudi government has become and was mr khashoggi one of its latest victims? and if it is ever proved that this was a hit squad that came in and that they did murder him, a lot of commentators around the world are drawing parallels with what the russians tried to do with the skripals in britain and saying effectively it is no different and

if there are sanctions against russia there should be sanctions against saudi arabia. yes, and i think that is one of the reasons why jeremy hunt the foreign secretary has been quick off the mark to criticise the saudis and has spoken to the saudi foreign minister in london and said that britain expects urgent answers, because britain of course can simply lie low and hope for this to blow over, it would and in any case, but particularly given the skripal affair, interestingly enough the media that is sympathetic to saudi arabia is actually even echoing russia's allegation, russia's kickback on the skripal affair. one has published a piece on their website saying that the 15 saudis were tourists. that sounds excellent thing completely out of the russian playbook and exactly what the russians allege that the two men who were accused of trying to murder the skripals were. they would have come to istanbul, 15, not

to admire 123 metre high spire of salisbury cathedral but plenty of very dramatic minarets, but nobody here of course would buy that particular given that they came in and out on privatejets particular given that they came in and out on private jets and particular given that they came in and out on privatejets and entered and out on privatejets and entered and left the very same day. fascinating. thank you very much. with the very latest on that extraordinary story. the struggle to access some nhs services in england is a growing ‘care injustice' which needs to be tackled immediately — that's the warning by health regulator the care quality commission, in its annual report. the commission also highlights growing hospital waiting lists, delays at a&e, and treatment delays for mental health patients. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. so, we have been asked to visit mr and mrs robinson. in this room, there are nurses, social care and mental health workers, charities and housing officers. several different departments working as one team to keep people who are at risk healthy and out of hospital. mrand mrs robinson, erm, we have been asked

to visit due to concerns around their mobility. they're concerned about a couple who are in their 905. within hours, a social worker and occupational therapists are visiting them in their homes, seeing what help they might need. what we might do is put you through your paces a little bit, if that is ok, and see how you are on your feet. hi, dad. the couple's daughter helped organise extra support through the wakefield integrated connecting care hub. i think it helps because they all spoke to each other about the need for my mum and dad and because they were actually speaking to each other, that is how we got them in here, and we just feel happy about everything now. this is being seen as an example of care being done well because different professionals work together. and it is highlighted in the care quality commission's report. it also says most people in england generally do get good care.

but in some areas, people can only access services that are rated as needing improvement or inadequate, so this warning about what it calls a care injustice. we recognise that it is just simply not fair, that some people in some parts of the country find that they get good care all of the time and in other parts of the country, that is simply not available to them. the urgent challenge is to bring all parts of the health and social care system together, so they work as one, as a single system. increasingly busy a&e departments are the most visible way of showing this stress on the system, says the report. but it also points to adult social care and delays getting mental health help, especially for young people. the government has promised an extra £20 billion for the nhs, but some point out that doesn't include social care. while we are still pushing carers to the limit of what they are able to do in looking after their own loved ones, and local authorities really

struggling to fulfil their statutory duties, there's no point in fixing the nhs if social care is threadbare. the department of health and social care says it will set up a £240 million fund for adult social care to ease pressures over the winter. catherine burns, bbc news. you can find out how your local services are performing by visiting the bbc‘s nhs tracker — at www. bbc.co.uk/nhstracker. a british student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being accused of spying. matthew hedges was arrested at dubai airport in may as he tried to leave the country after a research trip. his colleagues believe he was accused of spying for qatar. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt outlined what british authorities were doing to raise the case.

this is a court case and so we are somewhat constrained in what we can say publicly but what i can say is we are very worried about this and i have mentioned it face—to—face with the foreign minister twice now. we are very concerned to make sure there is proper due process, the court system is there, and that matthew hedges is treated properly and humanely and that we get a just outcome and we do have a number of concerns and we are raising them. live to our correspondent fiona trott, who is in newcastle. he was a ph.d. student at durham university. what more do we know about how he is being treated, germany and referred to his concerns

about how he is being treated and what has been done to get mad? this isa what has been done to get mad? this is a real concern. jeremy hunt said bradley and humanely and this is where we understand, ben bradshaw mp is meeting the foreign office this afternoon because they want to know how long this process is going to take. we understand matthew hedges was in court yesterday, due to appearagain and the was in court yesterday, due to appear again and the 24th of october but his family would turn around and say he has been in confinement now for five months they say without charge, they believe, and they are very concerned about his mental well—being. his wife said he has been detained for five months, the longer this goes on, the longer the recovery from this traumatic experience will take she says. all she wants is for matt to come home safely. she has also said that she visited the uae for research purposes only. we know that his areas of interest are middle eastern

politics, security studies and civil military relations. you heard there are unconfirmed reports, you mentioned earlier, about accusations of him spying. durham university has said it is offering its poll assistance to try to get him home so you can interpret from that that they will provide whatever information they have about his research to help with whatever investigation is taking place. fiona, thank you very much. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. tell us more about the latest on the her again that has been hitting the united states causing a lot of problems in florida and is now on its way to the carolinas. the concern clearly is with the rain because of florence as well. that will exacerbate the risk of flooding. it has been one of the most powerful. if you classify it pressure, the third most powerful but we classified we talk about the winds, on the strength of wind, the fourth most powerful in history to

hit the usa. with this is sustained winds of 155 mph, just too far short of category five. on the satellite picture, it has weakened as it moves inland. it is heading towards the carolinas now and it will give 6—8 more inches of rain before it moves out of the way. we are into the clean—up operation across parts of florida, georgia and by tomorrow into the carolina bloomer. that is how michael is looking, whisking away how michael is looking, whisking r how michael is looking, whisking away very quickly indeed. this is hurricane season, news of another one. leslie has been mulling around in the atlantic for a couple of weeks, it has been as subtropical system, tropical storm and now a hurricane. it is expected to weaken before it makes landfall but it could meander around in the next couple of days and head firstly not far away from the azores and possibly towards madeira and even

the canary possibly towards madeira and even the ca nary islands. possibly towards madeira and even the canary islands. next week is the school holidays, the half term holidays, which many people might be thinking of escaping to the canary isles, madeira, possibly even spain. it doesn't look nice there to start the new week. what about the forecast here at home for the next two or three days? plenty going on. let me tell you a bad storm callum. an amber warning from the met office because of the storm. the concern is it will be a big rainmaker but you concede this richard —— signature, named yesterday. because of the strong winds that could be some damage in the north and west but it is the longevity of the rain, a couple of days are potentially quite heavy and persistent rain across south wales particularly. even ahead of that some rain today. pushing the rain through the afternoon across the midlands into scotland. break to end the day. sunshine and warmth ahead of 22 again i must not quite

as worries yesterday because we have more cloud around but we get rid of all that rain through this evening and the first part of the night and then we have some quieter weather just briefly, very brief window, but then gales are back blowing in this rain by the end of the night. relatively mild for us again but the main focus is tomorrow morning's rush hour will be miserable. gales and severe gales. very gusty winds right across the country but is 60-70 right across the country but is 60—70 mph gust of wind is to the rsc and the north—west and the rain just sits there and it keeps coming. this is how it looks tomorrow afternoon. gusty winds even further east where it will hopefully stay mostly dry but for part of the southwest, wales, northern ireland, scotland, a potentially miserable and wet day and windy. temperatures rarely inconsequential except where we see dry and fight weather perhaps in the south—east and towards the north—west and northern ireland but this is because of storm callum. the amber warning for the rain affecting wales and northern ireland, southern

scotland. we could have doubled those amounts over the hills and the gust of wind could cause some damage as well this time of year. what then gales accepted but the combination quite nice too. then that weather system still sitting with us through friday night into saturday. if we could see some warmth and sunshine to madrid in seven days but there is a lot of uncertainty as to have cornered that will this and how quickly. it has to come east again so it will rain for parts of wales, northern ireland and scotland, possibly some by that stage in the south—east as well. see you later. this is bbc news.

our latest headlines: a soyuz capsule carrying two crew members to the international space station has landed safely in kazakhstan after their rocket malfunctioned shortly after take off. storm michael is continuing inland after killling two people and leaving half a million without power after it made landfall in north—west florida. the former prime minister sirjohn major has warned the conservatives that rushing out universal credit plans could be as damaging to the party as the poll tax. a british student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being accused of spying. and the george medal for bravery has been awarded posthumously to ignacio echeverria, the spanish national who died confronting terrorists in the london bridge attack. his parents collected it today from the queen. sport now on afternoon

live withjohn watson. we start with some sad news — the man synonymous with aston villa has died. the club's former chairman, doug ellis, has died at the age of 94. he had two spells in that role, the most recent from 1982 to 2006 when he then sold the club to american businessman randy lerner. he made his name in the holiday business, but it's his association with aston villa that he'll be best remembered. under his tenure villa won two league cups and were the runners up in the inaugural premier league season. former aston villa manager brian little, who led the team to one of those, the 1996 league cup — the last trophy they won under ellis — said... former striker stan collymore says... villa will hold a minute's silence

at their next home game on the 20th october. he really was synonymous with aston villa. as for the future of the club, some major changes have been made? at least known to us all and to all of the aston villa fans having captained the team last season. john terry is villa's new assistant manager. it's his first coaching role following his retirement from playing last week. he'll work alongside dean smith, who left brentford to take over as manager. smith, a life long villa fan, has extensive knowledge of working in the championship. terry capatined villa last season, taking them to the play—off final where they lost to fulham. the fans are hopeful that that will translate to some success in the dugout. tottenham defender danny rose

and southampton goalkeeper alex mccarthy have both withdrawn from the england squad for the national league matches against croatia tomorrow and spain next week. both players arrived in camp with pre existing injuries, and returned to their respective clubs before the team departed. england face croatia tomorrow and spain in seville on monday. scotland have a nations league match against israel tonight, but manager alex mcleish is not underestimating a team ranked 55 places below. his squad are in haifa, having won their opening game in the competition against albania, but mcleish expects a tricky test if they're to make it two wins from two. they haven't won in a wee while, but i know the coach and he's trying to sta b i know the coach and he's trying to stab his personality. we saw the russians in the world cup. they were seven games before that without a victory and all of a sudden, they had their own world cup. wales are at

the prinicpality to play spain in a friendly later and they do so without gareth bale who's out injured. but wales boss ryan giggs hopes he might be back for the nations league match against ireland next week. britain's number one kyle edmund is a step closer to a first atp tour title after reaching the quarter finals of the shanghai masters. edmund, who is ranked 14th in the world, took a tight first set on a tie break before taking the second set 6—3 to beat chile's nicolas yarry. but a tough test awaits if he's to reach the last four, he faces the world number five alexander zverev. rafael nadal has been helping the residents and families affected by the flooding on his home island of majorca. he joined other volunteers in saint lourenc in trying to clear mud and water that remained following tuesday night's flooding which left ten people dead. nadal lives six miles from the worst hit area. te said on social media it was a very sad day in majorca. my heartfelt condolences

to the relatives of the deceased and injured by the serious floods in san llorenc. he was opening up the doors of his tennis academy there to help those affected. that's all the sport for now. thank you, john. more now on our top story. two astronauts bound for the international space station have made an emergency landing in the kazakh desert after a fault developed with the booster rockets on their soyuz spacecraft. a rescue team has located the pair — an american and a russian — who are said to be safe and well. we have seen some pictures of them in the last hour and they seem fine. we are joined via webcan by professor robert walsh, professor of solar astrophysics at the university of central lancashire. thank you for being with us. you

have been involved in launching unmanned rockets. any idea what might have gone wrong generally in this case? it's very hard to tell at this case? it's very hard to tell at this stage what exactly has gone wrong with the soyuz rocket. they usually go up in an asymmetrical direction, but if you look at the images, it's very turbulence and you can see from the astronauts themselves that they have been bounced around inside the capsule once that has taken place. it's hard to tell exactly what has happened. it's far too early, but that should be a very smooth transition for the astronauts as they head towards the international space station and is quite a natural pa rt space station and is quite a natural part of launching rockets, different stages of rockets. the initial launch and then you have a boost to get you into orbit. that has gone wrong at this particular stage. what has, of course, gone right is that

the astronauts and cosmonauts have safely arrived back down on earth again and we are very glad of that. what would that have been like for them? that journey, what would that have been like for them ? that journey, that what would that have been like for them? thatjourney, that descent back to earth? quite traumatic and terrifying. yes, it's not what you would expect or what you would want. i would estimate it is around nine gene they reached which is more than you would have potentially as a jet pilots. they would have been pressed into their seats, tumbling to start off with before the parachute would launch —— parachute which would bring them safely to earth. it's good that they seem to be in good condition. the site and the safety equipment around them would help them with that, but it shows that anything can happen. they are down to earth again, but it will have been a bumpy to earth again, but it will have beena bumpy landing. to earth again, but it will have been a bumpy landing. 0k, professor robert walsh, thank you for your time. thank you forjoining us to discuss what happens there with the

space launch. we've had a fairly warm autumn so far, but with winter looming, health chiefs in england are urging children, pregnant women, older people and those with certain health conditions to have a flu jab. but this year there's a special focus on another group, nhs workers, who are more likely to be exposed to flu. those who refuse it could be moved to roles away from patients. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the laundry room at royal blackburn hospital, not a part of the nhs that many of us think about, but the staff here do vital work to keep the hospitalfunctioning. 100,000 pieces of washing are dealt with here each week. so, if this team is hit by flu, it can really throw a spanner in the works. so, you're ok to go ahead? yes. that's why becky and her colleagues are encouraged to take the flu jab... lovely. ..with nurses coming to them to make it easier. last year i got a flu really bad, so i definitely advise to have it done.

