you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11.00am and these are the main stories this morning: sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour", as lord hain defends naming him as the man behind a court injunction. universal credit is causing "unacceptable ha rdship" for many of the claimants it was designed to help, according to a group of mps. us police investigating pipe bombs sent to high—profile critics of president trump focus their inquiries on the state of florida. a stark warning — more than 1.2 million homes could be at risk of coastal flooding and erosion by the 2080s, according to new research. and it's been described as britain's biggest ever archaeological dig — the excavation of 40,000 bodies buried in an old cemetery in central london — to clear the way for the h52 rail line. good morning.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm annita mcveigh. sir philip green, the billionaire owner of some of the biggest brands on the high street, says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour". it comes after labour peer lord hain named him in parliament, as the businessman behind an injunction to stop the claims being published. keith doyle reports. he's the retailer whose business dealings made him rich and famous. but his attempt to stay out of the headlines through a court injunction hasn't worked. the daily telegraph was prevented by the courts from naming sir philip green, who it accuses of sexual and racial harassment against staff members. but, in the house of lords, former cabinet minister peter hain used parliamentary privilege to name him. later, lord hain

defended his actions. well, there's been some criticism on social media, but i've had overwhelming support, particularly from women. but another former cabinet minister questioned if this was an abuse of parliamentary privilege. it seems to me that if three senior judges of the appeal court had looked at all the evidence, looked at what i presume was a daily telegraph argument that this was in the public interest and decided to put an injunction on it, there has to be a very good reason for a member of the house of lords, not the commons, not an elected politician with a constituency, to breach that. the bbc cannot verify the telegraph's claims, and sir philip green has denied any wrongdoing. in a statement he said... "to the extent that it is suggested that i have been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour, i categorically and wholly deny these allegations." there have been renewed calls for the owner of top shop to be stripped of his knighthood.

sir philip green denies the allegations against him but the question is, what will his customers, who are mainly women, make of them? keith doyle, bbc news. in the last hour — the liberal democrat leader sir vince cable — has told the bbc if allegations againist sir philip are proven he should lose his knighthood. there is a lot of controversy over the original award, because of the way he dealt with this tax issues. the pension issue was quite an arrow shot, and i rather agreed with the chair of the pension select committee on the award of the honour in that case. he got away with those two issues, if the facts and established here, his position is untenable and then the initiative of lie with the prime minister to perhaps set up the committee that sets in whitehall that looks at

these things and then make a recommendation to the queen. two similar situations we have had in recent yea rs, similar situations we have had in recent years, neither had committed a criminal offence and neither appeared in court, but their conduct was such that it was not compatible with what i would like to think our those extended to this honour. let's discuss this further with professor richard moorhead, who is chair of law and professional ethics at university college london — he joins us from cardiff. good morning to you and thank you for your time today. going back to when the courts made the original decision to grant sir philip green an interim injunction, will they have taken into consideration the public interest in the case? they said they took into account the public interest but a narrow account of the narrow interest. i think we need to look more broadly. do you

think that what sir peter hain did was premature with revealing the identity of philip green?” was premature with revealing the identity of philip green? i do. it was an early court hearing and the case had some way to run. the better course would have been to wait and ta ke course would have been to wait and take his decision further down the track. he has been persuaded by what many people have been talking about today, an imbalance between these nondisclosure agreements. where are circumstances where individuals are organisations are neither side of an nda, there is a great power imbalance between them. he is right, there is often a significant power imbalance, women are told to take these ndas leaves and told to leave these ndas leaves and told to leave the business. that is a problem he has meant tackling, but he could have waited a little longer before making the disclosure. it was not

necessary to do that now. do you think there is a case then for re—examining the use of ndas, or the way they are used? i do. i support calls to take a much more careful thought about look about whether these agreement should be allowed to operate, if they are allowed to operate, if they are allowed to operate, how they are allowed to operate. at the moment the only treated as routine. sir philip green denies the allegations, but talking more broadly, is there a concern that these ndas can be used by someone that these ndas can be used by someone with a lot of money to effectively keep allegations silent? i think philip green denies unlawful conduct but not all the allegations. there is really a concern that organisations and powerful... this is particular people but organisations who sometimes abuse

the secret agreements to cover up their behaviour and to continue in their behaviour and to continue in the workplace when they should be asked to leave. i think the exact quote from sir philip green as he denies categorically and all the allegations of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. would you argue that even if a court is not wrong to say the disclosing confidential information about an enquiry is subject to a public interest case, they should take a more balanced look at the public interest in nondisclosure agreements in general? yes, they need to think long and ha rd yes, they need to think long and hard about whether it is a good idea in the buying and selling of secrets. it encourages companies not to investigate these cases and cover them up. and it also encourages people to make false complaints, i think they are all big problems and should be weighed in the balance when thinking about public interest. the other side of the argument is

that a court is in a much better place when a nondisclosure agreement should be granted, compared to the argument for using parliamentary privilege. i think that is right. the court also acknowledged they needed to hear even more, there are needed to hear even more, there are needed to hear even more, there are needed to be a full evening. that full hearing will now take place because of the events of this week. that is a shame. the judges would have a chance to do the right thing and that has now been removed. the judicial authorities would not want to see the use of parliamentary privilege being used in this way on a regular basis. the cute re—examining these ndas. a regular basis. the cute re—examining these ndaslj a regular basis. the cute re-examining these ndas. i think they will be concerned if mps regularly start to breach court orders and parliament, i think that would be a problem. thank you. my

pleasure. and we want to know what you think about this story — you can tweet us using the hashtag bbc newsroomlive or text us at 61124. universal credit is causing "unacceptable ha rdship" for many of the claimants it was designed to help, according to a group of mps. the public accounts committee criticised the department for work and pensions for turning a "deaf ear" to the concerns raised about the benefit. the government said earlier this month that it would delay the rollout of the scheme — which merges six payments into one. let's talk to the chair of the public accounts committee, meg hillier. thank you very much taking the time to talk to us this morning. do you think an all circumstances, as criticisms have been made, that the government has displayed these deaf ears or has it introduced changes and amendments to the credit? there

is no doubt it has introduced changes. my committee has spent looking at there since its inception and had to be start the programme, it chose to restart the programme in 2013 as a result of those criticisms. it is still not really wanting to listen to the reality of what is happening to people on the ground. 60% of claimants get an interim payment which is a sure sign it was designed badly in the first place, that is an admission that 60% of people need the money before the five—week time and many people are being paid within those five weeks. there are systemic problems in the system. what evidence have you heard, maybe you can give us some idea in the circumstances people have found themselves, difficulties people have found themselves in what you see is the floors of the design of how this credit is ruled out. there —— this is going to people who

are not working on low incomes. if you have got five weeks to wait for your payment and you do not have any food and you have to pay your rent, these can cause real issues. people are having to borrow money. the government has introduced interim payments but these are in some cases, you have to pay these back in the next few months. just as you get your money, you have to take off a chunk every month for a year or so to pay that back. you are taking it out of an already small amount. so there are a real systemic problems about putting people who are already at the edge into debt as a result, asa at the edge into debt as a result, as a direct result of the universal credit system. it is dead right from the outset, debt that has to be taken out of future payments. the outset, debt that has to be taken out of future paymentsm will be little comfort for people. heidi allen has also been

highlighting her frustration with getting onto the system in the first place, allowing lengthening application form with little support. although citizens advice have now been contracted to support people through this process. that is something that needs to be addressed urgently. absolutely. the assumption that government has everybody can go digital. if you are an universal credit, you might not be to go online. you get your library hour if you're lucky if you have your library. there are lots variables there. we had compelling evidence that support is helped to manage their debt once you have got the debt which is too late. local councils have told the dwp about these problems but they have had these problems but they have had these deaf ears are not listen. they have criticised by mps as political criticism rather than genuine concern on making the system work. they have got to unblock the years,

slow the roll—out and adopt all of theseissues slow the roll—out and adopt all of these issues and reshape it, make sure it is delivering what it is supposed to do. would you agree that in its fundamental intentions that universal credit is a step in the right direction and that in any case we are too far along with this process to turn this juggernaut around and think of something else. ue used the word juggernaut adviser bley. it a huge project. that hampered it from day one. it would cost a lot of money noted unpick it. the labour party palsy, although i am speaking as chair of the public accou nts am speaking as chair of the public accounts committee would be to posit, look at it closely. that is also what government will do, make sure they can change the system so it will work. if the slowdown in the real out, it is going to millions of people, it will work. —— roll—out. you are right, unpick it, go back to

this expense is that those are already claiming would be a huge project itself. it is not working and causing real hardship. the government doesn't seem to understand the reality of people's lives and you cannot live on fresh air. we are talking about forms, filling out those forms. do claimants feel, and this goes back to the deaf ears,, there is a lack of sympathy in the system?” to the deaf ears,, there is a lack of sympathy in the system? i have met some of my front line workers in my localjob centre, met some of my front line workers in my local job centre, they met some of my front line workers in my localjob centre, they are very sympathetic and supportive clients, but they are working in a system that does not have the understanding of people's lives. if you have no money 01’ of people's lives. if you have no money or no food, what do you do for five weeks? you go to the food bank or borrow money. if you borrow money outside and not the dwp, that can add up, that is where interest can add up, that is where interest can add up. what choice do people have? there could be other debtors well

and the government's own figures show 14% of claimants far have had financial problems up to nine months into claiming the benefits. 0nce financial problems up to nine months into claiming the benefits. once you have got the money, you still have problems for a very long time. putting people into a system that two people into problems is very counterintuitive. meg hillier, thank you very much. google has sacked 48 people, including 13 senior managers, over sexual harassment claims since 2016. the news comes after the new york times reported that company executive, andy rubin, received $90 million when he left four years ago. google found claims of sexual harassment against him were "credible", allegations he denies. scientists say they've created a new antibiotic which could help in the fight against drug—resista nt bacteria. it's said to "trick" its way into the bacteria and then kill it from the inside. initial clinical trials have been described as "promising". earlier this week, health officials warned of a rise in some drug—resista nt infections.

