today at 5pm... claims lord hain was arrogant to name sir philip green as the businessman accused of racial and sexual ha ra rssment. sir philip has denied the allegations. a former attorney general says peter hain abused parliamentary privilege by naming him. if mps do this, it undermines the rule of law, because the courts are there to decide whether injunctions should be granted or lifted. we'll be talking to a former mp who also broke an injunction using parliamentary privilege. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: a suspect is arrested in florida over the pipe bombs that have been sent to public figures. two more were found today, one of them addressed to a democrat senator. fracking has been suspended at a site in lancashire following an earth tremor. universal credit is causing "unacceptable hardship" to many claimants, according to mps. archaeologists are to move more than 40,000 skeletons to make way for a new hs2 railway station in london. # mamma mia, mamma mia.

# mamma mia let me go...#. and a foot—stomping celebration of queen in bohemian rhapsody. that and all the rest of the week's new releases in the film review with jason solomons. it's 5pm. our main story... the former attorney general, dominic grieve, says the labour peer lord hain acted "arrogantly" when he named sir philip green in parliament as the businessman facing accusations of sexual and racial harassment. lord hain used parliamentary privilege to name sir philip yesterday, despite a court injunction against revealing his identity. sir philip says he "categorically and wholly denies" any allegation of unlawful sexual

or racist behaviour. 0ur correspondent theo leggett reports. he is the man who left school with no qualifications but built a retail empire, consorting with celebrities and being courted by politicians. he controls leading brands such as topshop, miss selfridge and dorothy perkins. but sir philip green's attempt to avoid bad publicity has been an abject failure. the daily telegraph was prevented by the court of appeal from naming him in connection with unspecified allegations of sexual and racial harassment of his employees. yesterday the former cabinet minister peter hain used parliamentary privilege to identify him in the house of lords. i feel it is my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question. lord hain has since defended his actions. the judiciary, in this case judges, have their role to play, it is a very important

independent role. the rule of law depends upon them exercising it carefully and responsibly in accordance with legal precedent but parliamentarians also have their role to play. it is for members of the public and others to judge whether what i have done in this case is right or wrong. i believe it was the right thing to do. but lord hains‘ actions have been heavily criticised by other leading figures, including the former attorney general dominic grieve. it appears to me it was an entirely arrogant decision that had absolutely no regard forjudicial process or the rule of law. parliamentary privilege is very important but, like any power which is extremely important, it is open to abuse and i can't see, looking at this particular matter, that peter hain can argue that he has not abused it. other leading figures say that, if the allegations are proven, sir philip should

lose his knighthood. i think it is now for the honours committee, which the prime minister guides, to look at the facts and if the allegations are correct, to continue a knighthood in this case is completely inappropriate. in a statement, sir philip said... but, with the topshop tycoon‘s name already splashed across front pages and calls for a boycott circulating on social media, the question now is whether damage has already been done to his many retail brands. in many cases where business owners and businesses, and in philip green's case, they are inextricable linked, charges or allegations of charges are brought against them, it can cause customers to feel uncomfortable spending their money with them and perhaps to boycott those locations, those stores

and those brands until such time as they are satisfied they are not perhaps lining the pockets of someone they might think is not on their moral platform. it is not the first time philip has faced a public backlash. in 2015, he sold bhs to former racing driver dominic chappell for a pound. the department store later collapsed with the loss of 11,000 jobs and leaving a huge deficit in its pension scheme. under pressure from mps and regulators, sir philip eventually agreed to pay £363 million into the pension fund. that tarnished his personal reputation but the current publicity threatens to be far more damaging. meanwhile, it's emerged that lord hain is a consultant for the law firm representing the telegraph newspaper, gordon dadds. in a statement, the firm says... "peter hain did not obtain any information from gordon dadds regarding this case".

