good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: president trump tells the media to "stop endless hostility" after explosive devices were sent to barack obama and hillary clinton. buying care "on the cheap" — councils are accused of not covering the cost for thousands of vulnerable older people. debenhams prepares to check out of nearly a third of its stores and reveal the biggest loss in history. the reds star against red star — mo salah reaches the 50—goal mark for liverpool in record time, as they win in the champions league. good morning. it is cloudier than it was yesterday. later we see persistent rain in the north—west of scotland. behind that, viguera turns colder. cold tomorrow and at weekend. —— the cold air turns colder. it's thursday 25th october. our top story. donald trump has described the sending of explosives to prominent democrats, including barack obama

and hillary clinton, as an attack on democracy. at an election rally, the president called for politics to be more civil, though opponents have accused him of hypocrisy. our north america correspondent, chris buckler, reports. the package carrying these pipe bombs were addressed to some of america's best—known public figures. sent to the homes of among others former presidential candidate hillary clinton and former president barack obama, hillary clinton and former president ba rack obama, both hillary clinton and former president barack obama, both democrats and both critics of the current president. donald] trump! donald trump was in wisconsin for a campaign rally. at these events he often attacks opponents with unmistakably aggressive language. the tone was markedly different. those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political

opponents as being morally defective. didn't take responsibility for any of his own past rhetoric. in fact, he seemed to blame journalists. the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and often times false attacks. one of the packages was found at cnn. the envelope containing the explosive device had been addressed to the former cia director and media commentatorjohn brannan. he believes whatever the investigation uncovers, mr trump must take some blame. as far as a lot of this rhetoric, it really is counter—productive. it is un—american. it is what a president should not be doing. more packages we re should not be doing. more packages were found at the mail centre in los angeles. while donald trump has

warned others to watch their language, in this politically divided country many will be listening out to see if the president takes his own advice. later, we'll be speaking to a security expert about the investigation to find who sent the explosives. that's at 07:10. debenhams is expected to add to the troubles facing the british high street this morning, when it releases its latest results. colletta is here. good morning. we are going to speak to the boss of debenhams at some point this morning. it is always less about the figures and more about how debenhams will look on the high street and where? exactly. it has them predicted for quite awhile the debenhams is in trouble. they have given over three profit warnings this year. they have been playing down expectations. we know it is going to be bad news when they released their annual results later this morning. the question is, how bad and what that restorer closures?

as many as a third of their stores across the uk, 50 stores, may be closed. that is a lot ofjobs. debenhams employ more than 4000 staff. big concerns for the workforce this morning. it is coming off the back of a number of significant closures, not least house of fraser going into administration, and closing a lot of stores across the uk. those same big floor space kind of stores similar to debenhams. that is why they have been under such scrutiny. people perhaps spending a little less, shopping differently. we will be speaking to the boss later to find out exactly what that means, particularly for their staff. many people will be very worried listing this morning. thank you. the home office has been accused of a "complete failure of leadership", as police forces in england and wales struggle to cope. the home affairs select committee

says the police service is at risk of becoming "irreleva nt", as neighbourhood teams are stripped back and many crimes go unsolved. it's claimed just one in seven councils in the uk is covering the minimum cost of providing home care to elderly and disabled people. the uk home care association, which represents care providers, says visits are often cut short as a result. local authorities blame a lack of government funding. here's more from our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. shall i make you a nice cup of tea? the next half—hour will be packed for care workers carly and rachel. as well as preparing a meal for 88—year—old doreen and doing medication, the sisters will have to hoist her to and from the bathroom. hoisting takes around half an hour to do. we're in here usually 45 minutes. we're dealing with medication and obviously if we're cooking her a meal, we've got to wrap all of that up in the time that we've got to do it because then we are setting ourselves back on other people's calls.

their local authority pays one of the lowest home care rates in the country, according to today's report. the knock—on effect for care staff is low pay. is this a job you can see yourself doing in the long—term? i'd like to think so, but financial wise, not really, because you could be doing 40 hours one week and the next down to ten. if you've got a house to run, you don't know where your hours are coming from. the association representing organisations that provide home care in the uk calculates that they need at least £18 per hour to cover increases in the minimum wage, pensions, travel and other costs. but on average, councils pay just over £16 an hour. the report says the result is staff shortages and companies closing. those running council services denied they're trying to get care on the cheap. my colleagues across the country are doing their level best to meet need in their local areas at a price that they can afford. however, in some parts of the country, that is becoming now untenable and the government must

recognise that it must put more money into social care for adults. the government says in the last three years it's put an extra £9.5 billion into caring for older and disabled people and that it will put forward plans for reforming the system in england soon. alison holt, bbc news. police say they are treating the dissapearance of a mother of five as a possible murder investigation. 46—year—old sarah wellgreen was last seen in the new ash green area of kent, on the evening of october the 9th. hundreds of villagers have joined police and forensics teams in her search. britain is in danger of becoming a "two—speed society", with some groups excluded from the prosperity and rights enjoyed by others, according to the equality and human rights commission. those at risk are in danger of being "trapped in disadvantage". the equality body's study found that progress made in some areas is overshadowed by "alarming backward steps".

our home editor, mark easton, reports. the fight against what she called burning injustices was the prime minister's top priority when she took office. and we will make britain a country that works not for a privileged few, but for every one of us. that will be the mission of the government i lead. and together we will build a better britain. but today's report from the ehrc says the picture is still bleak for the living standards of britain's most at risk and forgotten groups, particularly disabled people and ethnic minorities. child poverty and infant mortality are rising. government welfare reforms are blamed for pulling more people below the poverty line. the report does recognise some improvement on educational attainment, political involvement and workplace equality.

but it warns of a marked backward move on access to justice, personal security, and says increasingly work is no escape from poverty. so what we are seeing is, for the first time since the 1990s, we are seeing an increase in infant mortality. three in ten children in this country live in poverty. and that rise is half for certain ethnic minority groups. the report says the government should reinstate the binding targets on reducing child poverty that were dropped in 2015, and calls for more flexible working to help disabled people and women into the workplace. the government equalities office says the government is committed to tackling burning injustices and building a country that works for everyone. mark easton, bbc news. urgent action is needed to halt a decline in the performance of the nhs in scotland — that's the warning from the scottish public spending watchdog. a new audit scotland report says that there are increasing staff problems, rising drug costs and a maintenance backlog with fewer resources at its disposal. the scottish government said it was already taking forward

recommendations with increases in front line staffing. the bbc has been heavily criticised on the issue of equal pay by a group of mps. the culture select committee says in a report released today, that the corporation is guilty of "opaque decision—making" and treating women unequally, while proposed reforms don't go far enough. the corporation said much of the report was out of date but there is "more to do". the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in fiji's western coastal town of nadi, as their official royal tour of australia and the south—pacific continues. prince harry unveiled a statue commemorating a british—fijian soldier who died in the 1972 battle of mirbat, at an event attended by the country's president and members of the armed forces. if you gaze up at the stars you may be able to recognise the odd constellation. the great bear, 0rion‘s belt, or maybe the plough.

i have never been able to grasp them. you must have heard of the plough? i love looking at the sky. people say, can you see the...? in the end, normally i say yes because thatis the end, normally i say yes because that is year. 0rion ‘s belt, i look for a little line of five or six stars. you know the moon, obviously? nasa has come up with new — unofficial — constellations based on modern objects, to celebrate the special telescope that spotted them in the first place. the fermi gamma—ray space telescope has been scanning the skies for the past ten years. it can see sources of light, including gamma rays, that are invisible to the naked eye. yougov the tardis, the hawk, the eiffel tower. i'm not sure these are

any easier. how you make at godzilla from the stars... get in touch and tell us... some people see things very clearly. john, are you someone who can spot 0rion‘s both? i think the plough was the only one i would now. you can usually see that quite clearly. do you think godzilla would be easy to spot in the sky? no. in a word. i'm not convinced. i think there would have been some footballers looking up to the heavens for inspiration last night. you couldn't miss liverpool's star, mo salah. we saw last season. record number of goals in the premier league. was he going to produce the goods again this season? two goals last night. nor liverpool players ever got to 50

goals as quickly as he has in 65 matters. not even ian rush, kevin keegan, luis suarez... we love a statistic on this so far. it was a great night for mo salah at anfield. he scored twice in liverpool's 4—0 win over red star belgrade in the champions league, reaching the 50—goal mark in record time. they're now top of their group. tottenham's hopes of qualification appeared to go down with hugo lloris — their goalkeeper sent off in their 2—all draw with psv eindhoven. that leaves them third in their group with a single point. gloucester fly—half danny cipriani has been suspended for three weeks, after he was sent off for a high tackle in their cup game at the weekend. and there were tears ofjoy after wnning his maiden atp title — now british number one kyle edmund's good run continues, he's through to the last 16 of the vienna 0pen, thanks to victory over diego swartsmann — he'll play fernando verdasco later. he is ona

he is on a great run. filling the void left by andy murray's absent at the moment. —— absence. we were talking about looking up at the stars. have you noticed how beautiful these guys have been lately? yes, the weather is turning. nice clear mornings. red skies at night. show we saw you some pictures? parts of the uk have witnessed some beautiful sunsets over the last couple of days. that looks filtered. look at this gorgeous picture sandy bushby snapped of the sky above her home in perthshire... and david gilroy got this stunning shot at salthouse beach in nortfolk. elliot trela took this stunning snap in dundee. this is a lovely moody image captued by robin boultwood in swanage. elliot trela took this stunning snap in dundee.

a common theme. and finally, a certain dan walker tweeted this view from sheffield... there it is, a double view on the same evening. amazing how the colours have switched. perhaps you have some glorious pictures of the sunrise this morning. is it light outside yet? not yet. the joys of being in a windowless studio. you forget, don't you? you go outside and do a night shift and it's raining! we can hopefully get some pictures from our viewers about some pictures from our viewers about some glorious sunrises. is that going to set up for a good day today? well, there's a lot of cloud around today. good morning,

everyone. yesterday we hit almost 20 celsius in parts of south hampshire, in gosport. you can kiss goodbye to those levels at the moment because it will turn much colder over the next few days with frost and by the weekend certainly many areas as far south as wales will have seen snow. today we have a fairly settled day, still. we are looking at high pressure still clinging on but we have a weather front coming in from the north. this is the weather front here, you can see it out into the atlantic, but it is a waving front so atlantic, but it is a waving front so it will pep up with the amount of rainfall will get from it. the important thing is what's happening behind it. it's a cold front and behind it. it's a cold front and behind it. it's a cold front and behind it we will see colder air as the wind veers round to northerly, bringing in some arctic air. first thing this morning is chilly start. across parts of north—east england, for example. here we'll season sunshine, and also some sunshine for the east midlands, south of wales,

east of the grampians, east of the pennines, so the shelter of the mountains. generally to date there will be more cloud around than yesterday and we have rain from the weather front coming into the north—west of scotland with the rain pepping up north—west of scotland with the rain pepping up through the course of the day. cooler behind it, but still relatively mild. temperatures closer to where they should be at this stage in october. through the evening and overnight, the weather front starts to move southwards as a wea ker feature, front starts to move southwards as a weaker feature, taking cloud front starts to move southwards as a weakerfeature, taking cloud with it and also some patchy rain. under clear skies behind it will turn much colder. the wind veering and we will see snow on the hills of scotland. in the south, we are looking at overnight lows in london of 10 degrees, but that will change. it's going to be a mild start to the day in the south but as our weather front clears, taking its cloud and patchy rain with it, behind it the floodgates opened to this cold air. it will be a windy day and areas exposed to the coast are likely to

see those showers coming in down the east, west and north coast lines. some heavy showers will bring some inland and we could see some hail and thunder. temperatures continuing to go down. on saturday, a cold start with frost. we still have those showers on the coast but through the course of the day the wind will be to the north—easterly, meaning the east coast will be more prone to those showers. it will dry up prone to those showers. it will dry upa prone to those showers. it will dry up a touch in the west, one or two showers inland, and will feel cold, especially if you are exposed to the wind. seven to about nine, but if you are in the wind it will feel a lot colder. we are looking at temperatures more like low to mid single figures. certainly a day for wrapping up warmly even if you are in the sunshine. 0n wrapping up warmly even if you are in the sunshine. on sunday, another frosty start, with the wind more north—easterly. some of the showers inland, drierand north—easterly. some of the showers inland, drier and brighter to north—easterly. some of the showers inland, drierand brighterto the west but there will be sunshine around. still pretty party, 20s on