president erdogan of turkey says that the saudi head prosecutor will be in istanbul to meet with his turkish counterpart on sunday to discuss the investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. speaking this morning the turkish leader again called on saudi arabia to disclose the location of mr khashoggi's body and said turkey had more information about the case than it has shared so far. as part of its investigation, saudi arabia has sacked two key advisers to the crown prince, and arrested 18 people. us police investigating pipe bombs sent to high—profile critics of president trump are focusing their inquiries on the state of florida. an explosives team is reported to be examining a postal distribution centre near miami. another two suspicious packages were identified yesterday, bringing the total so far this week to 10. the actor, robert de niro, and the former vice president, joe biden, were the latest to be targeted. jatinder dhillon reports.

federal agents, along with a bomb squad and sniffer dogs, searching a postal depot near miami in a race to find who has sent the ten pipe bombs. their investigation so far points to the southern state as the possible origin of the packages which were intercepted before reaching their intended targets. all had gone through the us postal service at some point. as americans are urged to remain vigilant, over in new york, the time warner centre, which has the cnn manhattan headquarters, was partially evacuated on thursday evening as police investigated suspicious packages left unattended there. this comes a day after a bomb was posted to cnn, addressed to the former cia directorjohn brennan. new york's mayor says such incidents have to be taken with utmost seriousness. it is absolutely terrorism because it is an effort to use violence to make a political impact

that is the definition of terrorism. the people in new york city are as tough as it gets. this city has been through terror attacks before. the people of the city understand the whole game plan of terrorists of terrorists is to intindate us. and a campaign rally on thursday, president tramp said acts of political violence were an attack on democracy. with some of the strongest remarks were aimed atjournalists. as part of a larger national effort to bridge divides and bring people together, the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tongue and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and often times false attacks and stories. have to do it. the president accepted no personal blame for his part in the coarsening of american public life. that got a response from one

of the intended targets of the crude bomb devices. former vice presidentjoe biden defended the media saying they were not the enemy of the people. we're americans before we are democrats or republicans or independents. ladies and gentlemen,... the press is not the enemy of the people. because another device has exploded, the fbi has a mound of forensic evidence to help track down who is responsible with some prominent conservatives claim this is all the liberal hoax, timed to coincide with the crucial congressional elections. the headlines on bbc news... sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour." lord hain has defended naming him as the man behind a court injunction. mps have accusing

the department responsible for univeral credit, of having a "fortress mentality" about the hardships it's causing. police in the united states have searched a postal sorting office near miami as they try to identify who sent ten suspected pipe bombs to prominent critics of president trump. and in sport... england's ben stokes is hoping people will remember him for the performances from here on out — having been cleared of affray back in august. ahead of the one—off t20 with sri lanka tomorrow, the all—rounder says he wants to focus on the future. kiki bertens is into the final four of the wta world tour finals in singapore. the dutch player only qualified because of injuries to others and came through her group against us open champion naomi 0saka who eventually retired with injury herself. and england'sjustin rose alongside countryman tommy fleetwood is making chase at the wgc event in shanghai.. they're both 3 shots behind the american tony finau, who's 11 under par at the halfway stage. i'll be back with more

on those stories. the prime minister has promised an end to austerity, but can the chancellor, philip hammond, make good on her words in next week's budget? the bbc‘s economics editor kamal ahmed, business editor simonjack, and political editor laura kuenssberg explain why he can't simply turn on the spending taps. there is a big challenge for the chancellor on budget day. the prime minister has announced the end of austerity and philip hammond still wa nts to austerity and philip hammond still wants to control public spending. how he will —— how will he square that circle? will there be more cuts ahead? with brexit round the corner, businesses are edgy. investment in new mission nearly and training has

been weak. look out for some measures which allow companies to invest their money tax—free into those areas. like or not, there isn't very much money going spare. there are real pressures, big demands for more money for universal credit, that well —— controversial well fair reform that may need to be found. this is not going to be a budget where the government makes any kind of political history or suddenly turning on the spending taps. there will be budget coverage here on the bbc news channel on monday and especially from cbm in the afternoon. —— 3pm. people living near the coast in england are being warned sea levels could rise by at least a metre by the end of the century. the committee on climate change says 1.2 million homes could be at risk of coastal flooding and erosion by the 2080s. roger harrabin has the details. in the eye of the storm — dawlish in devon in 2014, battered by the waves, train tracks destroyed.

today's report says more of this will happen as sea levels are pushed higher by man—made climate change. here is another problem that the committee warns will get worse. these homes at hemsby in norfolk slipped into the sea as ways ate away the cliff below. the report says maybe 100,000 properties are at risk like this. the committee says the authorities have to get real with people about which homes are likely to be saved and which will be too expensive to protect. the current approach to protecting the english coastline is just not fit for purpose. and we really do need to wake up to the very significant challenges that we have ahead. sea level is rising and that's going to mean that we get considerably worse coastal erosion and indeed coastal flooding. power plants, ports, gas terminals and other infrastructure are also at risk, the report says. it says the government needs to focus on protecting these assets,

as well as protecting other people's homes. and to take seriously the inevitability of sea—level rise. the government says more sea defences are being built. a spokesman said people would be protected from climate change. a 45—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a copy of the magna carta from salisbury cathedral. wiltshire police say that shortly before 5pm yesterday alarms were activated at the cathedral after an attempt was made to smash the glass box surrounding the historic document. the magna carta has not been damaged and nobody was injured in the incident. a man matching the description given by witnesses was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft, possession of an offensive weapon and criminal damage the duke and duchess of sussex wore traditional tongan clothing and were seranaded with a song about mosquitos

as part of their visit to tonga earlier today. prince harry and meghan arrived at the south pacific nation yesterday, the third country they've visited on their royal tour. earlier they attended the dedication of a forest reserve to the queen's commonwealth canopy — a project designed to create a network of forest conservation initiatives. the couple returned to australia in the evening — but their plane was forced to abort a landing at sydney airport as another aircraft on the runway failed to get out of the way. these pictures filmed by a bbc producer on the same flight show the plane pulling up on its approach. the plane safely landed shortly afterwards. the royal couple will next visit new zealand as part of their 16—day tour. meanwhile the duchess of sussex's wedding gown and veil have gone on display at windsor castle. visitors will be able to see meghan's givenchy silk dress close up, as well as the five metre long veil embroidered with the flora of the 53 commonwealth countries.

a version of the frock coat uniform worn by prince harry is also on display. let's get more now on the invstigation in the us into pipe bombs sent to high—profile critics of president trump. police have been examining a postal distribution centre near miami. laura podesta from cbs news is in new york. hello to you. let's head downsize from where you are to florida and that investigation in miami. sources told us that the postal facility outside miami, is where some of the suspected package bomb sent to critics of president trump were processed. the fbi is combing through that facility, we know that all of the packages had a return address of florida congresswoman

debbie wassermann shilts. yesterday the focus was on new york, a package sent to a restaurant owned by robert de niro. what else can you tell us about that and what is happening in the city. it was sent to his production company and roasted grant —— restaurant. 0fficials production company and roasted grant —— restaurant. officials of the new york city police would not discuss possible motives are details of how the package found its way into the new year postal system and they did not say why it would not detonate. they were saying that they were treating the device as a live device are not a hoax. president trump has again been tweeting, criticising the media in all of those, with cnn, being one of the recipients of one

of these devices. he tweeted very early this morning, around three in the morning and new york times saying that funny how lowly rated cnn in can criticise me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of bombs. but when i criticise them, the go wild and scream it is not presidential. it is sort of operas i —— surprising to eat, he did seem to be toning down his rhetoric at a campaign rally in wisconsin, he did point to a few fingers at the rally at the media. nothing like what we saw at this rally today. he seems to be moving backwards in this investigation tried to find this person targeting all of these democrats. laura, thank you for bringing as up—to—date with that. now it's time for a look at the weather. simon king has got all the details.