it's not nice when you have the flu, is it? i couldn't get out of bed. last winter was the worst flu season in a decade and sickness among staff added to the pressure on the nhs. in england, just 64% of health workers took up the offer of a free flu vaccination. which arm do you want? left arm? this year all front line staff are expected to have the flu jab. excuse me, lads, we are doing the flu injection, have you had yours? it's not compulsory, but those who don't will be asked to explain the reason. the flu jab for me is the most important thing we can do in the nhs, because we are not only looking after the staff, we are looking after the families, the patients we serve and helping to prevent hospital admissions at the front door. the idea behind encouraging every single member of staff at the nhs to have a flu jab is to shore up the health service ahead of what could be a pretty tough winter, by reducing sickness rates. now, as it happens, here at the royal blackburn

they have a pretty good record when it comes to encouraging staff to have the jab. more than 90% are expected to do so. but across the country it's a very different picture. vaccinating staff in a single hospital is one thing, but what if your teams work across thousands of square miles and are always on the road? last year the east of england ambulance service struggled to reach even half of their workers, so this year there are more clinics in more places to try and encourage crews to get vaccinated. health care professionals not getting immunised can increase the risk of patients getting the flu, so absolutely one of the things we want our staff to consider is the impact on their vulnerable patients, especially if they choose not to have the flu jab. we'll go for your left arm. some people can't be vaccinated, they might have an allergy, for example, but nhs bosses are urging those who can, especially health co—workers, to get a jab, protecting themselves and their patients.

dominic hughes, bbc news. the debate about racial profiling in the us has re—emerged after a babysitter in atlanta, georgia, claimed he was reported to police because he's black and the children he was looking after are white. corey lewis was leaving a sandwich shop on sunday with the two children when a woman approached him in the car park, then followed him home and called the police. mr lewis posted this on his facebook page. i'm baby—sitting, right? i have two kids in the back—seat with me. i'm this lady across the street called me from walmart. this lady is following me because i got two kids in the back seat that do not look

like me. but she doesn't even know, like, it's 2018 and this is what i've got to deal with. i can't go out with two kids that do not look like me without something being weird. you see the lady is still not moving. look, the police are here now. the police! we will see what the police have got to say about this. she saw you at walmart. i was at walmart, yeah. i'm baby—sitting. i have two kids i'm baby—sitting. the children's mother told us media she was in a ‘state of disbelief‘ when police officers called her to confirm mr lewis's identity. the story has been shared widely on social media with many people saying it is an example of racism faced by african americans. the business news is coming up in

just a moment or two. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: two astronauts make a safe emergency landing after a rocket carrying them to the international space station malfunctions on ta ke—off. companies could be forced to reveal their ethnicity pay gap under plans put forward by the government. a british phd student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being accused of spying. matthew hedges' wife says she is shocked more is not being done to help him. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. a warning from the board of patisserie valerie. the group has released a statement saying, without an immediate injection of capital, the directors are of the view that that is no scope for the business to continue trading in its current form. yesterday it was revealed that owner of patisserie valerie has uncovered "significa nt, and potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities". the treasury is finalising plans

to overhaul tax rules which allow self—employed people to avoid paying national insurance contributions. one of the big fallers is wh smith. shares are down after the retailer reported a fall in profits. it's closing six high street stores after reviewing the future of retailing on the high street. stock markets have taken a battering today, maryam? yes, things started off in an incredibly negative way. in the first 60 seconds of trading, we saw as much as 2% wiped off some world stock markets. these are following on falls earlier on in asia and, of course, in the us and the issue here is three orfour course, in the us and the issue here is three or four full. investors are worried about a number of things including treasury bond yields in the us, they are worried about the amount of italian debt, they are worried about the trade war between china and the us and the trade war between europe and the us. this

really is a perfect storm that has been, it has to be said, a long coming in terms of the stock market. kim gittleson is at the new york stock exchange. what are the us market is doing? they have opened in the last 15 and 20 minutes? they are lower but they are not as low as people had feared. there was a bit of economic data this morning before the us market opens which suggested that inflation, while increasing here in the united states, wasn't increasing as quickly as many had been expecting. as a result, fears that the us federal reserve might be forced to increase interest rates at a faster rate than many investors we re a faster rate than many investors were expecting has been somewhat muted. that's not to say that everything is rosy hue on wall street, but that is one reason we have not seen the shortfalls we saw yesterday or what happened in asia and europe. what exactly caused the sell—off in the first place? and europe. what exactly caused the sell-off in the first place? as you mentioned, it's hard to pinpoint one

reason. a couple of things are weighing on investors here. tomorrow is the beginning of fourth—quarter earnings season here in the united states and some investors are worried that corporations here would be as profitable as they were over the summer because of a host of factors that, as you mentioned, include rising interest weights which make it more expensive for corporations to borrow, price pressures in the form of rising inflation which hurts companies' bottom line and, of course, the global trade war. we start import ta riffs global trade war. we start import tariffs on chinese imports go into effect over the summer. that has pushed up the costs of many materials for companies here in the us which could hurt profitability, so all of these things combined are weighing on investors as they contemplate what will happen once companies begin reporting tomorrow. of course, tech stocks have been weighing quite heavily on the markets, too, haven't they? of course, because what comes up generally has to come down. it is the law of gravity and also the a

lot of the stock market. tech companies have been some of the biggest risers here in united states. shares in those companies have been boosted by record profits so it is no surprise that if you are an investor concerns about fourth—quarter earnings and you've seen the shares these companies increasing significantly, companies like amazon and netflix, maybe you are tempted to sell a little bit just to make sure you get some of those profits before we head into this earnings season. again, it bears watching whether this is just a dip before companies start reporting or a more sustained correction to markets that have rightly been hitting fresh highs throughout the summer and early autumn here. great to get the update from you at the new york stock exchange. you mentioned patisserie valerie. a big chain, 200 stores. 206 coffee and cake shops around the country, also employing over 2500 staff, so this could potentially be

really quite bad news for a lot of people up and down the uk. yesterday they released a statement or a report saying that there had been significant and potentially fraudulent accounting irregularities, so not exactly sure what they meant by that but shares in the coffee chain, which are traded on the smaller stock market is not the ftse 100, traded on the smaller stock market is not the ftse100, were suspended. today we have had an update from the board. it says an immediate injection of capital is needed if the company is to continue trading in its current form. some pretty serious stuff here. it remains to be seen exactly what happens next and whether they find a way to keep trading and they find that cash injection. i will be across the story throughout the afternoon so if anything happens, iwill let story throughout the afternoon so if anything happens, i will let you know. you are across every story! we expect nothing less. i wish everyone treated me with as much respect as you do. the markets are down quite

significantly. as we said earlier, they have pared back some of those losses, so not as bad as before but across europe, across asia and across europe, across asia and across america, there is a sell—off happening and people have been predicting this for a while, so it is unsurprising but quite significant. worried about an awful lot of things. aren't we all? we will see later. it is currently nine minutes to three. one million lives were lost in the battle of the somme, during the first world war. the bodies of more than 72,000 commonwealth troops were never recovered. the british artist rob heard has spent five years creating a unique tribute to those men, a shrouded figure for each life lost. but he's only recently been to visit the battlefield itself and our correspondentjohn maguire went with him. for the first time, the shrouds of the somme lie here on the grounds in northern france that inspired them. and, for the first time,

the artist working with that inspiration is here. forfive years i've brought the somme to my living room, and... yes, to actually be standing on this ground is an amazing feeling, the idea that we're standing on the soil that these men are actually in, you know, when i've dealt with it for so long, thinking about this, and the idea in some way of bringing them back from here, in a small way, it's so positive. it could easily — people could think it's morbid, but it's not. back home in somerset, rob heard creates each and every shroud by hand, matching them to name of the official record of those missing in the somme. he came up with the idea after a car crash, after seeing images of the dead and wounded returning from afghanistan. you ask the question why, why are you doing this, self funding? and it's always been a struggle.

but, like this, you really do understand. you really do understand, deep down, what the point of this was. and these are just small figures. it's nothing like the real thing, obviously. but i think, once you do this, you do understand what all that effort and all that time and those years was for. next month, there will be 72,396, the number of commonwealth troops who died at the somme, but whose bodies were never recovered. their names, known to rob, are immortalised in stone on this memorial. these are obviously displayed with their comrades from their regiment, so i assume this is how they would have been on the day. you know, they would have been next to each other. he rate lays one last flag, an unknown soldier. his is a mammoth task, creating 200 figures a day, yet another number, but his work

turns these numbers into lives, giving them a human form, helping us to at least try to make sense out of so much senselessness. we're getting news of a serious crash on the m4 motorway. just had this in from the south central ambulance service saying they have multiple resources including three airambulance multiple resources including three air ambulance helicopters at the sight of a serious collision on the m4 eastbound between junctions 14 and 13. they say the motorway is likely to be closed in that direction for several hours. motorists should avoid the area and ta ke motorists should avoid the area and take alternative routes. at least six ambulances there, three air ambulances as well, we understand, clearly a very serious multiple collision by the sounds of it. we

will bring you more on that as we get it. very few details at the moment, just that hint from the south central ambulance service, but clearly a multiple collision, a very serious collision at least on the m4 eastbound between junctions 13 and 14. more on that as we get it. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. we've seen a smattering of rain already today, there is more to come before the evening's out, but then we have trouble brewing for tomorrow. this massive cloud is already looking like a signature storm, that area of clouds are developing into storm callen. you can see the tightly packed isobars, passing close to scotland and northern ireland with attendant weather front causing an amber weather front causing an amber weather warning for heavy rain for south wales. it will affect other areas, but because we see that rain stagnating for a couple of days, it isa stagnating for a couple of days, it is a concern. ahead of that, we are seeing some rain or have seen some

rain through this morning across the south of wales pushing its way ever northwards towards tea—time, sitting across parts of western scotland, down the spine of the country. late sunshine to the west and early sunshine to the west and early sunshine to the east. either way, it clears the most part overnight ahead of the next weather system which then pushes more rain. this is the rain from storm callen starting to arrive. northern ireland, rain, so a mild night, mild, wetand arrive. northern ireland, rain, so a mild night, mild, wet and windy in the west with wind quite a feature actually, particularly for scotland, northern ireland and the irish sea coast. gusts of 60 or 70 miles an hour and is able to friday, the rain hangs around. it starts to fall across the south west wales, into northern england and southern scotla nd northern england and southern scotland and it barely moves. to the east of it, mainly fine and dry, but quite steady gale blowing for many areas even inland and to the north—west, largely fine and dry but this area gets a soaking through the day on friday. still warm in the sunshine to the east of it but storm callu m sunshine to the east of it but storm callum is going to bring a lot of