the horizon at least for now. i've put my big cold on this week. it's out for the winter, gloves and hats coming out next week. next week will be cold on monday, then it will turn u nsettled be cold on monday, then it will turn unsettled so it won't be as cold as go through the week. i'll get umbrella instead! laughter 6:19am. let's take a look at today's papers. the telegraph leads again with the "high—profile businessman" who has taken out an injunction to stop allegations of sexual assault and racism being made public. the paper has spoken to a woman it describes as a "well—known socialite" who claims she was sexually assaulted by the same man. the mirror tells how deadly hospital superbugs have quadrupled. it says there were 48,000 infections last year, up from 11,000 in 2010. an expert says "sooner or later we won't be able to treat anything". the picture above is the duchess of sussex being whisked away by a security guard after a safety scare during a visit

to a market in fiji. the daily mail's main story is a report by mps who are warning police forces risk becoming "irrelevant" as they are struggling to cope. the main picture is one that appears in most papers this morning. an american tv presenter who killed a goat during a hunting trip on the remote scottish island of islay. and the star shows actor david schwimmer proving to police that he's not the man they're looking for in connection with a theft in blackpool. you are probably familiar with this story as it has developed. you'll be aware that the footage looks like him, the actual perpetrator, and so this is his version. he's filmed himself in a similar scene and

just... yeah... yeah he's funny. if you're not on social media you may not have seen it but there was a photo of them and so lots of people saw this so he mucked it up and said, no, it wasn't me. we asked to chat to him but he said... the social media will say everything it needs to. lots of the papers talking about debenhams. we will talk about that through the programme. in terms of other stories, patisserie valerie is in the headlines again over their controversy in the headlines again over their c0 ntrove i’sy over in the headlines again over their controversy over the past couple of weeks. they admitted further undeclared share bonus awards. they have given out extra bonuses to two top executives without notifying shareholders, so particular court wrangling is for patisserie valerie at the moment. bad times as a

result. another story we will cover later, an assembly line slump say that times, leaving car production at its lowest level in three years. this is about britain's car production falling almost 17% to a three—year low as a crisis in the industry deepens because people here in the uk aren't buying quite so many cars at the moment. what have you got? the news, footballer gets tartu! when was the last time that happened? this is neymar, the brazilian superstar. what is interesting about this, not the tattooed, which is spider—man and batman... but he actually has a comic book where he features in it. he's brought out this new range of comic books where he is essentially the lead character, a character called junior that looks a lot like him and goes round brazil saving lives. that ego, you can't really knock it in terms, why wouldn't he have an ego like that when he is so

brilliant on the pitch? do you think you'll fill up with tattooed all superheroes? there's nothing on the bottom of his back there, we've only seen the top, i presume there's more space. i presume as wonder woman, catwoman, batman will be around somewhere. batman is there. of course. i'm going to change the tone of the newspaper right now. draw your attention to the obituaries section. this is a man who hasjust died and he is 90 years old. he survived the bombing of nagasaki as a child. he witnessed the bombing of nagasaki, went on to be a very prominent scientist, known... and i love this, as doctor tagg jellyfish because he brought out proteins were jellyfish which has been absolutely pivotal to do with alzheimer's. talk about a life! he witnessed magnus

aquis himself as a child and then became known as doctorjellyfish because he extracted things from jellyfish to come up with q is for alzheimer's. there you go. i present that to you. a bit of information we didn't already know. thank you, charlie. banks very much. businesses in the centre of belfast are continuing to lose millions of pounds after a fire in august. a large area is still cordoned off, meaning 15 shops haven't been able to open, including the primark store which was virtually destroyed. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has been talking to people affected. a landmark reduced to ruin. the bank buildings has been at the heart of belfast since the 18th century, but eight weeks ago it was burned to a blackened shell. the staff and shoppers who were evacuated found the sight hard to take in as fire ripped downwards through the primark store. the blaze lasted for three days,

but the commercial crisis wasjust beginning. this is the busiest thoroughfare in belfast. if you stick a pen in a map of belfast, the centre, this is it. peter boyle's jewellery shop is inside the cordon, which is in place because the bank buildings could collapse. he's deeply frustrated that he still doesn't know when he'll be able to reopen the store. there should have been more leadership and decisions should have been made faster. judging by the speed of things so far, it's very hard to see how we'll be open any time in 2018. it'll be next year at this stage. so we've opened a temporary store for christmas because we've really no faith that the street will be open any time soon. businesses just outside the cordon are finding it tough, too. it's had a devastating effect on us. james neilly‘s pizza restaurant used to be on a very busy street — but it's not now. there's no doubt some

of the neighbours here are working 70, 80, 90 hours a weekjust to see this through and it's going to be a long winter. we had planned to trade from lunchtime — midday — until ten o'clock, seven days a week because the biggest retailer in town was on our door. that's obviously not happening any more. we've shrunk our hours considerably. they're around about half of that. the change has been extremely noticeable. it's just empty now, compared to what it used to be. it's a different atmosphere, i think, in town. there'sjust not as much life about it. it's sad. we do what we can and come in as often as we can! because this majorjunction right in the city centre is off—limits, the number of shoppers has fallen by 30%. the challenge now is to encourage people to come back here in the run—up to christmas. this is belfast. the world champion boxer carl frampton has helped with this advertising campaign. the council's also planning street fairs, a ferris wheel and a ski slope to attract shoppers.

we also need to encourage and to tell people that the businesses are still open, they're still operating, and the big issue is that we need to drive footfall back into our city centre again. but we also need to take this as an opportunity to reimagine the city, and that will take a big investment from government. in the shorter term, primark‘s latest plan is to demolish the top floors at the bank buildings and rebuild them. councillors are likely to approve the move tomorrow. there's a spirit of resilience in belfast. traders hope that will help them survive this most unexpected blow to business. chris page, bbc news, belfast. really interesting looking at the centre of belfast and what's happening in the high street. we have the manager of debenhams because debenhams will unveil results at seven o'clock. lots of speculation about stores that may need to close and jobs that may be

lost. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara 0rchard. london's air ambulance begins trialling another world first in a bid to reduce deaths due to catastrophic bleeding. a new blood product, which consists of red blood cells and plasma, will be given as a transfusion to patients at risk of bleeding to death before arriving at hospital and will be trialled on board for two years. the number of londoners working shifts at night has increased by 11% over the last ten years. 379,000 people now regularly work overnight in the capital, according to new analysis by the tuc. the rise in london is higher than the average for the uk. as london's population rises, some business groups say that increasing the number of people doing night work isn't only necessary, but a good thing for the city. london's been growing very rapidly and that puts pressure on some of london's infrastructure, so the idea that we stop thinking about managing london between six

in the morning and six in the evening and start thinking about it as a 24—hour city, i think is a great opportunity. and it's a good opportunity to think about congestion, how busy london's streets are, just spreading out our infrastructure over the course of 24 hours is good. and you can see a full report about the benefits and dangers of night work at 1.30 and 6.30pm today on bbc london news here on bbc one. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. strike action continues on south western railway today, with reduced services on some lines and cancelled services on others. check before you travel. 0n the roads, there's westbound traffic on the a13, it's building from dagenham into barking. in wembley, the a404 harrow road is partly blocked near chaplin road, following an accident near the barham park roundabout. now the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning.

yesterday temperatures were in the high teens. today they'll be closer to average in the mid teens, but as we go through tomorrow and into the weekend, we are going to see a significant dip in temperatures, something much cooler, as we pick up a cooler northerly feed. you can see that here on the air mass, that yellow and orange being replaced by the blue. the blue representing cool, cold air coming in from the arctic. today, then, isn't looking like a bad day. it will be dry, often cloudy, could see one or two patches of mist and fog around this morning where we've got some breaks in the cloud but those should lift as we go through the day. staying dry with partly cloudy skies and the cloud bubbling up as we move through the afternoon. temperatures a little down on yesterday but not too bad, a maximum of 15 celsius. as we go through this evening and overnight, it stays dry. there will be patchy cloud, some clear spells, a bit more cloud perhaps developing as we move into the early hours. temperatures not falling too far, though.

an overnight low of eight celsius. the change comes as we move through the day tomorrow. some cloud and patchy rain to begin with, but once that clears, sunshine developing but a much cooler feel. we pick up that northerly wind, that stays with us as we move into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up... debenhams is expected to reveal huge losses this morning. we'll ask what the future holds for the troubled chain, when we speak to the man who runs it at 10 to eight. he's written a few bittersweet symphonies in his time. former verve frontman richard ashcroft will be here to tell us why he believes his latest set of songs are his strongest yet. and as they prepare to perform

the perfect paso doble on strictly come dancing this weekend, dancing duo lauren steadman and aj pritchard will be here on the sofa. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. donald trump has described the sending of explosives to prominent democrats, including barack obama and hillary clinton, as an attack on democracy. none of the suspected pipe—bombs went off, and many were intercepted before they reached their intended target. at an election rally, the president called for politics to be more civil — though opponents have accused him of hypocrisy. the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and often times false

attacks and stories. have to do it. i'm hoping this will make it clear to him that what he has done here before as far as a lot of this rhetoric really is counter—productive. rhetoric really is counter— productive. it rhetoric really is counter—productive. it is un—american. debenhams is set to announce plans to close up to 50 stores, as part of a radical overhaul of its business. the struggling department store chain previously said ten stores were earmarked for closure over the next five years. it is also expected to reveal a £500 million loss when it publishes its annual results this morning. the home office has been accused of a "complete failure of leadership", as police forces in england and wales struggle to cope. the home affairs select committee says the police service is at risk of becoming "irrelevant", as neighbourhood teams are stripped back and many crimes go unsolved. it's claimed just one in seven councils in the uk is covering the minimum cost of providing home care to elderly and disabled people. the uk homecare association, which represents care providers, says

visits are often cut short as a result. local authorities blame a lack of government funding, while ministers insist extra money has been put into the system. police say they are treating the dissapearance of a mother of five as a possible murder investigation. 46—year—old sarah wellgreen was last seen in the new ash green area of kent, on the evening of october the 9th. hundreds of villagers have joined police and forensics teams in her search. urgent action is needed to halt a decline in the performance of the nhs in scotland — that's the warning from the scottish public spending watchdog. a new audit scotland report says that there are increasing staff problems, rising drug costs and a maintenance backlog with fewer resources at its disposal. the scottish government said it was already taking forward recommendations with increases in frontline staffing. the bbc has been heavily criticised on the issue of equal pay by a group of mps. the culture select committee says in a report released today, that the xorporation is

guilty of "opaque decision—making" and treating women unequally, while proposed reforms don't go far enough. the corporation said much of the report was out of date but there is "more to do". the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in fiji's western coastal town of nadi, as their official royal tour of australia and the south—pacific continues. prince harry unveiled a statue commemorating a british—fijian soldier who died in the 1972 battle of mirbat, at an event attended by the country's president and members of the armed dorces. those are the main stories. whether coming up later. john's here with the sport. good morning. i know you want to talk about this gentleman, but when a goalkeeper is sent off there must be contingency plans in place. how do you decide which of the ones on the rest of the pitch goessling

goal? you usually bring your substitute goalkeeper on. you make a substitution. you need a specialist goalkeeper. we are talking about the totte n ha m goalkeeper. we are talking about the tottenham game. yes, tottenham are suddenly blown their chances. they have one point now. a lot of other teams have been on one point before but it is rarely will go and qualify for the latter stages of the champions league. it helps when you we re champions league. it helps when you were “— champions league. it helps when you were —— para scoring goals the other end. mo salah has 50 goals in 65 matters. fairly impressive tally. nor liverpool player has ever got to that tally faster than him. he scored a couple last night. so, tottenham are in trouble, but liverpool — in particular mo salah — had a great night at anfield. david 0rnstein wraps up the action. liverpool love nothing more than european nights under the anfield

lights. and against red star belgrade the men in red were quickly into their stride thanks to roberto firmino. just before half—time it was two. give mo salah a clear sight of goal and this tends to be the outcome. after the break he struck again and sadio mane completed the smoothest of jobs. again and sadio mane completed the smoothest ofjobs. far tougher tests await if you dare to go all the way. we are not through yet. this group is exciting until the end than we —— win our games. then the situation changes in your favour. in eindhoven it was an evening of toil for totte n ha m. it was an evening of toil for tottenham. psv open the scoring. spurs were the better team. lucas moura equalised and harry kane finished a fine move to put them ahead. there was still time for a twist. psv snatching a late