all change this weekend ? simon king has got all the details. all change this weekend? the cold airfrom the arctic all change this weekend? the cold air from the arctic moving in across the united kingdom. it is with us, feeling much colder out there will start we have a mixture of sunshine and some showers. as we can see here in anglesey. showers were feeding and in that northerly wind and northern and eastern areas of scotland, following a snow in the highest ground here. showers for northern ireland into wales, parts of north—west england. showers moving their way south in these words as well. plenty of dry and sunny weather out there. temperatures are the big story, 11 degrees. tonight that northwind will continue to feed insurers particularly for a northern england, south—west england and the eastern coast. a widespread frost, perhaps highs and northern areas, still snow in the higher ground of scotland as well. to many a crisp started the

day on saturday with some sunny spells. sunny spells and a few showers to come on sunday as well. but temperatures around 7—11d. in that strong northerly wind it will feel colder than temperatures suggest. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour, as lord hain defends naming him as the man behind a court injunction. universal credit is causing unacceptable hardship for many of the claimants it was designed to help, according to a group of mps. but the government insists it is listening to critics of its flagship welfare reform. us police investigating pipe bombs sent to high—profile critics of president trump focus their inquiries the state

of florida as a bomb squad examines a mail distribution centre near miami. there's a warning that more than one—point—two million homes could be at risk of coastal flooding and erosion by the 2080s, according to new research. sport now. good morning. england cricketer, ben stokes has spoken to the bbc for the first time since he was cleared of an affray charge, in august. he missed last winter's ashes series in australia, while he awaited trial. stokes is with the england side in sri lanka and says that despite the disciplinary hearing, he still faces, he feels able to concentrate on his cricket. joe lynskey has more. then stokes' career had spent 11 months on hold. this is the minute he could focus on cricket again. that back ben stokes' career. he was found guilty —— not guilty of affray

and then he was backing england team. after a summer series with india, they had to sri lanka and thatis india, they had to sri lanka and that is where stokes spoke to the bbc for the first time since. i mean, look, it's all about looking forward now. we've got a huge summer coming up next year with the ashes and the world cup so everything's, you know, fully focused on that. looking at things that went on is not the way that i like to think about things, it's all about looking to the future. stokes as part of a fight in a bristol nightclub. that meant he was forced to miss the winter ashes series in australia. without him, england lost four of the five tests. can you appreciate people's interest in what happened, and the fact you weren't playing for england when people would have loved to have seen you playing for england? yeah, that's the best thing, you know, about going forward is, you know, everything that you do from here onwards is, you know, what people will hopefully remember, and it's what i'm trying to do. england are among the favourites for

the world cup on home soil but sto kes' the world cup on home soil but stokes' hopes of playing rest on england's own disciplinary hearing. the panel meets in december, four months after the play was cleared. for now, stokes is embracing the crease and having to move forward. eighth seed kiki bertens has reached the semi—finals at the wta finals in singapore after naomi 0saka was forced to retire with injury. 0saka was down 6—3 in the first set when she took a medical timeout for a leg injury, and ended the match before the second set was under way. bertens only qualified because of injuries to others. the dutch player will play either elina svitolina or karolina pliskova in sunday's semi—final. and in golf, england'sjustin rose is making chase at the wgc event in shanghai alongside tommy fleetwood. they're both 3 shots behind the american tony finau at the top of the leaderboard, who's 11 under par at the halfway stage. rose went round in five under par,

meaning he did not drop a shot in his eight under overall. fleetwood is level with him and they both trail american tony finau. "yesterday is history" says tyson fury as he continues his preparation for the world heavyweight showdown with wbc champion deontay wilder in las vegas on december 1. fury‘s camp is in big bear, in california, where former champion lennox lewis used to train. and without mentioning domestic rival and multi—belt champion anthonyjoshua, he emphasised that he still considers himself as the man to beat. you look forward to an exciting heavyweight corn test between two on champions. —— contest. it does not contain bigger than this. this is the best of the best of boxing. i do

not have any concerns about fighting with the guy, but he is an impressive one share. 39 k0s and unbeaten. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. an update on any philip green situation after he was named as the man behind after he was named as the man behind a court ocean, the said he categorically unholy denies allegations of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. —— behind a court injunction. he has been asked —— it has been asked that he restricted his knighthood. but the committee will be independent of government. the spokeswoman said they are co nsta ntly the spokeswoman said they are constantly reviewing evidence in relation to matters like this and she added that the prime minister had the clear on the wider issue that bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace is against the law

and that kind of behaviour cannot be tolerated. philip green saying they categorically and wholly denies allegations of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. it's been described as britain's biggest ever archaeological dig — the excavation of 40,000 bodies buried in an old cemetery in central london. it's to clear the way for the new hs2 rail line, which will link the capital to birmingham. 0ur correspondent, david sillito has more. this is used and in london and insane this giant tent, a small army of archaeologists are at work because this is a site with a history. beneath the trees and grass are bodies. thousands of them. this is where london's high—speed railway station is about to be built but

this site, and old city park used to be. around 150 years ago, it was a 70 and all the bodies are going to have to be moved. how many people are buried here? around 60,000 people entered the cemetery. lies some have been removed but there is still a huge number of people buried here. we are looking at around 40,000 individuals. you are excavating 40,000 40,000 individuals. you are excavating 40 , 000 plots? 40,000 individuals. you are excavating 40,000 plots? yes. and a huge tented site is only the beginning. where i'm standing in the moment is going to be one of the platforms and is going to run 500 metres along there. that is what gets you about this site. the sheer size of it. 11,000 square metres. what will happen to all the bodies? matthew flinders, the first man to sell around australia, is buried

here. so is bill richmond, one of britain's made celebrated boxes. they will be taken for archaeological analysis, they will be stored in a more gift and that is with the agreement of the church. —— they will be stored in a morgue.“ eve ryo ne they will be stored in a morgue.“ everyone will be reburied in consecrated ground and it is just the beginning. this is a location in your state mandala, the site of a lost church. saxon and roman sites crisscross the old route. overall, on the alignment, there are over 1000 archaeologists excavating and over 60 sites. added in archaeology terms? it is the biggest one ever undertaken in the uk. probably in europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history at this one has rather more ghosts than normal. with me now is mike of the

archaeology project. have you with us. archaeology project. have you with us. when they seek about this being the largest archaeological project uk, recently about this particular date that we saw in david's report or the hs2 project in its totality? though. hs2 is the biggest archaeological dig in uk and i think europe as well. we have 1000 archaeologists working on 60 sites and sites from all archaeological periods so it is an amazing opportunity for us to learn about the past and share those stories with the communities up and down the country. as the burial ground, it is the biggest of its kind being excavated but we are the biggest in both respects. you have finders going back as —— you have found things as many as 1000 years ago.

yelling yes, this particular one is actually georgian and of having doreen mons as well. we have a lot of research to try and understand what is happening below the ground before reading any holes and we have checked below ground to see what kind of preservation heads, how deep the archaeology is all too planning a excavation that is now starting on the site. that is the scale that was about the sensitivities of excavating human remains an consecrated ground ? excavating human remains an consecrated ground? of course, dealing with human remains is always a very sensitive issue but human remains excavations from burial grounds of this period are quite common in london and the work with our stakeholders, the church of england, and with historic england to make sure all our work done with dignity, care and respect. well will be remains eventually be moved to? 40,000 sets is our lot. it is a lot of people. this is an ancient burial ground to try to find a suitable location to rebury them all in

consecrated ground. unlike other sites, where you might find tools and staff, the prehistoric find that i mentioned roman relics, do you think there is as much of an archaeological value in excavating human remains in a graveyard like this? shawl. we get huge value from excavating human remains because it really teaches us out how people live their lives and they get a real connection with people. prehistoric sites currently interesting but when you find a person, you can sometimes identify them through documentary research and understand who they were, whatjobs research and understand who they were, what jobs they research and understand who they were, whatjobs they had, all these kind of thing that create a real connection and we found that local communities are really interested in these stories of people's lies. you are an archaeologist, not a politician but here is a political question. is there a attention for you and other archaeologists given that the reason you're excavating these remains in this instance is

for the hs2 project? this ground will be covered by rail platforms eventually. like you said, i am an archaeologist. we are aware of the sensitivities of building the railway and your looking to mitigate them but being an archaeologist is great on this project because it has had such an overwhelming and positive response to the project you're doing so it is great to build connections with communities up and down the country at header construction starting at year. clearly people are unhappy that this is happening so that must be more challenging than some archaeological dig that you are on. exactly. this isa dig that you are on. exactly. this is a good challenge, though, because it is nice to try and bring people on board through stories we learn through archaeology and that is part of the reason i became an archaeologist. looking at this site and the other one jab excavated along the length of your line, will you bring some of the key finds together with maxwell though the

black —— will you bring the things you find together and will there be a display? absolutely because it is not just about finding things but telling people about the things they find so we'll have exhibitions, open days and lectures, all these kind of things to make sure he will know what is happening in their local areas. thank you. a brief look at some of the day's other stories... children found to have severe tooth decay should be referred to local safeguarding teams because it could be a sign of wider neglect, according to dental experts. researchers london's king's college hospital say around 40 percent of children who needed oral surgery over a two year period were already known to social services. 26,000 children between the ages of five and nine were admitted to hospital because of dental problems last year. the number of commuters fainting on the london underground is at alarming levels, according to the rmt union. more than 800 people have collapsed during the morning rush hour over the past two years. passengers have complained of overheating and overcrowding but transport for london says it's constantly trying to keep temperatures down. a so—called ‘millennial‘

railcard is being launched in england, giving 26 to 30 year olds discounts on train fares. the repeatedly delayed programme was promised by the chancellor, philip hammond, in last year's budget but there had been speculation the scheme would be scrapped. it was originally trialled in march, with 10,000 cards selling out within hours. the railcard will go on sale before the end of the year and will be available via a mobile app rather than as a physical card. a new scheme aimed at supporting young people leaving the care system says it will help create 10,000 work opportunities over the next decade. the announcement comes after it was revealed almost half of 19 to 21 year olds, who have been in care, are not in education or employment. more than 50 businesses, charities and government departments have signed up to help. ashley john—ba ptiste reports. the university of winchester.