rain, potentially double doors amounts over the hills of wales, northern england and some of the strongest winds could bring down the old tree. through friday night and saturday, here's the problem, the weather system hangs around. further pulses of heavy rain affecting similar areas. this is the setup for saturday morning. we still have that area of rain with us and it may push area of rain with us and it may push a little further northwards on saturday but still hanging around in wales and up into northern england and scotland. it dries up with sunshine further south and east, possibly into the mid—20s again on saturday but by sunday, it pushes further southwards and eastwards, we think. there is some uncertainty as to how quickly it will clear but pressure error coming behind it. the warnings on the website, goodbye. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 3pm... two astronauts make an emergency landing — after their russian soyuz rocket malfunctions en route to the international space station. there has been an issue with the booster and we are standing by for information as we continue to get it from the russian flight control team,

but everything seems to be fine with the crew. one of the worst storms ever to hit the us mainland continues to sweep across the south—east of the country. a british student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months — accused of spying. here's what the foreign secretary jeremy hunt had to say. we are very concerned to make sure there is proper due process, the court system is there, and that matthew hedges is treated properly and humanely. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. some sad news in the world of football? doug ellis the former aston villa chairman has died at the age of 94. the club say they were deeply saddened to learn of his death. thanks, and we'll bejoining you for a full update

just after half—past. helen has all the weather. storm callum is on the way. tomorrow, already we have an amber warning for the heavy and persistent rainfor warning for the heavy and persistent rain for south wales but it will affect many parts of the uk. gales and is severe gale force winds. also coming up, one of our best loved stars — bernard cribbins — willjoin me to look back on 75 years in showbiz — from the carry on films to wombling free. hello, this is afternoon live. two astronauts bound for the international space station have made an emergency landing in the kazakh desert —

after a fault developed with the booster rockets on their soyuz spacecraft. a rescue team has located the pair — an american and a russian — who are said to be safe and well. andy moore reports. and there is lift—off of the soyuz ms10 to the international space station carrying nick hague and alexey ovchinin. this was the launch of the soyuz rocket heading for the international space station. the lift—off itself went fine. but then there was some violent vibration on board. was this the first sign of something going wrong? and we have the escape tower for the soyuz nowjettisoned. about three minutes into the mission, the russian cosmonaut reported a problem. hearing there that there has been an issue with the booster and we are standing by for information as we continue to get it from the russian flight control team, but everything seems

to be fine with the crew. we had good comm with them and they are ok. it was the first trip into space for the american astronaut nick hague. his mission was supposed to last six months but it ended with a premature return to earth and a rough landing. before the mission, he spoke about expecting the unexpected. i have an idea of what i think it's going to be like and i've talked to lots of veterans who have flown, and tried to get their impressions of what it's like but until you've been through it, all the sights and sounds and different feelings you're going to feel, you don't know until you're going and you're there. seen here before the flight, nick hague and his russian colleague are now said to be safe and well after the emergency landing. they have been picked up by helicopter. their colleagues on the space station will have their stay extended. how long that will be is unknown. andy moore, bbc news. we can get more on this now from olga ivshina, from the bbc‘s russian service.

what do we know about these two astronauts? they are ok after a pretty dramatic ordeal. yes, they are feeling well. they have already been through the first medical check which showed they are more or less fine. they have been transported to the nearest city of baikonur, the centre of the russian space programme in kazakhstan. they are accompanied by russian officials, doctors, they are feeling fine. but the officials in the russian space programme or not because it is a big blow for russia in terms of national pride and the image of russian space programme. i was reading the other day, one commentator was saying to things that russia has really prided itself on our espionage and space technology, space exploration. they are both looking a little bit ropey at the moment. a hard week for

russia, leaving espinosa side, with the space programme there have been a few troubles already earlier this year and last year will step some programmes didn't work, some of the rockets launched which were supposed to deliver satellites or something else, they collapsed. there have been a lot of questions already arising, the soyuz model has been functioning really well for a number of years, actually just the third trouble since 1967 when the programme was launched, so this has been really stable and the fact that we only the troubles in this bid which has been perfectly stable before tells that probably there are deeper problems inside and even russian officials state tv is talking about corruption already. there have been lots of trips, soyuz trips to the international space station, somebody was saying it was like buses going up to the international space station so this is very rare to have a problem like

this. extremely rare. it isjust the third time since 1967, so the system has been amazingly stable and russian scientists have been doing and engineers, and amazing jumps, but more and more troubles arise and more questions are raised the russians and it is interesting that the current head of the programme is sort of trying to point it to the west and stop connected, not with the spy scandal but the international thing but the last thing that went wrong, he said we have found a hole in the space station and maybe it has been done by someone who doesn't like the success of russia. so they are trying to switch the attention from the internal problems from the loud case of corruption within the space programme itself and building the spaceships launch pads, they are trying to switch the attention to the fact that maybe it is due to some troubles in corporation. ——

corporation. thank you. more about that crash we have heard about on the m4 motorway. it is between junctions 14 and 13 and this is on the eastbound m4 motorway. we think it isa the eastbound m4 motorway. we think it is a collision between a minibus and a couple of lorries of the we haven't had confirmation yet. south central ambulance service have been telling us that they have three air ambulances at the scene. they also have a rapid response vehicles with a paramedic team leader and ambulance officer. six ambulances and also two units from their hazardous area your response team. a lot of people from the scene have been tweeting and saying it is a pretty horrific collision on the m4 away. no details yet on casualties

but it certainly seems to be a very serious incident as well. we will bring you more on that as we get it, but at the moment because we really have. our correspondent is going to be in here with the very latest details for you injust be in here with the very latest details for you in just a couple of minutes but at the moment we know is on the south central ambulance service saying they have got three airambulances at service saying they have got three air ambulances at the scene and half air ambulances at the scene and half a dozen ambulances as well. two people have died, in one of the strongest storm in recorded history to hit the us mainland. hurricane michael brought storm surges nearly ten feet high to florida, and 155mph winds. it has now weakened to a tropical storm, and is heading towards the carolinas. cbs correspondent nikole killion has the latest from panama beach city on florida's gulf coast. hurricane michael is leaving behind a trail of damage and destruction. just take a look here, we have this huge tree down. we have a power pole down and then over here we've got some pieces of tin stuck on these wires, and because of all of this

damage and devastation local authorities have imposed a curfew here until the sun comes up. they really want people to stay off the roads so they have time to try and clear up some of this debris. in terms of the power, we understand from utility companies that that may not be restored for days, perhaps even weeks at this point. the governor of the state, rick scott, has said that his response will be aggressive and that he will do everything possible to try to help these devastated communities. in panama city beach, i'm nikole killion. cbs news for bbc news. we were just telling you about that what sounds like a horrific crash on the m4 away. andy moore has joined me. what is the latest you are hearing. the highways agency saying

it isa hearing. the highways agency saying it is a serious multi—vehicle collision. the location is the m4 heading towards london between junction 14 and 13 for newbury. we are hearing as you said the resources that have been sent there by the south central ambulance service, three helicopters, two rapid response vehicles, six and nuances and two units from the hazardous area response team. we have no word on casualties but the fa ct have no word on casualties but the fact they had sent so many resources that suggests the authorities fear there are multiple casualties but that hasn't been confirmed. then we had eyewitnesses at the scene. as you said we have had one person on twitter, james lloyd, saying m4 closed due to worst accident i have seenin closed due to worst accident i have seen in many years of driving. avoid area and if you're caught in the tailback be patient, i promise you we don't want to get past it until the emergency services are finished. the accident involves two lorries

and a minibus. the westbound carriageway was closed for some time to allow those three helicopters to land. we understand they have landed and taken off against the westbound carriageway is now open. the eastbound carriageway is likely to closed for some time and people there have been stuck in queues for an houror there have been stuck in queues for an hour or more. clearly massive disruption but also as you were saying, huge hub operation, it sounds like to save life, because this if it was two lorries and a minibus, potentially could be quite a lot because of this. that is right. the number of resources, i can't ever recall so many resources being sent to a road crash. it tells us that the authorities are taking it very seriously indeed. it may be that those resources are needed, but they are certainly pressing the emergency button as it were to get all the resources there if they are needed. we will bring you more runs throughout the afternoon but for now, thank you very much indeed.

sirjohn major has warned that the introduction of universal credit could prove as damaging to the conservative party as the poll tax, which proved so unpopular it led to riots. the former prime minister says voters will see it as unfair that low—income families risk losing out from the new system that combines six separate benefits for working—age people into one monthly payment. downing street says £3 billion has been set aside to ease the introduction of the system. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. millions will be affected by what is the biggest change to the welfare system in decades. universal credit, which merges six benefits into one, is designed to simplify the system but it has faced long delays. now a former conservative prime minister has this warning. in order to introduce something like universal credit, you need to look at those people who in the short term are going to lose and protect them or you will run into the sorts of problems the conservative party ran into with the poll

tax in the late 1980s. the poll tax was a change to the way local councils were funded, so unpopular it led in part to the downfall of margaret thatcher as prime minister. the man whose big idea universal credit was says the problem is not the system but the cuts the government has made to the benefits budget. if the money wasn't taken out, there would be an exact parity so i make no bones about it, in the past i have been called for that money to be put back in. the government has put 2 billion of the money back in and use other changes at christmas last year... do you acknowledge some people are still... going forward i think we should direct the money back into universal credit exactly as it was originally planned to be rolled out. after reports last week the work and pensions secretary said some families would lose £2000 a year under universal credit, today she admitted some people would lose out. some people could be worse off under

this benefit but 1000 people each and every day since 2010, each and every day 1000 people have gone into work. until now only people making a new benefit claim have been put onto universal credit. from the new year the vast majority of people will be transferred across from old—style benefits. that logistical challenge, added to concerns many people could be worse off as a result, has led to some mps to say it could be time to put universal credit on hold. it's easy when you have small numbers to have lots of staff around to work things through, but if you have complicated cases there won't be this level of resource so we have to make sure the system is working properly. labour says universal credit is not delivering and should be scrapped in its current form. the government says the system ensures work always pays and those who need support receive it,

but it is listening to concerns. labour has criticised the government's plans to roll out universal credit, saying it should be scrapped. our political correspondent jonathan blake has some more details about what the labour leader had to say about the policy. he said that labour would propose a more comprehensive system, but essentially he said that their benchmarks would be nobody should be worse off and nobody should have their house put at risk because of universal credit. it is interesting to hear that because labour's position has shifted around ever so slightly in the last couple of weeks after the mounting criticism of people losing out under universal credit. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said last weekend that it was at the point now where he thought universal credit should be scrapped, but quite what labour would put in its place or how it would manage that change is unclear.

as you heard there from jeremy corbyn's comments ijust mentioned, stopping short of saying the system should be got rid of and replaced with something else. just scrapping it in its current form. the reason for that really is it is such a huge undertaking to put the system of universal credit in place in the first place, and also to consider what might happen if it needed to be changed again, that it will be unworkable to just get rid of it overnight. so that notwithstanding there is plenty of criticism for universal credit in its current form, the way it has been rolled out, and delayed and although the government said for many people it is working now in the areas where it is in place, as you heard in the report there, esther mcvey the work and pensions secretary admitting now that some people will lose out and will receive less in benefits as a result of the cuts made in the last couple of years.