equaliser that leaves tottenham's champions league hopes hanging by a thread. mauricio pochettino's expression says it all. kyle edmund has carried his run of good form into the vienna 0pen. after winning his first atp title at the weekend, he beat diego schwartzman in straight sets, to earn a meeting with fernando verdasco for a place in the quarter—finals. slone stephens has given the wta finals some real excitement — she beat kiki bertens to leave their group wide open. with wimbledon champion angelique kerber beating naomi 0saka in the other game, all four players can still qualify for the semi—finals, orbe knocked out — it all comes down to the last round of matches. gloucester fly— half danny cipriani has been banned for three weeks, for a dangerous tackle. he was sent off in their xup defeat by munster on saturday, for a high tackle on rory scannell. it could have been worse, though — the minimum ban is usually six weeks, but it was reduced because of his good disciplinary record. double 0lympic champion max whitlock returns to action

at the world gymnastics chmpionships in doha, with a point to prove. after a disappointing commonwealths and european championships, he'll be leading men's team confident he can produce this time. looking forward to getting back on the world stage. it's been a busy year. commonwealths and europeans. this is the last one. i can't wait to get out of there. we've got a really strong team. we have to give it our best shot. it is the first 0lympic qualification process and i hope we can go and do a good job. we're used to premier league managers talking about their teams. it's not very often we get the chance to hear a premier league manager talk about their personal life, but radio 5 live have had a fascinating chat with manchester city boss pep guardiola. you may know that his wife and daughter were caught up in the manchester arena attack in may last year — and he told

the bbc what happened that day. he has embraced manchester as well. he has embraced manchester as well. he has. not sure people do know his family was there at the time when the bomb went off. it has been an interesting insight into his feelings and the correspondence he had with his wife at the time. she called me but immediately broke the line. she told me something happened. but the people didn't know what happened. and broke the line. we tried to call her again. it doesn't work. after five we tried to call her again. it doesn't work. afterfive minutes, six minutes, she called me again. "we are out!" of course, life is like this. we were maybe in a better position than the other ones, u nfortu nately, position than the other ones, unfortunately, for the times we live right now. you get a sense of how scary that

experience was. how refreshing it is to hear that he feels happy to do that, to talk about things like that. as you said before, we don't often see the other side of football managers. yes, and an opening up on a subject that is clearly very modest to him. he has done it in a very modest way. he has embraced manchester and what it meant to people in manchester. he has spoken about his love of the city as well, hasn't it? he has. we can hear another clip. i will be mancunian for the rest of my life. i would i will be mancunian for the rest of my life. iwould be i will be mancunian for the rest of my life. i would be a manchester city fan. it will not be possible to train another team in england like manchester city. i feel love from the people here. i like to do it

better, to seduce them, to make a better, to seduce them, to make a better club, where they can believe we are strong enough to do better things. but it is what it is. if any other premier league teams we re if any other premier league teams were looking to poach him, it's not going to happen. how much time did the bbc get within? a long interview. it is an hour—long special tonight. 0n the rare occasions we get people involved from football at the highest level, we often say, come and join us. we make a very good cup of tea. if he likes to. if he wants to come down i will make a cup of tea! as always, it's been another busy week for all things brexit. here to help us catch up on it all is the bbc‘s europe editor, katya adler. she's been following every twist and turn in the negotiations so far. good morning. where is my tea?!

john? john? it is on the way! where are you going to start? the big question for a lot of people right now is, where we are in the process, and much of the deal is done? it is and much of the deal is done? it is an enormous question. what is your ta ke an enormous question. what is your take on that? it is a very normal question and we hear it all the time. haven't we gone yet? why is it taking so long? the prime minister is trying to make us leave the european union but with a deal in place. the eu says before we make a future trade deal we have to get a divorce deal together. that's the process we are in the moment. it is quite a painful one. the prime minister said this week 95% there. michel barnier, the chief negotiator for the eu, says it is more like 90%. it doesn't really matter. while

it sounds like we almost there, the ha rd est it sounds like we almost there, the hardest bit is the last bit. the guarantee that whatever relationship the uk and eu have after brexit, there would be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. the two sides cannot agree on the wording of this guarantee. that is what is holding a up. that is what could really bring us to the no deal scenario. we have on both sides saying no deal is better than a bad deal but they don't believe that. they really don't. the economic impact and the chaos potentially is huge. we are at a sticking point now. they think they can do it this autumn. the european parliament and the uk parliament have to agree to them. we know mps are not speaking with one voice on brexit. even if the deal gets done in brussels it could fall down here in the uk. just to add to this, if we get all this past on the 29th of

march, if there is a deal, we're go into a march, if there is a deal, we're go intoa limbo march, if there is a deal, we're go into a limbo period called the transition period and that is when the real negotiations start on the future trade deal. it's not over on the 29th of march. you mentioned the battles theresa may has with parliament and the dup and the issues with this border. how do politicians... last time i saw you we were in brussels, in the square, having a chat about how politicians you'd theresa may's position and who is sympathetic, who is not how close an eye they are keeping on this negotiation is. one thing that's interesting is those a lwa ys thing that's interesting is those always this fever around the prime minister saying she's about to fall, she's got to go, everyone is ganging up she's got to go, everyone is ganging up against her. in the rest of europe, they are like, she's not going anywhere. it's the same with angela merkel, everyone is predicting she's about to go and she survives to live another day. they have confidence theresa may is staying. european leaders have a lot

of respect for her and the difficult position she's in. that said, we go back to this no deal is better than the bastille and that's where the eu is being tough because they have their red lines, as well. one of them is this guarantee over the irish border. both sides are sticking so hard to it. they respect theresa may. the toughest either french at the moment but they are all working behind this one man, michel barnier, and they are tough negotiators. you'll be very aware that there are some voices here around brexit who are saying, good job we're getting out because europe is falling apart anyway. i mean... where do you think all of this business leaves the eu? ok, so is the eu falling apart? the eu is troubled, that's absolutely for sure. there is still euro scepticism across europe, that is people who wa nt to across europe, that is people who want to change the union, not believe. 0f want to change the union, not believe. of we go back to 2016 we had our referendum, everyone was talking about brexit, but what about

dexit in denmark? and italy, etc. it felt like it was falling apart. now it looks very different. the scepticism is there, the desire for change. people are clinging on more to the eu for two reasons. one, they look at us. we are one of the biggest eu countries still, very respected and we've kind of had an internal breakdown over brexit since we voted for it. and we've heard also from eu leaders who were gathered together in brussels last week saying they can't seem to agree amongst themselves what they want. that sort of put other countries off. also it's the bigger picture, they look at vladimir putin, donald trump, and sega europe can't rely on him any more to have our backs with security. look at north korea, saudi arabia and the journalist who was killed in turkey. they feel it's quite a scary world out there and

that they are better if they stick together, even if they don't believe at all that beat you —— that the eu is perfect. what's the worst combination of something added to exit that you've heard? did you say italy? italexit. that doesn't work. when i go on the ten o'clock news at night, i have one minute to speak and sometimesjust night, i have one minute to speak and sometimes just before i night, i have one minute to speak and sometimesjust before i go night, i have one minute to speak and sometimes just before i go to air, they say i have 50 seconds. try to say those words really fast. italexit, italexit, italexit italexit! we're going to talk to you later in about an hour and a half and if you want more from her, i'll tell you what's worth listening to... you can hear katya on the brexitcast podcast, available on the bbc radio 5live website and the bbc iplayer. she's back on the sofa in about 90 minutes, so if you have any questions about brexit, throw them

at us in the usual way, twitter, e—mailand we at us in the usual way, twitter, e—mail and we will throw them at her. .do her. . do you have a question for carol? she's going to do the weather.|j . do you have a question for carol? she's going to do the weather. i can see blue and grey, i'm hoping it will be the blue that will win, and will be the blue that will win, and will that float over to brussels, that's what i'd like to know. it's going to turn colder in brussels, too. we have quite a bit of cloud around so it will be quite grey for many but there will be brighter skies, as well. first thing this morning across parts of east anglia, central and southern england, parts of the south west and south wales, it is called with temperatures around freezing. also some patchy fog. through the next couple of days, it will turn much colder as the winds come from the north. at the moment we have this great big weather front. it is not producing a lot of rain at the moment but it is going to pep up through the course of the day and we'll see heavier rain. as

it sinks south, this cold front, not only will it bring rain, but behind it the wind veers to more of a northerly and that will sing across us northerly and that will sing across us all and get over to brussels later on! what we have this morning are some clear skies and we will see them develop across the east of the grampians, east pennines, the east midlands, south west midlands, parts of the south west and south wales. aside from that it will be a fairly cloudy day. the clouds could be thick enough for an odd spot across rain across north—west england, and heavier in the north—west of scotla nd heavier in the north—west of scotland through the afternoon. temperatures behind that weather front will be lower. ahead of it, around where we should be but not as high as yesterday. yesterday in gosport in south hampshire, we reached just short of 20 degrees, and along the south coast we were at 19. his goodbye to those levels for now! through the evening and overnight, the weather front continues to sink southwards as a weakening feature, taking its cloud

and patchy rain with it. behind it, the cold air starts to filter in so we'll see some snow on the hills of scotland. the two it will be cold and it will be cold wherever you are except for the south of england. we hold onto some clear skies but also afair bit hold onto some clear skies but also a fair bit of cloud. tomorrow we'll start off with high temperatures in the south, but as this weather front sinks away onto the near continent with its cloud and patchy rain, the cold air filters across us all, so temperatures across the south will go down. these are the highest in the day, but not by the end of the afternoon. you can see how cool it is elsewhere, and with the wind coming straight down from the arctic, there will be wind—chill. the shower distribution across the west, the east and north with some getting inland and still on the hills it will be wintry. saturday, more of the same. we have this wind, frost to start the day, a lot of sunshine. still the showers in the west, north and east. through the day, the wind veers to more

north—easterly so most of the showers will come into the east. you will find if you are in the wind it will find if you are in the wind it will feel cold. these are the temperatures you'll see on your thermometer, 7—9, but when you add on the wind—chill it will feel much cooler, as you can see. we are looking at two, three, four on the charts. into sunday, we still have some showers coming in across the south—east, some will be heavy, it will be windy. still as the wind comes from the north—east, the showers packed in across eastern areas, the west will be drier and brighter with some sunshine but still compared to the 20, you will certainly noticed this drop in temperature! carol, thanks very much. we are going to focus on the motor industry and where things are built. that's right. there's been a raft of negative headlines for british car—makers in the past few weeks, from brexit fears to having to deal with new emissions regulations. today there's been another drop in the number of cars actually made in this country.

according to the trade body the society of motor manufacturers and traders, the number of cars made here in the uk fell by nearly 17% last month. this has been mainly linked to a drop in demand at home. it means that so far in 2018 overall production is down by nearly 7%. why does this matter? the car industry is really important for british jobs. nearly 200,000 people are employed directly in car manufacturing and nearly 900,000 across the wider industry. mike hawes is the chief executive of the smmt who put today's figures out and hejoins me from our london newsroom. good morning. first of all, that's a significant number of workers. 0ur people concerned about theirjobs when we hear about less cars being bought? any time there's a drop in demand, ultimately it will feed through to supply. what we're seeing across europe at the is there has

been a drop in demand, partly to do with supply. there's a massive change to the regulations which certify which allow you to put vehicles on the market. this change about once every 20 years. there was as shortage of supply, many vehicles, and production goes down and when volumes go down you don't need as many people. this should just be temporary. we are in a pause at the moment. jaguar land rover have pulled production for a couple of weeks. 0ther have pulled production for a couple of weeks. other manufacturers, are they likely to follow that course? it has undoubtedly been a drop in demand amongst uk buyers. we've seen that in the registration numbers recently. there have been model changes. again, when you change a model to a new one there is a change in production and then it picks up again. long—term, the market is still reasonably strong but what we are seeing in the short—term is this very turbulent market. we want more stability and we have a budget next

week coming from the chancellor so i'd like to see good news from that. and obviously brexit is a factor. the car industry is very loud at banging the drum for making sure they get protection. we have to be. it's not about protection, it's about safeguarding what we have. we are incredibly competitive globally, we export to about 160 countries globally. around half of what we produce goes to the eu on favourable terms. we need to safeguard that because it's fundamental to the effectiveness, the competitiveness of the industry and all those livelihoods that depend on it. the car manufacturers have had a pretty good run over the last few years when it comes to new car sales in particular. that boosted a lot of companies. i we seeing fluctuations in the market that aren't anything to be concerned about, giving the positive run we've had? invariably when you have a positive run, the market is cyclical. we are concerned about the long—term prospects. if we we re about the long—term prospects. if we were to drop out of europe without a