it's here that the education secretary's come to meet students who have been in care and talk about a new programme aimed to help them succeed. so the care leavers covenant is about bringing people together, bringing firms together, universities — like today — government, local government, everybody. i'm actually a care leaver and we know that many looked—after children face obstacles. why are you only doing this now? you're quite right, ashley. i think it's an important landmark moment of talking about helping those young people getting into the world of work, bringing people together — firms, universities, local councils — everybody, to say, what more can we do? currently, 40% of young care leavers are not in education or training. that's compared to 13% for this age group overall. these care leavers have broken the mould to make it to university, and they welcome the new plans. er...it sounds great on paper. once i see it actually taking action, i think that's when i'll believe it.

i think, as care leavers, we're used to being disappointed, we're used to being let down a lot of the time, we're used to being promised things and not being given them. luckily, when i went into care, i had my social workers and my foster mum encouraging education, getting me to think about going to university. without that, i'd never have gone to uni. it's still rare for people who have been in care to make it to university or into high—earning jobs. it's this initiative that aims to break down those barriers to help more care leavers make it into higher education and into thejob market. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news. in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. lord hain has defended naming him as the man behind a court injunction. mps have accusing the

department responsible for univeral credit, of having a "fortress mentality" about the hardships it's causing. police in the united states have searched a postal sorting office near miami as they try to identify who sent ten suspected pipe bombs to prominent critics of president trump. this is the business news. royal bank of scotland has said it's setting aside £100 million to deal with "the more uncertain economic outlook". rbs is among the first big banks to make such a provision in the run—up to the uk's exit from the eu. profits before tax rose 10% year on year, to £961m. the owner of tsb, the spanish bank sabadell reported higher than expected profits, despite incurring charges from tsb‘s it meltdown earlier this year. the bank commissioned its own inquiry and, injune, the financial conduct authority launched a formal investigation into the meltdown.

and a mixed bag of results for the world's biggest technology companies — with most of them seeing their shares slide regardless of positive numbers. alphabet, the owners of google, saw its share price fall by as much as 8%. amazon shares declined by more than 5% despite reporting a rise. good morning — welcome to the business news today. lots to get through. first off rbs — the royal bank of scotland reported its quarterly financial results today. an increase in profit before tax compared to a year ago. it also said it was setting aside £100 million as a provision due to what it called the uncertain economic outlook. let's hear more from frances coppola, independent banking expert. these are good results, positive, a rise in pre—tax profits but this morning, this setting aside of a

certain amount of money because a brexit has made the marketjittery. it has. look like good results but, with the provision and one onto other things they did, like setting aside another set of money for ppi and is well in ireland for legacy debts, adding those in it not the problem is down a bit and they come in below what people are expecting and that has upset the markets but this is brexit reality starting to bite because for the first time you have a major bank self insuring against the possibility of an economic downturn after brexit and people being unable to pay their debts and this is quite worrying. it isa debts and this is quite worrying. it is a type of self—insurance, you can regard a viking insurance policy and there are saying they will subsidise money to cover us there are saying they will subsidise money to cover us in the event of

consumers having a bad time after brexit and being unable to afford to pay their mortgages and consumer debts. it is interesting because the results are quite positive. berkeley the other day, metro bank all bringing in positive numbers despite the uncertainties had so far. —— ba rclays the uncertainties had so far. —— barclays and the uncertainties had so far. —— ba rclays and meadowbank. the uncertainties had so far. —— barclays and meadowbank. the british consumers do not seem barclays and meadowbank. the british consumers do not seem that bothers thatis consumers do not seem that bothers that is why they are turning in good results. people are just getting on with their lives, taking out mortgages, boring, putting money in the bank and we are seeing some strong clonic results at the moment, wages growth and things like that, and it all helps but what rbs is saying is nevertheless other we have got this event in a few months where we do not know what it'll look like because they have not got an agreement and the risk that it will be quite a hard brexit is rising so

they are, as i said, taking a bit of ensuring people —— insurance policy against that. there were some questions about whether they would raise dividends. we will looking at them paying one for a while last time round. they have not marked given that their bottom line is looking quite healthy, it is not out of the question in the next year or so. of the question in the next year or so. now, i thought if of the question in the next year or so. now, ithought if things of the question in the next year or so. now, i thought if things were to continue as they were, they would rate the dividend but it would have been a bit odd to announce an increase now at the same time staking out a provision against economic uncertainty in the next five months. thank you forjoining us. five months. thank you forjoining us. and to other business stories... if you're fortunate enough to be aged between 16 and 30, you can sign up aged between 16 and 30, you can sign up to aged between 16 and 30, you can sign uptoa aged between 16 and 30, you can sign up to a new railcard. the new 26—30 railcard will go on sale before the end of the year — and this time it will be available to all four million eligible passengers, the rail industry has announced.

during a trial in the spring, only 20,000 people were allowed to buy one. it has now extended to the 4 million people fitting the age bracket. altria, the tobacco firm which owns marlboro, will stop selling several of its e—cigarette products.the decision follows concerns that "vaping" is becoming increasingly popular with children. the us food and drug administration has launched a campaign against firms marketing e—cigarettes in a way that appeals to under—age users. a look at the european markets mid morning does not reveal a pretty picture. the losses have deepened. more from america. share prices not responding well as amazon shares have felt this by making record profits in the third quarter and thatis profits in the third quarter and that is because of a disappointing sales forecast for the christmas season and shares going down after

trading hours. 5%. significant not and they were not alone. a look at the european markets mid morning does not reveal a pretty picture. all in negative territory. the losses have deepened. london and frankfurt are down 1.5% and paris almost 2%. the ftse is at 6,899.9. more on that later. thank you. a climber known as the french spiderman has been arrested after scaling one of london's tallest buildings. police cordoned off roads in the city's financial district, as 56 year old alain robert completed what's called a "free climb" of the salesforce tower — also known as the heron tower. lebo diseko has the story. it's not hard to see why they call in spider—man. alain robert setting out on his climb of one of london was michael was buildings. he used no safety gear and no rope, just a bit of chalk and some white gloves

as he scaled the 202 metre tower. traffic to be diverted and workers stepped out of their offices to watch the spectacle in the city of london. crazy. i work in watch the spectacle in the city of london. crazy. iwork in that buildings and we were looking out the window seeing what the police we re the window seeing what the police were doing and who are confused so i ran out and saw the guy climbing up. crazy but i'm all for that. we were just seeing people standing and looking up, did not know what was happening, someone said a man is climbing up with no support sol happening, someone said a man is climbing up with no support so i saw that it was really crazy to see something like that. he is brave and more crazy, i think. the rock climber turned his attention to skyscrapers in the mid—1990s and thought he done around 160 of these kinds including the will wasn't until this building injuly. the bird khalifa. as —— the world's tallest building,

the burj khalifa in dubia. it took 90 minutes for him to climb this building but police said that he took their attention away from real emergencies. as well as causing a destruction around the current time. the message from them is clear, do not try this yourself. in a moment the weather, but first let's look at some of the most striking images of the day. two iconic british vessels — the queen mary 2 and hms queen elizabeth have had a rare meeting in new york harbour. the ships sailed next to the statue of liberty during what is hms queen elizabeth's first visit to the us. in australia, two male penguins who paired up as a ‘same—sex' couple have hatched their first foster chick. sven and magic are said to be ‘doting' on their offspring at sea life sydney. baby svengic, as it's being called, will live in the pebble nest its dads built.

now it's time for a look at the weather. good weather for penguins because you have an arctic weather freeze across the united kingdom at the moment. speaking about it all week but it is here, there is a change in the weather we have happened you can see by this graphic that the end mass, justice and blue, is taking over the uk, tracking the way back to the north pole. giving a sunshine at the moment, though, this is the scene in gosport in hampshire. also some showers and those showers turning wintry. some snow over the high ground in the highlands. that will continue with sunny spells and showers for the rest of this afternoon, continuing to get snow over the higher ground in scotland. charity thing in across north wales, down through south—west england as well. a view showers around eastern coast but plenty of dry, sunny

weather but the dividend making the big difference today, 8—11dc. tonight, that northerly wind will continue to feed in showers. there could be some guys, still some snow across the higher ground of scotland. a widespread frost developing through the early hours of sunday morning with averages down to freezing. —— saturday morning. many of us, a crisp, sunny start on saturday with showers drifting across england, getting all the lady midlands, giving some cloud for a time and sunny spells in the north area time and sunny spells in the north are a view snow showers in scotland as well. damages will be lower tomorrow. neither monitor, 6—9dc but thatis tomorrow. neither monitor, 6—9dc but that is only half the story because the north, strong winds means it is much colder than the attempt to suggest to any website may feel like only one celsius in aberdeen, it'll be six celsius across the south. 0 nto be six celsius across the south. 0nto sunday... a north—easterly wind