0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. this could be seen as a conflict of interest as far as lord hain is concerned. that certainly is one of the concerns about the use of parliamentary privilege, that parliamentarians can effectively be used as vehicles to get round injunctions. as you say, the statement from the law firm categorically denying any connection between their work for the telegraph and peter hain. we have had a statement from peter hain himself, saying that his decision to name sir philip green in the lords was taken ina philip green in the lords was taken in a personal capacity. he was com pletely in a personal capacity. he was completely unaware, he says, of gordon dadds advising the telegraph on this case. he says the firm played no part whatsoever in the sourcing of his information, and they were completely unaware of his

intentions until after he had spoken in the house of lords. gordon dadds also saying any suggestion the firm has acted in an improper way is entirely false. there doesn't appear to bea entirely false. there doesn't appear to be a connection between peter hain's advisory role for the legal firm and his decision to name server philip green in the lords yesterday, but i think this whole case will have reignited that debate, and you heard criticism from some in westminster today of peter hain's decision to name philip green. the argument effectively being that he is undermining the rule of law. it isn't for him, critics say, to decide what is in the public interest. i think we will hear a lot more about that balance of power between parliament and the judiciary. thank you. parliamentary privilege has been used before to break an injunction. in 2011,john hemming, who was a liberal democrat mp, used it to identify footballer ryan giggs, who had sought a super—injunction against a former lover regarding an affair. let's remind ourselves of that.

mrjohn hemming. mr speaker, with about 75,000 people having named ryan giggs on twitter, it's obviously impractical to imprison them all, and with reports that giles coren also faces imprisonment... john hemming joins me now via webcam. thank you for being with us. so lord hain has been strongly criticised by some people for his decision to name server philip green in the lords. you named ryan giggs. why did you do that, and how heavily criticised we re that, and how heavily criticised were you for it? i named fred goodwin as well. in fred goodwin's case, it was clearly something that hadn't been set outside parliament —— had hadn't been set outside parliament -- had it hadn't been set outside parliament —— had it been set outside parliament it would potentially have been contempt of court, and therefore it's perhaps a better example to look at. the legal

position with ryan giggs, and you've got to remember, at the time, the spy got to remember, at the time, the spy catcherjudgment got to remember, at the time, the spy catcher judgment was got to remember, at the time, the spy catcherjudgment was to the fore, intense opposition —— in terms of the decision which was, if something had been put into the public domain in australia, it wouldn't have the law of confidence in the uk, and you have to remember that the particular information had not only appeared on twitter but had also been published in the scottish parole. with spy catcher, that was slightly different. the script works that are used didn't identify him as being subject to an injunction. in fa ct, being subject to an injunction. in fact, it was the speaker who identified that. the speaker was relying on parliamentary privilege, if anyone was. what do you think in general about the use of parliamentary privilege? some people say it's a cloak for parliamentarians and they really are interfering with decisions and judgments that the judiciary have made. we have a constitutional

structure where we divide the constitution into three states, the legislature, the executive, the government and the judiciary. there are checks and balances that operate within those estates of the constitution and also between them. for instance, the government can be taken tojudicial for instance, the government can be taken to judicial review and the government can be checked by the judiciary. 0ur fundamental constitutional law isn't so much magna carta constitutional law isn't so much magna ca rta 1297 constitutional law isn't so much magna carta 1297 actually the constitutional law isn't so much magna carta1297 actually the bill that arrived in 1688, and article nine of that exits clear that parliament controls parliamentary privilege. when colonel bean was named in the 1970s, there were issues looked at in parliament where there was a girl named i think in there was a girl named i think in the 1990s, and obviously at the time at which i raised some issues in parliament there was a parliamentary, joint parliamentary committee of the house and commons and lords looking into the question as to whether the rules of parliament, the constitutional laws

of this country, may need to be changed, and the decision of that committee at the time, as i remember, was that the rules didn't need to be changed. thank you very much. fascinating to talk to you, sirjohn hemming, former liberal democrat mp. a suspect has been arrested in the united states in connection with the pipe bomb packages sent to democrat politicians and high—profile critics of president trump. the usjustice department confirmed a short while ago that a 56—year—old male was taken into custody in the miami area. it comes after more packages were found today in florida and new york. we will go to the white house, because we expect donald trump to talk in the next few minutes, maybe even the next few seconds, we are not quite sure, about pipe bomb packages that have been sent out in the united states. and, as we've