deal, that will affect business, economic confidence. that will affect demand. we want to see a deal. the government clearly understands the importance of this industry and is trying to safeguard the future of the industry. that's critically important and if we can get that deal i'm sure it will flow through to demand. in the short term that means dealers are out there to make sure they can sell as many cars as they cancel their great deals out there. of the society of motor manufacturers and traders. hopefully for those motor manufacturers and traders, just a blip we are seeing at the moment. who knows? who knows indeed ? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. london's air ambulance begins trialling another world first in a bid to reduce deaths due to catastrophic bleeding. a new blood product, which consists of red blood cells and plasma, will be given as a transfusion

to patients at risk of bleeding to death before arriving at hospital and will be trialled on board for two years. the number of londoners working shifts at night has increased by 11% over the last ten years. 379,000 people now regularly work overnight in the capital, according to new analysis by the tuc. the rise in london is higher than the average for the uk. as london's population rises, some business groups say that increasing the number of people doing night work isn't only necessary, but a good thing for the city. london's been growing very rapidly and that puts pressure on some of london's infrastructure, so the idea that we stop thinking about managing london between six in the morning and six in the evening and start thinking about it as a 24—hour city, i think is a great opportunity. and it's a good opportunity to think about congestion, how busy london's streets are, just spreading out our infrastructure over the course of 24 hours is good. and you can see a full report about the benefits and dangers of night work at 1.30 and 6.30pm today on bbc london

news here on bbc one. let's take a look at the travel situation now. starting on the tubes, we've got minor delays on the metropolitan line. strike action continues on south western railway today with reduced services on some lines and cancelled services on others — check before you travel. 0n the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach, it's slow from the woolwich road flyover. and the a41 wellington road remains closed northbound at grove end road for gas work near saintjohn's wood station. now the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning. yesterday temperatures were in the high teens. today they'll be closer to average in the mid teens, but as we go through tomorrow and into the weekend, we are going to see a significant dip in temperatures, something much cooler, as we pick up a cooler northerly feed. you can see that here on the air mass, that yellow and orange being replaced by the blue. the blue representing cool, cold air coming in from the arctic. today, then, isn't

looking like a bad day. it will be dry, often cloudy, could see one or two patches of mist and fog around this morning where we've got some breaks in the cloud but those should lift as we go through the day. staying dry with partly cloudy skies and the cloud bubbling up as we move through the afternoon. temperatures a little down on yesterday but not too bad, a maximum of 15 celsius. as we go through this evening and overnight, it stays dry. there will be patchy cloud, some clear spells, a bit more cloud perhaps developing as we move into the early hours. temperatures not falling too far, though. an overnight low of eight celsius. the change comes as we move through the day tomorrow. some cloud and patchy rain to begin with, but once that clears, sunshine developing but a much cooler feel. we pick up that northerly wind, that stays with us as we move into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning.

welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: "stop endless hostility" — president trump calls for more civility in politics, after explosive devices were sent to barack obama and hillary clinton. buying care "on the cheap" — councils are accused of not covering the cost for thousands of vulnerable older people. debenhams results expected in the next few moments — the troubled chain thought to be planning to check out of a third of its stores. the reds star against red star.. mo salah reaches the 50—goal mark for liverpool in record time, as they win in the champions league. and as we approach 100 years since the end of the first world war, we take a closer look at the symbol of remembrance — the poppy. good morning. it is a cloudy day

today than it was yesterday. sometimes producing spots of rain. heavy rain in north—west scotland later will herald a change as colder air later will herald a change as colder a i r follows later will herald a change as colder airfollows behind. we will all later will herald a change as colder air follows behind. we will all have at this weekend. it's thursday 25th october. our top story. donald trump has described the sending of explosives to prominent democrats, including barack obama and hillary clinton, as an attack on democracy. at an election rally, the president called for politics to be more civil — though opponents have accused him of hypocrisy. chris buckler reports. the package carrying these pipe bombs were addressed to some of america's best—known public figures. sent to the homes of, among others, former presidential candidate hillary clinton and former president barack obama, both democrats and both critics of the current president. donald j trump!

donald trump was in wisconsin for a campaign rally. at these events he often attacks opponents with unmistakably aggressive language. the tone was markedly different. those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective. he didn't take responsibility for any of his own past rhetoric. in fact, he seemed to blame journalists. the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and often times false attacks. one of the packages was found at cnn. the envelope containing the explosive device had been addressed to the former cia director and media commentatorjohn brennan. he believes whatever the investigation uncovers, mr trump must take some blame.

as far as a lot of this rhetoric, it really is counter—productive. it is un—american. it is what a president should not be doing. more packages were found at the mail centre in los angeles. while donald trump has warned others to watch their language, in this politically divided country many will be listening out to see if the president takes his own advice. and in a few minutes, we'll speak to a security expert about the investigation to find who sent the explosives. that's at ten past seven. it's claimed just one in seven councils in the uk is covering the minimum cost of providing home care to elderly and disabled people. the uk homecare association, which represents care providers, says visits are often cut short as a result. local authorities blame a lack of government funding. here's more from our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. shall i make you a nice cup of tea?

the next half—hour will be packed for care workers carly and rachel. as well as preparing a meal for 88—year—old doreen and doing medication, the sisters will have to hoist her to and from the bathroom. hoisting takes around half an hour to do. we're in here usually 45 minutes. we're dealing with medication and obviously if we're cooking her a meal, we've got to wrap all of that up in the time that we've got to do it because then we are setting ourselves back on other people's calls. their local authority pays one of the lowest home care rates in the country, according to today's report. the knock—on effect for care staff is low pay. is this a job you can see yourself doing in the long—term? i'd like to think so, but financial wise, not really, because you could be doing 40 hours one week and the next down to ten. if you've got a house to run, you don't know where your hours are coming from. the association representing

organisations that provide home care in the uk calculates that they need at least £18 per hour to cover increases in the minimum wage, pensions, travel and other costs. but on average, councils pay just over £16 an hour. the report says the result is staff shortages and companies closing. those running council services denied they're trying to get care on the cheap. my colleagues across the country are doing their level best to meet need in their local areas at a price that they can afford. however, in some parts of the country, that is becoming now untenable and the government must recognise that it must put more money into social care for adults. the government says in the last three years it's put an extra £9.5 billion into caring for older and disabled people and that it will put forward plans for reforming the system in england soon. alison holt, bbc news. the home office has been accused of a "complete failure

of leadership" as police forces in england and wales struggle to cope. the home affairs select committee says the police service is at risk of becoming "irrelevant", as neighbourhood teams are stripped back and many crimes go unsolved. police say they are treating the dissapearance of a mother of five as a possible murder investigation. 46—year—old sarah wellgreen was last seen in the new ash green area of kent, on the evening of october the 9th. hundreds of villagers have joined police and forensics teams in her search. urgent action is needed to halt a decline in the performance of the nhs in scotland — that's the warning from the scottish public spending watchdog. a new audit scotland report says that there are increasing staff problems, rising drug costs and a maintenance backlog with fewer resources at its disposal. the scottish government said it was already taking forward recommendations with increases in frontline staffing. the way the markets work is

companies release information about what is happening to them bang on seven o'clock. that is what debenhams has done this morning. we have been expecting not great news? yes, now we have official confirmation debenhams have made a record loss. we' re confirmation debenhams have made a record loss. we're talking just under £500 million. that is for a company hugely significant on high streets across the uk. they are talking about one third of their stores closing, 50. that will be in the next three to five years. it's not immediate but hugely significant, particularly for those thousands of staff employed in a range of 50 stores. but they haven't told us is which of those stores will be closing. if you are a working for a debenhams store, it is

a bit about damocles hanging over a lot of staff this morning. what debenhams are saying is that it has been a tough year. we have had a series of tough years on the high street. they say actually the business itself has done right. they have got a £33 million profit. but they have had to write off a load of exceptional items. some significant losses they have accrued in previous yea rs. losses they have accrued in previous years. that is where this £500 million has come from. they are trying to get themselves back in the black. they're having to make some difficult decisions in order to do that. financially they are working the slate clean, but the problem is, it still has the high street and the lack of consumer interest to content with in the future? exactly. part of that, a lot of it, would need huge investment by debenhams in order to reva m p investment by debenhams in order to revamp the stores, to try to attract

shoppers in. to reorder what the stores look like and change the style is. that would be a big investment. it is potentially something debenhams cannot afford to do. we will be hearing from the boss in the next hour. the bbc has been heavily criticised on the issue of equal pay by a group of mps. the culture select committee said the corporation was guilty of "opaque decision—making" and unequal treatment of women, and that proposed reforms to pay don't do enough to address underlying problems. amol rajan reports. it was the culture select committee that grilled bbc bosses at the start of the year, when the case of carrie gracie, the corporation's former china editor, drew widespread condemnation. while their conclusions carry no legislative weight, the strength of the breadth of the criticisms are striking. the mps say the bbc‘s grievance procedures have been poor. they say there is still a shocking bias towards men when it comes to top pay. and they say the bbc should publish the top salaries of those paid out of its commercial arm, bbc studios. one of the biggest

concerns we've had is, not just the fact there is this discrepancy in pay, but that many women have found it incredibly frustrating and difficult to take these grievances up with the bbc. it's been a tortuous process and a long process, and some feel there is no end in sight to that. what we've said through our report is the commitment the bbc should give now is to say that, for the current complaints lodged with the bbc, they should now be resolved and settled within the next six months. the bbc says these findings are well out of date, that while there is still work to do on equal pay, its gender pay gap is lower than across the rest of the media and has fallen dramatically. and that it has gone radically further on transparency than most companies across all sectors. in the last year our gender pay gap is one of the lowest in the media in the uk, if not the lowest. it's come down in the last year by 20%. and we're the only organisation in the uk committed to getting our gender pay gap down to equal by the end of 2020.

the bbc says it wants to set the highest standards and is held to them. with many grievance procedures still outstanding, and some high earners leaving because they don't like the exposure, the big headache created by salary disclosure shows no sign of abating. amol rajan, bbc news. star wars composerjohn williams has pulled out of conducting concerts in london and vienna. he had been due to appear with the london symphony 0rchestra at the royal albert hall tomorrow evening. he has cancelled his performances because of a last—minute illness. he was also set to conduct the vienna philharmonic 0rchestra to conduct the vienna philharmonic orchestra in december. those contras have also been cancelled. —— concerts. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in fiji's western coastal town of nadi, as their official royal tour of australia and the south pacific continues. prince harry unveiled a statue commemorating a british—fijian soldier who died in the 1972 battle of mirbat, at an event attended

by the country's president and members of the armed forces. if you gaze up at the stars you may be able to recognise the odd constellation. how many can you do? sometimes one x max sometimes one! i love looking at the sky. which one do you know, charlie? which one do you know, charlie? which one do you know, charlie? how does it look? that. there are other ones are available now and they're getting more complicated. but what about the tardis, the incredible hulk or the eiffel tower? nasa has come up with new, unofficial constellations based on modern objects, to celebrate the special telescope that spotted them in the first place. the fermi gamma—ray space telescope has been scanning the skies for the past 10 years. it can see sources of light, including gamma rays,

that are invisible to the naked eye. the things that are visible to the naked eye, it's put together and made things. starship enterprise, godzilla... i think this should make you feel better about not knowing them. because more people want to know what they are. no. now you just ta ke know what they are. no. now you just take any old. in the sky, think of a shape and that's it. done. all the sport and weather coming up later. police in america are trying to identify who was responsible for sending explosives to a number of high profile names, including barack obama, bill and hilary clinton as well as the headquarters of the news network, cnn. none of the suspected pipe bombs went off. however, new york's mayor has labelled it an "act of terror". let's speak to the security specialist, will geddes, whojoins us from our london newsroom. good morning. i know you have worked

with some of the individuals involved in this in your capacity as a security adviser. give us your ta ke a security adviser. give us your take on the information you have heard so far? it seems to fit a particular demographic. these seem to be individuals or organisations that are opposed and have been very vocal about that, towards president trump. the actual devices themselves are quite interesting in terms of they are rudimentary, they are viable devices. they seem to appear, who have had the force of primary component parts. but also, some fragments wrapped around the particular devices which will probably cause the most harm. but again, the way these were delivered is quite interesting. the packaging itself fits the typical profile of what most mail routes would watch out for a pretty suspicious package. where does that leave you in your thought process about who might be