develops. still coming from the north, not killing cold, but changing leadership usually showers. mainly across the north—eastern part of england, dad will be south—east of england, dad will be south—east of england, dad will be south—east of england during sunday. for most other, particularly in the west, it will be a dry day before the sunshine throughout sunday afternoon and again feeling pretty cold with maximum temperature is looking like 7-11dc. of maximum temperature is looking like 7—11dc. of course the clocks go back on sunday morning from 2am to 1am so if you have not got kids, that is an extra hour in bed but it'll make a big difference on sunday because sunset is between 430 — 5pm. it is getting darker in the afternoon so a real change in the way things feel for the weekend. goodbye. you're watching bbc newsroom live — these are today's main stories:

sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour", as lord hain defends naming him as the man behind a court injunction. universal credit is causing "unacceptable ha rdship" for many of the claimants it was designed to help, according to a group of mps. us police investigating pipe bombs sent to high—profile critics of president trump focus their inquiries on the state of florida. a stark warning — more than 1.2 million homes could be at risk of coastal flooding and erosion by the 2080s, according to new research. and it's been described as britain's biggest ever archaeological dig — the excavation of 40,000 bodies buried in an old cemetery in central london — to clear the way for the hs2 rail line. good morning.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm annita mcveigh. sir philip green, the billionaire owner of some of the biggest brands on the high street, says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour". it comes after labour peer lord hain named him in parliament, as the businessman behind an injunction to stop the claims being published. the allegations have renewed calls for the honours committee to look at whether sir philip should be stripped of his knighthood. a downing street spokeswoman said this morning that the committee was independent and and was "constantly reviewing evidence in relation to matters like this". this report from keith doyle. he's the retailer whose business dealings made him rich and famous. but his attempt to stay out of the headlines through a court injunction hasn't worked. the daily telegraph was prevented by the courts from naming sir philip green, who it accuses of sexual and racial harassment

against staff members. but, in the house of lords, former cabinet minister peter hain used parliamentary privilege to name him. later, lord hain defended his actions. well, there's been some criticism on social media, but i've had overwhelming support, particularly from women. but another former cabinet minister questioned if this was an abuse of parliamentary privilege. it seems to me that if three senior judges of the appeal court had looked at all the evidence, looked at what i presume was a daily telegraph argument that this was in the public interest and decided to put an injunction on it, there has to be a very good reason for a member of the house of lords, not the commons, not an elected politician with a constituency, to breach that. the bbc cannot verify the telegraph's claims, and sir philip green has denied any wrongdoing. in a statement he said... "to the extent that it is suggested that i have been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour,

i categorically and wholly deny these allegations." there have been renewed calls for the owner of top shop to be stripped of his knighthood. sir philip green denies the allegations against him but the question is, what will his customers, who are mainly women, make of them? keith doyle, bbc news. to discuss this further i'm joined by legal commentator, joshua rozenberg. good to see you as always. let's try and go back to the beginning of this and go back to the beginning of this and the subject of injunction is an nondisclosure agreements. explain exactly why they are used and how they are used. the norman disclosure agreements were deals done by staff working of the businessmen now identified as sir philip green. the deal was that they got money and they presumably left their jobs, although that is not known, but the

main point is they were confidential arrangements, they were not allowed to say how much money they got nobody knows who they are and nobody has identified them. that is a fairly normal thing. then somebody told the telegraph, the telegraph asked for a comment and the first thing sir philip green did was good to lawyers and get an injunction. the injunction is only a temporary injunction. the idea of that was to hold the ring, to keep things under wraps until the court of appeal or the high court to begin with, would decide whether the public interest in identifying the individual who had taken out the injunction who the telegraph wanted to write about, outweighed the public interest in keeping confidential agreements confidential. how much do you think the court will have considered public interest when it was considering whether or not to grant this initial interim injunction.

considering whether or not to grant this initial interim injunctionm will have considered the public interest but it thought it needed to have the argument discussed in full. it is done quite quickly, there is not evidence exchanged on both sides, and hold things as they are. 0nce sides, and hold things as they are. once the name is out, as it is now, there is no point in having a hearing to decide whether public interest lies. that has been decided. the high court decided that an injunction should not be granted, the court of appeal said it should, but in both cases the thing was carried on because once you let the cat out of the bag, the whole thing is over. what you think lord hain's intervention was, do you think he was right to do so? he said he acted quickly in the public interest but of course that the something that was going to be decided by the court. and it can no longer be decided by the courts because the cat is out of the bag. if you look at what the lord chief justice

cat is out of the bag. if you look at what the lord chiefjustice of england and wales said in a speech last month, he was very concerned about members of parliament using or abusing parliamentary privilege. he said that if we start to seek a culture of noncompliance with court order we may see covered temper the judiciary and that does notjust harm thejudiciary, it judiciary and that does notjust harm the judiciary, it undermines public confidence and it is incompatible with the rule of law. so you are talking essentially about on the one side the consequences for the rule of law, on the other side, you have someone the rule of law, on the other side, you have someone late lord hain saying it was in the public interest for this information to come to light and the whole discussion we're hearing today around often an imbalance in the power on either side of a nondisclosure agreement. there may be an imbalance of power in an nondisclosure agreement. sometimes it might suit the employee to ta ke sometimes it might suit the employee to take the money and leave quietly. that is for discussion between the

employee and the company. as for the imbalance between the courts and parliament, that is a very important constitutional area. the judges would say it is not for peter hain to decide where other —— where the public interest lies, that is the job for thejudiciary public interest lies, that is the job for the judiciary and that the concerned about this. it is a fundamental constitutional aspect but nevertheless there may be questions asked in the house of lords about whether it is right for individual backbench peers to use parliamentary privilege in this way. interested to talk to you on that story there, joshua rosenberg. universal credit is causing "unacceptable ha rdship" for many of the claimants it was designed to help, according to a group of mps. the public accounts committee criticised the department for work and pensions for turning a "deaf ear" to the concerns raised about the benefit. the government said earlier this month that it would delay the rollout of the scheme — which merges six payments into one. the public accounts committee chair

meg hillier said the rollout was causing "huge problems" for some people. if you have got five weeks to wait for your payment and you do not have any food in the covered and your housing benefit is delayed, this can cause real issues. the government introduced interim payments but those in some cases, you have to pay those in some cases, you have to pay those back over the next few months. just as you do get your money, you have to take some of the top every month for a year or so to pay that back. so you are taking it out of an already small amount. so there are real systemic problems about putting people who are already at the edge into debt as a result, a direct result of the universal credit system. speaking to the bbc this morning the work and pensions minister alok sharma defended the government's of universal credit. he said it was ultimately frailer

than the existing system. there are 700 households right now who are being underpaid £2.4 billion of money because it is such a complicated system and that is changing under universal credit, people will build to get that money and ultimately what the welfare system is there, of course it is to support people when they need the help but also to support them into work. the first time ever you have a situation where people get that one—to—one support. google has sacked 48 people, including 13 senior managers, over sexual harassment claims since 2016. the news comes after the new york times reported that company executive, andy rubin, received $90 million when he left four years ago. google found claims of sexual harassment against him were "credible", allegations he denies. scientists say they've created a new antibiotic which could help in the fight against drug—resista nt bacteria. it's said to "trick" its way into the bacteria and then kill it from the inside. initial clinical trials have been described as "promising".

earlier this week, health officials warned of a rise in some drug—resista nt infections. president erdogan of turkey says that the saudi head prosecutor will be in istanbul to meet with his turkish counterpart on sunday to discuss the investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. speaking this morning the turkish leader again called on saudi arabia to disclose the location of mr khashoggi's body and said turkey had more information about the case than it has shared so far. as part of its investigation, saudi arabia has sacked two key advisers to the crown prince, and arrested 18 people. us police investigating pipe bombs sent to high—profile critics of president trump are focusing their inquiries on the state of florida. an explosives team is reported to be examining a postal distribution centre near miami. another two suspicious packages were identified yesterday, bringing the total so far this week to 10. the actor, robert de niro, and the former vice president, joe biden, were the latest to be targeted. jatinder dhillon reports. federal agents, along with a bomb squad and sniffer dogs, searching a postal depot near miami in a race to find who's sent the ten pipe bombs. their investigation, so far, points to the southern state as the possible origin of the packages which were intercepted before reaching their intended targets. all had gone through the us postal service at some point. as americans are urged to remain vigilant, over in new york,

the time warner centre, which houses cnn manhattan headquarters, was partially evacuated on thursday evening as police investigated suspicious packages left unattended there. this comes a day after a bomb was posted to cnn, addressed to the former cia directorjohn brennan. new york's mayor says such incidents have to be taken with utmost seriousness. it is absolutely terrorism because it is an effort to use violence to make a political impact, that is the definition of terrorism. the people of new york city are as tough as it gets. this city has been through terror attacks before. the people of this city understand the whole game plan of terrorists is to intimidate us. at a campaign rally on thursday, president trump said acts of political violence were an attack on democracy. but some of his strongest remarks were aimed 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. the president accepted no personal blame for his part in the coarsening of american public life. that got a response from one of the intended targets of the crude bomb devices. former vice presidentjoe biden defended the media saying they were not the enemy of the people. we're americans before we're democrats, republicans or independents. ladies and gentlemen,... the press is not the enemy of the people. because none of the device has exploded, the fbi has a mound of forensic evidence to help track down who is responsible but some prominent conservatives claim this

is all the liberal hoax, timed to coincide with crucial congressional elections. jatinder dhillon, bbc news. more on today's main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. let's get more on this story. gary 0'donoghue is in washington for us.

