the retail tycoon sir philip green is named in parliament as the businessman who went to court to stop harrassment allegations being published about him. today, the so—called gagging order obtained by sir philip was dramatically defied in parliament by a former cabinet minister. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question, given that the media have been subject to an injunction, preventing publication of the full details of a story which is clearly in the public interest. as yet, there's been no response from sir philip. also on the programme tonight: the bomb squad goes in — ten suspicious devices have now been sent in america to leading democrats and critics of president trump including robert de niro. 4000 jobs at risk as debenhams says it's closing a third of its stores after posting record annual losses. the first year student who drank so much alcohol on a night out that his heart stopped — a coroner says freshers should be taught the dangers of binge drinking.

explosion. and a moment of history for the armed forces, as women are finally allowed to apply for any job in the military. and coming up on bbc news: arsenal are attempting to make it 11 wins in a row and it will be a challenge. they're in lisbon to play sporting in the europa league. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the retail billionaire sir philip green has been named in parliament as the businessman behind an injunction against the daily telegraph, stopping it from publishing allegations about him. the owner of top shop was named by the former cabinet minister, lord hain. he said he had been contacted by someone "intimately involved" in the case and felt it was his duty

to use parliamentary privilege to reveal mr green's identity, defying the injunction from the court of appeal. our business editor simonjack reports. retail tycoon, fashion billionaire, friend to the rich and famous, sir philip green was this afternoon named as the mystery businessman who took out a gagging order to prevent the media reporting claims he bullied and sexually harassed employees. an ex—minister used powers reserved for parliamentarians to say what they like without fear of being sued. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question, given that the media have been subject to an injunction preventing publication of the full details of a story which is clearly in the public interest. the newspaper that had been gagged by the court said it was right he had been identified. in the post-mitu

era it's right to report that first of all a senior businessman has used power, money and influence to try and silence employees who have claims of wrongdoing against them. and also because we think our readership would expect us, particularly having been their newspaper that broke the expenses scandal, to hold high profile figures to account. in 2010, david cameron asked him to advise government departments on how to drive a harder bargain, but his crown slipped when bhs went bust shortly after he sold it for £1 to a former bankrupt. it cost 10,000 jobs and many others facing pensions shortfalls. do you mind not looking at me like that all the time? it is really disturbing. put your glasses back on, you look better with your glasses on. i think it's an unnecessary statement. glasses on. i think it's an unnecessary statementlj glasses on. i think it's an unnecessary statement. i think you

should withdraw it. sir philip promised to sort the bhs pension issue any did, with £362 million of his own money but using his fortune to keep his name out of the headlines is proving more difficult. 0ur our legal correspondent is with me. how much of a surprise is it that this injunction has been broken in this injunction has been broken in this way? a pretty big surprise. the judges heard all the evidence, written and detailed judgment, if that can be second—guessed by pallet aryans, the courts and judiciary will be damaged and parliamentary authorities will have to take some sort of action. a similar case seven years ago when the lib dems mp named the footballer ryan giggs, effectively breaching an injunction which was protecting information about an alleged affair. that led to real concern that the use of parliamentary privilege was being used to pierce court orders and injunctions, efforts were made by the parliamentary authorities and the parliamentary authorities and the judiciary the parliamentary authorities and thejudiciary to ensure the parliamentary authorities and

the judiciary to ensure that these two very powerful arms of the constitution respected one another‘s roles. it's a difficult balance to strike because the right of parliamentarians to speak freely in parliament is enshrined in the 1689 bill of rights. it's really important, but so is the rule of law. no one doubts the abuse of nondisclosure agreements by richard bower for people to gag victims of abuse is hugely important but before you have a trial, who is better placed tojudge in you have a trial, who is better placed to judge in the you have a trial, who is better placed tojudge in the public interest? thank you. police in the united states say they've intercepted more suspicious packages similar to the ones found yesterday. the latest were addressed to a restaurant in new york owned by the hollywood star robert de niro and to the former vice presidentjoe biden. at least ten devices have now been sent to leading democrats, including barack 0bama and hillary clinton, as well as critics of president trump and the broadcaster cnn. 0ur north america correspondnet nick bryant reports. these are the scenes that america woke up to — what looked like old footage

from the war in iraq, but which were real—time images from a postal facility in delaware. a bomb disposal expert examining a suspect package, addressed to the former vice president, joe biden. yet another prominent democrat sent a crude bomb. in the middle of the night, lower manhattan became the focus and a package sent to a restaurant owned by the movie star robert de niro, an outspoken critic of donald trump. once again, a suspect explosive device, hauled safely away in a vehicle that is fast becoming a familiar sight. it's called a total containment vessel. at a campaign rally last night, donald trump said acts of political violence were an attack on democracy, but some of his strongest remarks were directed atjournalists. as part of a larger, national effort to bridge our divides and bring people together, 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. have to do it. the president accepted no personal responsibility for his part in the coarsening of american life. and this morning on twitter, he renewed his attack on the media. that got this response from the former cia director john brennan, who was sent an explosive package. because none of the devices have exploded, the fbi has a mound of forensic evidence to help track down who is responsible. but some prominent conservatives