been saying, a suspect is tonight in custody. donald trump has already accused the american media of causing anger and stirring up and in american society. he linked that to the sending of these pipe bombs, and his opponents have accused him of hypocrisy, saying he is the one who has been using violent language against political opponents and the media. it will be interesting to see what donald trump have to say about all of this. we will go back to the white house as soon as donald trump emerges with his thoughts on the latest developments. a group of mps says universal credit is causing "unacceptable hardship" for many of its claimaints. the government recently said it would delay the roll—out of the scheme, which merges six payments into one. but the public accounts committee says the department for work and pensions has ignored problems that the new benefit is causing. the government says changes are being made. here's our political

correspondent chris mason. tinned tomatoes... this is the front line, a food bank in lambeth in south london where those who cannot afford to feed themselves turn in desperation. universal credit has been fully rolled out in this area since december last year. in that time we have seen our numbers more than double, since december last year, particularly through the school holidays and as people are moved onto universal credit. today's report says the government has a fortress mentality and has persistently dismissed evidence universal credit is causing hardship, and there is a concern about the gap between coming off the old benefits and going onto the new one. these are people who often, if they are claimed the first time, won't have any food spare in their cupboards and no money in the purse and need to pay their rent, and if they are waiting five weeks or more for money, to arrive that causes real problems

and makes it difficult to live. sarah has two sons with disabilities. her eldest has moved onto universal credit. it is hard enough being a carer with all the fights you have to get funding and support and when you are now £2,500 down and know you will be another £2,500 down in a year's time, then it is scary. the government says it has already announced what it calls several improvements to universal credit and has recently begun a new partnership with citizens advice to deliver better support to the most vulnerable. unemployment is also at its lowest in over a0 years. ministers do acknowledge there are losers under the new system but there are winners too. there are 700,000 households right now that are being underpaid £2.4 billion of money because it is such a complicated system, and that is changing under universal credit. people will be able to get that money. this is the fourth time this month that universal credit has had a carpeting by critics, there were the interventions

byjohn major and gordon brown, two former prime ministers, and then 30 bishops were critical as well. now this report acting as a political prod on the government ahead of the budget on monday. there are plenty of mps, including conservatives, demanding change. the thing that myself and about 30—35 colleagues have written to the chancellor and asked, is the work allowances, the core amount of money you get to keep in universal credit when you start working before benefits are taken, we want those boosting back to the levels they were at before the money was taken out of the system in 2015. so the focus is next on this man, the chancellor. the headlines on bbc news... sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour". meanwhile, a former attorney general has criticised lord hain for identifying sir philip

using parliamentary privilege. a suspect has been arrrested in connection with the suspicious packages being sent to public figures. two more were found today, one of them addressed to a democrat senator. fracking has been suspended at a site in lancashire, following an earth tremor. in sport, lewis hamilton is in action in first practice for sunday's mexico grand prix. the briton will win a fifth world title if he can outscore sebastian vettel by five or more points. ben stokes lucy will be remembered for his performances as a cricketer rather than his court trial. he was found not guilty of afraid in bristol court this summer. ahead of manchester city's game against totte n ha m manchester city's game against tottenham on monday, pep guardiola says he has no doubt it is a five horse race for this season's premier league title. more sport for you

just after half past. fracking has been halted at a drilling site in lancashire after tremors were detected underground. a 0.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded this morning close to the site near blackpool. cuadrilla, the company operating the site, says the event was harmless, but it has suspended operations for at least the next 18 hours. it's the second time a seismic event has been recorded during fracking at the site this week. on tuesday, operations were briefly paused after a 0.4 magnitude tremor was recorded. fracking began at the site earlier this month after a failed legal challenge from campaigners. we're joined now by cuadrilla's chief executive, francis egan. thank you for being with us. how worried do you think local residents and some of the campaigners who have been protesting against your fracking, how worried should they be