just a quick word on brexit because we have got this cabinet meeting at five o'clock this evening, they will be updated on the latest on the talks? that is right. theresa may holding a meeting of her most senior ministers in 10 downing st. a select group of those she is hoping really to keep on board with her brexit strategy. we don't expect this to be a big decision moment, but what it is is the prime minister updating her ministers on the progress such as it is on the brexit negotiations this week, and making sure that they are in the loop with that, because downing street will want to avoid any suggestion or perception that it is bouncing people into a decision, getting all the detail done and saying to ministers there you go, take it or leave it, this is an update from the prime minister on those negotiations which are reaching a critical phase ahead of that summit in brussels next wednesday. that's update you with more

information on that m4 crash that we have been hearing about on the eastbound carriageway. it is com pletely eastbound carriageway. it is completely closed, the eastbound carriageway. the police had told us a bit more about it. thames valley police saying that it happened at around 12:20pm this afternoon. a collision between a heavy goods vehicle, a lorry in other words, and a minibus. colliding it seems. the route currently closed eastbound between junction 14 at hungerford and 13 at chieveley. the closure and the eastbound carriageway of the m4 is going to continue for several hours say the police. currently not surprisingly severe congestion both ways, eastbound and westbound. the westbound carriageway was temporarily closed to allow the air ambulance access to the scene. it has since reopened. the police say on the eastbound carriageway it is going to be closed for a significant amount of time. officers working to turn tourists around. the advice to

drivers, if you are caught in that, is to remain in your vehicles if you are stuck in traffic emergency services need access to the m4. we don't yet know how many casualties there have been. it does sound as our correspondent was telling is like a very serious accidentjust because of the number of resources that have been poured in. three air ambulances from the south central ambulance service. six ambulances. rapid response vehicles and so on. the huge response after a lorry and a minibus collided on the m4. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. two astronauts make a safe emergency landing — after a rocket carrying them to the international space station malfunctions on ta ke—off. three air ambulances have attended the scene of a multiple vehicle crash on the m4 motorway. the accident is being described as ‘serious'. a british phd student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being

accused of spying. matthew hedges' wife says she is shocked more is not being done to help him. and in sport... tributes have been paid to the former aston villa chairman doug ellis who's died at the age of 94. the club said they were saddened to hear of his death and that he had dedicated his life to the club. kyle edmund continued his good form in china. he's into the quarter finals at the shanghai masters after a straight sets win over chile's nicolas jarry. he'll play alex zverev next. scotland manager alex mcleish says he's seeking "rhythm and continuity" as they aim to make it two wins from two in the uefa nations league. they take on winless israel tonight. i'll be back with more on those stories at 3:30pm. senior cabinet ministers are meeting theresa may this afternoon to be updated on brexit negotiations. the dup has warned the prime minister it could withdraw support for the government if it disagrees

with any deal. every day here on afternoon live we'll be checking in with our reporter adam fleming, who is tracking the negotiations from brussels for us. not n ot exa ctly not exactly every twist and turn because he isn't in the negotiation room unfortunately. what is the latest you are hearing? really interesting example of howjumpy eve ryo ne interesting example of howjumpy everyone is getting about every word thatis everyone is getting about every word that is uttered by brexit. yesterday michel barnier gave a speech to business people at the european parliament where he appeared to say something along the lines of a deal is within our reach within our grasp for almost an our hands. that wasn't what his actual text of the speech said and today the european commission have been clarifying it. they have published his speech in french and in english and they are said to everyone there was a bit of a garbled when it came to the simultaneous translation of his

words from french into english which we we re words from french into english which we were getting into our headphones. and that actually what he meant to say was eu leaders have said there must be a brexit deal within our reach by wednesday next week if things are to progress to another brexit summit in the middle of november. hopefully that has cleared it allup november. hopefully that has cleared it all up now but itjust shows you eve ryo ne it all up now but itjust shows you everyone wants to make sure that the script is exactly right and basically to say as little as possible that could actually get an effect on the negotiations that are taking place in that building behind me right now. i mentioned the dup's position. what is the latest on that? yesterday i think you are chasing the dup leader down the corridor trying to get some clarification. what were we learned? i chased arlene foster yesterday through the european parliament and we asked her about 12 times if she was serious about the thread that her mps would put against the budget in westminster in a couple of weeks. she didn't answer. however dup mp sammy wilson has written in the telegraph today saying they are

deadly, deadly serious. the dup's objections are to the now infamous northern irish backstop is the back—up plan for avoiding three introduction of checks on the irish border, in case the future relationship between the uk and eu doesn't solve the problem, that backstop has to be written into the brexit treaty which is being negotiated now and the discussions in the negotiating room are all about how to make that backstop palatable so it could be approved by the british parliament when the treaty finally gets to westminster to be approved. having said that, although the backstop is the biggest stumbling block, we have to remember there are other outstanding areas of there are other outstanding areas of the treaty they're working on. the governance, you solve problems and a speech that arise out of the treaty long after it has been signed? that old chestnut of how do you continue to protect european regional products like feta cheese and champagne and polish vodka, and lots of other technical issues which go

by the name of other separation issues. it is notjust ireland that issues. it is notjust ireland that isa issues. it is notjust ireland that is a stumbling block in the negotiating room, lots of other things to be sorted. we might get a bit of a clue how things are going tomorrow night because eu ambassadors are having a meeting in luxembourg to get the latest but eve ryo ne luxembourg to get the latest but everyone is talking about next monday as being the real moment of truth because that is when all the prime ministerial advisers from around europe will converge in brussels to lay the groundwork for the summit on wednesday and they will want to get a pretty detailed and accurate description of what is happening. indeed. we will be back with you from work tomorrow. thank you. adam fleming with the latest from brussels. a british student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being accused of spying. matthew hedges was arrested at dubai airport in may as he tried to leave the country after a research trip. his colleagues believe he was accused of spying for qatar. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt outlined what british authorities were doing to raise the case. this is a court case and so we are somewhat constrained

in what we can say publicly but what i can say is we are very worried about this and i have mentioned it face—to—face with the uae foreign minister twice now. we are very concerned to make sure there is proper due process, the court system is there, and that matthew hedges is treated properly and humanely and that we get a just outcome and we do have a number of concerns and we are raising them. our global affairs correspondent naiomi grimley is here. what more do we know about what he was doing there and what he was studying? he had gone for a two wheat field trip. he was at durham university as a ph.d. student and the subject of his doctoral thesis was looking into the security

situation in uae, particularly post—arab spring. that is sensitive subject given it as a country that doesn't really tolerate dissent, yet his family say he grew up in uae and he was aware of the sensitivities and as an academic he shouldn't have been detained without even knowing what the charges were back in may of this year. so he has been held for a long time, and we didn't really know about that but it has suddenly been publicised. is that from the family? yes. the family have gone public quite frankly because they killed the progress from the british foreign office is not as they would wish —— they feel the progress. his wife says she is shocked that moore has not been done to get him out and they can no longer go on like this so they have gone public with their concerns. they are particularly concerned about the conditions he has been kept solitary confinement, a shower every two weeks. and for the first three months he wasn't even sleeping on a mattress they say

in his cell, that is in addition to not having proper access to either his lawyers, his family or consular access his lawyers, his family or consular a ccess fro m his lawyers, his family or consular access from the british. we heard from the foreign secretary, so clearly it is on the radar of the foreign office at a high level. the government of trying to do something about it. yes. jeremy hunt says he has raised this with his iraqi counterpart, at a guess —— uae counterpart. the strategic early in the middle east might mean that the foreign office isn't pushing hard enough. it is worth remembering that uae like saudi arabia is the uk's largest export market in the middle east and obviously put brexit there isa east and obviously put brexit there is a desire to foster those trade links. i think the families are worried that the foreign office are pushing hard enough on this. thank you. a quick update now on what has been happening on the m4 away eastbound.

we have been telling you about that very serious collision between a lorry, a heavy goods vehicle, and a minibus. we know three air ambulances were sent to the scene and the m4 away eastbound between junctions 13 and 14 has been closed. you can see a picture there from highways england of the traffic which is clearly telling back for many miles. we are hearing from south central ambulance service that three people in the minibus that was involved sustained life—threatening injuries. was from an —— plant of the major trauma centre at thejohn radcliffe centre in oxford. one went by root of the major trauma centre also at the john by root of the major trauma centre also at thejohn radcliffe hospital. a third was blown to the major trauma centre at the bristol southmead hospital. the more people in the minibus also injured but less seriously. two of them were taken by road to the great western hospital in swindon. a third to the royal

berkshire hospital in reading. ticks people on that minibus —— six. injured. three of them seriously as you have been hearing. no word immediately on the casualties in the lorry but a lorry and minibus on the m4 eastbound colliding between junctions 14 and 13, in fact, the ambulance service are saying. you can see that it is completely clogged up there as you would expect. no traffic moving a toll on the eastbound section of the motorway. the westbound section has been opened. it was closed a while to allow the air and sister lined but that has reopened. more on that as it comes into us. comes into us. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. we have had a taste of rain across the uk today. most have seen at least a little rain but there has been some sunshine as well. it has still been relatively warm. more

clothes than yesterday. not quite as warm. however change is afoot. as we clear what one band of rain through the night and other advances in across northern ireland, wales and the south—west into scotland. this time accompanied by even stronger winds. gales after the rsc and severe gales further north and west potentially causing some damage. this is due to from callum. an amber warning for heavy rain and the risk of flooding in south wales because it is windy for all of us with some rain but the rain then just gets stuck across parts of wales, northern england, some parts of southern scotland with a string of wind blowing up onto the mountains, we will seek to does reaching 50—100 millimetres quite widely, possibly double that of their health. still warmer where we see the sunshine. warnings on the website. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: a rocket carrying two astronauts to the international space station malfunctioned shortly after ta ke—off

forcing an emergency landing in kazakhstan. three people have been seriously injured after a minibus and two lorries were involved in a collision on the m4. three air ambulances were on the scene. is not yet known if there are any other casualties. the third strongest storm ever recorded to hit the us mainland is continuing north after causing widespread destruction in north—west florida. the wife of a british student who has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months says she's shocked more isn't being done to help secure his release. sport now on afternoon live withjohn watson. some sad news for fans of aston villa and british football today. absolutely. tributes have been paid to the club's former chairman, doug ellis, who has died at the age of

94. he had two spells in that role, from 1982 to 2006 when he sold the clu b to from 1982 to 2006 when he sold the club to an american businessman. he made his name in the holiday business but it is his association with the club that he will be best remembered for. under his tenure, the lot 12—mac league cups and were runners—up in the inaugural premier league season. the former manager who led the team to the last trophy won and ellis said... the former striker stan collymore says... villa will hold a minute's silence at their next home game on the 20th of october to mark his life. thank you very much. and he was as famous for his black power salute as he was for winning olympic gold.

we've been hearing from tommie smith. what has he had to say? the former american athlete who produced that salute at the 1968 summer olympics says he cried when he sought: copernican take a knee to protest racial injustice. the player with the san francisco 49ers chose not to stand during the national anthem and faced criticism for a disrespecting the american flag, choosing to make his own protest just as smith did 50 years ago.|j wa nt to just as smith did 50 years ago.|j want to meet him as much as he wants to meet me. i want to meet him, i would want to even if he had not taken any. would want to even if he had not ta ken any. but would want to even if he had not taken any. but he did, he recognised the fact that these guys did the same thing and wondered what they we re same thing and wondered what they were thinking and the sacrificial sta m ps were thinking and the sacrificial stamps on the knee that he took reveals his upbringing, they need to be better socially. and not for the sake of money. they say the same

thing, 50 years later. it's going to be like that in another 50 years. will bring you more from that interview over the next few hours. the scotland manager is not underestimating israel, who are 55 places below them. they won their opening game in the com petition against albania, but mcleish expects against albania, but mcleish expects a tricky test of they are to make it two wins against two. they haven't won ina two wins against two. they haven't won in a wee while, but i know the coach and he's trying to stab his personality. we saw the russians and the world cup, they were seven games before that without a victory and all of a sudden, they blitzed their own world cup. prison's member one kyle edmund is at step closer to a title after reaching the semifinals at the shanghai master. he set up a meeting with alex velez, the fourth

seed. elsewhere, jamie murray and his partner have reached the semifinals ensuring a place in the finals while casey walter is into the quarterfinals. he narrowly missed out on a place at the ryder cup, but matt wallace is reading at the british masters. wallace made six birdies and an eagle at the 11th to end the day. five under par. he isa to end the day. five under par. he is a shot clear of a group that includes england's richard mcilroy. his round was impressive but any petrol will win shot of the day with an extraordinary hole in one at the ninth. look best. quite sure how this one drops in. hit the flag, bit of spin, in its goals. makes you look so easy, doesn't he? you know your luck is in windows are dropping. —— when those are dropping. thank you, john. celebrating 75 years in showbusiness, our next guest has become something of a national treasure.