responsible or how the investigation my in terms of the fbi forensics lab who will be looking at these devices, they will at for commonality on the signature of how they were built and that will tell them whether this is anyone with a degree of expertise, maybe has found the information of how to construct these through open source, ie within certain areas of the internet, or whether they were given any particular kind of training corps skills to construct these. they will look forensically to see whether this could be from one particular individual that they may have seen their handicraft in the past, but also whether it may be someone they don't know and it could be from anyone. however, it is also looking at whether it's an individual or a possible group. this will no doubt come out in time. because of the profile of the targets these were sent to. from your knowledge in this area, how regularly would someone of area, how regularly would someone of a very high profile, a public figure ora

a very high profile, a public figure or a business, how regularly would something like this happen, that maybe we don't hear about? these are being linked together because the suggestion is some kind of a campaign, justa suggestion is some kind of a campaign, just a suggestion at this stage. do they happen frequently? they don't happen not frequently, to be honest. and when they do they will probably more than often reach the knowledge of the public domain into the general public. certainly in this instance, there was a bit of a frantic scramble, no doubt, as you can imagine, yesterday, trying to determine whether other individuals have received them. there were several false alarms, apparently one device was sent tojo biden. they are trying to ascertain the whereabouts. in these instances, there will need to be a broader message publicly announced to certainly get anybody to bring forward any kind of information, witnesses, anyone who might have information to law enforcement trace these devices. because of the nature of these targets and because donald

trump has made note of the use of language and he's cautioning the media and some people have said it is hypocrisy for him. i don't want you to comment on the politics, but the link between what somebody somewhere might say publicly and that triggering someone to do something like, you know, send a bomb ora something like, you know, send a bomb or a threat of some kind, can you trace it back in that sense to something someone has said? yes, very often. and certainly one of the things that those of us within the security immunity that are looking ata high security immunity that are looking at a high profile individuals will consistently monitor, and that's obviously extended these days to online signatures, messages, boards, blogs and the like, if someone says something quite inflammatory who is a bubbly figure, there will inevitably be some sort of follow awesome cascade of threat of dissent by the individuals —— a public figure. if a public profile figure

post something on twitter that is deemed controversial, we see a great betrayal of trolls that will inevitably follow that. this can escalate if it's someone within the political arena to something more serious, and an individual which may be either fixated on one reason or another awesome agenda that may want to deliver a death threat or a device as we've seen here. thank you for that. we'll is a security expert and has worked with some of those who have been caught up in those latest bomb scares. there are some glorious views across the uk today. this is the view in greenwich. stunning hazy sky. set to be... i'm not sure. carroll will tell us what kind of day it will be. we'll be in greenwich later. there's a new poppy that has been created. the national maritime museum you are

seeing that. it's a six metre high p°ppy 35 seeing that. it's a six metre high poppy as we are coming to mark 100 yea rs poppy as we are coming to mark 100 years since the end of the first world war. let's talk to carol. looks beautiful back. will everyone else be as lucky in terms of whether this morning? i think... and else be as lucky in terms of whether this morning? ithink... and please don't quote me, i'm not the expert... it might be a nice day that. at least sonic. yes, in london it would be bad. but some parts of the country, you are right, we'll see some sunshine but generally speaking there is more clouds around than there was yesterday. good morning. through the next few days, you will find the wind direction will change, it will be it to a northerly, wind coming straight down from the arctic, so it will feel much colder. yesterday we had 20 degrees in parts of southern england. kiss goodbye to those levels. we have a weather front which is weak at the moment across the far north of scotland but it will pep up later on. it's a cold front, it will introduce some rain, but behind it we see the wind veered

towards the northerly and by the time we get to tomorrow, all of us will feel the chill. first thing this morning, actually start across parts of east anglia, central and southern england, south wales. temperatures not too far off freezing. some patchy fog. you can see the extent of the cloud cover. it's not going to be com pletely cover. it's not going to be completely grey, but the clouds will be fit enough here and there in northern ireland, some drizzle, north—west england for example, we're likely to see showers later. some bright it breaks here and there but the best of the brightness will be across south wales, east midlands, parts of north—east england and eastern scotland and you can also see we have the weather front coming in with the rain pepping up front coming in with the rain pepping up through the course of the afternoon. through the evening and overnight, there goes the weather front. careering southwards, taking its cloud and patchy rain by then with it. behind it, for scotland, northern england, northern ireland, clear skies and it will turn cold with some snow on the hills. these temperatures are indicative of

times. in rural areas the temperatures will be lower. note how ahead of the weather front it still is comparatively mild. we start on a mild note tomorrow, in the morning we will see the highest temperatures in the south. as the weather front pushes away, taking its cloud and patchy rain with it, the temperatures will dip a touch. tomorrow, a lot of dry weather, sunshine, but we have a northerly winds or areas adjacent to that wind, the north coast, the east coast, west coast, for example, will catch showers. in some of the heavier ones they will move inland. snow on the hills of scotland and we will see perhaps hale and thunder mixed in there. on saturday we start ona mixed in there. on saturday we start on a frosty note, a lot of dry weather. fair bit of sunshine. a northerly wind, coasts in particular will see the snow. some of the hills, as well, but as the wind veers more north—easterly, more showers come in from the east. these are the temperatures on your thermometer that you can expect.

seven to ten. 0ut thermometer that you can expect. seven to ten. out on the wind chill and it will feel much colder than this. this will be a shock to the system. it will feel more like low single figures. by the time we get to sunday, still a frosty start for some. showers packing in from the east and north—easterly wind, down the east coast generally. dry for much of the rest of the uk with some sunshine but still feeling cold, and by sunday it looks like all of our hills will have seen some snow. thanks very much. a lot of attention on the invectives against. some extraordinary stories emerging. mark 0rmrod was told he would never walk again after losing three limbs in afghanistan in 2007. now he's an invictus games star currently competing in australia and has been inspiring others through social media. he told us his story. ijust thought, i just thought, rather than ijust thought, rather than dip my toe in the water, i'm just going to

dive straight in. never expected to make the team, i was just fortunate that i did. my name is mark 0rmerod. i'm a former royal marines commando and just over ten years ago now, back on christmas eve 2007, i was injured out in afghanistan and as a result became the uk's first triple amputee from conflict. a lot of people ask me, you know, what were the worst times in my rehab? that was the worst time, 24—year—old royal marine, you're in a wheelchair for life. that kind of hit me hard. he seems to have it all going his way, he's going to win the gold, mark 0rmrod. way, he's going to win the gold, mark ormrod. 2017 in canada was my first games. i have no idea what i was doing in any of the sports! from

team uk, mark 0rmrod. was doing in any of the sports! from team uk, mark ormrod. it was crazy. thousands of people there. ijust felt really proud because i had my gb tracksuit on, the flag on my chest and to be able to go on to that kind of stage and represent your country is something that is, posed injury, i never thought i'd do again. squeeze, squeeze. people would send these really positive message and say, oh, i'm missing a foot and i saw you on the news and you really inspired me because i never thought i'd walk again. i slowly started expanding my footprint into the professional page, twitter accounts, instagram. footprint into the professional page, twitteraccounts, instagram. i had just started podcasting. i don't know what i'm doing but i'm figuring it out as i go. all these messages started coming in more and more and i thought this is a really cool way to reach people. when the times got tough, thinking about these messages

and reading new ones that came in, it really got me thinking to just push forward. i'm helping people. all i'm doing is living. i'vejust got a few challenges more than your average person, but i'm just living, really! when you see someone like mark who says, all i'm doing is living, and you see what he's doing like an everyday person, no, he's not. he's brilliant. he is so inspiring. got a few challenges, he says! he gets saying over and over, last time he competed, he said he had no idea what he was doing. we know what you're doing because you are inspiring a lot of people, no question. today, the british legion launches its poppy appeal. brea kfast‘s tim muffett is at the national maritime museum for us, there is something extra special about the appeal this year, isn't there, tim? it's going to be rather spectacular.

good morning. 2018, 100 years since the end of world war i. today marks the end of world war i. today marks the launch of the royal british legion's poppy appeal. what idiot it is and what a sight this is. it's some six metres high, this installation. look around here because there are a number of threads that lead up to it. each has a quote inspired by or spoken by vetera ns a quote inspired by or spoken by veterans from previous conflicts. this one here says, their flowers, the tenderness of patient minds, and each slow dusk are drawing down of lines. similar installations will be unveiled today around the uk. the idea is to show how the legacy of conflict is woven into the fabric of society. that's the british legion's description. let's walk appear because it's quite a spectacular

sight. from now until november 11, armistice day, these will become a very familiar sight, the poppy poignant and so identifiable right across the world. we'll talk to some vetera ns across the world. we'll talk to some veterans later on and also to the british legion about this particular installation and what they hope to achieve from it. more later, but first he is the news, weather and travel where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. london's air ambulance begins trialling another world first in a bid to reduce deaths due to catastrophic bleeding. a new blood product, which consists of red blood cells and plasma, will be given as a transfusion to patients at risk of bleeding to death before arriving at hospital and will be trialled on board for two years. the number of londoners working shifts at night has increased by 11% over the last ten years. 379,000 people now regularly work overnight in the capital, according to new analysis by the tuc. the rise in london is higher than the average for the uk.

as london's population rises, some business groups say that increasing the number of people doing night work isn't only necessary, but a good thing for the city. london's been growing very rapidly and that puts pressure on some of london's infrastructure, so the idea that we stop thinking about managing london between six in the morning and six in the evening and start thinking about it as a 24—hour city, i think is a great opportunity. and it's a good opportunity to think about congestion, how busy london's streets are, just spreading out our infrastructure over the course of 24 hours is good. and you can see a full report about the benefits and dangers of night work at 1.30 and 6.30pm today on bbc london news here on bbc one. let's take a look at the travel situation now. starting on the tubes, we've got minor delays on the metropolitan line. strike action continues on south western railway today with reduced services on some lines and cancelled services on others — check before you travel.

0n the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach, it's slow from the woolwich road flyover. and the a41 wellington road remains closed northbound at grove end road for gas work near saintjohn's wood station. now the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning. yesterday temperatures were in the high teens. today they'll be closer to average in the mid teens, but as we go through tomorrow and into the weekend, we are going to see a significant dip in temperatures, something much cooler, as we pick up a cooler northerly feed. you can see that here on the air mass, that yellow and orange being replaced by the blue. the blue representing cool, cold air coming in from the arctic. today, then, isn't looking like a bad day. it will be dry, often cloudy, could see one or two patches of mist and fog around this morning where we've got some breaks in the cloud but those should lift as we go through the day. staying dry with partly cloudy skies and the cloud bubbling up as we move through the afternoon. temperatures a little down on yesterday but not too bad,

a maximum of 15 celsius. as we go through this evening and overnight, it stays dry. there will be patchy cloud, some clear spells, a bit more cloud perhaps developing as we move into the early hours. temperatures not falling too far, though. an overnight low of eight celsius. the change comes as we move through the day tomorrow. some cloud and patchy rain to begin with, but once that clears, sunshine developing but a much cooler feel. we pick up that northerly wind, that stays with us as we move into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. in the last half hour, debenhams has announced it will close up to 50 of its stores over five years, as part of

a radical overhaul of its business. the struggling department store chain previously said ten stores were earmarked for closure. in its annual results, the retailer reported a loss ofjust under £500 million. donald trump has described the sending of explosives to prominent democrats, including barack obama and hillary clinton, as an attack on democracy. none of the suspected pipe bombs went off, and many were intercepted before they reached their intended target. at an election rally, the president called for politics to be more civil — though opponents have accused him of hypocrisy. the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and often times false attacks and stories. have to do it. i'm hoping this will make it clear to him that what he has done here before as far as a lot

of this rhetoric really is counter—productive. it is un—american. the home office has been accused of a "complete failure of leadership" as police forces in england and wales struggle to cope. the home affairs select committee says the police service is at risk of becoming "irrelevant" as neighbourhood teams are stripped back and many crimes go unsolved. it's claimed just one in seven councils in the uk is covering the minimum cost of providing home care to elderly and disabled people. the uk homecare association, which represents care providers, says visits are often cut short as a result. local authorities blame a lack of government funding, while ministers insist extra money has been put into the system. police say they are treating the dissapearance of a mother of five as a possible murder investigation. 46—year—old sarah wellgreen was last seen in the new ash green area of kent, on the evening of october the 9th. hundreds of villagers have joined police and forensics teams in her search.

urgent action is needed to halt a decline in the performance of the nhs in scotland — that's the warning from the scottish public spending watchdog. a new audit scotland report says that there are increasing staff problems, rising drug costs and a maintenance backlog with fewer resources at its disposal. the scottish government said it was already taking forward recommendations with increases in frontline staffing. the bbc has been heavily criticised on the issue of equal pay by a group of mps. the culture select committee says in a report released today, that the corporation is guilty of "opaque decision—making" and treating women unequally, while proposed reforms don't go far enough. the corporation said much of the report was out of date, but there is "more to do". the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in fiji's western coastal town of nadi, as their official royal tour of australia and the south pacific continues. prince harry unveiled a statue commemorating a british—fijian soldier who died

in the 1972 battle of mirbat, at an event attended by the country's president and members of the armed forces. remember the picture of a suspected thief in blackpool who bore an uncanny resemblance to the actor david schwimmer? well, the friends actor has an alibi, and he's posted a video to prove it. he took to twitter recreating the pose of the suspect carrying a crate of beer in a supermarket. he said, "officers, i swear it wasn't me. as you can see, i was in new york. to the hardworking blackpool police, good luck with the investigation." it's uncanny, isn't it? it's pretty good. it's really good and very funny of him. cats that beardsley!