have claimed this is all a liberal hoax, timed to coincide with crucial congressional elections. at least ten packages have been discovered. the authorities are warning more could be in the postal system. it's worth stressing that this just has not been a nation comes to get the moment, in fact, quite the opposite. and although there have been no casualties in these attempted attacks, what we have been witnessing once again is america tearing itself apart. thank you. 4,000 jobs are at risk after the department store debenhams became the latest casualty on the high street. the retailer says it's closing 50 shops — a third of its empire — after reporting an annual loss of almost half a billion pounds. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. this is debenhams' glossy vision of the future, pulling people in by making shopping fun, from blow—dries and beauty treatments,

to make up tutorials and gin bars, but there's sobering news today — it wants to close 50 stores in a radical restructuring. customers are actually shopping left in our stores and more online. —— less in our stores or online. what we're doing is we're addressing this structural shift in the industry. our plan is very simple. we want to have fewer but better stores. we want to improve our shopping experience. we want to grow our online business, and we're doing that in a way that makes debenhams a more profitable business. today, though, a staggering £492 million loss, due to an accounting reassessment of its assets. without this, it would have made a profit of £33 million, but even this is 65% down from a year ago. right now, property is debenhams' biggest headache. these shops aren't cheap to run and its costs are rising faster than its sales, partly because we're shopping more online.

that means stores like this one are becoming less profitable. debenhams just doesn't need as much space as it once did, and it's certainly not alone. 0ver there, that used to be a marks and spencer, until it closed over the summer. debenhams hasn't said which stores it wants to shut, but it's the last thing they need here in slough. like many high streets this year, it's been one closure after another. we lost marks and spencer, we lost british home stores, and if you go along the town, you'll see so many empty shops. there's been so many department stores that have closed down in slough and it's such a shame, because, you know, you have to travelfurther, or, like i said, if you're not internet savvy, you have to kind of ask someone to help you on the internet. but closing stores over the next five years won't be easy. landlords are negotiating with all retailers at the moment, it appears, so they're not

going to let them get away. they'll have costly leases to get out of. on top of that, they'll have less money to invest in their stores in the future. and that's one of the key things that they need to do to survive. that's what it's done here at its new shop in watford, but debenhams is now making a big retreat from high streets elsewhere. a business under real pressure to adapt. emma simpson, bbc news. saudi arabia's public prosecutor has admitted that the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi was premeditated. that contradicts previous claims that he died in a fist fight in the saudi consulate in istanbul. initially, saudi officials denied any knowledge of mr khashoggi's disappearance. the parent company of british airways has admitted that a further 185,000 customers may have had their data compromised in a cyber attack. it comes after the airline said this summer that hundreds of thousands of card payments had potentially been leaked in a data hack lasting over two weeks.

among the details feared to have been compromised are card numbers and billing addresses. the home secretary has apologised to people who have been wrongly forced to take dna tests to prove they were entitled to settle in the uk. sajid javid said some relatives of gurkhas and afghan nationals employed by the uk government were among around 400 people affected in recent years. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. andrew tran, six years old and learning to read was born in britain and used to have a british passport but the home office would not renew it after his british father who is estranged from his vietnamese mother refused to take a dna test. translation: i do not know what will happen in the future. no country and no nationality, you do not know you belong to.

it is really upsetting me. it is so confusing. it has now emerge that hundreds of letters like this were sent out in the last three years, requiring immigrants to take dna tests to prove who their father is. a statement, home secretary. in the house of commons, the home secretary apologised for those demands which the home office had no legal right to make. no one should have faced the demands requiring dna evidence and no one should be penalised for not providing it. in particular, i would like to extend my apologies to those gurkhas and afghans that have been affected. it is all further signs of dysfunction at the home office. four times lastjune, home office ministers told mps that there was no requirement for dna testing in immigration cases. this turns out simply wasn't true.

a home office review found a wrong with me demands for at least 449 and dna tests, 51 of them for gurkha families. 11 refusals were made solely because no dna tests were done and four of them were gurkha relatives. being asked the dna evidence, it's intrusive. it is insulting potentially to have your paternity questioned. it has all been reminiscent of the windrush scandal which affected elderly migrants from the caribbean. it has been seen by the opposition as further evidence of how ordinary immigration has been affected by theresa may's so—called hostile environment on illegal immigrants. daniel sandford, bbc news. it is almost 6:15pm. our top story this evening: the retail tycoon sir philip green is named in parliament as the businessman who went to court to stop harrassment allegations being published about him.