you'll remember him from doctor who, the carry on films, the railway children, the wombles and jacaknory to name just a few. and he has two top ten singles to his name, hole in the ground and, of course, right said fred. he is, of course, bernard cribbins and he's written a book called bernard who? about his long career. i don't know why you chose that title as we all know who he is. welcome, thank you so much for being with us. thank you. an incredible career. seven decades, something like that? from 1943, i began, with two years of national service. i must correct you, i didn't actually write it. i sat down with a gentleman called james hogg and just talked and talked and talked for days, it seems, and james was the one who actually put pen to paper

and assembled at. all right. anyway, let's talk about... it's hard to know where to start, you have been in so much and you have done so much. i'm worn outjust thinking about it! let's start with doctor who. maybe some younger viewers will have seen you in that. we will show you a bit of you in doctor who and let's just run it. look, can't you make her better? stop it. no, but you're so clever. can't you bring her memory back? just go to her now. go on. just run across the street. go up and say hello. if she ever remembers me, her mind will burn and she will die. don't you touch this car! she's not changed! no. oh, there he is. sean temple. they're engaged. getting married in the spring. another wedding. yes. searle, with david tennant is there.

was that fun to do? that brings back such a lot of happy memories. i loved working with david and catherine and the whole of that crew, actually, with russell t davies's writing and the whole thing to me was not exactly perfect but damn near perfect, you know. you have been in a doctor who film in 1966. yes, with peter cushing, bless him. dallek ‘s invade earth 2015 or something like that. i played a policeman in that who gets tied up with the doctor and all the rest of it. great fun to do and lovely to have worked with peter cushing as well. great to get a chance to go back to doctor who 40 years later. lovely, and especially with david. i thought he was one of the best, certainly. what do you think now when we have a woman doctor?|j missed when we have a woman doctor?” missed it. i started to watch it and someone arrived at the house and i had to stop. i recorded it but i haven't seen it so i can't make any

comments. it has gone down very well, apparently. the principle of having a woman doctor?” well, apparently. the principle of having a woman doctor? i don't think it matters, i really don't. with doctor who, you can reinvent it a nyway doctor who, you can reinvent it anyway you want. exactly, and why shouldn't the gender change up there among the stars? wonderful. the carry on films, of course. all my goodness, yes! they were presumably great fun to make. the first one i did was great fun. that was carry on jack. it was an eight week schedule and normally they were six weeks so that was a lot of hurry up going on. the following one i did was carry on spying with the lovely barbara windsor and kenny williams, of course. and then the rather sad one which finished off the series, carry on columbus, which everyone said was quite ghastly and i'm afraid i agree with them. they can't all be winners, can they? no, no. what about television, then. talk to us

about television, then. talk to us about the wombles. so many kids grew up about the wombles. so many kids grew up watching the wobbles. de wombles, i was asked to go in and read for a gentleman who was making the wombles. elisabeth beresford had written wonderful stories and i thought that the way she had written them, the pecking order was so clear to me that the voice just came just like that, naturally. the avuncular old bulgaria and tobermory, the foreman, rather nice and firm but very fair foreman, rather nice and firm but veryfairand foreman, rather nice and firm but very fair and everything else, and then all the underlings, you know, orinoco etc etc. it was a lovely thing to do and i think we should revive it and do some more. i need the stories, they were the important thing. and that ran for 60 episodes? yes, we did an awful lot. it was wonderful. we are showing on screen the railway children. of course, thatis the railway children. of course, that is what a lot of people will remember you for. such as seminal

film. talk to us about the character he played in that, the station master. he was actually the porter. the station master was in hospital because he had done something to himself when we were playing billiards, orsomething. getting his leg over the table. so i had to take over the running of the station, which is why use so much of him with the children and everything. lionel jeffries had written the screenplay at the suggestion of his daughter, in fact. she said she had been reading it and she said, daddy, you should make a film out of this, which he did, and the rest is history. but he treated it with such affection and a lot of laughs all the way through. why'd you think that particular story touched such a nerve with so many people and children in particular, i suppose? idled don't honestly know. it is very sentimental, it is a very warm—hearted thing. there is a lot of laughs and it is well and a bit of laughs and it is well and a bit of danger with the train in a

landslide in all the rest of it. a lot of things are going for it. you connected, i think it is fair to say, with young audiences. i remember watching you reading jackanory and so on. that's a very special talent, isn't it? to read stories to children and make them engaged. i always had a thing which idid engaged. i always had a thing which i did which was to look into the lions and isolate in my mind one child, not think about them all over the child, but just child, not think about them all over the child, butjust say do you know what happened on the 14th? i will tell you. i knew literallyjust pull them in with one hand and you work it out with the camera that's just a little bit closer, you know? and just talk to them, that's all. and you have one child in your mind and you've nailed him to the floor so he's listening and that happens throughout. i suppose now, young people watching children's television of course, but now they have so many other... you know, they

are on their ipads, their phones, their playstation is, there are so many other distractions. there are, yes. the jackanory was hugely important because actually, the nation's children, pretty much all of them, were watching. it gave mum a chance to clear the tea things and wait for dad to come home from work or whatever it was and it kept them engaged for five or whatever it was and it kept them engaged forfive or ten or whatever it was and it kept them engaged for five or ten minutes or so and maybe talk about it afterwards, i don't know, but it was afterwards, i don't know, but it was a very useful thing for the bbc to insert into the programming from one's point of view and lovely for the actors who were allowed to tell stories. that was the heyday, i suppose, of children's television in this country. i think it probably was, certainly. very happy times, certainly. tell us about your hit singles. a pop star, of course! right said fred, tell us about that. it came about because i had done a review at the fortune theatre and i had a song in that cold folk song.

george martin, bless him, was an eight and george martin, bless him, was an eightand are george martin, bless him, was an eight and are a man. he was going around all the shows with music in them, saw our show and came out and said, i would like to record folk song and the flip side was as love song. we did it in the studio, number three at abbey road, before the beatles, and it got into the 20,000 area and they said, hello, something is going on here. let's add something else. so the two lads who wrote it did right said fred and hole in the ground. suddenly i was a p0p hole in the ground. suddenly i was a pop star, it was wonderful! looking back at this incredible career, as we said, such a laundry about so versatile. films, tv, pop songs. paratrooper. of course, you served in palestine, didn't you in the

forties? when i did my national service. how do you think back on your career? you mustjust be so delighted that you have had the opportunity to do so many things. exactly that, yes. the variety has been wonderful. i haven't been stuck m, been wonderful. i haven't been stuck in, you know, is serialfor ten yea rs or in, you know, is serialfor ten years or something like that, not that that's a bad thing, but it would have been less interest to me than ducking and diving all the time. what do you think are the talents that have helped you be so successful? i've always thought you had a lovely voice and your life voice is still beautiful still. that's part of it, isn't it?” voice is still beautiful still. that's part of it, isn't it? i am a character actor, not a leading man, therefore i have many facets that i can bring out, so i play an old man ora can bring out, so i play an old man or a silly one or a fat one or a thin one, do you know what i mean? but not taking the rory macbeth? no, no. what you think of the states now of television and the movie

industry? i know nothing about the movie industry at the moment because i haven't made one in so long. was about what you see? i don't actually go to the movies at all, so i can't comment about that. i think tv has its moments at the moment. i don't watch much children's stuff any more, because i don't like a lot of this very fast editing and funny strange cartoon things, you know? i do watch emmerdale. i know it is not bbc, but it's a very well—made programme. we will allow you to say that. thank you very much. bernard cribbins, a pleasure to talk to you and your book is out now. 75 years of doing just about everything which sums it up very well for is what a great career. we're carrying on with it, too! thank you for being with us. thank you. is that the minister for. we've had a fairly

warm autumn so far — but with winter looming, health chiefs in england are urging children, pregnant women, older people and those with certain health conditions to have a flu jab. but this year there's a special focus on another group — nhs workers, who are more likely to be exposed to flu. those who refuse it could be moved to roles away from patients. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the laundry room at royal blackburn hospital, not a part of the nhs that many of us think about, but the staff here do vital work to keep the hospitalfunctioning. 100,000 pieces of washing are dealt with here each week. so, if this team is hit by flu, it can really throw a spanner in the works. so, you're ok to go ahead? yes. that's why becky and her colleagues are encouraged to take the flu jab... lovely. ..with nurses coming to them to make it easier. last year i got a flu really bad, so i definitely advise to have it done. it's not nice when you have the flu, is it? i couldn't get out of bed.

last winter was the worst flu season in a decade and sickness among staff added to the pressure on the nhs. in england, just 64% of health workers took up the offer of a free flu vaccination. which arm do you want? left arm? this year all front line staff are expected to have the flu jab. excuse me, lads, we are doing the flu injection, have you had yours? it's not compulsory, but those who don't will be asked to explain the reason. the flu jab for me is the most important thing we can do in the nhs, because we are not only looking after the staff, we are looking after the families, the patients we serve and helping to prevent hospital admissions at the front door. the idea behind encouraging every single member of staff at the nhs to have a flu jab is to shore up the health service ahead of what could be a pretty tough winter, by reducing sickness rates. now, as it happens, here at the royal blackburn they have a pretty good record when it comes to encouraging

staff to have the jab. more than 90% are expected to do so. but across the country it's a very different picture. vaccinating staff in a single hospital is one thing, but what if your teams work across thousands of square miles and are always on the road? last year the east of england ambulance service struggled to reach even half of their workers, so this year there are more clinics in more places to try and encourage crews to get vaccinated. health care professionals not getting immunised can increase the risk of patients getting the flu, so absolutely one of the things we want our staff to consider is the impact on their vulnerable patients, especially if they choose not to have the flu jab. we'll go for your left arm. some people can't be vaccinated, they might have an allergy, for example, but nhs bosses are urging those who can, especially health care workers, to get a jab, protecting themselves and their patients. dominic hughes, bbc news. news coming into us from the

ministry of defence. they say that inspections are urgently being carried out on britain's fleet of f 35 lightning jet fighters. this is after a us aircraft crashed. we have after a us aircraft crashed. we have a statement from the ministry of defence, i think we can show you. they are saying that contrary to reports, all the jets they are saying that contrary to reports, all thejets have not been grounded. they are saying that they have decided to pass, as they say, some flying as a precaution. examining britain's jets to see whether they do have a faulty fuel tube following the crash of an american f35 b

stealth jet which happened the crash of an american f35 b stealthjet which happened in september. that is the latest from the ministry of defence. we will bring you more on that as it comes and us. maryam moshiri is here. in a moment she will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: two astronauts make a safe emergency landing after a rocket carrying them to the international space station malfunctions on ta ke—off. three air ambulances have attended the scene of a multiple vehicle crash on the m4 motorway. the accident is being described as ‘serious'. and a british phd student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being accused of spying. matthew hedges' wife says she is shocked more is not being done to help him. here's your business headlines on afternoon live: a warning from the board of patisserie valerie. the group has released a statement saying without an immediate injection of capital, the directors are of the view that that is no scope for the business to continue

trading in its current form. more on that in a moment. the treasury is finalising plans to overhaul tax rules which allow self—employed people to avoid paying national insurance contributions. tens of thousands of the uk's poorest householders are disconnecting their own power supplies because they cannot afford to top up their meters according to ofgem. so, you've got news on patisserie valerie which is a big chain of cafes a nd valerie which is a big chain of cafes and has 200 stores around britain, i think? 206 stores up and down the country, 2500 employees and we had yesterday a couple of shock announcements from the group regarding its finances. yesterday, it told investors that there have been significant and potentially fraudulent accounting irregularities. its shares, which

trade on the smaller stock market in london, were suspended. today, we have had a further statement saying the cafe chain need an immediate injection of capital to continue trading in its current form, saw quite a serious and shocking situation for the group which only a few months ago seemed to be in very good shape. let's speak now to our guest. philip marshall qc is a commercial lawyer at serle court. thank you forjoining us. explain to me, when a company says irregularities, what exactly are we talking about here, if we can explain what that means? it sounds like they have not complied with what is required by the companies act in terms of preparing your account and also possibly not complying with the requirements of the stock exchange regarding regulatory news announcements regarding their financial results. these have to meet strict requirements under the statute and regulations that govern these companies. on paper, everything looks fine up until, you know, very,

very recently. it's surprising how quickly this has all happened. very recently. it's surprising how quickly this has all happenedm extraordinary, actually, a lot of the most remarkable things is that they were faced with a petition to wind them up presented by hm revenue and customs. that would have been pre—seeded by quite lengthy correspondence and normally a petition like that as a last resort and is normally brought when a company is in dire straits and cannot pay its paye and other standard obligations for trading but it has two page to the revenue. this must have been going on for some time, but there is no inkling of it as far as time, but there is no inkling of it as faras i'm time, but there is no inkling of it as far as i'm aware in the now is that they have made the market. what happens of the company does not get this injection of capital that they are talking about? if it does not, this petition will continue and the court would then potentially would make it compulsory winding up order. a liquidator would be appointed to gather any assets of the company and distribute those two creditors in due course, but they may only get a proportion of the debts that are due

to them, depending on what the asset position is. what happens next? well, clearly they are looking for some sort of funding. i imagine they will be looking to be major shareholder to contribute some funds to meet the outstanding obligations. at the moment, though, it sounds as though this company is in very, very serious financial difficulty and it may be that a very substantial amount of money is required, so who knows? but it is a very good. amount of money is required, so who knows? but it is a very goodm doesn't at all. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. i play football with him. really? lie yes, he's a good defender. he takes no prisoners! every saturday. that's dedication for you. let's check out the markets. the big sell—off continues on the london, german and french markets.