—— catch that bear the! coming up on the programme in 10 minutes, carol will bring you the weather for the day ahead. a quick sporting stochastics. mo salah, 50 goals and 65 matches. it is quite impressive. anyone who doesn't even like football will know thatis doesn't even like football will know that is a pretty good record. it is somebody you want on your team. absolutely. it's a record because? no other liverpool player has ever got to that figure in a faster time than him. 0k! got to that figure in a faster time than him. ok! if you think of the great strikers they have had over the years, no one has achieved what he has. well done. he got a couple more last night in the champions league. so tottenham are in trouble but liverpool — in particular mo salah — had a great night at anfield. david 0rnstein wraps up the action. liverpool love nothing more than european nights under the anfield lights. and against red star belgrade the men in red were quickly

into their stride, thanks to roberto firmino. just before half—time it was two. give mo salah a clear sight of goal and this tends to be the outcome. after the break he struck again, and sadio mane completed the smoothest of jobs. far tougher tests await if liverpool are to go all the way. we are not through yet. this group is exciting until the end. but you cannot do more than win your own games. then the situation changes in your favour. in eindhoven it was an evening of toilfor tottenham. psv opened the scoring. spurs were the better team. lucas moura equalised and harry kane finished a fine move to put them ahead. there was still time for a twist. psv snatching a late equaliser that leaves tottenham's champions league hopes hanging by a thread. we saw tears ofjoy after winning

his first atp title. now kyle edmund has carried his run of good form into the vienna 0pen. after winning his first atp title at the weekend, he beat diego schwartzman in straight sets, to earn a meeting with fernando verdasco for a place in the quarter—finals. and slone stephens has given the wta finals some real excitement — she beat kiki bertens to leave their group wide open. with wimbledon champion angelique kerber beating naomi 0saka in the other game, all four players can still qualify for the semi—finals, or be knocked out — it all comes down to the last round of matches. gloucester fly—half danny cipriani has been banned for three weeks, for a dangerous tackle. he was sent off in their cup defeat by munster on saturday, for a high tackle on an opponent. it could have been worse, though — the minimum ban is usually six weeks but it was reduced because of his good

disciplinary record. double 0lympic champion max whitlock returns to action at the world gymnastics championships in doha, with a point to prove. after a disappointing commonwealths and european championships by his high standards, he'll be leading the men's team, confident he can produce the goods this time. looking forward to getting back on the world stage. it's been a busy year. commonwealths and europeans. this is the last one. i can't wait to get out there. we've got a really strong team. we have to give it our best shot. it is the first 0lympic qualification process and i hope we can go and do a good job. it's not very often we get the chance to hear a premier league manager talk about their personal life but radio 5live have had a fascinating chat with manchester city boss pep guardiola. you may know that his wife and daughters were caught up in the manchester arena attack in may last year — and he told

the bbc what happened that day. i knew about it but it's not something that has been put out in the media very broadly. not at all. he talks quite frankly about what happened and where he was an receiving the phone call. let's look. she called me but immediately broke the line. she told me something happened. but the people didn't know what happened. and broke the line. we tried to call her again. it doesn't work. afterfive minutes, six minutes, she called me again. "we are out!" of course, life is like this. we were maybe in a better position than the other ones, unfortunately, for the times we live right now. an unimaginable moment, receiving

that funkel to say your family and loved ones were there. it puts other things in perspective. it really does. really interesting conversation. you can hear more from guardiola in an hour—long special on bbc radio 5 live tonight from seven o'clock — or you can download the podcast right now. he picks out one of his six favourite songs. don't look back in anger, the oasis track, is one of them. it became the unofficial song in the aftermath of the attack. interesting that he picks that. that is from seven o'clock. you can also listen to it as a special podcast. thank you. good morning. we need to know what's happening with the weather. my big code is on. it is officially taken resident on my back because it is getting chilly.

—— code. it certainly is. it will only turn colder tomorrow and into the weekend as the wind moves towards more of a northerly. by the end of the week and many of our hills, as far south as snowdonia, will have seen some snow. what we have today is a weather front coming in across the far north of scotland. it is producing some light rain. through the day that will pick up. behind the cold front the wind veers from a northerly. this front sinks south. by tomorrow morning all of us will be feeling colder. first thing this morning we have a cold start across parts of east anglia, central and southern england, south wales. also part of the south—west. a lot of cloud around today. more than yesterday. the best of the breaks will be south wales, the south—west and west midlands, parts of eastern england and eastern scotland. that cloud in the west will produce the

odd spot of drizzle. by the afternoon it will start to show its hand in north—west scotland. that will produce more heavy and persistent rain. as we had through the evening and overnight, that front sinks south as a week of feature. behind it, clearskies. increasingly, snow showers on the hills. it will feel cold. these temperatures are indicative in towns and cities. lower in rural areas. ahead of the front, milder conditions with cloud and taste buds. these temperatures are the kinds of levels we will start the day is out. as the cloud clears, the temperatures will actually dip your toes. tomorrow for all of us we're looking at a lot of dry weather, fair bit of sunshine. windy. the wind will bring showers in the north

and west coast. also the east coast. again, on the hills they are likely to be optional. these are the temperatures you can expect. the saudi temperatures you can expect the morning. these once in the south will go down. as we had through saturday we start on a frosty night. a lot of dry weather. a lot of sunshine. the north and west coasts seen sunshine. the north and west coasts seen the sharers. more showers packing into the east, fewer in the west. it will be a cold day. these are the temperatures you can expect. seven to 9 degrees. add on the wind chill and it will feel much colder. it will feel like 2 degrees to 5 degrees. sunday start of cold and frosty. patty fox. still within aust —— patchy fog. still within north—easterly wind. gusty winds in the south—east. for the bulk of the

uk, a dry day with a fair bit of sunshine. you will need to keep warm. charlie is checking his thermometer, which he carries in his pocket. i have a question about wind. you know my stupid questions. does the wind ever help the temperature goes up? you always talk about with the wind, it will feel like this. does it ever work the other way around? if you have a southerly wind in the summer, yeah, it can. 0ne if you have a southerly wind in the summer, yeah, it can. one other thing. the clocks go back this weekend. that is something to look forward to. yes, that means the mornings will feel brighter but the evenings will feel brighter but the evenings will be drawing in. thanks very much. within the past hour, debenhams has announced it is closing a large number of its stores. i think it's almost one third of their stores that will close.

that's right. it has been an incredibly turbulent year for the 200—year—old retailer. it's issued a string of profit warnings already and last month was forced to rush out an extra statement to stop "nosy neighbours" gossiping about its future. this morning we have a full picture ofjust how bad things are for the department store chain. it has posted a massive loss today — just under £500 million. that's the biggest loss in its history. it's also said this morning it now plans to close up to 50 stores over the next three to five years. that could impact thousands ofjobs. it's also cutting the amount of money it gives back to its shareholders. will it be enough? let's ask the boss. sergio bucher, the boss of debenhams, joins me from the london stock exchange. thanks very much for being with us this morning. first question, the

obvious one, which 50 stores? well, you know, what i'd like to remind you know, what i'd like to remind you is that debenhams is a profitable business. we generate £60 million worth of operating cash last year, million worth of operating cash last yea r, £33 million worth of operating cash last year, £33 million of profit before tax and a very large number that you mentioned in your introduction, that relates to an accounting charge. it isa relates to an accounting charge. it is a one—off, not cash. it does not affect our insolvency. it is there to deal with some legacy of debenhams. it doesn't change the fa ct debenhams. it doesn't change the fact that the underlying business remains profitable. the underlying profit has dropped significantly from last year. it's kind of bouncing along, the day—to—day profit is still there, but a big drop from last year. you've had a sales drop in terms of like—for—like sales, your beauty and fashion range are causing problems. it's not a good picture. it's not a surprise that customers are shopping less in—store, they are shopping more online. this is what we're to

address with our plans. you alluded toa number of address with our plans. you alluded to a number of store closures. what we are trying to do here is to make sure that we have fewer stores but better stores with a better shopping experience. we want to have a bigger online business and our online business is growing faster than the market and the combination of these actions will help us increase the profitability of debenhams. for your thousands of staff waking up this morning, hearing this news, when you going to tell them which of the stories are earmarked for closure? we talked about stores that represent about 15% of our turnover, some of these are distressed shopping destinations. the promise i can make to all of my staff today is that we are going to be working very ha rd to protect that we are going to be working very hard to protect as many stories and as manyjobs as we can throughout these five years of process. when it comes to looking up that portfolio, of all the stories you have across

the uk, we have significant news from house of fraser, a number of closures, marks & spencer announcing a number of significant closures, big holes in our street. i date places you are keen to stay in and mop up the shoppers that would have gone elsewhere? retail is not an easy place right now but i think that we are creating a stronger plan. we have invested in a better shopping experience and if you go to our new store in watford, for example, our customers will tell us that they just love it. example, our customers will tell us that theyjust love it. when it comes to those staff, we often talk about retail workers here, lots of them moving from shop to shop. 0n this programme we've heard about workers potentially moving from shops that have gone into administration previously now working for you. what reassurance or advice can you give them? we are looking after our staff and as i reminded you at the beginning, we are profitable business. we have announced today a series of measures

that will further strengthen the balance sheet of debenhams and our financial stability so that we can invest in this plan to make our stores better and the shopping experience better. you've relatively recently moved from amazon. you know the importance of online shopping. why on earth would you move to a company based in bricks and mortar? well, you know, iam company based in bricks and mortar? well, you know, i am a true believer of the future of retail. i think that shopping is an institution in this country, it is one of the country's most favourite hobbies. we probably forgot to make shopping exciting which is what our new strategy is. we want to make sure customers have great reasons to come to our stores, and that's all about the new stores we've opened in watford, leicester, meadowhall, reading and cambridge. do you expect to still be in yourjob in a year?|j to still be in yourjob in a year?” have a very supportive board and i think we have a solid plan. we are investing behind our plan and i am

very confident about the future of debenhams. you say you want to invest in stores. loads of shoppers telling us all the time, stores need a revamp, they are looking tired. that's very difficult to do when you are making significantly less profit than you were last year. there are many ways you can improve a store. it's not just about many ways you can improve a store. it's notjust about investing an awful lot of money. it's about the product you put in the store the service you put in the store. the way you present your products in that environment and all of these are things we are working very hard to improve the shopping experience across. when it comes to the holes in the high street that we have seen in recent years, it's very difficult for landlords to fill those holes. it won't be an easy negotiation for you to try to convince landlords to perhaps let you off the hook with some of the leases you have. landlords and retailers have a common interest. we want a thriving high street and therefore i think

it's very important we work together to make sure that we invest in the stores, we invest in creating thriving shopping destinations and because of that common interest that we have, i think we will be able to find the right solutions. thank you very much. a very difficult day in terms of the announcers they've made. not much consolation for the thousands of staff, potentially up to 4000 that will be affected by those 50 store closures this morning. he's surprisingly optimistic! thank you. this year marks the centenary of the end of the first world war which claimed the lives of 700,000 british soldiers. since then, the poppy has come to symbolise a mark of remembrance and respect, and this year, the royal british legion hopes the appeal will reach a record amount. brea kfast‘s tim muffett is at the national maritime museum in greenwich for us this morning. tim, you've got something rather lovely to unveil and talk about. good morning. good morning. a

spectacular sight. some six metres high, this installation. the focal point of the launch of this year's p°ppy point of the launch of this year's poppy appeal, 100 years since the end of world war i. leading up to this installation are a number of threads, each with quotes from former service personnel or memories about their lives. this one says, he stayed there, standing and waiting under heavy fire with just his own braveheart and got‘s help to support him. around the uk there are similar installations being unveiled today and the hope is, as every year, hundreds of thousands of pounds will be raised for such a great cause. i'm delighted to bejoined by two very special people. claire from that royal british legion and barbara who is 93 years old and has a special story to tell. we'll hear about that in a moment. firstly, claire, tell us about this installation. what are you hoping to do? good morning. this is the launch of our poppy appeal and this year they royal british legion are saying thank you to the first world war

generation. today, it's a creative way of reflecting the themes that came out of the first world war and there's14 other locations which show themes being the pioneering surgery show themes being the pioneering surgery that came out of the first world war, the role of women, children, and it's a creative way of trying to show the positive elements of the first world war, that they are very much in the fabric of today. spectacular. barbara, lovely today. spectacular. barbara, lovely to meet you. you are 93 and have a very special story because your pa rents very special story because your pa re nts m et very special story because your parents met during world war i and you served in world war ii. what do you served in world war ii. what do you think of this? i think it's wonderful, i really do. i've often thought that when the poppies first appeared in flanders, nobody had any ideas they were going to have —— no ideas they were going to have —— no idea the impact they were going to have on the nation. it's gone on, it year after year, and a lot of young

people have caught up with it and it's wonderful to think, all those people who sacrificed so much for us all those years ago are not forgotten. and then again, the legion is able to do such work, because of the poppy appeal and i dined it tremendously important, as well as being poignant and it's a special year this year. tell us about your parents are. beit met in the first world war. my father was naughty, he joined up under age so he didn't serve abroad. my mother joined the women's army auxiliary corps in 1917 when it was first raised, and the girls were sent along to a halt on the first day and giving it a good clean, including the windows. and because the huts we re the windows. and because the huts were raised on stilts, they sent some stilts along —— sent some troops along to clean the outside.