about this latest tremor, 0.8? they shouldn't be worried, and neither shouldn't be worried, and neither should anybody else. the scale we are measuring this on, the richter scale, goes up in units of ten and, if you google it all looked at it, you have to get to five or six to cause any structural damage, typically. that is 500,000 times larger than 0.5. so these measurements that are being recorded, in fact, measurements that are being recorded, infact, only measurements that are being recorded, in fact, only recorded because our equipment is so sophisticated for tracking purposes, andi sophisticated for tracking purposes, and i don't think anybody would be reporting on them if it wasn't for the fact it is associated with fracking. there is no chance of causing damage or harm. nonetheless, we have this traffic light system, and this is a red event, which means you have to pause your fracking. and this is a red event, which means you have to pause yourfracking. you are not causing it for no reason. that's why i say nobody should be concerned in any way, because it is

generally agreed that the redline threshold of 0.5 has been set at an extraordinarily conservative level. typically for geothermal projects on the continent, it is set at 2.5. in canada,it the continent, it is set at 2.5. in canada, it is set at four. 0.5 is far below anything that could be felt at the service. the ground movement associated with this was 0.5 millimetres per second. if you look it up, you have to get to 50 millimetres per second before structural damage can be caused. we are required to pause for 18 hours, but we expect to start cracking again tomorrow. do you expect there be more tremors? yes. if you are recording to this level of accuracy, down to zero, up to 0.5, that is just measuring the fracture is being created in the rock. if we were not measuring at that level of accuracy, nobody would be able to detect that. some of the campaigners in

lancashire would say, this is what they were always worried about, because you are playing around with the planet, effectively. you are playing around with the structure of the planet, and with consequences you may not always understand. the planet, and with consequences you may not always understandlj understand you may not always understand.” understand some people have concerns, but if you are building a building site you are playing around with the structure of the planet and you are going to get ground motion harder than that. if you drive a bus, you get ground motion more than 0.5. human beings can do little on the planet without playing around with it in some way. but this is being regulated to a high degree of a ccu ra cy being regulated to a high degree of accuracy and there is no danger to any buildings because the threshold has been set so conservatively. but the protesters will say they have been vindicated and this is just evidence of what they were saying all along, that there are going to be tremors throughout this process. well, there are, but not tremors that can be felt. we are measuring toa that can be felt. we are measuring to a degree of accuracy that cannot be felt and, when you create tiny

fractures in the rock, we can detect that. that is the point of the measurement. we are doing it because the convenient gas. so there will not be any worse than 0.8, is that what you are saying? —— we are doing it because the country needs gas. they will not get to the stage where they will be felt at the service. that has to be a level two, which is more than 100 times larger than 0.8 in terms of magnitude. thank you for talking to us. francis egan, chief executive of cuadrilla. more now on the situation in the us where a suspect has been arrested in connection with the pipe bombs being sent to prominent democrats and supporters. two more today in florida and new york, and that suspect is in custody. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik is in new york for us now. the suspect has been identified as

cesar ceya k, the suspect has been identified as cesar ceyak, and we understand he has ties to new york and he has a criminal history for the us media say he is a male in his 50s, and us officials have confirmed the suspect is the primary suspect in this investigation. he was tracked down by dna evidence, which was a critical lead in this investigation, and that led them to an auto parts store in plantation, florida. according to us media, what we have seen is footage of authorities transporting a white van covered in a blue tarpaulin. that came off the van slightly to show what was underneath, and the white man was plastered with images of kind of

left—wing politicians and activists with a targeted sign over their faces. so clearly this investigation has advanced. 0fficials faces. so clearly this investigation has advanced. officials have confirmed that the primary suspect is in custody and we are waiting to hear from is in custody and we are waiting to hearfrom president is in custody and we are waiting to hear from president trump, is in custody and we are waiting to hearfrom president trump, who has been briefed by intelligence chiefs on the latest. and this whole saga of the pipe bombs has really heightened political divisions in the us, hasn't it? donald trump has been blaming the american media in particular for stirring up anger, been blaming the american media in particularfor stirring up anger, as he put it, and they in return have blamed him for using pretty violent language when it comes to talking about his opponents. yeah, absolutely. when news of these suspicious packages came out, president trump initially called for unity. today, in a tweet, he set a far different tone. he said republicans had been doing well in