they have not found any more devices. the ten devices may have gone through this facility, it is an enormous sorting office just north of miami. we think possibly the package that ended up at the congresswoman's office in florida went through there. that was a package that was returned because wasn't delivered properly. if you remember, all the packages were allegedly sent from hour to these other individuals in the democrat party and others. —— from her. there was some ideas and rumours coming out that a number of the devices we re out that a number of the devices were not viable, that either had pretty substantial problems with them or minor problems. that is more evidence for the fbi to go on. and there is an indication that we could

be dealing with the people who is either very clever in sending out clever hoaxes. given donald trump's doubling down and in the other errors “— doubling down and in the other errors —— in the earlier sending out another tweet. joe biden saying the media is not the enemy of the people. we have had another tweet from donald trump and what he thinks of the media. any idea this would bring the country together has gone up bring the country together has gone up in bring the country together has gone upina bring the country together has gone up in a puff of smoke if i can use that analogy. there has been no coming together whatsoever. there has been a doubling down entrenchment of the partisan rhetoric. as you said the president, at 315 local time on twitter, langbaurgh sting cnn again, accusing

them of being part of the problem. criticising them that his rhetoric had chris is —— created part of this problem. it says quite candidly, what president trump does is comment on what these are our act and despicable acts. it is not surprising with ten days to the mid—term elections, there is no common ground here. in that tweet, he criticises people of saying that he criticises people of saying that he is not... one of the recipients of these suspicious devices, heathrow was then that description, lowly rated. it does seem highly unpresidential, the nature of these tweets from home, at a time when a number of high—profile organisations and people are apparently being targeted. a lot of people will see that. a lot of people will side with

him as well, particularly those on his bees who see the media is part of this problem. and they will say thatis of this problem. and they will say that is what president should do, they should speak the truth from their point of view. there is a sense in which perhaps the president really hasn't, he hasn't mentioned the victims or the targets of these my name in any stage. that has been seen my name in any stage. that has been seen by some as a bit of a snob and a non—presidential thing to do. of course, even at these rallies when he has men think this has got to start, we have got to unify, he has followed it up with attacks on media as well. it is not a straightforward message from the president about these things being wrong, the colour it and they add to it with these attacks on democrats and the media to boot. thank you very much for that, gary. the headlines on bbc news: sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour." lord hain has defended naming him as the man behind a court injunction.

mps have accusing the department responsible for univeral credit, of having a "fortress mentality" about the hardships it's causing. police in the united states have searched a postal sorting office near miami as they try to identify who sent ten suspected pipe bombs to prominent critics of president trump. sport now, here's hugh ferris. good morning. england cricketer, ben stokes has spoken to the bbc for the first time since he was cleared of an affray

charge, in august. he missed last winter's ashes series in australia, while he awaited trial. stokes is with the england side in sri lanka and says that despite the disciplinary hearing, he still faces, he feels able to concentrate on his cricket. joe lynskey has more. we have got a huge tour coming up. it is not the way i like to think about things. can you appreciate people's interest in what happened and the fact that you were not playing for england when people would have loved to have seen you play for england. everything you do from here onwards is, what people will hopefully remember and it is what i hope to do. eighth seed kiki bertens has reached the semi—finals at the wta finals

in singapore after naomi 0saka was forced to retire with injury. 0saka was down 6—3 in the first set when she took a medical timeout for a leg injury, and ended the match before the second set was under way. bertens only qualified because of injuries to others. the dutch player will play either elina svitolina or karolina pliskova in sunday's semi—final. and in golf, england'sjustin rose is making chase at the wgc event in shanghai alongside tommy fleetwood. they're both 3 shots behind the american tony finau at the top of the leaderboard, who's 11 under par at the halfway stage. rose went round in five under par, meaning he did not drop a shot his eight under overall. fleetwood is level with him and they both trail american tony finau. "yesterday is history" says tyson fury as he continues his preparation for the world heavyweight showdown with wbc champion deontay wilder in las vegas on december 1. fury‘s camp is in big bear, in california, where former champion lennox lewis used to train. and without mentioning domestic rival and multi—belt champion anthonyjoshua, he emphasised that he still considers himself as the man to beat. you look forward to an exciting heavyweight contest between two on champions.

it does not contain bigger than this. this is the best of the best of boxing. i do not have any concerns about fighting with the guy, but he is an impressive one share. 39 k0s and unbeaten. world champion. knocked out all comers. that is all from me. back in the next hour. the prime minister has promised an end to austerity, but can the chancellor, philip hammond, make good on her words in next week's budget? the bbc‘s economics editor kamal ahmed, business editor simonjack, and political editor laura kuenssberg explain why he can't simply turn on the spending taps. there is a big challenge for the chancellor on budget day. the prime minister has announced the end of austerity and philip hammond still wants to control public spending. how will he square that circle? will he raise taxes, increase spending?

or will there be more cuts ahead? with brexit round the corner, businesses are edgy. investment in things like new machinery, new processes, new training, has been weak. so look out for some measures which allow companies to invest more of their money tax—free into those areas. like it or not, there isn't very much money going spare. there are real pressures, big demands for more money for universal credit, that controversial welfare reform, that might have to be found. but this is not, whatever the rest of it knocking around, going to be a budget where the government makes any kind of political history for suddenly turning on the spending taps. and we'll be covering the budget live here on the bbc news channel, 3pm on monday. people living near the coast

in england are being warned sea levels could rise by at least a metre by the end of the century. the committee on climate change says 1.2 million homes could be at risk of coastal flooding and erosion by the 2080s. it says current shoreline plans are unfunded and hopelessly optimistic. roger harrabin has more. in the eye of the storm — dawlish in devon in 2014, battered by the waves, train tracks destroyed. today's report says more of this will happen as sea levels are pushed higher by man—made climate change. here is another problem that the committee warns will get worse. these homes at hemsby in norfolk slipped into the sea as ways ate away the cliff below. the report says maybe 100,000 properties are at risk like this. the committee says the authorities have to get real with people about which homes are likely to be saved and which will be too expensive to protect. the current approach to protecting the english coastline is just not fit for purpose. and we really do need to wake up to the very significant challenges that we have ahead.

sea level is rising and that's going to mean that we get considerably worse coastal erosion and indeed coastal flooding. power plants, ports, gas terminals and other infrastructure are also at risk, the report says. it says the government needs to focus on protecting these assets, as well as protecting other people's homes. and to take seriously the inevitability of sea—level rise. the government says more sea defences are being built. a spokesman said people would be protected from climate change. roger harrabin, bbc news. a 45—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a copy of the magna carta from salisbury cathedral. wiltshire police say that shortly before 5pm yesterday alarms were activated at the cathedral after an attempt was made to smash the glass box surrounding the historic document. the magna carta has not

been damaged and nobody was injured in the incident. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted theft, possession of an offensive weapon and criminal damage. a new scheme aimed at supporting young people leaving the care system says it will help create 10,000 work opportunities over the next decade. the announcement comes after it was revealed almost half of 19— to 21—year—olds, who have been in care, are not in education or employment. more than 50 businesses, charities and government departments have signed up to help. ashley john—ba ptiste reports. the university of winchester. it's here that the education secretary's come to meet students who have been in care and talk about a new programme aimed to help them succeed. so the care leavers covenant is about bringing people together, bringing firms together, universities — like today — government, local government, everybody. i'm actually a care leaver and we know that many looked—after children face obstacles. why are you only doing this now? you're quite right, ashley.

i think it's an important landmark moment of talking about helping those young people getting into the world of work, bringing people together — firms, universities, local councils — everybody, to say, what more can we do? currently, 40% of young care leavers are not in education or training. that's compared to 13% for this age group overall. these care leavers have broken the mould to make it to university, and they welcome the new plans. er...it sounds great on paper. once i see it actually taking action, i think that's when i'll believe it. i think, as care leavers, we're used to being disappointed, we're used to being let down a lot of the time, we're used to being promised things and not being given them. luckily, when i went into care, i had my social workers and my foster mum encouraging education, getting me to think about going to university. without that, i'd never have gone to uni. it's still rare for people who have been in care to make it to university or into high—earning jobs. it's this initiative that aims to break down those barriers to help

more care leavers make it into higher education and into thejob market. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex wore traditional tongan clothing and were seranaded with a song about mosquitos as part of their visit to tonga earlier today. prince harry and meghan arrived at the south pacific nation yesterday, the third country they've visited on their royal tour. earlier they attended the dedication of a forest reserve to the queen's commonwealth canopy — a project designed to create a network of forest conservation initiatives. the couple returned to australia in the evening — but their plane was forced to abort a landing at sydney airport as another aircraft on the runway failed to get out of the way. these pictures filmed by a bbc producer on the same flight show the plane pulling up on its approach. the plane safely landed shortly afterwards. the royal couple will next visit new zealand as part of their 16—day tour.