they're worried about what's going on with the trade war between china and the us, really a perfect storm, if you like, of different factors that are creating their sell—off after we have had months and months of people predicting it. it is not particularly good news but we will wait to see how bad it gets to the rest of the day. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. we've seen a smattering of rain already today. more to come before the evening's out. but then we have trouble brewing for tomorrow. this massive cloud is already looking like a signature storm, that area of cloud adds the develops into this storm callum. you can see the tightly packed isoba rs. storm callum. you can see the tightly packed isobars. it goes very close to the west of scotland and northern ireland. these weather friends are the reason the met office has issued an amber weather warning for heavy rain in england and wales. it will affect other areas, but because the ceiling stagnating for a couple of days, it isa stagnating for a couple of days, it is a concern. ahead of that, we have

seen is arranged to this morning across the south of wales pushing its way ever northwards towards tea—time, it's sitting across parts of western scotland, down the spine of western scotland, down the spine of the country. late sunshine from the west and early sunshine to the east. either way, it the west and early sunshine to the east. eitherway, itappears the west and early sunshine to the east. either way, it appears from most parts overnight ahead of the next weather system which then pushes more rain. this is the rain from storm callum starting to arrive. northern ireland, wales, south—western parts. a mild night, mild, wetand south—western parts. a mild night, mild, wet and windy in the west. the wind is quite a feature, actually, particularly for scotland and northern ireland and the irish sea coasts. gusts of 60, possibly 70 miles an hour. as we go into friday, the rain hangs around. as it starts to fall across the south—west to wales, into northern england and scotla nd wales, into northern england and scotland scotland, it barely moves. to the east of it, mostly fine and dry but quite a steady gale blowing. even inland. to the west, largely fine and dry about this area gets a soaking, through the day. warm in the sunshine through the east of it,

but storm calum is going to bring a lot of rain, potentially doubles amounts over the mountains. some of the strongest winds could bring down the strongest winds could bring down the odds tree. through friday night and saturday, here's the problem. that weather system hanging around. further pulses of heavy rain affecting similar area so this is the setup for saturday morning. we have an area of rain with us. it may put a little further northwards on saturday, but still high around in wales and up into northern england, scotland. drying up with some sunshine further south and east, possibly into the mid—20s again on saturday here, but by the time we get to sunday, it starts to push further southwards and eastwards, we think. there is some uncertainty as to how quickly it clears, but behind it, much fresher air coming to how quickly it clears, but behind it, much fresherair coming in. the warnings are on the website. goodbye. hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm ben brown.

today at 4: two astronauts make an emergency landing, after their russian soyuz rocket malfunctions en route to the international space station there's been an issue with the booster and we're standing by to get information from the russian flight control team. a number of people are seriously injured in a crash on the m4 in berkshire, it's still closed in one direction. one of the worst storms ever to hit the us mainland continues to sweep across the south east of the country a british student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months — accused of spying. here's what the foreign secretary jeremy hunt had to say. we are very concerned to make sure

that there is proper due process and a court system that is beer and that matthew hedges is treated properly and humanely. tributes have been played to sir doug ellis who has died at the age of... doug ellis who has died at the age of very tunnel whether and gale force wins for many. lots of rain which will be incessant but the next day or two. we look at the news nationwide —

and find out why these ponies are having their photos taken. two astronauts bound for the international space station have made an emergency landing in the kazakh desert, after a fault developed with the booster rockets on their soyuz spacecraft. a rescue team has located the pair — an american and a russian — who are said to be safe and well. andy moore reports. and there is lift—off of the soyuz ms10 to the international space station carrying nick hague and alexey ovchinin. this was the launch of the soyuz rocket heading for the international space station. the lift—off itself went fine. but then there was some violent vibration on board.

was this the first sign of something going wrong? and we have the escape tower for the soyuz nowjettisoned. about three minutes into the mission, the russian cosmonaut reported a problem. hearing there that there has been an issue with the booster and we are standing by for information as we continue to get it from the russian flight control team, but everything seems to be fine with the crew. we had good comm with them and they are ok. it was the first trip into space for the american astronaut nick hague. his mission was supposed to last six months but it ended with a premature return to earth and a rough landing. before the mission, he spoke about expecting the unexpected. i have an idea of what i think it's going to be like and i've talked to lots of veterans who have flown, and tried to get their impressions of what it's like but until you've been through it, all the sights and sounds and different feelings you're going to feel,

you don't know until you're going and you're there. seen here before the flight, nick hague and his russian colleague are now said to be safe and well after the emergency landing. they have been picked up by helicopter. their colleagues on the space station will have their stay extended. how long that will be is unknown. andy moore, bbc news. two people have died, in one of the strongest storm in recorded history to hit the us mainland. hurricane michael brought storm surges nearly 10 feet high to florida, and 155 mile an hour winds. it has now weakened to a tropical storm, and is heading towards the carolinas. our correspondentjon donnison has the latest. florida has been battered. sustained winds of more than 250 kilometres per hour have left a trail of

destruction. those whose chose to stay put lucky to get out the livestock back burst the attic caved in and everything was happening so quick. then the roof came in so everything is gone but i'm glad i made out safe. camper vans, tossed around like toy cars. hundreds of thousands of homes are without electricity and power lines were down. many cant believe their eyes. whole neighbourhoods are underwater after a storm surge of up to three metres. we made baby! we've it is thought many chose to ignore evacuation orders. the cost of rebuilding to the state could run

into billions of dollars. following the land book bowl... overnight, the hurricane passed over georgia having wea ke ns hurricane passed over georgia having weakens slightly. satellite images show the eye of the storm heading towards south carolina. it will take days to assess the full extent of the damage and hurricane michael has some way to run. we can get the latest from the call killian. we can see some of the destruction behind you. what has been the damage and destruction of this hurricane? this is minor by the standards, we have a huge trained behind me and paralysed. —— trees and power lines

have gone down. but this is relatively minor compared to other damage across panama city beach where there have been reports of trains knocked off of railtrack ‘s. there is a big clean—upjob ahead. there is a big clean—upjob ahead. there was a curfew imposed which was lifted this morning which is why people are coming out in surveying the damage. we are in a new —— the priority here is of power restoration. 9000 people here are without power there is a big clean—upjob without power there is a big clean—up job ahead. without power there is a big clean-upjob ahead. the authorities we re clean-upjob ahead. the authorities were warning people to leave their homes but quite a lot in the end ignored that and stay put. jeff, --

we saw a lot of that. a lot of people were not able to get out but a lot of people, a shop owner opened up a lot of people, a shop owner opened up his store to the community for people who could not evacuate and he felt pretty secure about that as he has been in a number of hurricanes before. he felt secure enough to write out the storm and a lot of people took up on that offer. thank you. three people have been seriously injured after a multiple vehicle crash on the m4 in berkshire this afternoon. the eastbound section between junctions 13 and 14 close to newbury have been closed after the accident which is being described as serious.

let's get more now from our correspondent andy moore. first evolved from south central ambulance we have word on casualties. a total of six people injured, three with life threatening injuries and to have been taken to hospital in oxford. the other two have been taken to a major trauma centre in bristol. those left seriously injured, so went to hospital in swindon and some went to the hospital in reading. we don't know the ages of those injured. we've had information from an eyewitness who said it was the worst accident on the road he had seen in several years. he didn't want to be on the record but he told us what he

saw. he saw a large articulated lorry gone into the back of a minibus. the force of this put the minibus. the force of this put the minibus down the road and the back seats of the money —— minibus were com pletely seats of the money —— minibus were completely destroyed. as he was passing by the air ambulance was searching before landing. the westbound carriageway is closed for a while whilst the ambulance landed and took casualties. it is now reopened their are a serious delays. still stationary traffic on the eastbound carriageway, likely to be closed for several hours. thank you. senior cabinet ministers are meeting theresa may this afternoon to be updated on brexit negotiations. the dup has warned the prime minister it could withdraw support for the government if it disagrees with any deal. our political correspondent ben

wright is at downing street. this is an update for senior can permit ministers? yes, not full cabinet. this is a much smaller, informal group. i imagine it will include the chancellor and some secretaries. it is an update on the state of negotiations which are ongoing in brussels. there at the critical and intense stage. they're trying to hammer out the final wrinkles and the withdrawal agreement. particularly the irish backstop. that is the huge sticking point and backstop. that is the huge sticking pointandi backstop. that is the huge sticking point and i imagine that will be the main focus of the discussion at number ten main focus of the discussion at numberten in 45 main focus of the discussion at number ten in 45 minutes' time. and

renewed pressure from the dup on the prime minister making it pretty clear what they will and won't accept? there is pressure on the prime ministerfrom all accept? there is pressure on the prime minister from all fronts at the moment because every act in the strum know this is the moment of maximum pressure on number ten but mac these decisions are being taken right now so huge pressure from the dup who know their power in this discussion. they are critical to keeping theresa may in office and they have made it clear they will not countenance anything but introduces new friction. they hate the idea of northern ireland been treated at birtley. —— differently. they are making their displeasure clear and public and are warning they are prepared to wreck the prime minister's domestic agenda. they

wa nt minister's domestic agenda. they want their red lines respected. huge pressure from tory brexiteers who feel the chequers plan for the future is a massive sell—out and they are making their views clear daily as well. massive pressure for theresa may in these really critical days. thank you. the us military has temporarily grounded its entire fleet of f—35 fighter jets in the wake of a crash in south carolina last month. inspections are to be carried out on faulty fuel tubes. an official report questioned earlier this year whether the f—35 was ready for combat after dozens of faults were found. the f—35 is the largest and most expensive weapons programme of its type in the world. i'm joined by our defence correspondent jonathan beale.