we take a look at the british company behind one of the most hotly anticipated video games of the year. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... manchester city boss pep guardiola tells us he's mancunian through and through and couldn't imagine managing another club in the premier league. a moment of history for the armed forces today. for the first time all roles in the military are now open to women. it means that those already serving in the army can now apply for infantry roles as well. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, also announced that women will finally be able to apply to join britain's elite special forces units such as the sas and sbs. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. this afternoon, the british army was demonstrating not just this afternoon, the british army was demonstrating notjust its power on salisbury plain. but new

opportunities for women as well. they have already broken down most of the barriers, women have already served on the front line. but so far only in support roles like dog handlers and medics. put some pressure on this. but for the first time on this exercise there were also female members of a tank crew. trooper cats dixon is among the first few women to qualify as a gunner on a challenger tank.|j passed the fitness tests which i worked hard to do. then it went on from there and now i am one of the first females which is quite cool. for the infantry as well it has only been men aloud. but it is now following the lead of the royal armoured corps and will be accepting its first female applicants as from today. i think it is fantastic for women, it is about time it happened.

0ther women, it is about time it happened. other countries have done it for a long time and it is good we are finally doing it as well. it is two yea rs finally doing it as well. it is two years since the government said it was lifting the ban on women serving in close combat, but today the defence secretary went one step further, he wants to see women serving in britain's specialforces. we very much expect our women to join elite units such as the sas. the value they will bring and the impact they will make will be phenomenal into all the services and they are looking forward to welcoming them. even the army estimate that less than 5% of the women already in the army would be able to pass the physical tests to join the infantry. there would be even fewer able to meet the gruelling demands required tojoin the elite sas. women are still in the elite sas. women are still in the minority, making upjust10% of the minority, making upjust10% of the army. it still insists it will not be lowering standards. but there

will no longer be any limits to what women will be able to do. jonathan beale, bbc news, salisbury plain. jonathan beale, bbc news, salisbury plain. the father of a first—year student who died after drinking so much that his heart stopped has strongly criticised newcastle university for failing to do enough to address alcohol—fuelled "initiations" by student societies. a coroner ruled that ed farmer died after the toxic effects of excessive drinking and a lack of awareness of the risks involved. the 20—year—old had been on a bar crawl organised by fellow students. danny savage reports. ed farmer, 20 years old and a student at newcastle university. he died after drinking so much alcohol at a banned initiation style event that his heart stopped. ed was a new member of the university's agricultural society. this is them on the night he died, heading off for drinks. later they egged each other on to drink large measures of vodka. the inquest heard that around 100 triple vodkas were ordered

by the group at one bar they went to that evening. they then drank from other bottles of spirits as they went from pub to pub. by the time they got to this metro station to head off to a student house, one witness says ed farmer was very drunk. in the station he fell over and had to be helped up. at the other end he was carried off the platform. surrounded by the friends ed was drinking with that night, his father today criticised the university and the tradition of initiation events. ed's is not the first utterly needless and wasteful death to come about through this potentially fatal practice. we heard in evidence how initiations have been ongoing at newcastle university in excess of ten years. despite such events being apparently banned by both the university and student union. we have heard in graphic detail about the nature of ed's death and i don't think there is a stronger message that

should go out to students about the danger of excessive alcohol consumption and initiations. newcastle university says it was shocked by the events which led up to the death of ed farmer. the coroner says students should be educated about how to look after a drunk friend. danny savage, bbc news, newcastle. the number of attacks on inmates and prison staff in england and wales has risen to another record high. assaults on staff were up by more than a quarter in the year tojune, with figures from the ministry ofjustice also showing a large rise in levels of self—harm among inmates. the government says it is recruiting more prison officers and strengthening jail security. a report by mps has accused the bbc of failing in its duty to give staff equal pay and opportunities. the digital, culture, media and sport select committee said women at the corporation were earning "far less" than men for doing comparable jobs. the bbc director—general, tony hall, says he's committed to closing the gender pay gap by 2020. when it comes to home care

for someone who is elderly and disabled, it should cost councils at least £18 an hour to provide it. but most aren't paying even the bare minimum according to the body which represents care companies. only one in seven councils in the uk is paying enough to cover care workers' salaries and travel time. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt has spent time with one care company in the north—east of england. how are you doing? all right? lisa and lynne have arrived to review the care that 88—year—old doreen is receiving from their company. i'm just checking through your plan. the council, which pays one of the lowest hourly rates in the country according to today's report, wants 13—minute calls. shall we make you a nice cup of tea? i'll have a cup of tea. but it's a struggle for the care staff to do her meal, give her medication and hoist her to and from the bathroom in that time. hoisting takes around half an hour to do. when you are here you are usually 45 minutes.