meanwhile, the duchess of sussex's wedding gown and veil have gone on display at windsor castle. visitors will be able to see the givenchy silk dress close up, as well as the five metre long veil embroidered with the flora of the 53 commonwealth countries. a version of the frock coat uniform worn by prince harry is also on display. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. things are changing. things have already changed, a cold front has swept already changed, a cold front has swe pt a cross already changed, a cold front has swept across the uk bringing cold airfrom the arctic. swept across the uk bringing cold air from the arctic. and swept across the uk bringing cold airfrom the arctic. and it swept across the uk bringing cold air from the arctic. and it is only going to get colder over the next couple of days, that biting northerly wind is really going to make its presence felt across the uk. he returns, blowing across

scotland, all the way south is that, reaching as far south as spain and portugal. these are the temperature is around 7pm, five celsius in newcastle. showers across the north sea coast but tonight, many of us will have clear weather. the showers will have clear weather. the showers will continue closer to the north sea, well look at these temperatures, barely above freezing and outside ten they will be below freezing and some spots. the forecast for the next few days, there could be so mist around but on there could be so mist around but on the whole it is looking like it is going to stay pretty cold. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour", as lord hain defends naming him as the man behind a court injunction. universal credit is causing "unacceptable ha rdship" for many of the claimants it was designed to help, according to a group of mps. but the government insists it is listening to critics of its flagship welfare reform.

us police investigating pipe bombs sent to high—profile critics of president trump focus their inquiries on the state of florida, as a bomb squad examines a mail distribution centre near miami. there's a warning that more than 1.2 million homes could be at risk of coastal flooding and erosion by the 2080s, according to new research. and the excavation of 40,000 bodies buried in an old cemetery has begun in central london — to clear the way for the hs2 rail line. it's been described as britain's biggest ever archaeological dig. let's get more now on our top story, sir philip green, the billionaire owner of some of the biggest brands on the high street, says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour". it comes after labour peer lord hain named him in parliament, as the businessman behind

an injunction to stop the claims being published. lord hain was using his parliamentary privilege — the right to speak out on issues without fear of facing legal action in the courts. but was he right to do so? let's speak to adrian waterman qc from the media, defamation and freedom of expression team at doughty street chambers law firm — hejoins us from leeds. good to have you with us today. i understand you believe lord hain was right to use parliamentary privilege in this instance. tell us why.|j reg retta bly in this instance. tell us why.|j regrettably do differently. i would say he had the right to use parliamentary privilege. —— i would say it differently. it is an ancient dried preserved for trusted, and trusted members of parliament whether any house of lords or the

commons to speak out without fear of being sued. it is an ancient and historical right that is important and lord hain make a judgment. he made a judgment that the public interest was such that he wanted to name philip green. as you say, he had the right to do so under parliamentary privilege. if i can rephrase the question, do you think he was premature to use the right? not necessarily so. these judgments. this is a very difficult delicate topic that the court of appeal expressed a view that the public interest was in favour of imposing interim injunction and then there will be a file some months hence an expedited trial but nonetheless it will be a little while and there are

people who feel that they playing field is not level and the alleged victims who have signed nda's were not on a level playing field with the businessman who play lewes take them to stay quiet and that is important the friends and freedom of the press is used to alert others to the press is used to alert others to the fact that there are issues and they are not allowed. it is all aboutjudgments they are not allowed. it is all about judgments and judgments on where the public interest lies and the right lord hain has when he exercised. for my part, i would support his right to exercise it and thejudgment teenage support his right to exercise it and the judgment teenage is a justifiable one. whether right or not is a different matter for the church. i spoke with someone else

earlier and we said there may well be an imbalance in power between parties on either side of a nondisclosure agreement, and nda, but there was another balance to consider and that is between the judiciary and parliament. presumably, the judiciary in judiciary and parliament. presumably, thejudiciary in general is uncomfortable and parliament stepped in in this way, a member of the house of lords steps in in this parliamentary privilege. it is presumably something the judiciary would not want to happen very often. tattoo as a member of the judiciary. clearly they formed a different view. —— you would have to ask. lord hain not revealed all the details. what he chose to do is name a person and so the injunction remains in place and the court of appeal ‘s judgment rebellions remains ——

remains effective to that call and the question of whether it is right for someone in the house of lords or commons to exercise this right is a matter ofjudgment commons to exercise this right is a matter of judgment and the commons to exercise this right is a matter ofjudgment and the very fact you're talking about it means they do not do frequently so the arguments are making it will be a trial and this matter should like that. it is quite obligated and that is not a straightforward issue because, on the other hand, the press have a right under half of society to express freely the things they know and these are all balances, balances the law has to wrestle with, balances that a member of the house of lords has to wrestle with and balances me as individual members of society have to wrestle with but it is not simple, i don't think, like saying the court takes

priority in every instance just as you would not expect a member of parliament to accuse the protection he or she has by ancient privilege. a gang who made at least 55 drone drops in to prisons across the west midlands and the north west of england have been sentenced to more than 37 years. let's get straight to the court. jon ironmonger is at birmingham crown court. reminders of the background of this case. west midlands police are calling this the biggest ever case of drug smuggling by drones into uk prisons and we have today had 30 members of the gang sentenced, 12 men and one woman, including three inmates currently serving prison

sentences. —— 13 members of the gang, 12 men and one women. they we re gang, 12 men and one women. they were using drones over 14 months to execute at least 55 different drone dropped into prisons across the uk, liverpool, birmingham, wolverhampton, liverpool, birmingham, wolverha m pton, worcestershire liverpool, birmingham, wolverhampton, worcestershire and other places, and it works inmates guiding pilot on their mobile phones inside their cells to fly drones had over the fence and up to the window of the cell where they would boot contraband of the cell where they would boot contra band in of the cell where they would boot contraband in using big stakes and unsightly parcels, there were large amounts of drugs like cannabis, new narcotic su bsta nces amounts of drugs like cannabis, new narcotic substances like spies, as well as cocaine, and vitamins, things like sim cards and memory ca rd things like sim cards and memory card as well, mobile phones, a large amount of contra band card as well, mobile phones, a large amount of contraband was discovered and 11 of the drones were trashed around prisons or has been positioned ready for take—off that profound and it was seen that they

had made previous flights with estimated they had used to convey around £550,000 worth of drugs into prisons. passing sentence, judge simon drew said the gang ran a sophisticated commercial operation that would make hundreds of thousands of pounds in profits. he gave seven of the defendant ‘s jail sentences of 237 years combined and one was the nephew of a notorious black country dog dealer who orchestrated jobs from inside his prison cell. —— black country drug dealer. they would arrange drop at other prisons. he was given ten yea rs other prisons. he was given ten years injail, the other significant labours brandon smith who is considered to be the printable drone pilot and he was given a total of seven pilot and he was given a total of seve n yea rs pilot and he was given a total of seven years injail. a pilot and he was given a total of seven years in jail. a soft penalty for a gang who try to perpetuate, at least in some part, this major

penalty we are seeing in prisons. —— a harsh penalty. she recently waltzed and foxtrotted on to our screens as one of the stars of strictly, but away from the dance floor, burns survivor katie piper is working to help others affected by an issue close to her heart. through her charity, the katie piper foundation, she's opening a new rehabilitation centre to help other survivors with their recovery. graham satchell has been to take a look. i received 85% burns. i was later told that i had a 1% chance of survival. so, i am that 1%. danielle owes her life to the nhs. after being in a devastating fire, she had more than 200 hours of surgery. but, when she was finally discharged, she became terribly depressed. i felt isolated, alone, ugly, unwanted. as far as i was concerned, my life was over — i lost my life in the fire. danielle is meeting strictly star

and burn survivor katie piper. hi, how are you? this is a new rehabilitation centre set up by the charity the katie piper foundation. it's such a big thing that's affected when you're burned, isn't it? the strength. the centre will offer a range of services — physiotherapy, intensive mental health counselling, peer support. services not currently available on the nhs in this form. being a burn survivor myself and having my ownjourney, i had fantastic treatment on the nhs, but recognised a gap in the rehabilitation of a survivor. so, we've nearly put in the finishing touches. katie's charity is trying to fill that gap. burn survivors will live here on site for a month. it's hoped, in the first year,

20 patients will be treated. i hope that it shows a life—changing situation does not have to be life—ending. so proud of you! that these kind of injuries, while temporarily devastating, don't have to destroy you. hello. nice to see you again. how are you? katie is meeting professor shokrollahi, a consultant surgeon at the whiston hospital on merseyside and the clinical lead at katie's charity. i'm just going to do a quick shot of the laser. so there we go. and it's very, very precise, because we have set that with micron precision. professor shokrollahi's laser treatment will also be offered at the centre. it had a dramatic impact on danielle. basically, my face was probably out here, all risen. the scars were so thick. no make—up will cover the lumps up, so to have that so it's now a lot smoother, again, it changed my life. it gave me a new lease of confidence. just look, i could not even get out of bed and now i'm here, talking to you about helping other people, so just a big full circle. ijust couldn't be prouder of katie and her vision and what we're all doing here.

danielle has transformed her life. she's now working with katie's rehabilitation team, offering guidance, support and hope. graham satchell, bbc news. fantastic fa ntastic story fantastic story there. the time is approaching 1245 pm. the philippines is re—opening its crown jewel resort island of boracay today. it was shut for six—months to clean up and repair the damage.. which was inflicted by years of mass tourism. and there are also new rules aimed

at taming its party—hard reputation. michael bristow reports. just days ago, workmen were transforming the island with a sewage pipe laid along the seafront. the road has been widened. restau ra nts the road has been widened. restaurants and shops have been spruced up. many shabby and illegally built hotels are being torn down. the ugliness of what boracay has become had not yet com pletely boracay has become had not yet completely vanished. in future, behaviour also happy change. smoking and drinking alcohol on the beach are now banned. tourists will have to sign an oath promising to keep the island pristine. the philippine president ordered the island to close because it has become a cesspool, with the water is polluted from the 200 million people who visitors every year. the authorities say they want sustainable tourism.