the ministry of defence say they are carrying out inspections? yes, they preferred to stay in temporary pause and flying rather than grounding which affects not just and flying rather than grounding which affects notjust the us but other countries as well. have a dozen countries have bought these including the uk. they are being inspected for what is leaved to being the cause of the crash last month. which is a faulty fuel tube. not all these aircraft will have this, a lot of them will have a new fuel tube. they have to work out which ones have the potentially fa u lty which ones have the potentially faulty one but it doesn't mean that every single aircraft is not safe to fly. they're taking a precaution to

check the ones in the uk. the uk audit has nine in this country, they are not buying in the moment. the pilots are doing simulator training this week. there are some aboard the queen elizabeth hms. this is embarrassing, because lot and this isa embarrassing, because lot and this is a new jet. embarrassing, because lot and this is a newjet. it has been plagued by other teething problems but it has been used in combat. israel and the us have used them in combat. it is a blip and embarrassment but it looks like it is temporary. the f 35 is supposed to be state—of—the—art in the next big thing in military flying? yes, it is something that

sucks up lots of intelligence on the ground. it is designed for stealth. it can go deep into enemy territory and be difficult to detect. it is meant to be a game changer, it is important and very expensive. lots of countries have invested in this and they have to sort it out. they have a number of technical problems which they have two resolve but they are slowly resolving them. thousands will be ramped up over the next few yea rs will be ramped up over the next few years and they will ensure that those fuel tube by the right one. thank you. two astronauts make a safe emergency landing — after a rocket carrying them to the international space station malfunctions on ta ke—off. three air ambulances have attended the scene of a multiple vehicle crash on the m4 motorway. the accident is being described as ‘serious'. and a british phd student has been

held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being accused of spying. matthew hedges' wife says she is shocked more is not being done to help him. chelsea forward eden hazard says he will not be leaving chelsea mid season, but does little to rule out a potential move to real madrid. tributes have been paid to doug ellis who died at the age of 94. on the opening day of the british masters this man produces one of the shots of the season. i will be back with more at half past. sirjohn major has warned that the introduction

of universal credit could prove as damaging to the conservative party as the poll tax, which proved so unpopular it led to riots. the former prime minister says voters will see it as unfair that low income families risk losing out from the new system that combines six separate benefits for working age people, into one monthly payment. downing street says three billion pounds has been set aside to ease the introduction of the system. the work and pensions secretary esther mcvey has confirmed that some people will be worse off as a result of the introduction of universal credit. she was speaking to the bbc‘s assistant political editor norman smith. i've said we make tough decisions, some people will be worse off. . the bear, under the old system, several hundred thousand people did not get the money they were voter. under the

old system... as i said, we have looked at the whole benefit system and looked at how we can get people into work. those people will be blessed benefit either sheer nature that they are now on work. a british student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being accused of spying. matthew hedges was arrested at dubai airport in may as he tried to leave the country after a research trip. his colleagues believe he was accused of spying for qatar. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt outlined what british authorities were doing to raise the case. well, this is a court case and we are somewhat constrained in what we can say publicly. we are very worried and i have mentioned it to

the erratic or administered twice now “— the erratic or administered twice now —— foreign minister twice now. we wa nt now —— foreign minister twice now. we want to make sure there is a proper process and the court system is there and he is treated properly and humanely but. the struggle to access some nhs services in england is a growing ‘care injustice' which needs to be tackled immediately, that's the warning by health regulator, the care quality commission, in its annual report. the commission also highlights growing hospital waiting lists, delays at a & e, and treatment delays for mental health patients. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. so, we have been asked to visit mr and mrs robinson. in this room, there are nurses, social care and mental health workers, charities and housing officers. several different departments working as one team to keep people who are at risk healthy and out of hospital. mrand mrs robinson,

erm, we have been asked to visit due to concerns around their mobility. they're concerned about a couple who are in their 905. within hours, a social worker and occupational therapists are visiting them in their homes, seeing what help they might need. what we might do is put you through your paces a little bit, if that is ok, and see how you are on your feet. hi, dad. the couple's daughter helped organise extra support through the wakefield integrated connecting care hub. i think it helps because they all spoke to each other about the need for my mum and dad and because they were actually speaking to each other, that is how we got them in here, and we just feel happy about everything now. this is being seen as an example of care being done well because different professionals work together. and it is highlighted in the care quality commission's report. it also says most people in england generally do get good care.

but in some areas, people can only access services that are rated as needing improvement or inadequate, so this warning about what it calls a care injustice. we recognise that it is just simply not fair, that some people in some parts of the country find that they get good care all of the time and in other parts of the country, that is simply not available to them. the urgent challenge is to bring all parts of the health and social care system together, so they work as one, as a single system. increasingly busy a&e departments are the most visible way of showing this stress on the system, says the report. but it also points to adult social care and delays getting mental health help, especially for young people. the government has promised an extra £20 billion for the nhs, but some point out that doesn't include social care. while we are still pushing carers to the limit of what they are able to do in looking after their own loved ones, and local authorities really struggling to fulfil their statutory

duties, there's no point in fixing the nhs if social care is threadbare. the department of health and social care says it will set up a £240 million fund for adult social care to ease pressures over the winter. catherine burns, bbc news. you can find out how your local services are performing by visiting the bbc‘s nhs tracker — at www. bbc.co.uk/nhstracker sirjohn major has warned that the introduction of universal credit could prove as damaging to the conservative party as the poll tax, which proved so unpopular it led to riots. we can speak to the conservative mp heidi allen who's been critical of the rollout

of universal credit. shejoins us now from cambridge. do you agree with whatjohn major has been saying, that this could be as deb as the poll tax? —— disruptive. i think it is a little excessive, universal credit will be a good contribution but only if it is funded properly and is working practical practically and reliably. a lot of people are saying that potentially millions of families could be left up to £200 a month worse off when this is introduced, do you accept that? yes, every cohort of people who go on to

universal credit, whether it is a pa rent universal credit, whether it is a parent with a child, they have an allowa nce. parent with a child, they have an allowance. the work allowance were significantly cut in the budget though it is true to say that some of these transfers to universal credit now... some will be better off but some groups of people will be significantly worse off and the two groups that really worry me are single parents and second earners. second earners would have any work allowa nce second earners would have any work allowance at all before the return to work. a lot of people might supervise with the idea of the hind universal credit, the fact that it isa universal credit, the fact that it is a symbol of occasion of the welfare benefit system but at the same time the tory conference was promising that the age of austerity was coming to an end. to be fair,

this finances the universal credit we re this finances the universal credit were changed significantly back in 2015 so this is the new money that is being removed. just hasn't been in the forefront of people's mind because universal credit has been running out very slowly so that we are onlyjust asking to realise this but there is time to change it. how expensive would the? well that happen? in terms of cost, like in single parents you are looking at about a billion a year and a second earner going into work, allowing them to save and keep up to five hours of work, that will cost about 1.3 billion. will the chancellor do it? i hope so. smart way of doing

it, you could for example and i would support that, look at taxation. an eternity of way of doing it is we have some planned rises in the tax threshold and we could just not do that. people like me who are higher rate taxpayers do not have to benefit from that. then money gets to people who absolutely need it. a tax break is different eve ryo ne need it. a tax break is different everyone but we don't need it when money is tight. how was your party got into this mess? i don't think that's fair. when people get onto universal credit, in terms of the support they get, it does work very well. it means more people are in work so far universal credit has been working at a relatively low

level of the claimant. now we need to cope with the amount of claimants coming onto it. now we need to fix it but i don't think it is a mass. it takes weeks to get the first payment? one of the things the government said is that citizens advice is going to provide support. after the paperwork is not completed on time and some people need help with that and that is what the system of ice contract will do, helping people get onto the system. people can get money on day one in the form of an advanced payment. lets ta ke in the form of an advanced payment. lets take that money back at the end and not in the early period of the claim. baggy. time for the weather. let's talk

about the hurricane. the concern for the carolina is that... a lot of statistics are coming up today and it has ravaged many parts of the united states, it was a really powerful category five hurricane. powerful wind wise, this is the fourth most powerful to hit the united states it is really a force to be reckoned with. it has gone through florida, georgia and now it is going to the carolina. it would hang around —— it would hang around. we have so many storms around. we have so many storms around the world, one in the arabian

sea. we have another one, hurricane, thatis sea. we have another one, hurricane, that is sitting out in the atlantic. it has been around for quite some time and is now a hurricane, it is expected to weaken down to a tropical storm but interestingly, it is giving a lot of wet weather on to the end of the weekend it is heading up the end of the weekend it is heading up to madeira and curving down. some parts of the uk going to the october half term and if you are hoping to get away to derail or the canary islands, that doesn't look very attractive. neither does the rain across southern spain and france. are about the great storm and exudates? yes, storm cal is heading our way. it has been too bad today but we have trouble doing. it is the developing situation, the isobars

show us how strong the winds will be. severe gales blowing up to the north and the west which is very typicalfor autumn north and the west which is very typical for autumn and the met office has issued an amber warning because of the heavy rain across south wales. it is predicted to last several days. parts of south wales has seen some rain across southern inland as well, it is going northwards and a swiss. —— eastwards. and has been a mild afternoon but they will fall a great deal overnight. we will have a brief bit of dry weather. but then abysmal conditions across northern ireland and scotland and wales. further east, a dry start but that rain is relentless through the day tomorrow. across south—west england and wales

and into northern england and southern scotland, either side of that little drier but very windy and with the beers wales. it will be a much windy day for all of us. this is all to do with the wind and the rain with storm cal and, the heaviest rain will be double that of the hill fog. the problem with the rain is that it doesn't go away so through friday night and saturday it will still be pouring down across parts of wales and northern ireland. pitches that further north into the entirety of scotland and still some uncertainty. as are going to sunday the rain will move eastwards so at the rain will move eastwards so at the moment hopefully it will clear

for sunday. drier day but much fresher feeling. for sunday. drier day but much fresherfeeling. warnings for sunday. drier day but much fresher feeling. warnings on the website. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: two astronauts are safely back on earth after making an emergency landing in kazakhstan. their rocket malfunctioned shortly after take off. three people have been taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries following a collision between a minibus and two lorries on the m4. the third strongest storm ever recorded to hit the us mainland is continuing north after causing widespread destruction in north—west florida. a british student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being charged with spying. his wife says not enough is being done to secure his release. sport now on afternoon

live withjohn watson. eden hazard has been lighting up the premier league this season but for how much longer? and some sad news coming out of aston villa today: he has ruled out a move to real madrid in january but he has ruled out a move to real madrid injanuary but has little to end speculation that he will be moving to spain at some point in the future. he has been speaking on international duty with belgium. he said he may have to move if he is to be regarded monday as the world greatest player. adding it remains a dream to play for the 13 time european champions. he is currently the great leading goal—scorer with seven goals so far in his campaign. he said he would not be moving mid—season. his contract and in 2020. a year later. some sadness from the board of football doug ellis has died, a figure really

associated with aston villa down the yea rs. associated with aston villa down the years. synonymous with the club, tributes have been coming in today. following his death at the age of 94, he had two spells in that role as chairman. the most recent from 1982 to 2006 when he sold the club to an american businessman. he made his name in the holiday business. his association with aston villa will be best remembered and his 10—year. the runners—up as well in the premier league season. the former aston villa manager said. the former striker says. miller will hold a minute silence at

their next home game on the 20th of october. scotland have a nations league match against israel tonight, but manager alex mcleish is not underestimating a team ranked 55 places below. his squad are in haifa, having won their opening game in the competition against albania— but mcleish expects a tricky test if they're to make it two wins from two. wales face spain in a friendly at the principality stadium tonight, without gareth bale who's injured. a minute's silence will be held before kick off in memory of the victims of the flooding disaster in majorca. tommie smith the former american athlete who produced the black power salute on the podium at the 1968 summer olympics says he cried when he saw colin kapernick take a knee in protest at racial injustice. the player then with the san francisco 49ers chose not to stand during the national anthem and faced critcism for disrespecting the american flag choosing to make his own protestjust as smith did fifty years ago.

i want to meet him as much as he wa nts to i want to meet him as much as he wants to mutiny. i would want to meet him had he not taken any. but because he did and recognise the fa ct because he did and recognise the fact that these did the same thing, i wonder what they were thinking. the sacrificial stance that he took reveals his upbringing, lean me to be better socially and not for the sake of money. the same thing 50 yea rs sake of money. the same thing 50 years later. ) england's eddie pepperell is leading the way in the first round of the british masters and he produced undoubtedly the moment of the day too. this is him, teeing off at the par three ninth, and you can probably guess what happens next.