we are dealing with medication, then obviously if we are cooking her a meal, we have got to wrap all of that up in the time we have got to do it. it is setting us back to do other people's calls. it is lynne and lisa'sjob to coordinate those home visits. each day they see the pressure the system is under. we have the staff phoning saying, lynne, lisa, we have been in this car 50 minutes, we have only been paid 30 minutes. the families are saying why is this done? why is that not done? then the social services get involved. why haven't you carers done this? so it's just a vicious circle really. the association representing uk home care organisations calculate they need at least £18 an hour to cover the minimum wage, pensions, travel and other costs. but on average councils pay just over £16 an hour. that really add up say care managers

who face a battle to balance the books and funds staff. it is a mess, it is a great mess, and all the time you are not thinking about sometimes the customers, you are thinking about how much is this going to cost? how can we do this? how can we do this on a restricted budget? nine times out of ten that is what we think about before anything else, the budget. can we do it? it shouldn't be like that, we should be thinking what does this person need? how can we do that? council officials insist they are not 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. the government must recognise it and must put more money into social care for adults. the government says it has put extra money into caring for older and disabled people and will put forward plans for reforming the system in england soon. alison holt, bbc news. britain's multi—billion pound games industry is preparing

for the release of what could well be another blockbuster. red dead redemption 2 is a wild west adventure from the company behind grand theft auto. and much of the work has been done at the company's studios in edinburgh. here's our technology reporter marc cieslak. red dead redemption 2 allows players to experience a vast virtual version of the old west. robbing trains, riding horses and even playing poker. that is all the work of rockstar games and this latest release is so big it had to be created in nine different studios across four different countries. gentlemen, you all know what to do. about as far from the old west as you can get, edinburgh is home to rockstar north. it is the largest of the studios involved in an international effort to make this game. for us, it's the biggest

game we have ever made. notjust cos it's bigger and broader but it is striving for more in depth. being able to go into more environments and interact with things, interact with people and animals. in a way we haven't been able to do that before. the games industry is big business. last year in the uk it generated £3.35 billion in sales, almost as much as home music and video sales combined. but there are concerns in the games industry that those big numbers could be affected as the uk leaves the eu. one of our critical issues is the ability to hire the best talent from wherever they are in the world. if we don't have clarity over what that immigration system looks like there will be some uncertainty. a gritty and atmospheric slice of roleplaying as an outlaw, from the extremes of caring

for a sick horse to dealing with industrialisation spelling the end of the west at its wildest, even before its launch, this game is getting rave reviews. it seems a little piece of the american frontier will forever have its virtual roots in the uk. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. it is getting chilly. yes, it is, and it looks like this will be the coldest spell since april of this year. temperatures throughout the country will plummet and we are in for quite a biting wind as well. at the moment still some yellow colours, indicating the relatively mild air. watch what happens over the next 24—36 hours. a cold biting northerly straight out of the arctic. had this beenjanuary

we would have seen lots of snow showers, but that will not be the case. any wintry showers will be confined mostly to scottish hills. this is friday at four o'clock in the morning. still leftovers of the mild air in london. tomorrow, look at the arrows, a screaming northerly around scottish coasts and the north sea and a day of sunshine and showers. some will get more sunshine, others more frequent showers. just about into double figures in london. 0n showers. just about into double figures in london. on saturday that is when we will see the peak in the cold. these lines indicate where the air is coming from and it is coming straight out of the north from the norwegian sea. showers on eastern coasts, a lot of sunshine in central areas. the temperature will peak briefly at seven or eight, most of the day it will be about 6 degrees. it looks as if on sunday the wind

changes direction, so it is coming more from the north sea, which is warmer than the norwegian sea. perhaps the temperatures will creep up perhaps the temperatures will creep upa perhaps the temperatures will creep up a little bit. 0ut perhaps the temperatures will creep up a little bit. out of the two, saturday will feel the coldest and on sunday sunshine and slightly less cold. whichever way you look at it, you will need a thick coat. in the last few moments the retail tycoon philip green categorically denies allegations of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour after he was named in parliament as the businessman behind the court injunction against the daily telegraph. now we join the news teams where you are. ina in a reasonable and inbee park are very happy and as well they might be. there hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the retail billionaire sir philip green has been named

in parliament as the businessman behind an injunction against the daily telegraph stopping it from publishing allegations about him. sir philip has said he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour". police in the united states are investigating more suspicious packages, this time sent to the former vice presidentjoe biden and the actor robert de niro. debenhams becomes the latest retailer to announce the closure of some of its high street stores, putting 4,000 jobs at risk. a university student died from the "toxic effects" of consuming excessive alcohol on an "initiation—style" bar crawl, a coroner has ruled.