early voting, because congressional elections are just a week and a half away, and he said this bomb stuff was hurting momentum, again focusing on the political aspect of this. he has come under a lot of criticism for that, because he is commander—in—chief and this is now the 12th pipe bomb that has been discovered. 0f the 12th pipe bomb that has been discovered. of course, as part of this discussion, really, is not necessarily been to blame the president for these bombs that have been sent to top democrats and his critics, but to really say that he may need to take a bit of responsibility himself for the toxic nature and tone of the political discourse in this country. this nation, it's no secret, is extremely divided, but the political rhetoric has taken on a tone which is even more divisive under president trump's term. so it would be interesting to see, after his initial call for unity and the tweets today, with a far different

tone, what he will say in this press conference, but i think certainly many people be paying attention to president trump's remarks in light of the seriousness of the threat that americans are seeing. thank you very much, the very latest from the us, and we will be at the white house live as soon as donald trump appears with his comments on what's happened there are the arrest of that suspect, a 56—year—old man, cesar cayoc. more on that to come. now a quick look at other stories. the scottish conservative party leader ruth davidson has given birth to a baby boy. the msp and her partnerjen wilson said they were "delighted" by the safe arrival of finn paul davidson at edinburgh royal infirmary on friday morning. the baby boy weighs 10 pounds, 1.5 ounces. a railcard for millenials will go on sale before the end of the year. up to four million passengers aged between 26 to 30 will be eligible for the card, which was trialled in the spring.

the card will offer a third off most fares but it will be digital only, meaning that passengers will need a smartphone to download it. a 45—year—old man's been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a copy of the magna carta from salisbury cathedral. police say alarms were activated after the man attempted to smash a glass box surrounding the historic document, one of four surviving copies. it's thought the magna carta is undamaged and nobody was injured. celebrations are taking place to mark 100 years since stonehenge was given to the nation by a local couple who had bought it at auction forjust £7,000. the prehistoric momument has stood in the wiltshire countryside for thousands of years, but for a long time it was privately owned. duncan kennedy is at stonehenge. it's hard to believe thatjust100

yea rs it's hard to believe thatjust100 years ago this world—class site was almost in a state of total disrepair. some of those stones were almost falling over, and it was only then that a local couple, mr and mrs chard, stepped in and bought stonehenge at auction and saved it for the nation. symphony among the stones, a perfect case of classic rock. the london sinfonietta one of a number of birthday tributes to this ancient site. the musicians are here to celebrate 100 years since stonehenge was given to the nation. before that, all of this was in private hands. private hands but a very public state of disrepair. eventually, in 1915, it was decided to put

stonehenge up for auction. but that auction started a bidding war between isaac crook, a localfarmer, and cecil chubb, a local barrister, one that isaac did not quite win. well, he must have stopped bidding at 6,500. cecil chubb was still bidding and the hammerfell at 6,600. a difference of £100. but what would have happened to stonehenge if isaac crook had won that auction? do you think he would have just returned it to farmland? well, i honestly can't answer that. i mean, who knows what he would have done? instead, three years later in 1918, cecil chubb and his wife mary gave stonehenge to the nation. that act of generosity to actually saved stonehenge. until that point, the stones were propped up by wooden poles, some of them were at risk of collapse and its future was by no

means certain and so when the chubbs gave stonehenge to the nation, it kick—started a programme of care and conservation that english heritage continues to this day. today there was everything from a bouncy to a baked version of the ancient monument, all to celebrate it becoming an endearing slice of national life. this 100—year—old local woman stepped up to mark the centenary. thank you for inviting me. i shall remember this for the next 100 yea rs. remember this for the next 100 years. a real slice of history for a national treasure, almost lost the nation. for the past century or stonehenge has undergone proper conservation. about 1.5 million people visit these stones, but it could have been lost