what goes up, must come down, and it comes down against the flag, the perfect bounce and into the hole. he's on six under par, a shot clear of matt wallace and ross fisher with ryder cup hero tommy fleetwood on four under. will perry will have more for you in the next hour. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to leanne lawless in tunbridge wells where south east today has been carrying out an undercover investigation into gangs exploiting social media to recruit students to launder money. justin lee is in plymouth where organisers of a local event to sell off wild ponies that would otherwise be culled, have had to find an innovative sollution to avoid falling foul of defra regulations. leanne what do we know about how

young people are being targeted by money launderers? while during my investigation i discovered dozens of accounts operating on social networking sites, instagram, which are set up to recruit young people as money meals. they target them. they ask for squares, for bank accounts, in return for cash. money could be thousands of pounds is then transferred and out of these young people's bank accounts. in return the students get to keep a percentage of that money for themselves. i decided to pose as a student i message a lot of these accou nts student i message a lot of these accounts on instagram thing that i needed cash quickly. i got a number of responses. all i need is your date of birth one said. your address and your account details, and i rdw straightaway. he also said, i had friends who were also up for it.

another person said he could start a £3000 job for me and then give me my cut would be one and a half thousand pounds. all of these people on these accou nts pounds. all of these people on these accounts told me it was safe and it was legitimate just like the money mule recruiter that i met in person. he agreed to meet me in a casino in london and he believed i was a student. add a bit. we will do that. if for example, the worst—case scenario, the bank did call me and say what would i watch what i say. so leanne while students then tempted to do this kind of deal? the

stu d e nts tempted to do this kind of deal? the students that i met during my investigation who had got caught up in this, told me that eventually it is money. it is about getting their hands on easy cash. with rising tuition fees and living costs it is about getting hold of that money easily without having to put in very much work. the students that i spoke to said they were not aware of the risks that could be involved in this, that includes abuse and threats that come from the people at the top. the gangs that one that help of crime. it also told me they we re help of crime. it also told me they were not aware that if you are caught and convicted of money—laundering, you face up to 14 yea rs years in prison. this is one stu d e nts years in prison. this is one students that you're always looking over your shoulder. i mean this is a lot of money to people above you. you're making pennies compared to what they are making. you get all the abuse, phone calls and threats. a lot of threats of violence, essentially that would kill you if you do not give over the money. instagram have responded to my

investigation today. they told me that illegal activity is not allowed under any circumstance. they encourage young people to report any illegal activity using their in app tools. they have also told me the number of accounts that i have flagged up to them has operated this way, have been taken down from instagram. meanwhile, the home office today have told me they are prioritising tackling this very serious crime. they have told me since 2010 they have recovered £1.6 billion worth from offenders. thank you very much. let's go tojustin who has the latest on these dartmoor ponies. why sold every year? these pennies else happen on dartmoor because the animals are rounded up ina because the animals are rounded up in a tradition known as the drift. there are what is done to lower ground for auction, they have to ta ke ground for auction, they have to take place to control the number of ponies allowed to graze on the moor.

200 rounded up ahead of today's sale. that is what it has been taking place today. why is there a specific problem this year? this year new rules have come into force which means the ponies are not allowed to leave the sale fight with their new owners until all of the paperwork is completed. that paperwork is completed. that paperwork includes a detailed diagram showing the markings on each animal. the organisers of the sale say it was totally impractical to do this out in the middle of a field. what they did instead was they constructed what was effectively a passport photo booth to speed up the process. a person explain this to us. from a person explain this to us. all the paperwork has to go up to the main office because we cannot do it in the middle of a muddy field. we have no internet, or electricity, though we have one generator working. they will e—mail the passport on the documentation we have written out for them to pet id in sussex, where she will then issue

the passport. that is what is happening, which is is completely crazy. we hope the internet holds up because dartmoor is pretty specific about making it go wrong. why have these new rules been introduced? we why have these new rules been introduced ? we have why have these new rules been introduced? we have been told they have been designed to avoid issues such as lost or abandonment. they went on to say they are pleased that the dartmoor pony association will be at hearing to them. if you're watching in the south—west you'll be able to see much more on bbc one at half past six this evening. thank you very much indeed. if you would like to see more on any

other stories, you can access them via the bbc i play. we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm on often in life. ajudge has dismissed one of the charges against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. the charge — an allegation by lucie evans that she was forced to perform a sexual act in his office, in 2004, was dropped due to inconsistencies between her statement and a draft email she had written to her husband. harvey weinstein still faces five other criminal charges in connection with two women. he has denied all allegation of non—consensual sex. a number of people caught up in last year's london bridge terrorist attack are among who have been honoured at buckingham palace. ignacio echeverria was posthumously awarded the george medal for confronting the attackers and trying to protect others. the queen presented the award to the parents of the 39—year—old spaniard, who used his skateboard to try and and hit one

of the terrorists. his father earlier paid tribute to his much—loved son. translation: i'm no more proud of ignacio today than i was before his death. i knew ignacio and i loved him as he was. his death hasn't changed my appreciation of him. it's the same as it was before. what i do need to say is ignacio gave me the satisfaction of knowing that in recent times, he was really happy and on the day he died, he acted freely. it was not a casual death of a person who died by chance. this was a person who decided to do something and did it. i think this would have pleased him and it pleases me, too. you're watching bbc news. we have

the business and isjust you're watching bbc news. we have the business and is just coming your way. two astronauts make a safe emergency landing — after a rocket carrying them to the international space station malfunctions on ta ke—off. three air ambulances have attended the scene of a multiple vehicle crash on the m4 motorway. the accident is being described as ‘serious'. and a british phd student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for five months after being accused of spying. matthew hedges' wife says she is shocked more is not being done to help him. here's your business headlines on afternoon live a warning from the board of patisserie valerie. the group has released a statement saying , without an immediate injection of capital, the directors are of the view that that is no scope for the business to continue trading in its current form. the treasury is finalising plans to overhaul tax rules which allow

self—employed people to avoid paying national insurance contributions. tens of thousands of the uk's poorest householders are disconnecting their own power supplies, because they cannot afford to top up their meters according to a report published today by ofgem. quite a sell—off on financial markets. we had a huge issues yesterday in america and around the world. for a number of reasons here. the federal reserve in the united states raising interest rates. the vet has abandoned their policy of providing stimulus for the world's biggest economy. that is that of market into a bit ofa economy. that is that of market into a bit of a tense. a trade war between china and the us, and between china and the us, and between the us and eu. that meant investors are selling off. some are calling this a bit of a correction. they think the us market has been

overvalued over the past few months. here in the uk, real travel for patisserie valerie, which is a train of cafes. they also have another number of businesses. the company that owns patisserie valerie has said today if it does not get an injection of capital. it will end up having to cease trading in its current form. after shares in the company were suspended, yesterday, and the talk of financial irregularities. quite serious stuff. 2500 people employed by this company. a lot ofjobs at stake here. if you have a spare £220 million what would you should just buying? i would buy a holiday in barbados, a castle, and a house in tuscany. the story is actually, you may not know the name of the company

but it owns some big names in the country. it is up for sale. price tag of £220 million. has been a decline in traditional newspapers as a. let's talk all of the stories. thank you forjoining us. first of all let's ask you about the global markets because this is a big story around the world. europe, asia, the us. global markets are experiencing at that at the moment. there are currently grappling with slowing global growth, rising interest rates and rising inflation. if we take a step back and have a look. global growth is decelerating, but it is still on a very solid rise. the level that are retreating to the economy. inflation is rising, again not at levels that are rejecting for

the economy. indeed we are thinking that this is a correction and in the market. corrections in bull markets are not uncommon. they are healthy, and it is an opportunity for investors who are cashrich to put money back into the market. let's talk about patisserie valerie, its shares were suspended yesterday, this company has shocked the markets hasn't it? it has shocked markets a little bit because it was trading very well until the shares were suspended. the shares were up 25% over the year. they were suspended pending investigations, in fact there is no news on that. we are operating a little bit in a vacuum. there is not a lot of things we can speculate on, obviously, even though it is not training, it is adding to the demise we have seen in other parts of the food retail business. as you say, they need a capital injection. they need liquidity for

their lives. let's move on to £220 million. would you buy a newspaper company? i would put my money in the market. but i am not surprised that johnston press is putting themselves up johnston press is putting themselves up for sale. nobody reads newspapers any more. the stock price is down 80% of the year. they would have to look for a buyer who is interested in their brands. but a digital platform. 20% at one point. thank you. the ftse is shut for the day. there isa the ftse is shut for the day. there is a delay on that figure. it is down nearly 2%. not by as much as yesterday. as you can see it as read across the board, the sell—off continuing across much of europe and america. thank you very

much indeed. one million lives were lost in the battle of the somme, during the first world war. the bodies of more than 72 thousand commonwealth troops were never recovered. the british artist rob heard has spent 5 years creating a unique tribute to those men — a shrouded figure for each life lost. but he's only recently been to visit the battlefield itself — and our correspondentjohn maguire went with him. for the first time the shrouds of the somme for the first time, the artist working with that inspiration is here. for five years the somme to my living room. naturally be standing on this ground, is an amazing feeling. the idea that we're standing on the soil that these are actually in. whenever i've dealt

with it, for so long, thinking about this and the idea of bringing them back from here in a form that is, so positive. people could think it was morbid but it is not. back home in somerset rob howard creates each figure by hand. matching a name to every real name. following a car crash and had depression, seeing images of dead and branded for returning from afghanistan. people ask why am i doing this. we are self funding. days like this you really do understand. what's the point of this was. these are just small figures. it is nothing like the real thing but once you do this, you do understand what all of that time and yea rs was understand what all of that time and years was for. next month at queen elizabeth olympic park, there will be 72,396, the number of troops that

i'd at least on his bodies were never recovered. their names known to rob are immortalised in stone on the normal memorial. these are displayed with, as from their regiment. this is how they would have been on the day. they would have been on the day. they would have been on the day. they would have been next to each other. rob lays one last stroud. his is a mammoth task creating 200 figures a day yet another number, but his work turns these numbers into lives. he gives them a human form, helping us to try to make sense out of so much senselessness. that's it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at 5. time for a look at the weather... hello there, we have seen a

smattering of rain already there is more to come before the evening is out. we have trouble brewing for tomorrow. this mass of cloud is already looking like a signature storm. that area of cloud naturally develops into storm callum. it wishes very close by to the west of scotla nd wishes very close by to the west of scotland and northern ireland. the met office have now issued an amber weather warning, heavy rain for south wales, it will affect other areas but because we see that rain stagnating for a couple of days, there is concern. ahead of that we are seeing rain. across the south of wales, that is pushing its way northward. at tea—time it is sitting over west of scotland. late sunshine to the west, and early sunshine to the east. click the most part overnight. now for the next weather

system which pushes more rain, this is the rain from loving storm callum. it is going to be a mild, wet and windy in the west. the wind is quite a feature actually. in scotla nd is quite a feature actually. in scotland and northern ireland, and the seacoast. gusts of 60 miles an hour. as we go to friday, the rain hang around. as a start to fall across the south—west through wales, into northern england and southern scotland. it barely moves. in the east it is mostly fine and dry, but a steady gale in most areas. to the north—west, largely fine and dry, but this weather this area gets a soaking. to the east of it, storm callu m soaking. to the east of it, storm callum is going to bring a lots of rain, double those amounts over the hills of wales and northern ireland. some of the youngest winds could bring down the auditory. through friday night and saturday, here is the problem. the weather system still hangs around. pulses of heavy rain. saturday morning. we still

have that rain pushing further northwards on saturday, it hangs around in wales are into northern england, scotland. it rose above the sunshine by the south east. by the time you get to sunday at the start of this further south. there is some uncertainty to how quickly it will clear. behind it is as much fresher. by clear. behind it is as much fresher. by by. today at 5, key ministers gather in downing street, for a crucial update on the brexit talks, as the deadline approaches. as the prime minister prepares to brief her senior ministers, another warning from the democratic unionist party that they'll withdraw support, if they don't like the brexit plans. we'll have the latest from downing street, amid suggestions that the uk is about to table its own proposals, to settle the question of the irish border after brexit. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: two astronauts make an emergency landing, after their russian soyuz

rocket develops problems, on it way to the international space station. there has been an issue with the booster and we are standing by for information as we continue to get it from the russian flight control team, but everything seems to be fine with the group. a number of people are seriously injured, in a multiple