my father was cleaning the outside and my mother the inside and they met through the glass. by the end of the cleaning session, my dad had invited my mum to the camp concert that night. what a lovely story. you served in world war ii.” that night. what a lovely story. you served in world war ii. i did. i was fortunate. i trained as a mechanic andl fortunate. i trained as a mechanic and i was posted to anti—aircraft command and heavy gun batteries, so i got the best of both worlds because i wanted... i hoped to be in anti—aircraft command but i didn't think it possible. itjust felt anti—aircraft command but i didn't think it possible. it just felt that way so i served as one of 57,000 girls who were actually in action alongside the men on british soil and abroad. fantastic story. thank you so much on behalf of everyone for what you did and were coming along today and talking to us. i'm a small cog in a very large wheel! it's a spectacular sight, what a spectacular morning or the launch of

the 20 18th spectacular morning or the launch of the 2018th poppy appeal. i'm wearing mine with pride this morning. amazing, inspiring stories as always. thanks so much. back with tim later. time now to get the news, travel with tim later. and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. london's air ambulance begins trialling another world first in a bid to reduce deaths due to catastrophic bleeding. a new blood product, which consists of red blood cells and plasma, will be given as a transfusion to patients at risk of bleeding to death before arriving at hospital and will be trialled on board for two years. the number of londoners working shifts at night has increased by 11% over the last ten years. 379,000 people now regularly work overnight in the capital, according to new analysis by the tuc. the rise in london is higher than the average for the uk. as london's population rises, some business groups say that increasing the number of people doing night work isn't only necessary, but a good thing for the city. london's been growing very rapidly

and that puts pressure on some of london's infrastructure, so the idea that we stop thinking about managing london between six in the morning and six in the evening and start thinking about it as a 24—hour city, i think is a great opportunity. and it's a good opportunity to think about congestion, how busy london's streets are, just spreading out our infrastructure over the course of 24 hours is good. and you can see a full report about the benefits and dangers of night work at 1.30 and 6.30pm today on bbc london news here on bbc one. let's take a look at the travel situation now. starting on the tubes, there's a good service on all lines. moving onto the trains, strike action continues on south western railway with reduced services on some lines and cancelled services on others — check before you travel. 0n the roads, there's westbound delays on the highway heading through wapping towards tower hill. and there's traffic on the m25, it's slow southbound from j30 towards the qe2 bridge following a breakdown

around j31 at lakeside. now the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning. yesterday temperatures were in the high teens. today they'll be closer to average in the mid teens, but as we go through tomorrow and into the weekend, we are going to see a significant dip in temperatures, something much cooler, as we pick up a cooler northerly feed. you can see that here on the air mass, that yellow and orange being replaced by the blue. the blue representing cool, cold air coming in from the arctic. today, then, isn't looking like a bad day. it will be dry, often cloudy, could see one or two patches of mist and fog around this morning where we've got some breaks in the cloud but those should lift as we go through the day. staying dry with partly cloudy skies and the cloud bubbling up as we move through the afternoon. temperatures a little down on yesterday but not too bad, a maximum of 15 celsius. as we go through this evening and overnight, it stays dry. there will be patchy cloud, some clear spells, a bit more cloud perhaps developing as we move

into the early hours. temperatures not falling too far, though. an overnight low of eight celsius. the change comes as we move through the day tomorrow. some cloud and patchy rain to begin with, but once that clears, sunshine developing but a much cooler feel. we pick up that northerly wind, that stays with us as we move into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: more bad news for the high street. debenhams says it will close up to 50 stores after reporting a record loss. the boss of the department store chain refuses to tell me which shops will go or how manyjobs could be at risk. stop endless hostility. president trump calls for more civility in politics after explosive devices were sent to barack obama and hillary clinton. the reds star against red star. mo salah reaches the 50—goal mark

for liverpool in record time as they win in the champions league. a passionate paso doble is on the cards for strictly‘s lauren steadman and aj pritchard. we'll find out how their training's going. there will be some brightness in the east but light rain and drizzle as well. change coming in scotland with colder conditions which we will all feel tomorrow. more 15 minutes. good morning. in the last hour, debenhams has announced plans to close up to 50 stores across the uk. colletta is here. you have spoken to the boss of debenhams and you have looked at what has been announced. some numbers to crunch first. a £500 million loss for the company which is not good news, in fact the biggest loss in the company's

history, and they have been going for nearly 200 years on our high streets. what the boss was saying earlier is that in fact the day—to—day running of the company is doing all right. they have a £33 million profit, which is still down from last year, so sales are not so good. he was trying to paint the picture that people are still buying things from debenhams and the reason there was such a big loss this year was because they were trying to write off some bad loans and exceptional items, they called them, to get rid of them off the balance sheets and move forward as a company, but that doesn't provide much comfort for staff in particular. we are talking about a third of stores closing, 50 across the uk. when i asked the boss earlier, he wouldn't tell me which of those stores and which i streets or even how many staff would be affected by that. —— high streets. he said he would work hard to try and provide some reassurance the staff that this would happen gradually, and potentially some

staff would leave during that three to five—year period anyway, so compulsory redundancies may be kept toa minimum. compulsory redundancies may be kept to a minimum. we talked about a numberof to a minimum. we talked about a number of stores, and at about 15% of our turnover, some of these stoves are in depressed shopping areas. we will be working very hard to protect as many stores and as manyjobs as we can throughout this five—year process. manyjobs as we can throughout this five-year process. so we had heard of that debenhams would close ten stores and they have upped that figure this morning to 50. we don't know what location exactly but some big holes on the high street which is really bad news coming after what we have heard from house of fraser, marks & spencer making big cuts, and of course years ago bhf still leaving big holes on a lot of high streets across the uk. —— bhs. notwithstanding the boss trying to look for the positives, this is a

significant moment in time. debenhams have been trading for 200 yea rs, debenhams have been trading for 200 years, and this is a third of their shops, and he is talking about distressed shopping destinations and it sounds like they're right places on the high street. that is a worrying turn of phrase in particular. if that is what is in the minds of certain retailers, because areas are not worth investing in because people are not spending enough in the high street in particular pockets of the uk. and thatis in particular pockets of the uk. and that is a vicious circle because once the big names are removed or leave, it is harderfor smaller chains to compete. thank you. it is 8:04am. more up—to—date's news now. —— more of today's news. donald trump has described the sending of explosives to prominent democrats, including barack obama and hillary clinton, as an attack on democracy. at an election rally, the president called for politics to be more civil,

though opponents have accused him of hypocrisy. 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler reports. the package carrying these pipe bombs were addressed to some of america's best—known public figures. sent to the homes of, among others, former presidential candidate hillary clinton and former president ba rack 0bama, both democrats and both critics of the current president. donald j trump! donald trump was in wisconsin for a campaign rally. at these events he often attacks opponents with unmistakably aggressive language. the tone was markedly different. those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective. he didn't take responsibility for any of his own past rhetoric. in fact the president seemed to blame journalists. the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and often times false attacks. one of the packages was found at cnn. the envelope containing

the explosive device had been addressed to the former cia director and media commentatorjohn brennan. he believes whatever the investigation uncovers, mr trump must take some blame. as far as a lot of this rhetoric, it really is counter—productive. it is un—american. it is what a president should not be doing. hours after the discovery of packages on america's east coast, more packages were found at a mail centre in los angeles. while donald trump has warned others to watch their language, in this politically divided country many will be listening out to see if the president takes his own advice. chris butler, bbc news, washington. the home office has been accused of a complete failure of leadership as police forces in england and wales struggle to cope. the home affairs select committee says the police service is at risk

of becoming irrelevant as neighbourhood teams are stripped back and many crimes go unsolved. it's claimed just one in seven councils in the uk is covering the minimum cost of providing home care to elderly and disabled people. the uk home care association, which represents care providers, says visits are often cut short as a result. local authorities blame a lack of government funding. here's more from our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. shall i make you a nice cup of tea? the next half—hour will be packed for care workers carly and rachel. as well as preparing a meal for 88—year—old doreen and doing medication, the sisters will have to hoist her to and from the bathroom. hoisting takes around half an hour to do. we're in here usually 45 minutes. we're dealing with medication and obviously if we're cooking her a meal, we've got to wrap all of that up in the time that we've got to do it because then we are setting ourselves back on other people's calls. their local authority pays one of the lowest home care rates in the country, according to today's report.

the knock—on effect for care staff is low pay. is this a job you can see yourself doing in the long—term? i would like to think so, but financial—wise, not really, because you could be doing 40 hours one week and the next down to ten. if you've got a house to run, you don't know where your hours are coming from. the association representing organisations that provide home care in the uk calculates that they need at least £18 per hour to cover increases in the minimum wage, pensions, travel and other costs. but on average, councils pay just over £16 an hour. the report says the result is staff shortages and companies closing. those running council services deny they're trying to get care on the cheap. my colleagues across the country are doing their level best to meet need in their local areas at a price that they can afford. however, in some parts of the country, that is becoming now untenable and the government must recognise that it must put more

money into social care for adults. the government says in the last three years it's put an extra £9.5 billion into caring for older and disabled people and that it will put forward plans for reforming the system in england soon. alison holt, bbc news. police say they are treating the disappearance of a mother of five as a possible murder investigation. 46—year—old sarah wellgreen was last seen in the new ash green area of kent, on the evening of october 9th. hundreds of villagers have joined police and forensics teams in her search. the bbc has been heavily criticised on the issue of equal pay by a group of mps. the culture select committee says in a report released today that the corporation is guilty of opaque decision—making and treating women unequally, while proposed reforms don't go far enough. the corporation said much of the report was out of date but there is more to do. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in fiji's western coastal town

of nadi as their official royal tour of australia and the south pacific continues. prince harry unveiled a statue commemorating a british—fijian soldier who died in the 1972 battle of mirbat at an event attended by the country's president and members of the armed forces. if you love looking up at the sky, whether or not you can precisely determine what the things are... i'm smiling! ilike determine what the things are... i'm smiling! i like to look up and i say what i know but i don't really know any. now you can fade and be believed. —— you can fib. there is a new nasa telescope which has named loads of new constellations in the sky based on modern objects. it's to celebrate the special

telescope that spotted them in the first place. the fermi gamma—ray space telescope has been scanning the skies for the past 10 years. it can see sources of light, including gamma rays, that are invisible to the naked eye. the tardis, the incredible hulk or the eiffel tower. i think ithinka i think a little bit of imagination is nice. anything goes. this is our way to get into brexit. we have a europe editor, katya adler, on the server with us. good morning. i am wondering where this is going! what do you think a brexit constellation would look like? i am not even going there. it is the night sky where you can use your imagination and the clouds during the day. add in everyday life in all sorts of ways! it is lovely to have you on the sofa. we have a lot of questions