to the nation. it looks like a lovely evening there. time for a look at the weather, with tomasz. yes, it's stone cold! the temperatures have dropped. the forecast is pretty much going according to plan. the cold snap is upon us. the first proper cold snap of the autumn. it doesn't necessarily mean snow, although there have been sprinkles in scotland. for most of us itjust means wind making it colder than what we are used to. last week temperatures were in the high teens, very different weather on the way this weekend. temperatures this evening continued to dip, a lot of clear weather across the central spine of the country. but either side of the coast and in the west we

see some showers. these are the temperatures early on saturday, freezing in many areas. as far as the next couple of days are concerned, you the next couple of days are concerned , you can the next couple of days are concerned, you can see that whether stays very chilly. that's it from me for now. we ta ke we take you to the white house now because president trump isjust walking in, we are expecting him to comment on those pipe bombs, 12 in all that have been sent to his opponents. an arrest has been made and a suspect is in custody, —year—old man from fort lauderdale. let's listen in. what a great honour to have you here. it is a great, great honour to have you in the white house. thank you very much. they call this, as

you very much. they call this, as you know, this is young black leadership, and it's the summit. they call this young black leadership, and it's the summit, and to have you here is truly my privilege. we are going to have a lot of fun, talk and meet. cheering but before i begin, i'd like to begin by providing an update on the packages and devices that have been mailed to high profile figures throughout the country. an incredible job throughout the country. an incrediblejob by throughout the country. an incredible job by law enforcement, they carried out a far reaching

federal state investigation, to find the person or persons responsible for these events. these acts are despicable, and have no place in our country. no place. i've instructed authorities to spare no resource, or expense in finding those responsible and bringing them to swift and certain justice. and bringing them to swift and certainjustice. and we and bringing them to swift and certain justice. and we will prosecute them, him, her, whoever it may be, to the fullest extent of the law. cheering. we must never allow political violence to take root in america. we cannot let it happen. i'm committed to doing everything in my power as president to stop it. and to stop it now. cheering. i've

just concluded a briefing with the department ofjustice, following the apprehension of the suspect. i want to applaud the fbi, secret service, department ofjustice, us attorney's office, the southern district of new york, the nypd, and all law enforcement throughout the entire country for incredible partners. they've worked so hard, so quickly, it's looking like a needle in a haystack. how do you do this so quickly? they've been incredible. and i want to congratulate them. cheering. but at the bottom line is that americans must unify, and we must show the world that we are united, together in peace, love and harmony as fellow citizens. there is no country like our country. and every day, we are showing the world just how truly great we are. so, you

are just how truly great we are. so, you a re really just how truly great we are. so, you are really very special people. i wa nted are really very special people. i wanted to say that before our real talk. and i appreciate the time you've given me. one day, one of you is going to be standing, it could be three orfour of you, is going to be standing, it could be three or four of you, actually... cheering. you will be standing right here. i have no doubt, no doubt. go in this room wants to be president someday? we will leave the white house there. president trump has made those remarks about the 12 pipe bombs discovered, he says that american law enforcement have done an incrediblejob, american law enforcement have done an incredible job, they american law enforcement have done an incrediblejob, they have made an arrest, a 56—year—old man from fort lauderdale, cesar ceyak, that's the name we are being given. he says that the sending of these devices was despicable, no place for that in our country. in the last few days

donald trump has been criticised for blaming the american media for staring up anger in american society, and he blamed the media for what has been happening with these pipe bombs. he has been accused of hypocrisy, people saying that he himself has been using language that has been exaggerated and excessive. that's the latest from donald trump. he is describing the bombs as despicable, with no place in our country. here work has started to move more than 40,000 bodies from a cemetery in london so a new station can be built as part of the high—speed rail link to birmingham. archaeologists say the dig will help them understand more about life in the capital throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. back in the 1780s, london was running out of space. it had nowhere for the dead. and so it created new cemeteries.