0ther say they want sustainable tourism. other popular sites have been told to cut visitor numbers by half. it's not just a to cut visitor numbers by half. it's notjust a problem for the philippines. rise in income in the asia means more tourists were many places fame from national beauty have been spoiled. this beach used in the film the jamming beach has been closed indefinitely. —— used in the film the beach. 0nce closed, the reputation not easily regained. the headlines on bbc news... sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour." lord hain has defended naming him as the man behind a court injunction. mps have accusing the department responsible for univeral credit, of having a "fortress mentality" about the hardships it's causing. police in the united states have searched a postal sorting office near miami as they try to identify who sent ten suspected pipe bombs to prominent

critics of president trump. it's been described as britain's biggest ever archaeological dig — the excavation of 40,000 bodies buried in an old cemetery in central london. it's to clear the way for the new hs2 rail line, which will link the capital to birmingham. 0ur correspondent, david sillito has more. this is euston in london and inside this giant tent, a small army of archaeologists are at work because this is a site with a history. beneath the trees and grass are bodies. thousands of them. this is where london's high—speed railway station is about to be built but this site,

an old city park, used to be, around 150 years ago, it was a 70 and all the bodies are going to have to be moved. how many people are buried here? the records suggest around 60,000 people are in the cemetery. some have been removed but there is still a huge number of people buried here. we are looking at around 40,000 individuals. you are excavating 40,000 plots? yes. and this huge tented site is only the beginning. where i'm standing at the moment is going to be one of the platforms and is going to run 500 metres along there. that is what gets you about this site. the sheer size of it. 11,000 square metres. what will happen to all the bodies? matthew flinders, the first man to sell around australia, is buried here.

so is bill richmond, one of britain's most celebrated boxes. they will be taken for archaeological analysis, they will be stored in a morgue and that is with the agreement of the church. after that, everyone will be reburied in consecrated ground and it is just the beginning. this is a location in your state mandala, the site of a lost church. saxon and roman sites crisscross the old route. 0verall, on the line, there will be over 1000 archaeologists excavating and over 60 sites. big in archaeology terms? it is the biggest one ever undertaken in the uk. probably in europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history at this one has rather more ghosts than normal. earlier i spoke to mike court,

who's head of the project , and he told me that hs2 is the biggest archaeological dig in the uk. we've got 1000 archaeologists working over 60 sites and we've got sites from all archaeological periods so it is an amazing opportunity for us to learn about the past and share those stories of the past and share those stories of the communities up and down the groups. as the literary ground, it is the biggest of its kind that has been excavated. you have had finds going as back as prehistoric time. this one is, relatively speaking, more recent. how does it compare? this one is georgian and victorian though we've done many months of research to understand what is happening below the ground before you get involved in taking any howls

or anything like that. we have checked below ground to see what kind of preservation is and how beat the archaeology is. before we start digging. what about the sensitivities of excavating human remains on consecrated ground? sensitivities of excavating human remains on consecrated ground ?m course, dealing with human remains is always a very sensitive issue but he remains excavations and burial grounds of this period are quite common in london and we work with our stakeholders, the church of england, and with historic england, to make sure all our eggs are done with dignity and respect. where we'll be remains the move to? 40,000 sets of remains a lot. it is a lot of people. the delay church of england billy brown to working with them to find a location to the consecrated ground. unlike other sites well you might find flint tools, they prehistoric stuff from a

few minutes ago that i mentioned or roman relics, do you think there is as much of an archaeological value in excavating human remains in a graveyard like this? shawl the factual. —— sure. yes, because it creates a real connection is evil because prehistoric site and currently interesting but when you find a person, sometimes you can identify the person and two documentary research, you can understand who they were, whatjobs they had all the kinds of things that create a real connection and we found that local communities are really interested in these stories of people's lives. and a political question, you are an archaeologist, not a politician. but is it an interesting one for you given that your excavating these remains for hsz? ms your excavating these remains for hs2? ms randall become a rail platform and staff eventually.” hs2? ms randall become a rail platform and staff eventually. i am not a religious. —— i am

platform and staff eventually. i am nota religious. —— i am an archaeologist. we are aware of the sensitivities and we are working to mitigate them. being an archaeologist on this project is great because we've had such an over welding the positive response to the archaeological project you're doing so archaeological project you're doing so it is an opportunity for us to build relationships with groups up and down the country. people are very unhappy that happening so that is perhaps more challenging for you than some archaeological dig that you might yawn. it is a challenge but it is a good challenge because it is nice to bring people on board to stories we loan allowed to archaeology. as part of the reason i became an archaeologist. looking at this site and you want your excavating along the line, will you bring the key finds together and display them? can the publicly what is being found? absolutely because it is not just is being found? absolutely because it is notjust about is being found? absolutely because it is not just about finding is being found? absolutely because it is notjust about finding stuff, archaeology, it's about telling people about it. we will be having

exhibitions, open days, lectures. all these kind of things and we'll make sure people know what is happening in their local areas. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has urged the eu to begin preparations to delay brexit to allow time for a further referendum or a change of government to negotiate what he calls a "good deal". he's held talks with the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier in brussels. the bbc‘s adam fleming spoke to him after the meeting. i know michel barnier has met this month with the leader of the dup. there is, too. it is important you have a different perspective. he is well aware that more than 700,000 marched in our capital city on saturday from all across the country lobbying the orange as for our voices to be heard for the first

time in relation to the outcome of the negotiations with the option of staying in the eu and he was a receptive. that lasted an hour and i'm pleased i had the chance to make those points to him. with any clue about what a future deal will leave financial services? what is clear community understands fully how london contributes to the well—being of the eu and that it is a global city, and we work closely with collea g u es city, and we work closely with colleagues across europe and a bad deal, or even worse, no deal, would actually be bad for london and bad for the actually be bad for london and bad forthe uk, actually be bad for london and bad for the uk, but the point i made to him, na curtis cup alive, non—patronising way is it would be bad for the eu as well. my concern is for people in paris, frankfurt, madrid who believe a bad brexit deal or no deal benefits them, they are mistaken because the jobs will not slow to those cities, they will go to new york, singapore and hong kong. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news

but little in these photos first. and two male penguin to pad up as a same—sex couple who have had their first force the chick. in australia, two male penguins who paired up as a ‘same—sex' couple have hatched their first foster chick. sven and magic are said to be ‘doting' on their offspring at sea life sydney. baby svengic, as it's being called, will live in the pebble nest its dads built. and not sure that is a great name but anyway. in a moment, thankfully one o'clock news of ben the vertical snap of the season is upon us. nothing too extreme. —— the first cold snap. call the than it has been. tim rogers last week got

up has been. tim rogers last week got up to 20 celsius in one or two sports. this week, able less. —— temperatures got up to. a cold front has been moving across the country. hewitt is, that kind of cloud, all these crowds streaming from the norwegian sea, we all see showers across the country today and over the coming to three days, that cold air stream establishes itself across the uk and reaches areas as far south as spain, portugal, much of europe apart from the mediterranean burrows will be milder than very u nsettled. burrows will be milder than very unsettled. this is what it looks like out there through this evening. temperatures nudging down to single figures, six celsius in newcastle we re figures, six celsius in newcastle were holding 10 celsius in london will start tonight there's the british drop even further with wind blowing out of the north, wintry showers across the hills are showers across eastern coasts, clear in and temperatures in city centres, even london is to celsius, outside of

town we're talking about a frost. frequent showers tomorrow around some of the cows, some shell is going to further inland and there will be frequently spells, too, but a biting northerly wind. it might be around six, seven, eight celsius or neither monitored briefly but feeling a lot colder than that in the wind. now come sunday, high pressure in scandinavia and the wind out of the north—east, they will be a bit lighter, particularly around the west, so more sunshine and i think places like the irish sea coast, wales, sunshine possible but they've lost their across the north sea they've lost their across the north sea coast so feeling pretty chilly. temperatures again on sunday in single figures, this is briefly touching 9—10dc in the afternoon. most of the day is considerably lower and most of the day feeling like only for celsius in newcastle. that sunday. for the rest of the week, looking very unsettled in the

mediterranean, called in scandinavia, warm air coming from the south and two m masses collide to create a lot of bad weather across europe. that is it from me. goodbye. no regard for the rule of law — lord hain accused of arrogance over his decision to name sir philip green as the businessman accused of racial and sexual hararssment. sir philip has denied the claims and now a former attorney general says peter hain abused parliamentary privilege by naming him. the peer stands by what he did. i believe it was the right thing to do. i considered it extremely seriously before i said it, as anybody who's using parliamentary privilege always does. we'll be examing the implications for sir philip's business empire and his knighthood. also this lunchtime... universal credit is causing unacceptable hardship to many claimants, according to mps. police investigating the pipe bombs in the united states focus on a sorting office in miami.