that people have sent in. you are very good at making sure you are not in the bubble of brussels when you report from us and you talk to us down the line. is there a danger of that, everyone there and in the bubble, a risk? there is because terminology is catching, like a cold. people end up talking about the irish backstop as if everybody has got to understand what that means. and who before brexit, and unless you are really involved in brexit, really understands the difference between the customs union and the single market when it comes to european union membership? and i won't mention them, but quite a few of ourmps and won't mention them, but quite a few of our mps and even cabinet members got them confused at least at the beginning of negotiations. that is why brexit negotiations are carried out ina why brexit negotiations are carried out in a technical way on the ground. we see the brexit secretary coming to brussels occasionally. we see michel barnier, the eu chief negotiator, but actually on the

ground there are lawyers involved and technocrats involved and civil servants. they know the ins and outs of the law. and it then gets passed on to the politicians and they have got to decide whether things are politically acceptable or not. frankly when you talk to civil serva nts frankly when you talk to civil servants involved, they try to kick the politicians out of it because they don't really understand. that is fair play because in some way they have got to translate to us, they have got to translate to us, the people who have elected them. when we spoke in brussels about six weeks ago, i think the acceptance was about 85% of the deal and the negotiations had been done. but it was the smaller stuff that didn't have to be sweated so much, and what is left this week, theresa may has been telling her party, that 95% of the deal is done. the chief negotiator said it is not 95% but 90%. it doesn't really matter. it sounds like it is almost there and it is almost there but that means

there is one big but. the last 5% or 10% is centred around the irish border. we have heard a lot about it. it is the wording of the guarantee that whatever the future relationship is between eu and uk after brexit, whatever trading relationship we have, there will be no hard border between ireland and northern ireland. what does that mean? customs infrastructure. ]eff has asked in relation to this that we know the sticking point is the board in northern ireland but what are the actual suggestions from both sides, since you are talking about it? this is where it gets a bit more technical. just to underline, jeff, what we are talking about is a backstop, which is a guarantee. it isa backstop, which is a guarantee. it is a fallback scenario that both the eu and the uk hope they have never got to use. what does this mean? it means that even though we are talking about getting a deal than this autumn, it is just the divorce deal. if there is a divorce deal, after brexit date in march, the real

horse trading begins about what the future deal will look like between eu and the uk. theresa may wants this to be a frictionless relationship with frictionless trade. what does that mean? no customs checks, for example. if there is friction astray, then we don't need to worry about having a ha rd don't need to worry about having a hard border between ireland and northern ireland. don't forget that will become the land border between the eu and the uk after brexit. if it is frictionless, there will be no checks. therefore the backstop, the guarantee, will existing law but it will never need to be used. however! theresa may says that when people voted for brexit, they voted to leave the european customs union and the european single market. we weren't go into the details of what the differences are right now. but basically if you leave both of those there can be no frictionless trade. the whole reason the eu invented the single market was to have friction astray. if we stick to those red lines, there will have to be some

kinds of checks, and normally that will fall on the island of ireland, which both eu and the uk have said we can't do, because it will endanger the good friday agreement, the belfast agreement. you can't do that. where will he put those checks? that is what all the is about. it is a fallback scenario but it is about the irish border. what do they suggest? the prime minister says it can't be a northern ireland specific agreement, to just have no checks there, because that will separate off northern ireland from the rest of the uk, and then it is not the uk any more. the eu says we have got to do it this way because northern ireland is a unique scenario, which is what they are arguing about. i am sorry because it is technical and that is why i am wittering on. the prime and it has suggested that uk stays in a customs union temporarily, in this fallback scenario, until this friction free or as friction free trade deal can

be organised. are you cross eyed yet? no! more questions. on the timeline of the deadline. march is the deadline. is there a point in time when the british government and eu counterparts will have to say openly that the most likely option is no deal? is that the calendar based decision? i know all the politics says we are still trying to get a deal. at the moment they can parkit get a deal. at the moment they can park it because there is a certain amount of time. do you think there is an amount of time where theresa may can say that because of the timing, the most likely thing is no deal? i will surprise you by saying there are two different answers depending which side of the channel you are wrong. the eu is relaxed about these negotiations. they have loads of time because the cut—off date is the 29th of march. look, if there is a deal agreed between eu and the uk, it has then got to be

signed off by the uk parliament and the european parliament. why does the european parliament. why does the eu say it is relaxed? because the eu say it is relaxed? because the negotiators have get the european parliament on board through every step of the negotiations. they don't think it is a big hurdle to pass. if we, the negotiators, agree a deal even at the beginning of march, that is enough time for us to get it passed through the european parliament. not so in the uk. first of all, because we know that mps don't speak with one voice over brexit. even if the prime minister gets a deal in brussels, it is very possible that deal will come to the parliament here and it will be voted down, and then, and then, and then... and on the other side there isa then... and on the other side there is a certain amount of legislation that needs to come into place if the deal is agreed or if there is no deal. and there needs to be enough time. we are looking at november, late november, maybe three weeks' time, four weeks, when we will start having a sniff. but when

things are announced at this late stage of the game, it is also done the leverage. if the uk starts shouting no deals are peering or the prime minister says we are verging on the edge of no deal, it is because they want to put pressure on the other side to make concessions. iam going the other side to make concessions. i am going to squeeze you so much because we have so many questions. ed says it comes down to legislation which is what a lot of people were against when it comes to the eu. what about the european court of justice and how will that affect our lives? a lot of people don't want their laws on us in the uk. again i need to give a multilayered answer andi need to give a multilayered answer and i am sorry. because we are agreeing the divorce deal at the moment, 0k? when it comes to the divorce deal, if this is signed off, it will have to be controlled by uk judges and european judges, it will have to be controlled by uk judges and europeanjudges, because for example when it comes to the rights of european citizens living in the uk, for a certain period of yea rs, in the uk, for a certain period of years, the eu wants to also have a say in that, to make sure their rights are looked after. there is a limited role by the european court

ofjustice. when limited role by the european court of justice. when it limited role by the european court ofjustice. when it comes to the future trade deal that we will have, nobody knows. the thing is, it depends. if we choose a close relationship with eu with frictionless trade, as friction free as possible, the closer we are, the more of a role the european court of justice will have, right? because we are closer to the eu and we will have to match loads of laws, then inevitably they will have a role. the further away the relationship is, the less of a state or no say, the ec] will have. but european negotiators are in mind that we need a deal anyway with the european union because they think it is to the uk's economic advantage. and the ecj role will have to be bashed out like everything else after brexit day. i am going to tease our viewers because they need to listen to your brexit podcast if they want more because you are then everything brilliantly. loads of stuff on brexit obviously and loads on food. cake. we got you eccles cakes, local

ca kes, cake. we got you eccles cakes, local cakes, but i am told they look better in threes so i took one!” love cake! do you think that eccles ca kes love cake! do you think that eccles cakes will be subject to any form of eu... will brexit deals is that eccles ca kes ? eu... will brexit deals is that eccles cakes? you always laugh but these other questions i get asked. will it affect the amount of goods we have in our supermarket and the cost of food in a supermarket after brexit? and the answer is possibly. definitely in no deal scenario. don't say we don't make you welcome with a cup of tea and eccles cakes. cani with a cup of tea and eccles cakes. can i come back? any time! meanwhile, keep your podcast going because it is invaluable. it is available on bbc radio 5 live, on the website and of course the bbc iplayer. look at the raisin count in this! this is serious. breaks this one out. it is serious raisin count. you are impressed with that. how

long will take it me to eat this eccles ca ke ? long will take it me to eat this eccles cake? two and a half minutes? not that long! you are wicked! good morning. we were asking earlier if there were any nice sunrises and we have found you a beauty from one of our weather watchers. it will be a mild day today with temperatures close to where they should be but after today the temperature is on the way down and it will be called into the weekend as well. that is because we have this weather front through today it will bring heavy rain into north west scotland. tonight and overnight good things sounds, and so the wind comes straight down from the arctic, northerly, and it will feel colder wherever you are. in central and southern england and south wales, it will be cloudy with clear spells at night, meaning sunshine and lovely

sunrises in the morning. today more cloud compared to yesterday. northern ireland will produce some drizzle with showers in northern england, but some breaks in eastern wales, the midlands and eastern england and scotland. temperatures down to touch on yesterday when we hit 20 degrees in south hampshire and through the afternoon the rain will turn heavier and more persistent across north west scotland. as we go through the evening and overnight, that cold weather front producing the cloud and rain sinks south as a weakening feature. behind it, the sky is clear in northern ireland, scotland and northern england, and there will be snow over the hills and it will be cold. a further south ahead of the weather front, a lot cold. a further south ahead of the weatherfront, a lot of cold. a further south ahead of the weather front, a lot of cloud and temperatures not very low. tomorrow as the weather front moves across the south of england, you will notice the temperatures do go down and patchy rain will clear. for most of us tomorrow it will be dry and sunny, but the northerly wind, so showers will be driven in across the

north coast, the west coast and the hills once again. as we head into saturday, we still have northerly winds to start with. showers draping the coastlines. during the day, the winds to north—easterly, meaning the east will be more prone to the showers. if you are in that wind, it will feel cold. 0n the thermometer, temperatures will indicate levels around seven to ten. but standing in the wind, it will feel much colder than that, more like low single figures. as we head off through the early hours of sunday morning, don't forget the clocks go back an hour. you get an extra hour in bed. that is brilliant news. and of course on sunday itself, we are looking at the cold and frosty start with showers coming in on the wind across the east coast. brisk winds in the

south—east. something drier and brighter in the west with some sunshine but look at the temperatures. it will feel cooler than they suggest. and have you eaten that cake? all gone. you are right. two and a half seconds! i just inhaled it. you know what i am like! thank you. the invictus games have started in australia, you are probably aware. mark 0rmrod was told he would never walk again after losing three limbs in afghanistan in 2007. fast forward 11 years, he has two gold medals from this year's invictus games in sydney. he's now inspiring the next generation of stars through social media. he's been telling us his story. i just thought, rather than dip my toe in the water, i'm just going to dive straight in.

never expected to make the team. i was just fortunate that i did. my name is mark 0rmrod. i'm a former royal marines commando and just over ten years ago now, back on christmas eve 2007, i was injured serving out in afghanistan and as a result became the uk's first triple amputee from conflict. a lot of people ask me, you know, what were the worst times in my rehab? that was the worst time when he said, 24—year—old royal marine, you're in a wheelchair for life. that kind of hit me hard. he seems to have it all going his way. he's going to win the gold medal, mark 0rmrod. 2017 in canada was my first games. i had no idea what i was doing in any of the sports! from team uk, mark 0rmrod. it was crazy. thousands of people there. ididn't i didn't feel nervous. ijust felt really proud because i had my gb tracksuit on,

the flag on my chest and to be able to go on to that kind of stage and represent your country is something that is, post—injury, i never thought i'd do again. squeeze, squeeze. people would send these really positive message and say, "oh, i'm missing a foot and i saw you on the news and you really inspired me because i never thought i'd walk again." i slowly started expanding my online footprint into the professional page, twitter account, instagram. i havejust started podcasting. i don't know what i'm doing but i'm figuring it out as i go. all these messages started coming in more and more and i thought this is a really cool way to reach people. it added a lot of value to my journey. when the times got tough, thinking about these messages and reading new ones that came in, it really got motivated me and helped

to just push forward. i'm helping people. all i'm doing is living. i've just got a few challenges more than your average person, but i'm just living, really. it is such a wonderful positive circle he describes. he is being motivated by people writing to him and in turn people are motivated by what he is doing. you can watch the highlights of the invictus games here on bbc one at eight o'clock this evening. now the news, travel and weather where you are. we will see you shortly. todayis today is going to be the last of the relatively quiet weather days. more cloud today compared to yesterday. but, still some breaks developing in the cloud, especially in eastern areas of england up into the south—east of scotland. patches of rain and drizzle in scotland.

intensifying into longer spells of ranger in the afternoon. temperatures lower than yesterday, 12-15d but temperatures lower than yesterday, 12—15d but they will go further down as we go into friday and the weekend. rain moving southwards through the evening but it is the colder air coming from the north, thatis colder air coming from the north, that is the main story through tonight. this arctic feed of air moving across the uk. a chilly start on friday morning. especially across northern areas of the uk. cloud and rain in the south chased away. plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. showers in coastal areas but temperatures 8—11d. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news, with victoria fritz and sally bundock. tesla finally puts the brakes on losses, making only its third ever quarterly profit. live from london, that's our top story on thursday 25th october. the electric car company made

a record $311 million in the three months to september, delivering on founder elon musk‘s promise to investors of profitability this year. also in the programme — more woe on the uk high street. the struggling department store chain debenhams announces plans to close up to 50 stores, putting around 4,000 jobs at risk.