one of them is here come the next to euston station. and now, more than 200 years later, that land is needed for another purpose. the dead are going to have to find a new final resting place. and this is the reason why. this is where london's high—speed railway station is about to be built. and so, a small army of archaeologists have arrived to move thousands of bodies. how many people are we talking about? the records for the entire area suggest around 60,000 people were interned in the cemetery. of course, some have already been removed over the years, but there's still a huge number of people buried here. you're looking at probably 40,000 individuals but still one of the largest barrier excavations ever to take place. 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 which will run 500 metres along there. that's what gets you about this site. it is the sheer size of it. 11,000 square metres. but what will happen to all the bodies? the first man to sail around australia is buried here, matthew flinders, and so with bill richmond, one of britain's most celebrated boxers. initially they will be taken for archaeological analysis, so lavatories, stored in a morgue, and that's with the agreement of the church. and then after that, everyone will be re—buried in consecrated ground. this isjust the beginning, a location near stoke and of, the site of a lost church, iron age, roman and saxon site crisscrossing the whole route. 0verall, on the whole line, we will have over 1000 archaeologists. excavating over 60 sites. that sounds pretty big.

it is the biggest archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the uk and probably europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history. but this one has rather more ghosts than normal. david sillitoe, bbc news. with me now to talk about the project is helen wass, who is the lead archaeologist and head of heritage at hs2. fascinating to talk to you. first of all that's talk about this project to move 45,000 skeletons, that's a huge undertaking. it is, but it's an exciting opportunity to give us a chance to investigate the people who lived and worked in london and tell the stories of who they were. notjust london though, you are digging, really, and on the whole

hs2 route, 150 miles, how many archaeologists have you got? what will they be doing? along the 150 miles we have over 60 sites, and we have over 1000 archaeological specialists. we have everything from early prehistoric sites, roman settlements to medieval battlefields, post—mediaeval sites, and those sites bring us face to face with history. we have two kilometres of road where we haven't identified a great deal of archaeological settlement and we have a bronze age settlement and iron age settlement. basically, the landscape is developing, growing, as people are living. so, h52, it's been controversial, frankly, but whatever you think of it this is an opportunity for archaeologists to

find out more about our island a story? it will deepen our understanding of our history. we are really excited to have this opportunity to tell a story to communities up and down the route. we really are going to have some fascinating insight. you say exciting, what excites you? what you think will be exceptional? 0ne what you think will be exceptional? one obvious site for us is saint mary ‘s, stoke mandeville, it's got 1000 years of history there. the church was founded in the 12th century and we have a burial ground associated with it. it continued to be used until the early 20th century. we have at roman settlement as well. you know, a small corner of buckinghamshire and we have this amazing story to tell. briefly, has there ever been an opportunity like this, would you say, in this

country? it's unprecedented. the biggest archaeological undertaking everin biggest archaeological undertaking ever in the uk. we like to think in europe as well. thank you, helen, lead archaeologist and the head of heritage for hs2. people living in england's coastal communities are being warned to wake up to the challenges of climate change. the government's climate advisers say more than one—point—two million homes could be threatened by coastal flooding and erosion by the 2080s. in the worst—case scenario it's claimed sea levels in england will rise by at least one metre, before the end of the century. here's our environment analyst roger harrabin. 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 waves 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 saving people's homes. and to take seriously the inevitability of sea level rise. campaigners for coastal communities say theirs is a shared problem. rising sea levels are a direct result of global warming. now we all contribute to that, not just coastal communities, everybody in this country contributes to that.

so the funding for all this should come centrally so we all bear an equal portion of the cost. the government says more sea defences are being built. a spokesman said people would be protected from climate change. roger harrabin, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... dominic grieve has attacked the decision to use parliamentary privilege to name sir philip green. sir philip green says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour". meanwhile a former attorney general has criticised lord hain a suspect has been arrrested in connection with the suspicious packages being sent to public figures. two more were found today — one of them addressed to a democrat senator in the last few minutes president trump has described the act as despicable.

british shale gas company cuadrilla has paused fracking at its preston new road site in lancashire for eighteen hours after the practice was suspected of triggering underground tremors earlier today. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6:30 tonight. we have a full preview of the weekend's action. lewis hamilton begins the weekend with a small target but big prize. he finished seventh on sunday, and that would do it for the mercedes driver on sunday. and we have a preview of the game in the world series and a world champion in the studio. that is all